
These Terms of Service (the 'Agreement') are an agreement between you - the user of our hosting and related services (collectively, the 'Services') and True Cloud Hosting.
For the sake of brevity, True Cloud Hosting will be referred to as 'We', 'Us', 'Our' and 'Service Provider' in this document and you will be referred to as 'Customer', 'Client', 'User', 'You', 'Your'.
These Web Hosting Terms of Service, together with the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), represent the Customer Service Agreement.
The Service Provider shall provide its Services to You - the Customer - under the Terms and Conditions stated in this Service Agreement. The Agreement is intended to keep the integrity of both the Service Provider and the Customer and to protect both parties from liability. This Service Agreement will be enforced to ensure the speed, power, performance, and reliability of our services.
The Service Agreement, together with the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and any other documents or agreements mentioned in these Terms, constitute the whole act of convention between the Service Provider and the Customer. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction declares any of the Agreement's provisions invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remaining ones will completely preserve their validity.
The Customer's side of the Agreement can be presented by any of the following parties: an individual over 18 years of age; a legal entity, such as a corporation, a limited liability company, etc. If a person represents the Customer, for some reason, he/or she must be legally authorized to act on his /her behalf, thus accepting, executing, and delivering the Agreement.
A web hosting service is a type of Internet service that offers individuals and organizations the opportunity to host their own websites and store information, images, video, or other content accessible via the World Wide Web. A Storage Service Provider (SSP) is a company that provides computer storage space and related management services. SSPs also offer periodic backup and archiving.
The Service Provider offers only web hosting services, not data storage services. A web hosting service consists of the following:
Service Provider guarantees 99.9% network uptime and server stability. This, however, does not refer to problems stemming from:
Our backup service is provided as a courtesy to you, and, therefore, the Service Provider will be in no way held responsible for the files stored in your account. You, as a customer, agree to take full responsibility for all the files in your account and to maintain an appropriate backup of the data stored on our servers. We will back up the files located in the /www folder of your account, as well as the databases you have created. Backups are only kept for a period of 7 days. After this period, a backup cannot be restored.
General Backup: The default available backup disk storage space for each customer is 10 GB. User accounts with content over 10 GB cannot be (partially or entirely) backed up. Additional space for backup purposes is available under our Upgrade section in the Control Panel. We provide backup services only to accounts with disk space usage below the purchased backup quota limit. For example, if the purchased data backup quota amounts to 20 GB, we will back up your files as long as your account's disk usage does not exceed the 20 GB quota limit. As soon as this 20 GB quota limit has been reached, the backup script will no longer back up any of your files.
Database Backup: Our database backup script WILL NOT back up databases that contain more than 256 tables. Databases bigger than that take too much time and use too much of the server's resources to be backed up.
In order to facilitate access to the Control Panel for your account with us, you can set up a Social Media login, i.e. - logging in with a social media account of your choice in lieu of logging in with your username and password.
This is a voluntary process and requires you to provide us with your Social Media details, which will then be stored in our system and used just and only for associating your social media profile with your hosting account.
At any moment you can remove all Social Media details from our system using the bucket icon next to them. Otherwise, they will be retained in our system until your account is terminated.
In consideration of their use of the Service, the Customer agrees to:
Web Hosting Plan Name | CPU Limit |
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Regular | 5% |
Deluxe | 7% |
Ultimate | 10% |
Economy | 5% |
Repeat violations of the limits listed above can result in IP restrictions or, in extreme cases, denial of email service.
By default, each email account is entitled to 10 GB of storage space. You can modify or remove the storage quota for email accounts through the Web Hosting Control Panel. Keep in mind that all active email accounts under a hosting account must not exceed 40 GB in size. Only the Ultimate plan has an email storage quota of 60 GB. . Each email account can host up to 200.000 stored messages.
You can see the specific disk storage quota allocation and the number of emails allowed in the Account Usage table in the Web Hosting Control Panel.
You can manage as many mailboxes as you need under one account as long as you do not interfere with the other users on the server. However, if there are more than 3000 mailboxes in a given hosting account, its owner can cause a high server load by modifying a password or changing an alias.
If a particular mailbox simultaneously accommodates multiple emails and its owner often executes changes like the ones mentioned above, then we'll be forced to disable that account and ask the respective client to migrate to a more resource-rich type of hosting environment where mailbox modification operations cannot lead to server performance issues.
The term "UNLIMITED" is used to describe the amount of resources in the web hosting plans provided by the Service Provider, which is not set to a predefined limit value (for example - unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, unlimited emails, or other unlimited resources). By not setting limits on key resources, we may offer our customers a simple, consistent pricing scheme as their websites demand more and more resources. As a result, a typical website may experience periods of great popularity and a resulting increased storage need without experiencing any associated increase in hosting charges.
