Taycliff Limited Terms & Conditions
Dec 2016
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Taycliff Ltd.consists of management,
consultancy, technical, training and
administrative team dedicated to designing
and delivering cloud and application
solutions.
Our quality policy is as follows:
• To meet fully the customer’s requirements
and support needs in the context of the
range of solutions we provided
• To
produce reliable products and to continually
improve the capability and performance of
the products.
© Copyright Taycliff Limited 2016
Terms and Conditions Rev 1.2 – 15/7/2016
We are Taycliff Limited a company
registered in England and Wales at Companies
House. Our registered office is 20 Sycamore
Close, Romsey, Hampshire. England SO51 5SB –
postal address Taycliff Limited PO Box 83,
Romsey, Hampshire England SO51 5ZB and our
registered number is 05571188.
It is important that you read these
General Terms and Conditions of Supply
carefully. Together with our Privacy Policy,
Acceptable Use Policy and any Specific Terms
and Conditions that may from time to time
apply, they govern our relationship with you
in relation to the Company and your purchase
of Services and/or Equipment. If you have
any questions about them or do not wish to
accept them, please contact us at
info@taycliff.com or on +44 (0) 1794 511192
before continuing.
1. DEFINITIONS In these General Terms
and Conditions of Supply the following words
and phrases shall have the following
meanings;
"Acceptable Use Policies" means
the policies relating to the use of the
Services, as modified or amended from time
to time and “Acceptable Use Policy” shall be
construed accordingly;
"Account" means the Customer's
account with the Company for provision of
the Services;
"Agreement" means these General Terms
and Conditions of Supply, the Customer
Application, the Acceptable Use Policies,
the Price List, the Privacy Policy and the
Specific Terms and Conditions, all of which,
taken together, constitute the agreement
between the Company and the Customer for the
supply of the Equipment and/or Services;
"Business User" means a Customer who
uses the Services and/or Equipment in the
course of any trade or business;
"Charges" means the charges payable
by the Customer in return for the Services
and/or Equipment in accordance with Clause
8;
“Cloud computing” is computing as a
service: Taycliff owns and runs the
hardware, and the software, which the
customer can access and operate via the
internet. Also see “Software as a service”
(SaaS)
"Company" means Taycliff Limited
(Company Registration Number 05571188) of 20
Sycamore Close, Romsey, Hampshire. England
SO51 5SB
"Company's Web site" means the Web
site at www.taycliff.com and references to
"our Web site" shall be construed
accordingly.
"Customer" means the person, group of
persons or other entity whose name and
address is or are set out in the Customer
Application;
"Customer Application" means the
application form for the supply by the
Company of the Equipment and/or Services,
completed by, or in accordance with an order
from, the Customer;
"Direct Customer" means a person or
entity billed by Taycliff Ltd.
"End User" means the person or entity
receiving the benefit of the service. End
User and Customer are interchangeable terms
when the customer is a Direct Customer.
"Equipment" means the equipment
specified on the Customer Application;
"Insolvency" means in relation to the
Customer any of the following (as relevant):
the appointment of any nominee, trustee,
supervisor, administrator, administrative
receiver, receiver or liquidator pursuant to
the Insolvency Act 1986 (as modified,
amended or replaced from time to time); or
the entry into any compromise or arrangement
with its creditors or, being a consumer,
commits any act of bankruptcy, becomes
bankrupt or enters into an individual
voluntary arrangement; or if an order is
made or effective resolution is passed for
its winding up (except for the purposes of
amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent
company); or the occurrence or sufferance of
anything equivalent under any jurisdiction
other than England or Wales and "Insolvent"
shall be construed accordingly;
“Intellectual Property” means all
intellectual property of any kind whatsoever
including without limitation patents,
trademarks, trade names, service marks,
copyright, moral rights, rights in design,
rights in databases, know-how, confidential
information and any other intellectual or
industrial property whether or not
registered or capable of registration (and
including applications for any such right)
together with all or any goodwill relating
to such intellectual property;
"Law" means the law of England and
Wales, in force from time to time, and shall
include (without prejudice to generality of
the foregoing) all criminal law, laws
relating to Intellectual Property and all
laws, rules and/or regulations relating to
the publication or transmission of
information or data in electronic form.
References to "Law" shall be construed
accordingly;
"Location" means the point of
delivery of service
"Minimum Cancellation Notice Period"
means the minimum period of notice that a
Customer must give the Company to terminate
a specific Service or this Agreement, as set
out in Clause 11.8 of the General Terms and
Conditions of Supply or as set out in the
Specific Terms and Conditions;
"Minimum Service Period" means the
minimum Service Period as set out in Clauses
3.2 and 3.3 or the Specific Terms and
Conditions;
"Name" means any name
specifically requested by or allocated to
the Customer for the provision of the
Services and includes any User Name,
Internet domain name or electronic mailbox
name;
"Network Connection" means an
Internet access service for use by multiple
machines;
“Partner” shall not be seen as the
creation of a legal entity and liability and
assets remain distinct between the two
parties; and (2) nothing contained in this
Agreement, and no action taken by the
parties pursuant to this Agreement, will be
deemed to constitute a relationship between
the parties of partnership, joint venture,
principal and agent or employer and
employee;
"Password" means a password issued to
the Customer for the Customer's access to
the Services;
"Price List" means the Company's
price list relating to the Equipment and/or
Services as amended from time to time;
"Privacy Policy" means the Company's
policy regarding privacy, as amended from
time to time;
“Software as a service” (SaaS):
ready-made cloud applications provided by
Taycliff Ltd.
"Service Period" means the period of
an individual Service provided in accordance
with this Agreement;
"Service" means a service provided by
the Company to enable the Customer to gain
access to the cloud systems (and other
services and facilities provided by the
Company in connection with that service as
are specified on the Customer Application,
and described in the Company's literature at
the date of completion of the Customer
Application together with all services
and/or facilities referred to in any
Specific Terms and Conditions; All
references to "Services" shall be construed
accordingly;
"Specific Terms and Conditions" means
the Company's specific terms and conditions
(if any) applicable to any part of the
Services referred to on the Customer
Application; "us" or "we" means the Company,
and references to "our" shall be construed
accordingly;
"User Name" means any user name
allocated to the Customer for access to the
Services;
"you" means the Customer, and
references to "your" shall be construed
accordingly.
2. THE SERVICES
2.1 We shall provide you with the
Services and/or the Equipment subject to the
terms of this Agreement.
2.2 You can
place your order for Equipment and/or
Services by;
(b) emailing info@taycliff.com Please
note it is your responsibility to check that
your order is correct before submitting it.
Should you encounter any problems with your
order, or questions, or if you have made a
mistake with your order, please contact us
on +44 (0)1794 511192
2.3 We shall not be obliged to
provide the Services and/or Equipment to you
unless and until:
(a) we have sent written notice to
you (either by post, fax or e-mail) of our
acceptance of the Customer Application; and
(b) we have received any initial Charges due
from you in respect of the Services and/or
Equipment. Subject to your right to cancel
as set out below, acceptance of the Services
and/or Equipment by you constitutes your
automatic acceptance of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement
2.4 We will endeavour to ensure that
the Services are of a high quality. In order
to maintain the quality and safety of the
Services, and any other services which we
provide to our customers, we may from time
to time:
(a) suspend, close down or restrict
the whole or any part of the Services in
order to carry out emergency or other
repairs, maintenance and/or improvements or
to preserve the safety, security or
integrity of the Services (although we will
give you as much notice as is reasonably
practicable before doing so and will
endeavour to carry out such works during the
relevant scheduled maintenance periods as
published by us); and/or
(b) give you
instructions on how to use the Services. You
agree to comply with any reasonable
instructions we may give you in accordance
with this Clause.
2.5 We will notify you as soon as
possible if either we or our agents,
employees, representatives or anyone else
involved in providing the Services and/or
the Equipment, require access to your
premises, to install the Services and/or the
Equipment or to carry out repairs,
maintenance or upgrades.
