|
Read Terms of Service, Read Acceptable Use Policy
By signing up
for hosting services with our company, you agree to the
following Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service.
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Our Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is
provided to give our customers and users a clear
understanding of what we expect of them while using the
service. All users of our services: those who access
some of our Services but do not have accounts, as well
as those who pay a service fee to subscribe to the
Services, must comply with this AUP and our TOS (Terms
of Service).
Use of our Service constitutes acceptance and
agreement to The AUP as well as The TOS (Terms of
Service)
We support the uncensored flow of information and ideas
over the Internet and do not actively monitor subscriber
activity under normal circumstances. Similarly, we do
not exercise editorial control over the content of any
web site, e-mail transmission, newsgroups, or other
material created or accessible over or through the
services, except for certain proprietary Web sites.
However, in accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service),
we may remove any materials that, in our sole
discretion, may be illegal, may subject us to liability,
or which may violate this AUP. We may cooperate with
legal authorities and/or third parties in the
investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil
wrong doing. Your violation of this AUP may result in the
suspension or immediate termination of either your
account or other actions as detailed in Section 3
WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understanding
of our Acceptable Use Policy. The following are
guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of the
AUP:
- Ensure reliable service to our customers
- Ensure security and privacy of our systems and
network, as well as the networks and systems of
others
- Comply with existing laws
- Maintain our reputation as a responsible service
provider
- Encourage responsible use of the Internet and
discourage activities which reduce the usability and
value of Internet services
- Preserve the value of Internet resources as a
conduit for free expression and exchange of
information
- Preserve the privacy and security of individual
users
We intend to provide our customers
access to everything the Internet has to offer. While we
are firmly committed to the principles of free speech,
certain activities that may be damaging to the resources
of both us and the Internet and cannot be permitted
under the guise of free speech. The resources of us and
the Internet are limited, and abuse of these resources
by one user has a negative impact on the entire
community.
We do not routinely monitor the activity of accounts
except for measurements of system utilization and the
preparation of billing records. However, in our efforts
to promote good citizenship within the Internet
community, we will respond appropriately if we become
aware of inappropriate use of our service.
You may not use your dedicated rack or virtual site to
publish material, which we determine, at our sole
discretion, to be unlawful, indecent or objectionable.
For purposes of this policy, "material" refers to all
forms of communications including narrative
descriptions, graphics (including photographs,
illustrations, images, drawings, logos), executable
programs, video recordings, and audio recordings.
If an account is used to violate the Acceptable Use
Policy or our TOS, we reserve the right to terminate
your service without notice. We prefer to advise
customers of inappropriate behavior and any necessary
corrective action, however, flagrant violations of the
Acceptable Use Policy will result in immediate
termination of service. Our failure to enforce this
policy, for whatever reason, shall not be construed as a
waiver of our right to do so at any time.
As a member of our network community, you must use your
Internet access responsibly. If you have any questions
regarding this policy, please contact us.
VIOLATIONS OF The ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
-
Illegal use: Our services
may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support
of illegal activities. We reserve the right to
cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured
third parties in the investigation of any suspected
crime or civil wrongdoing.
-
Harm to minors: Use of our
service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any
way, including, but not limited to child
pornography.
-
Threats: Use of our
service to transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise) that threatens or
encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
-
Harassment: Use of our
service to transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise) that harasses
another.
-
Fraudulent activity: Use
of our service to make fraudulent offers to sell or
buy products, items, or services, or to advance any
type of financial scam such as "pyramid schemes,"
"ponzi schemes," and "chain letters."
-
Forgery or impersonation:
Adding, removing or modifying identifying network
header information in an effort to deceive or
mislead is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate any
person by using forged headers or other identifying
infrmation is prohibited. The use of anonymous
remailers or nicknames does not constitute
impersonation.
-
Unsolicited commercial e-mail
/ Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM): Use of our
service to transmit any unsolicited commercial or
unsolicited bulk e-mail is expressly prohibited.
