THE FOLLOWING TERMS GOVERN OUR AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU AS THE CUSTOMER. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THESE CAREFULLY AND IN FULL BEFORE ORDERING ANY SERVICES FROM VIE NUMERIQUES.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ORDER ANY SERVICES FROM VIE NUMERIQUES.
BY NATURE OF HAVING A VIE NUMERIQUES ACCOUNT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
General Terms and Conditions
These General Terms & Conditions together with any Specific Terms and Conditions for your Services, the Privacy Notice and the Acceptable Use Policy form the Agreement between You and Us. If any of these General Terms & Conditions are inconsistent with any Specific Terms and Conditions for your Services, then the Specific Terms & Conditions shall prevail.
By signing up for the Services you warrant that you are capable of entering into a binding contract; or are acting with the express permission of a person or organisation and using the payment details of that person and that they also agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. You also agree to comply and adhere to any and all applicable laws and regulations in relation to this Agreement.
VIE NUMERIQUES reserves the right to amend, modify or alter any of these Terms and Conditions without the prior consent of You.
Age Condition
You certify that by purchasing any of our products from this website that You are 18 years or older.
Definitions
"Acceptable Use Policy" means the VIE NUMERIQUES policy which forms part of this Agreement and sets out the remit for your use of the Services.
"Agreement" means any agreement to which these General Terms & Conditions together with any Specific Terms & Conditions for your Services and the Acceptable Use Policy are incorporated.
"Designated Agent" shall mean an individual or entity that the Prior Registrant or New Registrant explicitly authorises to approve a Change of Registrant on its behalf.
"Material Change" means a non-typographical correction. The following will be considered Material Changes:
a) A change to the domain name owner’s name or organization that does not appear to be merely a typographical correction;
b) Any change to the domain name owner’s name or organization that is accompanied by a change of address or phone number; and
c) Any change to the domain name owner’s email address.
"Order" means a request made by You for Services to be supplied pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"Services" means the services and or products to be provided to You by VIE NUMERIQUES.
"Us" means VIE NUMERIQUES, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 1785672 and our registered office is at Plot 104, Emmanuel Adiele street, off mike Akhigbe Road Jabi, 104 Abuja 104561, NG.
"You" means the person or company who purchases services from VIE NUMERIQUES.
1. Commencement of this Agreement
1.1 This Agreement will only commence when We provide You with written confirmation that your Order has been accepted.
1.2 The information that You provide to Us must be complete, accurate and up to date at all times. We reserves the right to suspend access to Your account and Services if We believe any information You have supplied to Us is inaccurate.
2. Supply of Services
2.1 We agree to supply the Services to You in accordance with the terms set out in this Agreement.
2.2 We will use reasonable endeavours to supply the Services to You as soon as it is reasonably practicable and in the event that We become aware of any reason for delay, We shall notify You.
2.3 We will not be liable to You if We, using Our endeavours, fail to supply the Services within a specific timescale.
2.4 We reserve the right to improve, modify or change the Services provided to You and We will use reasonable endeavours to notify You as soon as it is reasonably practical to do so.
2.5 We will provide the Services to You using reasonable skill and care but at all times this will be subject to any downtime caused by scheduled or emergency maintenance or repair. We will use Our reasonable endeavours to ensure that any disruption to the Services is minimal and any scheduled work takes place during off-peak hours when possible. We will not be liable to You or any third party for losses whatsoever caused by any such downtime; whether emergency or scheduled.
2.6 We reserve the right to deactivate individual features, applications, scripts or programs as necessary in the interests of technical progress, security, availability of technical support on the provider or manufacturer side, to ensure the stable operation and integrity of Our systems.
2.7 We shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any deactivation of individual features, applications, scripts or programs will not result in changes to a core function of the Services We provide You and to offer technical alternatives (including upgrades and updated versions of software) as and when such alternatives become available.
2.8 In the event that such changes result in changes to a core function of the Services We provide You and no viable alternative is available, You will be entitled to a pro-rated refund on cancellation.