Where such notice is received by you,
you agree to grant us and/or such other
persons referred to, access to your
premises. We will meet your reasonable
requirements, and you agree to meet ours,
concerning the safety of people on your
premises.
2.6 We may make software available to
you that enables you to use the Services.
This software must not be copied or modified
by you or anyone else unless allowed by Law.
You undertake and agree that you will access
the Services only via use of this software,
or in an alternative way permitted by us,
and you will not attempt to circumvent any
security measures inherent in the Services.
Where such software is owned by or licensed
to us, we will, where possible, grant you a
revocable, non-transferable, non-assignable,
non-exclusive license to use it for the
duration of the Agreement (or, if shorter
the duration of any licence of the software
to us). Where the use of such software by
you requires you to enter a separate licence
you agree to do so.
2.7 We will file a copy of the
concluded Agreement. It will be accessible
on request from Taycliff. If you are a
consumer, we will acknowledge receipt of
your order to the email address you have
provided us with.
3. SERVICE PERIOD
3.1 We will activate the Services, as
soon as possible following completion of the
matters referred to in Clause 2.3 above.
3.2 Subject to Clause 3.3 or where
otherwise specified in the Specific Terms
and Conditions, and except where terminated
or suspended in accordance with this
Agreement, the Services will be provided for
a Minimum Service Period of 30 days from the
date of activation.
3.3 Subject to your right to cancel,
as set out above unless otherwise terminated
or suspended in accordance with this
Agreement or amended in the contract of
supply, the following Services shall be
provided for a Minimum Service Period of 12
months from the date of activation:
3.4 On expiry of the periods referred
to at Clauses 3.2 or 3.3 above (as
appropriate) the Services will, unless
terminated on or before the date of such
expiry, automatically renew until terminated
pursuant to this Agreement.
4. CHANGES
4.1 We aim to provide the Services
for the relevant Service Period. However, we
may have to modify, suspend, vary or
discontinue the whole or any part of the
Services (including, without limitation, any
codes or access details or technical
specifications associated with the Services)
and will endeavour to give you as much
notice as is reasonably practicable if we
need to do so.
4.2 We may have to change the terms
and conditions of the Agreement. Where this
is necessary we will notify you in advance
before the changes to the terms and
conditions take effect. We will communicate
these changes at the same time via the email
address stored on record for your
connection. You are responsible for the
maintenance of a correct and functioning
email address.
4.3 We will endeavour to let you know
about any change referred to in Clause 4.2
at least one month before it happens.
5. CONDITIONS OF USE
5.1 You agree that you will promptly
provide us with all information that we may
reasonably require in order to provide the
Services and perform all of our other
obligations under this agreement.
5.2 You agree that you will be
responsible for all use of the Services and
accessing, the Services.
You agree that you are responsible
for complying with all terms and conditions
(including, without limitation, terms of
payment) relating to any telecommunications
service which is required by you to access
the Services.
5.3 You are responsible for ensuring
that the Services and/or Equipment are used
in accordance with the Agreement. If you
breach the Agreement we may, in our sole
discretion, either:
(a) suspend or terminate this
Agreement and/or any of the Services in
whole or in part, for any period which we
shall determine without notice or refund;
(b) make a reasonable additional charge to
cover our costs incurred; or
(c) block
access to any part of the Services.
5.4 If, while using the Services, you
discover that another person is using the
Services, and failing to do so in accordance
with the Agreement, you must inform us
immediately.
5.5 You agree that you will, at all
times and for whatever purpose, use the
Services and/or the Equipment in compliance
with all Laws.
5.6 In addition to Clause 5.5, you
agree that you will not use, and will take
all necessary precautions to ensure that
nobody else uses, the Services and/or the
Equipment:
(a) fraudulently or in connection
with any criminal offence;
(b) to send,
knowingly receive, upload, download, or use
any material which is offensive, abusive,
indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing,
or in breach of copyright, confidence,
privacy or any other rights;
(c) to cause
annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety;
(d)
to "spam" or to send or provide unsolicited
advertising or promotional material or,
knowingly to receive responses to any spam,
unsolicited advertising or promotional
material sent or provided by any third
party;
(e) in any way which, in our
reasonable opinion, is or is likely to be
detrimental to the provision of services to
you or any of our customers, or to our
business and/or reputation;
(f) in
contravention of any licences or third party
rights, or in contravention of our
Acceptable Use Policies; or
(g) in a way
that does not comply with any instructions
provided to you.
5.7 You agree to:
(a) keep any
records of your User Name(s) and/or
Password(s) in separate places and take all
necessary steps to ensure their security;
and
(b) keep your User Name(s) and/or
Password(s) private and confidential and
ensure, at all times, that it (or they) do
not become known to anyone else.
5.8 You agree that you will notify us
immediately if you become aware of any
change in circumstances which may lead you
to believe that your User Name(s) and/or
Password(s) have become known to anyone
else.
5.9 You agree that we may, from time
to time, and, where possible, on giving you
reasonable notice, suspend and/or change
your User Name(s) and/or Password(s). You
also agree that you will not change or
attempt to change your User Name at any
time.
5.10 Any fault with the Services
and/or the Equipment, which you detect must
be reported to us as soon as possible
either:-
(a) by telephone on +44 (0)1794
511192;
(b) by e-mail sent to us at:
support@taycliff.com ;
(c) online via the
intranet service provided
(d) to such
other telephone number or email address or
at such other Web site as we may notify to
you from time to time for this purpose.
6. NAMES
6.1 In the event that we provide you
with domain name services, the following
provisions will apply:
(a) You confirm that you are the
owner of, and/or that you have full rights
to use, any trade (or other) name or mark,
or any Name, requested by or allocated to
you;
(b) We cannot guarantee that any
Name requested by you will be available or
approved for use;
(c) If we have
reasonable grounds to believe that the use
by you of any Name is or would be in breach
of Clause 6.1(a) above, we may refuse to
allocate or cease to provide you with the
name, and ask you to choose a replacement;
and
(d) Internet domain names are
registered and/or provided to you in
accordance with all terms and conditions
issued by the regulatory body responsible
for the maintenance of such domain names
including, but not limited to, Nominet,
Network Solutions and OpenSRS, copies of
whose terms and conditions are available at:
(i) http://www.nominet.org.uk/nominet-terms
and (ii)
http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/static-service-agreement.jhtml
; and (iii)
http://www.opensrs.com/docs/contracts/Services_Agreement_4.3.pdf
or such other Web sites as may replace the
above Web sites from time to time.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
7.1 If, in our opinion, the display
of any material or information, provided by
you, is or would be in breach of any rights
(including Intellectual Property rights) in
that material or information, we may refuse
or terminate such display.
7.2 You agree that, all copying,
redistribution or publication of any
material or information subject to any
rights (including Intellectual Property
rights) of a third party will be carried out
by you (or on your behalf) in accordance
with all relevant laws.
8. CHARGES
8.1 Except as otherwise provided in
the Agreement, all Charges and other sums
due from you in respect of the Services
and/or Equipment shall be set out in the
Price List and/or the Customer Application
and/or the invoice relating to such
Equipment and/or Services.
8.2 You shall pay the Charges
(without any set off or deduction of any
kind) on either a monthly, quarterly or
annual basis as stated in the Customer
Application and/or the Price List and/or the
invoice referred to at Clause 8.1 above.
Where payment is not made in
accordance with these terms, the Customer
shall pay interest on any unpaid amounts
calculated at 6% above Barclays Bank Plc’s
base rate for the time being in force
calculated on a daily basis.
8.3 All amounts payable by you in
accordance with the Agreement shall be
exclusive of Value Added Tax ("VAT"), or any
other applicable tax or duty, which shall be
payable in addition to all such amounts due
from you.
8.4 Where you are a Business User, we
will send you a VAT invoice following
completion of the provision of the Services.
8.5 You agree that you will notify us
as soon as possible of any change in your
credit/debit card or bank account details.
