1.5 Domains thats not renewed within the first 29 days after expiration date
are required to pay Redemption Grace Period (RGP) fee of 60KD ($200) as per ICANN rules, more information
are located at ICANN Website
1.6 You accept and agree on the Domain Registrar Registrant Agreement located at
http://www.kuwaitnet.net/en/rra.php
2. Web Site Hosting And Email
2.1 We make no representation and give no warranty as to the accuracy or
quality of information received by any person via the Server
and we shall have no liability for any loss or damage to any
data stored on the Server.
2.2 You shall effect and maintain adequate insurance coverage in respect
of any loss or damage to data stored on the Server.
2.3 You represent, undertake and warrant to us that you will use the
Web Site allocated to you only for lawful purposes. In
particular, you represent, warrant and undertake to us that:
2.3.1 You will not use the Server in any manner which infringes any law or
regulation or which infringes the rights of any third party;
nor will you authorize or permit any other person to do so.
2.3.2 You will
not post, link to or transmit:
(a) Any material which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, malicious,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, blasphemous, profane or
otherwise objectionable as determined by KuwaitNET in any
way.
(b) Any material containing a virus or other hostile computer program.
(c) Any material which constitutes, or encourages the commission of a
criminal offence, or which infringes any patent, trade mark,
design right, copyright or any other intellectual property
right or similar rights of any person which may subsist
under the laws of any jurisdiction.
2.3.3 You will not send bulk email, whether opt-in or otherwise, from our
network. Nor will you promote a site hosted on our network
using bulk email.
2.3.4 You will not employ programs which consume excessive system resources
including, but not limited to, processor cycles and memory.
We do not host IRC, IRC bots, or other server resource
intensive programs such as broadcasting servers or proxy services
, special servers are available for IRC and other
services please contact sales for pricing.
2.3.5 If you surpass your allotted disk/bandwidth usage as set forth in
your purchased plan, you agree to purchase the excess in
blocks as set forth in our "plans" section. Such payment is
to be immediate and non-disputable.
2.3.6 Users who exceeds 10% of total server resources (memory and CPU wise)
will be asked to move to a dedicated server or clustered solution
to meet their needs.
2.4 We reserve the right to remove any material which we deem inappropriate
from your web site without notice. We do not host sites against Islam and Sunna wal
Jama'a , pirated software (“warez”), Adult, Pornographic, Legal or
Copyrighted Music
MP3, RealAudio and Video content.
2.5 You shall keep secure any identification, password and other
confidential information relating to your account and shall
notify us immediately of any known or suspected unauthorized
use of your account or breach of security, including loss,
theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or other
security information.
2.6 You shall observe the procedures which we may from time to time
prescribe and shall make no use of the Server which is
detrimental to our other customers.
2.7 Members utilizing free hosting shall exclude themselves from
promotions offered and afforded to paying Members.
2.7.1 Members utilizing free hosting shall display a banner as supplied by
KuwaitNET.
2.8 You shall procure that all mail is sent in accordance with applicable
legislation (including data protection legislation) and in a
secure manner.
2.8.1 Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation,
commercial advertising and informational announcements, is
expressly prohibited. A Member shall not use another site's
mail server to relay mail without the express permission of
the site.
2.8.2 It is contrary to KuwaitNET policy for Members to use our servers
to effect or participate in any of the following activities:
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, e-mail mailing list or other
similar group or list articles which are off-topic according
to the charter or other owner-published FAQ or description
of the group or list.
To send mass e-mailings; whether unsolicited, opt-in, or otherwise.
To engage in any of the foregoing activities using the service of another
provider, but channeling such activities through a KuwaitNET
provided server, or using a KuwaitNET provided server as a
mail drop for responses.
To falsify user information provided to KuwaitNET or to other users of the
service in connection with use of a KuwaitNET service.
2.8.2(a)
Consequences of Violation: When KuwaitNET becomes aware of
an alleged violation of its Acceptable Use Policy, KuwaitNET
will initiate an investigation. During the investigation
KuwaitNET may restrict Member's access in order to prevent
further possible unauthorized activity. Depending on the
severity of the violation, KuwaitNET may, at its sole
discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate Member's account
and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a
criminal offense, KuwaitNET will notify the appropriate law
enforcement department of such violation.
