Terms of Service

Chips Internet Limited provides web hosting to clients worldwide, and we have a responsibility to protect each client and to provide the best services available. All clients of Chips Internet Limited are subject to the following terms of service:

INDEMNIFICATION POLICY

You agree to use all Chips Internet Limited services and facilities at your own risk. Chips Internet Limited specifically disclaims all warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Chips Internet Limited be liable for any loss, or loss of data, or other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential or other damages.

Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Chips Internet Limited harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against Chips Internet Limited, its agents, its customers, 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, it's agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Chips Internet Limited against liabilities arising out of Any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Chips Internet Limited's server.

Chips Internet Limited reserves the right to intervene with any of the sites hosted on its servers in the interest of its customers. Any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party Copyright infringement any defective products sold to customer from Chips Internet Limited's server. Chips Internet Limited shall be the sole judge of what violates this Policy.

BILLING

At this time we bill monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually, depending upon the plan. If you are not satisfied within your first 30 days we would be happy to provide you with a full refund (For some special offers the money-back-guaranteed day will be varied; and Domain Name registration fee is nonrefundable).

We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover Card. Clients are encouraged to pay by credit or debit card as it is the easiest way to handle payment at this time. Their are no contract periods but for each successive period, your contract is automatically renewed unless we are notified otherwise.

LATE PAYMENTS

All accounts are billed according to the dates they were first activated on. Payment is due on the due date specified on the invoice, if payment is outstanding 3 days after the due date your services will be suspended and a late fee of £5.00 will be applied to the invoice. If payment is still outstanding 14 days after the due date your services will be terminated (This means your services data where applicable will also be deleted, this will not be able to be restored unless we are provided with a user backup.)

ACCEPTABLE USER POLICY

All services provided by Chips Internet Limited may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any UK law is prohibited. We also advise customers to take the necessary steps to avoid breaching any relevant foreign laws. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secret and other statute. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Chips Internet Limited and its employees from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party. Our acceptable use policy is actively and strictly enforced. Offending content or users are suspended from our network, usually as soon as they are discovered, although we will always inform you when and why any action has been taken. Pornography is prohibited on all Chips Internet Limited servers. This includes sites that include sexually explicit or hardcore images and/or advertising.

Subscriber acknowledges that the service provided is of such a nature that service can be interrupted for many reasons other than the negligence of the company and that damages resulting from any interruption of service are difficult to ascertain. Therefore, subscriber agrees that the company shall not be liable for any damages arising from such causes beyond the direct and exclusive control of the company.

Subscriber further acknowledges that the company's liability for its own negligence may not in any event exceed an amount equivalent to charges payable by subscriber for services during the period damages occurred. In no event shall the company be liable for any special or consequential damages, loss or injury.

Illegality In any form, including but not limited to the unauthorized distribution or copying of copyrighted software or other data, harassment, fraud, trafficking in obscene material. Undesirable Content Certain types of content are not allowed on our network. We do not host adult content of any description. Content relating to Hacking, Cracking, Warez and IRC is not allowed. Software, audio and video downloads may only be hosted if you are the writer and copyright owner of the resources or you have a right to distribute the materials. Accounts suspended due to content or AUP violation are not refunded under any circumstances.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Chips Internet Limited shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from Chips Internet Limited servers going off-line or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Furthermore, Chips Internet Limited shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption or deletion of any web site from one of Chips Internet Limited servers. All damages shall be limited to the immediate termination of service.

DISCLAIMER

Chips Internet Limited cannot be held liable for system downtime, crashes, or data loss. We cannot be held liable for any predicted estimate of profits in which a client would have gained if their site was functioning. Certain services provided by Chips Internet Limited are resold. Thus, certain equipment, routing, software, and programming used by Chips Internet Limited are not directly owned or written by Chips Internet Limited. Moreover, Chips Internet Limited holds no responsibility for the use of our clients accounts. If any terms or conditions are failed to be followed, the account in question will be automatically deactivated. We reserve the right to remove any account without advanced notice for any reason without restitution as Chips Internet Limited sees fit. FURTHERMORE, Chips Internet Limited retains the right to change any or all of the above Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer without notification.