American IT Incorporated General Terms and Conditions of Service
BY SIGNING UP FOR and / or OTHERWISE ACCESSING ANY OF THE SERVICES OR
PRODUCTS OFFERED BY American IT Incorporated YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS REQUIRE MANDATORY
ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES. Please carefully read these terms and
conditions as they describe your legal rights and obligations.
1.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Agreement:
1.1
"American IT Incorporated's Equipment" shall mean computer and
telecommunications device, Internet access and / or transmission rights
owned, leased, operated, and / or maintained by American IT Incorporated
and / or American IT Incorporated's affiliates, agents, or assigns which
function to provide the American IT Incorporated Services.
1.2
"American IT Incorporated, "us," "we," "our" and grammatical variants
thereof shall refer to American IT Incorporated, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of New York, United States of
America, and its assigns and successors in interest.
1.3
"American IT Incorporated Services" shall mean the products and services
provided by American IT Incorporated at any given time, including but
not limited to the design & development of Websites; Web Applications;
Software; Data Management Solutions; Industry Specific IT Solutions; Web
Hosting; e-Mail Hosting; Graphic Designing; Animations; Multimedia
Presentations, Applications & Solutions, Advertising Materials and any
associated support services, which services may be changed, amended, and
/ or otherwise altered at any time in American IT Incorporated's sole
discretion.
1.4
"American IT Incorporated Software" shall mean any software provided by
American IT Incorporated at any given time, whether downloaded to your
computer, provided to you on CD or another form of removable media, or
utilized online as part of the American IT Incorporated Services. The
American IT Incorporated Software includes the program and any and all
copies or portions thereof, whether standing alone or in combination
with other programs, as well as the documentation and other materials
delivered or provided in connection with the software, if any.
1.5
"Bandwidth" shall refer to the rate of data transmission in bits per
second using American IT Incorporated's Equipment.
1.6
"Content" shall mean the downloadable files which are interpreted,
displayed or played by a client web browser or a media player with or
without plug-ins.
1.7
"Customer Service" shall refer to communication from us to you dealing
with problems or questions relating to services provided by us to you.
1.8
"Fee" shall mean monies and other consideration you are obligated to pay
to American IT Incorporated for the right to use the American IT
Incorporated Services, Equipment and Bandwidth subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
1.9
"Fee Schedule" shall mean the fees for the American IT Incorporated
Services as published on the
American IT Incorporated website, which may be modified at any time
in American IT Incorporated's sole discretion pursuant to the provisions
of 24.1.
1.10
"International Customers" shall mean customers residing in or accessing
the American IT Incorporated Services from outside of the United States
and Canada.
1.11
"Laws" shall mean the laws, statutes, and regulations then in effect in
the United States of America and its states and dependencies as well as
the laws of Your country of residence or the country in which you use or
access the American IT Incorporated Services and the laws of any
provinces, states or dependencies thereof.
1.12
"Parties" shall collectively refer to American IT Incorporated and you.
1.13
"Suspend" or "Suspension" shall include the disabling of and the
cessation of transmission of data to or from Your Web Site and / or Your
Control Panel.
1.14
"Technical Support" shall refer to communications from us to you dealing
with problems or questions relating to technical matters involving
software or services provided by us to you.
1.15
"Web Site Space" shall mean a quantity of hard disk memory allocation on
one or more computer storage devices and measured in units of megabytes
(MBs) wherein data comprising Your Web Site is stored.
1.16
"You", "your" and grammatical variants thereof shall mean you, any other
entity which has an ownership or other beneficial interest in you, or
any other entity in which you have an ownership or other beneficial
interest.
1.17
Your Data shall mean any data, including but not limited to documents,
e-mails, images, web pages, or other Content, related to your use of the
American IT Incorporated Services and stored on or transmitted by the
American IT Incorporated Equipment.
1.18
"Your Web Site" shall mean data transmittable via the Internet by
American IT Incorporated which is stored in your Web Site Space.
1.19
"Your Services" shall mean the specific American IT Incorporated
Services for which you have contracted.
2. DESCRIPTION
Subject to and conditioned upon American IT Incorporated's retained
rights and all other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
American IT Incorporated offers the American IT Incorporated Services as
soon as practicable after registration for and payment of any and all
fees due or according to the terms of a specific contract in writing
that puts down the details of specifications, timeline and fees etc.
2 B
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of both your
password and your account and are fully responsible for all activities
that occur under your password and your account. You agree to
immediately notify American IT Incorporated of any unauthorized uses of
the account or any other breaches of security. American IT Incorporated
cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure
to comply with this security obligation. You acknowledge and agree that
under no circumstances will American IT Incorporated be liable, in any
way, for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind
incurred as a result of such acts or omissions. The American IT
Incorporated Services are subject to the following conditions and
restrictions:
2.1. Web Hosting Services
2.1.1
American IT Incorporated shall provide to you a a non-transferable,
revocable, non-sub-licensable, non-exclusive and limited license to use
American IT Incorporated's Hosting Services for the exclusive
purpose of storing Your Web Site / IT Solution data and disseminating
said data via the Internet through the use of American IT Incorporated's
Equipment for purposes consistent with this Agreement.
2.1.2
American IT Incorporated, either directly or through its assignee or
licensee, shall provide Customer Service relating to Your Web Site / IT
Solution consisting of replying to customer questions or complaints
regarding services provided by us to you relating to Your Web Site / IT
Solution. American IT Incorporated is not obligated to provide any
Customer Service except as specified in this Section. Any and all
requests for additional Customer Service may be refused by American IT
Incorporated with or without reason. Any additional Customer Service
which American IT Incorporated may subsequently agree to provide to you
shall be at American IT Incorporated's sole discretion and once
commenced, may be terminated at any time by American IT Incorporated
without notice to you and without any liability to American IT
Incorporated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, American IT Incorporated at
its sole discretion may at any time alter or cease providing the
Customer Service which it has agreed to provide to you relating to Your
Web Site pursuant to this Agreement without any liability to American IT
Incorporated.
