TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of MANZMAN Web Design Solution's Website.

MANZMAN Web Design Solutions is located at:

81 Girlington Road Girlington, Bradford BD8 9NN - West Yorkshire , United Kingdom

You indicate acceptance of these terms and conditions of service by placing an order with MANZMAN Web Design Solutions. These terms and conditions will not be varied for individual customers.

 

1 DEFINITIONS

1.1 In this Agreement the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

1.1.1 "downtime" means any service interruption in the availability to visitors of the Website;

1.1.2 "intellectual property rights" means patents, trade marks, design rights, applications for any of the foregoing, copyright, topography rights, database rights, rights in know-how, trade or business names and other similar rights or obligations, whether registrable or not in any country;

1.1.3 "MANZMAN" means MANZMAN Web Design Solutions

1.1.4 "IP address" stands for internet protocol address which is the numeric address for the server;

1.1.5 "ISP" stands for internet service provider;

1.1.6 "server" means the computer server equipment operated by MANZMAN in connection with the provision of the Services;

1.1.7 "the Services" means web hosting, domain name registration, email and any other services or facilities provided by MANZMAN.

1.1.8 "spam" means sending unsolicited and/or bulk emails;

1.1.9 "virus" means a computer programme that copies itself or is copied to other storage media, including without limitation magnetic tape cassettes, memory chips, electronic cartridges, optical discs and magnetic discs, and destroys, alters or corrupts data, causes damage to the user's files or creates a nuisance or annoyance to the user and includes without limitation computer programs commonly referred to as "worms" or "trojan horses";

1.1.10 "visitor" means a third party who has accessed the Website;

1.2 Product specifications and details may be found at www.avecsolutions.net

1.3 Words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting any gender shall include all genders.

1.4 The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

2 INTRODUCTION

2.1 The Customer wishes to provide MANZMAN with data that will be hosted on it's servers and made accessible via the Internet.

2.2 MANZMAN has agreed to host the Customer's data upon the following terms and conditions.

 

3 DUTIES

3.1 MANZMAN shall provide to the Customer the Services specified in their order subject to the following terms and conditions.

3.2 The Customer shall deliver to MANZMAN the website and the software used in the website which is owned by the Customer, or licensed to him by a third party or MANZMAN ("The Customer Software"), in a format specified by MANZMAN.

 

4 CHARGES AND PAYMENT

4.1 Payment methods include Paypal - and via Paypal, credit cards (including MasterCard and Visa) and debit cards (including Maestro (Switch), Solo, Visa Electron and Visa Delta) - standing orders drawn on a UK bank, or, for established Avec clients with a credit account, cheque payment of invoices (30 days' credit)

4.2 The Charges are exclusive of VAT, which if payable shall be paid by the Customer.

4.3 MANZMAN shall be entitled to charge interest in respect of late payment of any sum due under this Agreement, which shall accrue from the date when payment becomes due from day to day until the date of payment at a rate of 8% per annum above the base rate of the Bank of England from time to time in force.

4.4 From time to time MANZMAN may make enquiries on the Customer's company, proprietor or directors of the Customer's company with credit reference agencies. These agencies may record that a search has been made and share this information with other businesses.

4.5 Pro-rata refunds will not be issued for yearly services that are cancelled before the end of the year.

4.6 Should your chosen payment method fail MANZMAN will attempt to settle your invoice using any other payment facilities available on your account.

4.7 All services will renew until cancelled by the customer. MANZMAN emails the customers primary email address prior to renewal of services, it is the customer's responsibility to cancel services prior to renewal as no refund can be made once renewal has occurred. Customers must notify us at least 30 days before a service is renewed if they wish to cancel that service. The cancellation process must be fully completed by you before your account is cancelled.

 

5 IP ADDRESSES

5.1 MANZMAN shall maintain control and ownership of the IP address that is assigned to the Customer as part of the Services and reserves the right in its sole discretion to change or remove any and all IP addresses.

5.2 Where MANZMAN changes or removes any IP address it shall use its reasonable endeavours to avoid any disruption to the Customer.

 

6 SOFTWARE LICENCE AND RIGHTS

6.1 If the Customer requires use of software owned by or licensed to MANZMAN ("MANZMAN Web Design Solutions' software") in order to use the Services, MANZMAN grants to the Customer and its employees, agents and third party consultants and contractors, a royalty-free, world-wide, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use MANZMAN Software in object code form only, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not transfer or grant to the Customer any right, title, interest or intellectual property rights in MANZMAN Software.

