Mirahost - Hosting Agreement

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Please review the following Hosting Agreement to become familiar with the specific terms and conditions set forth for using Mirahost's hosting infrustructure and services.

HOSTING AGREEMENT

This Agreement sets forth the Standard Terms and Conditions that apply to the use of the Mirahost hosting services.

YOUR PAYMENT FOR AND USE OF THE MIRAHOST HOSTING SERVICES INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.

Terms and Conditions
You agree to familiarize yourself with these terms, and abide by them if you choose to use the services to which such terms apply.

User Conduct
You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations regarding your use of our service.

User Eligibility
You represent and warrant that you, as the person legally responsible for all use of this account, are at least 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, you must have parental consent in order to sign up, and the account must be ordered by a parent or legal guardian, in their own name. You agree to supply Mirahost with a current and truthful name, postal address and telephone number for our records, and you have a continued obligation to keep this information current. You also agree that you are an authorized user of any credit card that you supply to us, and you understand and agree that we have an obligation to fully investigate any possible fraudulent credit card use.

Contents of Messages
You are solely responsible for the contents of your messages and your web site and the consequences thereof. You agree not to do anything which would restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Internet. You further agree not to use Mirahost to send any messages or material that are unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation. Mirahost reserves the right to terminate your account if Mirahost becomes aware and determines, in its sole discretion, that you are violating any of the foregoing guidelines.

Unlawful of Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the Mirahost Hosting Service you warrant to Mirahost that you will not use the Mirahost Hosting Service for any unlawful purpose. Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation of United States or state regulation or law, or by common law, is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. Mirahost reserves the right to remove such illegal material from the Mirahost servers immediately.

Terms of Payment
You agree to pay Mirahost appropriate payment for the services received from Mirahost, in advance of the time period during which such services are provided. Payment may be made by check, credit card, money order or wire transfer, however Mirahost requires users to return a Credit Card Authorization Form for any payment cost over two hundred ($200) dollars. Mirahost accepts American Express, Discover Card, Master Card and Visa. If you pay by credit card, you agree to provide Mirahost with current billing and contact information and authorize Mirahost to bill all account and related charges to the credit card on file. You further agree that until and unless you notify Mirahost of your desire to cancel any or all services received, those services will be billed on a recurring basis. You agree that prepayments will be billed and charged automatically, that Mirahost may apply the amount due to the provided card at any time, and will issue absolutely no refunds. If your credit card is denied for any reason on the first attempt, we will automatically attempt to resubmit such a card within ten business days of the original attempt. Should the card be denied again, we may terminate the account. All files within the account may be deleted on termination. You may notify us in advance not to bill your card, and to provide for alternative billing arrangements.

Users will have fifteen (15) days of due period to make payment. After fifteen (15) days of due period, Mirahost will charge an additional twenty-five ($25) dollars. After forty-five (45) days of due period, Mirahost will terminate or delete your account.

No receipts or invoices will be sent by regular mail.

All accounts are setup and billed on an anniversary basis.

Mirahost reserves the right to change prices at any time.

All payments are to be made in U.S. currency or the equivalent value of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, or Monero.

Fees
Mirahost will charge a twenty five ($25.00) dollar processing fee on all returned checks, a twenty five ($25.00) dollar processing fee on all wire payments and a fifty ($50.00) dollar processing fee for each individual chargeback. Mirahost will immediately suspend your account upon receipt of a chargeback. Mirahost will charge a five ($5.00) dollar credit card resubmission fee if a credit card is declined more than twice within any given year.

Web Site Content
Full back-ups are made weekly, and back-ups of new/changed data are made nightly. No guarantees are made of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the integrity of these back-ups. Back-ups are made for server restoration purposes only. You are responsible for keeping a copy of your most current web site files as backup on a remote system. Mirahost is not responsible for any lost files, information, or data. However, if any loss of data occurs due to an error of Mirahost, Mirahost will use reasonable efforts to recover the data at no charge to you. If data loss occurs due to your negligence in securing an account or due to an action on your part, Mirahost will use reasonable efforts to recover the data from the most recent archive for a fifty ($50.00) dollar fee.

