This agreement represents the complete agreement and understanding between IdeaOne and the account holder (hereinafter called Customer) and supersedes any other written or oral agreement. Upon notice published on-line via IdeaOne services, IdeaOne may modify these terms and conditions, amplify them, and/or modify the prices, as well as discontinue or change services offered.

If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please notify our Billing Department at 1-877-433-2663 or 701-356-6062 so we can initiate a closure of your account. USE OF SERVICES shall constitute your approval.

Upon approval of these terms and conditions, IdeaOne reserves the right to take any necessary actions (including, but not limited to, temporary suspension of the Customer’s service) without notice should the Customer fail to comply with any policy set forth.

1. Use of IdeaOne's facilities to commit network abuse (including, but not limited to, denial of service attacks such as ping bombing, email bombing, "smurf", "winnuke", "land", "teardrop", etc.) or otherwise compromise the security of hosts or networks is prohibited.
2. Should the account holder become the target of a network attack, IdeaOne reserves the right to take any necessary actions (including, but not limited to, temporary suspension of the account holder's service) required to return server or network operation to normal.
3. Use of IdeaOne services is at the account holder's sole risk. IdeaOne does not warrant either the results to be obtained from the service or that the service will be uninterrupted or error free. IdeaOne's services are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Neither IdeaOne nor anyone else involved in creating, producing, or delivering IdeaOne services shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of the use of IdeaOne, the inability to use IdeaOne, or any breach of any warranty. The provisions of this paragraph will survive termination of this agreement.
4. The account holder will indemnify and hold harmless IdeaOne against any loss, damage, cost and expense which IdeaOne may incur or become liable for by reason of claims or actions for libel, violation of privacy rights, plagiarism, copyright infringement, trademark or trade name infringement, domain name disputes, and claims arising in connection with data transmitted pursuant to the terms and provisions of this agreement and any claims or suits resulting from the account holder's use of the service including, without limitation, the expense and cost of defending any and all such claims and actions, except where such claims result solely from the negligence of IdeaOne's failure to perform its obligations under this agreement. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive termination of this agreement.
5. If IdeaOne is informed of illegal content or alleged copyright or trademark infringement involving an account, IdeaOne will attempt to notify the account holder of those allegations and secure a response. IdeaOne may, in its sole discretion, remove or terminate the account containing, on a temporary or permanent basis, materials which IdeaOne believes are illegal or may create, constitute, or contribute to copyright or trademark infringements. Account holder expressly waives the right to assert any claims against IdeaOne for any such removal or termination.
6. Data stored or transmitted must be legal under all applicable US laws. The account holder is solely responsible for determining the legality of their data, which is stored or transmitted.
7. IdeaOne makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, for the service it is providing. IdeaOne also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. IdeaOne will not be responsible for damages the customer suffers. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, misdeliveries, or service interruptions caused by its own negligence, subscriber's errors or omissions, or due to the fault of third parties.
8. Services provided to the Customer by IdeaOne may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission or publication of any information, data or material in violation of any U.S. Federal or state regulation or law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trade secret or any other statute, threatening material or obscene material. IdeaOne reserves the right to remove any and all materials which infringe on copyright work. Such materials will be removed at any time upon receiving a complaint and or notice of copyright infringement.
9. Customer agrees to defend, hold harmless and expeditiously indemnify IdeaOne from any liability, claim, loss, damage or expense arising out of the indemnifying party's breach or violation of any covenant contained in this Policy and resulting from the Customer's use of the service.
10. IdeaOne accounts cannot be transferred or used by anyone other than the subscriber. Customers may not sell, lease, rent or assign the connection or parts of the connection to any party not named in this Policy. Customer may allow ftp access to its server and host web sites for its customers without violating this Policy. Network bandwidth charges in excess of allocated amount will be assessed from log reports.
11. IdeaOne reserves the right to cancel service for any reason without prior notice. In case of cancellation, unused fees may be returned to the subscriber on a pro-rata basis. Fees for setup and the first month's service are not refundable. IdeaOne will not be liable for any damages or harm to the account holder resulting from such termination.
12. Setup fees are not refundable.
13. Customer agrees not to transmit, promote, or otherwise make available any software, product or service that is either illegal or designed to violate this Agreement. Such software, products or services include, but are not limited to, programs designed to send unsolicited advertisements (i.e. "spamware") and services, which send unsolicited advertisements.
14. IdeaOne requires that its agreements be made with a person who is qualified to contract. As such, subscriber must be over the age of eighteen (18) years. Otherwise, a parent or guardian must accept this agreement and enclose the proper payment. IdeaOne cannot accept payments from persons who are not at least eighteen (18) years of age, nor can we accept agreements from persons who are not at least eighteen (18) years of age.
15. Customer shall ensure that its use of IdeaOne's network services shall not disrupt IdeaOne, its associated networks or equipment forming part of the systems. Customers shall not transmit any communication where the meaning of the message, or its transmission or distribution, would violate any applicable law or regulation or would likely be offensive to the recipient thereof. No message may be mass distributed, broadcast," or otherwise sent on an intrusive basis to any IdeaOne user or to any directly or indirectly attached network. Use of IdeaOne's connection in a manner that is disruptive, damaging, unlawful, offensive, or intrusive as determined by IdeaOne shall be considered a breach of this Policy and may result in cancellation of service. This prohibition extends to sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another service which in any way implicates the use of IdeaOne's service, IdeaOne's equipment or any site hosted on any IdeaOne network.
16. If IdeaOne becomes aware of material that could be infringing on a third party's copyright, it will initiate an investigation. To conduct an investigation of copyright infringement, the Complainant must submit at least two items. First, Complainant must submit a claim in writing with the applicable copyright or trademark registration number and a copy of the underlying copyrighted work along with the Customer's materials. Second, Complainant must offer a good faith certification signed under penalty of perjury. This certification must state that the work is the property of the Complainant, that the work has been copied and that use of the work is not defensible with this information in-hand, IdeaOne, at its discretion, may, at any time deny access to the challenged material of Customer.
17. Use of other organizations' networks or computing resources is subject to their respective permission and usage policies.
18. Although all hosting plans permit unlimited data transfer, each plan is subject to a surcharge in the event usage exceeds the allotted free bandwidth for that plan. Customer is responsible for charges related to bandwidth exceeding the plan's allotted data transfer.
19. Any party seeking to report any other potential violations of this Agreement may contact IdeaOne via e-mail at abuse@ideaone.net.
20. Transferring your domain to another provider does not constitute canceling your IdeaOne account. You must notify IdeaOne to formally cancel your account with IdeaOne to avoid further charges.
21. It is the responsibility of the customer to contact IdeaOne of any changes to their account, such as phone number, address, credit card information, etc. Customers will be required to provide verification for security purposes authorizing them to make any changes to that account.
22. Use of IdeaOne services indicates acceptance of the terms of this agreement by the account holder.