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This legally binding contract (the “Agreement”) is by and between LetItShine.biz, (“LetItShine.biz”), and you and your assigns, employees, agents or contractors (“You”, “Your”, the “Client”) and is effective as of the date you purchase hosting services from LetItShine.biz. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of Your use of LetItShine.biz’s Server services (collectively, the “Services”) and represents the entire agreement between You and LetItShine.biz relating to the Services. This Agreement contains provisions that set forth LetItShine.biz ’s Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy and guarantees of a certain service level (found in the “Uptime Guarantee” and “Service Level” sections below).

By purchasing the Services, You acknowledge and agree that You have read, understand, acknowledge and agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, along with any new, different or additional terms, conditions or policies that LetItShine.biz may establish and post on its website from time to time.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

LetItShine.biz provides the Services to its customers for a monthly or quarterly fee. LetItShine.biz will provide You an account on one or more of its servers, provided, however, You abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in any other agreement pertaining to other services you may purchase. LetItShine.biz reserves the right to modify its network and facilities used to provide the Services for purposes including, but not limited to, accommodating evolving technology and reased network demand, and providing enhanced services. LetItShine.biz shall use reasonable efforts to notify You in advance of any planned changes to LetItShine.biz’s network or facilities that may adversely affect the Services provided under this Agreement.

FEES

Fees for Services ordered by You shall be charged beginning on the date of the initial order and that date shall serve as the monthly anniversary date for all future billings luding one time fees, upgrades, additional services, cancellations and service credits. Fees are due in advance of the monthly service cycle and will be billed on the anniversary date of each month.

From time to time it may be necessary to make adjustments in the fees and surcharges charged for the Services in order to cover certain changing costs (e.g., power) urred by LetItShine.biz in providing the services. Such adjustments will be reflected on the statement or invoice provided to you for the Services, and you agree to pay for the fees and surcharges for the Services, as adjusted.

 

PAYMENTS & DISPUTES

LetItShine.biz PROVIDES SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR PAYMENT:

 LetItShine.biz accepts both checks and money orders.. If your invoice becomes more than 5-days past due (from the invoice Due Date) then LetItShine.biz reserves the right to suspend service or terminate service after 5 days past due until payment is received. In the event a check is returned, LetItShine.biz will charge a returned check fee of $35.00 or, if less, legal limit in your state or country. You are responsible for payment of all bounced check fees. In the event Your invoice is 5-days or more past due (from the invoice Due Date) then LetItShine.biz reserves the right to suspend service or terminate service after 5 days past due until payment is received.

LATE PAYMENT:

LetItShine.biz reserves the right to charge a late fee of 1.5% per invoice per month on late payments. Invoices will be automatically considered late once the invoice due date has passed. In the event that your account is in late-payment status, the account is considered to be suspended in the respect that LetItShine.biz associates must suspend any action to problem-solve, troubleshoot or perform any manual interactions in the account including new development. Resumption of normal excellent service on the account will begin immediately when the past-due amount is paid and the account is out of suspension status.

NON-PAYMENT TERMINATION:

In the event you fail to pay your invoice within 30 days of the due date, we reserve the right to suspend your hosting service.

If you are still past due on the 60th day from the due date on the invoice, we reserve the right to terminate your service entirely and delete the data.

If you are terminated for non-payment, we also reserve the right to refer your account to a third party collection agency and you agree to pay any collection fees or legal fees we may be charged to collect on your debt.

OVERAGE BILLING:

“Overage” is defined as usage of the Services provided by LetItShine.biz to You in excess of the allocated limitation. Overages are charged for SAN, Backup, Bandwidth and Professional Services (administrative time) used in excess of the amount allocated to Your account.

You agree to pay the then-current Overage fees and charges for the LetItShine.biz services, luding backup and bandwidth Overage fees, upon receipt of an invoice.

Overage fees can be avoided by subscribing to a higher service plan.

CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS:

To submit a cancellation request, please contact markb@letitshine.biz and submit a termination request. When you request cancellation, we will follow this process: We will first contact you to confirm the cancellation and verify that you are authorized under your account to cancel it. Then, we will immediately suspend billing and cancel the hosting account on scheduled date.

Regarding mid-month or mid-period cancellations, LetItShine.biz will not issue pro-rated refunds for cancellations received in the middle of a payment cycle.