User Responsibilities
You may not initiate sites that provide any of the following of the following content or links on the Mirahost servers:

  • Pirated Software (Warez) or any software that is copyrighted and not freely available for distribution without cost.
  • Hacking, phreaking, viruses, anarchy, etc.
  • IRC Bots, Spamware.
  • Archives (music, video and program archives)
  • Sexually explicit, obscene or pornographic content (whether in text or graphics)
  • Speech or images that are offensive, profane, hateful, threatening, harmful, defamatory, libelous, harassing, discriminatory (whether based on race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability or otherwise) or that promote any illegal activity.
  • Graphic violence.

You agree not to interfere with the operation of the system. You further agree not to interfere with the proper operation of other systems reachable through the Internet, including any attempt at unauthorized access. You agree to adhere to system policies as published by Mirahost, including restrictions on services available with each service type, restrictions on certain features, and all other policies. You agree to abide by any and all future Mirahost policy decisions. Mirahost reserves the right to terminate any account that does not conform to these requirements.

Zero Tolerance Spam Policy
Mirahost takes a zero tolerance stance against sending of unsolicited e-mail, commonly known as spam. Any user who sends out spam will have their account terminated without notice, and may be charged $20 per spam complaint received if we can show proof that the user sent the e-mail from our servers or network. Mirahost reserves the right to require changes or disable as necessary any web site, account, database, or other component that does not comply with this policy, at its sole discretion. Mirahost also reserves the right to make any such modifications in an emergency at our sole discretion.

Hosting Service Provider's Rights
You agree that Mirahost has the right to monitor the service electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy the law, or to protect itself or its subscribers. Mirahost reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this agreement. Mirahost also reserves the right to refuse refunds in cases where Mirahost believes abuse has taken place.

Mirahost reserves the right to monitor any and all communications through or with our facilities. You agree that Mirahost is not considered a "secure communications medium" for the purposes of the ECPA, and that no expectation of privacy is afforded.

Mirahost does not set a usage limit on our Private Hosting customers, however if a customer consumes large amounts of system resources, Mirahost reserves the right to send an e-mail notice to the customer and set a limit on the customer's account.

Uptime Guarantee
Mirahost guarantees the service will be available 99.9% of the time for a "99.9% Uptime Guarantee" to any of our customers in good financial standing. If we fail to meet the 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, the following credits will apply to those who qualify:

95.0% to 99.8% - Mirahost will credit back 25% of the monthly fee.
90.0% to 94.9% - Mirahost will credit back 50% of the monthly fee.
89.9% or below - Mirahost will credit back 100% of the monthly fee.

Customers must request such credit within seven (7) days after Network Unavailability. Mirahost will calculate Network Unavailability in a calendar month. Credits will not be provided to customers in the event that the Network Unavailability was due to (I) scheduled maintenance as posted from time to time at Mirahost, (ii) customer's behavior or the performance or failure of customer's equipment, facilities or applications, or (iii) circumstances beyond Mirahost's reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third part software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of your web site.

Sharing of Account Space & Resale Restrictions
You represent and warrant that the account you purchase is purchased either for yourself or on behalf of a client if you are a reseller. You agree that as a reseller, you are the individual solely responsible for all use of the account.

Refund Policy
Please read our 60 Day Money Back Guarantee for more information about or refund policy.

Termination
Mirahost may terminate this agreement and your access to any or all Mirahost related services at any time, with or without cause, effective immediately. Mirahost shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise, or information, nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from such discontinuance or lack of notification. Anyone determined by Mirahost to have violated these Terms may be barred from receiving any services from Mirahost.

You may terminate this Agreement at any time via our Online Cancellation Form. You may not terminate the account via the telephone or e-mail, nor does simply canceling the credit card terminate an account. No refund shall be issued. All termination requests must be received by Mirahost by midnight on the end of the current billing period in order to avoid paying for the next term's service. Account cancellations for accounts with a negative balance will be passed on to collections, and all services rendered to the party with the negative balance, including domain registrations, will be terminated.

Relationship of the Parties
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, legal representative, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the parties. Neither party shall have authority to contract for or bind the other in any manner whatsoever.