6.2 In relation to MANZMAN obligations under this Agreement in connection with the provision of the Services, the Customer grants to MANZMAN a royalty-free, world-wide, non-exclusive licence to use the Customer Software and all text, graphics, logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and other material and related documentation featured, displayed or used in or in relation to the website ("the Content"). For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not transfer or grant to MANZMAN any right, title, interest or intellectual property rights in the Customer Software or the Content.

6.3 The Customer undertakes that he will not himself or through any third party, sell, lease, license or sublicense MANZMAN Software.

6.4 MANZMAN may make such copies of the Customer Content as may be necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement, including back up copies of the Content. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, MANZMAN shall destroy all such copies of the Content and other materials provided by the Customer as and when requested by the Customer.

 

7 SERVICE LEVELS AND DATA BACKUP

7.1 MANZMAN shall use its reasonable endeavours to make the server and the Services available to the Customer 100% of the time but because the Services are provided by means of computer and telecommunications systems, MANZMAN makes no warranties or representations that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free and MANZMAN shall not, in any event, be liable for interruptions of Service or downtime of the server.

7.2 Overview of MANZMAN Hosting Platform: MANZMAN only uses High Performence servers in its web hosting platform. Utilising state-of-the-art technology we have built a web hosting platform that is second to none. Our platform is designed in such a way that if any server fails, another server automatically and without delay takes over that server's workload. For example, if one of our mail servers breaks down, another server automatically comes online with all the correct configuration, and takes over the work of the failed server. During this period no email is lost. As well as this, all data is stored in two large network disk arrays. Data is automatically synchronised between the arrays so that in the event of an array failing, the remaining array continues to serve data to the servers with no downtime. Each array is also backed up each night to a separate backup cluster which is then written to tape and stored offsite. Our backup procedure goes above and beyond the majority of web hosting companies.

7.3 For websites hosted under the managed basic hosting plan, MANZMAN carries out complete server data backups as described above in 7.2 for its own use in restoring servers in the event of systems failure, but Customers are responsible for taking their own backups of their Content including all website files and databases. Customers are provided with access to a hosting control panel through which such backups may be made easily. Under the standard hosting plan, MANZMAN does not include a data restoration service for individual customers, though this may be requested for a fee. Even though every effort is made to ensure data is backed up correctly, MANZMAN accepts no responsibility for data loss or corruption.

7.3 For websites hosted under the managed CMS hosting plan, MANZMAN will make and retain on behalf of the Customer a regular offsite backup of all Content including all website files and databases. Upon Customer request, a copy of these backups can be made available or copied to a specified location. Even though every effort is made to ensure data is backed up correctly, MANZMAN accepts no responsibility for data loss or corruption. Under the enhanced CMS hosting plan, MANZMAN will also endeavour to apply on a timely basis (and as applicable) all core Drupal, WordPress or Joomla CMS security patches and updates, as well as updates to any third-party components and plugins where requested by the Customer.

 

8 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

8.1 The website and use of the Services may be used for lawful purposes only and the Customer may not submit, publish or display any content that breaches any law, statute or regulation. In particular the Customer agrees not to:

8.1.1 Use the Services or the website in any way to send unsolicited commercial email or "spam", or any similar abuse of the Services;

8.1.2 Send email or any type of electronic message with the intention or result of affecting the performance of any computer facilities;

8.1.3 Publish, post, distribute or disseminate defamatory, obscene, indecent or other unlawful material or information, or any material or information which infringes any intellectual property rights (for the avoidance of doubt this includes licensed software distributed as Warez), via the Services or on the Website;

8.1.4 Threaten, abuse, disrupt or otherwise violate the rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

8.1.5 Engage in illegal or unlawful activities through the Services or via the Website;

8.1.6 Make available or upload files to the website or to the Services that the Customer knows contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data; or

8.1.7 Obtain or attempt to obtain access, through whatever means, to areas of MANZMAN network or the Services which are identified as restricted or confidential. This includes leaving your home directory whilst using SSH access to servers.

8.1.8 Operate or attempt to operate IRC bots or other permanent server processes.

8.2 The Customer has full responsibility for the content of the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, MANZMAN is not obliged to monitor, and will have no liability for, the content of any communications transmitted by virtue of the Services.

8.3 If the Customer fails to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy outlined in Clause 8.1 MANZMAN shall be entitled to withdraw the Services and terminate the Customer's account without notice.

