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Domain Name Registration Agreement |
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If
you register or renew a domain
with us, or associate a domain
with your hosting account, or
otherwise obtain domain services
from or through us, you and your
domain services will be subject
to (i) the following domain
policy, and (ii) the terms of
the Domain Registration
Agreement set forth below. See
copy of the Tucows Registration
Agreement set forth below.
Please note that such agreement
will apply to your domain
services irrespective of whether
your registrar is Tucows or
another domain registrar,
provided that in the event of
any conflict between the Tucows
domain registration agreement
and that of your domain
registrar, the terms of the
agreement of your registrar will
take precedence.
Domain Name Registrations
and Renewals
- Upon a Customer's
request, and subject to
these terms and conditions,
Terapower will attempt to
register a domain name, or
renew the registration of an
existing domain name, on
behalf of the Customer with
any domain name registrar
that Terapower, in its sole
discretion, elects to employ
for such registration or
renewal (the "Chosen
Registrar"). Terapower reserves
the right to refuse any
request for registration or
renewal of a domain name.
- When registering a new
domain name, or if your
domain name is already
registered with Terapower's
domain registrar, we will
attempt to enroll your
domain in our
Automated Domain Renewal
Service. Through this
service, Terapower will attempt
to automatically initiate
the renewal of any domain
name you register through
Terapower. The renewal will be
initiated 15 days before a
domain's expiration date. Of
course, you can opt out of
the Automated Domain Renewal
Service at any time through
Admin Central. While
participating in the
Automated Domain Renewal
Service, you agree to be
bound by the policies
associated with this
service. In the event of
conflict between those
policies and rules and this
Agreement, this Agreement
will control.
- The registration or
renewal of any domain name
by Terapower on behalf of a
Customer is subject to, and
contingent upon, (i) the
Customer providing all
information needed to
complete such registration,
(ii) the availability of the
domain name, (iii) the
domain name not being in
violation of any applicable
law, rule, statute or
regulation, (iv) the domain
name not being in violation
of any policy of the Chosen
Registrar, (v) any fees or
costs for such domain name
registration being paid in
advance by the Customer and
(vi) the Customer's
continued compliance with
any and all Terapower Terms of
Service and the AUP.
- Once a domain name has
been registered or renewed
through Terapower, no refunds
will be given for the domain
registration or renewal fee.
- The Customer has full
ownership rights over any
domain name registered or
renewed through Terapower,
where the domain
registration fees have been
paid in full by the
Customer. In the event of
fraud or failure to pay
fees, Terapower will retain
possession of the domain
name. In addition, if we
receive a credit card
charge-back for a domain
registered with us,
Terapower
will take ownership of the
domain name(s) registered.
- Terapower is not
responsible for maintaining
the registrant information
for domain names. The domain
owner can modify all this
information using our Admin
Control,
by contacting our Support
Team or contacting the
Chosen Registrar. The
Customer agrees to
continually update all
information required by the
Chosen Registrar. Updating
your information with
Terapower
does not automatically
update it with the Chosen
Registrar.
- Terapower is not
responsible for any domain
name's availability. The
Customer waives any and all
claims against Terapower for,
and hereby releases
Terapower
from, any loss, damage,
liability, cost or expense
arising out of, or relating
to, the registration or
release of a domain name.
- The Customer
acknowledges and understands
that any and all domain name
registrations and renewals
are subject to the terms,
conditions, rules,
regulations, applicable law
and policies of ICANN
(Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers).
In addition, any and all
domain name registrations
and renewals are subject to
the terms and conditions of
the Chosen Registrar, which
can be found on the Web Site
of such Chosen Registrar.
Upon request, Terapower will
provide the Customer with
the name of the Chosen
Registrar.