2.1.3
American IT Incorporated, either directly or through its assignee or
licensee, shall provide Technical Support relating to Your Web Site / IT
Solution consisting of replying to communications from and to you with
problems or questions relating to technical matters involving software
or services provided by us to you. While American IT Incorporated is not
obligated to provide any Technical Support except as specified in this
Section, you may contact us to request additional Technical Support on a
fee for service basis to be arranged between American IT Incorporated
and you. Any and all requests for additional Technical Support may be
refused by American IT Incorporated with or without reason, in its sole
discretion. Any additional Technical Support which American IT
Incorporated may subsequently agree to provide to you shall be at
American IT Incorporated's sole discretion and once commenced, may be
terminated at any time by American IT Incorporated without notice to you
and without any liability to American IT Incorporated. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, American IT Incorporated at its sole discretion may at
any time alter or cease providing the Technical Support which it has
agreed to provide to you relating to Your Web Site / IT Solution
pursuant to this Agreement without any liability to American IT
Incorporated.
2.1.4
All use of Web Site Space and provision of services to you by American
IT Incorporated shall be subject to all terms and conditions set forth
herein. You may not attempt to expand or alter these rights or American
IT Incorporated's services by entering into multiple agreements.
2.1.5
Unless provided otherwise in the specifications for your Services,
Bandwidth use, including but not limited to data retrieval from your Web
Site, e-mail traffic, and downloads, shall not exceed six gigabytes per
month. You agree that American IT Incorporated may charge you for usage
in excess of permitted amounts at the rates set forth in the
then-current Fee Schedule.
2.1.6
Some American IT Incorporated Services may not be available to
International Customers, and American IT Incorporated reserves the right
to alter, amend, or discontinue the provision of some or all of the
American IT Incorporated Services to International Customers in a
particular market at any time in its sole discretion.
2.1.7
American IT Incorporated may suspend performance under or terminate this
Agreement, cease transmission of data associated with your domain name
immediately and without notice, permanently remove Your Data from the
American IT Incorporated Equipment, and take any other actions it deems
necessary, in its sole discretion, immediately and without notice, to
comply with the relevant Laws if it is informed or otherwise believes,
in its sole discretion, that Your Web Site / IT Solution violates the
intellectual property rights of any third party or is otherwise the
subject of a dispute. As more completely set forth in Sections 5, 6, and
9, you waive any and all clams you may have, now and forever, against
American IT Incorporated relating to the content, use, and operation of
Your Web Site / IT Solution and agree to indemnify and hold harmless
American IT Incorporated from and against any such claims.
2.1.8
American IT Incorporated backs up data on its servers on a regular
basis. However, in case of a failure, whether attributable to accident,
negligence or whatever, American IT Incorporated is not responsible for
the loss of you data and any other loss that may be closely or remotely
relatable to the loss of that data. Therefore, You are responsible for
backing up Your Data on your own computer. If any of Your Data is
damaged, deleted, lost or corrupted in any way, or becomes otherwise
unavailable due to termination or suspension of your account pursuant to
this Agreement, American IT Incorporated will have no obligation or
liability to you.
2.2. Domain Name Registration
2.2.1
Should you choose to register a domain name through American IT
Incorporated, American IT Incorporated will register a second level
domain name on your behalf, provided such domain name is available for
registration. American IT Incorporated acts only as an intermediary
between you and the organization providing the domain name, and has no
influence over the assignment of domain names. The registration of your
domain name is subject to the terms and conditions of those
third-party registrars, and is also subject to the terms of the
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP").
You agree that, if the registration or reservation of your domain name
is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions of
the UDRP in effect at the time of the dispute. American IT Incorporated
assumes no liability in the event the domain name is unavailable or
otherwise not assigned to you, and does not warrant or guarantee that
assigned domain names do not infringe the rights of third parties, or
that you will retain the rights to that domain name for any period of
time. Upon payment in full of any and all registration fees, American IT
Incorporated shall not own or otherwise legally control any domain name
registered on your behalf. You agree that you are responsible for any
and all fees and costs related to the registration of your domain name,
and you authorize American IT Incorporated to charge you for any such
fees and costs. Should Your bank or financial institution fail to honor
such debit, American IT Incorporated may, in its sole discretion,
release, cancel, or otherwise dispose of or utilize Your domain name as
it sees fit, with no obligation to You whatsoever.
2.2.2
You acknowledge and agree that American IT Incorporated or its agents,
assignees or licensees may, upon registration of your domain name,
associate any data of any kind, in American IT Incorporated's sole
discretion, with the Domain Name registered in association with Your Web
Site / IT Solution or any URL incorporating said Domain Name until your
Website / / IT Solution is up and has its own content.
2.2.3
You represent and warrant that your domain name does not infringe the
copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights of any
person or company and that your domain name is otherwise in compliance
with the terms of this agreement, in particular the provisions of
Section 7.
2.2.4
You shall inform American IT Incorporated of any claim or potential
claim against your domain name, including but not limited to the
initiation of a dispute under the UDRP, within five days of notification
of same. You shall provide American IT Incorporated of notice of any
negotiations with third parties with respect to the ownership and / or
intellectual property rights to your domain within five days of the
commencement of such negotiations. Should you lose your right to use a
domain name which is used in connection with the American IT
Incorporated Services, whether through expiration of the domain name,
judicial decree, administrative decisions of the UDRP or otherwise, you
agree to inform American IT Incorporated immediately of the party to
whom the domain name is to be transferred and you authorize American IT
Incorporated to take any and all action necessary to effect such
transfer.
2.2.5
American IT Incorporated will accept the transfer of domain names from
other registrars, provided however, that you will be liable for the
registration and renewal fees as and when they become due regardless of
the fact that the domain was prepaid for a specific period to the
previous registrar.
2.2.6
American IT Incorporated may suspend performance under or terminate this
Agreement, cease transmission of data associated with your domain name,
permanently remove Your Data from the American IT Incorporated
Equipment, and take any other actions it deems necessary, in its sole
discretion, immediately and without notice, to comply with the UDRP or
relevant Laws if it is informed or otherwise believes, in its sole
discretion, that your domain name violates the intellectual property
rights of any third party or is otherwise the subject of a dispute. As
more completely set forth in Sections 5, 6, and 9, you waive any and all
claims you may have, now and forever, against American IT Incorporated
relating to the registration, use, and subsequent transfers of your
domain name and agree to indemnify and hold harmless American IT
Incorporated from and against any such claims.