Should you terminate the Services in
accordance with this Agreement, it is your
responsibility to terminate any standing
order with your bank.
8.6 If you use the Services and/or
Equipment otherwise than in the course of a
business, trade, profession or occupation,
we may increase the amount payable by you
for Services and/or Equipment by giving you
one month's notice in writing. If you are a
Business User, we may increase the amount
payable by you for any Services and/or
Equipment by giving you 14 days notice in
writing.
9. LIABILITY
9.1 You agree that, in view of their
nature, your use of the Services is at your
sole risk. Whilst we will endeavour to
ensure that the Services are of a high
quality, neither we nor any of our agents,
contractors, licensees, employees or
information providers involved in providing
the Services, give any guarantee that the
Services will be uninterrupted or free from
error. Where necessary for commercial,
technical or other reasons:
(a) a network or service provider
connected to the Services may suspend or
terminate its connection to the Services;
and
(b) the Services may suspend or
terminate their connection to another
network or service provider.
9.2 Although we will try to ensure
the accuracy and quality of the Services,
the Services are provided on an "as is
basis" and:
(a) we do not accept
responsibility for any use of or reliance on
the Services or for any disruptions to or
delay in the Services; and
(b) we do not
make any representations as to the accuracy,
comprehensiveness, completeness, quality,
currency, error-free nature, compatibility,
security or fitness for purpose of the
Services. Changes are periodically added to
the information herein. No warranty, term or
condition, express or implied, is offered by
us and our third party suppliers in relation
to the Services, except as expressly
provided in this Agreement. You agree that
any such suspension or termination referred
to in Clause 9.1 above will not constitute a
breach by us of the Agreement.
9.3 You further agree that we will
not be held liable for any costs, expenses,
losses, damages or other liabilities
(howsoever arising) which you may incur as a
result of a suspension of the Services in
accordance with Clause 2.4 above.
9.4 You acknowledge that the Internet
is separate from the Services and that use
of the Internet is at your own risk and
subject to any applicable Laws. We have no
responsibility for any goods, services,
information, software, or other materials
which you may obtain from a third party when
using the Internet.
9.5 You also acknowledge that we may
exercise editorial control over the content
of our servers, but that we do not have the
resources to ensure, nor are we capable of
checking, the full content of our servers at
all times.
Neither we, nor any of our agents,
contractors, licensees, employees and
information providers, involved in providing
the Services, are able to control the
content of the Internet. You, therefore,
agree that we shall not be held responsible
for the publication, transmission or
reception of any defamatory material or
information of any kind, other than
information which is inserted by us.
You
specifically acknowledge that we have given
no warranties as to the quality, content or
accuracy of information received through, or
as a result of the use of, the Services.
9.6 You agree and acknowledge:
(a) that you are in a better position
than us to foresee and evaluate any
potential damage or loss which you may
suffer in connection with the Equipment
and/or the Services and/or any other service
provided to you under the Agreement;
(b)
that we cannot adequately insure our
potential liability to you; and
(c) that
the sums payable by you under the Agreement
have been calculated on the basis that we
shall exclude liability in accordance with
the Agreement.
9.7 In no circumstances whatsoever
will we be liable to you (whether in
contract, for breach of duty, negligence or
otherwise) for:
(i) loss of revenue;
(ii) loss of actual or anticipated profits
(including loss of profits on contracts);
(iii) loss of the use of money;
(iv) loss
of anticipated savings;
(v) loss of
business;
(vi) loss of opportunity;
(vii) loss of goodwill;
(viii) loss of
reputation;
(ix) loss or corruption of,
or damage to, data, systems or programs; or
(x) any indirect or consequential loss or
damage howsoever caused, which arises out of
or in connection with any use of, or
inability to use, the Services and/or the
Equipment.
9.8 In any event:
(a) Our liability to you for any
failure of the Services or other event in
any Minimum Cancellation Notice Period shall
not exceed the Charges payable in respect of
such Minimum Cancellation Notice Period.
(b) Our aggregate liability to you of any
sort (including for breach of contract and
negligence) in connection with this
Agreement shall not exceed the amount of
Charges paid by you to us in accordance with
this Agreement.
9.9 Nothing in this Agreement will
limit our liability under Part I of the
Consumer Protection Act 1987 or for death or
personal injury caused by our negligence,
or:
(i) for liability under any breach of
the obligations implied by s.12 Sale of
Goods Act 1979 or s.2 Supply of Goods and
Services Act 1982;
(ii) for fraud or
fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(iii)
any other liability which cannot be excluded
or limited by applicable law.
10. SERVICES
10.1 We will supply the Services with
reasonable skill and care.
10.2 However, We do not warrant or
represent:
a) that the Services will be
uninterrupted, secure or error-free; or
b) that any Data generated, stored,
transmitted or used via or in connection
with the Services will be complete,
accurate, secure, up to date, received or
delivered correctly or at all.
10.3 We do not provide a back-up of
Your Data or guarantee the integrity of Your
Data, however, We will use Our reasonable
endeavours to provide copies of Data for
disaster recovery purposes.
10.4 We may have to suspend the
Services:
a) for repair, maintenance or
improvement;
b) to comply with a request
or order from a governmental or
administrative authority or emergency
service;
c) in the event of problems with
the broadband network either at Your
premises or in the public Internet Protocol
environment;
d) if We have a reasonable
belief that suspension is necessary to
prevent fraud or unauthorised access taking
place; or
e) if You fail to pay any
outstanding fees within 14 days of the due
date If so, We will restore the Services as
quickly as is reasonably possible, other
than in the case of failure by You to pay
any outstanding fees.
11. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
11.1 You agree that you will be
responsible for and hold us and our agents,
contractors, licensees, employees and
information providers, involved in providing
the Services and/or Equipment, harmless from
and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, costs, demands, expenses and other
liabilities which we suffer as a result of
any breach by you of the terms of this
Agreement, and from and against any claim
brought by a third party alleging that the
unauthorised use by you or modification by
you of the Services and/or the Equipment, by
you or under your Account, has infringed any
intellectual property or other right of any
kind, or any applicable legislation or
regulation (whether international or
domestic) but excluding any liability which
we face as a result of criminal prosecution.
11.2 You agree to pay all costs,
damages, awards, fees (including legal
fees), judgements and other sums awarded
against, or agreed to be paid by, us in
relation to such claims referred to at
Clause 6.1 above. You further agree that you
will, as soon as possible, notify us of, and
forward to us all correspondence received by
you in relation to, such claims.
11.3 You also agree that we shall
have full authority to defend, compromise or
settle such claims referred to at Clause
10.2 above, and that you will, at your
expense, provide us with all reasonable
assistance necessary to defend such claims.
11.4 You agree that the configuration
of your internal network remains your
responsibility. Any interruption to the
Services resulting from such configuration
shall not be regarded as an interruption in
or suspension of the provision by us of the
Services. 1 2
11.6 You agree that any Equipment
connected to or used with the Services that
it will be your responsibility for ensuring
that all such Equipment is technically
compatible with the Services and is used in
compliance with all relevant instructions
and safety and security procedures.
12. RESTRICTIONS
12.1 You must refrain from
transferring any illegal material or engage
in unlawful activities via your use of the
Services.
12.2 You must refrain from sending
menacing, offensive, defamatory, obscene,
indecent or abusive messages whilst using
the Services.
12.3 You must not use or permit the
usage of the Services in a manner that is
inconsistent with any and all applicable
laws and regulations.
12.4 You must not make available or
upload Data via Your use of the Services
that contain a virus, worm, trojan or other
malicious Data or download any disabling or
harmful devices.
12.5 You must not use the Services to
send bulk unsolicited commercial emails.
12.6 You warrant that Your use of the
Services will not infringe any third party
intellectual property or other rights.
