Terms & Conditions

Important Terms & Conditions

By placing an order with Netens Technologies, you confirm that you are in agreement with and bound by the terms and conditions below.

Definitions:

The Client: The company or individual requesting the services of Netens Technologies.

Netens Technologies: Primary designer/site owner & employees or affiliates.

General

Netens Technologies will carry out work only where an agreement is provided either by email, telephone, mail or fax. Netens Technologies will carry out work only for clients who are 18 years of age or above. An 'order' is deemed to be a written or verbal contract between Netens Technologies and the client, this includes telephone and email agreements.

Website Design & Development

Whilst every endeavor will be made to ensure that the website and any scripts or programs are free of errors, Netens Technologies cannot accept responsibility for any losses incurred due to malfunction, the website or any part of it.

The website, graphics and any programming code remain the property of Netens Technologies until all outstanding accounts are paid in full.

Any scripts, cgi applications, php scripts, or software (unless specifically agreed) written by Netens Technologies remain the copyright of Netens Technologies and may only be commercially reproduced or resold with the permission of Netens Technologies.

Netens Technologies cannot take responsibility for any copyright infringements caused by materials submitted by the client. We reserve the right to refuse any material of a copyrighted nature unless adequate proof is given of permission to use such material.

Any additions to the brief will be carried out at the discretion of Netens Technologies and where no charge is made by Netens Technologies for such additions, Netens Technologies accept no responsibility to ensure such additions are error free and reserve the right to charge an according amount for any correction to these or further additions.

The client agrees to make available as soon as is reasonably possible to Netens Technologies all materials required to complete the site to the agreed standard and within the set deadline.

Netens Technologies will not be liable for costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the failure to meet agreed deadlines.

Netens Technologies will not be liable or become involved in any disputes between the site owner and their clients and cannot be held responsible for any wrongdoing on the part of a site owner. eg. Any disputes re content/images that have been provided to us for inclusion on the site.

Netens Technologies will not be liable for any costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the work carried out on behalf of the client or any of the clients appointed agents.

Netens Technologies will not be liable for any costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the unavailability of the site, its servers, software or any material provided by its agents.

A deposit of 50% is required with any standard project and 40% for database driven projects before any design work will be carried out. This figure may be higher for websites of an adult nature and is non-refundable. Maintenance charges are 30% of the total website amount and it includes minor changes that can be made within 15-30 minutes like changes of text or pictures of same size etc. and major changes like addition of new page, etc will be charged extra.

Once a website has been designed and completed the final balance of payment is then due in accordance with our payment terms. There are no exceptions to this, i.e If the client decides they no longer want the site, as they have commissioned the work and paid a deposit they are still obliged to pay for the work that has been done. Non payment will result in legal action being taken if necessary.

Database, Application and E-Commerce Development

Netens Technologies cannot take responsibility for any losses incurred by the use of any software created for the client. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure products are problem free and accurate, the ultimate responsibility lies with the client in ensuring that all software is functioning correctly before use.

Any scripts, applications or software (unless specifically agreed) written by Netens Technologies remain the copyright of Netens Technologies and may only be commercially reproduced or resold with the permission of Netens Technologies.

Where applications or sites are developed on servers not recommended by Netens Technologies, the client is expected to provide or seek any information, additional software, support or co-operation pertaining to the server required in order for the application to be correctly developed. Where large applications are to be developed, it is the client's responsibility to provide a suitable testing environment which is identical to the final production environment.

The client is expected to test fully any application or programming relating to a site developed by Netens Technologies before being made generally available for use. Where "bugs", errors or other issues are found after the site is live, Netens Technologies will endeavor (but is not obliged to) to correct these issues to meet the standards of function outlined in the brief

Compatibility

Netens Technologies will endeavor to ensure that any developed/designed site or application will function correctly on the server it is initially installed in and that it will function correctly when viewed with the web browsing software Google Chrome and to an acceptable level with Mozilla browsers. Netens Technologies can offer no guarantees of correct function with all browser software.

Website Hosting

Whilst Netens Technologies recommends hosting companies to host websites, no guarantees can be made as to the availability or interruption of this service by Netens Technologies cannot accept liability for losses caused by the unavailability, malfunction or interruption of this service, or for loss of turnover, sales, revenue, profits or indirect, consequential or special loss.

Netens Technologies reserves the right to refuse to handle in any way, material which may be deemed offensive, illegal or in any way controversial, and also to terminate the free hosting service should the necessity arise.

Payment of Accounts

A deposit is required from any new client before any work is carried out. It is the Netens Technologies policy that any outstanding accounts for work carried out by Netens Technologies or its affiliates are required to be paid in full, no later than 30 days from the date of the invoice unless by prior arrangement with Netens Technologies.

Once a deposit is paid and work completed you are obliged to pay the balance of payment in full. We will contact clients via email and telephone to remind them of such payments if they are not received when due.

If accounts are not settled or Netens Technologies have not been contacted regarding the delay, access to the related website may be denied and web pages removed, we will then pass such cases to the Delhi Courts to pursue payment. All disputes will be settled in Delhi Courts only.

Following consistent non payment of an invoice our Solicitors will contact the client in question, with a view to taking the matter further and if need be to seek payment through legal procedures, and if necessary court summons.

Complaints Procedure

Informal procedure

Anyone who experiences a problem with their web service provided by Netens Technologies should raise the matter directly using our online contact form to do so, giving sufficient information to locate the material (such as an url) and clearly outlining the grounds for complaint.

Netens Technologies will approach the individual responsible for the material in question with a view to resolving the matter to the satisfaction of the complainant.

Formal procedure

The formal complaints procedure should only be used where the complainant feels that the nature of the complaint is too serious to be dealt with informally, or where a satisfactory conclusion has not been reached after following the informal procedure.

A formal complaint should be made in writing to Netens Technologies, who will acknowledge receipt and ensure that the matter is looked into as soon as possible.

An initial response to any complaint can be expected within seven days of its receipt; a full and considered response to the complaint should be completed within 30 days and any subsequent remedy implemented with the minimum of delay.