In all cases, when a service is listed as "Unlimited", it is intended for normal web hosting usage only - all activities that may result in excessive resource usage inconsistent with regular usage patterns are prohibited.
Our Unlimited service offers are not designed to allow a single user to influence the overall server performance. Service Provider will make every effort to provide its customers with additional resources whenever possible, including the relocation of a customer's hosting account to a newer, faster server. However, if the resource usage reaches a level where it may influence the overall server performance in a negative way, the Service Provider reserves the right to take corrective actions. Such actions may include disconnection or discontinuance of any and of all offered services, removal or deletion of customers' websites, website content, electronic mail, or termination of a customer's account according to the Service Provider's sole and absolute discretion.
As a condition for customer use of the Service Provider Services, you - the Customer, agree that you will not use Service Provider Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices, and our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Service Provider servers can be used explicitly and only for legal purposes, and each attempt to take indecent advantage of the servers, inconsistent with the rules, will be immediately counteracted.
Customers are solely responsible for the content of their messages. Using Service Provider Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk e-mail, spamming, or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or other) is prohibited.
In this light, the Service Provider expressly forbids any breach of Federal, State, or Local regulation, including, but not limited to, the transmission of: copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, and material protected by trade secrets. Service Provider servers CANNOT be used for the propagation, distribution, housing, processing, storing, or handling in any way of lewd, obscene, adult, or pornographic material, or any other material that is considered impermissible by the company's terms of service (this document) and the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Customers may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Service Provider Services, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to any Service Provider Services through hacking, password mining, or other means. Customers may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available by Service Provider Services.
You also agree that you will not use the Services in a manner that:
The Service Provider reserves the right to determine the seriousness of each received report and decide, at their own discretion, which one does not comply with the officially stated requirements for the use of the company's servers.
The Service Provider may refuse service to unlawful parties by deactivating a customer's account. In case Service Provider decides to discontinue the provision of services to a Customer as per the contractual agreement, the Customer will be informed of this decision along with a detailed explanation of the underlying reasons.
The Service Provider reserves the right at all times to disclose any information, as Service Provider deems necessary, to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post, or remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, which contradict with Service Provider's Acceptable Use Policy.
A full description of the steps Service Provider takes to deal with prohibited/unwanted content can be found in the Acceptable Use Policy (5. Corrective Actions).
When buying an allocated space on Service Provider servers for the purpose of creating e-commerce online stores or related e-commerce activity websites, the Customer agrees to be fully responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of their websites, online stores, and e-commerce activities within those websites. The Customer is the only one in charge of approving, processing, and filling customer orders and taking care of customer requests or complaints. The Customer is also the only one in charge of the payment or satisfaction of any and all taxes related to his/her website and online store. The Customer bears the responsibility for ensuring the security and confidentiality of any customer data (including, without limitation, customer credit card numbers) that he/she may receive in connection with his/her website or online store.
Each customer is in charge of all products and services, as well as all contents and materials appearing online, including:
Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) carried out through Service Provider Services, including participation in promotions, payment for goods and services, and/or any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between the Customer and the advertiser or the other third party. The Service Provider shall not be responsible or liable for any part of such dealings or promotions.
Any indecent treatment towards a Service Provider employee will be considered totally inappropriate and unacceptable. Each Customer is expected to communicate in an utterly polite and professional manner with Service Provider's employees regarding any request for help or consultation via e-mail, chat, phone, or through our Ticket Desk Support System. Each Customer is expected to avoid any form of emotional outburst or inappropriate language or any other attempt to undermine the importance of good ethics in communication and human relations. Any act of a close nature or other type of offensive, abusive, disrespectful, or condescending behavior - oral, written, or delivered by a second party - to members of Service Provider's customer care staff will be interpreted as a breach of this TOS. The Service Provider reserves the right to assess at its sole discretion which behavior is to be considered a violation of the hereby stated rule and agreement and to undertake according to actions, including refusing refunds to users whose accounts have been suspended for violating this TOS provision.
Service Provider will be in an off-liability position as regards the failure or delay in doing its professional duties resulting from circumstances beyond its control. Such circumstances may represent acts of any governmental body, war, rebellion, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of, interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware, or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in or equipment needed for provisioning of the Services.
You understand and agree that the Service is provided on an 'AS-IS' basis without warranties or representations for its offering. The company bears no responsibility for connection problems in cases when the customer's hosting with Service Provider is confronted with service interruption issues. Service Provider assumes no liability for any service failure or failure to deliver or store any Customer communication or personalization settings.
In order to improve its services, the Service Provider reserves the right to revise these terms at any time without prior notice. Customers are encouraged, therefore, to review this document periodically.
