Terms of Service (TOS)

Last Updated: 03/11/2009

By submitting the online order form, or by using Lusion Technologies service, Customer hereby agrees to Lusion Technologies Terms of Service (TOS), Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), the No-Spam Policy (NSP), Refund Policy and Privacy Policy.

Unless otherwise specified, in this TOS, the AUP, the Refund Policy, and the Privacy Policy, the usage of “us”, “we”, “our”, and “ours” shall refer to Lusion Technologies, a South African closed corporation, and all its parents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns. The usage of “you”, “your”, “they”, and “them” shall refer to the Customer of Lusion Technologies.

Moreover, in this TOS, the AUP, the No-Spam Policy (NSP), the Refund Policy and the Privacy Policy, “Lusion Technologies” shall refer to Lusion Technologies, a South African closed corporation, and all its parents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns; unless otherwise specified, “Lusion” and “Lusion Technologies” shall have the same meaning and shall be interchangeable.

Customer agrees that it shall comply with this TOS and Lusion Technologies Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Customer further agrees that it has read Lusion Technologies Privacy Policy and agrees to all the terms and conditions in the Privacy Policy. In this document, the word “Agreement,” with a capital “A,” refers to the TOS, the AUP, the No-Spam Policy (NSP), the Refund Policy, and the Privacy Policy collectively.

1. General Terms.

In consideration of hosting services to be delivered, Customer agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

1.1. Customer agrees to pay, in advance of each monthly service term, for hosting services to be rendered.

1.2. Customer agrees to be bound by the service term selected on the online order form or via applicable promotional codes that may require Customer to order Lusion Technologies service for a certain minimum period of time.

1.3. Customer agrees to a no-refund policy in advance. Setup fees and monthly web hosting service fees are non-refundable.

1.4. Non-Payment of services shall result in a fifteen (15) day notice of disconnection. All payment failures must be cured within fifteen (15) business days from invoice due date or account will be suspended. Account termination will result from invoices overdue for sixty (60) days.

1.5. Lusion Technologies is not and shall not be held responsible for data integrity for any accounts that are terminated, disconnected, or interrupted because of Customer’s failure to pay for Lusion Technologies services.

1.6. Customers agree to pay all taxes applicable to your account.

2. Agreement for Services.

2.1. Lusion Technologies will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay for, the Web hosting services (the “Services”), according to the service fees specified in the Order for the applicable Service Description. Customer acknowledges that the service, and service fees have been communicated to the Customer, and that Customer is aware of all applicable charges as per the Agreement. Customer also understands that no promotional offers will apply to their individual service unless said promotional offers are specified in this Agreement.

3. Payment.

3.1. Establishment and provision of service is contingent upon receipt of payment from Customer to Lusion Technologies.

3.1.1. Customer must pay in full for the Services before Lusion Technologies begins to provide the Services to Customer. Invoices are generated on the renewal date and customer agrees that if paying by credit card, recurring bills will be billed and charged automatically on the date the invoice is generated and that Lusion Technologies may apply the amount due at any time to the credit card listed on file.

3.1.2. Setup fees may be charged and are due at the time of the Customer’s initial request of the Services requiring setup.

3.2. Payment is due on the defined monthly recurring billing date of each month. Service will be interrupted on accounts that reach thirty (30) days past due. Accounts that are not collectable by Lusion Technologies may be turned over to an outside agency for collection. If your account is turned over for collection, you agree to pay to Lusion Technologies a “Processing and Collection” Fee of not less than Five Hundred (R500.00) Rand.

4. Delinquent Accounts.

Lusion Technologies may temporarily deny service or terminate this Agreement upon failure of Customer to pay charges when due. Such termination or denial will not relieve Customer of responsibility for the payment of all accrued service fees, and any collection fees to which Lusion Technologies may be entitled under this Agreement or under applicable law.

5. Account Cancellation.

Customers may voluntarily cancel their account at any time, for any reason or for no reason, by sending the request in writing to our billing department.

Once a Customer has cancelled their account before the renewal date, no more charges will be billed to the account. Cancellations on or after renewal will be charged renewal fees.

PayPal and other third party payment gateway customers cancelling their PayPal or third party payment gateway subscription do not warrant cancellation of service. All cancellations must be in writing. Customer can terminate their account for any reason or for no reason. However, Customer understands and agrees that Lusion Technologies does not provide pro-rated or any other kinds of refunds on cancellations. All fees Customer has paid shall be non-refundable.

6. Refunds and Disputes.

Please see our Refund Policy

7. Customer agrees not to engage in any activity that violates any international, foreign, federal, state, or local laws applicable to the service terms described in this Agreement.

8. Lusion Technologies reserves the right to discontinue service to any Customer it deems, in its sole discretion, violates any condition of service including, but not limited to, the following:

8.1. The Acceptable Use Policy

9. Backups.

9.1. In order to allow us to provide the best service to you, Lusion Technologies accounts are backed up at least once daily and stored for seven (7) days.  However, these backups are intended for Lusion Technologies administrative purposes only. As part of its commitment to first-rate customer service, Lusion Technologies always seeks to create complete and accurate backups of customer accounts.

9.2. Even the best and most complete and redundant backup systems can and do fail for a variety of reasons, despite the best efforts of the Web hosting service. THEREFORE, LUSION TECHNOLOGIES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY OF THESE BACKUPS OR THE DATA THEY CONTAIN. Consequently, you must not rely upon the availability, completeness, currency, or integrity of these backups.

9.3. Customers are responsible for maintaining their own backups on their own personal computers or other computers.

9.4. Lusion Technologies does not provide any sort of compensation for lost, inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated data in the event that Lusion Technologies backups do not function properly, regardless of the reason(s) for any such malfunction, even if the malfunction was due to the fault or negligence of Lusion Technologies or any of its employees or agents, and regardless of whether Lusion Technologies had been informed of the possibility of such malfunction, or any fault or negligence that might cause it.

9.5. In the event that you need to recover data from a backup, Lusion Technologies will use reasonable efforts to restore data to your account from the appropriate backup. HOweVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SERVICE IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT Your OWN BACKUPS TO Your OWN COMPUTER, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THOSE BACKUPS. AGAIN, LUSION TECHNOLOGIES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR INTEGRITY OF ITS BACKUPS.

9.6. Any account may be excluded from our backups in Lusion Technologies sole discretion.

9.7. You understand and agree that Lusion Technologies backup policy does not create any warranties for whose breach Lusion Technologies backup policy can be held liable.

10. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Lusion Technologies, and the parents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, employees and agents of Lusion Technologies against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions, proceedings or judgments (collectively, “Losses”) to which an indemnified party may become subject and which Losses arise out of, or relate to this Agreement or Customer’s use of the Services, and to reimburse an indemnified party for all legal and other expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending, or settling any Loss whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which such indemnified party is a party.

11. LUSION TECHNOLOGIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF USE, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF LUSION TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY, OR

11.2. ANY LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES, MISDELIVERIES OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.

12. LUSION TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. LUSION TECHNOLOGIES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION, USE, AND SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES AND LUSION TECHNOLOGIES SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY THEREFOR.

13. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LUSION TECHNOLOGIES DISCLAIMS, ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM, OR THROUGH, THIS SERVICE, THE SYSTEMS WHICH PROVIDE IT, AND THE INTERNET, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.

14. LUSION TECHNOLOGIES DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED OR MATERIALS ACCESSED THROUGH ITS SERVICES, ITS SYSTEMS, ITS NETWORKS, OR THE INTERNET.

15. No Waiver of Rights by Lusion Technologies.

Any failure by Lusion Technologies to enforce this Agreement in every instance in which it might apply does not amount to a waiver of any of Lusion Technologies rights.

16. Arbitration.

ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTACT OR ANY BREACH THEREOF IN EXCESS OF R2500.00 SHALL BE SETTLED BY ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ARBITRATORS OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND JUDGMENT UPON THE AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.

17. Notices.

17.1. From Lusion Technologies to Customer.

Lusion Technologies will notify you by email of any notices that Lusion Technologies is required to provide to you under this Agreement, at the most current email address you have provided to Lusion Technologies.

By entering this Agreement, you consent to receive notices by email. You are solely responsible for ensuring that Lusion Technologies has your most current email address, and Lusion Technologies shall not be responsible for any lost, misdirected, bounced, forwarded, or undeliverable email that Lusion Technologies sends to the most current email address you have provided to Lusion Technologies.

17.2. From Customer to Lusion Technologies.

Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, notices to Lusion Technologies shall be sent to the following address:

Lusion Technologies
Attention: Legal Notices
100 Rubida Street, Murrayfield
Pretoria 0184

18. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa, without regard to choice of law or conflicts of law provisions that would cause the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

19. Currency.

All monetary amounts to which this Agreement refers shall be in South African Rand.

20. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement, including all of its component parts, comprises the entire agreement between you (the Customer) and Lusion Technologies, and supersedes any prior or previous agreements between you and Lusion Technologies with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement; provided, however, that you agree that you shall be subject to any additional terms and conditions of which Lusion Technologies notifies you from time to time, pursuant to this Agreement.

21. No Oral Modification of this Agreement.

This Agreement may not be modified orally.

22. Assignment.

22.1. Customer shall not assign or attempt to assign its obligations under this Agreement without Lusion Technologies prior and express written consent to such assignment.

22.2. Lusion Technologies may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time without prior notice to or consent of Customer.

23. Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue.

Jurisdiction and venue for arbitration or litigation of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to this Agreement, or the breach thereof shall be proper only in a venue determined Lusion Technologies.

24. Choice of Law.

For all purposes, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made within the Republic of South Africa. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa and Lusion Technologies and Customer each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of South Africa should any claim or question arise under law or jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship.

25. Force Majeure.

Lusion Technologies shall not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance under this Agreement or interruption of service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, terrorism, riots, civil disturbances, insurrections, accidents, fire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements, strikes, labour disputes, shortages of suitable parts, materials, labour or transportation, magnetic interference, interruptions of electrical power or other utility service, unavailability of any telecommunications or wireless service or connection to any telecommunications or wireless service, or any cause beyond the reasonable control of Lusion Technologies.

26. Severability of Terms of this Agreement.

In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties hereto, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

27. Limitation of Actions Arising Under this Agreement.

Any cause of action you may have with respect to Lusion Technologies performance or alleged non-performance of this Agreement must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is forever barred.

28. Denial of Service.

Lusion Technologies reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to anyone at our sole discretion.

29. Abuse of Lusion Technologies Staff or Support Personnel.

29.1. At Lusion Technologies, we take pride in providing excellent service to all of our customers. It is our policy always to treat our customers with the highest level of respect and courtesy. In return, we expect the same respect and courtesy from you.

29.2. If our staff feels that you are consistently engaging in abusive content toward them, or addressing them in a demeaning or rude manner, your account(s) may be suspended and you may be asked to take your business elsewhere. In the event that we terminate service for abusive conduct, customers will be given fifteen (15) days’ notice. We will issue a refund only for the unused portion of pre-paid service.

29.3. Abusive conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following behaviours:

Repeatedly addressing members of our staff in a demeaning or rude manner;

Using profanity in any oral or written communications with our staff, by any medium of communication, including but not limited to e-mail, instant messages, chat, text messaging, fax, postal mail, telephone, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or in-person communication;

Yelling or shouting at our staff;

Deliberately using all capital (uppercase) letters in any written communication to our staff;

Insulting our staff because of their personal characteristics, or on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or housing or economic status; or

Deliberately providing false information to our staff for the purpose of harassing them or wasting their time.

30. Additional Terms and Conditions for Reselling Our Services.

Many of our customers wish to resell our services to third parties who become their customers. The additional terms and conditions in this section apply to the resale of our services. Your account with Lusion Technologies allows you to resell our services, subject to all the terms and conditions of your agreement with us. However, please note that you do not have to resell our services. As long as you comply with all the terms and conditions of your agreement with us, you may simply use our services for Your own Web sites and for any lawful purpose.

R1. No Free Services to Be Offered.

You may not use your account or our services to offer any of the following kinds of free services but are not limited to:

Free Web hosting services;
Free e-mail services;
Free blogging services;
Free home pages;
Free image hosting;
Free trial accounts.

There are several reasons for these prohibitions on free services. The reasons include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

First, free services generally do not require any reliable means of identifying the person who registers for them. As such, it can be practically impossible to track down persons who abuse the free services.

Second, our customers, including our resellers, are all paying for prompt, reliable service and we have built a solid reputation for delivering excellent service to them. We cannot risk having unidentified persons damage our reputation.

Third, users of free services are notorious for registering for free accounts and immediately spamming or otherwise consuming very large amounts of system resources and bandwidth before their accounts are shut down. Such abusers often register for successive or multiple accounts and cause many problems for the servers and network.

Fourth, spammers, operators of phishing and pharming scams, distributors of spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, and other malware, operators of illegal Warez sites, operators of illegal or unauthorized file-swapping or archive sites, and hackers frequently abuse free online services. Allowing free services would expose our servers to severe abuse and could harm us, all of our customers, and all the customers of our resellers.

Fifth, free services lead to various forms of abuses that may violate criminal laws or even foster terrorist activities. Because such abuses violate applicable laws as well as our policies, we must prohibit them.

If you violate this prohibition on free services, we may suspend or terminate your account immediately, with or without notice, as we in our sole discretion deem necessary to address the situation.

R2. Resellers’ Customers Must Comply with All of our Policies.

As part of your agreement with your customers, you must require them to comply with all applicable laws and all of our policies. If you fail to do so, we may suspend or terminate both the accounts of your customers and your account, as necessary to protect the security, safety, reliability, integrity, and performance of our servers, data, and network.

R3. Support for Resellers’ Customers.

Unless you have purchased an account with us whereby we have explicitly agreed in writing to provide technical support to your customers, you are solely responsible for providing all technical support for your customers, and you agree that you will not direct your customers to contact us for technical support.

However, if you have purchased an account with us and we have explicitly agreed to provide end user support to your customers, then we will provide end user support to your customers as specified on the “End User Support” page of our Web site:

Regardless of the type of account you have purchased from us, you are solely responsible for providing your customers with all billing, customer service, sales, and general information support. If you offer training to your customers, you are solely responsible for providing the training to them. You agree that you will not direct your customers to contact us for any billing, customer service, sales, or general information support, or for any training.

R4. Resellers are Responsible for Harms Their Customers Cause.

If any of your customers’ causes harm to us or to any of our customers or the customers of any of our resellers, then you agree to be liable for that harm and all damages arising from that harm.

We shall not be liable for any mistakes, errors, downtime, or other damages caused by you or any of your customers.

R5. Termination and Restoring Accounts of Resellers’ Customers.

You are solely responsible for terminating or deleting any of the accounts for your customers and for restoring those accounts when appropriate. If termination is not possible on your specific service we require a termination request sent through in writing to our billing department.

We shall not be responsible for restoring any of the accounts or data of any of your customers that you delete by mistake.

When we can do so without unreasonable effort or expense, we usually restore accounts for our reseller customers free of charge at their request. However, you understand and agree that we may not always be able to restore accounts for you or your customers and that we do not guarantee that we will restore any or all of Your customers’ accounts.

R6. Reseller is Responsible for All Consequences of Reseller’s Breach of Agreement with us.

If you breach or default on any of your obligations to us under your Agreement with us or any policy contained in that Agreement, you understand and agree that such a breach or default may result in the suspension or termination of your account and hosting privileges with us. You further understand and agree that the loss of your account and hosting privileges may create negative business, economic, or legal consequences (collectively the “Consequences of Breach or Default”) between you and your customers.

You hereby agree to assume all responsibility for the Consequences of Breach or Default.

You hereby further agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Lusion Technologies and Lusion Technologies, and the parents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, employees and agents of Lusion Technologies and Lusion Technologies against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions, proceedings or judgments (collectively, “Losses”) that are or arise out of the Consequences of Breach or Default, and to reimburse an indemnified party for all legal and other expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending, or settling any Loss whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which such indemnified party is a party.

R7. Reseller’s Standards of Conduct.

You must conduct your business with high levels of integrity and fair dealing. You should maintain a reputation for fair dealing and customer service at the highest levels.