The use of services provided by Guardfox S.R.L (hereafter referred to as “Guardfox”) is subject to the following Terms and Conditions.

Important Notice

Terms of Service/AUP Violations: abuse@guardfox.net (customers will be copied on all reports)

Other Legal and Law Enforcement Inquiries: legal@guardfox.com

Party Definitions and Introductory Terms – The operative parties referred to in this Agreement are defined as follows:

Guardfox is the publisher and operator of www.guardfox.com (the “Site”) whereby Guardfox makes certain web hosting services (the “Services”) available. For purposes of this Agreement, when “Site” or “Services” are referenced, such reference includes all hardware, software, and network resources necessary to provide said Site and/or Service.

When first-person pronouns are used in this Agreement, (Us, We, Our, Ours, etc.) these provisions are referring to Guardfox. Additionally, when the terms “the Site” or “Site” are used, these terms refer to any site published by Us, unless a site is specifically exempt from this policy.
You, the Client – As Our Client and the user of the Site or Services, this Agreement will refer to You through any second-person pronouns, such as “Your,” “Yours,” etc.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING HOSTING SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS. BY SUBSCRIBING TO Guardfox’S SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT (the “AGREEMENT”). IF YOU AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, CLICK “I ACCEPT,” (OR SIMILAR SYNTAX) OR CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX MANIFESTING YOUR INTENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE WITH THE ACCOUNT SET-UP PROCESS. YOU SHOULD PRINT-OUT OR OTHERWISE SAVE A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, CLICK THE “BACK” BUTTON ON YOUR BROWSER AND DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO Guardfox’S SERVICES. Guardfox AGREES TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU ONLY IF YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN. YOUR ELECTRONIC ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS PERMITTED BY THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT (E-SIGN ACT) AND SIMILAR FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. ANY USE OF Guardfox’S SERVICES SHALL CONSTITUTE AN ACT OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE CURRENT HOSTING SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Incorporations by reference.

Although this Agreement represents the primary terms and conditions of service for Guardfox’s Services, additional guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference. For Clients residing outside the EEA, the documents which can be found on Our Site, and which are specifically incorporated by reference, and are therefore part and parcel of this Agreement are the following:

  • Our Privacy Policy (https://www.guardfox.com/privacy-policy/)
  • Our Acceptable Use Policy (https://www.guardfox.com/acceptable-use-policy/)
  • Our Anti-Spam Use Policy (https://www.guardfox.com/anti-spam-policy/)

1. SERVICES

1.1   At the time of initial registration, You will select from the list of available Services the service plan(s) to which You wish to subscribe. All subscriptions to Services are subject to formal acceptance by Guardfox. Your subscription to the Services will be deemed accepted by Guardfox when Guardfox delivers a confirmation of the subscription to You. Guardfox reserves the right to refuse to provide You with any Service for any reason. Notwithstanding Our Uptime Guarantee found in Section 17 of this Agreement, Guardfox also reserves the right to interrupt access to the Services to perform regular and emergency maintenance as needed. You may order additional Services at any time, provided that You agree to pay the then-current fees for such additional Services. All additional Services shall be considered “Services” hereunder. All Services provided are subject to availability and to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2. REVISIONS TO USER AGREEMENT

This Agreement contains the complete and entire terms and conditions that apply to Your use of Guardfox’s Services (as defined below). Guardfox may modify the terms of this Agreement, including the Fees (as defined below) at any time.

2.1   From time to time, We may revise this Agreement. We reserve the right to do so, and You agree that We have this unilateral right. You agree that all modifications or changes to this Agreement are in force and enforceable immediately upon posting. The updated or edited version supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting, and the prior version is of no continuing legal effect unless the revised version specifically refers to the prior version and keeps the prior version or portions thereof in effect. To the extent any amendment of this Agreement is deemed ineffective or invalid by any court, the parties intend that the prior, effective version of this Agreement be considered valid and enforceable to the fullest extent.

2.2   We agree that if We change anything in this Agreement, We will change the “last modified date” at the top of this Agreement. You agree to periodically re-visit this web page, and to use the “refresh” button on Your browser when doing so. You agree to note the date of the last revision to this Agreement. If the “last modified” date remains unchanged from the last time You reviewed this Agreement, then You may presume that nothing in the Agreement has been changed since the last time You read it. If the “last modified” date has changed, then You can be certain that something in the Agreement has been changed.