2.3. Software
2.3.1
American IT Incorporated may, in its sole discretion, provide you with
American IT Incorporated Software in combination with Your Services.
Upon payment of all fees due and owing to American IT Incorporated under
this Agreement, American IT Incorporated hereby grants, and you hereby
accept, a nontransferable, revocable, non-sub-licensable, and
non-exclusive license to use the American IT Incorporated Software and
all related documentation for your own personal or business use during
the term of this Agreement. Any rights not expressly granted herein
shall be reserved for American IT Incorporated. Source code or other
information pertaining to the logic design of the American IT
Incorporated Software is specifically excluded from the license granted
hereunder.
2.3.2
American IT Incorporated Software is generally provided as a part of
package, however, in the absence of a contract or a clear term of the
package to the contrary, American IT Incorporated reserves the right to
charge for the American IT Incorporated Software or any upgrades thereof
at any time.
2.3.3
You acknowledge that the American IT Incorporated Software and all
related information, including but not limited to any and all updates,
improvements, modifications, enhancements, and information related to
its online usage or installation of the American IT Incorporated
Software at your home or office, are proprietary, and that all rights
thereto, including copyright, are owned by American IT Incorporated. You
further acknowledge that you have been advised that the American IT
Incorporated Software, including updates, improvements, modifications,
enhancements, and information related to installation, constitutes a
trade secret of American IT Incorporated, is protected by civil and
criminal law, and by the law of copyright, is valuable and confidential
to American IT Incorporated, and that its use and disclosure must be
carefully and continuously controlled.
2.3.4
American IT Incorporated shall at all times retain title to all the
American IT Incorporated Software and all related information, including
all updates, improvements, modifications and enhancements, furnished to
you hereunder.
2.3.5
Unless provided otherwise in the specifications for Your Services, the
American IT Incorporated Software supplied hereunder is for the personal
or business use. You shall not permit any third party to use the
American IT Incorporated Software or allow access to the American IT
Incorporated Software. The American IT Incorporated Software is to be
used only for the purposes specified in this Agreement and specifically
as restricted in the following three subparagraphs of this Section 2.
2.3.6
While this Agreement is in effect, or while you have custody or
possession of any of the Software, you will not: (i) reproduce, copy,
reverse engineer or publicly display, or permit anyone else to
reproduce, copy, reverse engineer or publicly display, any of the
American IT Incorporated Software, whether such American IT Incorporated
Software is in written or magnetic form or in the form of online access
or any other form.
2.3.7
You agree to notify American IT Incorporated forthwith if you obtain
information as to any unauthorized possession, use or disclosure of any
American IT Incorporated Software by any person or entity, and further
agree to cooperate with American IT Incorporated at American IT
Incorporated's expense, in protecting American IT Incorporated's
proprietary rights.
2.3.8
Unless agreed otherwise in writing by American IT Incorporated, the
American IT Incorporated Software may be used only on a single computer
or workstation. American IT Incorporated software designed for use on
portable workstations may be installed on both a portable and a
stationary computer but may not be used on both simultaneously. You may
not install the American IT Incorporated Software on a network except to
facilitate permissible installation of the American IT Incorporated
Software on computers attached to the network, provided that you have
the applicable license. You warrant and guarantee that all users of the
software shall be aware of and comply with the terms of this license.
2.3.9
Certain American IT Incorporated Software may be provided for online use
as part of the American IT Incorporated Services (the "American IT
Incorporated Online Software"), and the use of such software may be
subject to fees. The American IT Incorporated Online Software is hosted
software which runs directly on American IT Incorporated's servers, and
you may not download, install, store or make any copies of the American
IT Incorporated Online Software, nor may you sublicense the American IT
Incorporated Online Software. You agree not in any way to translate,
decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, reproduce, rent,
lease, lend, license, distribute, market or otherwise dispose of any
portion of the American IT Incorporated Online Software or any copies
thereof and not to assist any third party in doing so. The American IT
Incorporated Online Software is designed to be used through the American
IT Incorporated user interface and, as such, may be utilized by any
authorized user from any computer or workstation. This license is
automatically revoked upon termination of this Agreement. American IT
Incorporated reserves the right to modify or discontinue the American IT
Incorporated Online Software at any time without notice.
2.3.10
In the event of termination of this Agreement, or upon any act which
shall give rise to American IT Incorporated's right to terminate, or
upon the expiration of the license for American IT Incorporated Software
which is subject to a limited-duration license, any and all licenses
granted under this Section 2.3 shall terminate automatically, and you
will remove, erase or destroy the American IT Incorporated Software and
documentation and all copies thereof, wherever located, without demand
or notice.
2.3.11
American IT Incorporated may stop providing the Software or any updates
thereto, including but not limited to the Third-Party Software, at any
time without notice or any further liability to You.
3. FEES
3.1
Certain
American IT Incorporated Services are subject to set-up, service, and
hosting fees, and by
registering for such American IT Incorporated Services you authorize
American IT Incorporated to charge you for any and all such
fees.
3.2
American IT Incorporated agrees to host Your Web Site
/ Web Solution in exchange for
your payment to American IT Incorporated of a monthly Fee for service in
any given month, not later than the first of that month. In the event
that American IT Incorporated determines that the services of a
collection agency are necessary or appropriate to collect amounts due
under this paragraph, which determination shall be made in American IT
Incorporated's sole and unfettered discretion, any and all collection
agency fees and other costs of collection shall be added to the amount
due under this provision.
