TERMS & CONDITIONS – ROOT-SERVER & vSERVER

 			 
This agreement represents the complete agreement and understanding between SERVER4YOU and the Customer and supersedes any other written or oral agreement. Upon notice published on its Website, SERVER4YOU may modify these terms and conditions, amplify them, and/or modify the prices, as well as discontinue or change services offered.

Under the terms of this agreement, your placement of information on SERVER4YOU's servers is an acknowledgement that you have read and understood this agreement, and that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should not proceed to place any information of any kind on SERVER4YOU's servers, and should notify our Billing Department at 1-866-DIAL-S4Y so that we can close your account.

1. USER CONDUCT
SERVER4YOU's services may only be according to the law. Any use of these services which violates any local, state, federal, or international laws which may apply to SERVER4YOU, your local jurisdiction, or any jurisdiction that you or your site may be subject to is strictly prohibited.
While using the service, you may not:
A. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Internet;
B. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, indecent, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations, and laws protecting intellectual property including copyright, trademark, trade secret, misappropriation and anti-dilution laws;
C. Post, publish, transmit, reproduce or distribute any information or software which contains a virus or other harmful component; Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information, software, or other material obtained through the service for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information, software, or other material)

2. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SERVER4YOU from any and all liability, penalties, losses, damages, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, causes of action or claims caused by or resulting indirectly from your use of the service which damages either you, SERVER4YOU, or any other party or parties without limitation or exception. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement extends to all issues associated with your account, including but not limited to domain name selection and Website content.

3. REFUSAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE
SERVER4YOU reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to anyone at SERVER4YOU's sole discretion. SERVER4YOU may deny you access to all or part of the service without notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that SERVER4YOU, in its sole discretion, believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this agreement. SERVER4YOU 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.

4. NO WARRANTIES
SERVER4YOU makes no warranties or representations of any kind for the services being offered. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, noninfringement, or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No advice or information given by SERVER4YOU or its agents or employees shall create a warranty. SERVER4YOU provides no warranty that the service will be uninterrupted or error free or that any information, software or other material accessible on the service is free from viruses or other harmful components. Under no circumstances shall SERVER4YOU be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages that result in any way from your use of or inability to use the service, or for third parties' use of the service to access your Webspace, or to access the Internet or any part thereof, or your or any third parties' reliance on or use of information, services, or merchandise provided on or through the service, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance. If you are dissatisfied with SERVER4YOU service or any of its terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the service.
You understand that by placing information on SERVER4YOU's servers that such information becomes available to all Internet users and that SERVER4YOU has no way of limiting or restricting access to such information or protecting such information from copyright infringement. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of SERVER4YOU's servers and the Internet. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services and other information, and the quality and merchantability of all merchandise provided through SERVER4YOU or on the Internet generally.

5. ECPA NOTICE
You agree that SERVER4YOU is not considered a "secure communications medium" for the purposes of the ECPA, and that no expectation of privacy is afforded.

6. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
You agree that you as the person legally responsible for use of this account, are at least 18 years of age. You agree to supply SERVER4YOU 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 agree that we have an obligation to fully investigate any possible fraudulent credit card use.

7. NO INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATION OF SYSTEM
You agree not to maliciously or intentionally interfere with the proper operation of the system, including but not limited to defeating identification procedures, obtaining access beyond that which you are authorized for, and impairing the availability, reliability, or quality of service for other customers. 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 follow the Acceptable Use Policy of any network or service you connect to.
You agree to adhere to system policies as published online by SERVER4YOU, including restrictions on services available with each account type, restrictions on certain features, and all other policies designed to protect and enhance the quality and reliability of service at SERVER4YOU. You agree to abide by any and all future SERVER4YOU policy decisions.

8. SECURITY
You agree that the security of your account is solely your own responsibility. You further agree that if you believe the security of your account has been compromised in any way, you will notify SERVER4YOU immediately in writing by registered mail, with return receipt, to SERVER4YOU, 210 North Tucker Blvd, Suite 910, St.Louis, Missouri 63101, USA. You shall be held fully responsible for any misuse or compromise of your account for which SERVER4YOU is not properly notified. You agree not to provide or share access to your account to any third party, and that you are responsible for any use of your account by any party to whom such access has been provided. You agree that certain features of your account (e.g., FrontPage webs, additional FTP logins) which may be used to provide shared access to your account are not to be used to resell services to third parties, and that you are responsible for the actions of any party which utilizes those features. You agree that if any security violations are believed to have occurred in association with your account, SERVER4YOU has the right to suspend access to the account pending an investigation and resolution. You also agree that SERVER4YOU has the right to cooperate in any government or legal investigation regarding any aspect of our services, including services sold to you.

9. BACKUP OF DATA
Your use of the service is at your sole risk. SERVER4YOU is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to maintain all appropriate backup of files and data stored on SERVER4YOU servers.

10. TRANSMITTAL OF MATERIALS
You agree not to transmit unsolicited or prohibited advertising or other harassing or illegal materials through electronic mail, Usenet postings, or other Internet media. The use of SERVER4YOU or any other service with reference to services obtained through SERVER4YOU, for unsolicited mass mailings, postings, or other activities considered an annoyance to others, commonly referred to as "spamming" is strictly prohibited and may cause your services to be terminated immediately and without warning, and you will be held fully responsible for any damages to you, SERVER4YOU, or any other party or parties resulting from any such conduct.

11. PAYMENT
You agree to supply appropriate payment for the services received from SERVER4YOU, in advance of the time period during which such services are provided. You agree that all setup fees are non-refundable once setup is completed. You agree that until and unless you notify SERVER4YOU of your desire to cancel any or all services received, those services will be billed on a recurring basis. You agree that if you are paying by credit card, prepayments will be billed and charged automatically, and that SERVER4YOU may apply the amount due to the provided card at any time.

12. PRIOR AGREEMENTS
This agreement supersedes any written, electronic, or oral communication you may have had with SERVER4YOU or any agent or representative thereof, and constitutes the complete and total agreement between the parties.

13. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect and said provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.

14. APPLICABLE LAW, JURISDICTION, AND SERVICE
This agreement shall be governed by the applicable laws of Missouri and the United States of America. Customer agrees that all services provided by SERVER4YOU shall be deemed to have been requested and provided in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri. Customer further agrees that the Court of the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, shall have personal jurisdiction over Customer and exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over any and all controversies or claims arising from or relating to this agreement or the services provided by SERVER4YOU. Customer agrees to accept service of process related to this agreement by ordinary mail, postage prepaid, to the most recent address provided by Customer.

15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
By placing and continuing to maintain or place information on SERVER4YOU's servers, you are stating and acknowledging that you have read the aforementioned terms and conditions and that you understand they.