2.3   Should You wish to terminate this Agreement due to any revisions made by Us, You must do so in writing via the cancellation form within thirty (30) days of the “last modified” date described above. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of any such notice constitutes Your acceptance of such changes.

2.4   Waiver – if You fail to periodically review this Agreement to determine if any of the terms have changed, You assume all responsibility for such omission and You agree that such failure amounts to Your affirmative waiver of Your right to review the amended terms. We are not responsible for Your neglect of Your legal rights.

3. DURATION OF AGREEMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY

3.1   The Initial Term shall begin upon confirmation of Your order or commencement of the Services to You and receipt of lawful funds. The term’s length is chosen by You and shall be indicated when You order Our Services. This Agreement may not be terminated by You during the Initial Term (and any renewals thereof) except in the event of a breach by Guardfox. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive terms, equal in length to the Initial Term, unless terminated or canceled by either party as provided herein.

3.2   Guardfox may also terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time for any reason or no reason. (“Termination without Cause”). In such case, Guardfox will provide You with thirty (30) days written notice before the discontinuation of Services.

3.3   If Guardfox cancels this Agreement pursuant to any of the terms outlined in this Agreement, with the exception of Termination without Cause pursuant to paragraph 3.2, Guardfox shall not refund to You any fees paid or prepaid in advance of such cancellation and You shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation. In the event that Guardfox terminates the Agreement for cause, all prepaid hosting fees will be forfeited and are not refundable. The termination of this Agreement does not relieve You of Your obligation to pay any Fees accrued or payable to guardfox.com prior to the effective date of termination of this Agreement.

3.4   In addition to Guardfox right to terminate this Agreement provided elsewhere in this Agreement, Guardfox may terminate this Agreement effective immediately if, based on Guardfox’s sole judgment, it determines that You or any of Your end-users: (a) have breached the Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) as described in Section 12 of this Agreement, and incorporated herein, (b) have infringed or violated any intellectual property right or privacy or publicity right of a third party, (c) have not complied with any applicable law, statute or regulation, or (d) have uploaded, published or disseminated any images, text, graphics, code or video which Guardfox considers illegal or high risk, in its discretion. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to, or shall, impose any duty or obligation upon Guardfox to monitor or review Your Content or the content of Your end-users at any time. You remain solely responsible for Your Content, and any liability generated therefrom.

3.5   The termination of this Agreement will terminate Your access to the Services and Your license to the Host Materials (as defined in Section 5.2 of this Agreement). Guardfox shall not be liable to You or to any third party for termination of the Services permitted under this agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, Guardfox reserves the right to maintain copies of Your data files and records for archival purposes, but does not undertake any obligation to do so. Guardfox reserves the right to impose an early termination charge for all Services terminated prior to the last day of the billing cycle.

3.6   If either party cancels or terminates this Agreement for any reason, You shall be solely responsible for making all necessary arrangements for securing a replacement host and moving all electronic data, graphics, images, video or text to the new service provider. Upon termination of this Agreement, provisions that by their nature would be expected to survive termination shall survive and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

4. ACCOUNT SET UP

4.1   When You register for the Services, You will choose a login (email) and password. You may use the Services or modify Your data and content only through such user ID and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your user ID and password and for any and all activities which occur using those credentials. You agree to immediately notify Us of any unauthorized use of Your account or any other breach of security known to You.

4.2   You must provide Us with a primary email address that is checked regularly and frequently. All notices and communications between Us will be sent to the email address You provide, and You are therefore required to keep this address current or notify Us if Your address changes. You should notify Us if any of Your contact and/or billing information changes so that We may update Your account. It is also Your responsibility to make sure that Our domain(s), guardfox.com, are not included in any spam block list used by You or Your mail provider.

4.3   Providing false or inaccurate contact information of any kind may result in the Termination for Cause of Your account per Section 3 of this Agreement.

4.4   You are responsible for all activity transpiring under Your account. We therefore highly recommend that You secure file, directory, and script permissions to the most restrictive settings possible. You agree that You have the technical ability to properly operate a web site and that You are responsible for any actions performed under Your account, including but not limited to, damage caused to Your site, guardfox’s site and/or equipment, and any other site.

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All Services provided by Guardfox may only be used for lawful purposes.