3.3
All Fees must be paid by
Check drawn in the name of American IT Incorporated, however, recurring
monthly fees as hosting etc. may be paid by a major credit card in United States Dollars. American IT Incorporated will
charge the monthly fee and any additional fees to the credit card
account provided by you on the 1st of each month in advance. You also agree that American IT Incorporated may
automatically charge your credit card for any subsequent renewal term,
additional services, and any related Fees or expenses applicable to Your
Services or Your Website / Web Solution, including but not limited to fees for
services in excess of
those included within Your Services or Your Web Site / Web Solution, without further
authorization from you. If payment in full is not received by American
IT Incorporated from your credit card issuer or its agents, you agree to
pay all amounts due from you for Your Services upon demand by American
IT Incorporated. In case you want to pay hosting or any other recurring
fee by check, it must be paid for the whole year or the remainder of a
year if the payment becomes due after the 1st day of January.
3.3.1
Starting
June 01, 2008 the following minimum charge period will apply to all
recurring payments:
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a |
Where the
recurring monthly charge is $30 or less, it will be charged annually at
the beginning of each calendar year in advance. In case such charge
becomes first due after the first day and before the last day of a
calendar year, it will be charged for the remainder of that year in
advance. |
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b |
Where the
recurring monthly charge is more than $30 but not more than $50, it will
be charged semi-annually at the beginning of January and July of each
calendar year in advance. In case such charge becomes first due after
the first day and before the last day of the first or the second half of
a calendar year, it will be charged for the remainder of that
semi-annual period in advance. |
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c |
Where the
recurring monthly charge is more than $50 but not more than $100, it
will be charged quarterly at the beginning of January, April, July and
October in advance. In case such charge becomes first due after the
first day and before the last day of any such quarter, it will be
charged for the remainder of that quarter in advance. |
In case an
account is cancelled before the end of a period that has already been
charged, the client will be entitled to a pro-rata refund.
3.4
American IT Incorporated may offer subsequent promotional rates or
special offers, the terms of which may or may not be more favorable than
the terms and conditions for Your Services. Any such promotions or
modifications shall not effect your obligations under this Agreement.
Promotional fees may be subject to additional terms and conditions
which, to the extent they conflict with the terms of this Agreement ,
shall govern those packages / services. Promotional fees and special offers may not be combined.
3.5
To the extent Your Services are subject to the terms and conditions of
American IT Incorporated's Money Back Guarantee (the "T&C Money Back
Guarantee"), they are incorporated herein by reference.
3.6
American IT Incorporated offers a service uptime guarantee for the
American IT Incorporated Services, which provides for a credit to You in
the event the total availability of American IT Incorporated hosted web
pages falls below 99.99% ("Uptime"). If You can demonstrate to American
IT Incorporated's satisfaction, in American IT Incorporated's sole
discretion, that American IT Incorporated has failed to maintain the
Uptime, You may contact American IT Incorporated and request a credit
for that month proportional to the amount of downtime, to be put towards
the purchase of future American IT Incorporated Services. Credits cannot
be redeemed for cash, and are exclusive of any applicable taxes. The
credit does not apply to service interruptions caused by (i) periodic
scheduled maintenance or repairs undertaken by American IT Incorporated
from time to time; (ii) downtime caused by You; (iii) outages that do
not limit browser access to Your web site (for example, interruptions to
your ftp service or e-mail); (iv) suspension of Your account due to
legal action taken or threatened against You or Your Services; (v)
suspension of Your account due to violations of the G T&C, as determined in
American IT Incorporated's sole discretion, including but not limited to
excessive use of system resources, non-payment or other billing issues,
or identification by the abuse team as fraudulent or otherwise in
violation of the G T&C; or (vi) causes beyond the control of American IT
Incorporated or that are not reasonably foreseeable by American IT
Incorporated.
3.7
You shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney's
fees and costs, in the event any invoice requires collection efforts.
All accounts referred to a collection agency shall be subject to an
additional fee of $25, which must be paid in full before the account
is reactivated.
3.8
International Customers bear the risk of currency fluctuations and any
fees or taxes associated with the conversation of foreign currencies
into United States Dollars. Certain American IT Incorporated Services
will not be available to International Customers until American IT
Incorporated is able to receive satisfactory confirmation from such
customer's credit card provider, in American IT Incorporated's sole
discretion, that the funds will be available for debit from the
International Customer's account. Orders from International Customers
will not be accepted unless the country provided in the contact
information matches that on file for the credit card used for payment of
the Fees.
3.9
Upon cancellation of this Agreement you will receive a prorated refund
of any pre-paid, refundable fees for the remainder of any term. Fees for
certain services, including but not limited to domain name registration
and maintenance, set up fees, shipping and handling, SSL certificate
fees, are not refundable
unless provided otherwise by applicable local law. American IT
Incorporated may, in its sole discretion, refund other amounts as it
deems necessary or advisable.
4. NO
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AGREEMENT TO DISSEMINATE MATERIALS WHICH ARE
INCONSISTENT WITH YOUR WARRANTIES
Receipt by American IT Incorporated of data for storage in Web Site
Space and / or transmission via American IT Incorporated's Equipment
which are inconsistent with your warranties set forth in Section 7
herein shall not constitute an agreement by American IT Incorporated to
allow the American IT Incorporated Services or the American IT
Incorporated Equipment to be used to disseminate such information or
data in whole or in part, by any means, or if once disseminated via the
use of American IT Incorporated's Services or Equipment, to continue to
disseminate such data.
5. NO
WARRANTIES BY American IT Incorporated
THE American IT Incorporated SERVICES AND American IT Incorporated
SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE American IT
Incorporated SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. American IT Incorporated
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE American IT Incorporated SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, NOR DOES American IT Incorporated MAKE ANY
WARRANTY AS TO ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY USE OF THE American
IT Incorporated SERVICES. NO WARRANTY IS MADE BY American IT Incorporated
REGARDING ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND American IT Incorporated HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION: (1) ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, QUALITY,
QUANTITY, OR CONTENT OF SERVICES OR GOODS PROVIDED TO YOU HEREUNDER,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR SERVICES AND YOUR WEB SITE / WEB
SOLUTION; AND (2)
ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
American IT Incorporated DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY CONTENT,
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE American
IT Incorporated SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, "WORMS", "TROJAN
HORSES", OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO
REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND HAVE BEEN MADE TO YOU REGARDING THE
POTENTIAL VOLUME OF PATRONAGE OF YOUR WEB SITE / WEB SOLUTION OR ANY
OTHER PERSON'S OR ENTITY'S WEB SITE / WEB SOLUTION.
