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This Service Agreement (the "Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions which govern your subscription of Web hosting, e-Commerce and other Internet-related services provided by MK & AS Services Pty. Ltd. (the "Services").

As used in this Agreement, "MKAS" means MK & AS Services Pty. Ltd. and "Client", "you", or "your" means you. By clicking on the "Order Now" or any like button, you acknowledge that you have read the Agreement, and you agree to its terms and conditions and all policies posted on the MKAS website. As referred to in this Agreement, "Site" refers to a World Wide Web site and "MKAS site" refers to the website located at the URL http://www.mkas.com.au, or any other successor Sites owned or maintained by MKAS.

1. Appropriate Use of The Service

MKAS provides the Services exclusively and makes no effort to edit, control, monitor or restrict the content of data other than as necessary to provide such Services.

Client Content

• Client agrees that it will not distribute, electronically transmit or display any materials supplied by Client - or through Client by a third party - to any MKAS server in connection with Client's use of the Services which:
• violate any state, federal or foreign laws or regulations
• infringe on any intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights) of MKAS or any third party
• are defamatory, slanderous or trade libellous, threatening or harassing content of any type
• file sharing music, software, bit torrents, video or pictures that contain copyright
• proxy server software (any type) used to hide users IP or cache content
• are discriminatory based on gender, race, age or promotes hate
• contain any type of pornography or illegal drugs or substances
• violate any MKAS policy posted on the MKAS Site including, but not limited to, our Acceptable Use and Privacy Policy
• contain viruses or other computer programming defects which result in damage to MKAS, it's servers or any third party

Disk Space/Data Transfer

• The Client may occupy only the amount of disk space on the MKAS Server and utilise no more than the network data transfer that is allocated by MKAS. Additional fees will be charged for exceeding the disk space and/or network bandwidth allowance of your selected plan.

Spam Policy

• Client shall not use our Services for chain letters, junk mail, spamming, bulk mailing (more than 250 recipients) advertising or any use of distribution or mailing lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process. The client also shall not engage in any unsolicited email practices using MKAS Servers or other infrastructure, or otherwise, that mentions or reference any domain hosted on MKAS servers or parked on MKAS DNS servers.

Server Loads

• Client agrees that any hosting account that uses excessive CPU or Memory resources (25% or more) for a sustained period of time (ten minutes or more) may be suspended at any time without notice. MKAS reserves the right to terminate sites that are repeatedly using excessive resources at any time with prior notification. MKAS will provide the offer to back-up the client's data and FTP the tarball to the clients chosen destination server for additional costs.

Licensed Software Only

• Client agrees to use only properly licensed software in connection with Client's use of the Services.

Back-Up Files and Processing

• MKAS takes all reasonable steps to safeguard the MKAS Servers and the data contained therein, however, MKAS will not be responsible for any loss of Client data or DNS records stored or intended to be stored on the MKAS Servers and/or back-up devices. The Client will not be entitled to any form of compensation from MKAS in the event of loss of data. You as the client are responsible for your own backups. Whilst MKAS actively performs a variety of backups daily, there may be times when the backups fail or become unavailable. As such the final responsibility for all your data stored on MKAS Servers is ultimately your own. By acknowledging and signing your agreement you free MKAS from any legal action in the event of data loss and you agree that you will not be entitled to any form of compensation for said loss.

Software Updates

• The client agree's that applications and scripts installed using Fantastico or uploaded are the responsibility of the client and must be kept up-to-date. Failure to do so may expose our servers to possible exploits and costs to restore services may be recovered from the client of the site initially affected.

Termination

• MKAS reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. MKAS, in its sole discretion, may immediately terminate this Agreement if Client engages in any of the foregoing. To report any unacceptable behaviour by a third party using the Services, please contact my@mkas.com.au

2. Domain Names

Domain Name Applications

• Domain Name Registrations are for the mimimum period of:
• .au - 2 Years
• .com/.net/.org - 1 Year. 
• Domain names are subject to availability and as per policy of the respective Domain Name Authority. The client agrees to accurately provide all details to the best of their knowledge to assist with the application.