5.1   As between You and Guardfox, Guardfox acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to the content (including without limitation, text, software, music, sound, audio visual works, motion pictures, photographs, animation, video and graphics) supplied by You for use on Your web site (“Your Content”). You hereby grant to Guardfox a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Guardfox to perform its obligations hereunder.

5.2   In connection with performance of the Services and at the sole discretion of Guardfox, Guardfox may (but is not obligated to) provide You with certain materials, including, without limitation, computer software (in object code or source code form), data, documentation or information developed or provided by Guardfox or its suppliers under this Agreement, domain names, electronic mail addresses and other network addresses assigned to You, and other know-how, methodologies, equipment, and processes used by Guardfox to provide You with the Services (“Host Materials”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Guardfox hereby grants You a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Host Materials solely in connection with the Services. This license terminates when this Agreement terminates. As between You and Guardfox, You acknowledge and agree that Guardfox owns all right, title, and interest or otherwise has acquired all applicable licenses for the Host Materials, and all copyright, trade secret, patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights therein. Any use of the Host Materials after termination of this Agreement is not licensed and strictly prohibited. You agree that You will not upload, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any Host Materials obtained through the Services without first obtaining the express written permission to do so from Guardfox.

5.3   This Agreement does not constitute a license to use Guardfox’s trade names, service marks or any other trade insignia. Any use of any of Guardfox’s trade names, service marks or any other trade insignia is strictly prohibited, absent Guardfox’s prior written consent.

5.4   If We are required to enlist the assistance of an Attorney or other person to collect any liquidated damages or any other amount of money from You, or if We are required to seek the assistance of an Attorney to pursue injunctive relief against You, or if We are required to file an ICANN complaint against You in order to bring about the transfer of an offending URL to Us from You, then You additionally agree that You will reimburse Us for all fees incurred in order to collect these liquidated damages, or in order to seek injunctive relief from You, or in order to file and prosecute an ICANN complaint.

5.5   You understand that even a nominal amount of damages may require the expenditure of extensive legal fees, travel expenses, costs, and other amounts that may dwarf the liquidated damages themselves. You agree that You will pay all of these fees and costs.

6 DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy

6.1   Introduction

Guardfox.com (“Guardfox”) implements the following DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy. Guardfox respects the intellectual property rights of third parties, and expects others to do the same. As part of our effort to recognize the copyrights of third parties, Guardfox complies with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and is therefore protected by the limitations on liability recognized by 17 U.S.C. § 512; commonly known as the “safe harbor” provisions of the DMCA. Guardfox’s infringement notification procedure, counter-notification procedure, and takedown policies, are set forth below.


7 Notice of Claimed Infringement

7.1   Abuse Warning

The DMCA permits copyright owners, or their authorized agents, to submit notifications to service providers, such as Guardfox, requesting that infringing material hosted on Guardfox’s servers be disabled or removed. Importantly, the DMCA imposes significant penalties – including court costs and attorneys fees – on those who abuse the infringement notification procedure, by misrepresenting either that material is infringing, or was removed by mistake. See; 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Guardfox will pursue those who abuse its DMCA notice or counter-notification procedure, and will cooperate with law enforcement in any investigation of such abuse. Please make sure that you meet all the qualifications before submitting a DMCA notice to our Designated Agent identified below.

7.2. Notification Contents and Procedure

If you believe that your work has been copied, reproduced, altered or published in a way that constitutes copyright infringement under federal law, or your copyrights have been otherwise violated, please submit a DMCA notice to Guardfox’s Designated Copyright Agent, containing the following:

  1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
  2. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
  3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on Guardfox’s servers (preferably including specific URL’s associated with the material);
  4. your full name, address, telephone number, and email address;
  5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent(s), or the law; and
  6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

Claimants may send their Notice of Claimed Infringement to:

Address: MD-2072,
Republic of Moldova,
Chisinau, str. Valea Crucii 4. of. 241
Fax: +37322921400
Phone: +37322921410

Please do not send other inquiries or information to our Designated Agent.