2.9 In the event of changes of features, applications, scripts and programs pursuant to clause 2.6 above, You agree to cooperate and be responsible for managing any adjustments to your Services if requested to do so. We will endeavour to communicate any changes to You as soon as possible.
3. Duration and Renewal of Services
3.1 Unless otherwise specified, Services are provided for a minimum contract term of 12 months and unless cancelled in accordance with Clause 4 below will automatically be renewed for further periods.
3.2 In the event a FREE domain (subject to availability) is included with the purchase of a new package with a 12 month minimum term contract, you must add the domain to your basket before purchase. This free domain offer applies only to the contract term of the initial purchase. After the contract term of the initial purchase, domains purchased through this offer will renew at the regular price.
4. Registration of Domain Name(s)
4.1 We do not accept responsibility nor do We make any warranty that the domain name(s) requested by You will be accepted for registration in the register of the Naming Organisation nor will We be liable for any incidental costs You incurred if the application for Registration is unsuccessful. We do not accept responsibility for any liability to third parties for breach of their Intellectual Property Rights in relation to the domain name(s) requested by You.
4.2 Upon successful Registration We will manage Your domain name(s) for the Initial Registration Period and for such time as it remains registered to You subject to such rules of the applicable Registry in force from time to time.
4.3 We reserve the right to suspend or to cancel any application for Registration or refuse to manage a domain name(s).
4.4 Once We fulfil Your domain Order, We shall notify You of the successful registration of the domain name(s). We will manage Your domain name(s) for the initial registration period and for all future renewals. Unless You set your Domain to expire via your Control panel prior to the expiry date, We will automatically renew your Domain. You authorise Us to debit Your account for the initial registration period and any subsequent renewals.
4.5 You shall be permitted to transfer Your domain name(s) to another Registrar other than Us upon termination of this Agreement.
4.6 You agree that for reasons of security and in accordance and other registry policies, We shall apply a transfer lock. Such transfer lock may include but not be limited to domain name registration, the transfer of a domain name and any Material Changes to the domain name owner details to protect the transfer of a domain name. You will nevertheless be able to remove the transfer lock in order to allow a transfer of a domain which has been applied for by third parties.
4.7 You acknowledge and agree that We, Our agents, assignees or licensees may, upon registration of Your domain name, associate any data of any kind, in Our sole discretion, with the Domain Name registered in association with Your Web Site or any URL incorporating said Domain Name until You replace such data with the Web Site. This paragraph shall apply to any and all web pages generated by Us, whether in connection with HTML standard response codes or otherwise, including but not limited to 404 webpages.
4.8 You acknowledge and agree that in the event of a Material Change, You are responsible and liable for such Material Changes.
4.9 In the case of a tariff with unlimited SSL certificates, the customer receives an SSL Wildcard certificate for each domain for which he has a current contract with VIE NUMERIQUES. The SSL Wildcard certificate can be used for all domains administered by VIE NUMERIQUES. If the customer concludes a new contract which includes a domain with VIE NUMERIQUES another SSL Wildcard certificate will automatically be assigned. As soon as the SSL Flatrate Subscription is cancelled the SSL certification(s) will be cancelled immediately. If customers use the change Feature from Paid SSL (SSL Starter, SSL Starter Wildcard, SSL Business, SSL Business Wildcard, SSL Premium) certificate to SSL Flatrate the remaining term of Paid SSL will not be refunded and will be cancelled.
5. Premium Services
5.1 The Premium Services can only be used in connection with VIE NUMERIQUES products.
5.2 The Premium Services can only be used by and discussed with account owners and persons with authority on the account. There will be no support to end users, unless consent has been provided by the account holder, in writing.
5.3 The service is available on request (subject to the availability of the Premium Service Team). You are charged a one-time fee for this service, in addition to the normal subscription fees for the relevant VIE NUMERIQUES package.
5.4 The scope of each Premium Service is detailed within the service description at the time of purchase.
5.5 Prior to any service being carried out by a Personal Support Assistant, You must agree to the service and the price quoted. Payment for the Premium Services is taken upon booking of the service or subsequent to the service being provided to the Customer, depending on Customer’s payment method.