- The Customer understands
and accepts that a request
for a domain name
registration or renewal is
no guarantee that the
Customer will receive the
domain name that has been
requested. The Customer
understands, accepts and
appreciates the risks
associated with
circumstances and
vulnerabilities generally
affecting the Internet and
e-commerce in general. The
Customer waives any and all
claims it may have against
Terapower for, and hereby
releases Terapower from, any
loss, damage, liability,
cost or expense arising out
of, or relating to, the
registration or release of a
domain name in such
circumstances.
- Terapower is not liable for
domain disputes that may
arise over changed
registrant information for a
domain name.
- Terapower is not
responsible for resolving
any domain disputes. These
issues must be resolved by
the parties involved,
according to the legal
bounds of ICANN, the domain
name governing body.
Terapower
will not act as an
arbitrator, but will honor
any ICANN decisions.
More about Domain Renewals
- If we are unable to
secure payment before the
domain renewal date, the
domain name will expire.
- Forty (40) days after a
domain renewal date, a
domain name will be released
by the Registrar and made
available to the general
public for re-registration.
- After a domain has
expired, we will, upon a
Customer's request, put in a
request with our Registrar
to renew and reactivate the
domain name if all
registration fees are paid
(including any extra fees
required to pull a domain
name out of its redemption
period). This process is
normally complete within
seven (7) days.
- If we receive a dispute
of payment, a chargeback or
a request for a refund from
your credit card Terapower for
a renewed domain name,
Terapower will take over the
ownership of the domain name
in question.
- The Customer agrees that
any and all information
provided in connection with
any domain renewal request
shall be true and correct in
all respects. In connection
with any such request,
Terapower assumes
responsibility only for
processing such renewal
request with the Chosen
Registrar. Terapower disclaims
any and all responsibility
to verify any information
provided in connection with
the request and shall have
no responsibility or
liability for any loss,
delay, inconvenience,
interruption in service,
service error or loss of
data.
- Terapower bears no
responsibility or obligation
to notify Customer of any
approaching domain name
expiration dates. The
Customer agrees to bear
complete responsibility for
such deadlines.
Transferring a Domain to
Terapower
- If a Customer requests a
domain name registration or
renewal that requires a
transfer from one registrar
or reseller to another, the
Customer is solely and
completely responsible for
compliance with any
registrar or reseller terms,
conditions, procedures
and/or policies in
connection with the request.
Terapower shall have no
liability or responsibility
resulting from a delay,
inconvenience or expiration
of a domain name as a
consequence of the
Customer's failure to comply
with such terms, conditions,
procedures and/or policies.
- While Terapower will assist
you in any way reasonable,
we are not responsible for
ensuring your domain name is
transferred to us.
During the domain transfer
process, Customer is
responsible for making any
necessary domain name server
changes and ensuring the
transfer is implemented
correctly.
- 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 the initial
registration of your domain
name. Terapower, Tucows and its
directors, employees,
affiliates, subsidiaries,
agents and third party
providers, ICANN and the
applicable registries 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
states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of
liability for consequential
or incidental damages, in
such states, 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.
1. IN THIS
REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
("Agreement"), "Registrant",
"you" and "your" refers to the
Registrant of each domain name
registration, "we", "us" and
"our" refers to Tucows.com Co.,
and "Services" refers to the
domain name registration
services provided by us as
offered through Terapower, the
Registration Service Provider
("Reseller"). Any reference to a
"registry," "Registry" or
"Registry Operator" shall refer
to the registry administrator of
the applicable TLD or ccTLD.
This Agreement explains our
obligations to you, and explains
your obligations to us for the
Services. By agreeing to the
terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, you are also
agreeing to be bound by the
rules and regulations set forth
by a registry for that
particular registry only.
2. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN
NAME. You acknowledge and
agree that we cannot guarantee
that you will obtain a desired
domain name registration, even
if an inquiry indicates that a
domain name is available at the
time of your application for
same. 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 to be used,
infringes upon the legal rights
of a third party and further,
that the domain name is not
being registered for nor shall
it at any time whatsoever be
used for any unlawful purpose.
During the period following
registration of a domain name
and the appointment of active
name servers, we may post a
stagnant web page and any
revenues generated from same
shall be for our own account.
