Registration Agreement
In order that a party may hold a valid .co uk or .org uk domain name registration,
TUCOWS, requires that all registrants adhere to certain terms and
conditions. As an organisation or individual applying to register,
transfer or renew an .uk domain name via the agency of WorldPost
Technologies, Inc. and/or TUCOWS you accordingly agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") , "we", us"
and "our" refer to TUCOWS Inc. and "Services" refers to the domain name registration,
transfer or renewal services provided by us as offered through WorldPost
Technologies, Inc., the Registration Service Provider ("RSP"). NOMINET
UK shall refer to the entity granted the exclusive right to administer the
registry for .uk domain name registrations.
2. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN
NAME. You represent that, to the best of the your knowledge and belief, neither
the registration of the domain name nor the manner in which it is directly or
indirectly used infringes the legal rights of a third party and that the domain
name is not being registered for any unlawful purpose.
3. FEES. As
consideration for the Services you have selected, you agree to pay to us, or
your respective RSP who remits payment to us on your behalf, the applicable
fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable. As further consideration
for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide certain current, complete and
accurate information about you as required by the registration process and (2)
maintain and update this information as needed to keep it current, complete and
accurate. All such information shall be referred to as account information
("Account Information"). You, by completing and submitting this Agreement
represent that the statements in your application are true.
4. TERM. You
agree that this Agreement will remain in full force during the term of your
domain name registration as selected, recorded, and paid for upon registration
of the domain name. Should you choose to renew the term of your domain name
registration, then the term of this Agreement will be extended accordingly.
Should you transfer your domain name or should the domain name otherwise be
transferred to another Registrar, the terms and conditions of this contract
shall cease and shall be replaced by the contractual terms in force between
domain name registrants and the new Registrar.
5. MODIFICATIONS TO
AGREEMENT. You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we may: (1)
revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services
provided under this Agreement. Any such revision or change will be binding and
effective immediately on posting of the revised Agreement or change to the
service(s) on our web site, or on notification to you by e-mail or regular mail
as per the Notices section of this agreement. You agree to review our web site,
including the Agreement, periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If you
do not agree with any revision to the Agreement, you may terminate this
Agreement at any time by providing us with notice by e-mail or regular mail as
per the Notices section of this agreement. Notice of your termination will be
effective on receipt and processing by us. You agree that, by continuing to use
the Services following notice of any revision to this Agreement or change in
service(s), you shall abide by any such revisions or changes. You further agree
to abide by the NOMINET UK dispute resolution policy ("Dispute Policy") as
amended from time to time. You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or
registration of your domain name after modifications to the Dispute Policy
become effective, you have agreed to these modifications. You acknowledge that
if you do not agree to any such modifications, you may request that your domain
name be deleted from the domain name database.
6. MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT. In order to change any of your account information with us, you must
use your account identifier and password that you selected when you opened your
account with us. Please safeguard your account identifier and password from any
unauthorized use. In no event will we be liable for the unauthorized use or
misuse of your account identifier or password.
7. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE
POLICY. If you reserved or registered a domain name through us, or transferred a
domain name to us from another registrar, you agree to be bound by the Dispute
Policy which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by
reference. The current version of the Dispute Policy may be found at http://www.nic.uk/ref/drs.html. Please
take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
8. DOMAIN NAME
DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration or reservation of your domain name
is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions specified
in the Dispute Policy in effect at the time of the dispute. You agree that in
the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will indemnify
and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the
Dispute Policy.
9. NOMINET UKPOLICY. You agree that your registration of
thedomain name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer
pursuant to any NOMINET UK-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar or
registry procedure not inconsistent with an NOMINET UK-adopted policy, (1) to
correct mistakes by a registrar or the registry in registering the name or (2)
for the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name.
10. AGENCY.
Should you intend to license use of a domain name to a third party you shall
nonetheless be the domain name registrant of record and are therefore
responsible for providing your own full contact information and for providing
and updating accurate technical and administrative contact information adequate
to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with
the domain name. You shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of
thedomain name. You also represent that you have provided notice of the terms
and conditions in this Agreement to the third party and that the third party
agrees to the terms of Disclosure and Use of Registration Information (sections
18 and 19 of this Agreement).