Violations of this type will result in the immediate
termination of the offending account.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY, anyone hosting
websites or services on their server that support
spammers or cause any of our IP space to be listed
in any of the various Spam Databases will have their
server immediately removed from our network. The
server will not be reconnected until such time that
you agree to remove ANY and ALL traces
of the offending material immediately upon
reconnection and agree to allow us access to the
server to confirm that all material has been
COMPLETELY removed. Severe violations may result
in immediate and permanent removal of the server
from our network without notice to the customer. Any
server guilty of a second violation WILL be
immediately and permanently removed from our network
without notice.
-
E-mail / News Bombing: Malicious intent
to impede another person’s use of electronic mail
services or news will result in the immediate
termination of the offending account.
-
E-mail / Message Forging:
Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any
electronic transmission, originating or passing
through our service is in violation of this AUP.
-
Usenet SPAMing: We have a
zero tolerance policy for the use of its network for
the posting of messages or commercial
advertisements, which violate the rules,
regulations, FAQ or charter of any newsgroups or
mailing list. Commercial messages that are
appropriate under the rules of a newsgroup or
mailing list or that are solicited by the recipients
are permitted.
-
Unauthorized access: Use
of our service to access, or to attempt to access,
the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt
to penetrate, security measures of ours or another
entity’s computer software or hardware, electronic
communications system, or telecommunications system,
whether or not the intrusion results in the
corruption or loss of data, is expressly prohibited
and the offending account is subject to immediate
termination.
-
Copyright or trademark
infringement: Use of the service to transmit any
material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or
otherwise) that infringes any copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
any third party, including, but not limited to, the
unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, the
digitization and distribution of photographs from
magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and
the unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted
software.
-
Collection of personal data:
Use of the service to collect, or attempt to
collect, personal information about third parties
without their knowledge or consent.
-
Network disruptions and
unfriendly activity: Use of the service for any
activity which affects the ability of other people
or systems to use our Services or the Internet. This
includes "denial of service" (DOS) attacks against
another network host or individual user.
Interference with or disruption of other network
users, services or equipment is prohibited. It is
the Member’s responsibility to ensure that their
network is configured in a secure manner. A
Subscriber may not, through action or inaction,
allow others to use their network for illegal or
inappropriate actions. A Subscriber may not permit
their network, through action or inaction, to be
configured in such a way that gives a third party
the capability to use their network in an illegal or
inappropriate manner. Unauthorized entry and/or use
of another company and/or individual’s computer
system will result in immediate account termination.
We will not tolerate any subscriber attempting to
access the accounts of others, or penetrate security
measures of other systems, whether or not the
intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
-
Fraud: Involves a knowing
misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing
or activity made with the intent that the person
receiving it will act upon it.
-
Infringement of Copyright,
Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, or Intellectual
Property Right: Distribution and/or posting of
copyrighted or the aforementioned infringements will
not be tolerated.
-
Distribution of Viruses:
Intentional distributions of software that attempts
to and/or causes damage, harassment, or annoyance to
persons, data, and/or computer systems are
prohibited. Such an offense will result in the
immediate termination of the offending account.
-
Inappropriate Use of Software:
Use of software or any device that would facilitate
a continued connection, i.e. pinging, while using
our services could result in suspension of service.
-
Third Party Accountability:
Our subscribers will be held responsible and
accountable for any activity by third parties, using
their account, that violates guidelines created
within the Acceptable Use Policy.
-
Violation Of our Virtual
Accounts: It is absolutely forbidden to host
pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual
Server Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts found
hosting this material will be subject to immediate
cancellation without refund.
-
IRC networks: It is
absolutely forbidden to host an IRC server that is
part of or connected to another IRC network or
server. Servers found to be connecting to or part of
these networks will be immediately removed from our
network without notice. The server will not be
reconnected to the network until such time that you
agree to completely remove any and all traces of the
irc server, and agree to let us have access to your
server to confirm that the content has been
completely removed. Any server guilty of a second
violation will result in immediate account
termination.
-
Accounts:
Accounts are not to be used to host a collection of
MP3’s, Warez, or to Backup Your Home Computer. These
accounts may also not be used as a download
distribution point for your bundled software. It is
to be used for standard web practices and only
standard web practices. If you have a questionable
concern please contact us. If you know your site is
going to use an un-normal usage, and sign up knowing
this, we will require you to get a dedicated server.
