ANU Internet Services - Terms and Conditions
1. SERVICES
ANU Internet Services, hereafter called
ANU, will provide to the User the Interneet services, subject to the
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. The User is
responsible for obtaining, installing and maintaining the equipment,
communication lines and services necessary to access the Services,
unless otherwise agreed with ANU.
2. PAYMENT TERM
(1) This Agreement is effective for a period of thirty (30) days from
the effective date and will thereafter remain in effect until
terminated by User or ANU on 10 days notice to each other or such
earlier period if required by this Agreement.
(2) ANU may reserve the right to amend this Agreement thereafter but agree to notify the customer of same.
(3) The User will pay charges for its use of the Services as recorded
by ANU's Computer Systems plus an amount equal to value added taxes.
Services are always invoiced in advance. Our payment terms are 30 days
from invoice date. No refunds will be given.
3. USE OF SERVICES (1) The User will use the
Services in accordance with applicable telecommunications and other
law, including data privacy and communications law, licenses,
regulations and tariffs, and such standard conditions of use as
established by ANU from time to time. In particular, the User Agrees
and Undertakes not to use or permit to use the Services for any
unlawful purposes or commission of any offence or crime under the laws
of any jurisdiction to which access is obtained through the Service or
in a manner which is likely to cause harm to ANU, other Users of the
Services or Internet. ANU reserves the right to terminate access or
take other actions it reasonably believes to be necessary to comply
with the law and ANU's standard conditions of use.
(2) The User agrees to indemnify and hold ANU, its employees and agents
harmless against any liability costs or damages arising out of claims
or suits by third parties who have received the right to access the
Services from the User.
(3) The User will use such identification codes as agreed and assigned
to it only from the authorised locations. If used from unauthorised
locations, the User will pay the list prices applicable for that use
without prejudice to any other legal remedies available to ANU. The
User is responsible for all charges incurred for the use of the
Service. User Details issued to the User may not be divulged to any
unauthorised person or assigned without the prior written approval of
ANU.
(4) The User agrees that s/he shall:
(i) observe and comply fully with the Laws of copyright and intellectual property rights in respect of the information provided
through the Services and the User may not use, copy or deal with such
information other than for the Services without the due and
proper authorisation of the copyright owner.
(ii) be prohibited from processing unautomated personal data as defined in the Data Protection Act, 1988.
(iii) be absolutely bound to observe the confidentiality of the User's Details. ANU may suspend without notice and without
explanation access or change access to the User's account immediately
upon notification by the User of the loss or disappearance of the User
Details or for reasons stated; the User is obliged to notify ANU
immediately of a Hacker or suspected Hacker's interference or computer
virus.
(iv) ensure that all software and hardware equipment or facilities
required in order to provide a connection to the Services is made
available and in good and compatible working order.
4. CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
(1) The User acknowledges that ANU's employees and representative may
gain access to the User's Data in the course of providing Services to
the User.
(2) Each party shall treat as confidential all information obtained
from the other pursuant to this agreement and shall not divulge such
informationn to any person.
The foregoing obligations as to confidentiality shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
5. OBLIGATIONS OF ANU INTERNET SERVICES
(1) Take reasonable steps to provide access to ANU services at all times.
Exclusion of Liability
(2) Subject to the limitations specified in this Agreement re
warranties applicable to the Service, a conditions, warranties and
terms implied by law are hereby excluded.
(3) ANU does not warrant that the Services will meet the User's
requirements or that the operation of the Services will be
uninterrupted or error free. In particular, ANU makes no warranties or
representations to the extent that the operation of the Services is
dependent on third party services providers and ANU shall have no
liability in respect of defects, interruptions or malfunctions in the
Services which are attributed to such third party service providers.
The User assumes the responsibility to take adequate precautions
against damages to its operation which could be caused by defects,
interruptions or malfunctions in the Services. The User is entitled a
refund of charges for the proportion paid and not with access but is
not entitled to Consequential loss arising there from. The User assumes
the responsibility to take adequate precautions against damages to its
own databases which could cause defects, interruptions or malfunctions
in the Service.
(4) The User acknowledges that ANU make no warranties or representation
concerning the accuracy, completeness, performance or usefulness of
such programs or databases on the Internet and the User agrees to
assume the risk of using such information.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (1) The following provisions
set out ANU's entire liability (including any liability for the acts
and omissions of its employees, agents or sub-contractors) to the User
in respect of:
(i) any breach of the contractual obligations arising under this Agreement; and
(ii) any representations, statements or tortuous acts or omission
(including negligence) arising under or in connection with the
Agreement.
ANU acknowledges the statutory rights which the User may enjoy while
dealing as a Consumer within the meaning of the Sale of Goods and
Supply of Services Act, 1980 or to which s/he may otherwise enjoy under
Section 55 or Sections 40 and 46 of the said 1980 Act or while dealing
as a Consumer within the meaning of Regulation 2 of the European
Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995.
Subject and without prejudice to other aspects of mandatory public
general law, the requirements of the said European Communities (Unfair
Terms in Consumer Contracts) Regulations 1995, shall only be imported
into this Agreement when and to the extent that, the User with whom ANU
is dealing is a Consumer within the meaning of the said Regulation 2.
ANU shall not be liable in respect of an Event of Default.
It shall not be liable to the User in respect of any Event of Default
for loss of profits, goodwill or any type of special, indirect or
consequential loss (including loss or damage suffered by the User as a
result of an action by a third party even if such loss was reasonably
foreseeable or ANU had been advised of the possibility of the User
incurring the same) nor shall ANU be liable in respect of any fault
which is the responsibility of any third party service provider or
licenser to ANU from outside the state.
(2) The User shall indemnify ANU against all claims made against ANU,
its employees or agents, for loss, damage or injury to any person or
property occasioned by or arising from the User's operation of the
Services.
(3) Save as expressly stated in this Agreement, ANU shall have no
liability whatsoever to the user in respect of this Agreement whether
in contract, tort, or otherwise and all conditions and warranties
express or implied whether by statute or common law or otherwise are
hereby excluded to the extent permitted by applicable public general
law.
7. TERMINATION
(1) Unless otherwise agreed this Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days prior notice.
(2) This Agreement may be terminated forthwith by ANU in the event of:
(i) the User being in arrears for a period of 14 days after any payment to be made hereunder has become due; or
(ii) the User committing a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement.
8. FORCE MAJEURE
Except for failure to make payments when due, neither party will be
liable to the other by reason of any failure in performance of this
Agreement if the failure arises out of the unavailability of third
party communication facilities or energy sources, acts of God, acts of
the other party, acts of governmental authority, fires, strikes, delays
in transportation, riots or war, or any cause beyond the reasonable
control of that party. If any such event prevents the user from
accessing the Services and continues for more that one (1) month, the
User may terminate the Schedule(s) for the affected Service(s) upon
delivery of notice to ANU.
9. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(1) If any part or parts of this Agreement are held to be invalid, the
remaining parts of the Agreement will continue to be valid and
enforceable.
(2) This Agreement will be governed by the Laws of Ireland.
(3) Any action of any kind by either party arising out of this
Agreement must be commenced within two (2)rs from the date the right,
claim, demand or cause of action shall first arise.
(4) The Agreement contains the complete and exclusive understanding of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver,
alteration, or modification of any of the provisions hereof will be
binding unless in writing and signed by a duly authorised
representative of the party to be bound. Neither the course of conduct
between the parties nor trade usage will act to modify or alter the
provisions of the Agreement.
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