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Terms of Use

1.0 Introduction & Definitions

This website (the "Site") is owned and operated by Three Connects ("Three Connects," "we" or "us"). These terms of use are a legal agreement ("this Agreement" or "these terms") which sets forth the terms and conditions which govern your use of this Site, as well as the products and services (individually and collectively, the "Services") found at this Site, but does not cover Services individually supplied by resellers. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Site or to products and services available through the Site or from Three Connects. Accessing the Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of the Site and your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service.

In order to become a user of Services, you must irrevocably agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms, you must ensure you do not indicate to us your acknowledgement and agreement to be irrevocably bound by these terms. Your acknowledgement and agreement to be irrevocably bound by these terms will be indicated to us upon making an application to us for the use or purchase of Services, purchasing or using the Services provided by us, or becoming one of our customers at any time, whichever occurs first. In these terms, references to "we", "us", "our", and so on shall refer to and its number of trading names (including, in particular,) except where explicitly specified as otherwise.

  • In these terms, references to "you", "customer", "user", "your" and so on, shall refer to the person who requests or utilises the provision of this Site, or any Services provided by us.
  • In these terms, references to "Services" include any product, license, package or account offered by us.
  • In these terms, references to "Days" shall refer to calendar days, unless specified otherwise.
  • In these terms, references to "Spam" shall refer to distribution of unsolicited bulk and/or commercial electronic messages over the Internet.
  • In these terms, references to "Supplier" or "Registry Operator" shall refer to any third party which provides a product/service which we resell/offer to you.

We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service or to impose new conditions on use of the Site, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified.

2.0 Representations you make about yourself

This Site and the Services found at this Site are available only to Users who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law.

By using this Site, or by applying for, renewing, transferring, taking ownership, or using any Services found at this Site, you irrevocably undertake, represent, warrant and agree that:

  • You are at least 18 years of age, and that we may terminate this Agreement immediately without providing a refund if we discover that you are under 18 years of age at the time of entering into this Agreement;
  • The Registered Name Holder shall provide to the company registrar ("Registrar") accurate and reliable contact details and promptly correct and update them during the term of the Registered Name registration, including: the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the Registered Name Holder; name of authorized person for contact purposes in the case of an Registered Name Holder that is an organization, association, or corporation;
  • Where you act on behalf of a corporate entity, you have the legal authority to bind such corporate entity to these terms, in which case the terms "you", "your", "User" or "customer" in this Agreement shall refer to such corporate entity. If, after your agreement to these terms, we learn that you do/did not have the legal authority to bind such corporate entity, you will be personally responsible for the obligations contained in these terms. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from our reliance on any instruction, notice, document or communication reasonably believed by us to be genuine and originating from an authorized representative of your corporate entity. If there is reasonable doubt about the authenticity of any such instruction, notice, document or communication, we reserve the right (but undertake no duty) to require additional authentication from you;
  • You shall not permit any other person to use your username in order to gain access to the service, nor shall you divulge to any other person any password which you may from time to time use in gaining access to the services. If your password becomes known, you will inform us immediately. We may require you to change your password where considered necessary, and
  • You agree at all times to indemnify us for any expenses, costs, damages, penalties, imposts and any other liabilities we incur from time to time, whether directly or indirectly, as a result of you transmitting or receiving or in any other manner using any information, which transmission, receipt or use is facilitated by or connected with the provision of services to you, including without limitation liability for breach of copyright or any other intellectual property rights.
3.0 Terms governing your account

In order to access some of the features of this Site or use some of the Services found at this Site, you will have to activate an account ("Account"). You represent and warrant to us that all information you submit when you create your Account is accurate, current and complete, and that you will keep your Account information accurate, current and complete. If we have reasonable belief that your Account information is untrue, inaccurate, out-of-date or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Account.

You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your Account, whether authorized by you or not. It is your responsibility to ensure your Account information is secure, including without limitation your customer number/login, password, payment method(s), and shopper PIN. For security purposes, we recommend that you change your password and shopper PIN at least once every three (3) months for each Account you have with us. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account. We will not be liable for any loss you incur due to any unauthorized use of your Account. You, however, may be liable for any loss we or others incur caused by your Account, whether caused by you, or by an authorized person, or by an unauthorized person.