3. FEES. As consideration
for the Services, you agree to
pay Reseller the applicable
service(s) fees prior to the
effectiveness of a desired
domain name registration or any
renewal thereof. All fees
payable hereunder are
non-refundable even if your
domain name registration is
suspended, cancelled or
transferred prior to the end of
your current registration term.
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 represent
that the Account Information and
all other statements put forth
in your application are true,
complete and accurate. Both
Tucows and each registry
reserves the right to terminate
your domain name registration
if: (i) information provided by
you or your agent is false,
inaccurate, incomplete,
unreliable, misleading or
otherwise secretive; or (ii) you
have failed to maintain, update
and keep your Account
Information true, current,
complete, accurate and reliable.
You acknowledge that a breach of
this Section 3 will constitute a
material breach of our
Agreement, which will entitle
either us or a registry to
terminate this Agreement
immediately upon such breach
without any refund and without
notice to you.
4. TERM. This Agreement
will remain in effect during the
term of your domain name
registration as selected,
recorded and paid for at the
time of registration or any
renewal thereof. Should the
domain name be transferred to
another registrar, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement
shall cease.
5. MODIFICATIONS TO
AGREEMENT. You acknowledge
that the practice of registering
and administering domain names
is constantly evolving;
therefore, you agree that Tucows
may modify this Agreement, or
any other related and/or
applicable agreement, as is
necessary to comply with its
agreements with ICANN, a
registry or any other entity or
individual, as well as to adjust
to changing circumstances. All
amendments to this Agreement
will be posted on our website.
Your continued use of the domain
name registered to you will
constitute your acceptance of
this Agreement with any
revisions. If you do not agree
to any change, you may request
that your domain name
registration be cancelled or
transferred to a different
accredited registrar. You agree
that such cancellation or
request for transfer will be
your exclusive remedy if you do
not wish to abide by any change
to this Agreement, or any other
related and/or applicable
agreement.
6. MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT. In order to change
any of your account information
with us, you must use the
Account Identifier and Password
that you selected when you
opened your account with us. You
agree to safeguard your Account
Identifier and Password from any
unauthorized use. In no event
shall we be liable for the
unauthorized use or misuse of
your Account Identifier or
Password.
7. NO GUARANTY. You
acknowledge that registration or
reservation of your chosen
domain name does not confer
immunity from objection to the
registration, reservation or use
of the domain name.
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
adopted by the applicable
registry. 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
applicable policy. If Tucows is
notified that a complaint has
been filed with a judicial or
administrative body regarding
your domain name, Tucows may, at
its sole discretion, suspend
your ability to use your domain
name or to make modifications to
your registration records until
(i) Tucows is directed to do so
by the judicial or
administrative body, or (ii)
Tucows receives notification by
you and the other party
contesting your domain that the
dispute has been settled.
Furthermore, you agree that if
you are subject to litigation
regarding your registration or
use of your domain name, Tucows
may deposit control of your
registration record into the
registry of the judicial body by
supplying a party with a
registrar certificate from us.
9. POLICY. You agree that
your registration of the domain
name shall be subject to
suspension, cancellation, or
transfer pursuant to a Tucows,
registry, ICANN or
government-adopted policy, or
pursuant to any registrar or
registry procedure not
inconsistent with a Tucows,
registry, ICANN or
government-adopted policy, (1)
to correct mistakes by us or a
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 holder 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
the domain name. You represent
that you will secure the
agreement of any third party to
the terms and conditions in this
Agreement
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We
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 the
initial registration of your
domain name. Terapower, Tucows and its
directors, employees,
affiliates, subsidiaries, agents
and third party providers, ICANN
and the applicable registries
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 states do
not allow the exclusion or
limitation of liability for
consequential or incidental
damages, in such states, 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
Terapower, Tucows, its contractors, agents,
employees, officers, directors
and affiliates, ICANN, the
applicable registries and their
respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and affiliates
harmless from all liabilities,
claims and expenses, including
attorney's fees, of third
parties arising out of or
relating to the registration or
use of the domain name
registered in your name, whether
used by yourself, licensed to a
third party or pursuant to the
Whois Privacy Service, including
without limitation infringement
by you or a third party with
access to your Account
Identifier and Password. You
also agree to release, indemnify
and hold us harmless pursuant to
the terms and conditions
contained in the applicable
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 the
suspension or cancellation of
your domain name. This
indemnification obligation will
survive the termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
14. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.
The person named as Registrant
on the Whois shall be the
registered name holder. The
person named as administrative
contact at the time the
controlling account identifier
and password are secured shall
be deemed the designate of the
Registrant with the authority to
manage the domain name. You
agree that prior to transferring
ownership of your domain name to
another person (the
"Transferee") you shall require
the Transferee to agree, in
writing to be bound by all the
terms and conditions of this
Agreement. If the Transferee
fails to be bound in a
reasonable fashion (as determine
by us in our sole discretion) to
the terms and conditions in this
Agreement, any such transfer
will be null and void.
15. RENEWALS AND FORFEITURE.
Domain names are registered for
a finite period of time. You
will receive reminders
immediately prior to the
expiration of your registration
inviting you to renew your
domain name. In the event that
you fail to renew your domain
name in a timely fashion, your
registration will expire and we
may, at our discretion, elect to
assume the registration and may
hold it for our own account,
delete it or we may sell it to a
third party. You acknowledge and
agree that your right and
interest in a domain name ceases
upon its expiration and that any
expired domain name may be made
available for registration by a
third party.
If you fail to renew your
registration, your domain name
may cease to resolve and
visitors to your site may be
redirected to a default page
informing them that the site is
no longer in service. This
parked or default page may
feature advertisements posted by
us for our own account.
If we have elected to renew the
registration, you will be
entitled to a grace period
during which you may re-register
the domain name from us.
Additional costs may apply.
During this grace period, we may
post a parked page and/or may
revise the "Whois" registration
records to include either our
information or that of your
Reseller. The domain name may
also be listed for auction. If
the name is sold during any such
auction, it will be acquired by
a third party on a provisional
basis and will remain available
for re-registration by you
during our stated grace period.
If you do not re-register the
domain name during the grace
period, the auction sale will be
concluded.
If you fail to renew your domain
name registration during the
grace period, you acknowledge
that you have abandoned the
domain name and that it is
available for sale and
registration by any third party.
16. BREACH. You agree
that failure to abide by any
provision of this Agreement, any
operating rule or policy or the
Dispute Policy provided by us,
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.
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:
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(a) |
your
name and postal address
(or, if different, that
of the domain name
holder); |
| (b) |
the domain name
being registered; |
| (c) |
the name, postal
address, e-mail address,
and voice and fax (if
available) telephone
numbers of the
administrative contact
for the domain name;
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| (d) |
the name, postal
address, e-mail address,
and voice and fax (if
available) telephone
numbers of the billing
contact for the domain
name; and |
| (e) |
the name, postal
address, e-mail address,
and voice and fax (if
available) telephone
numbers of the technical
contact for the domain
name. |
Any voluntary information we
request is collected in order
that we can continue to improve
the products and services
offered to you through your
Reseller.
19. DISCLOSURE AND USE OF
REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
You agree and acknowledge that
we will make domain name
registration information you
provide available to ICANN, to
the registry administrators, law
enforcement agencies and to
other third parties as
applicable. 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 ICANN and
applicable laws.
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(a) |
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. |
| (b) |
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 Reseller. |
| (c) |
We will not process
or maintain 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. |
| (d) |
We will take
reasonable precautions
to protect the
information we obtain
from you from our loss,
misuse, unauthorized
disclosure, alteration
or destruction of that
information. |
20. OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN
WHOIS. Your wilful provision
of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure
promptly to update information
provided to us, or any failure
to respond to inquiries by us
addressed to the email address
of the registrant, the
administrative, billing or
technical contact appearing in
the Whois directory with respect
to a domain name concerning the
accuracy of contact details
associated with the registration
shall constitute a material
breach of this Agreement and be
a basis for cancellation of the
domain name registration. Any
information collected by us
concerning an identified or
identifiable natural person
("Personal Data") will be used
in connection with the
registration of your domain
name(s) and for the purposes of
this Agreement and as required
or permitted by ICANN or an
applicable registry policy.
21. REVOCATION. We, in
our sole discretion, reserve the
right to deny, cancel, suspend,
transfer or modify any domain
name registration to correct a
mistake, protect the integrity
and stability of the company and
any applicable registry, to
comply with any applicable laws,
government rules, or
requirements, requests of law
enforcement, in compliance with
any dispute resolution process,
or to avoid any liability, civil
or criminal. You agree that we
shall not be liable to you for
loss or damages that may result
from our refusal to register or
cancel, suspend, transfer or
modify your domain name
registration.
22. INCONSISTENCIES WITH
REGISTRY POLICIES. In the
event that this Agreement may be
inconsistent with any term,
condition, policy or procedure
of an applicable registry, the
term, condition, policy or
procedure of the applicable
registry shall prevail.
23. 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.
24. 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 be given
when an electronic confirmation
of delivery has been obtained by
the sender. E-mail notification
to Tucows must be sent to
lhutz@tucows.com. Any notice to
you will be sent to 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 five (5)
business days after the date of
mailing Postal notices to Tucows
shall be sent to:
Tucows.com Co.
Registrant Affairs Office
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 3M1
CANADA
Attention: Legal Affairs
and in the case of notification
to you shall be sent to the
address specified in the
"Administrative Contact" in your
Whois record.
25. ENTIRETY. You agree
that this Agreement, the
applicable dispute policy and
the rules and policies published
by Terapower, Tucows and any applicable
registry or other governing
authority, are the complete and
exclusive agreement between you
and us regarding our Services.
26. GOVERNING LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND INTERPRETED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THE
FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA
APPLICABLE THEREIN WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO RULES GOVERNING
CHOICE OF LAWS. ANY ACTION
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT MUST
BE BROUGHT IN ONTARIO AND YOU
IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS.
27. INFANCY. You attest
that you are of legal age to
enter into this Agreement.
28. FORCE MAJEURE. You
acknowledge and agree that
neither we nor the applicable
registry shall be responsible
for any failures or delays in
performing our respective
obligations hereunder arising
from any cause beyond our
reasonable control, including
but not limited to, acts of God,
acts of civil or military
authority, fires, wars, riots,
earthquakes, storms, typhoons
and floods.
29. PRIVACY. Information
collected about you is subject
to the terms of Tucows' privacy
policy, the terms of which are
hereby incorporated by
reference. Tucows' privacy
policy can be found at:
http://www.tucows.com/privacy.html
30. CONTROLLING LANGUAGE.
In the event that you are
reading this Agreement in a
language other than the English
language, you acknowledge and
agree that the English language
version hereof shall prevail in
case of inconsistency or
contradiction in interpretation
or translation.
