www.hostdirectors.com's
Acceptable Use Policy
("AUP") is
provided to give our
customers and users
a clear understanding
of what www.hostdirectors.com
expects of them while
using the service. All
users of www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.com
Service constitutes
acceptance and agreement
to www.hostdirectors.com's
AUP as well as www.hostdirectors.com's
TOS (Terms of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All
Payments To www.hostdirectors.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. www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.com
account or other actions
as detailed in Section
3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This
document is intended
to provide a basic understand
of www.hostdirectors.com's
Acceptable Use Policy.
The following are guidelines
for the establishment
and enforcement of www.hostdirectors.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
www.hostdirectors.com
intends to provide its
customers access to
everything the Internet
has to offer. While
the www.hostdirectors.com
is firmly committed
to the principles of
free speech, certain
activities that may
be damaging to the resources
of both the www.hostdirectors.com
and the Internet and
cannot be permitted
under the guise of free
speech. The resources
of the www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.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 abuse@www.hostdirectors.com.
VIOLATIONS
OF www.hostdirectors.com
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute
violations of this AUP:
8.
Illegal use: www.hostdirectors.com's
services may not be
used for illegal purposes,
or in support of illegal
activities. www.hostdirectors.com
reserves the right to
cooperate with legal
authorities and/or injured
third parties in the
investigation of any
suspected crime or civil
wrongdoing.
9.
Harm to minors: Use
of the www.hostdirectors.com
service to harm, or
attempt to harm, minors
in any way, including,
but not limited to child
pornography.
10.
Threats: Use of the
www.hostdirectors.com
service to transmit
any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or
otherwise) that threatens
or encourages bodily
harm or destruction
of property.
11.
Harassment: Use of the
www.hostdirectors.com
service to transmit
any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or
otherwise) that harasses
another.
12.
Fraudulent activity:
Use of www.hostdirectors.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."
13.
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.
14.
Unsolicited commercial
e-mail / Unsolicited
bulk e-mail (SPAM) Use
of the www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.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.
15.
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
www.hostdirectors.com
account.
16.
E-mail / Message Forging:
Forging any message
header, in part or whole,
of any electronic transmission,
originating or passing
through the www.hostdirectors.com
service is in violation
of this AUP.
17.
Usenet SPAMing: www.hostdirectors.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.
18.
Unauthorized access:
Use of the www.hostdirectors.com
service to access, or
to attempt to access,
the accounts of others,
or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate,
security measures of
www.hostdirectors.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
www.hostdirectors.com
account is subject to
immediate termination.
19.
Copyright or trademark
infringement: Use of
the www.hostdirectors.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.
20.
Collection of personal
data: Use of the www.hostdirectors.com
service to collect,
or attempt to collect,
personal information
about third parties
without their knowledge
or consent.
21.
Network disruptions
and unfriendly activity:
Use of the www.hostdirectors.com
service for any activity
which affects the ability
of other people or systems
to use www.hostdirectors.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.
www.hostdirectors.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.
22.
Fraud: Involves a knowing
misrepresentation or
misleading statement,
writing or activity
made with the intent
that the person receiving
it will act upon it.
23.
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.
24.
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.
25.
Inappropriate Use of
Software: Use of software
or any device that would
facilitate a continued
connection, i.e. pinging,
while using www.hostdirectors.com
services could result
in suspension service.
26.
Third Party Accountability:
www.hostdirectors.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.
27.
Violation Of www.hostdirectors.com
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.
28.
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 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. www.hostdirectors.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
www.hostdirectors.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 www.hostdirectors.com
systems or networks.
www.hostdirectors.com
reserves the right to
terminate or limit such
activities.
REPORTING
VIOLATIONS OF www.hostdirectors.com
AUP
www.hostdirectors.com
requests that anyone
who believes that there
is a violation of this
AUP direct the information
to the Abuse Department
at abuse@www.hostdirectors.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.
www.hostdirectors.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
www.hostdirectors.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)