In relation to domain name services offered by us, a Registered Name Holder's willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, its willful failure promptly to update information provided to Registrar, or its failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by Registrar concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the Registered Name Holder's registration shall constitute a material breach of the Registered Name Holder-registrar contract and be a basis for cancellation of the Registered Name registration.

Any Registered Name Holder that intends to license use of a domain name to a third party is nonetheless the Registered Name Holder of record and is responsible for providing its 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 Registered Name. A Registered Name Holder licensing use of a Registered Name according to this provision shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Registered Name, unless it promptly discloses the current contact information provided by the licensee and the identity of the licensee to a party providing the Registered Name Holder reasonable evidence of actionable harm.

  • Registrar shall provide notice to each new or renewed Registered Name Holder stating:
    • The purposes for which any Personal Data collected from the applicant are intended;
    • The intended recipients or categories of recipients of the data (including the Registry Operator and others who will receive the data from Registry Operator);
    • Which data are obligatory and which data, if any, are voluntary; and
    • How the Registered Name Holder or data subject can access and, if necessary, rectify the data held about them.
    • The Registered Name Holder shall consent to the data processing referred to in Subsection 1.2.1
    • The Registered Name Holder shall represent that notice has been provided equivalent to that described in Subsection 1.2.1 to any third-party individuals whose Personal Data are supplied to Registrar by the Registered Name Holder, and that the Registered Name Holder has obtained consent equivalent to that referred to in Subsection 1.2.1.5 of any such third-party individuals.
    • Registrar shall agree that it will not process the Personal Data collected from the Registered Name Holder in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations about which it has provided notice to the Registered Name Holder in accordance with Subsection 1.2.1 above.
    • Registrar shall agree that it will take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
    • The Registered Name Holder shall represent that, to the best of the Registered Name Holder's knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the Registered Name nor the way it is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights of any third party.
    • For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the Registered Name, the Registered Name Holder shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registered Name Holder's domicile and (2) where Registrar is located.
    • The Registered Name Holder shall agree that its registration of the Registered Name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any ICANN adopted specification or policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN adopted specification or policy, (1) to correct mistakes by Registrar or the Registry Operator in registering the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the Registered Name.
    • The Registered Name Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Registry Operator and its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arising out of or related to the Registered Name Holder's domain name registration.

    If you are visiting this Site from a country other than the country in which our servers are located, your communications with us may result in the transfer of information (including your Account information) across international boundaries. By visiting this Site and communicating electronically with us, you consent to such transfers.

4.0 Our Limited License to You

This Site and all the materials available on the Site are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site is provided solely for your personal noncommercial use. You may not use the Site or the materials available on the Site in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or that has not been authorized by us. More specifically, unless explicitly authorized in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site. You may, however, from time to time, download and/or print one copy of individual pages of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use, if you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

5.0 Acceptable use & general conduct
You irrevocably agree that it is your responsibility at all times to:
  • Use our service and services in a manner which does not violate any applicable laws or regulations;
  • Respect the conventions of the newsgroups, lists and networks that you use;
  • Respect the legal protection afforded by copyright, trademarks, license rights and other laws to materials accessible via our Service;
  • Respect the privacy of others;
  • Use the service in a manner which does not interfere with or disrupt other network users, services or equipment;
  • Refrain from acts that waste resources or prevent other users from receiving the full benefit of our Services; and
  • Ensure your use of our Services remains ethical and in accordance with accepted community standards.

