The Internet People LLP
Terms and conditions.
Date14 July 2009
1 Definitions.
The terms "The Internet People", "The Internet People LLP", "The LLP", "We", "Our" and "Us" refer to the "The Internet People LLP" registered at Companies house in England registration number OC346587.
The term "Partner" refers to one of the partner members of The Internet People LLP.
The term "Partners" refers to more than one partner member of The Internet People LLP.
The terms "Client", "Customer", "you", and "Your" refer to the person or organisation in contract with The Internet People LLP.
2 Specification.
After discussion between the client and the LLP, a requirement specification shall be drawn up and the price agreed.
This requirement specification is the only work that the LLP agrees to deliver at the agreed price.
Any changes requested by the client to the agreed specification will incur additional cost.
3 Payment.
Prior to any work commencing, a non returnable deposit shall be paid to the LLP and the amount of that deposit shall be determined by the LLP.
The LLP may additionally require a sum as payment on account.
On completion of the work any remaining payment will become due. All invoices shall be paid within 14 days.
4 Overdue Payments.
For each day that a payment is overdue, there will be an administration charge to cover the extra work in recovering the debt. The late payment administration charge will be 1% of the amount owed for each day the payment is overdue.
5 Renewal Payments.
As annual renewal payments become due, an invoice will be submitted to the client which must be settled within 14 days of the due date. The Overdue Payment clause applies to these invoices.
We reserve the right to review our prices from time to time without notice.
6 Domain name payments.
Payment to renew domain names must be paid when invoiced, failure to do so may result in the loss of the domain name. The LLP will not be liable for any addition costs incured in renewing the domain name. In the event that control of the domain name is lost, the LLP will not be liable for this loss, or for any losses incurred as a result of this.
7 Intellectual property rights.
Unless agreed in writing otherwise, all intellectual property rights belong to the author of that content, subject to any prior claim for such content.
8 Acceptable use policy.
All content of the website must comply with English law including but not limited to the Data Protection Act (1998). The LLP is not responsible for any such infringement.
You agree not to transmit any unsolicited email or "spam", in contravention of the Electronic Transmission Regulations (2003).
Any website content must not cause offence to any individual, group or organisation.
You confirm that any opinions or statements made on your website are your own, and your responsibility, and that they in no way reflect the opinions of the LLP.
Infringement of this clause may result in the LLP removing any such website content.
Any webspace purchased and hosted through the LLP is for the agreed domain name or domain names only.
You agree not to use the webspace for any purposes not agreed with the LLP, and you agree not to use the webspace to host other domains other than those agreed.
If your webspace exceeds your agreed quota, or your website usage (bandwidth) increases above the limit of your webhosting package with us, we reserve the right to upgrade the account to a higher package and you will be charged the difference.
9 Liabilities.
The LLP will provide the services agreed between you and the LLP as defined in any specification documents or invoices. However the LLP will not be held responsible for circumstances outside of our control.
We will endeavour to correct any loss of service within a reasonable period of time.
The LLP will not be held financially liable for any losses arising from any loss of service.
10 Termination of Contract.
You may decline to renew the agreement providing that you give at least 30 days written notice prior to the renewal date.
We reserve the right to terminate your contract if you fail to comply with these terms and conditions.
Failure to pay any money owing to the LLP within 21 days shall be considered as a breach of contract.
11 Refunds.
If the client terminates the contract other than by not renewing, then no refunds will be due for the remaining period.
If the LLP terminates the contract other than by not accepting renewal, then a pro-rata refund will be due to the client providing that the client has no oustanding debts to the LLP and also providing that the client is not in breach of the acceptable use policy.
12 Applicable Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
13 Amendments.
We reserve the right to review these terms and conditions from time to time.