Mad Hippo Media Terms of Service

Privacy

Mad Hippo Media , LLC will not sell, distribute, reveal, or otherwise make available any customer information. We contribute a great amount of time and help to anti-spam organizations. Should we need to contact you directly regarding your specific account or service we will do so via email only.

Payments

All payments will be charged to an approved credit card (Visa or Mastercard) or debit card that is approved. Accounts 15 days past due will incurr a $10.00 USD late fee charge. We only accept credit cards and check (debit) cards for payment of online services. Yearly plans renew automatically and payments will incur unless you submit proper cancelation of your account. In the event that your yearly charge is denied and we are unable to contact you, then the aforementioned fees to enable your account shall apply. Monthly payments will incur unless you submit proper cancelation of your account. Please address any questions regarding payment to our accounting department via our HelpDesk.

Cancellations

If you wish to cancel your services, you must file your request via our cancellation form 5 business days prior to your renewal date. If your notice of cancellation is not received within this time frame, you will be liable for payment of the proceeding month/year and hereby agree to complete payment as invoiced accordingly.

Link to cancellation form

Overage Charges

Our hosting plans are designed to accommodate the majority of usage scenarios given the needs of our customers. However, your usage may vary and require additional allocations, specifically in the areas of storage and traffic. We will never charge your card automatically if your account requires more resources. You must keep your email address updated within your cPanel, so that you may receive an email when your account reaches certain limits determined solely by our system, ie. bandwidth exceedment warning at 80% at which time you may contact us to purchase a higher transfer quota for your account. If you do not contact us, the system will suspend your site if your allotments exceed.

Refunds/Account Termination

If, for any reason outside of our service level agreement restrictions, Mad Hippo Media fails to deliver said services, a prorated credit can be issued upon request. No credits will be issued if abuse of our stated policies forces Mad Hippo Media to suspend or terminate your services prematurely. In the event you request account cancellation, once your service has been cancelled your account will be suspended from use. It will then be deleted within 30 days.

Cancellations of accounts pre-paid for on a monthly basis will not receive a credit/refund for the remainder of the billing period, therefore we encourge to only submit cancellation when the account will no longer be used. Cancellations of accounts pre-paid on a yearly basis will only receive a pro-rated credit, not a refund, based on the monthly rate of the same hosting plan, where any applicable credits will be issued to the client account and can be used to purchase other services/products by client at anytime. All add-on service payments are non-refundable as they are included only during the life of the hosting plan. If for any other reason your account becomes suspended and remains suspended it will be deleted after a 30-day period.

Content

Mad Hippo Media, LLC believes in freedom of speech; however, any content (written, visual, or implied) in the following areas will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate suspension of service (in most cases customer will be allowed a zip file of their account): racism or prejudice due to color, creed, or belief; any violent/malicious/obscene content written, visual or implied. We will not tolerate any type of hate site including terrorist related websites on our network. If we receive notice that there is such a hate site hosted within our network, the customer hosting the material will be notified immediately. They are required to remove the content within a certain timeframe or will face account suspension and/or termination.

We prefer that you self-govern your content and remain responsible and all-knowing of your website publically provides. Even if other users have access to your account, you are responsible for their actions. The resources and time needed to govern our servers by checking each website individualy, which have growing and evolving content, is impossible. However, if Mad Hippo Media, LLC is made aware of any questionable content on a Mad Hippo Media hosted site, we will address the concerns immediately and directly with you to seek an amiable resolution. If any person contacts us about content they have found on a Mad Hippo Media server that copyrights their own material or that they wish to be removed, we require a proper DMCA notice to begin investigation.

Liabilities

Mad Hippo Media, LLC, makes no endorsement, claims, or promises regarding the services offered by our customers and will not be held liable for any disputes or claims against said customers. In no event shall Mad Hippo Media, LLC be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special and exemplary damages, or any damages whatsoever, arising from the use or performance of a customer web site or from any information, services or products provided through a customer web site. If there is questionable content on any server in our network, we will not take any action against any material or action until the website is brought to our attention by emailing our abuse department at abuse(@madhippo.com).