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To print: click "file" then "print" on your menu bar. Terms of Service 1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS Welcome to Thunder Catcher Enterprises. (Referred to also as Thunder Catcher) Thunder Catcher provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time at: http://www.thundercatcher.com/tos.htm/. In addition, when using particular Thunder Catcher services, you and Thunder Catcher shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS.
Thunder Catcher currently provides users with access to a collection of resources, including, various communications tools, forums, shopping services, personalized content and branded programming through its network of properties (the "Service"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new Thunder Catcher properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and that Thunder Catcher assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider, Hosting Provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service. 3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
This Privacy Policy covers Thunder Catcher's treatment of personally identifiable information that Thunder Catcher collects when you contract with Thunder Catcher to build or maintain a web site, and when you use Thunder Catcher's forums. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Thunder Catcher does not own or control, or to people that Thunder Catcher does not manage or employ. Thunder Catcher collects personally identifiable information when you contact Thunder Catcher for consultation, web design, web maintenance or graphics design, when you use certain Thunder Catcher products or services, when you visit Thunder Catcher Forums. Once you contract with Thunder Catcher and use our services, you are
not anonymous to us. Thunder Catcher uses information for three general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to contact you about specials and new products. 5. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE Thunder Catcher may send personally identifiable information about you
to other companies or people when: 6. SECURITY Your Thunder Catcher Account Information is password-protected for your
privacy and security.
Thunder Catcher invoices clients on the 25th of the month for payments due no later than the 10th day of the following month. All invoices are due on receipt, and are considered late on the 10th (the 10th day of each month.) No account will be allowed to be more than 15 days in arrears. For example, your invoice is mailed on January 25th. That invoice is due on receipt and considered late by the 10th of February. If the January payment is not received by Thunder Catcher by February 15th, your account is 15days delinquent. Any account that reaches 15 days delinquent is subject to suspension at the sole discretion of Thunder Catcher. Suspension means that your web site will become inaccessible to people
who type in your URL on the World Wide Web. People who visit a suspended
site will see a page that states: 7a. LATE FEES All accounts 15days in arrears will be subject to a late fee of $10.00. As we provide hosting and various other services through contract relationship with third party vendors, Thunder Catcher is likely to incur payment penalties and late fees on services we provide for our clients. We incur these fees when payments to us are late, therefore we must pass them on to you. 7b. RETURNED CHECKS 7c. NEW/ADDITIONAL WORK After initial contract work is complete, customer may request updates, site maintenance, new shopping cart modules, newsletter services, forums, graphics design or any other services that Thunder Catcher Provides. New and/or additional work will be invoiced upon request. Payment is due within 10 days of invoice date. Certain services such as search engine submittal require payment by Thunder Catcher in advance, services such as these are considered a reimbursement and are invoiced immediately and must be paid upon receipt of invoice. 7d. CONTRACT PAYMENTS
Thunder Catcher accepts contract payments in thirds (33.3, 33.3, 33.3) for contracts over $1000.00., payment is in halves (50, 50) on contracts $400.00 up to $1,000.00 and payment is in full for contracts under $400.00 to begin production. Payments on contracts $400.00 and up are designed as follows: The first payment to begin production, the second payment on initial acceptance of graphics and design, and web site layout, preview of shopping cart modules, and the third payment on completion and acceptance of final site review. Should client neglect to forward information to Thunder Catcher during the building, and design portion of web site development all contract payments are still due and payable per the contract. All contracts explain payment obligations and schedules in full. 7e. DOMAIN NAME PAYMENTS Thunder Catcher is a re-seller of domain names. This is considered a value added service. Thunder Catcher must pay for domain name renewals and domain name registration in advance. Invoices for domain name services will be sent immediately upon request of work. Invoices are due on receipt and should be considered a reimbursement. 7f. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PURCHASES Thunder Catcher has access to wholesale prices on hardware and software products. We gladly pass these savings on to our clients, however, hardware and software purchases must be paid for in advance. Thunder Catcher does not warranty hardware or software, these warranties come with purchase of the product. Thunder Catcher does not maintain hardware unless specifically contracted to do so. Defective software products can be exchanged for the same product or credit for a different product at the sole discretion of Thunder Catcher. 8. MEMBER CONDUCT You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not Thunder Catcher, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. Thunder Catcher does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances will Thunder Catcher be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside. 10. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (HOSTPRO) Thunder Catcher uses a third party for hosting services. Below is HostPro's Acceptable Use Policy for your convenience. Below are example behavior considered to be in violation of the HostPro Acceptable Use Policy. It is HostPro's policy to terminate any accounts that violate this policy. Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE) and Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (UBE) A user has not expressed an interest by the mere act of posting a news article in any particular newsgroup, or by visiting a web site, unless of course they have made a specific request for information to be e-mailed to them. Usenet Forged Headers and/or Addresses It is also forgery to configure the reply-to address of the e-mail to be sent to some other user or machine. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the authorization and permission of the site. Mail "Bombing" Mailing List Subscriptions Many reports of unsolicited bulk e-mail turn out to be from people who were unaware that they had joined a mailing list. It is not acceptable to subscribe people to a list merely because they have visited your Website or used one of your products; the person must make an explicit request to be listed. However, some reports occur because people have genuinely forgotten that they had made such a request. If you run a mailing list you are strongly advised to keep copies of administrative requests (Web logs, or e-mails including headers) so that you may demonstrate that subscription requests were genuine. Copyright or Trademark Infringement
Thunder Catcher does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Thunder Catcher the following worldwide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable: With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Thunder Catcher and Thunder Catcher Forums, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Thunder Catcher Service or Thunder Catcher Forum to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Thunder Catcher removes such Content from the Service. With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible area of the Service other than Thunder Catcher or Thunder Catcher Forums, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Thunder Catcher removes such Content from the Service. With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed. "Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those areas of the Thunder Catcher network of properties that are intended by Thunder Catcher to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include Message Boards and portions of Thunder Catcher Forums that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Service would not include portions of Thunder Catcher Forums and Thunder Catcher services that are limited to members, Thunder Catcher services intended for private communication such as Thunder Catcher Mail or areas off of the Thunder Catcher network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible through Thunder Catcher but are not hosted or served by Thunder Catcher. 12. INDEMNITY You agree to indemnify and hold Thunder Catcher, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
You acknowledge that Thunder Catcher may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that e-mail messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of e-mail messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any e-mail message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Thunder Catcher's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that Thunder Catcher has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that Thunder Catcher reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Thunder Catcher reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
Thunder Catcher reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Thunder Catcher shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
You agree that Thunder Catcher, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use, nonpayment or if Thunder Catcher believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. Thunder Catcher may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Thunder Catcher may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that Thunder Catcher shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the World Wide Web, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Thunder Catcher shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Thunder Catcher has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Thunder Catcher is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Thunder Catcher shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: 21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest; a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf. 26. GENERAL INFORMATION
27. VIOLATIONS
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