Webmaintainers Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is provided
to give our customers and users a clear understanding of what Webmaintainer
expects of them while using the service. All users of Webmaintainers Internet
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 Webmaintainer Service constitutes acceptance
and agreement to Webmaintainers AUP as well as Webmaintainers TOS (Terms
of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments To Webmaintainer
Are Non-Refundable*
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.
Webmaintainer may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties
in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrongdoing.
Your violation of this AUP may result in the suspension or immediate termination
of either your Webmaintainer account or other actions as detailed in Section
3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understand of Webmaintainers
Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines for the establishment
and enforcement of Webmaintainers 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
Webmaintainer intends to provide its customers
access to everything the Internet has to offer. While the Webmaintainer
is firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain activities
that may be damaging to the resources of both the Webmaintainer and the
Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise of free speech. The resources
of the Webmaintainer 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 Webmaintainer.com determines, at its 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 a Webmaintainer 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 at abuse@Webmaintainer.com.
VIOLATIONS OF Webmaintainer ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
Illegal use: Webmaintainers
services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal
activities. Webmaintainer reserves 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
the Webmaintainer service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any
way, including, but not limited to child pornography.
Threats: Use of the Webmaintainer
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 the
Webmaintainer service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading,
posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
Fraudulent activity:
Use of Webmaintainer 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 the Webmaintainer 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 Webmaintainer 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 persons
use of electronic mail services or news will result in the immediate
termination of the offending Webmaintainer account.
E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any message header, in part
or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through
the Webmaintainer service is in violation of this AUP.
Usenet SPAMing: Webmaintainer has 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 the Webmaintainer service to access,
or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate, security measures of Webmaintainers or another
entitys 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
Webmaintainer account is subject to immediate termination.
Copyright or trademark infringement: Use of the Webmaintainer
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 Webmaintainer 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 Webmaintainer
service for any activity which affects the ability of other people or
systems to use Webmaintainer 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 Members 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 individuals computer system will result in immediate account
termination. Webmaintainer 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
Webmaintainer services could result in suspension service.
Third Party Accountability: Webmaintainer 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 Webmaintainer 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.
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 users 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. Webmaintainer 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
Webmaintainer 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
Webmaintainer systems or networks. Webmaintainer reserves the right to terminate
or limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF Webmaintainer
AUP
Webmaintainer requests that anyone
who believes that there is a violation of this AUP direct the information
to the Abuse Department at abuse@Webmaintainer.com.
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. Webmaintainer
may take any one or more of the following actions in response to complaints:
Issue written or verbal warnings
Suspend the Members newsgroup posting privileges
Suspend the Members account
Terminate the Members 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
Webmaintainer reserves 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).
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