General Terms of Service

Whereas, Cloud Data Works is an information provider connected to the Internet Cloud Data Works offers storage and transfer services over the Internet through access to its Server;

Whereas, Customer seeks to utilize Cloud Data Works’s server for its own purposes;

Whereas, the parties acknowledge that the Internet is neither owned nor controlled by any one entity; therefore, Cloud Data Works can make no guarantee that any given reader shall be able to access Cloud Data Works’s server at any given time.

Cloud Data Works represents that it shall make every good faith effort to ensure that its server is available as widely as possible and with as little service interruption as possible;

Now therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties agree as follows;

Financial Arrangements

  1. Customer agrees to a thirty (30) day contract minimum beginning upon commencement of service. Exact contract duration is decided upon at signup.
  2. Customer agrees that all charges and fees associated with an account are their sole responsibility.
  3. If the customer wishes to cancel Cloud Data Works’ shared Web Hosting services within twenty-nine (29) days of the initial signup they shall be able to do so for any reason (aside from disablement for Terms of Service or Spam Policy violations) and have their money promptly refunded.
  4. Services provided by 3rd parties and Cloud Data Works partners are not part of the 29-day refund policy and no early ending credit applies. Billing will stop at end of term during which the service is canceled.
  5. Refunds are not available for add-on or customized services such as SSL Certificates, Domain Name Registrations, Managed WordPress Hosting, or Website Transfer Services.
  6. At the end of the contract term, the contract will automatically renew for the original contract length indefinitely until canceled in writing or via the web panel. After the first 29 days a canceled account will be canceled before the next payment is due and no more billing will occur nor will any payment be refunded, even for unused portions. If any non-refundable charges have already been incurred, they must be paid before the account may be cancelled.
  7. “29-Day Money-Back Guarantee” offer only applicable to credit card payments for shared web hosting. Other forms of payment are non-refundable. Refunds can only be processed for shared hosting. Domain registrations (including the value of any used free domain registrations included with the plan) are not refundable under any circumstances. SSL certificates are non-refundable. The value of any AdWords credit or other add-ons is non-refundable.
  8. Violations of Cloud Data Works’s Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, or Spam Policy may, at Cloud Data Works’s discretion, result in immediate and permanent disablement without refund.
  9. Disputed charges (“chargebacks”) associated with any Cloud Data Works account may, at Cloud Data Works’s discretion, result in immediate and permanent disablement.
  10. Cloud Data Works will use commercially reasonable efforts to make its shared hosting services 100% available. A failure to provide 100% uptime will result in customer compensation pursuant to guidelines established herein.

Taxes

  1. Cloud Data Works shall not be liable for any taxes or other fees to be paid in accordance with or related to purchases made from Customer or Cloud Data Works’s server. Customer agrees to take full responsibility for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with such products sold.

Material Products

  1. Customer will provide Cloud Data Works with material and data in a condition that is “server-ready”, which is in a form requiring no additional manipulation on the part of Cloud Data Works. Cloud Data Works shall make no effort to validate this information for content, correctness or usability.
  2. Use of Cloud Data Works’s service requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired content of Customer’s Webspace by the Customer.
  3. The following examples are offered:
    1. Web Publishing: requires a knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Webspace contents, Graphics, text, Sound, imagemapping, etc.
    2. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc.
  4. The Customer agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create Customer’s Webspace. Customer agrees that it is not the responsibility of Cloud Data Works to provide this knowledge or Customer Support outside of the defined service of Cloud Data Works.
  5. Cloud Data Works will exercise no control whatsoever over the content of the information passing through the network, provided that it adheres to all other conditions set forth in our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy documents.
  6. Cloud Data Works reserves the right to police its network to verify compliance with all agreed upon Terms.
  7. The Customer agrees to cooperate in any reasonable investigations into their adherence to all agreed upon Terms. Failure to cooperate is grounds for immediate disablement of all accounts/service plans.
  8. Cloud Data Works reserves the right to disconnect any website or server deemed to present a security threat to Cloud Data Works’s customers, servers, or network.
  9. The opening of multiple accounts or service plans in order to bypass any restrictions or overage charges set forth by Cloud Data Works is grounds for termination of all services.
  10. Cloud Data Works makes no warranties or representations of any kind, whether expressed or implied for the service it is providing. Cloud Data Works also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and will not be responsible for any damages that may be suffered by the Customer, including loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries or service interruptions by any cause or errors or omissions of the Customer. Use of any information obtained by way of Cloud Data Works is at the Customer’s own risk, and Cloud Data Works specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its services. Connection speed represents the speed of a connection to and do not represent guarantees of available end to end bandwidth. Cloud Data Works expressly limits its damages to the Customer for any non-accessibility time or other down time to the pro-rata monthly charge during the system unavailability.
  11. Cloud Data Works specifically denies any responsibilities for any damages arising as a consequence of such unavailability. In the event that this material is not “Server-ready”, Cloud Data Works may, at its option and at any time, reject this material, including but not limited to after it has been put on Cloud Data Works’s Server. Cloud Data Works agrees to notify Customer immediately of its refusal of the material and afford Customer the opportunity to amend or modify the material to satisfy the needs and/or requirements of Cloud Data Works. If the Customer fails to modify the material, as directed by Cloud Data Works, within a reasonable period of time, which shall be determined between the parties themselves, the contract shall be deemed to be terminated.
  12. All domain names registered through Cloud Data Works that are ‘parked’ or are otherwise not immediately associated with a Cloud Data Works hosting plan will be automatically pointed to a “Parked Service” web page which informs visitors that the registrant has recently registered their domain name via CloudDataWorks.ca. The Parked Service web page may be modified at any time by Cloud Data Works without prior notice to you and may include such things as, without limitation, links to additional products and services offered by Cloud Data Works.