 

9 ALTERATIONS AND UPDATES

All alterations and updates to the website shall be made by the Customer using the online account management facility, FTP access or SSH access where available. The Customer will be issued with a user name and password in order to access the account. The Customer must take all reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of this user name and password. If the Customer reasonably believes that this information has become known to any unauthorised person, the Customer agrees to immediately inform MANZMAN and the password will be changed.

 

10 WARRANTIES

10.1 The Customer warrants and represents to MANZMAN that MANZMAN use of the Content or the Customer Software in accordance with this Agreement will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party and that the Customer has the authority to license the Content and the Customer Software to MANZMAN as set out in Clause 6.2.

10.2 All conditions, terms, representations and warranties that are not expressly stated in this Agreement, whether oral or in writing or whether imposed by statute or operation of law or otherwise, including, without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose are hereby excluded. In particular and without prejudice to that generality, MANZMAN shall not be liable to the Customer as a result of any viruses introduced or passed on to the Customer.

 

11 INDEMNITY

The Customer agrees to indemnify and hold MANZMAN and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against MANZMAN arising out of any breach by the Customer of the terms of this Agreement or other liabilities arising out of or relating to the Website.

 

12 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

12.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit MANZMAN  liability for death or personal injury resulting from MANZMAN negligence or that of its employees, agents or sub-contractors.

12.2 The entire liability of MANZMAN to the Customer in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has arisen

12.3 In no event shall MANZMAN be liable to the Customer for any loss of business, loss of opportunity or loss of profits or for any other indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever. This shall apply even where such a loss was reasonably foreseeable or MANZMAN had been made aware of the possibility of the Customer incurring such a loss.

 

13 TERM AND TERMINATION

13.1 This Agreement will become effective on the date the service is ordered and shall continue until terminated by either party in writing with 30 days' notice of its intention to terminate the Agreement.

13.2 MANZMAN shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by notice in writing to the Customer if the Customer fails to make any payment when it becomes due.

13.3 Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith by notice in writing to the other if:

13.3.1 The other party commits a material breach of this Agreement and, in the case of a breach capable of being remedied, fails to remedy it within a reasonable time of being given written notice from the other party to do so; or

13.3.2 The other party commits a material breach of this Agreement which cannot be remedied under any circumstances; or

13.3.3 The other party passes a resolution for winding up (other than for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction), or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order to that effect; or

13.3.4 The other party ceases to carry on its business or substantially the whole of its business; or

13.3.5 The other party is declared insolvent, or convenes a meeting of or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors; or a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, manager, trustee or similar officer is appointed over any of its assets.

13.4 Any rights to terminate this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any other accrued rights and liabilities of the parties arising in any way out of this Agreement as at the date of termination.

13.5 On termination all data held in the customer's account will be deleted.

 

14 ASSIGNMENT

14.1 MANZMAN may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement at any time.

14.2 The Customer may not assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any part of it without MANZMAN prior written consent.

 

15 FORCE MAJEURE

Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, the act or omission of government, highway authorities or any telecommunications carrier, operator or administration or other competent authority, the act or omission of any Internet Service Provider, or the delay or failure in manufacture, production, or supply by third parties of equipment or services, and the party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations after notifying the other party of the nature and extent of such events.

 

16 SEVERANCE

If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any Court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated.

 

17 NOTICES

Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be sent by either email, 'wattsapp' application message, or recorded delivery to the address of the other party as appearing in this Agreement or such other address as such party may from time to time have communicated to the other in writing, and if sent by email shall unless the contrary is proved be deemed to be received on the day it was sent or if sent by fax and a 'wattsapp' message shall be deemed to be served on receipt of an error free transmission report, or if sent by recorded delivery shall be deemed to be served two days following the date of posting.

 

18 ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement contains the entire Agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, oral or written. This Agreement may be updated without notice.

 

19 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United Kingdom Courts.

 

20 DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION

20.1 Domain names are not deemed to be successfully registered until they appear in the relevant whois database of the top level domain name registrar. In the event that a domain name is unavailable when we attempt to register it MANZMAN will provide a full refund for that domain name, this will be the full limit of our liability.

20.2 Please return to the main terms and conditions area of this website to view terms and conditions for individual domain name registrars.

20.3 MANZMAN will make reasonable endeavours to renew domains where the renewal fee has been paid. In the event that we are unable to renew a domain name and that domain name is subsequently lost, the limit of our liability shall be the renewal fee for that domain name.

