This is Website World Terms & Conditions
July 25, 2022 TERMS AND CONDITIONS Charges do not include $50.00 one-time setup. Setup fee is waived to transferring domains. Charges do not include Domain Name Registration fees see register.websiteworld.com for cost. Additional Disk Space is available at $.80/MB (Megabyte) per month Basic plan includes 2.5/GB (Gigabyte) month transfer. Additional data transfer is available at $.10/MB(Megabyte) per month. Bandwidth is monitored by Peer1. The registration of a domain name confers no legal right to that name. Any domain name associated with a closed account for which no alternative name service has been arranged will be unregistered. All payments must be paid quarterly or annually. We require a 30-day notification of cancellation of account sent to Website World, PO BOX 34065, Knoxville, TN 37930. If you have hosting, email or other services, please make sure you notify us ASAP if you are canceling your services. You must pay your final invoice before files will be released. The policies and guidelines expressed herein supplement the rights and obligations of the parties under the Service Agreement for hosting services. This document establishes operating principles and acceptable use policies as they relate to the Customer’s use of the Internet and the connection/services provided by Website World Communications to the Customer under the Service Contract Agreement. 1. SERVICE DESCRIPTION Website World provides a dedicated server computer that is integrated into the Internet. Website World provides its server as a gateway from the server of various customers into the Internet, for which Website World charges a fee. After an account has been setup and any data has been uploaded to the site, Website World retains judgment as to what refund if any is applicable in the event of a cancellation of service. 2. SERVICE USAGE A. Legal Parameters: This service may be utilized only for lawful purposes, and the usage of the service in connection with or adjunct to any matter or thing which violates any foreign, municipal, state, county or federal statute or regulation is prohibited. Client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Website World from and against any and all 3. NO WARRANTIES With respect to the service to be provided hereunder, client acknowledges that Website World makes absolutely no warranties whatsoever, express or implied, including warranty of merchantability or fitness of this service for a particular purpose. As a result, client agrees that Website World shall not be liable to client or any of its customers for any claims or damages which may be suffered by client or its customers, including, but not limited to, losses or damages of any and every nature, resulting from the loss of data, inability to access Internet, or inability to transmit or receive information, caused by, or resulting from, delays, nondeliveries, or service interruptions whether or not caused by the fault or negligence of Website World. Client hereby agrees to indemnity and hold harmless Website World from any and all claims of whatever nature brought by any of client’s customers against Website World and agrees to pay any legal and/or attorney fees needed to enforce this agreement. The client is responsible for making backups of the website and email and should have a disaster recovery plan in place. 4. USE OF INFORMATION The utilization of any data or information received by client or its customers from the utilization of the service to be provided by Website World is at client and its customer’s sole and absolute risk. Website World specifically disclaims and denies any responsibility for the completeness, accuracy or quality of information obtained through the services to be provided hereby 5. DOMAIN NAME The client shall register and renew their own domain name(s) directly with a domain name registrar. The client is solely responsible for renewing and paying for domain 6. SERVICE FEES AND INVOICING The client shall pay the initial fees set forth below, prior to the commencement of service. Thereafter, client shall be invoiced via email in advance for a minimum three (3) month period, at least seven (7) days prior to the expiration of the then current three (3) month period. Payment of the service fee is due prior to the first day of said three (3) Payments made by check for restoring service may require a wait period of 7-10 business day for check verification and clearance. Initial service and set-up fees are as follows: Additional fees, if applicable, will be billed at the end of each month, with payment due within ten (10) days thereafter: These fees are applicable for additional: disk space, data transfer, POP3/forwarding email accounts or mail list services. PAYMENT PLANS- The client shall have available the payment plans detailed within the Additional Terms- All support inquiries are to be initiated via email to: biddle@websiteworld.com. Website World will make a diligent effort to resolve any problem related to Website World’s hardware or supporting software. Only after email inquiries have failed, will Website World provide support via telephone at (865)379-7171. 7. CANCELLATIONS Any cancellation of services must be requested through the Website World Communications Accounting office at 1-865-379-7171. Please have your user ID and password available in order to process any request for cancellation. Website World will respond with a written confirmation via email that the cancellation request has been received and processed. This procedure is designed to protect our customers against 8. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY The client has no authority, apparent or otherwise, to contract for, or on behalf of Website World, or in any other way legally bind Website World in any fashion, nor shall the client be authorized to make any representations about Website World or its services other than to reiterate to its clients Website World’s responsibilities as outlined in this agreement. 9. CHANGES IN TERMS OF AGREEMENT Website World reserves the right to make changes to the above terms and conditions of this agreement at any time without notice to the client. Changes in monthly 10. DISPUTES A. Venue: In the event of disputes arising from this Understanding, jurisdiction and venue over such dispute shall be placed with the state and federal courts of the State of Tennessee in Knox County. This agreement shall be governed by Tennessee State law. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney fees and statutory costs. To any portion of this understanding be declared 11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND SEVERABILITY This instrument constitutes the entire agreement between the parties, and represents the complete and entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject General- The Internet is a voluntary association of users interested in and willing to exchange information and data with other Internet users. At present there is no oversight group providing governance over the principles, policies or procedures for use of the Internet or the information and data accessed via the Internet.In order to To this end the parties agree as follows: Principles Governing Acceptable use of the Internet by the Customer Responsibility and Respect – The Internet is a network intended for use by mature, adult users. The Customer recognizes this principle and undertakes at all times to act with respect, courtesy and responsibility, giving due regard to the interests and rights of other Internet user groups. This general guideline carries with it the following a) Knowledge of the Internet – The Customer agrees to obtain a basic knowledge of the Internet and its operating principles and procedures. b) Improper Uses – The Customer will avoid violation of certain generally accepted guidelines on Internet usage such as restrictions on mass mailings and mass advertisements, pirating or copying of software, mail bombing or other methods of attempting to deny service or access to other users, and attempts to violate security. Website World strictly prohibits c) Compliance with Laws – The Customer will ensure that its use of the Internet complies with all applicable federal, state and local law and regulations, including but not limited to those principles of law which protect against compromise of copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary information and other intellectual property rights, libel or defamation of d) Validation of Information – The Customer is responsible for validating the integrity of the information and data it receives or transmits over the Internet. e) Security – The Customer is required to protect the security of its Internet account and usage. The Customer(s) password will be treated as private and confidential and not disclosed to or shared with any third parties. For security reasons, user access to WordPress sites is limited to Editor. If you need anything installed, please contact us. Website World will assign passwords for hosting and e-mail accounts. Acting as the server administrator, Website World inherently has access to view all website files and e-mails, passwords, etc and may access the customer’s website, email and other services to ensure the site is secure and for troubleshooting purposes. f) Discretion and Judgment – The Customer is expected to use discretion in the treatment and handling of Internet information and data and to take particular care to g) Pornography – Due to legal and social issues, we will not accept any new customers who publish pornographic images. If an existing customer publishes pornographic images, Website World may issue a warning and/or suspend your account. h) Excessive CPU usage – Customers will not be allowed to use excessive amounts of CPU processing on any of our servers or face immediate suspension. Excessive usage will automatically qualify the client to termination with no refund. i) Hotlinking from other sites is prohibited. This is another site linking to files located on yours. Typically most site owners want to prevent this anyway. Website World may apply settings to your site to prevent hotlinking. j) To prevent service interruption, site code must be kept up to date and compatible with all server-side languages such as PHP, ASP, MSQL, and MSSQL. Sites with vulnerabilities in code are subject to disconnect. You must use Google Recaptcha to protect email and login forms! Outdated methods such as Math Captcha are not permitted. **By uploading or storing files to our |