6. American IT
Incorporated's LIMITED LIABILITY
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY HEREUNDER SHALL BE FOR YOU TO DISCONTINUE
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO CASE SHALL
American IT Incorporated, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM
YOUR USE OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE American IT Incorporated
SERVICES. SOME COUNTRIES, STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES. IN SUCH COUNTRIES, STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, American IT
Incorporated'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY SEPARATE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR
IN THIS AGREEMENT, American IT Incorporated DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR
GUARANTEE ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED OR OTHERWISE
ACCESSED USING THE American IT Incorporated SERVICES, AND American IT
Incorporated WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTIES. YOU HEREBY
RELEASE American IT Incorporated FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITY
AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THESE LIABILITY LIMITATIONS. THE TOTAL LIABILITY
OF American IT Incorporated FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL SERVICE FEES
PAID BY YOU TO American IT Incorporated IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING SUCH
ALLEGED BREACH, BUT IN NO EVENT TO EXCEED $500.
7. YOUR
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1
You agree and warrant that the contact information you have provided to
American IT Incorporated is complete and accurate, and you further agree
to notify American IT Incorporated within fifteen days of a change to
any such contact information. Contact information includes your full
legal name, e-mail address, and mailing address and the name, mailing
address, telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address of the
technical and administrative contacts for your domain / website / web
solution, if any.
7.2
You agree to provide American IT Incorporated notice of any changes in
the primary or secondary DNS address of your name servers, to the extent
you have installed and are operating those name servers or to the extent
your domain name is held by another registrar and points to a website
hosted by American IT Incorporated.
7.3
You agree and warrant that your use of the American IT Incorporated
Services and American IT Incorporated's Equipment, and all sales and
distributions, by any and all means, of any type of Content
including, but not limited to, executable files (such as .EXE),
digitized audio/visual files, or archived copies of
copyrighted works (such as .ZIP); goods, including, but not limited to,
videotapes and CD-ROM products, and any type of services by you, which
are advertised and / or promoted by, or are in any other way directly or
indirectly associated with your use of the American IT Incorporated
Services or American IT Incorporated Equipment, shall at all times
comply with all applicable Laws.
7.4
You agree and warrant that you will neither store on nor allow to be
transmitted by American IT Incorporated's Equipment any data or other
matter which constitutes, contains, or links to child pornography or
which involves depictions of sexuality by an age-inappropriate-looking
performer (i.e. someone who looks younger than eighteen years of age,
regardless of their actual age) or by a performer who is portrayed or
made to appear as a person under the age of eighteen years of age by
virtue of the advertising, script, make-up, demeanor, costuming,
setting, etc., or which could otherwise result from or cause harm to
minors.
7.5
You agree and warrant that all data, visual materials, advertising and
other matter you store on or allow to be transmitted by American IT
Incorporated's Equipment shall be solely for business, entertainment and
/ or educational purposes and that you shall assume the sole
responsibility and duty to ensure that all such data, visual materials,
advertising and other matter shall be transmitted exclusively to willing
adults and only to places in which such materials comply with
contemporary community standards.
7.6
You agree and warrant that all data, visual materials, advertising and
other matter you store on or allow to be transmitted by American IT
Incorporated's Equipment shall not violate any settled universal Norms &
Concepts concerning obscenity
and shall not contain or link to any nudity, pornography, or depictions
of bestiality, incest, rape, sexual assault, actual physical violence,
torture or disfigurement, or other content deemed objectionable by
American IT Incorporated, in its sole discretion.
7.7
You agree that you shall install and maintain appropriate and effective
screening procedures on Your Web Site / Web Solution to avoid access
to, or communication of, any harmful matter or indecent communications
to minors or unwilling adults.
7.8
You agree that if, in American IT Incorporated's sole and exclusive
discretion, American IT Incorporated concludes that Your Web Site / Web
Solution
displays, contains or links to any harmful matter or indecent materials
or communications which are available to, or accessible by, minors or
unwilling adults, or
displays or contains any material that consists of child pornography or
which could otherwise result in harm to minors; then American IT
Incorporated may, without prior notice to you and in American IT
Incorporated's sole and exclusive discretion, either remove and erase
the material from Your Web Site / Web Solution, and / or disable public access to the
material on Your Web Site / Web Solution, and / or terminate your
service at any time without prior notice and without
any liability of any kind to American IT Incorporated from either you or
any third party.
7.9
You agree that in the event that American IT Incorporated is informed by
any party that your domain name or any material on Your Web Site / Web
Solution
infringes the copyright of any party, or violates the right of publicity
or privacy of any party, or consists of any other claim or violation of
intellectual property rights of any kind, then American IT Incorporated
may, without prior notice to you and in American IT Incorporated's sole
and exclusive discretion, either remove the material from Your Web Site
/ Web Solution,
and / or disable public access to your domain name or the material on
Your Web Site / Web Solution, and / or terminate this Agreement, without any liability
of any kind to American IT Incorporated from either you or any third
party. As more completely set forth in Sections 5, 6 and 9, you waive
any and all claims you may have, now and forever, against American IT
Incorporated relating to any action taken in response to the claim that
you have infringed the intellectual property rights of a third party,
and agree to indemnify and hold harmless American IT Incorporated from
and against any such claims.
7.10
You affirmatively represent, agree and warrant that you have and at all
times shall have all necessary intellectual property rights, including,
but not limited to, all copyrights, trademark and service mark rights
and rights of publicity, both in the United States and throughout the
world, to reproduce and disseminate, via the Internet, all data which
you store in Web Site / Web Solution or which you otherwise promote, advertise,
disseminate and / or distribute to anyone by your direct or indirect use
of the American IT Incorporated Services or American IT Incorporated's
Equipment, including, without limitation, all advertising and
promotional materials, prior to and at all times during the time such
materials are promoted, advertised, disseminated or distributed through
any direct or indirect use of the American IT Incorporated Services or
American IT Incorporated's Equipment.
