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Acceptable Use Policy
Important
Note: This document is updated often. Please
make a habit of reviewing it from time to
time to stay abreast of acceptable as well
as inappropriate uses of your INETHOSTCO
("INETHOSTCO") account. Reports
of activity in violation of this policy
may be sent via e-mail to support@inethostco.com
1. Introduction
When
you open your INETHOSTCO account, you join
the community that consists of all the networks
and users connected to each other to form
the Internet. Becoming a member of this
community gives you certain rights and privileges,
but also imposes certain duties and responsibilities.
INETHOSTCO has established an Acceptable
Use Policy in order to make these duties
and responsibilities more clear. This document
is intended to provide a general understanding
of INETHOSTCO's Acceptable Use Policy. The
following factors guide the establishment
and enforcement of INETHOSTCO's usage policies:
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
INETHOSTCO
intends to provide its customers access
to everything the Internet has to offer.
While INETHOSTCO is firmly committed to
the principles of free speech, certain activities
are damaging to the resources of both INETHOSTCO
and the Internet and cannot be permitted
under the guise of free speech. The resources
of INETHOSTCO 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.
If your account is used to violate the Acceptable
Use Policy, we reserve the right to terminate
your service without notice. We may also
suspend the account, restrict access to
it, or remove content from it if necessary
or appropriate. 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: support@inethostco.com
2. General Information
Your
INETHOSTCO account provides you access to
a vast collection of networks and services
around the world such as the World Wide
Web, electronic mail, and newsgroups. Your
use of these services is subject to the
following policy. Violations of this policy
may result in termination of your account
with or without notice in accordance with
the INETHOSTCO Service Agreement that you
accepted at the time you created your account.
In general, you may NOT use your INETHOSTCO
account: In a manner which violates any
law, regulation, treaty or tariff or infringes
on the legal rights of any third party;
In a manner which violates the rules, regulations
and policies of any network, server, web
site, database or service provider that
you access through your INETHOSTCO account;
In a manner which is defamatory, fraudulent,
indecent, offensive or deceptive;
To
threaten, harass, abuse or intimidate others;
To damage the name or reputation of INETHOSTCO,
its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries and
partners; To break security on any computer
network, or to access an account which does
not belong to you; or In a manner which
interferes with other customers' use and
enjoyment of the services provided by INETHOSTCO.
INETHOSTCO reserves sole discretion to determine
whether any use of the service is a violation
of this policy. Guidelines for using your
account follows. This information is only
a guideline, and is not intended to be all-inclusive.
3. Electronic Mail
Your
INETHOSTCO account gives you the ability
to send and receive electronic mail. Misuse
of electronic mail may result in termination
of service. The following examples are non-exclusive
and are provided for your guidance. You
may not use your account to send unsolicited
bulk or commercial messages ("spam").
This includes, but is not limited to, bulk
mailing of commercial advertising, informational
announcements, charity requests, petitions
for signatures, and political or religious
tracts. Such messages may only be sent to
those who have explicitly requested it or
have opted in to your email list in order
to receive mass email communication from
you. You may not use your account to collect
responses from unsolicited bulk or commercial
e-mail sent from accounts with other providers.
Forging, altering or removing electronic
mail headers is prohibited. You may not
send numerous copies of the same or substantially
similar message, nor may you send very large
messages or files to a recipient, with the
intent to disrupt a server or account ("mail-bombing").
You may not use electronic mail to harass
or intimidate others. Harassment, whether
through language, frequency of messages,
or size of messages, is prohibited. Sending
a single unwelcome message may be considered
harassment. If a recipient asks to stop
receiving e-mail, you must not send that
person any further messages. You may not
forward or otherwise propagate chain letters,
whether or not such messages solicit money
or other items of value, and whether or
not the recipient wishes to receive such
mailings. INETHOSTCO accounts may not be
used to collect replies to messages sent
from another Internet service provider if
those messages violate this Acceptable Use
Policy or the acceptable use policy of the
other service provider. If you use the services
of another provider to promote a web site
hosted by or through INETHOSTCO, then the
provisions of this Acceptable Use Policy
shall apply to the methods used to promote
such site. The sending of any unsolicited
commercial e-mail messages through INETHOSTCO
utilizes electronic mail servers located in the state of California and is strictly
prohibited.
