Terms & Conditions

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These terms and conditions are designed to promote the ease of which you can do business with us, and also to protect you and us should there ever be any dispute.

Confidentiality

We will exercise all reasonable care to prevent the unauthorised use or dissemination of clients' confidential information. Reasonable care means at least the same degree of care which we use to protect our own confidential information from unauthorised disclosure.

Intellectual Property Ownership

Dotquake Web Services assigns to the client its entire right, title and interest in any content created by Dotquake Web Services for the client under the work agreement at the time final payment is made for the service(s) provided. However, in any instance of early termination of the work agreement on the part of the client due to dispute or transfer of contractor, Dotquake Web Services reserve the right to retain access to all or any of the aforementioned content created by itself. Notwithstanding the above, Dotquake Web Services will register domain names required by its clients in its own name. This registration will be transferred to the client on termination of the work agreement. Dotquake Web Services will administer its own email address under each domain registered on behalf of any client.

Independent Contractorship

Dotquake Web Services is an independent contractor and neither Dotquake Web Services or its staff is or shall be deemed to be an employee of the client.

Expenses

The client shall reimburse Dotquake Web Services for all reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by Dotquake Web Services whilst away from its regular place of business to perform services under the work agreement.

Payment of Invoices

Dotquake Web Services shall submit invoices for all services rendered under the terms of the work agreement. The client shall pay the full amounts due within 28 days of the date of each invoice.

Late Payments

Late payment by the client shall be subject to late penalty fees of 2% per calendar month or part thereof from the due date until the amount due is paid.

Termination of Work Agreement

With reasonable cause, either party may terminate the work agreement with immediate effect by giving written or electronically recordable notice of cause of termination. Reasonable causes include 1) a material violation of the work agreement, or 2) non payment of Dotquake Web Services' compensation after 28 days written or electronically recordable demand for payment.

Maintenance

Dotquake Web Services reserves the right to charge for services deemed outside of any maintenance agreement with any client. It is the clients' responsibility to administer submission to search engines, web directories and/or newsgroups after the official handover of its web site and after an invoice has been issued.

Schedule of Charges

From time to time Dotquake Web Services will publish a schedule of charges. This schedule is intended as a guide for clients and should not form the basis of any work agreement or contract. Dotquake Web Services reserves the right to amend these charges at any time and without notice unless already under contract or agreement with the client.

Copyright

Dotquake Web Services shal not be required to publish any content which in the opinion of Dotquake Web Services is or may be of an illegal or libellous nature or an infringement of the proprietary or other rights of any third party. Dotquake Web Services shall be indemnified by the client in respect of any claims, costs and expenses arising out of any libellous matter or any infringement of copyright, patent, design or of any other proprietary or personal rights contained in any material published on behalf of the client. This indemnity shall extend to any amounts paid on a lawyer's advice in settlement of any claim.

Complaints

Complaints should be made in writing or in an electronically recordable format to Dotquake Web Services.

Legal Action

Any legal action taken in respect of Dotquake Web Services shall be undertaken in the town of Exeter in Devon, England or within 20 miles of this location.

Provision of Service

The provision of any hosting service is subject to 3rd party performance and cannot be guaranteed by Dotquake Web Services. Provision, availability and duration of Dotquake Web Services' own service will be subject to the terms of the work agreement or contract.

Advertising and Promotion

Dotquake Web Services reserves the right to reasonable promote its services via the medium of any publication developed for any client. Dotquake Web Services reserves the right to use any communication from any client for its own publicity purposes, subject to its obligations under its own privacy policy and subject to the rules and provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Force Majeure

Dotquake Web Services shall not be liable for any delay or failure in performance with respect to its obligations under the work agreement which is due to or which results from any act, event, omission or happening beyond its reasonable control including acts of God, strike, work stoppages, governmental regulations, acts or directives, war, riot, flood, civil commotion, equipment or facilities shortages or delays which are experienced by providers of internet services in general, or any other circumstance beyond its reasonable control.

Statutory Rights

These terms & conditions do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

Please don't hesitate to email us direct at info@dotquake.com should you require any further information regarding these terms & conditions.

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