Disclaimer of Warranties / Limitation of Liability
THE MIRAHOST HOSTING SERVICE PROVIDED IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. MIRAHOST EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE MIRAHOST SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE OR UNINTERRUPTED. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY MIRAHOST, ITS EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS OR AGENTS WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WILL MIRAHOST, OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MIRAHOST HOSTING SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED ON THE MIRAHOST SERVICE; OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR E-MAIL, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO DATA, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION, OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATION FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO MIRAHOST RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROVISION WILL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT MIRAHOST IS GIVEN NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND THAT THIS PROVISION WILL APPLY TO ALL SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM MIRAHOST AND ITS AFFILIATES.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL DAMAGES INCLUDE LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF PROFITS WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF AGREEMENT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.

THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON.

Copyright and Trademarks
All contents of the Mirahost Web Site are proprietary to Mirahost, and/or its suppliers and are protected under Copyright. All rights are reserved. Mirahost reserves any rights not expressly granted herein.

Furthermore, Mirahost retains all rights to the web design provided to you through the Mirahost Hosting Services.

Force Majeure
If by reason of failures of telecommunications or internet service providers, labor disputes, riots, inability to obtain labor or materials, earthquake, fire or other action of the elements, accidents, governmental restrictions or other causes beyond the control of Mirahost, Mirahost is unable to perform in whole or in part its obligations as set forth in this Agreement, then Mirahost shall be relieved of those obligations to the extent it is so unable to perform and such inability to perform shall not make Mirahost liable to the User.

Governing Law
Hawaii law shall govern this Agreement, and any dispute arising from the relationship between the parties to this Agreement, excluding any laws that direct the application of another jurisdiction's laws. In any litigation, arbitration, or other proceeding by which one party either seeks to enforce its rights under this Agreement (whether in contract, tort, or both) or seeks a declaration of any rights or obligations under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be awarded its reasonable attorney fees, and cost and expenses incurred, subject to the Limitation of Liabilities clause. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of Hawaii or to any Federal Court located within the State of Hawaii.

Arbitration
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or our services shall be settled by binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in Hawaii, as the parties to this agreement agree to be governed by the laws of Hawaii. Either party may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in California necessary to protect the rights or property of party pending the completion of arbitration. The prevailing party from arbitration shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, which shall be set forth by the arbitrator(s). Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court in the state of Hawaii with jurisdiction. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties. The parties shall bear equally all fees, costs and expenses of the arbitration, and each party shall bear its own legal expenses, attorneys fees, and costs of all experts and witnesses, provided, however, the arbitration panel may apportion between the parties, as said arbitrator may deem equitable, the cost incurred by either party.

Should either party file an action contrary to this provision, the other party may recover attorneys' fees and costs up to one thousand ($1000) dollars.

Serviceability
If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid or enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.

Survivability
The terms of this Agreement apply to those obligations that survive any cancellation, termination, or rescission, namely - warranty, indemnification, liability and limits thereon, rights and obligations upon and following termination and assignment.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Mirahost against any and all claims, losses, penalties, causes of action, damages, liability, costs, expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) or claims caused by or resulting indirectly from your use of the Mirahost service, without limitation or exception, including your violation of any third-party's rights, (including, without limitation, infringement of any copyright trademark, service mark, trade secrets, right of privacy or publicity or any other third party right). The terms of this section shall survive the termination of your relationship with.

Remedy
You agree that your sole and exclusive remedy to any issues relating to the Mirahost Hosting Service is to discontinue using the Service.

Assignment
In the event of a merger or consolidation of Mirahost, the surviving or new corporation and any subsidiaries are similarly subject to the rights and obligations of this Agreement.

Entire Agreement
Unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the Agreement between the parties regarding the products and services provided hereunder, and supersedes any prior Agreements between the parties with respect thereto.

Waiver
The failure of Mirahost to enforce a provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of Mirahost's right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.

Modification of Terms
Mirahost reserves the right to modify this policy at any time and without advance notice, effective upon making the modified provisions available on the Mirahost Web Site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these documents. Continued use of the Mirahost Services after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. Mirahost does not and will not assume any obligation to notify you of any changes to these Terms.