8. Takedown Policies and Procedures

Guardfox implements the following Takedown Policies and Procedures. Upon receipt of any notification of claimed copyright infringement, Guardfox will act expeditiously to notify its customer of the alleged infringement, and take steps to disable or remove the subject material. DMCA Notices are generally processed within two (2) business days from receipt, absent extenuating circumstances. Guardfox reserves the right at any time to disable access to, or remove any material or expressive work accessible on or from its servers or services, that is claimed to be infringing via a valid DMCA Notice, or based on facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent. It is the firm policy of Guardfox to terminate the account of repeat copyright infringers, when appropriate, and Guardfox will act expeditiously to remove access to all material that infringes on another’s copyright, according to the procedure set forth in 17 U.S.C. §512 of the DMCA. The procedure for notifying Guardfox of claimed copyright infringement is set forth in Section 7.2, hereof. If the DMCA notice does not comply with §512 of the DMCA, but does substantially comply with the (3) three requirements for identifying infringing works according to §512 of the DMCA, Guardfox shall attempt to contact or take other reasonable steps to reach the complaining party to assist that party comply with sending a compliant DMCA Notice. As noted above, when Guardfox’s Designated Agent receives a valid notice, Guarfox will act expeditiously to remove and/or disable access to the infringing material and shall notify the affected customer or subscriber. Then, the affected customer or subscriber may submit a counter-notification to the Designated Agent, using the counter-notification procedures set forth below. Guardfox reserves the right to modify, alter or add to this policy, and all affected persons should regularly check back to this page to stay current on any modifications.

9. Counter-Notification Procedures

If the Recipient of a Notice of Claimed Infringement (“Notice”) believes that the Notice is erroneous or false, and/or that allegedly infringing material has been wrongly removed/disabled in accordance with the procedures outlined above in Section III above, the Recipient is permitted to submit a counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(2) & (3). A counter-notification is the proper method for the Recipient to dispute the improper removal or disabling of material pursuant to a Notice. The information that a Recipient provides in a counter-notification must be accurate and truthful, and the Recipient will be liable for any misrepresentations contained in the counter-notification pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

9.1   To initiate a counter-notification, the Recipient must submit to Guardfox’s Designated Copyright Agent the following information:

  1. a specific description of the material that was removed or disabled pursuant to the Notice.
  2. a description of where the material was located within Guardfox or the Content before such material was removed and/or disabled (preferably including specific URL’s associated with the material.)
  3. a statement reflecting the Recipient’s belief that the removal or disabling of the material was done so erroneously. For convenience, the following language may be utilized:
    “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the referenced material was removed or disabled by the service provider as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.“
  4. a statement that the Recipient consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court in and for the judicial district where the Recipient is located, or if the Recipient is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the Recipient will accept service of process from the person who provided the Notice, or that person’s agent.
  5. the Recipient’s physical address, telephone number, and email address.

Counter Notifications can be sent to:

Address: MD-2072,
Republic of Moldova,
Chisinau, str. Valea Crucii 4. of. 241
Fax: +37322921400
Phone: +37322921410

Please do not send other inquiries or information to our Designated Agent.

After receiving a DMCA-compliant counter-notification, Our Designated Copyright Agent will forward the counter-notification to the original claimant who first provided the Notice identifying the allegedly infringing material.

Within ten to fourteen (10-14) days from Guardfox’s receipt of a valid counter-notification, Guardfox will replace or cease disabling access to the disputed material unless Guardfox’s Designated Agent receives notification that the original claimant has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the Recipient from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on Guardfox’s system or network.

10. Service Provider Customers of Guardfox

Some of Guardfox’s customers are, themselves, “Service Providers” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. § 512(k)(1). Accordingly, Guardfox requests that any DMCA Notices relating to alleged infringement by third party users, customers or subscribers of Guardfox’s Service Provider Customers be submitted directly to the DMCA Agent designated by such customer.

11. Modifications

Guardfox reserves the right to modify, alter or add to the DMCA policy set forth in Sections 6-10 above, and all users should regularly check back regularly to stay current on any such changes.

12. PAYMENT

12.1   Payment for Services is due in advance of the time period for which such payment covers. Services are billed on an automatic and recurring basis unless and until you follow Guardfox’s cancellation procedure set forth in this Agreement.

12.2   Unless separately negotiated by You and Us, and confirmed by separate written agreement, the initial and recurring Fees for the Services selected by You shall be as provided in the initial on-line order form. All set-up fees and special programming fees are non-refundable. Fees for Services are payable in advance. Failure to make payment of Fees for Services when due may result in the suspension or termination of Services.

