Our Terms & Conditions
Omniweb Ltd provides web design, development hosting, domain names and related services.
Domain Names
Omniweb register domain names at the request of it its clients. We act on their behalf to research and source domain names from a variety of different organisations. We will not register a domain on behalf of a client without the following information: Company name or client name, full address and contact details, company number and company type. We will register a domain name after email confirmation of order. In virtually all circumstances we will register a domain name for two years, we will always give a firm quote for the registration costs and what they entail. We manually register domains with the client's details as the registrant and Omniweb as the technical contact. We will renew the domain name automatically and invoice on the second anniversary of the registration. If the client no longers require the domain name they need to inform Omniweb Ltd via email within 7 days of the renewal date.
Omniweb Ltd is currently applying for accredited membership of Nominet. Nominet are the UK's governing body for domain names. (.co.uk, .org.uk, .net.uk, .ltd.uk, .plc.uk,See Nominet's terms and conditions.
Hosting
Omniweb reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by Omniweb when Omniweb decides that the account has been inappropriately used or is in default of payment.
Server Use
Standard web host contracts are to be used by the primary owner only. Web host contract services are defined as allowing a customer to host web site content on Omniweb's web servers. Standard web host contract holders are not permitted to re-sell, store or give away their Omniweb web host contract services to third parties.
Exceptions to this include banners, classified advertisements, and personal advertisements.
At all times Omniweb reserves the right to refuse service and / or access to its servers to anyone.
At all times Omniweb reserves the right to remove any material in violation of any UK, European or International Laws or Regulations at their sole discretion, without prior notice.
All user defined CGI's and scripts are subject to examination and acceptance by Omniweb before being installed onto any of its systems.
Omniweb do not allow any of the following content to be stored on its servers:
Illegal Material
This includes copyrighted works, commercial audio, video, or music files, and any material in violation of any UK, European or International Laws or Regulations. Adult Material includes all pornography, erotic images, or otherwise lewd or obscene content. The designation of "adult material" is left entirely to the discretion of Omniweb.
Warez includes pirated software, ROMs, emulators, phreaking data, unauthorised email addresses, hacking data, password cracking data, IP spoofing software, etc., as well as encryptions of any of the aforementioned. Also includes the details of sites which provide "links to" or "how to" information about such material.
Excessive Use
High Bandwidth Usage
Omniweb maintains high levels of performance for each customer by applying a maximum bandwidth allocation to each web host contract. The limits imposed on bandwidth are specified within each contract package.
High Processor Utilisation
Omniweb offers an unlimited use policy by maintaining very high ratios of processor resources per customer.
In rare cases, Omniweb may find a customer to be exceeding their allocated bandwidth, or monopolising processor utilisation resources to such and extent that they are jeopardising performance for other customer. In such instances, Omniweb reserves the right to impose the High Resource User Policy for the consideration of all customers.
High Resource User Policy
Resources are defined as bandwidth and / or processor utilisation. Omniweb may implement the following policy to its sole discretion:
When a web host contract is found to be monopolising the resources available, the account holder will be contacted in order to discuss the situation. If no arrangement can be reached, Omniweb reserves the right to suspend or terminate the account without notice.
Each web host contract includes a nominated amount of bandwidth for use in each calendar month. If you contract exceeds this allocation then you agree to pay for additional bandwidth at the rate of £20.00 +VAT (UK Sterling) per 1Gb of bandwidth.
Payment Policies
All web host contract pricing is guaranteed for the contract term. Omniweb reserves the right to change prices at any time. Payment is due each anniversary month or period following the date that the account was established. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the account from the time it was established to the time that the customer notifies Omniweb in writing for a request for termination of services. All payment should be made in UK £ Sterling.
Omniweb will not relinquish ownership of web site designs, until they have been paid for in full. Furthermore, Omniweb reserve the right to prevent the release of domain names and / or the broadcast of web sites and / or the use of email, if invoices are not settled in a timely manner, as specified in the payment terms noted on each invoice.
Cancellation
Omniweb reserves the right to cancel Web Host services at any time. Fees paid in advance of cancellation will be prorated and paid by Omniweb if Omniweb institutes its right of cancellation. If cancellation is caused by the customer's violation of these policies, then no refund will be due.
Customers may cancel their web host contract by giving Omniweb not less than 90 days written notice of cancellation. All fees outstanding to Omniweb for the web site contract up to the close of the contract will be prorated and invoiced on receipt of the written notice of cancellation. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be prorated and credited by Omniweb at the close of the contract.
Indemnification
The customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Omniweb harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable legal fees asserted against Omniweb, its agents, its customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agree to be performed or any product sold by the customer, its agents, employees or assigns. The customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Omniweb against liabilities arising out of any injury to person or property caused by the products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Omniweb's server; any material supplied by the customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; copyright infringement and any defective products sold to any customer from Omniweb's servers.
Disclaimer
Omniweb will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. Omniweb makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Omniweb disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery and any and all service interruptions, howsoever caused. Omniweb reserves the right to revise its policies at any time.
Intellectual Property
Except where explicitly agreed otherwise, Omniweb retain copyright to all program code, scripts , libraries, database structure and procedures developed by the company. Hosting clients are licensed to use this material whilst it remains on the Omniweb network or its nominated third parties. Where Omniweb provide access to this material it is for the purposes of maintaining the clients' website, it must not be downloaded, transferred to any third parties or used for any other purpose.
Images and client supplied materials Images provided by the client for publishing on their website are deemed to be copyright of the respective owner or that the client has the permission to use the image. The client will indemnify Omniweb against any copyright claims for the use of any supplied material.
In the case where Omniweb retouch, re-draw, or otherwise prepare images for hosting the copyright of the image belongs to the client but the prepared image belongs to Omniweb. Any images, graphics or images, created by Omniweb, unless expressly stated remain the companies' copyright.
Hosting Only - Databases and Web Site Content
Data and/or web pages uploaded/stored by clients on Omniwebs servers belongs to the client. The client is responsible for the integrity and maintainance of the is data and for off-server backups. Omniweb will not re-sell or use this data for any other purpose. Omniweb will only access this data for the purpose of maintaining the site, transferring it or for other technical purposes. Security of the data is the responsibility of the client. Omniweb cannot be held responsible for unauthorised access to the data for which it has no control. Including but not limited to, exploits or vulnerabilities in the software, password disclosure by the client.
Pricing - Web Hosting
200 MB with 10 e-mail addresses/e-mail forwarding, 1Gb p.c.m. bandwidth, FTP account, back-up, web mail remote access, CGI Bin
p.a. £130.00
Database hosting: Lasso, ASP, MySQL, PHP, FoxWeb, database back up, site back
p.o.a.
Email only account, 10 email addresses, support and web mail remote access.
p.a. £50.00
Re-point DNS to another name server £25 one off charge and £50 p.a. dependant on bandwidth limit agreed
p.a. £50.00
Additional e-mail boxes
£10.00
Please Note: the prices above include 5 support incidents during the hosting period. We reserve the right to charge 60p per minute for technical support for additional calls. Our support department is available from 08:30 - 18:30 GMT/BST.
Pricing - Web Development
Web sites differ tremendously in terms of complexity, so consequently it is virtually impossible to quote prices without a good description of your requirements. Please ring us on 0870 7422 650 or use our contact form giving us a brief description of your needs.