Domain Name Transfers

• Domain Name Transfers can only be processed with the Domain Name Password (Auth-Info for .au & EPP for .com/.net etc). Australian Domain Names (.au) due to expire within 90 days will be automatically renewed for a further 2 Year period and International Domains (.com/.net/.org etc) will be renewed for a further 1 year period. The clients accept that domain name transfers will be rejected if the domain name has been recently registered or transferred within the last 30 days or is in Domain Locked status. Domain Transfers will also be rejected if the Client Authorisation email sent by the registry is not responded to.

3. Payment Obligations

Service Fees

• MKAS shall either

(i) debit the Client's credit card (when such information is provided by the Client), or
(ii) produce an invoice which will be delivered to the Client by email with additional payment methods.

• All new accounts must be paid prior to the new account becoming active on our servers. Domain name registration fees must be paid upfront before the domain name will be registered. MKAS accepts no responsibility for domain names registered by another party prior to the Client paying the outstanding amount.
• On-going invoices will be issued days (14) days prior to the due date. A reminder will be issued three (3) days before the due date. An overdue notice will be issued one (1) day, three (3) days, and seven (7) days after the due date The account will be automatically suspended ten (14) days after the due date, and a notice will be issued advising of the suspension.
• MKAS shall be entitled to immediately terminate this Agreement thirty (30) days after non-payment or from failure to make timely payments. If Client terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 5 hereunder, Client shall be responsible for any outstanding fees owed to MKAS and agrees to pay any and all fees incurred by Client.
• Because the Services are provided on a monthly basis, unless a contract is in place, Client will be responsible for Service fees incurred each month regardless of when Client provides notice of termination. Thus, for example, if Client provides notice to terminate on the first day of a particular month, Client will still owe fees for the entire month and such fees will not be pro-rated or refunded. If Client has retained the Services for at least one (1) year and has pre-paid MKAS for such Services, refunds will be issued for any unused full month portions less one month of the Services upon Clients request, except for certain services (as contracted) where no refund is payable. Therefore, if the Client's account is cancelled at any point during the one (1) year term, the Client will be entitled to a refund for all but one of the full months remaining after notice given by the 15th of the preceeding month.

Late payments

• Any payment not received within 5 days after the due date will incur a late payment fee of 1.75% of the total invoice value. The Customer also shall pay to MKAS all expenses incurred by MKAS in exercising any of its rights under this Agreement or applicable law with respect to a Payment Default or other breach by Customer, including, but not limited to, reasonable Solicitors fees and the fees of any collection agency retained by MKAS.

Taxes

• Customer will be responsible for and will pay in full, any taxes and similar fees now in force or enacted in the future imposed on the transaction and/or the delivery of Services.

Domain Names

• If Client chooses to register a domain name(s) through MKAS, Client acknowledges and agrees that Client will pay a registration fee(s) to register the domain name(s) with the applicable domain name registrar. MKAS does not offer refunds for domain name registrations for any reason, including the misspelling of the domain name. Domain name registration fees must be paid up front. MKAS accepts no responsibility for domain names registered by another party prior to the Client paying any outstanding amount.

Refunds

• Web hosting customers of MKAS are eligible for a 30-day full money back guarantee. Should the customer choose to take advantage of the 30-day money back guarantee, all monies the customer paid for their hosting services will be refunded to them. If the customer has paid for hosting services using a credit card, all monies will be refunded by the same method to which it was paid, with the exception of Direct Debit, where monies will be return by bank transfer or PayID if available.
• In all circumstances, payment processing fee's will not be refunded
• Note: this policy does not apply to domain names, Microsoft subscriptions and other contracted services.

Payment Methods

• At the time of registration, the Client is required to record at least one (1) payment method in MKAS Central.
• Invoices will automatically be paid via the Client's payment method on the day of, or immediately following the due date of the invoice.
• Bank Deposit, and offline payment types are not accepted by MKAS

Payment Processing Fees

• For Credit Card (excluding PayPal) and Direct Deposit, no payment processing fee is payable.
• For PayPal, a processing fee of $0.30 + 2.9% of the invoice value is added at the time of processing.
• For all other payment methods, an admin fee of $5.50 + a processing fee of 1.7% of the invoice value is added at the time of payment.