Customers do not have the right to assign this Agreement without the explicit permission of the Service Provider. This Agreement shall be in force and effect to the total benefit of the Customer and Service Provider and their successors and permitted assigns.
You agree that the Service Provider, at its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account, or use of the Service(or any part thereof) and remove and discard any Content within the Service if you violate this Agreement.
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Please report any violations of these Terms of Service and the Acceptable Use Policy to abuse@propersupport.com.
An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a set of rules and conditions compiled by a network, system or a website owner. These rules explicitly define and restrict the ways in which the respective network, system or website may be used.
The AUP of the Service Provider aims to clearly outline the purposes for which our customers CANNOT utilize our hosting services and position data on our network servers.
This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is an integral part of the Web Hosting Terms of Service, which each customer agrees to abide by when signing up for an account with our web hosting company. Any violation of this AUP will be deemed a violation of our Web Hosting Terms of Service.
We, at our own discretion, shall determine whether an act constitutes a breach of this AUP terms and misuse of our services. We reserve our right to be the sole arbiter in determining the sufficiency of the presented evidence. We will respond accordingly and/or immediately terminate the provision of the services, shall we receive a report and/or have sufficient proof of any prohibited conduct outlined in this AUP, or any other activity threatening the security of our hosting environment and/or our network of hosting servers.
In order to protect our company's reputation and responsibilities, and guarantee state-of-the-art and reliable hosting services to all our customers, as well as privacy and security for all users, we – the Service Provider - hereby outline the following AUP rules and conditions to come into force for each customer signing up for a web hosting account with our company:
Any customer in violation of our system or network security is subject to criminal and civil liability, as well as immediate account termination. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:
SPAMMING IS PROHIBITED. Users MAY NOT utilize our web hosting services to transmit, distribute, or deliver any unsolicited bulk or commercial messages over the Internet (an action known as "spam" or "spamming").
Spamming is a violation of ethic norms and will be interpreted as an infringement. the Service Provider will not tolerate the sending of unsolicited bulk or commercial messages through our services, as well as through another service that is mentioning, in some way, our customer's domain name or implies the utilization of our network or our e-mail services for sending the unsolicited bulk or messages.
SPAMVERTISING IS PROHIBITED. ‘Spamvertizing' refers to the practice of sending unsolicited spam messages for the purpose of advertising a particular website.
If such e-mails are relayed through 3rd party (e-mail spoofing) and/or are promoting a domain hosted on our servers, this will lead to immediate account suspension unless an evidence of legitimacy for non-involvement of the domain owner in the particular illegal action is provided.
'E-mail spoofing' is a fraudulent e-mail activity in which the sender's (3rd party) e-mail address and other parts of the e-mail header are changed so as to appear that the e-mail has been sent from a different source (e-mail address owner/server).
'Unsolicited message' is a message that is sent against the privacy policy of a newsgroup or is sent to a recipient without their explicit permission. We, at our sole discretion, shall determine whether any of the messages you are sending are spam or spamvertizing. For your information, spamming generally includes, but is not limited to, the following:
CONTENT published or transmitted via the Service Provider's hosting services includes website content, email content, forum/blog postings, chat content, and/or any other type of content hosted on our servers, published online, or transmitted through our network's services.
The user of our services is NOT permitted to post online content or have links to content that:
Copyrighted material must not be placed on customers' accounts without the explicit permission of the copyright owner or a person explicitly authorized to give such permission by the copyright owner. Upon receipt of a claim for copyright infringement or a notice of such violation, we will immediately run a full investigation and, upon confirmation, will promptly remove the infringing material from the Services. Further procedures (in accordance with our stated below corrective measures) will be carried out if necessary. We will assume no liability to any Customer of the Services for the removal of any such material.
We reserve our right to be the sole arbiter in determining the seriousness of each infringement and to immediately take corrective actions.
We will disable the customer's account if we deem it necessary at our sole discretion. Upon closing of the customer's account, we will send an e-mail notification to the customer, stating the reason for the termination and quoting our terms that have been violated. The customer will be given an opportunity to respond and take measures to remedy the situation should he/she consider him/herself abused by a third party. Upon fulfilling this obligation, we may re-activate the customer's account if we find, at our own discretion, sufficient evidence on the customer's side.
Closed accounts due to repeated violations will not be reactivated. A backup may be requested, however, it will be subject to certain penalty fees imposed according to the breach of this AUP terms. The final penalty fee will be determined by the type and frequency of the violations.
If you need to report a violation of this AUP agreement or believe that you or your system has been subject to an attack originating from our web hosting system, please contact us immediately. Our professional team will investigate the situation and provide you with full assistance.
We reserve our right to change this AUP at any time without prior notice. We encourage our users to periodically review this Acceptable Use Policy and our Web Hosting Terms of Service.