12.3   At the time of registration, You must select a payment method. Guardfox reserves the right to contract with a third party to process all payments. Such third party may impose additional terms and conditions governing payment processing. If You do not pay all Fees when due, Your account will be deemed past due. For any past due Fees, Guardfox will charge You interest at one and one-half percent (1.5%) or the highest rate allowed by applicable law, whichever is lower, per month of the unpaid amount, until paid.

12.4   You agree to pay any and all taxes, including personal property, value added, or sales taxes, resulting from Your use of the Services. Guardfox is not responsible for any bank fees incurred by You due to Your use of check cards, automatic payment services, insufficient funds, and any and all other fees your financial institution may impose due to Your use of the Services. If Guardfox should receive less than full payment of the Fees due to taxes, bank charges, transfer fees, or the like, Guardfox will invoice You for the difference between payment received and the Fees due.

12.5   You also agree to pay all attorney and collection fees arising from Guardfox’s efforts to collect any past due Fees. If you cancel any Service prior to the expiration of the pre-paid Fees, You understand and agree that Guardfox will not issue You any refund whatsoever, including but not limited to any remaining pre-paid Fees, set up Fees, and/or special programming Fees.

12.6   Coupons and Discount Codes – From time to time, Guardfox may offer coupons or other discount codes which may be used when signing up for hosting with Us. Coupons and discount codes are for first-time customers of Guardfox and must be used at the time of Your initial purchase with Us – they may not be applied after Your service with Us has already been initiated. Unless expressly provided, such coupons and discount codes may not be used toward upgrades to Your account. Any account We deem to be attempting unauthorized coupon or discount code use may be subject to Termination for Cause.

13. BACK UPS & DATA LOSS

13.1   You agree that Your use of Guardfox’s Services is at Your own risk, and that Guardfox is not liable for any data loss in connection with its Services. You are solely responsible for creating backups of Your Content. If, during Our own routine maintenance, We do create a backup of Your Content which You later request Us to restore to Your account, We cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so, or that Your Content will be unharmed as a result of the initial data loss or the subsequent restore procedure. To that end, We highly recommend that You establish Your own routine backup procedure and that You periodically test restoring files from Your backup media to ensure that You are making viable backups.

13.2   Should you wish for Guardfox to provide you with routine backup service, in addition to the Services provided under this Agreement please contact Us. We offer many different backup solutions as an add-on service to Our regular Services, and all such services are provided through a separate, written agreement.

14. RESOURCE USAGE & SECURITY

14.1   Guardfox does not impose hard set limits on each account’s system resources. We do not actively disable accounts until they greatly exceed an acceptable level of usage. There are numerous activities that could cause such problems; these include: CGI scripts, FTP, PHP, HTTP, etc. Guardfox will advise You of a temporary block placed on any account found to be consuming an inordinate amount of system resources, to the point of degrading overall system performance.

14.2   Except where expressly permitted by law, You may not translate, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or make derivative works from the Site and/or Materials. You hereby agree not to use any automatic device or manual process to monitor or reproduce the Site or Materials, and will not use any device, software, computer code, or virus to interfere or attempt to disrupt or damage Our Services and Site or any communications on it. If You do not adhere to this provision of this Agreement, in addition to monetary damages and other remedies available to Guardfox, You hereby agree to pay liquidated damages of €5000.00 plus any and all fees associated with recovery of these damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs.

14.3   SECURITY Any violation of the security to the Site and/or Services is prohibited and may result in criminal and civil liability. Unauthorized Access of the servers used to provide the Site, Services, and/or Materials (the “Servers”) is strictly prohibited and is a violation of this Agreement and the AUP per Section 6 of this Agreement. You agree not to engage in such activity or to attempt to breach the Servers for the purpose of altering or manipulating the hardware and software, compromising the Servers, or for any other unauthorized use commonly known as “hacking.” In addition, You are prohibited from the following:

  1. Any form of unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including the Site and/or Services;
  2. Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network;
  3. Unauthorized interference with service to any user, host or network;
  4. Introducing a malicious program into the network or server (e.g. viruses and worms), including the Site and/or Services;
  5. Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network or account;
  6. Using an account with another provider to promote Your site with Us in an abusive manner.
  7. Utilizing Our Services for the purpose of compromising the security or tampering with system resources or accounts on computers at Our site or any other site.

In the event You are involved in any violation of system security, We reserve the right to release information about You to system administrators at other sites in order to assist in resolving security incidents, and We shall also cooperate with any law enforcement agency investigating a criminal violation of system or network security. Additionally, any violation of these security provisions may, at Our sole discretion, be grounds for Termination for Cause of Your account per Section 3 of this Agreement.