7.11
You agree and warrant that no data or other matter you store on or allow
to be transmitted by American IT Incorporated's Equipment shall
constitute or contain or link to material which is libelous, slanderous,
defamatory, or which will violate or infringe upon or will otherwise
give rise to any adverse claim with respect to any common law or other
right of any person or other entity, including, without limitation,
privacy rights and all other personal and proprietary rights. You agree
not to collect the personally identifiable data of any person without
that person's consent, records of which shall be maintained throughout
the term of this Agreement and for three years afterward. If you collect
this data through Your Web Site / Web Solution you shall do so only pursuant to a
posted privacy policy disclosing any and all uses of such identifiable
data and in compliance with applicable law.
7.12
You agree and warrant that no data or other matter you store on or allow
to be transmitted by American IT Incorporated's Equipment shall contain
or link to any material which is harmful, violent, threatening, abusive
or hateful.
7.13
You agree and warrant that any and all material(s) of every kind which
you store in Web Site / Web Solutionor transmit using American IT Incorporated's
Services or Equipment shall at all times be free from any and all
damaging software defects, including, but not limited to, software
"viruses", "worms", "Trojan Horses," etc.,
which may cause software or hardware disruption or failure, reduced
computer operating speed, or compromise any security system. You agree
that you will not attempt to access the American IT Incorporated
Equipment or Web Site or another customer's Web Site / Web Solution without
authorization, or use the American IT Incorporated Services to to carry
out, or assist in the carrying out of, any "denial of service" attacks
on any other website / Web Solution service.
7.14
You agree
and warrant that you shall not use any form of mass unsolicited
electronic mail solicitations, news group postings, IRC posting or any
other form of "spamming," "phishing", or "mail bombing",
and American IT Incorporated reserves the right to block mail from any
source which American IT Incorporated believes, in its sole discretion,
is being used to send such unsolicited e-mail, including but not limited
to open mail relays.
7.15
You agree and warrant that you shall not engage in any false, deceptive
or fraudulent activities in association with your use of the American IT
Incorporated Services or American IT Incorporated's Equipment.
7.16
You shall at all times use Web Site
/ Web Solution exclusively as a conventional
Web Site / Web Solution. All use of American IT Incorporated's
Services and Equipment shall at all times be in a manner consistent with
this Agreement and shall not in any way impair the functioning or
operation of American IT Incorporated's Equipment or network. Should
your use of the American IT Incorporated Services result in an overly
high load on the American IT Incorporated Equipment, in American IT
Incorporated's sole discretion, American IT Incorporated may suspend
your account until the cause of any such overload is determined and
resolved.
7.17
You agree and warrant that all applicable taxes have been paid or will
be paid in full by you when due regarding all businesses and employees
associated with your use of the American IT Incorporated Services and
that no taxing authorities shall have any claim against American IT
Incorporated or any persons affiliated therewith for the payment of such
taxes.
7.18
You represent and warrant that you are over eighteen years of age
(twenty one in places where eighteen years is not the age of majority)
and are fully competent to enter into this Agreement.
7.19
You agree to comply with all Laws rules regarding online conduct and
acceptable Content.
7.20
You represent and warrant that you are not a national or resident of
Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia, Sudan, and
Syria or any other country subject to U.S. Treasury Department embargo
restrictions, and that you are not listed in the "Entity List" or
"Denied Persons List" maintained by the US Department of Commerce or the
list of "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" maintained
by the US Department of Treasury. You further acknowledge that you are
not a national or resident of a country whose name is otherwise omitted
from the registration form for American IT Incorporated Services.
Residents of countries which are serviced by a American IT Incorporated
affiliate are required to contract with those American IT Incorporated
affiliates, and you represent and warrant that you are not a resident of
one of those countries.
7.21
You agree to abide by United States and other applicable export control
laws and not to transfer or permit the transfer, by electronic
transmission or otherwise, any content or software subject to
restrictions under such laws to a destination prohibited under such
laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite
government authorization. You further agree not to upload to your
American IT Incorporated account / website / web solution any data,
script or software that cannot be
exported without prior written government authorization, including, but
not limited to, certain types of encryption software.
7.22
You agree not to use your
e-mail account for the storage of files other
than in the course of normal e-mail usage.
7.23
You shall not operate a chat room using the American IT Incorporated
Services unless expressly permitted by the terms and conditions of Your
Services.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY, TRADEMARK, AND COPYRIGHT
8.1
During the course of this Agreement you may gain access to certain
confidential, proprietary and trade secret business or technical
information belonging to American IT Incorporated in connection with
American IT Incorporated's performance of the American IT Incorporated
Services ("Confidential Information"). You agree to preserve the
confidentiality of all Confidential Information that is provided in
connection with the Agreement, and shall not, without the prior written
consent of American IT Incorporated, disclose or make available to any
person, or use for your own or any other person's benefit, other than as
necessary in performance of your obligations under this Agreement, any
Confidential Information of American IT Incorporated. American IT
Incorporated retains all right and title to such Confidential
Information.
8.2
American IT Incorporated is a service mark of American IT Incorporated
All rights reserved. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed
on this Web Site (collectively, the "Marks") belong American IT
Incorporated and / or its affiliates or third parties which have
licensed those rights to American IT Incorporated ("Partners"); American
IT Incorporated and Partners retain all rights to the Marks and nothing
in this Agreement grants you or anyone else any right whatsoever to the
use of the Marks. You may not use, reproduce, or display any Marks
without their owner's prior written consent. All other trademarks,
product names, and company names and logos appearing on American IT
Incorporated's Web Site are the property of their respective owners.
8.3
Unless expressly stated otherwise on the American IT Incorporated Web
Site, you should assume that all content, images, and materials
appearing on this Web Site (collectively the "American IT Incorporated
Content") are the sole property of American IT Incorporated. Both U.S.
and international copyright laws and treaties protect such American IT
Incorporated Content. You may not use, reproduce, display, or sell any
American IT Incorporated Content without American IT Incorporated's
prior written consent. You may not link to any page within American IT
Incorporated's Web Site or frame any portion of the site without
American IT Incorporated's prior written consent.