It is not acceptable to use our Service(s) for the following non-exhaustive examples and you irrevocably agree that you will not use our Service(s) to:

  • Violate copyright or other intellectual property rights or publish any material that infringes any third party's intellectual property rights or any other rights;
  • Illegally store, use or distribute software;
  • Transmit threatening, obscene or offensive materials;
  • Engage in electronic 'stalking' or other forms of harassment such as using abusive or aggressive language;
  • Misrepresent or defame others;
  • Commit fraud;
  • Gain unauthorised access to any computing, information, or communications devices or resources, including but not limited to any machines accessible via the Internet;
  • Damage, modify or destroy the files, data, passwords, devices or resources of us, other users or third parties;
  • Engage in misleading or deceptive on-line marketing practices;
  • Conduct any business or activity or solicit the performance of any activity that is prohibited by law;
  • Make an unauthorised transmission of confidential information or material protected by trade secrets;
  • "Spam" or engage in "spamming" activities, or sending unsolicited commercial activities;
  • Engage obscene speech or materials, this includes, advertising, transmitting, storing, posting, displaying or otherwise making available; child pornography, offensive sexual content or materials or any other obscene speech or material;
  • Post or transmit defamatory, harassing, abusive or threatening language;
  • Create, distribute or provide information/data regarding internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mail-bombing or denial of service attacks;
  • Facilitate a violation of this clause and the relevant Acceptable Use Policy;
  • Perform any other action through utilization of any service which we deem unsatisfactory;
  • Run Proxy or any proxy related services; or
  • Use greater than 100,000 inodes (every file on your hosting account uses 1 inode), or create file system damage by the rapid creation of large volumes of files.

You must at all times comply with law. You irrevocably agree that you will also be in breach of this Agreement on violation of state, federal or international laws.

You irrevocably agree that any breach of this clause can result in immediate suspension or termination of services and loss of all data held on provided services, and you release us, our staff and our suppliers of any liability resulting in such instances.

6.0 Liability & indemnity

You expressly and irrevocably agree to indemnify and keep indemnified and hold us harmless from and against any claim brought against us, by a third party resulting from the provision or use of Services, and in respect of all losses, costs, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses), or liabilities, whatsoever suffered and howsoever incurred by us in consequence of your breach or non-observance of these terms.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE HEREBY EXCLUDE ALL CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES NOT EXPRESSLY SET OUT HEREIN. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, WE MAKE OR GIVE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY US, OUR RESELLERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES HEREBY GIVEN.

You expressly and irrevocably agree that our total aggregate liability to you for any proven losses, damages and claims in connection with the provision or use of Services or this Agreement, including liability for breach of contract, negligence, tort, or any other common law or statutory action, shall be limited to the charges paid to us by you in respect of the Services which are the subject of any such claim. You agree to defend, indemnify and keep indemnified and hold us harmless from any of the following, non-exhaustive, examples:

  • Loss of business, contracts, profits or anticipated savings;
  • Other indirect or consequential or economic loss whatsoever;
  • Loss of data or inability to retrieve data resulting from delays, software incompatibility, hardware or software issues, outages, failed deliveries, and any service interruption not caused by us;
  • Injury to person or property allegedly caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with us;
  • Negligence, misconduct, or breach of this agreement by you;
  • Incomplete, inadequate or otherwise problematic use of any Services by you;
  • Omission or failure by you to obtain appropriate advice, including legal advice, in respect of any Services or this Agreement prior to making a purchase;
  • Incomplete, inadequate or lack of knowledge and experience necessary for use of any Services;
  • Allegation that your account infringes a third person's copyright, trademark, or intellectual property right, or misappropriates a third person's trade secrets due to the information you have provided us, and
  • Damages including but not limited to indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages allegedly arising out of, resulting from, incidental to, or in connection with this Agreement or Services.

You understand that should we be notified of pending legal action, we may seek written confirmation from you concerning your obligation to indemnify us under this Agreement in accordance with these terms, and you expressly and irrevocably agree that failure to provide such confirmation may be considered a further breach of this Agreement.

Where to do so is unlawful under any legislative provision ("Act") falling under the governing law of this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement excludes, restricts or modifies any condition, warranty or other obligation in relation to this Agreement and the Services and you. To the full extent permitted by law, where the benefit of a non-excludable condition, warranty or other obligation is conferred upon you pursuant to an Act falling under the governing law of this Agreement, our sole liability for breach of any such condition, warranty or other obligation, including any consequential loss which you may sustain or incur, shall be limited (except as otherwise specifically set forth herein) to either the supplying of the service/product again or payment of the cost of having the service/product supplied again.

You expressly and irrevocably agree that this clause survives the expiry and/or termination of Services or this Agreement.