12.7 You must not embark on any
course of action, whether by use of Your
website, telephone or any other means, which
may cause a disproportionate level of
activity (for example, causing mail bombs,
denial of service attacks or encouraging
large numbers of inbound phone calls)
without providing Us at least seven day's
prior notice in writing. If You give notice
or We otherwise become aware of such
disproportionate use We may:
a) move Your service to a dedicated
service and charge Our then current rate; or
b) terminate some or all of the Services
forthwith.
13. DATA
13.1 We may access, copy, preserve,
disclose, remove, suspend or delete any
Data:
a) if We are required to do so by
applicable law or competent authority;
b)
for the purposes of registration of domain
names with a Registry;
c) if it is
otherwise permitted under these Conditions;
or
d) if such Data is prohibited under
these Conditions.
14. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
14.1 You agree that we may suspend or
terminate the Services and/or your Account
and/or terminate the Agreement at any time,
without prior notice or refund to you, and
without affecting any of our accrued rights
or claims, either:
(a) where we reasonably believe that
the Services are being used in breach of
Clauses 5.5, 5.6 or 5.8;
(b) for
non-payment (when due) of the Charges or any
other sum due from you under the Agreement
or any other agreement with us;
(c) for
any other material breach of the Agreement
by you;
(d) where you have breached the
Agreement in any other way on three or more
occasions (and we have given you notice of
the first two breaches);
(e) where you
are or you become Insolvent or suffer any
distress or execution or other legal process
to be levied or enforced or sued upon or
against any part of your property, assets or
revenue and which is not discharged or
stayed within 7 days, or you cease or
threaten to cease to carry on business; or
(f) where, at any time, an agreed method of
payment is unavailable for collection under
this agreement. You also agree that where
this Agreement or your Account is terminated
for your breach, the Services will
automatically terminate.
14.2 If your communications network
does not conform to the standards set out in
Clause 5.6, to either our or any of our
other customers' detriment we may, without
prejudice to our other rights under Clauses
5.3 and 14.1, suspend your access to the
Services until you have given a suitable
undertaking as to use.
14.3 You acknowledge and agree that
our resources, used in providing the
Services, are limited and that any reckless
or wasteful use of the Services by you may
affect resources and the services provided
to our other customers. You agree that we
may suspend or terminate your access to the
Services where we decide, acting reasonably,
that you are using the Services in a
reckless or wasteful manner. You further
agree that we may terminate your access to
the Services where we decide, acting
reasonably, that you are continuing to use
the Services in a reckless or wasteful
manner after having first been suspended and
then reinstated.
14.4 You agree that, notwithstanding
the provisions of Clauses 3 and 14.1 (but
without affecting our other rights to
terminate under this Agreement), we may
terminate all or any of the Services at any
time, on 14 days notice. Any refund that is
due to you, will be made by us following the
cancellation of the Service(s), and will be
made direct to your bank account (notified
to us for this purpose) by BACS transfer.
Should you fail to provide suitable bank or
credit card details to allow a refund to be
made, you will lose the right to such
refund.
14.5 Any suspension of the Services
by us in accordance with this Agreement will
not constitute a termination of the
Agreement and we may (where we have
suspended the Services due to your breach of
this Agreement) require you to pay a
reconnection fee to recommence the Services
together with the relevant Charges.
14.6 You may terminate all or any of
the Services, at any time after the Minimum
Service Period, subject to the Minimum
Cancellation Notice Period. Should you wish
to terminate a Service in accordance with
this Clause, you must, give written notice
to us in accordance with Clause 16. Where
you terminate within the Minimum Service
Period you will be liable to pay the Charges
due in respect of that Minimum Service
Period.
14.7 We may terminate all or any of
the Services by notice equal to the Minimum
Cancellation Notice Period (to expire at any
time on or after the Minimum Service Period)
without our incurring any liability.
14.8 Unless otherwise stated in the
Specific Terms and Conditions, the Minimum
Cancellation Notice Period is 14 days (to
expire at any time on or after the Minimum
Service Period).
15. ASSIGNMENT
15.1 We may transfer, assign or
sub-contract the whole or any part of our
rights and obligations under the Agreement.
You agree that you will not assign,
sub-contract, sell, transfer, lease, licence
or charge by way of security any of your
rights or obligations under the Agreement.
Breach of this restriction in any way
(whether successful or not), will result in
your Account being terminated.
16. PERSONAL DATA
16.1 You agree that both we and our
employees may hold all names and other
information in the Customer Application, in
a computerised database, and that we will
comply with the Data Protection Act 1998
(the “Act”) and associated legislation, in
order to safeguard any personal data (as
defined in the Act) which you pass to us, in
accordance with the Privacy Policy.
16.2 You acknowledge that we may,
from time to time, be required under
regulations and/or legislation to co-operate
with and/or disclose data to, government or
other bodies and/or authorities.
17. FORCE MAJEURE
17.1 You agree that we shall not be
liable for any and all losses, (including
loss of data) damages, costs, claims and
other liabilities which arise as a result of
any delay or interruption in, or any
non-delivery, or missed delivery or failure
of the Equipment and/or Services due to
circumstances beyond our or any of our
suppliers' reasonable control (including,
but not limited to, fire, lightning,
explosion, war, disorder, flood, industrial
dispute, sabotage, weather conditions or
acts of local or central Government or other
competent authorities).
17.2 Should any event, referred to at
Clause 17.1 above, continue for more than 90
days, then either we or you may terminate
the Agreement forthwith.
18. WAIVER
18.1 Neither failure nor delay by
either you or us in exercising any of your
or our rights under the Agreement shall
amount to a waiver of any such right, or
operate so as to bar the exercise or
enforcement of such right at any time in the
future.
19. NOTICES
19.1 You agree to keep the contact
details which you have provided to us up to
date. Any notice or other information to be
served by us on you in accordance with this
Agreement will be validly sent if in writing
and sent by either e-mail or first class
post to your last known email or postal
address. Any notice sent by first class post
will be deemed served two days after
posting. Any notice sent by e-mail will be
deemed served on the day that it is sent.
19.2 Any notice or other information
to be served by you on us in accordance with
this Agreement will be validly sent if in
writing and sent by either by recorded
delivery post to our registered office or by
email to info@Taycliff.com Any notice sent
by e-mail will be deemed served on the day
that it is sent
20. GENERAL
20.1 Subject to clause 15.1, this
Agreement represents the entire agreement
and understanding between you and us with
regard to the supply of the Equipment and/or
Services, to the exclusion of all prior
agreements, arrangements and understandings.
The Agreement contains express promises and
obligations on our part. You agree that any
other term which might be implied or
incorporated into the Agreement, by statute,
at common law or otherwise, is excluded, to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
20.2 Subject to clause 15.1, you
acknowledge and agree that in entering into
the Agreement you have not relied upon any
oral or written representation, statement or
understanding (whether negligently or
innocently made) by any of our employees,
agents, sub-contractors or representatives
other than as expressly set out in the
Agreement.
20.3 You further acknowledge and
agree that you will have no remedy in
respect of any untrue representation
innocently or negligently made by us or any
of our employees, agents, sub-contractors or
representatives prior to entering into the
Agreement upon which you may claim to have
relied in entering into the Agreement
whether such representation was made orally
or in writing.
20.4 Subject to clause 15.1, the only
remedy available to you for a breach by us
of the Agreement shall be for breach of
contract under the terms of the Agreement.
20.5 Nothing in the Agreement shall
exclude or limit our liability for
fraudulent misrepresentation.
20.6 The Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws
of England and Wales and you agree to submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts
of England and Wales. In the event that the
Agreement is translated into any other
language, the English language version shall
prevail.
20.7 If any provision, clause or
sub-clause of the Agreement is held by any
competent authority to be void, voidable,
illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable,
but would be valid and/or enforceable if any
part of such provision, clause or sub-clause
were deleted or modified, then that
provision, clause or sub-clause shall apply
with such deletion or modification as may be
necessary to make it valid and/or
enforceable.
20.8 If any part of the Agreement or
the application of it to any person shall,
for any reason, be adjudged by a competent
authority to be invalid, void, voidable,
illegal or unenforceable such judgement
shall not affect the remainder of the
Agreement which shall continue in full force
and effect.