14.4   BANDWIDTH USAGE Your monthly bandwidth allowance is determined by the specific package for which You sign up. If Your account exceeds Your monthly allowance, You will be charged an overage fee. Bandwidth utilization in excess of instance allocation is charged at €0.01 per GB in North American and Western European locations. Due to higher regional costs, Singapore and Tokyo (Japan) overage is priced at €0.025 per GB. Sydney (Australia) and Seoul (Korea) overage is priced at €0.05 per GB.

14.5   SANDBOX PLAN Guardfox offers a 512MB / single Core sandbox plan for testing out our platform. This plan is limited to two instances per account.

14.6   FAIR USE POLICY We provide specific Services to our Clients and define normal, fair, and reasonable use in terms of our Guardfox Virtual Private Servers as use that is consistent throughout any given billing period. We expect regular usage patterns from individual component machines and the client solution as a whole. Should we at our sole discretion determine a Client is not using this Service as defined under this Fair Use Policy, we may take actions to mitigate negative impact to Service delivery systems including but not limited to the following:

  1. Rate-limit the data the Client may send and/or receive from the individual machine to the entire solution level
  2. Adjust pricing to a standard bandwidth rate (market-dependent)
  3. Suspend or terminate Service to any or all Client machines

15. UPTIME GUARANTEE

15.1   Guardfox will offer You a Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) guaranteeing certain availability of Our Services. If applicable, the terms of any such SLA were separately negotiated between You and Us, and such SLA, if any, is hereby incorporated by reference as an indispensable part of this Agreement.

To be eligible for any credits to Your account, You must follow the specific procedures set forth in the SLA for notifying Us of Your desire for credits. You understand and agree that the failure to follow the procedure in the SLA within three (3) days of the triggering event will result in Your waiver of any right to receive credits.

18. PRICE CHANGE

The amount You pay for hosting will never increase during a specific term or time period for which you have signed up for Our Services. We reserve the right to change prices listed on guardfox.com at any time, without notice, and the right to modify the amount of resources given to plans at any time. Additionally, if we terminate this agreement without cause pursuant to paragraph 3.2 of the Agreement, You understand that if We agree to provide Services to You in the future, the amount You paid under any prior term or time period is not determinative of the amount You pay should We provide Services to You again. It is Your responsibility to check Our website for plan or price changes should You wish to take advantage of plan or price changes which may have occurred. Guardfox does not automatically update Your plan. All upgrades or downgrades will be performed at Your request and may include modification fees or require reinitiating service with Us.

 19. NO WARRANTIES

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. GUARDFOX EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 11, GUARDFOX MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES GUARDFOX MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR THAT DEFECTS IN ANY SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. ANY STATEMENTS MADE REGARDING SUCH MATTERS IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS SHALL BE CONSIDERED ADVERTISING REFERENCES, AND NOT WARRANTIES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY USE YOU MAKE OF ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

GUARDFOX MAY MAKE THIRD-PARTY GOODS, SERVICES AND/OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO YOU THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE SERVICES (“THIRD-PARTY SERVICES”). GUARDFOX HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONTENT OF THIRD-PARTY SERVICES. USE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR OWN AND SOLE RISK AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A SEPARATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THE THIRD-PARTY.

GUARDFOX MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICES.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GUARDFOX OR THROUGH THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, WHETHER BY IMPLICATION, ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY MARKETING OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS DESCRIBING THE SERVICES ON GUARDFOX’S WEBSITE.

UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO IN WRITING, GUARDFOX DOES NOT MAKE A BACK-UP OF YOUR SITE(S) AS PART OF THE SERVICES. ACCORDINGLY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A BACK-UP OF YOUR SITE(S) ON A REGULAR BASIS.

20. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF YOUR WEB-SITE AND/OR CONDUCT OF YOUR BUSINESS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS UNDER YOUR CONTROL. IN NO EVENT SHALL GUARDFOX BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR OPERATION OF YOUR WEB-SITE AND/OR BUSINESS OR FAILURE TO OPERATE YOUR WEB-SITE AND/OR BUSINESS.

THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL CLAIMS BY YOU OR YOUR END USERS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION UNDERLYING THE CLAIM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, FRAUD, AND/OR MISREPRESENTATION.

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