5.6 The booked service must be used within 30 days of purchase.
5.7 You have the right to cancel the Order for Premium Services by e-mail or phone at any time but due to the nature of this customised service and the work involved You will not receive a refund of the service fee if the work has commenced.
5.8 The 30-day money-back guarantee that is offered for some other VIE NUMERIQUES products is explicitly excluded for this service.
5.9 Cancelling the Premium Services has no effect on any other existing VIE NUMERIQUES contracts. These contracts must be cancelled separately, according to the applicable Terms and conditions.
5.10 If applicable, You must provide the Personal Support Assistant with remote access in order for the service to be successfully carried out.
5.11 You must provide any technical equipment in order for the Service to be carried out (e.g. DSL connection, internet connection, and modem).
5.12 You may be required to provide access to Your VIE NUMERIQUES products and accept that some changes to Your products may be required, in order for the service to be completed.
5.13 You are required to fully cooperate with Us in order for the Services to be completed successfully.
5.14 You will be asked to provide files and information (“Content”) for the setup of Your services. You shall submit all Content required in electronic file format by e-mail (including but not limited to Word, jpeg, gif). Content must not be illegal/offensive in nature, and You must be the owner, or have the relevant permission from the copyright holder if using third party materials.
5.15 Content and materials provided by You (for example images and logos) should be of good quality and suitably sized for their intended use. You must not provide content or materials for which You are not the copyright holder, or for which You do not have the permission of the copyright holder to use (excluding open source content and materials).
5.16 It is a requirement of these Terms that You retain a current back-up of any such Content. Any Content will be deleted by Us after the service has been performed and will not be returned to You.
5.17 You may be required to choose passwords for the Service to be performed. You must appropriately update passwords after the Service has been completed.
5.18 You will be notified by Us when Your Service has been completed.
5.19 Prior to Us providing the additional services, You must retain a backup of all Your data and confirm to Us that this has been done.
5.20 Use of these Services means that You agree to abide by both the service specific terms and the VIE NUMERIQUES General Terms and Conditions.
5.21 We provide Our Services ‘as is’ and ‘as available’. We do not warrant that Your use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the Services will meet Your requirements.
5.22 By ordering a Premium Service, you consent to VIE NUMERIQUES agents accessing your webspace and any data that's stored there.
6. Third Party Users
6.1 All Services provided by Us to You are intended for Your use only. You agree that any decision to resell, store or giveaway any of the Services to third parties is undertaken on the basis that You accept sole responsibility for ensuring compliance with this Agreement and the terms and conditions relevant to any chosen Services by third parties. You agree to indemnify and hold Us harmless against any losses caused or damage suffered as a result of a breach by any third parties.
6.2 We accept no liability to You or any third parties for losses arising from third party use of Your Services as set out above.
7. Usage
Where a Service is not provided with unlimited usage as standard, you will be liable to pay any charges incurred by exceeding the agreed data use limits in relation to those Services. Any additional charges will be at the rate set out in your original package.
8. Data
8.1 All data created or stored by You within our applications and servers are Your property. We make no claim of ownership of any web server content, email content, or any other type of data contained within Your server space or within applications on servers owned by Us.
8.2 You are responsible for ensuring that you maintain adequate and up to date back up copies of all of Your data that You upload onto Our servers or build through Our tools. This should include, but not limited to all written content, images, photographs and screenshots of Your data.
8.3 In the event of loss of or damage to Your data arising out of Your actions or actions undertaken on your behalf, We will not provide You with access to any data stored by Us for archiving or backup procedures except at our sole discretion.
8.3 In the event of loss of or damage to Your data, howsoever caused, We, in no circumstances, will be liable to recover Your data. We will not provide You with access to any data stored by Us for the purposes of Our own platform stability and business continuity.
8.4 In the event of loss of or damage to Your data relating to a failure in our systems or servers, We will make reasonable commercial efforts to assist You with restoring Your data. Notwithstanding this, however, You accept full responsibility for maintaining adequate backup copies of all Your data.
