Website hosting agreement for Scotland

About these documents:
For a host company: these documents are vital for a sound relationship between you and your client. You need to be protected fully.
For a client, web site hosting usually turns into a long-term affair. As the value of your web site increases, you will want to know that it is in every way “safe”. The terms and conditions in these documents help you to get the contract right.

Who will use these documents?

• any person or company who wants to place their web site with a host who will provide Internet access;
• any person or company who operates a web site hosting business;
• any person or company who wants to place their own hardware installation with a co-location host who will provide Internet access.

Key features:

• non-partisan agreement to protect both clients and hosts. This agreement will be preferred by hosting customers, because standard form terms and conditions tend to be both inflexible and biased heavily in favour of the host;
• suitable for most small or medium sized web sites;
• suitable for hosting on either a shared or a dedicated server;
• protects both sides.

These documents include provisions for:

• the host's draft Acceptable Use Policy;
• draft schedule of services which could be included;
• system and network security;
• confidentiality and third party software rights;
• appropriate legal provisions - warranties, exclusions, indemnities, etc.