Trademarks & Copyrights

  1. Customer warrants that it has the right to use the trademarks and copyrights applicable to all content and/or products being made available through the customer’s account.

Hardware, Equipment, & Software

  1. The customer is responsible for and must provide all telephone, computer, hardware and software equipment and services necessary to access Cloud Data Works.
  2. Cloud Data Works makes no representations, warranties or assurances that the Customer’s equipment will be compatible with the Cloud Data Works service.

Guaranteed Uptime for Shared Web Hosting

  1. Cloud Data Works guarantees 100% uptime for its Shared Web Hosting service. A failure to provide 100% uptime will result in customer compensation pursuant to guidelines established herein.
  2. Customer is entitled to compensation if Customer’s web site, databases, email, or FTP become unusable as a result of failure(s) in Cloud Data Works systems for reasons other than previously announced scheduled maintenance, coding or configuration errors on the part of the Customer.
  3. Customer will receive Cloud Data Works credit equal to the Customer’s current hosting cost for 1 (one) day of service for each 1 (one) hour (or fraction thereof) of service interruption, up to a maximum of 10% of customer’s next pre-paid hosting renewal fee.
  4. Customer must apply the Cloud Data Works credit to the subscription under which the service interruption occurred.
  5. Cloud Data Works’s assessment of downtime begins when Customer opens a support ticket to report the problem.
  1. Service credits must be claimed within 7 days of the service interruption occurring by submitting a support ticket. Include as much detail as required to document the service interruption.

Dedicated Server and VPS Stipulations

  1. Bandwidth pricing and measurement frequency is subject to change at Cloud Data Works‘s discretion. Customers affected by such changes will be notified no less than thirty (29) days in advance by Cloud Data Works.
  2. Cloud Data Works is under no obligation to compensate Customer for downtime, whether the downtime be caused by Customer, Cloud Data Works, or Cloud Data Works’s upstream providers.
  3. Customer agrees that dedicated server payments are NON-REFUNDABLE. For example, if Customer submits payment for twelve (12) months of service, service will be provided for twelve (12) months and will not be refunded if customer chooses to discontinue service with Cloud Data Works mid-way through the term. Cloud Data Works services will be billed on the selected billing cycle as outlined in the service agreement. Any termination or upgrade of a pre-paid VPS plan will result in a refund of the prorated value of the plan minus 30 days.
  4. Qualifying hardware upgrades of an existing dedicated host under subscription will be performed by Cloud Data Works and shall incur an additional one-time labor fee of $100 as well as an increase to Customer’s standard monthly rate.
  5. Any hands-on labor necessitated by the customer (including, but not limited to, re-installing the operating system on the server) shall be performed by Cloud Data Works and shall incur an additional one-time labor fee of $100 for each incident.
  6. Cloud Data Works reserves the right to alter the dedicated server packages advertised on its website at its discretion. Cloud Data Works is not required to upgrade Customers’ hardware or bandwidth allocation as a result of a pricing or service package change. If possible, there will be an additional charge of $200 associated for any such hardware upgrade requested by Customer. Customer will not be required to upgrade hardware as a result of a pricing change.
  7. For managed servers, Cloud Data Works is responsible for the security of the network, the kernel, and the base operating system (defined as the standard set of linux packages that come installed with the server OS of choice). Cloud Data Works may take any steps it deems necessary at any time to protect the security of your server (this generally includes applying security patches as well upgrading the entire operating system).
  8. For unmanaged servers Customer is responsible for keeping the security of their system up to date. This includes but is not limited to the following requirements:
    1. the kernel will be patched within 7 days of any announced security hole relating to the kernel
    2. any security patches for all installed software must be applied within 7 days of their general announcement to the security community at large.
  9. Cloud Data Works is not responsible for notifying unmanaged servers of the need to apply patches. Failure to comply with these requirements is grounds for termination of contract without refund. Cloud Data Works reserves the right to take any action upon unmanaged dedicated servers it deems necessary at any time to protect the security and integrity of Cloud Data Works’s network.