31. TLD'S. The following additional provisions apply to any domain names that you register through Tucows with the various registries:
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.com/net Domains: In the case of a ".com" or ".net" registration, the following terms and conditions will apply: |
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Submission to UDRP. Registrant agrees to submit to proceedings under ICANN's Uniform Domain Dispute Policy ("UDRP") (http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/policy.htm) and comply with the requirements set forth by the Registry; these policies are subject to modification; |
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For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the domain name, the Registrant shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registrant's domicile, and (2) where Tucows is located, presently Toronto, Ontario. |
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.org Domains: In the case of a ".org" registration, the following terms and conditions will apply: |
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Submission to UDRP. Registrant agrees to submit to proceedings under ICANN's Uniform Dom ain Dispute Policy ("UDRP") (http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/policy.htm) and comply with the requirements set forth by the Registry. These policies are subject to modification; |
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For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the domain name, the Registrant shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registrant's domicile, and (2) where Tucows is located, presently Toronto, Ontario. |
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.info Domains: In the case of a ".info" registration, the following terms and conditions will apply: |
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Registrant's Personal Data. You consent to the use, copying, distribution, publication, modification, and other processing of Registrant's personal data by Afilias, the .INFO registry, and its designees and agents, in a manner consistent with the purposes specified pursuant to its contract; |
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Submission to UDRP. Registrant agrees to submit to proceedings under ICANN's Uniform Domain Dispute Policy ("UDRP") (http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/policy.htm) and comply with the requirements set forth by the Registry. These policies are subject to modification; |
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For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the domain name, the Registrant shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registrant's domicile, and (2) where Tucows is located, presently Toronto, Ontario; |
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Reservation of Rights. Tucows and Afilias expressly reserve the right to deny, cancel, transfer, or modify any registration that either registrar or Afilias deems necessary, at its discretion, to protect the integrity and stability of the registry, to comply with any applicable law, any government rule or requirement, any request of law enforcement, any dispute resolution process, or to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of the registrar and/or Afilias, as well as their affiliates, subsidiaries, executives, directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants, and agents. The registrar and Afilias also reserve the right to suspend a domain name or its registration data during resolution of a dispute. |
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.biz Domains. In the case of a ".biz" registration, the following terms and conditions will apply: |
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.biz Restrictions. Registrations in the .biz top-level domain must be used or intended to be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes. For the purposes of the .biz registration restrictions, "bona fide business or commercial use" shall mean the bona fide use or bona fide intent to use the domain name or any content, software, materials, graphics or other information thereon, to permit Internet users to access one or more host computers through the DNS: |
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to exchange goods, services, or property of any kind; |
| (B) |
in the ordinary course of business; or |
| (C) |
to facilitate (i) the exchange of goods, services, information or property of any kind; or (ii) the ordinary course of trade or business. |
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For more information on the .biz restrictions, which are incorporated herein by reference, please see: http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry-agmt-appl-18apr01.htm. |
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Selection of a Domain Name. You represent that: |
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the data provided in the domain name registration application is true, correct, up to date and complete, and that you will continue to keep all of the information provided correct, up-to-date and complete; |
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to the best of the your knowledge and belief, neither this registration of a domain name nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly to be used infringes upon the legal rights of a third party;
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that the domain name is not being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose whatsoever; |
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the registered domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes and not (a) exclusively for personal use, or (b) solely for the purposes of (1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation; |
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you have the authority to enter into this Registration Agreement; and |
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the registered domain name is reasonably related to your business or intended commercial purpose at the time of registration. |
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Provision of Registration Data. As part of the registration process, you are required to provide us with certain information and to keep the information true, current, complete, and accurate at all times. The information includes the following: |
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your full name; |
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your postal address; |
| (C) |
your e-mail address; |
| (D) |
your voice telephone number; |
| (E) |
your fax number (if applicable); |
| (F) |
the name of an authorized person for contact purposes in the case of a registrant that is an organization, association, or corporation; |
| (G) |
the IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameserver for the domain name; |
| (H) |
the corresponding names of the primary and secondary nameservers; |