 

21 SCRIPTING

MANZMAN is not responsible for customer programming issues other than ensuring that programming languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Miva and ASP are installed and functioning on the web hosting system.

 

22 PRIVACY

To protect your privacy we will not distribute your details to third parties, unless required to do so by law.

23 TERMINATION DUE TO UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

23.1 Unacceptable Behavior:

a. Users of this website are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with commonly accepted moral and ethical standards. Unacceptable behavior includes but is not limited to:

Hate speech, harassment, or discrimination based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected category.
Posting or sharing content that is defamatory, obscene, or infringing upon the rights of others.
Engaging in fraudulent activities, including phishing, spamming, or any form of deceptive communication.
Attempting to compromise the security or integrity of the website through hacking, viruses, or any other malicious activities.
Engaging in any activity that violates applicable laws or regulations.

 

 

23.2 Termination of Contract:

a. We reserve the right to terminate, suspend your access to this website and its services, at our sole discretion, without prior notice, if you engage in any unacceptable behavior as outlined in section 1.

b. Termination of your contract will result in the immediate cessation of your access to the website and may include the deletion of your account and any associated data.

c. We may also take legal action against individuals or entities who engage in unacceptable behavior that violates applicable laws.

23.3 Reporting Unacceptable Behavior:

a. Users are encouraged to report any instances of unacceptable behavior by contacting our customer support team or using the reporting mechanisms provided on the website.

23.4. Appeal Process:

a. If your contract is terminated due to unacceptable behavior and you believe this action was unjust, you may contact us to request a review of the decision. We will consider such appeals on a case-by-case basis.

23.5 Modifications to this Section:

a. We reserve the right to modify or update this section at any time. Users are encouraged to review these terms and conditions periodically for any changes.

 

24 BANDWIDTH

24.1 Web hosting accounts include unlimited bandwidth, subject to the following fair usage provisiom: accounts that host file distribution (including but not limited to music, video and software) are limited to a maximum bandwidth of 25 GB per month for file distribution.

24.2 Web hosting accounts are prohibited from hosting hardcore pornographic material, hosting graphics or scripts for other websites, storing pages, files or data as a repository for other websites or as a backup, giving away web space under a domain, sub domain or directory.

 

25 SERVER USAGE

25.1 Should your web hosting account use more than 5% of the servers processing power and as a result have a detrimental effect on other customers we will discuss with you alternative solutions for your hosting requirements.

25.2 MANZMAN does not allow proxy sites of any nature to be hosted on its network.

 

26 WEBSPACE USAGE

Unlimited web space offered on web hosting packages is available for genuine web site content, content must be linked into web pages. Customers are prohibited from using the server as a file/backup repository. Customers are expected to employ good housekeeping when maintaining their account.

 

27 MANZMAN All In 1 PACKAGES

27.1 By placing an order through Our website (“Order”) and opening an account with Us (“Account”), You warrant that:

27.2 You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts; and

27.3 You are an individual, You are at least 18 years old.

27.4 After placing an order, You will receive an e-mail from Us acknowledging that We have received Your order. Please note that this does not mean that Your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to Us to buy a Service. All orders are subject to acceptance by Us, and We will confirm such acceptance to You by sending You an e-mail that confirms that the Service(s) will be provided (Service Confirmation). The contract between Us (Contract) will only be formed when We send You the Service Confirmation.

27.5 The Contract will relate only to those Services whose supply We have confirmed in the Service Confirmation. We will not be obliged to supply any other Services which may have been part of Your order until the provision of such Services has been confirmed in a separate Service Confirmation.

 

28 BACKUP, ARCHIVING AND RECOVERY SERVICES

28.1 Any back up services shall be undertaken using MANZMAN's Internal Software and Located off site/off Server.

28.2 Backups will be run daily and are scheduled daily from 00:01hrs to 06:00hrs. If You require bespoke back up services, We shall develop a back-up schedule with You.

28.3 We will use reasonable efforts to protect and backup data on a regular basis, however We do not guarantee the existence, accuracy or regularity of the backups we maintain.

 

29 OFFICE HOURS

Our office is open during the following hours:

Monday to Friday 09:00 - 15:00
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

If you need to contact us at anytime, we can be contactaced via the following methods:

(a) Email us at: sales@manzman.co.uk
(b) Our office number is: +44 7771 141471