4. Client Liability and Indemnification

Liability

• The parties agree that in no event shall MKAS be liable to any third party for Client's breach or alleged breach of any of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Client agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless MKAS from any and all expenses, losses, liabilities, damages or third-party claims resulting from Client's breach or alleged breach of any Client obligations set forth hereunder.

5. Terms, Termination & Reinstatement

Terms & Termination

• Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Agreement shall be effective on the date you register for the Services and shall continue in effect on a month-to-month basis unless otherwise specified by separate agreement (the "Term") unless terminated earlier pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4. Either party will have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice to the other party. All cancellation requests must be received by the 15th of the respective month of cancellation. Sections 3 - 8 shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.

Suspension

• If MKAS suspends any type of account for non-payment, Client shall be allowed to re-instate Client's use of the Services within Five (5) business days of suspension upon approval from MKAS and the receipt of full payment of balances due.

Termination

• If a Client terminates their account, MKAS will disable and remove the account(s) the day the client specifies the cancellation to take place and all archives of the client's website(s) and files will be removed. Should the client be in arrears for 30 days or more, as per section 2, the client's site(s) may be terminated without further notice and MKAS will not maintain or provide an archival copy of the Clients Website(s) or files of any type. It is the sole responsibility of the Client to backup and creates copies of any data off the server prior to the date provided in their cancellation notice or termination date.

6. Taxes

Taxes

• The Client will pay and indemnify and hold MKAS harmless from any and all taxes associated with or be arising from Client's use of the Services, including any penalties and interest and any costs associated with the collection or withholding thereof.

7. Disclaimer of Warranty

Warranty

• The services, the MKAS site, including without limitation, all products and services displayed or offered on the MKAS site, and all text, graphics, links and applications are provided to client on an 'as is' basis and without warranty of any kind. MKAS disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to each of the foregoing, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or arising from a course of dealing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, MKAS specifically disclaims any warranty that:
• the services will be uninterrupted or error-free
• defects will be corrected as soon as possible
• there are no viruses or other harmful components
• the security methods employed will be sufficient

8. Limitation of Liability

Limitations of Liability

• In no event shall MKAS be liable for damages resulting from loss of data, profits, use of the MKAS site or any MKAS products or services, or for any incidental, indirect, punitive, or consequential damages in connection with this agreement or in connection with any products or services provided hereunder. In no event shall MKAS cumulative liability exceed an amount greater than one hundred Australian dollars ($100.00).

9. Miscellaneous

Notices

• Any notices or communication under this Agreement shall be in writing via the MKAS Central portal located at https://central.mkas.com.au

10. Agreement

Agreement

• If any of the provisions, or portions thereof, of this Agreement, are found to be invalid under any applicable statute or rule of law, then, that provision notwithstanding, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and such provision or portion thereof shall be deemed omitted. This Agreement (including the Exhibits, attachments and/or addenda, if any,) represents the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements or understandings, written or oral between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
• This Agreement and the rights granted and obligations undertaken hereunder may not be transferred, assigned or delegated in any manner by Client, but may be so transferred, assigned or delegated by MKAS. Any waiver or any provision of this Agreement, or a delay by any party in the enforcement of any right hereunder, shall neither be construed as a continuing waiver nor create an expectation of non-enforcement of that or any other provision or right. In any legal proceeding between the parties under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees.
• This Agreement is made under and shall be governed by the laws of Australia, except with regard to its conflict of law rules. This Agreement and MKAS's policies are subject to change by MKAS without notice. Continued usage of the Services after a change to this Agreement by MKAS or after a new policy is implemented and posted on the MKAS Site constitutes your acceptance of such change or policy. We encourage you to regularly check the MKAS Site for any changes or additions.