4. Web Sites
INETHOSTCO
provides storage space and access for web
sites through its Web Hosting service. In
addition, dedicated accounts may provide
for the hosting of web sites. INETHOSTCO
will not routinely monitor the contents
of your web sites. You are solely responsible
for any information contained on your web
site. However, if complaints are received
regarding language, content or graphics
contained on your web site, INETHOSTCO may,
at its sole discretion, remove the web site
hosted on INETHOSTCO servers and terminate
your Web Hosting service. We may also suspend
the account, restrict access to it, or remove
content from it if necessary or appropriate.
You may not use your web site to publish
material which INETHOSTCO 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.
Unlawful content is that which violates
any law, statute, treaty, regulation, or
order. This includes any materiel that violates
the privacy rights or property rights of
others (copyrights or trademarks, for example).
Indecent content is that which depicts sexual
or excretory activities in a patently offensive
matter as measured by contemporary community
standards. Objectionable content is otherwise
legal content with which INETHOSTCO concludes,
in its sole discretion, it does not want
to be associated in order to protect its
reputation and brand image, or to protect
its employees, shareholders, affiliates
or partners. Materials which hold INETHOSTCO
including its affiliates, partners, employees
or shareholders up to public scorn or ridicule.
Arbonne
International has full authority and right
to review content placed in your Web Site
in order to confirm that your Web Site and
it's content conform to Arbonne's Policies
& Procedures, and if a violation of
Arbonne's Policies & Procedures is discovered,
Arbonne will have full authority and right
to suspend or "turn off" your
Web Site until the violation or related
issue is resolved. Arbonne International
also reserves the right to suspend or terminate
the Web Site Services provided to you by
INETHOSTCO, or to suspend or terminate any
user ID, electronic mail address, URL, IP
Address or domain name used by you, in the
event it is used in a manner that is unacceptable
to Arbonne International.
5. 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 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. 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
("cracking"). 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.
INETHOSTCO 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.
6. Network Management
You
are responsible for ensuring that the services
obtained from INETHOSTCO are used in an
appropriate manner by your customers and
users. Therefore, you must take steps to
manage the use of the services obtained
from INETHOSTCO in such a way that network
abuse is minimized. You must also make information
publicly available about how to contact
you, and you must respond in a timely manner
to complaints concerning misuse of the services
obtained from INETHOSTCO. Failure to responsibly
manage the use of the services obtained
from INETHOSTCO may be cause for termination
of services to you. You must designate one
or more individuals ("Contacts")
to be responsible for every host, IP network
or subnet connected to the Internet through
the use of the services. You must provide
Contact names, phone numbers, and postal
and e-mail addresses ("Contact Information")
to any and all appropriate Domain Name Registrars
prior to the initial network connection
of your service. You must keep Contact Information
updated and accurate at all times. Changes
in the Contact Information must be sent
to the appropriate Domain Name Registrars
in a timely manner. Contacts must have the
authority, access and tools necessary to
configure, operate and control access to
your systems. For important timesharing
hosts, primary domain name servers and mail
relays or gateways, Contacts must be accessible
to INETHOSTCO via telephone 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. Every customer who allows
third party access to the services provided
by INETHOSTCO, whether such third parties
are employees, users or customers, must
maintain a postmaster address for the receipt
of complaints by e-mail. Messages delivered
to the postmaster address must be reviewed
and handled in a timely manner.
7. Network Performance
INETHOSTCO
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 performance
of INETHOSTCO systems or networks. INETHOSTCO
reserves the right to terminate or limit
such activities.
8. Illegal Activity
Any
activity on our network that is a violation
of any state or federal law is a violation
of this policy and will result in immediate
termination of service. Prohibited activities
include, but are not limited to:
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Transmitting obscene materials |
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Intentionally spreading or threatening
to spread computer viruses |
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Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized
access to any network, including INETHOSTCO's
private network infrastructure |
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Accessing or attempting to access information
not intended for you |
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Transmitting pirated software |
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Conducting or participating in illegal
gambling |
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Soliciting
for pyramid and other illegal schemes
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Illegal Commerce on the Internet
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The
Internet can be a valuable business tool
when used properly. However, it can reflect
poorly upon a business when used improperly.
You are strongly encouraged to visit the
following Web pages before doing business
on the Internet.
http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/
http://www.cybernothing.org/faqs/net-abuse-faq.html
Last updated: 1/10/07
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