9. YOUR
INDEMNIFICATION OF American IT Incorporated
You agree that you shall fully defend and indemnify American IT
Incorporated, including its officers, directors, owners, managing
agents, attorneys, shareholders, related entities, heirs, and assigns,
from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, losses, liabilities,
damages, injuries, fines penalties, costs and expenses, attorneys' fees,
arbitration fees, mediation fees, expert expenses, and all other
consequences of every kind, directly or indirectly resulting from any
and all failures of you or your agents to fully comply with all
duties, obligations and other provisions set forth in this Agreement,
including, but not limited to, your warranties set forth in Section 7 or
your violation of a third party's intellectual property rights. You
further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless American IT
Incorporated, including its officers, directors, owners, managing
agents, attorneys, shareholders, related entities, heirs, and assigns,
from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, loses,
liabilities, damages, injuries, fines, penalties, costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out
of any property damage or recoverable economic loss incurred by a third
party, to the extent such damage or loss is caused by any act or
omission of you or your agents in connection with the performance of
this Agreement. You agree that American IT Incorporated shall have the
right to participate in the defense of any such claim through counsel of
its own choosing at your expense.
10. NO JOINT VENTURE OR PARTNERSHIP
Nothing in this Agreement is intended by the Parties to create or
constitute an agency, joint or collaborative venture, or partnership of
any kind between American IT Incorporated and you, nor shall anything in
this Agreement be construed as constituting or creating any such agency,
joint or collaborative venture, or partnership between American IT
Incorporated and you. American IT Incorporated shall have no control or
ownership interests of any kind in your business. American IT
Incorporated shall have no direct financial or other interest in, nor in
any way "own" any online "store" or other online venture pertaining to
your use of the American IT Incorporated Services or American IT
Incorporated's Equipment. American IT Incorporated's relationship to you
shall be restricted to matters pertaining to the provision of the
American IT Incorporated Services as set forth in this agreement.
11. American IT Incorporated HAS MADE NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
SUCCESS, MARKETS OR PROFITABILITY
11.1
You confirm that you have unilaterally decided to enter the online and /
or Web Site / Web Solution service / business and that these are high risk businesses.
You further confirm, understand, acknowledge and expressly agree that
neither American IT Incorporated, any agent or representative of
American IT Incorporated, nor any other person is currently representing
or otherwise directly or indirectly communicating in any manner herein
or otherwise, nor has at any time in the past, represented to you or has
otherwise directly or indirectly communicated in any manner to you any
guarantee, reassurance or any other communication of any kind regarding:
11.1.1
The potential profitability or likelihood of success of your endeavors
through the use of the American IT Incorporated Services or American IT
Incorporated's Equipment as set forth herein or otherwise;
11.1.2
The possibility or likelihood that use of any products and / or services
provided by American IT Incorporated pursuant to this Agreement can or
will result in the recovery of any funds expended by you for any
purpose; or
11.1.3
The existence, nonexistence, size or any other characteristics of any
market for any products or services which involve your use, in any
manner, of the American IT Incorporated Services or American IT
Incorporated's Equipment pursuant to this Agreement.
11.2
You expressly acknowledge and agree that the success of any business
endeavors which involve your use, in any manner, of the American IT
Incorporated Services and / or American IT Incorporated's Equipment
pursuant to this Agreement, like any other business endeavor, is subject
to numerous factors, such as the demand or usefulness of the product or
service, effectiveness of its advertising and
promotion, your administrative capabilities, etc., and that the ultimate
success or failure of your business rests with you and not American IT
Incorporated. You further expressly agree not to raise any claim of any
kind against American IT Incorporated and to hold American IT
Incorporated harmless from any claim of financial investment loss to you
directly or indirectly resulting from your decision to use the American
IT Incorporated Services and / or American IT Incorporated's Equipment
pursuant to this Agreement.
12.
SERVICES RENDERED ON A NON-EXCLUSIVE BASIS
Any and all services which are or may be provided to you by American IT
Incorporated pursuant to this Agreement, including the licensure of
rights herein, are not exclusive and nothing in this Agreement shall
limit or restrict American IT Incorporated from providing similar
services and granting similar licenses to third parties regardless of
whether such third parties are competitors of you. Nothing in this
Agreement shall limit or restrict American IT Incorporated from engaging
in any activities similar to yours or in competition with you.
13. NO
EDITORIAL CONTROL BY American IT Incorporated
American IT Incorporated and you agree that, consistent with the strict
policy of American IT Incorporated, and in reliance on your express
warranties regarding the substantive content of data, advertisements,
communications, messages and other materials which you shall store in
Web Site / Web Solution, and / or otherwise disseminate via the use of American
IT Incorporated's Services or Equipment, American IT Incorporated shall
neither have nor exert any editorial or other subjective control over
the substantive content of such data, advertisements, communications,
message or other materials. American IT Incorporated does not engage in
any monitoring of the substantive content comprising Your Web Site / Web
Solution or
Web Site Space. American IT Incorporated exercises no control over
information which is found on the internet, except for its own Web Site,
and cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, correctness, or
legality of such information. You are solely responsible for the content
of Your Web Site / Web Solution and for verifying the accuracy and suitability of
information and services you obtain from third parties via the internet.
14. TERM
AND TERMINATION
14.1
Unless sooner terminated pursuant to other terms of this Agreement, and
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
for an initial term of one month and shall be automatically renewed each
month for additional one month periods unless and until sooner
terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14. American IT
Incorporated may accept prepayment for services to be provided under
this Agreement, but such acceptance shall not modify or extend the term
of this Agreement.
14.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 14.1. to the contrary,
American IT Incorporated offers certain services / solutions for which the
initial term of this Agreement shall be in excess of one month
("Extended Term Services"), at the end of which this Agreement shall
renew automatically on a month-to-month basis pursuant to the terms of
Section 14.1. Any and all service fees for the Extended Term Packages
are due and payable for the entire initial term thereof, and should you
terminate, attempt to terminate, or otherwise default on this Agreement
prior to the end of the initial term you authorize American IT
Incorporated to charge you for all such fees and charges
for the remainder of such initial term. Fees paid for the Extended Term
Services
are not refundable unless this Agreement is terminated by American IT
Incorporated without cause pursuant to Section 14.3. or as otherwise
decided by American IT Incorporated in its sole discretion.