Should any part of these terms be made invalid by relevant legislation, that wording shall be deemed to be omitted and the remainder of the terms shall remain in force.

7.0 Fees

The charges for our services are published on our web site. We maintain the ability to change them at will, however changes shall not be retrospective.

Charges for a service are those published at the time you request for the service. Special, promotional or bundled pricing for particular Services may be limited on a per year/member/email address basis; prices displayed after account login and prior to payment will indicate eligibility for such pricing. You agree to pay for all the services you request and/or use. Charges that you pay are non-refundable, except where we have expressly consented otherwise.

You agree that failure to pay or failure of payment being honoured will void your application and relieve us of any responsibility with regards to the provision of the services applied for.

You are solely responsible for the renewal of any held services with us. You acknowledge and agree that we may, at our discretion, choose to send notification of expiry but are not obliged to do so, but that it is your responsibility to ensure that your electronic contact address is valid, active and correct. You hereby agree that we cannot and shall not be held responsible for any loss/suspension/termination of any service arising from a failure to renew your services.

Indicative renewal fees are published on our website. There is no variation in post expiry renewal fees from pre expiry renewal fees.

8.0 Payment

You irrevocably agree and authorise that if any payment due from you to us is not received by the due date, that we may directly debit that payment using the credit card account details provided by you upon registration.

We are entitled to recover (on a full indemnity basis) any costs, fees and charges (including legal costs) incurred in recovering any amounts owed to us by you. Without limitation to the above, we may charge an administration fee for any dishonoured cheques.

You acknowledge that should we not receive renewal payment prior to the date of expiry we reserve the right to suspend services immediately without notice. We may provide a 30-day grace period whereby we will hold your information and data on our servers. Should this period expire without payment, we reserve the right to purge all data pertaining to your account with us without liability whatsoever.

9.0 Merchant Facilities

We use a range of merchant facilities to process payments for our products and services. Our available payment methods include VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Paypal, AliPay and Stripe. In some instances we offer wire/bank transfer.

We endeavour to offer payment methods to suit you and your market however we cannot make any guarantees or assurances that your chosen payment method is available or does not incur additional fees with your chosen financial institution.

10.0 Pricing

All pricing is displayed exclusive on applicable taxes and surcharges. Any applicable amounts will be included in the total amount prior to order completion. By proceeding with order completion you irrevocably agree and authorise to the displayed amount being either drawn from the selected payment method or required to be processed by you as a manual payment (e.g wire transfer).

All pricing is displayed in the New Zealand currency noted on the page being viewed. It is your responsibility to ensure that the currency indicated is of your personal preference. Via our financial institutions we will make every effort to ensure that your payment is processed in the currency selected. This may not be available from time to time and payment may be processed in another currency based on live foreign exchange rates. We shall not be held liable for any additional charges or perceivable losses incurred as a result of exchange rates, commissions, credit card fees or any other loss imposed by neither our nor your financial institution. You agree to waive any and all claims based upon such instances (including any and all claims for a refund based on the foregoing).

11.0 Applicable Taxes

As aforementioned, taxes (amount and type of tax) may be applied to your order should they be applicable. This can occur due to, but not limited to, the following circumstances; your geographical location, nature of order (business or personal) and/or product/service ordered. Applicable taxes can be applied regardless of the selected currency.

Depending on the aforementioned circumstances, you may or may not be asked to provide additional information regarding your account and the details that are associated to the account and the products/services that are being rendered.

If you indicate, or it is deemed that you are operating as a business, company or corporation, you'll be responsible for self-assessing and paying your own applicable taxes at the standard regional rates, should this be required under local legislation. Upon request you will be required to provide either on or post account application the following (but not limited to) information:

  • Your entity name and if applicable, number
  • Your applicable Tax ID (e.g GST Number, VAT Number)
  • The nature of your business

If you indicated, or it is deemed that you are operating the account for personal use, your account and orders may be subject to applicable taxes at the current local rate required by your local legislation. If you indicate that your account is personal, we reserve the right to review and assess your account and if deemed necessary, change your account to business at our sole discretion. We may, but are not obliged to, contact you to advice of this change and/or request further information regarding the nature of your account.