If you have any questions in regards to this please
contact us. Un-Normal usage is anything that a
shared server would not be able to provide. Again,
contact us for approval if you feel you will fall
into this clause.
-
Streaming Video and Audio:
Streaming Video and Audio is not permitted on our
servers. You must zip the content to prevent this if
you wish to have it hosted, and as everything else
this content must be legal content and can not have
someone else’s copyright.
-
Egg Drop - Egg Drop
Scripts are Not allowed, These are grounds for
immediate account deletion without a refund.
-
Legal - If it is not legal
in the United States of America, It is not permitted
to reside on our server. If found, the account will
be suspended.
-
Adult Material - Adult
Material is not allowed, unless specified in your
package deal or in the auction you may have bought
from. Sites that contain adult material that is not
on an adult approved server/package, will be suspended.
-
Chinese Forums - Chinese
Forums are not allowed on our network. These sites
require to much CPU usage. They almost require a
dedicated server to run properly. If they are found
on any server we will suspend them, and charge an
admin fee if they are the cause of a CPU
overloaded. Admin charges are usually about 25$ Per
Hour.
-
ANIME - Anime Sites are
not allowed on our network. If an Anime Site is
found we will terminate the account. These sites are
not allowed on the server because about 95% of them
are illegal.
Security
You are responsible for any misuse of your account, even
if the inappropriate activity was committed by a friend,
family member, guest or employee. Therefore, you must
take steps to ensure that others do not gain
unauthorized access to your account. In addition, you
may not use your account to breach security of another
account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to
another network or server.
-
Your password provides access to
your account. It is your responsibility to keep your
password secure.
-
Sharing your password and account
access with unauthorized users is prohibited. You
should take care to prevent others from using your
account since you will be held responsible for such
use.
-
Attempting to obtain another
user’s account password is strictly prohibited, and
may result in termination of service.
-
You must adopt adequate security
measures to prevent or minimize unauthorized use of
your account.
-
You may not attempt to circumvent
user authentication or security of any host, network
or account. This includes, but is not limited to,
accessing data not intended for you, logging into or
making use of a server or account you are not
expressly authorized to access, or probing the
security of other networks. Use or distribution of
tools designed for compromising security is
prohibited. Examples of these tools include, but are
not limited to, password guessing programs, cracking
tools or network probing tools.
-
You may not attempt to interfere
with service to any user, host or network ("denial
of service attacks"). This includes, but is not
limited to, "flooding" of networks, deliberate
attempts to overload a service, and attempts to
"crash" a host.
-
Users who violate systems or
network security may incur criminal or civil
liability. We will cooperate fully with
investigations of violations of systems or network
security at other sites, including cooperating with
law enforcement authorities in the investigation of
suspected criminal violations.
Network Performance
Our accounts operate on shared
resources. Excessive use or abuse of these shared
network resources by one customer may have a negative
impact on all other customers. Misuse of network
resources in a manner which impairs network performance
is prohibited by this policy and may result in
termination of your account.
You are prohibited from excessive consumption of
resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space and
session time. You may not use resource-intensive
programs which negatively impact other customers or the
performances of our systems or networks. We reserve the
right to terminate or limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF The AUP
We request that anyone who believes that there is a
violation of this AUP direct the information to us by
email immediately.
If available, please provide the following information:
-
The IP address used to commit the
alleged violation
-
The date and time of the alleged
violation, including the time zone or offset from
GMT
-
Evidence of the alleged violation
E-mail with full header information
provides all of the above, as do system log files. Other
situations will require different methods of providing
the above information. We may take any one or more of
the following actions in response to complaints:
-
Issue written or verbal warnings
-
Suspend the Member’s newsgroup
posting privileges
-
Suspend the Member’s account
-
Terminate the Member’s account
-
Bill the Member for
administrative costs and/or reactivation charges
-
Bring legal action to enjoin
violations and/or to collect damages, if any, cause
by violations
REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
We reserve the right to revise,
amend, or modify this AUP, our TOS (Terms of Service)
and our other policies and agreements at any time and in
any manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or
modification will be posted in accordance with our TOS
(Terms of Service).
|