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the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and, when available, fax number of the administrative, technical, and billing contacts, and the name holder for the domain name; and |
| (J) |
any remark concerning the domain name that should appear in the Whois directory. |
| (K) |
You agree and understand that the foregoing registration data will be publicly available and accessible on the Whois directory as required by ICANN and/or registry policies, and may be sold in bulk in accordance with the ICANN agreement. |
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Domain Name Disputes. You acknowledge having read and understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the following documents, as they may be amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an integral part of this Agreement: |
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(collectively, the "Dispute Policies"). |
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The Dispute Policy sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a Registrant and any party other than the Registry or Registrar over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by Registrant. |
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The RDRP sets forth the terms under which any allegation that a domain name is not used primarily for business or commercial purposes shall be endorsed on a case-by-case, fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute provider. |
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For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the domain name, the Registrant shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registrant's domicile, and (2) where Tucows is located, presently Toronto, Ontario. |
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.name Domains. In the case of a ".name" registration, the following terms and conditions will apply: |
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.name Restrictions. Registrations in the .name top-level domain must constitute an individual's "Personal Name". For purposes of the .name restrictions (the "Restrictions"), a "Personal Name" is a person's legal name, or a name by which the person is commonly known. A "name by which a person is commonly known" includes, without limitation, a pseudonym used by an author or painter, or a stage name used by a singer or actor. |
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.name Representations. As a .name domain name registrant, you hereby represent that: |
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the registered domain name or second level domain ("SLD") e-mail address is your Personal Name. |
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the data provided in the domain name registration application is true, correct, up to date and complete and that you will continue to keep all of the information provided correct, current and complete, |
| (C) |
to the best of the your knowledge and belief, neither this registration of a domain name nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly to be used infringes upon the legal rights of a third party; |
| (D) |
that the domain name is not being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose whatsoever; |
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the registration satisfies the Eligibility Requirements found at: http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/name/registry-agmt-appl-8aug03.htm; and |
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you have the authority to enter into this Registration Agreement. |
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E-mail Forwarding Services. The Services for which you have registered may, at your option, include e-mail forwarding. To the extent you opt to use e-mail forwarding, you are obliged to do so in accordance with all applicable legislation and are responsible for all use of e-mail forwarding, including the content of messages sent through e-mail forwarding.
You undertake to familiarize yourself with the content of and to comply with the generally accepted rules for Internet and e-mail usage. This includes, but is not limited to the Acceptable Use Policy, available at http://www.nic.name/downloads/aup.pdf as well as the following restrictions. Without prejudice to the foregoing, you undertake not to use e-mail forwarding: |
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to encourage, allow or participate in any form of illegal or unsuitable activity, including but not restricted to the exchange of threatening, obscene or offensive messages, spreading computer viruses, breach of copyright and/or proprietary rights or publishing defamatory material; |
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to gain illegal access to systems or networks by unauthorized access to or use of the data in systems or networks, including all attempts at guessing passwords, checking or testing the vulnerability of a system or network or breaching the security or access control without the sufficient approval of the owner of the system or network; |
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to interrupt data traffic to other users, servers or networks, including, but not restricted to, mail bombing, flooding, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, wilful attempts to overload another system or other forms of harassment; or |
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for spamming, which includes, but is not restricted to, the mass mailing of unsolicited e-mail, junk mail, the use of distribution lists (mailing lists) which include persons who have not specifically given their consent to be placed on such distribution list. Users are not permitted to provide false names or in any other way to pose as somebody else when using e-mail forwarding. |
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Registry reserves the right to implement additional anti-spam measures, to block spam or mail from systems with a history of abuse from entering Registry's e-mail forwarding. However, due to the nature of such systems, which actively block messages, Registry shall make public any decision to implement such systems a reasonable time in advance, so as to allow you or us to give feedback on the decision. |
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You understand and agree that Registry may delete material that does not conform to clause (c) above or that in some other way constitutes a misuse of e-mail forwarding. You further understand and agree that Registry is at liberty to block your access to e-mail forwarding if you use e-mail forwarding in a way that contravenes this Agreement. You will be given prior warning of discontinuation of the e-mail forwarding unless it would damage the reputation of Registry or jeopardize the security of Registry or others to do so. Registry reserves the right to immediately discontinue e-mail forwarding without notice if the technical stability of e-mail forwarding is threatened in any way, or if you are in breach of this Agreement. On discontinuing e-mail forwarding, Registry is not obliged to store any contents or to forward unsent e-mail to you or a third party. |