20.9 References to the singular
include the plural and vice versa.
References to one gender include all other
genders and vice versa.
20.10 A person who is not a party to
the Agreement has no rights under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
to enforce any term of the Agreement, but
this does not affect any right or remedy of
any third party which exists or is available
apart from that Act.
21. DELIVERY
21.1 Delivery of the Equipment will
be made to the address stated on the
Customer Application. The Services will be
activated at the address stated on the
Customer Application.
21.2 We will use reasonable
endeavours to deliver the Equipment or
activate the Services within the time stated
on the acknowledgement of order form. If,
despite those endeavours, we are unable for
any reason to fulfil any delivery or
activation on or by the specified date, we
will not be deemed to be in breach of the
Agreement, nor (for the avoidance of doubt)
will we have any liability to you for any
direct, indirect or consequential loss (all
three of which terms include, without
limitation, pure economic loss, loss of
profits, loss of business, depletion of
goodwill and like loss) howsoever caused
(including as a result of negligence) by any
delay or failure in delivery or activation.
Any delay in delivery or activation beyond
the stated delivery date will not entitle
you to cancel the Agreement unless and until
you have given 30 days' written notice to us
requiring the delivery or activation to be
made and we have not fulfilled the delivery
or activation within that period. If you
cancel the Agreement in accordance with this
clause then:
(a) we will refund to you
any sums which you have paid to us in
respect of that Agreement or part of the
Agreement which has been cancelled; and
(b) you will be under no liability to make
any further payments in respect of that
Agreement or part of the Agreement which has
been cancelled.
21.3 Risk of damage to or loss of the
Equipment will pass to you upon delivery.
21.4 Ownership of the Equipment will
not pass to you until we have received in
full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due
to us in respect of the Equipment and
delivery has occurred.
Taycliff Lmited Terms & Conditions Dec 2016 COMPANY OVERVIEW Taycliff Ltd.consists of management, consultancy, technical, training and administrative team dedicated to designing and delivering cloud and application solutions. Our quality policy is as follows: • To meet fully the customer’s requirements and support needs in the context of the range of solutions we provided • To produce reliable products and to continually improve the capability and performance of the products. © Copyright Taycliff Limited 2016 Terms and Conditions Rev 1.2 – 15/7/2016 We are Taycliff Limited a company registered in England and Wales at Companies House. Our registered office is 20 Sycamore Close, Romsey, Hampshire. England SO51 5SB – postal address Taycliff Limited PO Box 83, Romsey, Hampshire England SO51 5ZB and our registered number is 05571188. It is important that you read these General Terms and Conditions of Supply carefully. Together with our Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy and any Specific Terms and Conditions that may from time to time apply, they govern our relationship with you in relation to the Company and your purchase of Services and/or Equipment. If you have any questions about them or do not wish to accept them, please contact us at info@taycliff.com or on +44 (0) 1794 511192 before continuing. 1. DEFINITIONS In these General Terms and Conditions of Supply the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings; "Acceptable Use Policies" means the policies relating to the use of the Services, as modified or amended from time to time and “Acceptable Use Policy” shall be construed accordingly; "Account" means the Customer's account with the Company for provision of the Services; "Agreement" means these General Terms and Conditions of Supply, the Customer Application, the Acceptable Use Policies, the Price List, the Privacy Policy and the Specific Terms and Conditions, all of which, taken together, constitute the agreement between the Company and the Customer for the supply of the Equipment and/or Services; "Business User" means a Customer who uses the Services and/or Equipment in the course of any trade or business; "Charges" means the charges payable by the Customer in return for the Services and/or Equipment in accordance with Clause 8; “Cloud computing” is computing as a service: Taycliff owns and runs the hardware, and the software, which the customer can access and operate via the internet. Also see “Software as a service” (SaaS) "Company" means Taycliff Limited (Company Registration Number 05571188) of 20 Sycamore Close, Romsey, Hampshire. England SO51 5SB "Company's Web site" means the Web site at www.taycliff.com and references to "our Web site" shall be construed accordingly. "Customer" means the person, group of persons or other entity whose name and address is or are set out in the Customer Application; "Customer Application" means the application form for the supply by the Company of the Equipment and/or Services, completed by, or in accordance with an order from, the Customer; "Direct Customer" means a person or entity billed by Taycliff Ltd. "End User" means the person or entity receiving the benefit of the service. End User and Customer are interchangeable terms when the customer is a Direct Customer. "Equipment" means the equipment specified on the Customer Application; "Insolvency" means in relation to the Customer any of the following (as relevant): the appointment of any nominee, trustee, supervisor, administrator, administrative receiver, receiver or liquidator pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986 (as modified, amended or replaced from time to time); or the entry into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors or, being a consumer, commits any act of bankruptcy, becomes bankrupt or enters into an individual voluntary arrangement; or if an order is made or effective resolution is passed for its winding up (except for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company); or the occurrence or sufferance of anything equivalent under any jurisdiction other than England or Wales and "Insolvent" shall be construed accordingly; “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property of any kind whatsoever including without limitation patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyright, moral rights, rights in design, rights in databases, know-how, confidential information and any other intellectual or industrial property whether or not registered or capable of registration (and including applications for any such right) together with all or any goodwill relating to such intellectual property; "Law" means the law of England and Wales, in force from time to time, and shall include (without prejudice to generality of the foregoing) all criminal law, laws relating to Intellectual Property and all laws, rules and/or regulations relating to the publication or transmission of information or data in electronic form. References to "Law" shall be construed accordingly; "Location" means the point of delivery of service "Minimum Cancellation Notice Period" means the minimum period of notice that a Customer must give the Company to terminate a specific Service or this Agreement, as set out in Clause 11.8 of the General Terms and Conditions of Supply or as set out in the Specific Terms and Conditions; "Minimum Service Period" means the minimum Service Period as set out in Clauses 3.2 and 3.3 or the Specific Terms and Conditions; "Name" means any name specifically requested by or allocated to the Customer for the provision of the Services and includes any User Name, Internet domain name or electronic mailbox name; "Network Connection" means an Internet access service for use by multiple machines; “Partner” shall not be seen as the creation of a legal entity and liability and assets remain distinct between the two parties; and (2) nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken by the parties pursuant to this Agreement, will be deemed to constitute a relationship between the parties of partnership, joint venture, principal and agent or employer and employee; "Password" means a password issued to the Customer for the Customer's access to the Services; "Price List" means the Company's price list relating to the Equipment and/or Services as amended from time to time; "Privacy Policy" means the Company's policy regarding privacy, as amended from time to time; “Software as a service” (SaaS): ready-made cloud applications provided by Taycliff Ltd. "Service Period" means the period of an individual Service provided in accordance with this Agreement; "Service" means a service provided by the Company to enable the Customer to gain access to the cloud systems (and other services and facilities provided by the Company in connection with that service as are specified on the Customer Application, and described in the Company's literature at the date of completion of the Customer Application together with all services and/or facilities referred to in any Specific Terms and Conditions; All references to "Services" shall be construed accordingly; "Specific Terms and Conditions" means the Company's specific terms and conditions (if any) applicable to any part of the Services referred to on the Customer Application; "us" or "we" means the Company, and references to "our" shall be construed accordingly; "User Name" means any user name allocated to the Customer for access to the Services; "you" means the Customer, and references to "your" shall be construed accordingly. 2. THE SERVICES 2.1 We shall provide you with the Services and/or the Equipment subject to the terms of this Agreement. 2.2 You can place your order for Equipment and/or Services by; (b) emailing info@taycliff.com Please note it is your responsibility to check that your order is correct before submitting it. Should you encounter any problems with your order, or questions, or if you have made a mistake with your order, please contact us on +44 (0)1794 511192 2.3 We shall not be obliged to provide the Services and/or Equipment to you unless and until: (a) we have sent written notice to you (either by post, fax or e-mail) of our acceptance of the Customer Application; and (b) we have received any initial Charges due from you in respect of the Services and/or Equipment. Subject to your right to cancel as set out below, acceptance of the Services and/or Equipment by you constitutes your automatic acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement 2.4 We will endeavour to ensure that the Services are of a high quality. In order to maintain the quality and safety of the Services, and any other services which we provide to our customers, we may from time to time: (a) suspend, close down or restrict the whole or any part of the Services in order to carry out emergency or other repairs, maintenance and/or improvements or to preserve the safety, security or integrity of the Services (although we will give you as much notice as is reasonably practicable before doing so and will endeavour to carry out such works during the relevant scheduled maintenance periods as published by us); and/or (b) give you instructions on how to use the Services. You agree to comply with any reasonable instructions we may give you in accordance with this Clause. 2.5 We will notify you as soon as possible if either we or our agents, employees, representatives or anyone else involved in providing the Services and/or the Equipment, require access to your premises, to install the Services and/or the Equipment or to carry out repairs, maintenance or upgrades. Where such notice is received by you, you agree to grant us and/or such other persons referred to, access to your premises. We will meet your reasonable requirements, and you agree to meet ours, concerning the safety of people on your premises. 2.6 We may make software available to you that enables you to use the Services. This software must not be copied or modified by you or anyone else unless allowed by Law. You undertake and agree that you will access the Services only via use of this software, or in an alternative way permitted by us, and you will not attempt to circumvent any security measures inherent in the Services. Where such software is owned by or licensed to us, we will, where possible, grant you a revocable, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive license to use it for the duration of the Agreement (or, if shorter the duration of any licence of the software to us). Where the use of such software by you requires you to enter a separate licence you agree to do so. 2.7 We will file a copy of the concluded Agreement. It will be accessible on request from Taycliff. If you are a consumer, we will acknowledge receipt of your order to the email address you have provided us with. 3. SERVICE PERIOD 3.1 We will activate the Services, as soon as possible following completion of the matters referred to in Clause 2.3 above. 3.2 Subject to Clause 3.3 or where otherwise specified in the Specific Terms and Conditions, and except where terminated or suspended in accordance with this Agreement, the Services will be provided for a Minimum Service Period of 30 days from the date of activation. 3.3 Subject to your right to cancel, as set out above unless otherwise terminated or suspended in accordance with this Agreement or amended in the contract of supply, the following Services shall be provided for a Minimum Service Period of 12 months from the date of activation: 3.4 On expiry of the periods referred to at Clauses 3.2 or 3.3 above (as appropriate) the Services will, unless terminated on or before the date of such expiry, automatically renew until terminated pursuant to this Agreement. 4. CHANGES 4.1 We aim to provide the Services for the relevant Service Period. However, we may have to modify, suspend, vary or discontinue the whole or any part of the Services (including, without limitation, any codes or access details or technical specifications associated with the Services) and will endeavour to give you as much notice as is reasonably practicable if we need to do so. 4.2 We may have to change the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Where this is necessary we will notify you in advance before the changes to the terms and conditions take effect. We will communicate these changes at the same time via the email address stored on record for your connection. You are responsible for the maintenance of a correct and functioning email address. 4.3 We will endeavour to let you know about any change referred to in Clause 4.2 at least one month before it happens. 5. CONDITIONS OF USE 5.1 You agree that you will promptly provide us with all information that we may reasonably require in order to provide the Services and perform all of our other obligations under this agreement. 5.2 You agree that you will be responsible for all use of the Services and accessing, the Services. You agree that you are responsible for complying with all terms and conditions (including, without limitation, terms of payment) relating to any telecommunications service which is required by you to access the Services. 5.3 You are responsible for ensuring that the Services and/or Equipment are used in accordance with the Agreement. If you breach the Agreement we may, in our sole discretion, either: (a) suspend or terminate this Agreement and/or any of the Services in whole or in part, for any period which we shall determine without notice or refund; (b) make a reasonable additional charge to cover our costs incurred; or (c) block access to any part of the Services. 5.4 If, while using the Services, you discover that another person is using the Services, and failing to do so in accordance with the Agreement, you must inform us immediately. 5.5 You agree that you will, at all times and for whatever purpose, use the Services and/or the Equipment in compliance with all Laws. 5.6 In addition to Clause 5.5, you agree that you will not use, and will take all necessary precautions to ensure that nobody else uses, the Services and/or the Equipment: (a) fraudulently or in connection with any criminal offence; (b) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, or use any material which is offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing, or in breach of copyright, confidence, privacy or any other rights; (c) to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety; (d) to "spam" or to send or provide unsolicited advertising or promotional material or, knowingly to receive responses to any spam, unsolicited advertising or promotional material sent or provided by any third party; (e) in any way which, in our reasonable opinion, is or is likely to be detrimental to the provision of services to you or any of our customers, or to our business and/or reputation; (f) in contravention of any licences or third party rights, or in contravention of our Acceptable Use Policies; or (g) in a way that does not comply with any instructions provided to you. 5.7 You agree to: (a) keep any records of your User Name(s) and/or Password(s) in separate places and take all necessary steps to ensure their security; and (b) keep your User Name(s) and/or Password(s) private and confidential and ensure, at all times, that it (or they) do not become known to anyone else. 5.8 You agree that you will notify us immediately if you become aware of any change in circumstances which may lead you to believe that your User Name(s) and/or Password(s) have become known to anyone else. 5.9 You agree that we may, from time to time, and, where possible, on giving you reasonable notice, suspend and/or change your User Name(s) and/or Password(s). You also agree that you will not change or attempt to change your User Name at any time. 5.10 Any fault with the Services and/or the Equipment, which you detect must be reported to us as soon as possible either:- (a) by telephone on +44 (0)1794 511192; (b) by e-mail sent to us at: support@taycliff.com ; (c) online via the intranet service provided (d) to such other telephone number or email address or at such other Web site as we may notify to you from time to time for this purpose. 6. NAMES 6.1 In the event that we provide you with domain name services, the following provisions will apply: (a) You confirm that you are the owner of, and/or that you have full rights to use, any trade (or other) name or mark, or any Name, requested by or allocated to you; (b) We cannot guarantee that any Name requested by you will be available or approved for use; (c) If we have reasonable grounds to believe that the use by you of any Name is or would be in breach of Clause 6.1(a) above, we may refuse to allocate or cease to provide you with the name, and ask you to choose a replacement; and (d) Internet domain names are registered and/or provided to you in accordance with all terms and conditions issued by the regulatory body responsible for the maintenance of such domain names including, but not limited to, Nominet, Network Solutions and OpenSRS, copies of whose terms and conditions are available at: (i) http://www.nominet.org.uk/nominet-terms and (ii) http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/static-service-agreement.jhtml ; and (iii) http://www.opensrs.com/docs/contracts/Services_Agreement_4.3.pdf or such other Web sites as may replace the above Web sites from time to time. 7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 7.1 If, in our opinion, the display of any material or information, provided by you, is or would be in breach of any rights (including Intellectual Property rights) in that material or information, we may refuse or terminate such display. 7.2 You agree that, all copying, redistribution or publication of any material or information subject to any rights (including Intellectual Property rights) of a third party will be carried out by you (or on your behalf) in accordance with all relevant laws. 8. CHARGES 8.1 Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, all Charges and other sums due from you in respect of the Services and/or Equipment shall be set out in the Price List and/or the Customer Application and/or the invoice relating to such Equipment and/or Services. 8.2 You shall pay the Charges (without any set off or deduction of any kind) on either a monthly, quarterly or annual basis as stated in the Customer Application and/or the Price List and/or the invoice referred to at Clause 8.1 above. Where payment is not made in accordance with these terms, the Customer shall pay interest on any unpaid amounts calculated at 6% above Barclays Bank Plc’s base rate for the time being in force calculated on a daily basis. 8.3 All amounts payable by you in accordance with the Agreement shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax ("VAT"), or any other applicable tax or duty, which shall be payable in addition to all such amounts due from you. 8.4 Where you are a Business User, we will send you a VAT invoice following completion of the provision of the Services. 