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NETSourceHosting.com
Acceptable
Use Policy
NETSourceHosting.com's
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is provided
to give our customers and users a clear understanding
of what NETSourceHosting.com expects of them while using
the service. All users of NETSourceHosting.com's 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 NETSourceHosting.com Service constitutes acceptance
and agreement to NETSourceHosting.com's AUP as well
as NETSourceHosting.com's TOS
(Terms of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments To NETSourceHosting.com
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. NETSourceHosting.com
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 NETSourceHosting.com account or other actions
as detailed in Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understand
of NETSourceHosting.com's Acceptable Use Policy. The
following are guidelines for the establishment and enforcement
of NETSourceHosting.com's 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
The
NETSourceHosting.com intends to provide its customers
access to everything the Internet has to offer. While
the NETSourceHosting.com is firmly committed to the principles
of free speech, certain activities that may be damaging
to the resources of both the NETSourceHosting.com and
the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise of
free speech. The resources of the NETSourceHosting.com
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 NETSourceHosting.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 NETSourceHosting.com 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 administrator@NETSourceHosting.com.
VIOLATIONS OF NETSourceHosting.com ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
- Illegal
use: NETSourceHosting.com's services may not be
used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal
activities. NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com service
to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way, including,
but not limited to child pornography.
- Threats:
Use of the NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com service to transmit
any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise)
that harasses another.
- Fraudulent
activity: Use of NETSourceHosting.com 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 information 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 NETSourceHosting.com 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
NETSourceHosting.com 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
NETSourceHosting.com account.
- E-mail
/ Message Forging: Forging any message header,
in part or whole, of any electronic transmission,
originating or passing through the NETSourceHosting.com
service is in violation of this AUP.
- Usenet
SPAMing: NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com service
to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of
others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate,
security measures of NETSourceHosting.com's 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
NETSourceHosting.com account is subject to immediate
termination.
- Copyright
or trademark infringement: Use of the NETSourceHosting.com
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 NETSourceHosting.com
service to collect, or attempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their knowledge
AND consent.
- Network
disruptions and unfriendly activity: Use of the
NETSourceHosting.com service for any activity which
affects the ability of other people or systems to
use NETSourceHosting.com 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.
NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com services
could result in suspension service.
- Third
Party Accountability: NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com Virtual Accounts: It is
absolutely forbidden to host IRC servers/bots/reflectors
or unauthorized copyrighted software ("warez")
on any account. Accounts found hosting this material
will be subject to immediate cancellation without
refund.
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. NETSourceHosting.com
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
NETSourceHosting.com 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 NETSourceHosting.com
systems or networks. NETSourceHosting.com reserves the
right to terminate or limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF NETSourceHosting.com AUP
NETSourceHosting.com requests that anyone who believes
that there is a violation of this AUP direct the information
to the Abuse Department at administrator@NETSourceHosting.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.
NETSourceHosting.com 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
NETSourceHosting.com 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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