1.1 Definitions
Unless otherwise stated, the following definitions apply to this document:
- "we", "us", and "our" are references to Norfolk Internet;
- "you", "your" and "customer" are references to the person paying for services from Norfolk Internet having entered into this agreement;
- "services" are web hosting, domain registration, reseller rights, outsourced support, email and other services or facility provided by us to you;
- "server" is the computer equipment operated by us in connection to the services provided;
- "order" means a request made by the customer to us for services to be supplied subject to these conditions;
- "charges" are the charges payable by the customer for the provision of services details of which can be found on http://www.norfolkinternet.co.uk and may vary from time to time.

1.2 Include
The words "include" and "including" are to be construed without limitation.

1.3 Headings
The headings in this document are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these conditions.

2.1 Order acceptance
We have not accepted a customer application and order until account setup and you receive the 'welcome' email including all details specific to your account. Until this time, we reserve the right to refuse, cancel or reject any order made by the customer. In such cases, a full refund will be made using the same method as payment was originally made.

3.1 Money back guarantee
3.1.1 Where money back guarantees are offered, customers are entitled to a full refund within 14 days of the initial order being placed. This will be issued in the same method as originally used by the customer. Cases involving offline methods of payment will be refunded using a personal cheque or other online method.

3.1.2 Any money back guarantee does not apply and will not be issued if more than 50% of allocated data transfer has already been used on the web hosting account. This money back guarantee does not apply to domain name registrations or if the account has breached these terms and conditions prior to cancellation.

3.2 Account cancellations
No refunds will be issued for account cancellations made on either a monthly or yearly payment schedule, as server resources are allocated in advance. No refunds are issued for domain registrations. After cancellation, all files and emails stored within the account are deleted - it is the responsibility of customers to retrieve and store their files for any possible future use.

4.1 Spam / Unsolicited Mass E-mail
The sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email (SPAM) through our servers promoting any website or through third party servers promoting a website hosted by us can result in the suspension or termination of the customers web hosting account without refund. Mailing lists may be operated as long as individuals choose to subscribe to receive mailings via clear 'opt in' methods and a strict removal procedure is published in all mailings. 'Safelists' and other advertising related mailing lists may not be operated. Any complaints received are taken seriously and will be investigated.

4.2 Chat Rooms
These are not allowed. Chatroom scripts will be disabled and the account suspended in serious or repeat cases.

4.3 Account Use
Under no circumstances must our servers be used for the hosting or communication of, reference to or linking to any of the following:
4.3.1 nudity, pornography, anything of a sexual, lewd, or obscene nature;
4.3.2 violations of any copyright or any other right of any third party;
4.3.3 threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory statements;
4.3.4 promotion of illegal activities (hacking, cracking, etc);
4.3.5 information or software containing or about any kind of virus;
4.3.6 hate speech or hate propaganda;
4.3.7 the collection of personal information for illegal purposes;
4.3.8 content deemed by us at our sole discretion to be harmful to us;
4.3.9 It is a condition of service that hosted websites do not contain material of an adult nature, online gaming or chatrooms. We have procedures in place to identify and remove inappropriate material immediatley.

4.4 Banned scripts
We do not allow the use of the following scripts on our servers:
- UltimateBBS
- IkonBoard
- All versions of YABB forum
- Proxy scripts
- IRC scripts
- Anonymizer
- Chat rooms
- FormMail

4.5 Resellers
In the event that a resold account is in breach of our misuse terms, we reserve the right to suspend this account without informing the reseller. The end user will not be contacted by us and every effort will be made to inform the reseller (our customer) of our actions and reasons.

5.1 Payment schedules
The customer agrees to supply appropriate payment for the services received from us in advance of the time period during which such services are provided.

5.2 Invoices
These are issued when services are ordered or work is completed to customers' satisfaction and must be paid within 7 days of issue. A reminder will be sent after 30 days. Failure to settle will result in service being suspended after 45 days from issue of invoice. Files may be automatically deleted when an account is closed.