In accordance with applicable legislation, it is your responsibility to ensure that any and all tax requirements are met at your sole responsibility. cannot and will not give any advice about applicable taxes. Should you have doubts or queries regarding applicable taxes you should contact your tax advisor or applicable revenue commissioner.

You may, at any time contact us with regards to the nature of your account or make these changes via your Account Manager. We reserve the right to review provided information or request further information if necessary. By changing the status of your account you may be eligible for an account credit based on incorrectly applied taxes, however we are not obliged to do so.

Any applicable taxes charged will not only be indicated prior to payment processing but will be included in any completed invoices.

12.0 Automatic Renewal Service Agreement

Your purchase includes an opt-in enrolment in our automatic renewal service. This keeps your products and services up and running by automatically charging the then-current renewal fees to your payment method on file just before they're set to expire, with no further action on your part. We may, but are not obliged to, issue notification to the contact details on file advising of the impending auto-renewal. You may cancel this service at any time by contacting us at info@threeconnects.co.nz. You may also receive a notice to the email address on file ahead of auto renewal processing. Any cancellations of auto renewal must be actioned 7 calendar day ahead of auto renewal date. By opting in, or not opting out of auto renewal, you agree to be bound by all applicable terms, conditions, policies and procedures which apply to product renewed as they are published within this document.

13.0 Payment Chargebacks
You irrevocably agree that:
  • You cannot seek to reverse a payment (chargeback) in your favour.
  • We may hold you to the transaction, resist the chargeback, and charge you reasonable costs for doing so.
  • We hold the right to suspend and/or cancel your service and decline you from any further services until all applicable costs have been paid.
  • We reserve the right to engage the services of a debt collection agency should the above costs not be paid, and
  • You will be charged for collection costs in addition to applicable costs in the event that we exercise the right to engage he services of a debt collection agency should the above costs not be paid.
14.0 General privacy policy
This policy governs the use and disclosure by us of personal information of our users and outlines how users can access that information. It is only applicable on the assumption that:
  • You provide us with all information marked as compulsory on the relevant application forms
  • You warrant that all information provided to us is complete, accurate and up to date at all times

Click here to view Privacy Policy

15.0 Notification
You irrevocably agree that we may provide notification or communication by:
  • Emailing the notice or hyperlink to a webpage that contains the notice, to the most recent electronic contact address supplied to us;
  • Calling the most recent number supplied to us;
  • Ordinary mail/hand delivery to the most recent postal address supplied to us; or
  • Any other method permitted by law.
16.0 Right to deny
In addition to any other options, we may, in our discretion, without notice, refuse to supply, cancel, suspend or transfer any service should we believe it is necessary to protect the integrity, stability and security of us, the Site, or our affiliates/agents; or at the request of any law enforcement agency; or pending any applicable dispute resolution process or in effort to avoid potential liability, civil or criminal, on our part.
17.0 Amendments to Agreement
Although it is highly unlikely, this policy may be changed at any time at our discretion. If we should update this policy, we will post the updates to this page on our Website. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy please direct them to: info@threeconnects.co.nz
18.0 Waiver
A waiver by us of a provision or right under this agreement is binding on it only if it is given in writing and signed by our authorised officer. A waiver is effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. Failure by us to exercise or delay in exercising a right under this agreement does not prevent our exercise of the same right at a later date, at any time, or operate as a waiver of our rights in the matter.
19.0 Reasonable Control
We are not responsible for any delay in performing or failure to perform any obligation to you as a result of any matter beyond our reasonable control.
20.0 Applicable law and entirety of Agreement
You expressly and irrevocably agree that:
  • This Agreement is governed by the law of the New Zealand, and embodies the entire understanding and agreement between the parties, and supersedes all prior agreements (written and oral), understandings and representations, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement;
  • We may amend these terms at any time in accordance with clause 17.0, and such amendments will become effective in accordance with that clause following which if you continue to use the services, you are deemed to have agreed to be bound by those amendments. It is your responsibility to review our website periodically to ascertain whether these terms have been changed;
  • No variations may be made to this Agreement unless it is in writing and signed by our authorised representative; and
  • Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause.