Acceptable Use Policy

In order to maintain our system integrity and network related resources we expect our customers to act responsibly. When you use any Bitwise Software International, Inc. services, in any form, you automatically agree to all the following terms and conditions.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services we provided when we decide that the customer account has been inappropriately used. In short:

• ZERO TOLERANCE: sending mass or unsolicited email of any type with reference your company name, phone number, contact information, IP address, hosting address, domain name and/or online store, email accounts, or with reference to our services or servers is strictly prohibited.
• No adult content (no pornography).
• No online gambling.
• No spam emailing.
• No unsolicited e-mailing.
• No Warez, cracks, or copyright infringement.
• No server abuse: any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or a customer of ours is strictly prohibited.
• No unauthorized use of other people's accounts or computers.
• No IRC Chat Rooms: we do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms of any kind.
• Background Running Programs: prior written approval is required for any programs to run continually in the background. NO IRC chat will be approved.
• No IRC: we do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.
• Payment Policies: all accounts are set up on a pre-pay basis. Setup fees are charged for all new accounts and major account changes. All pricing is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment. We reserve the right to change prices at any time, unless other terms have been agreed upon. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the account from the time it was established to the time that the customer submits an official cancellation request using our online form and provides us with the necessary cancellation information and advance notice.
• Cancellation Policy: we reserve the right to cancel service at any time. Any violation of our policies which results in extra costs will be billed to the customer (i.e. transfer, space etc.)
• Domain registration fees, setup fees, and SSL certificate fees are non-refundable.
• Lawful Purposes Only: we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. Customers may only use our servers for lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited.
• Indemnification: Customer (you) agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold us harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against us, our agents, our customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, it's agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless against liabilities arising out of:
  1. any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with our servers or services;
  2. any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party;
  3. copyright infringement, and
  4. any defective products sold to your customers.
• Disclaimer: We will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. We make no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. We disclaim any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by our Web hosting service and our employees.
• We reserve the right to revise our policies and terms of service at any time by posting them on our website.
• All end-users, resellers and dedicated servers of ours must adhere to the our website posted policies and terms of service.
• Use of any additional applications, scripts, software, or executables on our servers is strictly prohibited.
• Use of MSAccess data files on our servers is strictly prohibited.
• Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation with no refund.

In addition, any hosting account using our Shopping-Q eCommerce software must maintain a hyperlink to "http://www.shoppingQ.com" at the bottom/footer of the website, which are visible throughout the majority of the website. If the hyperlink is not found, Bitwise Software International, Inc. reserves the right to place the hyperlink on your website without notice.

NO ADULT MATERIAL POLICY

Due to different standards, religion, and cultures, material that is appropriate for some people may not be appropriate to others. Therefore, we maintain a strict "No Adult Material Policy".

We define "Adult Material" as any of the following:

• Any photos or videos showing frontal nudity on either men or women.
• Any photos or videos showing any sexually explicit nudity.
• Any audio clips or text containing sexually explicit material.
• Any explicit adult toys such as vibrators, etc.

We also prohibit the following:

• Any sites with direct links to other sites containing such material.
• Any site engaged in the sale of sexually explicit items.

We reserve the right to determine what might be considered "sexually explicit" or "sexually related". If your site contains material that you are unsure about, please conact us before placing your order.