Refunds will not be given on a pro-rated basis for Services provided in a given billing period. Receipt by you of any Services in a given period will obligate you to pay for the Services during that entire billing period.

TERM AND TERMINATION AND MONEY BACK GUARANTEE:

You agree to a month to month term for the Services unless otherwise agreed to in writing. The month to month term for services is automatically renewed each month unless either party notifies the other in writing of its desire that the Agreement not be renewed, no later than three (3) days before the next upcoming anniversary date for billing. You may cancel Your account by terminating this Agreement in this manner by contacting the LetItShine.biz billing department.

LetItShine.biz may terminate this Agreement effective immediately and without notice upon any breach by You of any of the terms of this Agreement. In such event, LetItShine.biz shall have no obligation to refund any fees paid in advance by You.

At this time, LetItShine.biz does not offer a refund-based MBG of any kind.

CHARGEBACKS AND PAYMENT DISPUTES:

Under this Terms of Service agreement you must first contact LetItShine.biz to attempt to resolve any billing disputes before contacting your bank or credit card company to dispute the charges. You further agree that any billing disputes must be submitted in writing to our billing department within one month of the invoice payment in question.

By using our services You agree to the above policy and to contact LetItShine.biz before contacting your financial institution to seek a resolution.

In the event you dispute charges contrary to this agreement, we reserve the right to refer your account or sell your debt to a third party collection agency. We also reserve the right to take further legal action against you.

PROMOTIONAL OR SPECIAL OFFERS: PRE-PAYMENT OFFERS:

From time to time, LetItShine.biz may offer discounted pricing for initial introductory periods (e.g., discounted fees for the first months service.) A condition of such discounted pricing may be the requirement that prepayment for a period longer than the introductory period be paid. For example, the first month’s service may be offered for a discount, with the standard pricing going into effect during the second month, with a quarterly prepayment being required. Promotional offers are non-refundable.

TORTUOUS CONDUCT:

Any abuse towards any LetItShine.biz employee will not be tolerated. You are expected to request and respond to support and other issues in a professional manner, when emailing, calling or submitting online tickets to LetItShine.biz. Any cursing, yelling, or further intentional disruptive behavior aimed at LetItShine.biz or its employees shall be considered a violation of this Terms of Service agreement.

Any threat; whether orally, verbally, in written, via E-mail, via Live Chat, delivered by second parties or delivered in any other way, and directed towards LetItShine.biz or any of LetItShine.biz’s employees, partners, staff, contractors, sub-contractors, facilities, offices, etc. shall be construed as a violation of this Terms of Service agreement. Threats of physical violence will be directed to the proper authorities.

No refunds shall be given when the above Tortuous Conduct clause is violation and necessitates the termination of an account or services.

LICENSE TO HOST:

You hereby grant to LetItShine.biz a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license during the term of this Agreement to do the following to the extent necessary to provide the Services under this Agreement: (a) digitize, convert, install, upload, select, order, arrange, compile, combine, synchronize, use, reproduce, store, process, retrieve, transmit, distribute, publish, publicly display, publicly perform and hyperlink any content uploaded by You; and (b) make archival or backup copies of content uploaded by You to the LetItShine.biz servers. LetItShine.biz shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make backup copies of the data uploaded by You to the LetItShine.biz servers. You are responsible for any of your content residing on LetItShine.biz’s servers and for the backup thereof.

STORAGE AND SECURITY:

At all times, You bear full risk of loss of any content and software you place on the LetItShine.biz servers. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your password and account information. You acknowledge and agree that You are solely responsible for all acts, omissions and use under and charges urred with Your account or password or in connection with the server or any of the content displayed, linked, transmitted through or stored on the server.

LetItShine.biz does not undertake any obligation to provide management or security services unless you specifically request it to do so. If any technology specifically associated with your account requires updating, You must make a request for such update through LetItShine.biz’s ticketing system.

You shall be solely responsible for undertaking measures to: (i) prevent any loss or damage to Your content; (ii) maintain independent archival and backup copies of Your content; and (iii) ensure the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your content transmitted through or stored on LetItShine.biz servers. LetItShine.biz shall have no liability to You or any other person for loss, damage or destruction of any of Your content.