2.8.2(b) You shall be held liable for any and all costs incurred by
KuwaitNET as a result of your violation of these terms and
conditions. This is including, but is not limited to,
attorney fees and costs resulting from Postmaster responses
to complaints from and the cleanup of unsolicited commercial
mailings and/or unauthorized bulk mailings and/or news
server violations. KuwaitNET’s current hourly rate for
Postmaster responses to complaints and cleanup of
unsolicited commercial mailings and/or unauthorized bulk
mailings and/or news server violations is 30KD ($100) per
hour, with a minimum one (1) hour charge, plus 300 fills
($1) for each bulk-email or Usenet message sent, plus 300
fills $1 per complaint received. Server maintenance fees of
25KD ($85) per hour.
2.8.3
KuwaitNET does not issue service credits for any outages
incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy
violations.
2.9 Any access to other networks connected to KuwaitNET must comply with
the rules appropriate for those other networks.
2.10 While we will use every reasonable endeavor to ensure the integrity
and security of the Server, we do not guarantee that the
Server will be free from unauthorized users or hackers and
we shall be under no liability for non-receipt or misrouting
of email or for any other failure of email.
2.11 You may cancel the Services at any time by logging into the
Ticket Desk Support System (for verification) and
requesting cancellation of services.
3. Service Availability
3.1 We shall use our reasonable endeavors to make available to you at all
times the Server and the Services but we shall not, in any
event, be liable for interruptions of Service or down-time
of the Server.
3.2 We shall have the right to suspend the Services at any time and for
any reason, generally without notice, but if such suspension
lasts or is expected to last for more than 7 days you will
be notified of the reason.
3.3 The Services provided to you hereunder and your account with us
cannot be transferred or used by anyone other than you. No
more than one log-in session under any one account may be
used at any time by you. If you have multiple accounts, you
are limited to one login session per system account at any
time; user programs may be run only during log-in sessions.
If your account is found to have been transferred to another
party, or shows other activity in breach of this sub clause,
we shall have the right to cancel the account and terminate
the Services and/or this Agreement immediately.
4. Payment
4.1 All charges payable by you for the Services shall be in
accordance with the scale of charges and rates published.
from time to time by us on our web site and shall be due and payable in advance
of our service provision. We reserve the right to change
pricing at any time although all pricing is guaranteed for
the period of pre payment.
4.2 Payment is due each anniversary month, quarter or year following the
date the Services were established until closure notice is
given. If you choose to pay by credit or debit card you
authorize KuwaitNET to debit your account renewal fees from
your card.
4.3 All payments must be in Kuwaiti Dinars or US Dollars.
4.4 Without prejudice to our other rights and remedies under this
Agreement, if any sum payable is not paid on or before the
due date, we shall be entitled forthwith to suspend the
provision of Services to you.
5. Termination
5.1 If you fail to pay any sums due to us as they fall due, we may
suspend the Services and/or terminate this Agreement
forthwith without notice to you.
5.2 If you break any of these terms and conditions we may suspend the
Services and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith without
notice to you.
5.3 If you are a company and you go into insolvent liquidation or suffer
the appointment of an administrator or administrative
receiver or enter into a voluntary arrangement with your
creditors, we shall be entitled to suspend the Services
and/or terminate this Agreement forthwith without notice to
you.
5.4 No refunds will be made for Services suspended in accordance with 5.1,
5.2 and 5.3.
5.5 We reserve the right to suspend the Services and/or terminate this
Agreement at any time. In the event of this You will a be
entitled pro rata refund based upon the remaining period of
membership.
5.6 You may cancel the Services at any time by logging into the
Ticket Support System (for verification) and requesting
cancellation of services or by visiting sales office.
5.7 During the first 30 days of Services, You are entitled to a refund of
fees paid with the exclusion of domain name registration,
dedicated server, data transfer fees, and excessive support
requests should you decide to cancel the Services for just
cause. KuwaitNET shall be the sole arbitrator as to the
validity of your claim of just cause. And will subtract the
aforementioned fees from any monies due you.
5.7.1 During the first fourteen days of service you are entitled to a
full, no questions asked refund excluding as set forth in
sections 5.7, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, and 12.5; as well as exclusions
listed in section 2 above. For the remaining time your
refund will be prorated and factored at the full discretion
of KuwaitNET.
5.7.2 Partner Plans (Resellers) are eligible for above refund minus usage
fees; if such use has been deemed excessive at the
discretion of KuwaitNET. Such accounts are often more
resource intensive than standard shared hosting accounts
and, therefore, do not qualify under our standard 30 day
guarantee details.
5.7.3 You will not be entitled to a refund on these basis if you have
previously had an account with KuwaitNET under any plan or
service.