8.5 You shall indemnify Us and hold Us harmless against all damages, losses and expenses arising out of a third party claim of intellectual property infringement in respect of Your content or data.
9. Passwords
9.1 It is your responsibility to keep all passwords safe, to ensure they are secure (with reference to accepted best practices) and to change passwords regularly. We are not responsible for any data losses or security compromises arising as a result of compromised passwords or as a result of You giving a third party access to your password.
9.2 You are responsible for any and all actions arising out of the use of your account password.
10. Your personal details
10.1 You warrant that the contact information You provide to Us is correct, and that You will update this information immediately, as required from time to time. You agree that We may suspend access to your account and the Services if we reasonably believe that the information You have supplied is inaccurate.
10.2 You accept that if Your account is paid for by another party, who has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement that party and who has access to Your account password, We may discuss your account with that party and take instructions from them in relation to the account.
10.3 We reserve the right to email You with information about product offerings We believe may be of interest to You from time to time. You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time.
11. Disclaimers and Warranties
11.1 You agree that you use Our services at Your own risk.
11.2 The Services are provided on an "as is" and “as available” basis. We do not warrant or represent that any Services will be uninterrupted or error-free. You accept that all Services are provided warranty-free.
11.3 VIE NUMERIQUES, its Directors, Officers, employees, agents and any associated third party service providers disclaim all warranties of any kind. Whether express or implied, including fitness for purpose and satisfactory quality and those relating to the exercise of reasonable care and skill are hereby excluded in relation to the Services to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12. Liability
12.1 We shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature suffered by You arising out of or in connection with any breach of this Agreement by You or any act, misrepresentation, error or omission made by You or on Your behalf.
12.2 We will not be liable for any indirect loss, consequential loss, loss of profit, revenue, data or goodwill howsoever arising suffered by You or for any wasted management time or failure to make anticipated savings or liability You incur to any third party arising in any way in connection with this Agreement or otherwise whether or not such loss has been discussed by the parties pre-contract or for any account for profit, costs or expenses arising from such damage or loss.
12.3 No matter how many claims are made and whatever the basis of such claims, our maximum aggregate liability to You under or in connection with this Agreement in respect of any direct loss (or any other loss to the extent that such loss is not excluded by other provisions in this Agreement) whether such claim arises in contract or in tort shall not exceed a sum equal to the fees paid by You for the specific Services in relation to which Your claim arises during the 6 month period prior to such claim.
12.4 Neither party shall be liable to the other under or in connection with this Agreement or any collateral contract for any:
- loss of revenue;
- loss of actual or anticipated profits;
- loss of contracts;
- loss of business;
- loss of opportunity;
- loss of goodwill;
- loss of reputation;
- loss of, damage to or corruption of data; or
- any indirect or consequential loss, however arising regardless of whether such loss or damage w as foreseeable or in our mutual contemplation and whether arising in or caused by breach of contract, tort, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
13. Force Majeure
We shall not be responsible for any failure to provide any Services or perform any obligation under this Agreement because of any act of God, strike, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether our employees or any other party) or compliance with any law of governmental or any other order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers, work stoppage, war, riot or civil commotion, equipment or facilities shortages which are being experienced by providers of telecommunication services generally, or other similar force beyond our reasonable control.
14. Non-Waiver
Our failure to require You to perform any of your obligations under this Agreement shall not affect Our right to require such performance at any time in the future and nor shall the waiver by Us of a breach of any provision be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision.
15. Survival
The provisions, terms, conditions representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations contained in or imposed by this Agreement which by their performance after the termination of this Agreement, shall be and remain enforceable notwithstanding termination of the Agreement for any reason. However, neither We nor You shall be liable to one another for damages of any sort resulting solely from terminating this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
16. Notice
You agree that any notice or communications required or permitted to be delivered under this Agreement by Us to You shall be deemed to have been given if delivered by email, in accordance with the contact information You have provided.
