TOS - Terms of Service
By submitting the online order form, or by using The Hosting Project’s service, Customer hereby agrees to The Hosting Project’s Terms of Service (TOS), Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), No Spam Policy (NSP), and Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise specified, in this TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy, the usage of “us”, “we”, “our”, and “ours” shall refer to The Hosting Project and all its parents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns. The usage of “you”, “your”, “they”, and “them” shall refer to the Customer of The Hosting Project.
Moreover, in this TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy, “The Hosting Project” shall refer to The Hosting Project, and all its parents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns; unless otherwise specified, “The Hosting Project” and “The Hosting Project.” shall have the same meaning and shall be interchangeable.
Customer agrees that it shall comply with this TOS, The Hosting Project’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and The Hosting Project’s No-Spam Policy (NSP). Customer further agrees that it has read The Hosting Project’s Privacy Policy and agrees to all the terms and conditions in the Privacy Policy. In this document, the word “Agreement,” with a capital “A,” refers to the TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy Policy collectively.
1. General Terms.
In consideration of hosting services to be delivered, Customer agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions:
1.1. Customer agrees to pay, in advance of each monthly/annual service term, for hosting services to be rendered.
1.2. Customer agrees to be bound by the service term selected on the online order form or via applicable promotional codes that may require Customer to order The Hosting Project’s service for a certain minimum period of time.
1.3. Customer agrees to a no-refund policy in advance. Setup fees and monthly web hosting service fees are non-refundable.
1.4. Non-Payment of services shall result in a 5-day notice of disconnection. All payment failures must be cured within 5 business days from invoice due date or account will be suspended. Account termination will result from invoices overdue for 30 days.
1.5. The Hosting Project is not and shall not responsible for data integrity for any accounts that are terminated, disconnected, or interrupted because of Customer’s failure to pay for The Hosting Project’s services.
1.6. Customers agree to pay all taxes applicable to your account.
2. Agreement for Services.
2.1. The Hosting Project will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay for, the Web hosting services (the “Services”), according to the service fees specified in the Order for the applicable Service Description. Customer acknowledges that the service, and service fees have been communicated to the Customer, and that Customer is aware of all applicable charges as per the Agreement. Customer also understands that no promotional offers will apply to their individual service unless said promotional offers are specified in this Agreement.
3. Payment.
3.1. Establishment and provision of service is contingent upon receipt of payment from Customer to The Hosting Project.
3.1.1. Customer must pay in full for the Services before The Hosting Project begins to provide the Services to Customer.
3.1.2. Setup fees will be charged and are due at the time of the Customer’s initial request of the Services requiring setup.
3.2. Payment is due on the defined monthly recurring billing date of each month. All returned checks will be charged a $800.00 service fee. Service will be interrupted on accounts that reach 5 days past due. Accounts that are not collectable by The Hosting Project will be turned over to an outside agency for collection. If your account is turned over for collection, you agree to pay to The Hosting Project a “Processing and Collection” Fee of not Two Thousand Five Hundred (P2500.00) Pesos not more than Eight Thousand (P8000.00) Pesos.
4. Delinquent Accounts.
The Hosting Project may temporarily deny service or terminate this Agreement upon failure of Customer to pay charges when due. Such termination or denial will not relieve Customer of responsibility for the payment of all accrued service fees, and any collection fees to which The Hosting Project may be entitled under this Agreement or under applicable law.
5. Account Cancellation.
Customers may voluntarily cancel their account at any time, for any reason or for no reason, by sending an email to account@thehostingproject.com with the subject “Account Cancellation Request”.
Once a Customer has cancelled their account before the renewal date, no more charges will be billed to the account. Cancellations on or after renewal will be charged renewal fees.
Customer can terminate their account for any reason or for no reason. However, Customer understands and agrees that The Hosting Project does not provide pro-rated or any other kinds of refunds on cancellations. All fees Customer has paid shall be nonrefundable.
6. Refunds and Disputes.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 6, ALL PAYMENTS TO THE HOSTING PROJECT ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
All payments to The Hosting Project are nonrefundable. This includes any setup fees and monthly fees regardless of usage. All billing disputes must be reported within thirty (30) days of the time the dispute occurred. Disputed charges to your credit card issuer, also known as chargebacks, which, in The Hosting Project’s sole discretion, are invalid under the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will result in service interruption, and reconnection fees to restore the desired service.
