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HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) reserves the right to change this Policy any time, so please, check this page at least once a month or when in doubt. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) strives to provide the best possible service to all our customers, but we will not tolerate any unlawful activity or abuse on our servers. We respect freedom of speech and expression unless it is harmful to others. These brief guidelines are imposed to protect you, other HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) customers and us against such harm.

Payment Policies, Fees, Refunds and Terms of Agreement:
Full payment is required before any hosting service is rendered, which includes renewals. All payment-due notices will be sent by electronic mail. No bills or invoices will be sent by postal mail or fax. Prepayment is due each anniversary (one month) following the date the account was established. Billing will continue until you cancel your hosting account. You may cancel at anytime. As a policy, we do not offer credits or refunds for hosting time already expended.

If cancellation is done by HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) due to restrictions violation, there will be no refund. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) will only allow for the discount if cancellation is not the fault of the client, as determined by HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation). All monetary transactions are in $US dollars. Additional features can be added at any time. Monthly feature prices are not prorated. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) reserves the right to change prices at any time.

Account Cancellation:
You may cancel at anytime. Phone requests will not constitute acceptance of any cancellation. To cancel your account, please contact Customer Service at
support@HostNorth.com. Notification of cancellation must be received at least five business days prior to your cycle date, with the cycle date being the day of the month you sign up, in order to avoid charges in full for the next cycle. It is the Clients Responsibility to secure email confirmation from HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) that account has been cancelled. If the client has not yet received email confirmation of account cancellation, then the account remains active, and you will continue to be invoiced.

If Client has a balance due at the time of cancellation, this balance must be paid in full. Cancellation does not absolve Client of any outstanding financial obligations.

Indemnification Policy:
You agree to use all HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) services and facilities at your own risk. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) specifically disclaims all warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) 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 HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney’s fees asserted against HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation), 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 HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) against liabilities arising out of:

(1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation)’s server;
(2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party;
(3) copyright infringement and
(4) any defective products sold to customer from HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation)’s server.

HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) shall be the sole judge of what violates this Policy.

SPAM Policy:
HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) is committed to a zero-tolerance, anti-Spamming policy. Under this policy, we prohibit Spam, or any unsolicited commercial email, from being sent either: Over the HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) network, by customers or any other users of the HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) network (including customers' customers); AND/OR over ANY network— if the message sent advertises or mentions a site hosted on the HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) server.

We react quickly and seriously to violations, and we further reserve the right to terminate the services, without prior notice, of any customer disregarding this policy. Sending unsolicited commercial email (a.k.a. "spam"), cross-posting messages to a large number of usenet groups, posting obscene or threatening messages while using or referring to an HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) email address or web site URL is prohibited. The use of HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) servers as a mail drop for responses to activities described above is also prohibited. Accounts canceled due to spam will be billed a "clean up" fee of $500 US.

If you have any complaints or comments regarding Spam on our network, please direct them via email to abuse@HostNorth.com.

Denial of Service Attack (DDOS or DOS) Policy:
Any account launching a Denial of Service from our server(s) against any other server will be terminated without prior notice.

Server Exploitation Policy:
Any web hosting account that is attempting or has attempted to successfully or unsuccessfully exploit any of our server's services or attempting to gain root access will have their account terminated without notice.

Content Policy:
All services provided by HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, trademark, intellectual property, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secret and other statute without proper authorization. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

Pornography and sex-related merchandising is prohibited on all HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) servers. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or links to adult content elsewhere. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) will be the sole arbiter in determining violations of this provision.

Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal activity or present content that may be damaging to HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) servers or any other server on the internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.

Examples of unacceptable content or links:

  • Pirated software 
  • Hacker programs or archives  
  • Warez sites  
  • HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) does not host sites of its competitors or web pages promoting sites of its competitors.

    Any illegal activity, including adult content, links to adult content web sites, spamming or hacking will result in your site being shut down and all your files deleted without warning.

    HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

    Email Policy:
    HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) may not be the source, intermediary, or destination address involved in the transmission of any unsolicited email, email bombs, hate email, or any mass email. Your email account may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to address of such email. We consider mass email any email message sent to more than 25 email addresses or more than 10 news groups.

    CGI Scripts Policy:
    Each account comes with its own cgi-bin. You are free to use any CGI scripts you wish, however we reserve the right to disable any CGI script that effects normal server operation or service to other HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) customers. You will be notified in 24 hours about offending cgi script. No chat room or similar scripts allowed.

    Chat Policy:
    HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) does not allow chat rooms. You can however link your site to a chat provider. Some examples of chat providers are: www.humanclick.com, www.liveperson.com, and www.livehumanhelp.com.

    Traffic Policy:
    HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) allows for very generous traffic, and most sites never exceed 500MB per month, unless they offer shareware, sound, video, image and multimedia archives, are mirror sites or any site whose primary purpose is file distribution. HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) customers are discouraged from storing any files that cause excessive traffic on HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) servers. Please contact HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) Technical Support team for more information. Again, 99% of the sites do not fall into this category and never reach our traffic limits.

    We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason not prohibited by law. Also we reserve the right to terminate service to any customer for any reason not prohibited by law.

    Any deliberate attempt to cause damage to HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) or any other Internet servers will result in immediate account deactivation without prior notice. No refund is given in this case.

    All account plans come with a predetermined amount of traffic allowance. We monitor all accounts and bill $5.00 US for each gig of traffic exceeded. You will NOT be charged for transfer that you use beyond our data transfer limits without prior notification.

    Backups:
    Full backups are made weekly, and backups of new/changed data made nightly. No guarantees are made of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the integrity of these backups. Backups are made for server restoration purposes only. It is the clients' responsibility to maintain local copies of their web content any information. The "Backup Manager" is included in each hosting plan and client can use this tool to back up their files. If loss of data occurs due to an error of HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation), we will attempt to recover the date for no charge to the client. If data loss occurs due to negligence of client in securing their account or by an action of the client, HostNorth (NetRemedy Corporation) will attempt to recover the data from the most recent archive for a $70.00 US fee.

    Abusive Behaviour against Staff:
    We will not tolerate any abusive behaviour, abusive language or threats against any HostNorth.com or NetRemedy Corporation staff member(s). By violating this policy, we reserve the right to permanently suspend or terminate your account(s) without prior notice and without any refund.

    These terms are subject to change without notice.
     
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