| (vi) |
You understand and agree that to the extent either we and/or Registry is required by law to disclose certain information or material in connection with your e-mail forwarding, either we and/or Registry will do so in accordance with such requirement and without notice to you. |
| (vii) |
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 that is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference. You hereby acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the following documents, as they may be amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an integral part of this Agreement. |
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The Eligibility Requirements dictate that Personal Name domain names and Personal Name SLD e-mail addresses will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. The following categories of Personal Name Registrations may be registered: (i) the Personal Name of an individual; (ii) the Personal Name of a fictional character, if you have trademark or service make rights in that character's Personal Name; (iii) in addition to a Personal Name registration, you may add numeric characters to the beginning or the end of the Personal Name so as to differentiate it from other Personal Names. |
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The ERDRP applies to challenges to (i) registered domain names and SLD e-mail address registrations within .name on the grounds that a Registrant does not meet the Eligibility Requirements, and (ii) to Defensive Registrations (as defined by the Registry) within .name. |
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The UDRP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a Registrant and party other than the Registry or Tucows over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by a Registrant. |
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For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the domain name, the Registrant shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registrant's domicile, and (2) where Tucows is located, presently Toronto, Ontario. |
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32. WHOIS PRIVACY SERVICE. The following terms and conditions will apply if you subscribe to the Whois Privacy Service:
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Subscribers to the Whois Privacy Service have elected to include the following information in the publicly available Whois Registry: |
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Contactprivacy.com shall appear as the Registrant and Contacts name(s); |
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Tucows' postal address and a Tucows assigned email address and telephone number shall appear on behalf of the Registrant and the Contact(s);
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The primary and secondary nameservers shall be those designated by the Registrant; |
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The original date of registration and the expiration of each domain name; |
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Tucows will be identified as the registrar of record. |
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You understand and agree that the Registrant and Contact Information that you have provided will be kept on file. You further agree and warrant that you will ensure that the Whois Information is true, accurate and up to date. |
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You will will retain complete control over the domain name and its registration records and may suspend and reinstate the Whois Privacy Service at your discretion. |
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The Whois Privacy Service may be used with both new and existing domain name registrations. You may use the Whois Privacy Service with respect to a domain name that has been transferred but it will only commence after the transfer has been completed. If you wish to transfer the domain name to a different registrar,the Whois Privacy Service must be disabled in order to initiate the transfer. |
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We will send all obligatory renewal and transfer related messages to the Contacts you have designated. |
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Communications Forwarding. Communications received with respect to a particular domain name registration will be handled as follows: |
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We will forward to you or a Contact all correspondence received by registered mail or traceable courier. This information may be opened, scanned and emailed to you or your Contact. Regular postal mail will be discarded or returned to sender at our discretion. |
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Email correspondence will be forwarded according to the instructions of the Registrant as they appear in our records. |
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A voice mail message will advise all callers that inbound messages will not be accepted; calls will be directed to the contactprivacy.com web site where written messages will be forwarded according to your instructions. |
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We will only be responsible for forwarding communications where our details have appeared in the whois and when your Whois Information is accurate, complete and up to date. |
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Right to Suspend and Disable. We shall have the right, at our sole discretion and without liability to you or any of your Contacts, suspend or cancel your domain name and to reveal Registrant and Contact Whois Information in certain circumstances, including but not limited to the following: |
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when required by law; |
| (ii) |
in the good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to further determination of an alleged breach of a law; |
| (iii) |
to comply with a legal process served upon Tucows; |
| (iv) |
to resolve any and all third party claims including but not limited to ICANN's or a Registry's dispute resolution policy; |
| (v) |
to avoid financial loss or legal liability |
| (v) |
to avoid financial loss or legal liability |
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if we believe that you or one of your Contacts is using the Whois Privacy Service to conceal involvement with illegal, illicit, objectionable or harmful activities; or |
| (vii) |
to transmit SPAM, viruses, worms or other harmful computer programs. |
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You understand and agree that, in the event that we receive a formal complaint, notice of claim or UDRP, that we will have the right to disable the Whois Privacy Service pending final disposition of the matter. |
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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