UPTIME GUARANTEE

“Uptime” refers to the amount of time the Services are available, as measured solely and only by LetItShine.biz’s internal monitoring systems. “Downtime” refers to the amount of time the Services are unavailable, as measured solely and only by LetItShine.biz’s internal monitoring systems. LetItShine.biz guarantees that it’s Networking and Connectivity services will be available 100% of the time. In the event such level of service is not provided, LetItShine.biz will credit your account in an amount as determined in the chart below, reflecting credit percentages of the monthly fees paid by You to LetItShine.biz for the Services, but not payments made for any of the following products and services: domain name registration, software licenses, IP address charges, set up fees, shipping and handling, SSL certificate fees, labor charges, and other services which are unrelated to Uptime.

99.1% to 100% will result in a credit of: 0%
98% to 99% will result in a credit of: 10%
95% to 97.9% will result in a credit of: 25%
90% to 94.9% will result in a credit of: 50%
89% or below will result in a credit of: 100%

To receive a credit, You must make a request by sending an email message to markb@LetItShine.biz.com. Each request in connection with this Agreement must lude the dates and times of the Downtime, the name and IP address of the server or servers which experienced the Downtime. The request must be received by LetItShine.biz within ten (10) business days after the ident of Downtime. If the unavailability is confirmed by LetItShine.biz, credit will be applied to Your LetItShine.biz account within thirty (30) days of receipt of Your credit request.

The total amount credited to You in a particular month under this Agreement shall not exceed the total amount of fees paid by You for such month for the affected Services. Credits are exclusive of any applicable taxes charged to You or collected by LetItShine.biz and are Your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any Downtime.

The provisions of the Agreement pertaining to Force Majerue are unaffected by these terms referring to Uptime Guarantee. Moreover, downtime caused by any of the following shall not result in any obligation by LetItShine.biz to provide credit to You:

  • Emergency maintenance
  • Scheduled maintenance
  • System upgrades
  • Domain name system (DNS) problems outside of LetItShine.biz’s control
  • Issues with FTP, POP, IMAP, or SMTP customer access
  • Acts or omissions by You or any of Your employees or agents, resulting in downtime
  • Any negligence, willful misconduct, or use of the services in breach of LetItShine.biz’s Acceptable Use Policy
  • Expired security certificates
  • Problems with users’ web browsers, DNS, or other caching that might make it appear the Services are unavailable even though others can still access the LetItShine.biz servers.

ACCEPTABLE USE

You agree not to use the Services to:

  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  • administer IRC;
  • harm minors in any way;
  • impersonate any person or entity;
  • “stalk” or otherwise harass another person;
  • forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Services;
  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that You do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” or “pyramid schemes;”
  • upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
  • interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
  • intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, luding, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, luding, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
  • provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and/or
  • collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in the paragraphs above.

AGREEMENTS, CONDITIONS, & LIABILITIES

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

You acknowledge and agree that LetItShine.biz exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the content of the information passing through the host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the Internet. NEITHER LetItShine.biz, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS NOR THE LIKE MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, LUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT LetItShine.biz PROVIDES. NEITHER LetItShine.biz, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE, WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. LetItShine.biz IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE CONTENT OR LOSS OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM YOU OR STORED BY YOU OR ANY OF YOUR CLIENTELE VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY LetItShine.biz.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend LetItShine.biz and all directors, officers, employees, and agents of LetItShine.biz from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative) and expenses (luding but not limited to reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to the use of the Services by You, luding any violation of the Acceptable Use Policy set forth in this Agreement. Such claims shall lude, but shall not be limited to, claims based upon trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright and patent infringement, trademark dilution, tortious interference with contract or prospective business relations, unfair competition, defamation or injury to reputation, or other injuries or damage to business.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL LetItShine.biz BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, IDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, SUFFERED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT OR STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF LetItShine.biz HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. In no event will LetItShine.biz’s liability for any damages, losses and causes of actions whether in contract or tort (luding negligence or otherwise) exceed the actual dollar amount paid by You for the Services during the 12-month period prior to the date the damage or loss occurred or the cause of action arose. The provisions of this Agreement pertaining to Uptime Guarantee apply to credits available to you for system downtime.

LetItShine.biz’S UTILIZATION OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES

LetItShine.biz reserves the right, and You agree to pay for, services of third party consultants hired by LetItShine.biz in its discretion to assist LetItShine.biz in providing the Services to you. Fees for the services of third parties retained by LetItShine.biz will be charged to You in the invoice covering the period during which the third party services were utilized by LetItShine.biz.