Age

  1. The Customer certifies that he or she is at least 18 years of age, or that their parent or legal guardian will act as the “customer” in terms of this contract.

Termination

  1. This contract may be terminated by either party, without cause, by giving the other party 14 days written notice. Cloud Data Works will accept termination by electronic mail. Notwithstanding the above, Cloud Data Works may terminate service under this contract at any time, without penalty, if the Customer fails to comply with the terms of this contract, including non-payment. Cloud Data Works reserves the right to charge a reinstatement fee.

Limited Liability

  1. Customer expressly agrees that use of Cloud Data Works’s Server is at Customer’s sole risk. Neither Cloud Data Works, its employees, affiliates, agents, third party information providers, merchants licensers or the like, warrant that Cloud Data Works’s Server service will not be interrupted or error free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Server service or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information service or merchandise contained in or provided through the Cloud Data Works Server service, unless otherwise expressly stated in this contract.
  2. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Cloud Data Works, its offices, agents or anyone else involved in creating, producing or distributing Cloud Data Works’s Server service be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the Cloud Data Works Server service; or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communication failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to Cloud Data Works’s records, programs or services. Customer hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all content on Cloud Data Works’s Server service.
  3. Notwithstanding the above, Customer’s exclusive remedies for all damages, losses and causes of actions whether in contract, tort including negligence or otherwise, shall not exceed the aggregate amount which Customer paid during the term of this contract and any reasonable legal fee and court costs.

Promotional Codes

  1. Promo codes are for new customers only; if you use one you may not host on your new account any domain ever previously hosted with Cloud Data Works.

Indemnification

  1. Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Cloud Data Works harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, (“Liabilities”) asserted against Cloud Data Works, its agents, its customers, servants officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by Customer, its agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Cloud Data Works against Liabilities arising out of
    1. any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Cloud Data Works’s Server;
    2. any material supplied by Customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party;
    3. copyright infringement;
    4. any defective product which Customer sold on Cloud Data Works Server.

Sanctioned Countries

Customer agrees to comply with all applicable export and reexport control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) maintained by the Department of State. Specifically, Customer covenants that it shall not – directly or indirectly – sell, export, reexport, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) received from Cloud Data Works under this Agreement to any destination, entity, or person prohibited by the laws or regulations of the United States, without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those laws and regulations. Customer agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Cloud Data Works from and against any fines or penalties that may arise as a result of Customer’s breach of this provision. This export control clause shall survive termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

Other Agreements

Customer agrees to abide by the terms set forth in this document as well as other Cloud Data Works policy documents including, but not limited to:

  1. Acceptable Use Policy
  2. Anti-Spam Policy
  3. Unlimited Policy

Customer also agrees to abide by all applicable Terms set forth by all Cloud Data Works partners and subsidiaries.

Contract Revisions

Revisions to this Contract will be applicable to previous Contracts Revisions will be considered agreed to by the Customer on renewal of service as specified in Section – Financial Arrangements.

Transfer

Customer may not transfer this contract without the written consent of Cloud Data Works.

Contract

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire Contract and understanding of the parties. Any changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions of Contract thereto are agreed to by the both parties upon renewal of services.