14.3
You or American IT Incorporated may terminate this Agreement at any time
for any reason, with or without cause, upon thirty days' written notice.
American IT Incorporated may suspend performance under or terminate this
Agreement and cease transmission of data associated with Your Web Site
/ Web Solution
immediately and without notice:
14.3.1
If American IT Incorporated, in its sole discretion, deems that you have
breached any part of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any
warranty or obligation set forth in Section 7,
14.3.2
If your credit card issuer refuses payment of fees or charges or you
refuse authorization for same, or
14.3.3
If payment for the American IT Incorporated Services is more than
fifteen days overdue.
14.4
You further agree that in the event that American IT Incorporated
believes, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any provision
of Section 7 of this Agreement, or any of its sub-parts, by storing or
allowing material such as that described in the aforementioned Section
7, or any of its sub-paragraphs, to be transmitted by American IT
Incorporated's Equipment, that American IT Incorporated may without any
liability to you, and in addition to any other remedies, erase or purge
such materials from American IT Incorporated's Equipment without prior
notice to you.
14.5
After termination, you will no longer have access to your account and
all information or content, including but not limited to e-mails, web
pages, image folders, animations, multimedia files, log files, databases, or other data
/ content files associated
with your Account / Website / Web Solution / Control Panel may be deleted. American IT Incorporated accepts no
liability for such deleted information or content. American IT
Incorporated may, in its sole discretion, make such information or
content available to you to the extent it has not been deleted.
14.6
You acknowledge and agree that American IT Incorporated or its agents,
assignees or licensees may, upon termination for any reason, associate
any data of any kind, in American IT Incorporated's sole discretion,
with the Domain Name registered in association with Your Web Site / Web
Solution as
long as American IT Incorporated or American IT Incorporated's agent,
assignee or licensee continue to be listed as the hosting entity with InterNIC or another domain name registry used to register Your Web
Site's / Web Solution's domain name.
15.
PRIVACY
15.1
It is American IT Incorporated's policy to respect your privacy.
American IT Incorporated will not monitor, edit, or disclose any
personal information about you or your account, including its contents,
without your prior consent unless American IT Incorporated deems it
necessary, in its sole discretion, to:
15.1.1
Comply with legal process or other legal requirements, including but not
limited to responding to subpoenas or other requests for information
from law enforcement officials;
15.1.2
Protect and defend the rights or property of American IT Incorporated or
its officers, agents, affiliates, and licensees;
15.1.3
Enforce this Agreement; or
15.1.4
Protect the interests of other American IT Incorporated
clients / customers.
15.2
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY,
American IT Incorporated RESERVES THE RIGHT (SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LOCAL
LAW), IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MONITOR YOUR ACCOUNT, WEBSITE, WEB
SOLUTION OR CONTROL PANEL INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE USE OF A USER'S MAIN ACCOUNT AND ANY SUB-ACCOUNTS, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING VIOLATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ASSIST
WITH CRIMINAL OR CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS.
15.3
Your IP address is transmitted and recorded with each message you send
using the services of American IT Incorporated, its Agents, Affiliates
or Third Party Providers. American IT Incorporated, its Agents,
Affiliates or Third Party Providers may provide certain information in aggregate form collected from and
relating to you to third persons such as advertisers. For a more
detailed description of the types and uses of personal information
collected from you, please read the American IT Incorporated Privacy
Policy.
15.4
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT American IT
Incorporated MAY DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND THEIR
WEBSITE / WEB SOLUTION OR DOMAIN NAMES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHTS
TO PRIVACY OR PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO SUCH INFORMATION
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
16.
SEVERABILITY
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement
shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed
as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
included. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision.
17.
NON-ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE WAIVER
Failure of American IT Incorporated at any time to enforce any of the
specific provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude any other or
further enforcement of such provision (s) or the exercise of any other
right hereunder. No waiver of a breach of this Agreement shall be valid
unless made in writing and signed by duly authorized representative of
American IT Incorporated.
18.
NOTICES
18.1
American IT Incorporated may provide notice to you via e-mail sent to
the e-mail address provided by you to American IT Incorporated. Such notice is deemed
effective whether you receive it or not and shall be deemed written
notice for the purposes of this Agreement.
18.2
You may provide notice to American IT Incorporated in one of the
following ways:
18.2.1
By
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, delivered at the
registered corporate office of American IT Incorporated.
18.2.2
By UPS,
delivered at the registered corporate office of American IT
Incorporated.
18.2.3
By Federal
Express, delivered at the registered corporate office of American IT
Incorporated.
18.2.4
By e-mail
addressed to legal@aitincorporated.com provided that the sender must
have auto responder message as proof of his e-mail. In case a message
sent to legal@aitincorporated.com does not receive an auto generated
response, apparently, the message has not been received, therefore, you
must send notice using any other delivery option authorized in this
agreement and the e-mail shall have no effect at whatsoever. Further,
notice by e-mail to American IT Incorporated shall be deemed
ineffective, null and void unless a copy of such notice is also sent by
registered or certified mail, and postmarked not more than five days
subsequent to the giving of e-mail notice. However, where all these
conditions have been complied with, the effective date of notice will be
the date of e-mail as substantiated by the auto responder.
18.3
Such notice, statement or other document so delivered to American IT
Incorporated, except as this Agreement expressly provides otherwise,
shall be deemed to have been given / served on the date of delivery or
on the date of receipt.
19. FORCE MAJEURE
19.1
In the event of "force majeure" (as defined below), American IT
Incorporated may terminate this Agreement without liability to you. For
purposes of the Agreement, "force majeure" shall mean circumstances or
occurrences beyond American IT Incorporated's reasonable control,
whether or not foreseeable at the time of entering into the Agreement,
in consequence of which American IT Incorporated cannot reasonably be
required to perform its |