UNSOLICITED E-MAIL POLICY

“Unsolicited E-mail Complaint” is an occurrence of a third-party complaint regarding a specific E-mail communication message sent by You. “Unsolicited E-mail ident” is an occurrence of a single E-mail message which may have been sent to multiple E-mail addresses. An ident may contain numerous Complaints. idents may contain Complaints received up to 24 hours after the first. After 24 hours, a new ident will be opened. “IP Black Listing” is an occurrence when a third party black listing service determines that a LetItShine.biz issued IP address is a frequent source of Unsolicited E-mail. Black Listings result in the IP address (or multiple IP addresses in the same “IP range”) are unable to send E-mail to certain third parties.

LetItShine.biz has designed this portion of this Agreement to comply with the United States CAN-SPAM Act (the “Act”.) The Act states that commercial E-mail must be solicited, an effective, visible and clearly defined un-subscription process be in place, that every E-mail message sent be sent from a valid address, without any form of IP or source spoofing, that every E-mail message sent contain the physical contact information of the sender, that every recipient of such E-mail messages has requested to receive such E-mails and that the messages and method in which they were sent comply with the other provisions of the United States CAN-SPAM Act.

LetItShine.biz considers any attempt to send Unsolicited E-mail Messages or other forms of Spam E-mail (luding “Spamvertising” other websites or services or products) to be violations of this Agreement.

To help reduce the overall Unsolicited E-mail problem, LetItShine.biz has put into place the following 3-Strike Policy: For every Unsolicited E-mail ident, LetItShine.biz will assess a penalty of $25.00 per verified ident and a penalty of $200 for the first instance of IP Black Listing and $400 for the second instance of IP Black Listing (collectively, the “Penalties”.) For each $25.00 Unsolicited E-mail ident Penalty, you will be issued one strike. For your first IP Black Listing ident, you will be issued one strike. For your second IP Black Listing ident, you will be issued two strikes. On your third strike, LetItShine.biz reserves the right to terminate your service with or without warning. If your service is terminated under the Unsolicited E-mail Policy then you forfeit all fees paid, luding pre-paid fees and unused time. All fees paid become non-refundable. Further, account termination does not absolve or nullify Penalty payments you may owe to LetItShine.biz. Further, you may accumulate additional Penalties based on complaints received after your termination. This section of the Agreement will survive for a period of one year after this agreement is terminated.

FORCE MAJEURE

LetItShine.biz shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, luding, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, terrorist or other attack, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the Services.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You represent and warrant that Your use of the Services shall not infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of LetItShine.biz or any third party. You further acknowledge that all right, title and interest in any and all technology, luding the software that is part of or provided with the Services and any trademarks or service marks of LetItShine.biz is owned by LetItShine.biz and/or its licensors. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, You shall have no right, title, claims or interest in or to LetItShine.biz’s intellectual property.

You shall not copy, modify or translate any LetItShine.biz intellectual property or related documentation, or decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer same, to use it other than in connection with the Services, or grant any other person or entity the right to do so. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, You are not authorized to distribute or to authorize others to distribute LetItShine.biz intellectual property in any manner without the prior written consent of LetItShine.biz.

LetItShine.biz respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask You to do the same. LetItShine.biz may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers.

GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM SELECTION

This Agreement shall be interpreted and construed according to, and governed by, the laws of the State of Ohio. The Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Ohio shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute under this Agreement.

WAIVER AND MODIFICATION

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may not be amended except through a writing executed by the parties. Any failure or delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. The waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of the act or condition itself.

ASSIGNMENT AND SEVER-ABILITY

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of You, LetItShine.biz and their respective successors, and assigns. You may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of LetItShine.biz, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

ADDITIONAL CORPORATE AGREEMENTS

Additional amendments to the Agreements, when noted, are amendments to this Agreement and are to be incorporated into it. Examples include terms and conditions for promotional offers and other additional terms and conditions.

LetItShine.biz reserves the right to modify this agreement as needed without notice, and You agree that by creating, using, or otherwise engaging in business with LetItShine.biz, that You have fully read, fully understand and agree to these Terms and Conditions. You understand that the Terms and Conditions in the Agreement are legally binding and that you are authorized to enter into such agreements on behalf of Your organization or Yourself.