5.7.4 Allow 30 (thirty) days for refund payments to process. If you have
not received refund within this time allotment; please
contact us.
5.8 Where payment has been made by credit or debit card, any refund
will only be issued to the same credit or debit card.
5.9 On termination of this Agreement or suspension of the Services
we shall be entitled immediately to block your Web Site and
to remove all data located on it.
6. Indemnity 6.1You shall indemnify us and keep us indemnified and hold
us harmless from and against any breach by you of these
terms of business and any claim brought against us by a
third party resulting from the provision of Services by us
to you and your use of the Services and the Server
including, without limitation, all claims, actions,
proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses
(including reasonable legal costs and expenses), howsoever
suffered or incurred by us in consequences of your breach or
non-observance of this Agreement.
7. Limitation Of Liability
7.1 All conditions, terms, representations and warranties relating
to the Services supplied under this Agreement, whether
imposed by statute or operation of law or otherwise, that
are not expressly stated in these terms and conditions
including, without limitation, the implied warranty of
satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose
are hereby excluded, subject always to sub clause.
7.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude our liability for
death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
7.3 Our total aggregate liability to you for any claim in contract, tort,
negligence or otherwise arising out of or in connection with
the provision of the Services shall be limited to the
charges paid by you in respect of the Services which are the
subject of any such claim.
7.4 In any event no claim shall be brought unless you have notified us
of the claim within one year of it arising.
7.5 In no event shall we be liable to you for any loss of business,
contracts, profits or anticipated savings or for any other
indirect or consequential or economic loss whatsoever.
7.6 You are responsible for monitoring Bandwidth and Disk Space usage of
your site. This is easily done from your Control Panel. If
you go over the amount indicated in your current plan; you
will assessed a surcharge as set forth in our pricing
structure.
8. Notices
8.1
Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be
sent by either email, fax or recorded delivery to the
address of the other party as appearing in this Agreement or
ancillary application forms or such other address as such
party may from time to time have communicated to the other
in writing, and if sent by email shall unless the contrary
is proved be deemed to be received on the day it was sent or
if sent by fax shall be deemed to be served on receipt of an
error free transmission report, or if sent by recorded
delivery shall be deemed to be served two days following the
date of posting.
9. Support
9.1 On our site you will find links to all the information to get your
web site up and running. All information pertaining to your
account should have been included in the Welcome Letter you
received when we created your account. If you did not
receive a welcome letter email, please contact Member
Care Services. There are several reasons an email may
not reach you; first and foremost is if the domain you have
contracted services for is the same domain your welcome
email was sent to.
9.2 The support feature of our services at present time consists of
our Support System solving server or control panel
related problems only.
9.2.1 If you require support for your scripting, there are several online
tutorials available we can help you find. You may purchase
our technicians' services at the rate of 25KD ($85) per
hour, with one half hour minimum billed. We reserve the
right to waive this fee at any time.
9.3 Support can only be addressed in Arabic and English through our
Support System.
9.4 All Support requests are to be processed through our Support
System or Phone. Any other request for support, except
as noted in Section 9.5, will be considered a breach of our
TOS.
9.5 In the event of a server outage or other such emergency, you are
free to contact us in any manner.
9.6 All support requests shall be handled within 12-24hrs from the time of ticket placement via our
Support System.
10. Law
10.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with United States law and the laws governing Kuwait. You
hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S.
courts.
11. Headings
11.1 Headings are included in this Agreement for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
12. Torturous Conduct
12.1 No one shall post defamatory, scandalous, or private information
about a person without their consent, intentionally
inflicting emotional distress, or violating trademarks,
copyrights, or other intellectual property rights.
12.22 Any abuse towards any KuwaitNET employee will not be tolerated. You
are expected to request and respond to support and other
issues in a professional manner. When emailing KuwaitNET or
utilizing the Ticket Desk Support System , refrain
from using caps, exclamation points, and other forms of
written yelling. Any cursing, yelling, or further
intentional disruptive behavior aimed at KuwaitNET or it's
employees shall be considered a violation of this TOS.
12.3 Any threat; whether verbally, orally, written, or delivered by
second parties directed towards KuwaitNET or any of it's
employees, partners, equipment, and concerns shall be
construed as a violation of this TOS.
12.4 Any conduct viewed as violating this section shall be considered
a violation of this TOS. KuwaitNET will be the sole
arbitrator in regards to what is deemed a violation.
12.5 No refunds shall be given when the contents of this section
necessitates removal of the account.
13. Cancellation of Services