5.3 Bank charges
Customers are responsible for the provision of sufficient funds in their account and we will not be held responsible for any charges incurred as a result of overdrawing of the bank account or credit card or as a result of failed transactions.

5.4 Suspension
In addition to 5.2 above, we additionally reserve the right, at our discretion, to suspend any account after 7 working days have passed without due payment being received. Any added time for payment will be at our sole discretion. An administration fee may be levied at £20 per hour (or part thereof) for time spent pursuing payment.

5.5 Currencies
All invoices and payments are processed in GB Pound Sterling (£) Prices shown in any other currencies on this website or other promotional material is to be treated as a guide only and may be inaccurate due to changes in the exchange rates. All customers are advised to check amounts using accurate recent exchange rates before ordering.

6.1 Regularity and policy
Backups are made by us on an occasional basis, however, no guarantees are made of any kind as to the regularity or integrity of these backups. All customers are strongly advised to regularly download their own backups from their control panel where a zipped archive is provided daily of all account files and databases.

7.1 CPU & Memory
All accounts are monitored for their use of server resources. If any account is using a high amount of server resources we will contact the customer to discuss the issue with them. In serious cases where an account is using a considerably large amount of system resources (memory, CPU etc.) the account may be suspended or script disabled without notice to maintain the smooth running of the server.

7.2 Data transfer and webspace allocations
Customers can request a package upgrade or temporary resource increase at the costs available to view on our website at http://www.norfolkinternet.co.uk. It is the sole responsibility of the customer to contact us in advance of requiring extra resources to prevent account suspension. In some cases, accounts are automatically suspended when their resource limits have been reached and manual unsuspension is required by us.

8.1 Contact Information
The customer is responsible for keeping their contact details up to date with Norfolk Internet. We cannot be held responsible for communication mixups or missed payments as a direct result of the customers failure to update their details.

8.2 Sensitive data
Customers are responsible for keeping their usernames, passwords and other sensitive data safe. If a breach is suspected, the customer is required to request a change of login details by contacting support staff.

9.1 If a breach of these terms and conditions is found we will, at our sole discretion, determine whether it is a serious or minor breach. If a serious breach of these terms is found we reserve the right to suspend the account(s) of the customer in question or disable any part of the account before contacting them. We will however make an attempt to contact the customer prior to suspension in the event of a minor breach using the email address we have on record for your account. If no reply is received within 3 days we will escalate the status of the breach to a serious breach and may suspend the account(s).

9.2 In the event that a resold account is the subject of the breach we will make every effort to contact the reseller before taking action. In serious cases we may have to suspend or disable all or part of the account before contacting the reseller.

10.1 We are not responsible for any claimed damages, which may result from servers going offline, or being unavailable for any reason. This includes damages which may result from the corruption or deletion of data. The customer agrees to indemnify and hold us, our suppliers and our employees and agents harmless from any claims, damages, including but not limited to consequential damages resulting from the use of the service which damages the customer or any other party.

10.2 We will cooperate fully with investigations of violation of systems or network security at other sites and will cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of possible criminal violations. Customers who violate these terms may incur in criminal or civil liability.

10.3 For clients with multiple accounts and resellers, we reserve the right to suspend all accounts should the main account owner violate these terms and conditions in a manner deemed by us to be extremely serious.

10.4 In the event that we are unable to contact a reseller account holder to pursue payment, we reserve the right to contact their customers to inform them of the situation. We also reserve the right to contact a reseller's customers if they are 'abandoned' by the reseller account holder.

10.5 We will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of these terms and conditions. The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above terms and conditions is grounds for account suspension or deactivation.

11.1 We reserves the right to add, delete, or modify these Terms and Conditions, our hosting packages, prices and website at any time with notice provided via WWW and announcements in our forum and/or customer control panel(s). All customers are encouraged to check this document at least once a month to ensure they are aware of any changes.

Updated 25/02/08