Without waiving any of its other rights under this Agreement, The Hosting Project offers to its Customers a 30-day money-back guarantee on fees for hosting services only (the “30-Day Guarantee”). If for any reason you cancel your account by filling in the account cancellation form and submitting it to The Hosting Project, within thirty (30) days of the beginning of your service, The Hosting Project will refund your money with no questions asked; provided, however, that you have never previously obtained a refund under the 30-Day Guarantee. If you have ever previously obtained a refund under the 30-Day Guarantee, your account will be canceled, but no money will be refunded to you.
Please note that the amount refunded to you will be the amount you paid for hosting services only, and will not include any of the following fees:
Setup fees,
Fees for domain name registrations,
Fees charged for exceeding your allotted disk storage space or bandwidth,
SSL certificate fees,
Web design fees,
Web site marketing fees,
Any add-on services, features, software, and
Any other fees for services involving a third party.
The 30-Day Guarantee is subject to all of the following limitations:
You are entitled to a maximum of one (1) 30-Day Guarantee.
If you do not cancel your account within thirty (30) days of the beginning of your service, your right to the 30-Day Guarantee shall expire forever and may not be revived under any circumstances, without the prior express written approval of The Hosting Project.
You may not transfer or assign the 30-Day Guarantee to any third party.
You agree that you will not circumvent the restrictions on the 30-Day Guarantee described in this document, or attempt to circumvent those restrictions by any means, including, but not limited to, the following actions:
Creating multiple accounts, using the same customer name or different customer names;
Canceling your account for the sole purpose of obtaining a refund and then registering for a new account;
Organizing multiple business entities or using assumed business names for the purpose of circumventing these restrictions;
Knowingly providing false or misleading information when you register for your account; or
Requesting a refund under the 30-Day Guarantee at any time after you have already received a refund under that guarantee.
If you violate any provision of any of the following policies of The Hosting Project, you will not be eligible for the 30-Day Guarantee:
Terms of Service (TOS);
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP); or
No-Spam Policy (NSP).
Changes to your service, including, but not limited to, adding new services, removing services, or changing the type of hosting plan you have do NOT make you eligible for an additional 30-Day Guarantee. The 30-Day Guarantee applies to your first order of Web hosting services from The Hosting Project and does not apply to any changes to your service at any time.
7. Customer agrees not to engage in any activity that violates any international, foreign, federal, state, or local laws applicable to the service terms described in this Agreement.
8. The Hosting Project reserves the right to discontinue service to any Customer it deems, in its sole discretion, violates any condition of service including, but not limited to, the following:
8.1. the Acceptable Use Policy, or
8.2. the No-Spam Policy.
9. Backups.
9.1. In order to allow us to provide the best service to you, The Hosting Project accounts are backed up weekly. However, these backups are intended for The Hosting Project’s administrative purposes only, to allow us to provide excellent service to our customers. As part of its commitment to first-rate customer service, The Hosting Project always seeks to create complete and accurate backups of customer accounts.
9.2. Even the best and most complete and redundant backup systems can and do fail for a variety of reasons, despite the best efforts of the Web hosting service. THEREFORE, THE HOSTING PROJECT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY OF THESE BACKUPS OR THE DATA THEY CONTAIN. Consequently, you must not rely upon the availability, completeness, currency, or integrity of these backups.
9.3. Customers are responsible for maintaining their own backups on their own personal computers or other computers.
9.4. The Hosting Project does not provide any sort of compensation for lost, inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated data in the event that The Hosting Project’s backups do not function properly, regardless of the reason(s) for any such malfunction, even if the malfunction was due to the fault or negligence of The Hosting Project or any of its employees or agents, and regardless of whether The Hosting Project had been informed of the possibility of such malfunction, or any fault or negligence that might cause it.
9.5. In the event that you need to recover data from a backup, The Hosting Project will use reasonable efforts to restore data to your account from the appropriate backup. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT YOUR OWN BACKUPS TO YOUR OWN COMPUTER, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THOSE BACKUPS. AGAIN, THE HOSTING PROJECT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY OF ITS BACKUPS.
9.6. You understand and agree that The Hosting Project’s backup policy does not create any warranties for whose breach The Hosting Project can be held liable.
10. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The Hosting Project, and the parents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, employees and agents of The Hosting Project against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions, proceedings or judgments (collectively, “Losses”) to which an indemnified party may become subject and which Losses arise out of, or relate to this Agreement or Customer’s use of the Services, and to reimburse an indemnified party for all legal and other expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending, or settling any Loss whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which such indemnified party is a party.
11. THE HOSTING PROJECT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR
11.1. ANY INDIRECTIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF USE, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE HOSTING PROJECT’S SERVICES BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY, OR
11.2. ANY LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES, MISDELIVERIES OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
12. THE HOSTING PROJECT PROVIDES THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE HOSTING PROJECT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION, USE, AND SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES AND THE HOSTING PROJECT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY THEREFOR.
13. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE HOSTING PROJECT DISCLAIMS, ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM, OR THROUGH, THIS SERVICE, THE SYSTEMS WHICH PROVIDE IT, AND THE INTERNETLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.
14. THE HOSTING PROJECT DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED OR MATERIALS ACCESSED THROUGH ITS SERVICES, ITS SYSTEMS, ITS NETWORKS, OR THE INTERNET.
15.No Waiver of Rights by The Hosting Project.
Any failure by The Hosting Project to enforce this Agreement in every instance in which it might apply does not amount to a waiver of any of The Hosting Project’s rights.
16. Arbitration.
ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTACT OR ANY BREACH THEREOF IN EXCESS OF $10000.00 SHALL BE SETTLED BY ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, AND JUDGMENT UPON THE AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
17. Notices.
17.1. From The Hosting Project to Customer.
The Hosting Project will notify you by e-mail of any notices that The Hosting Project is required to provide to you under this Agreement, at the most current e-mail address you have provided to The Hosting Project.
By entering this Agreement, you consent to receive notices by e-mail. You are solely responsible for ensuring that The Hosting Project has your most current e-mail address, and The Hosting Project shall not be responsible for any lost, misdirected, bounced, forwarded, or undeliverable e-mail that The Hosting Project sends to the most current e-mail address you have provided to The Hosting Project.
17.2. From Customer to The Hosting Project.
Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, notices to The Hosting Project shall be sent to the following address:
The Hosting Project
support@thehostingproject.com
18. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Philippines, without regard to choice of law or conflicts of law provisions that would cause the application of the law of another jurisdiction.
19. Currency.
All monetary amounts to which this Agreement refers shall be in Philippine Peso.
20. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement and all of its component parts, comprises the entire agreement between you (the Customer) and The Hosting Project, and supersedes any prior or previous agreements between you and The Hosting Project with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement; provided, however, that you agree that you shall be subject to any additional terms and conditions of which The Hosting Project notifies you from time to time, pursuant to this Agreement.
21. No Oral Modification of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be modified orally.
22. Assignment.
22.1 Customer shall not assign or attempt to assign its obligations under this Agreement without The Hosting Project’s prior and express written consent to such assignment.
22.2. The Hosting Project may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time without prior notice to or consent of Customer.
23. Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue.
Jurisdiction and venue for arbitration or litigation of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to this Agreement, or the breach thereof shall be proper only in a venue determined The Hosting Project.
24. Choice of Law.
For all purposes, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made within the Province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Negros Occidental’s choice of law and conflicts of law rules, and The Hosting Project and Customer each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.
25. Force Majeure.
The Hosting Project shall not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance under this Agreement or interruption of service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, terrorism, riots, civil disturbances, insurrections, accidents, fire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements, strikes, labor disputes, shortages of suitable parts, materials, labor or transportation, magnetic interference, interruptions of electrical power or other utility service, unavailability of any telecommunications or wireless service or connection to any telecommunications or wireless service, or any cause beyond the reasonable control of The Hosting Project.
26. Severability of Terms of this Agreement.
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties hereto, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
27. Limitation of Actions Arising Under this Agreement.
Any cause of action you may have with respect to The Hosting Project’s performance or alleged non-performance of this Agreement must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is forever barred.
28. Denial of Service
The Hosting Project reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to anyone at our sole discretion.
29. Abuse of The Hosting Project Staff or Support Personnel.
29.1. At The Hosting Project, we take pride in providing excellent service to all of our customers. It is our policy always to treat our customers with the highest level of respect and courtesy. In return, we expect the same respect and courtesy from you.
29.2. If our staff feels that you are consistently engaging in abusive content toward them, or addressing them in a demeaning or rude manner, your account(s) may be suspended and you may be asked to take your business elsewhere. In the event that we terminate service for abusive conduct, customers will be given five (5) days’ notice. We will issue a refund only for the unused portion of pre-paid service.
29.3. Abusive conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following behaviors:
Repeatedly addressing members of our staff in a demeaning or rude manner;
Using profanity in any oral or written communications with our staff, by any medium of communication, including but not limited to e-mail, instant messages, chat, text messaging, fax, postal mail, telephone, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or in-person communication;
Yelling or shouting at our staff;
Deliberately using all capital (uppercase) letters in any written communication to our staff;
Insulting our staff because of their personal characteristics, or on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or housing or economic status; or
Deliberately providing false information to our staff for the purpose of harassing them or wasting their time.