8.5 You agree that you will notify us as soon as possible of any change in your credit/debit card or bank account details. Should you terminate the Services in accordance with this Agreement, it is your responsibility to terminate any standing order with your bank. 8.6 If you use the Services and/or Equipment otherwise than in the course of a business, trade, profession or occupation, we may increase the amount payable by you for Services and/or Equipment by giving you one month's notice in writing. If you are a Business User, we may increase the amount payable by you for any Services and/or Equipment by giving you 14 days notice in writing. 9. LIABILITY 9.1 You agree that, in view of their nature, your use of the Services is at your sole risk. Whilst we will endeavour to ensure that the Services are of a high quality, neither we nor any of our agents, contractors, licensees, employees or information providers involved in providing the Services, give any guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted or free from error. Where necessary for commercial, technical or other reasons: (a) a network or service provider connected to the Services may suspend or terminate its connection to the Services; and (b) the Services may suspend or terminate their connection to another network or service provider. 9.2 Although we will try to ensure the accuracy and quality of the Services, the Services are provided on an "as is basis" and: (a) we do not accept responsibility for any use of or reliance on the Services or for any disruptions to or delay in the Services; and (b) we do not make any representations as to the accuracy, comprehensiveness, completeness, quality, currency, error-free nature, compatibility, security or fitness for purpose of the Services. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. No warranty, term or condition, express or implied, is offered by us and our third party suppliers in relation to the Services, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. You agree that any such suspension or termination referred to in Clause 9.1 above will not constitute a breach by us of the Agreement. 9.3 You further agree that we will not be held liable for any costs, expenses, losses, damages or other liabilities (howsoever arising) which you may incur as a result of a suspension of the Services in accordance with Clause 2.4 above. 9.4 You acknowledge that the Internet is separate from the Services and that use of the Internet is at your own risk and subject to any applicable Laws. We have no responsibility for any goods, services, information, software, or other materials which you may obtain from a third party when using the Internet. 9.5 You also acknowledge that we may exercise editorial control over the content of our servers, but that we do not have the resources to ensure, nor are we capable of checking, the full content of our servers at all times. Neither we, nor any of our agents, contractors, licensees, employees and information providers, involved in providing the Services, are able to control the content of the Internet. You, therefore, agree that we shall not be held responsible for the publication, transmission or reception of any defamatory material or information of any kind, other than information which is inserted by us. You specifically acknowledge that we have given no warranties as to the quality, content or accuracy of information received through, or as a result of the use of, the Services. 9.6 You agree and acknowledge: (a) that you are in a better position than us to foresee and evaluate any potential damage or loss which you may suffer in connection with the Equipment and/or the Services and/or any other service provided to you under the Agreement; (b) that we cannot adequately insure our potential liability to you; and (c) that the sums payable by you under the Agreement have been calculated on the basis that we shall exclude liability in accordance with the Agreement. 9.7 In no circumstances whatsoever will we be liable to you (whether in contract, for breach of duty, negligence or otherwise) for: (i) loss of revenue; (ii) loss of actual or anticipated profits (including loss of profits on contracts); (iii) loss of the use of money; (iv) loss of anticipated savings; (v) loss of business; (vi) loss of opportunity; (vii) loss of goodwill; (viii) loss of reputation; (ix) loss or corruption of, or damage to, data, systems or programs; or (x) any indirect or consequential loss or damage howsoever caused, which arises out of or in connection with any use of, or inability to use, the Services and/or the Equipment. 9.8 In any event: (a) Our liability to you for any failure of the Services or other event in any Minimum Cancellation Notice Period shall not exceed the Charges payable in respect of such Minimum Cancellation Notice Period. (b) Our aggregate liability to you of any sort (including for breach of contract and negligence) in connection with this Agreement shall not exceed the amount of Charges paid by you to us in accordance with this Agreement. 9.9 Nothing in this Agreement will limit our liability under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or: (i) for liability under any breach of the obligations implied by s.12 Sale of Goods Act 1979 or s.2 Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; (ii) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (iii) any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. 10. SERVICES 10.1 We will supply the Services with reasonable skill and care. 10.2 However, We do not warrant or represent: a) that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free; or b) that any Data generated, stored, transmitted or used via or in connection with the Services will be complete, accurate, secure, up to date, received or delivered correctly or at all. 10.3 We do not provide a back-up of Your Data or guarantee the integrity of Your Data, however, We will use Our reasonable endeavours to provide copies of Data for disaster recovery purposes. 10.4 We may have to suspend the Services: a) for repair, maintenance or improvement; b) to comply with a request or order from a governmental or administrative authority or emergency service; c) in the event of problems with the broadband network either at Your premises or in the public Internet Protocol environment; d) if We have a reasonable belief that suspension is necessary to prevent fraud or unauthorised access taking place; or e) if You fail to pay any outstanding fees within 14 days of the due date If so, We will restore the Services as quickly as is reasonably possible, other than in the case of failure by You to pay any outstanding fees. 11. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 11.1 You agree that you will be responsible for and hold us and our agents, contractors, licensees, employees and information providers, involved in providing the Services and/or Equipment, harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, demands, expenses and other liabilities which we suffer as a result of any breach by you of the terms of this Agreement, and from and against any claim brought by a third party alleging that the unauthorised use by you or modification by you of the Services and/or the Equipment, by you or under your Account, has infringed any intellectual property or other right of any kind, or any applicable legislation or regulation (whether international or domestic) but excluding any liability which we face as a result of criminal prosecution. 11.2 You agree to pay all costs, damages, awards, fees (including legal fees), judgements and other sums awarded against, or agreed to be paid by, us in relation to such claims referred to at Clause 6.1 above. You further agree that you will, as soon as possible, notify us of, and forward to us all correspondence received by you in relation to, such claims. 11.3 You also agree that we shall have full authority to defend, compromise or settle such claims referred to at Clause 10.2 above, and that you will, at your expense, provide us with all reasonable assistance necessary to defend such claims. 11.4 You agree that the configuration of your internal network remains your responsibility. Any interruption to the Services resulting from such configuration shall not be regarded as an interruption in or suspension of the provision by us of the Services. 1 2 11.6 You agree that any Equipment connected to or used with the Services that it will be your responsibility for ensuring that all such Equipment is technically compatible with the Services and is used in compliance with all relevant instructions and safety and security procedures. 12. RESTRICTIONS 12.1 You must refrain from transferring any illegal material or engage in unlawful activities via your use of the Services. 12.2 You must refrain from sending menacing, offensive, defamatory, obscene, indecent or abusive messages whilst using the Services. 12.3 You must not use or permit the usage of the Services in a manner that is inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. 12.4 You must not make available or upload Data via Your use of the Services that contain a virus, worm, trojan or other malicious Data or download any disabling or harmful devices. 12.5 You must not use the Services to send bulk unsolicited commercial emails. 12.6 You warrant that Your use of the Services will not infringe any third party intellectual property or other rights. 12.7 You must not embark on any course of action, whether by use of Your website, telephone or any other means, which may cause a disproportionate level of activity (for example, causing mail bombs, denial of service attacks or encouraging large numbers of inbound phone calls) without providing Us at least seven day's prior notice in writing. If You give notice or We otherwise become aware of such disproportionate use We may: a) move Your service to a dedicated service and charge Our then current rate; or b) terminate some or all of the Services forthwith. 13. DATA 13.1 We may access, copy, preserve, disclose, remove, suspend or delete any Data: a) if We are required to do so by applicable law or competent authority; b) for the purposes of registration of domain names with a Registry; c) if it is otherwise permitted under these Conditions; or d) if such Data is prohibited under these Conditions. 14. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION 14.1 You agree that we may suspend or terminate the Services and/or your Account and/or terminate the Agreement at any time, without prior notice or refund to you, and without affecting any of our accrued rights or claims, either: (a) where we reasonably believe that the Services are being used in breach of Clauses 5.5, 5.6 or 5.8; (b) for non-payment (when due) of the Charges or any other sum due from you under the Agreement or any other agreement with us; (c) for any other material breach of the Agreement by you; (d) where you have breached the Agreement in any other way on three or more occasions (and we have given you notice of the first two breaches); (e) where you are or you become Insolvent or suffer any distress or execution or other legal process to be levied or enforced or sued upon or against any part of your property, assets or revenue and which is not discharged or stayed within 7 days, or you cease or threaten to cease to carry on business; or (f) where, at any time, an agreed method of payment is unavailable for collection under this agreement. You also agree that where this Agreement or your Account is terminated for your breach, the Services will automatically terminate. 14.2 If your communications network does not conform to the standards set out in Clause 5.6, to either our or any of our other customers' detriment we may, without prejudice to our other rights under Clauses 5.3 and 14.1, suspend your access to the Services until you have given a suitable undertaking as to use. 14.3 You acknowledge and agree that our resources, used in providing the Services, are limited and that any reckless or wasteful use of the Services by you may affect resources and the services provided to our other customers. You agree that we may suspend or terminate your access to the Services where we decide, acting reasonably, that you are using the Services in a reckless or wasteful manner. You further agree that we may terminate your access to the Services where we decide, acting reasonably, that you are continuing to use the Services in a reckless or wasteful manner after having first been suspended and then reinstated. 14.4 You agree that, notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 3 and 14.1 (but without affecting our other rights to terminate under this Agreement), we may terminate all or any of the Services at any time, on 14 days notice. Any refund that is due to you, will be made by us following the cancellation of the Service(s), and will be made direct to your bank account (notified to us for this purpose) by BACS transfer. Should you fail to provide suitable bank or credit card details to allow a refund to be made, you will lose the right to such refund. 14.5 Any suspension of the Services by us in accordance with this Agreement will not constitute a termination of the Agreement and we may (where we have suspended the Services due to your breach of this Agreement) require you to pay a reconnection fee to recommence the Services together with the relevant Charges. 14.6 You may terminate all or any of the Services, at any time after the Minimum Service Period, subject to the Minimum Cancellation Notice Period. Should you wish to terminate a Service in accordance with this Clause, you must, give written notice to us in accordance with Clause 16. Where you terminate within the Minimum Service Period you will be liable to pay the Charges due in respect of that Minimum Service Period. 14.7 We may terminate all or any of the Services by notice equal to the Minimum Cancellation Notice Period (to expire at any time on or after the Minimum Service Period) without our incurring any liability. 14.8 Unless otherwise stated in the Specific Terms and Conditions, the Minimum Cancellation Notice Period is 14 days (to expire at any time on or after the Minimum Service Period). 15. ASSIGNMENT 15.1 We may transfer, assign or sub-contract the whole or any part of our rights and obligations under the Agreement. You agree that you will not assign, sub-contract, sell, transfer, lease, licence or charge by way of security any of your rights or obligations under the Agreement. Breach of this restriction in any way (whether successful or not), will result in your Account being terminated. 16. PERSONAL DATA 16.1 You agree that both we and our employees may hold all names and other information in the Customer Application, in a computerised database, and that we will comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”) and associated legislation, in order to safeguard any personal data (as defined in the Act) which you pass to us, in accordance with the Privacy Policy. 16.2 You acknowledge that we may, from time to time, be required under regulations and/or legislation to co-operate with and/or disclose data to, government or other bodies and/or authorities. 17. FORCE MAJEURE 17.1 You agree that we shall not be liable for any and all losses, (including loss of data) damages, costs, claims and other liabilities which arise as a result of any delay or interruption in, or any non-delivery, or missed delivery or failure of the Equipment and/or Services due to circumstances beyond our or any of our suppliers' reasonable control (including, but not limited to, fire, lightning, explosion, war, disorder, flood, industrial dispute, sabotage, weather conditions or acts of local or central Government or other competent authorities). 17.2 Should any event, referred to at Clause 17.1 above, continue for more than 90 days, then either we or you may terminate the Agreement forthwith. 18. WAIVER 18.1 Neither failure nor delay by either you or us in exercising any of your or our rights under the Agreement shall amount to a waiver of any such right, or operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of such right at any time in the future. 19. NOTICES 19.1 You agree to keep the contact details which you have provided to us up to date. Any notice or other information to be served by us on you in accordance with this Agreement will be validly sent if in writing and sent by either e-mail or first class post to your last known email or postal address. Any notice sent by first class post will be deemed served two days after posting. Any notice sent by e-mail will be deemed served on the day that it is sent. 19.2 Any notice or other information to be served by you on us in accordance with this Agreement will be validly sent if in writing and sent by either by recorded delivery post to our registered office or by email to info@Taycliff.com Any notice sent by e-mail will be deemed served on the day that it is sent 20. GENERAL 20.1 Subject to clause 15.1, this Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between you and us with regard to the supply of the Equipment and/or Services, to the exclusion of all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings. The Agreement contains express promises and obligations on our part. You agree that any other term which might be implied or incorporated into the Agreement, by statute, at common law or otherwise, is excluded, to the fullest extent permitted by law. 20.2 Subject to clause 15.1, you acknowledge and agree that in entering into the Agreement you have not relied upon any oral or written representation, statement or understanding (whether negligently or innocently made) by any of our employees, agents, sub-contractors or representatives other than as expressly set out in the Agreement. 20.3 You further acknowledge and agree that you will have no remedy in respect of any untrue representation innocently or negligently made by us or any of our employees, agents, sub-contractors or representatives prior to entering into the Agreement upon which you may claim to have relied in entering into the Agreement whether such representation was made orally or in writing. 20.4 Subject to clause 15.1, the only remedy available to you for a breach by us of the Agreement shall be for breach of contract under the terms of the Agreement. 20.5 Nothing in the Agreement shall exclude or limit our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation. 20.6 The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales. In the event that the Agreement is translated into any other language, the English language version shall prevail. 20.7 If any provision, clause or sub-clause of the Agreement is held by any competent authority to be void, voidable, illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, but would be valid and/or enforceable if any part of such provision, clause or sub-clause were deleted or modified, then that provision, clause or sub-clause shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary to make it valid and/or enforceable. 20.8 If any part of the Agreement or the application of it to any person shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a competent authority to be invalid, void, voidable, illegal or unenforceable such judgement shall not affect the remainder of the Agreement which shall continue in full force and effect. 20.9 References to the singular include the plural and vice versa. References to one gender include all other genders and vice versa. 20.10 A person who is not a party to the Agreement has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of any third party which exists or is available apart from that Act. 21. DELIVERY 21.1 Delivery of the Equipment will be made to the address stated on the Customer Application. The Services will be activated at the address stated on the Customer Application. 21.2 We will use reasonable endeavours to deliver the Equipment or activate the Services within the time stated on the acknowledgement of order form. If, despite those endeavours, we are unable for any reason to fulfil any delivery or activation on or by the specified date, we will not be deemed to be in breach of the Agreement, nor (for the avoidance of doubt) will we have any liability to you for any direct, indirect or consequential loss (all three of which terms include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and like loss) howsoever caused (including as a result of negligence) by any delay or failure in delivery or activation. Any delay in delivery or activation beyond the stated delivery date will not entitle you to cancel the Agreement unless and until you have given 30 days' written notice to us requiring the delivery or activation to be made and we have not fulfilled the delivery or activation within that period. If you cancel the Agreement in accordance with this clause then: (a) we will refund to you any sums which you have paid to us in respect of that Agreement or part of the Agreement which has been cancelled; and (b) you will be under no liability to make any further payments in respect of that Agreement or part of the Agreement which has been cancelled. 21.3 Risk of damage to or loss of the Equipment will pass to you upon delivery. 21.4 Ownership of the Equipment will not pass to you until we have received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to us in respect of the Equipment and delivery has occurred