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We and the RSP reserve
the right to distribute information to you that is pertinent to the quality or
operation of our services and those of our service partners. These announcements
will be predominately informative in nature and may include notices describing
changes, upgrades, new products or other information to add security or to
enhance your identity on the Internet.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You
agree that our entire liability, and your exclusive remedy, with respect to any
Services(s) provided under this Agreement and any breach of this Agreement is
solely limited to the amount you paid for such Service(s). We and our
contractors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or
consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use any of the
Services or for the cost of procurement of substitute services. Because some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for
consequential or incidental damages, in such jurisdictions, our liability is
limited to the extent permitted by law. We disclaim any and all loss or
liability resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting
from access delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from
data non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from
acts of God; (4) loss or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse
of your account identifier or password; (5) loss or liability resulting from
errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and all information or services(s)
provided under this Agreement; (6) loss or liability resulting from the
interruption of your Service. You agree that we will not be liable for any loss
of registration and use of your domain name, or for interruption of business, or
any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind
(including lost profits) regardless of the form of action whether in contract,
tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
13. INDEMNITY. You agree to release,
indemnify, and hold us, our contractors, agents, employees,officers, directors
and affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including
attorney's fees, from claims by third parties relating to or arising under this
Agreement, the Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services,
including without limitation infringement by you, or someone else using the
Service with your computer, of any intellectual property or other proprietary
right of any person or entity, or from the violation of any of our operating
rules or policy relating to the service(s) provided. You also agree to release,
indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in
the Dispute Policy. When we are threatened with suit by a third party, we may
seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your
failure to provide those assurances may be considered by us to be a breach of
your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain name.
14.
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. Any transfer of ownership in and to a domain name
registration shall be affected in accordance with NOMINET UK policies and
procedures.
15. BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision
of this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute Policy, may be
considered by us to be a material breach and that we may provide a written
notice, describing the breach, to you. If within thirty (30) calendar days of
the date of such notice, you fail to provide evidence, which is reasonably
satisfactory to us, that you have not breached your obligations under the
Agreement, then we may delete the registration or reservation of your domain
name. Any such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply because we
did not act earlier in response to that, or any other, breach by you.
16.
NO GUARANTY. You agree that, by registration or reservation of your chosen
domain name, such registration or reservation does not confer immunity from
objection to either the registration, reservation, or use of the domain
name.
17. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You agree that your use of our
Services is solely at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is provided
on an "as is," "as available" basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any
kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied
warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your
requirements, or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or
error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained
from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy or reliability of any
information obtained through the Service or that defects in the Service will be
corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or
otherwise obtained through the use of Service is done at your own discretion and
risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer
system or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or
data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained
through the Service or any transactions entered into through the Service. No
advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or
through the Service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein.
18. INFORMATION. As part of the registration process, you are required
to provide us certain information and to update us promptly as such information
changes such that our records are current, complete and accurate. You are
obliged to provide us the following information: (i) Your name and postal
address (or, if different, that of the domain name holder); (ii) The domain name
being registered; (iii) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and
fax (if available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact for the
domain name; (iv) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax
(if available) telephone numbers of the billing contact for the domain name. Any
voluntary information we request is collected such that we can continue to
improve the products and services offered to you through your RSP.
19.
DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and acknowledge that
we will make domain name registration information you provide available to
NOMINET UK, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties as
NOMINET UK and applicable laws may require or permit. You further agree and
acknowledge that we may make publicly available, or directly available to third
party vendors, some, or all, of the domain name registration information you
provide, for purposes of inspection (such as through our WHOIS service) or other
purposes as required or permitted by NOMINET UK and the applicable laws. You
hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and use of, and guidelines,
limits and restrictions on disclosure or use of, information provided by you in
connection with the registration of a domain name (including any updates to such
information), whether during or after the term of your registration of the
domain name. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of
action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of your domain name
registration information by us. You may access your domain name registration
information in our possession to review, modify or update such information, by
accessing our domain manager service, or similar service, made available by us
through your RSP. We will not process data about any identified or identifiable
natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible with the purposes
and other limitations which we describe in this Agreement. We will take
reasonable precautions to protect the information we obtain from you from our
loss, misuse, unauthorized accessor disclosure, alteration or destruction of
that information
20. REVOCATION. Your willful provision of inaccurate or
unreliable information, your willful failure promptly to update information
provided to us, or your failure to respond for over fifteen calendar days to
inquiries by us concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the
your registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and be a
basis for cancellation of the domain name registration.
21. RIGHT OF
REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or
reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other Services within thirty
(30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event
we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for other
Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty
(30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree
that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our
refusal to register, reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for
other Services.
22. SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this
Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared invalid or
unenforceable, that term or provision will be construed consistent with
applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the
parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force and
effect.
23. NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the
Dispute Policy shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other
form of joint enterprise between the parties.
24. NON-WAIVER. Our
failure to require performance by you of any provision hereof shall not affect
the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter; nor shall the
waiver by us of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver
of the provision itself.
25. NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other
communication given under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by
sending it via e-mail or via regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice
shall only have been deemed to have been given when an electronic confirmation
of delivery has been obtained by the sender. In the case of e-mail notification
to us or to the RSP to lhutz@tucows.com or
[Insert E-mail Address for RSP] or, in the case of notice to you, at the e-mail
address provided by you in your WHOIS record. Any e-mail communication shall be
deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the date of such
communication, if such date is a business day and such delivery was made prior
to 4:00 p.m. EST, otherwise it will be deemed to have been delivered on the next
business day. In the case of regular mail notice, valid notice shall be deemed
to have been validly and effectively given 5 business days after the date of
mailing and, in the case of notification to us or to the RSP shall be sent to: