Terms and Conditions of Website Management Service
1.1. Definitions
(a) “Agreement” means this Application for Website Development and Management Services as varied from time to time; being an agreement between Passion Computing and the Customer.
(b) “Company” refers to Passion Computing.
(c) “Customer” refers to the legal entity applying for the Service, being the person or company who has signed the Agreement.
(d) “Service” refers to the website development and management service provided by the Company to the Customer.
(e) “Account” refers to the website created for the Customer by the Company.
(f) “Intellectual property” refers to the code that the website uses to function.
1.2 All notices must be in writing and must be sent by email, post or hand delivery. The postal and email addresses and of the Company and the Customer appear on this application form.
1.3. The Agreement commences on payment of customer’s first invoice.
1.4. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced according to the laws of Australia.
1.5. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Customer and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings whether written or oral regarding the Service.
1.7. Where the terms of this Agreement are inconsistent with the provisions of the Fair Trading Act of the various states and Territories of Australia, those terms shall be excluded from this Agreement.
1.8. All implied warranties, terms and conditions shall, except where otherwise provided by the statute, be excluded from the Agreement.
2. Customer responsibilities
2.1. The Customer understands that transmission or storage of data is not necessarily secure or confidential. The Customer transmits or stores data at the Customer’s own risk.
2.2. The Customer shall provide all computer and telecommunication hardware and software required to access the Account, and shall properly acquire, configure and operate such hardware and software.
2.3 The customer agrees not to breach copyright by gaining access to the Company’s intellectual property and distributing, copying or reselling the company’s intellectual property. The customer acknowledges that this is a breach of this agreement and license to use this account is conditional upon payment of the initial development fee and subsequent monthly management fees.
2.4 The Customer indemnifies and shall keep indemnified the Company in respect to any loss or damage, suit or proceeding against the Company by any person in respect to the use of the Customer’s account, including, but not limited to, transmission of an illegal, fraudulent, copyrighted or defamatory material.
2.5. Should the Customer be a body corporate, the directors jointly and severally accept any liabilities arising from the Agreement.
2.6The Customer agrees not to utilise the account for any fraudulent or criminal activities, including, but not limited to, transmission of copyright materials, illegal, threatening, obscene or libelous material and will use the account solely for the purposes outlined in the agreement. The customer will not use the account to advertise for other individuals or companies or to set up Accounts for other individuals, or companies in order to profit from such an activity.
2.7 Customer agrees that the service is exclusive, confidential and non-transferable, unless by agreement with the Company.
2.7. The Customer agrees to be personally liable for the actions of any other persons who are allowed, either deliberately or through negligence, to gain access to the customer’s Account.
3. Provision of Service
3.1. The Company reserves the right to deny access to any potential Customer at its discretion.
3.2. The Company reserves the right to examine any information on the Customer’s Account
3.3. Advice provided by the director or employee of the Company is provided in good faith. Any Customer acting on the advice does so at the Customer’s own risk, and agrees to indemnify the company against any damage or loss resulting from acting upon such advice.
3.4. Software provided by the Company is used by the Customer at the Customer’s own risk. The Company cannot be held liable for any damage to hardware or software resulting from the use of software provided by the Company.
3.5. The Company, or any representative the Company may appoint, shall administer collection of monies due by the Customer to the Company.
3.6. Subscription to the Service provided by the Company entitles the Customer to use the facilities except where an exclusion or restriction has been made or requested. However, any failure by the Customer to use the Services does not absolve the Customer from responsibilities under this Agreement and in particular (but without limitation) from the obligation to pay service fees and all and any further costs of collection incurred by the Company.
4. Payment terms
4.1. The Customer agrees that all monies are non-refundable and periodic management fees are payable in advance.
4.2. Not using the Account does not relieve the Customer of obligation to pay for the service.
4.3. Fees will continue to accrue during any period of disconnection or suspension of the Service where such disconnection or suspension is the result of non-payment or late payment of monies due.
4.4. Where amounts due to the Company by the Customer remain overdue for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, the Company may, at its absolute discretion, consider this a cancellation by the Customer of the service and may notify the Customer accordingly. Any sums paid to date of cancellation are non-refundable and all payments still outstanding shall become immediately due and payable without the necessity of any formal notice or demand.
4.5. By supplying the Company with credit card details a Customer authorizes the Company to debit the credit card with valid charges when due.
4.6. The Company reserves the right to suspend the Customer access to the Account upon non-payment or rejection of any credit card charges.
4.7. The customer will reimburse the Company from any loss associated with a cheque being dishonored.
4.8. The Company does not accept any responsibility for the Customer’s telephone bills, including those for the cost of accessing the Service. While employees of the Company may provide advice regarding telephone carrier charges, the Customer is required to verify this advice by contacting their carrier directly for confirmation that calls to the number being dialled for connection to the Service will be billed by the Carrier at the rate for local calls.
4.9. The user is required to take full responsibility for the connection to the internet to access the Service and pay the respective charges to the internet service provider. The company is not responsible for this charge.
4.10 The customer will be responsible for the cost of excess data transfer that is not included in the management fee.
4.11 The customer will be liable for the cost additional services, as in schedule B.
4.12. The Company may change fees or conditions on 30 written days notice.
5. Company’s Responsibilities
5.1 The company agrees to provide the Customer an Account that is easy to update and will provide continued support for the duration of the Agreement – See schedule A list of services included in the management fee
5.2 The company will provide additional services to the Customer upon payment of scheduled fees. See schedule B – list of services These fees will be billed to the customer on the next month’s invoice.
5.3. The company will take all reasonable steps to ensure the Customer’s account is operational.
5.4. The method of support remains at the sole discretion of the company. The company may chose to use email, fax, telephone or personal visit.
6. General
6.1. Neither party shall be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control, such as acts of God, acts of war, epidemics, civil insurrection, riot, power outages, fire, earthquakes and other disasters.
6.2. The terms and conditions of this agreement supersede any previous agreement, or statement of terms and conditions between the Company and the Customer.
6.3. By the use of the Account, the Customer accepts the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement.