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This Acceptable Use Policy ("the Policy") applies to all web
sites hosted by Webcore Technologies, Inc. (WCT). WCT services
or Internet connectivity are collectively referred to as the
"Service."
Please read this Policy in its entirety. All users of our Service
will be bound by this Policy, which may be updated from time
to time without notice. Please check back periodically for any
substantive changes. Violation of this Policy is grounds for
termination of the Service. If you do not wish to be bound by
these policies, please do not use the Service.
This Acceptable Use Policy (the"Policy") governs the use by
Customer of Service(s) offered by WCT.
1. Illegality/Adult Content
WCT neither sanctions nor permits hosted site content or the
transmission of data that contains illegal or obscene material
or fosters or promotes illegal activity, including but not limited
to, gambling, the offering for sale of illegal weapons, and
the promotion or publication of any material that may violate
hate crimes legislation.
WCT reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate any
site or transmission that violates this policy, without prior
notice. In the event of such termination, Customer agrees that
the unused portion of any fees Customer may have paid for any
Services rendered to Customer by WCT are an appropriate recompense
to WCT for the time required to respond to and address issues
created by Customer's illegal or obscene site/content, and Customer
agrees not to seek recovery of those fees.
Further, should Customer violate this policy, WCT will actively
assist and cooperate with law enforcement agencies and government
authorities in collecting and tendering information about Customer,
Customer's site, the illegal or obscene content, and those persons
that may have inappropriately accessed, acquired, or used the
illegal or obscene content.
2. Internet Abuse
WCT will always take the appropriate action when Internet abuse
is brought to our attention. Customer shall not abuse Internet
resources including, but not limited to, activities such as
using a nonexistent electronic mail ("e-mail") return address
on a commercial solicitation; spamming (sending unsolicited
material to numerous e-mail address or newsgroups and/or generating
a significantly higher volume of outgoing e-mail than a normal
user, as determined by WCT); allowing spamming by third parties
to promote a web site hosted by WCT; offering for sale or otherwise
enabling access to (i) warez or (ii) software products that
facilitate the sending of unsolicited e-mail or facilitate the
assembling of multiple e-mail addresses ("spamware"); trolling
(posting outrageous messages to generate numerous responses);
mail-bombing (sending multiple messages without significant
new content to the same user); subscribing someone else to a
mailing list without that person's permission; or cross-posting
articles to an excessive number of newsgroups. WCT reserves
the right to determine what constitutes abuse.
3. Wrongful Conduct
Customer shall not commit or permit wrongful or damaging acts
which justify civil action including, but not limited to, posting
of defamatory, scandalous, or private information about a person
without their consent or intentionally inflicting emotional
distress.
4. Illegal/Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks
Customer shall neither permit, allow, nor participate in the
illegal or unauthorized accessing (often known as "hacking"
or "cracking") of computers or networks. Customer shall not
use our systems to engage in illegal activities including, but
not limited to breaking into remote systems, credit card fraud,
theft, vandalism, threats, or violence. These unacceptable uses
carry potential civil and criminal penalties under both federal
laws and the laws of most states and may constitute grounds
for immediate termination.
WCT will actively assist law enforcement agencies with the investigation
and prosecution of any such activities, including surrendering
Customer account information. Complaints regarding security
should be sent via e-mail to abuse@webcoretech.com.
5. Unsolicited Commercial E-mail and Unsolicited Bulk E-mail
("SPAM")
Unsolicited e-mail, including commercial advertising and informational
announcements sent without the recipient either requesting such
information or otherwise explicitly expressing an interest in
the material, is strictly prohibited. SPAM activity that does
not originate from a WCT Server but attempts to direct recipients
via a link or otherwise to a site on the WCT network is also
a violation of this Policy. Any bulk e-mail must contain instructions
for the recipient to request removal from the mailing list.
Links and addresses providing such a reply option must be kept
current. A user shall not use another web site's mail server
to relay mail without the express permission of the web site.
Since many Internet users use a dial-up connection and pay for
their online time, it costs them money to receive e-mail.
It should be noted that a user has not expressed an interest
by the mere act of posting a news article in any particular
newsgroup, or by visiting a web site, unless they have made
a specific request for information to be e-mailed to them.
Unauthorized use of the WCT Network in connection with the transmission
of unsolicited bulk e-mail ("SPAM"), including the transmission
of counterfeit e-mail, may result in civil and criminal penalties
against the sender, including those provided by the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.)
WCT's response to a first spamming offense is to either terminate
the account immediately or advise and educate the Customer through
an e-mail warning and/or phone call, in WCT's sole discretion.
A minimum $10 (Ten U.S. Dollars) per spam e-mail handling
fee will be charged to Customer's account for all valid complaints,
as determined by the WCT Abuse Team.
Complaints regarding illegal use or system or Network security
issues should be sent via e-mail to abuse@webcoretech.com.
6. Usenet
Posting the same or similar message to one or more newsgroups,
off-topic posting or multiple-posting, may be in violation of
the newsgroup charter and is also considered by WCT as internet
abuse.
7. System and Network Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and
may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples of system
or network security violations include, without limitation,
the following:
Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks,
including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability
of a system or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without express authorization of the owner of the system
or network.
Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or
system without express authorization of the owner of the system
or network.
Interference with Service to any user, host or network including,
without limitation, electronic junk mailing, flooding, or deliberate
attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks, forging
of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information
in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.
8. Forged Headers and/or Addresses
Forging headers or messages means sending e-mail so that its
origin appears to be another user or machine, or a nonexistent
machine. It is also forgery to configure the reply to address
of the e-mail without the authorization and permission of the
web site. These practices are prohibited.
9. Mail Bombing
Mail bombing is the sending of multiple e-mails, or one large
e-mail, with the sole intent to overload a system or to seek
revenge on a fellow Internet user. It is wasteful of shared
Internet resources and is of no value to the recipient. This
practice is prohibited.
10. Mailing List Subscriptions
List owners are encouraged to confirm all subscription requests
from the apparent subscriber before starting to send any list
e-mail. List owners must ensure that unsubscribe requests are
handled from people who were unaware that they had joined a
mailing list. It is not acceptable to subscribe people to a
list merely because he or she has visited your web site or used
one of your products; the person must make an explicit request
to be listed. However some reports occur because people have
genuinely forgotten that he or she has made such a request.
If you run a mailing list, WCT strongly suggests to keep copies
of administrative requests (web logs, or e-mails including headers)
so that you may demonstrate your subscription requests were
genuine.
11. Copyright or Trademark Infringement
WCT may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution
or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law
or regulation, including export control laws, is prohibited.
This includes, without limitation, material protected by patent,
copyright, trademark, service mark, trade secret or other intellectual
property rights. If you use another party's material, you must
obtain prior authorization. By using the Services, you represent
and warrant that you are the author and copyright owner and/or
proper licensee with respect to any hosted content and you further
represent and warrant that no hosted content or domain name
violates the trademark or domain name rights of any third party.
WCT reserves the right to suspend or terminate a Customer that,
in WCT's discretion, violates these policies or violates any
law or regulation, e.g., the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
and any other related legislation or a court order.
12. Misuse of System Resources
Customer shall not misuse system resources including, but not
limited to, employing posts or programs which consume excessive
CPU time or storage space; utilizing excessive bandwidth, permitting
use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, POP accounts,
or auto-responders other than for the Customer's own account;
resale of access to CGI scripts installed on WCT's servers;
or resale of WCT Internet access.
13. Customization Policy
Custom CGI Execution: CGI execution is allowed. This involves
settings being made to the customer's website properties within
IIS, including an application mapping for the .cgi file suffix.
This could either be mapped to a binary CGI or a script, i.e.
Perl. These files are suffixed with the .cgi extension and run
within a customer's web service.
Custom Executables: Custom executables are enabled only upon
request. Commonly, these are file types suffixed by .exe and
run as an application on the server. These file types may also
be suffixed by .bin if they have been converted using a utility
like 'exe2bin'.
Custom DLL Registration: At this time, we do allow the registration
of custom Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL). DLL is defined as "executable
routines (generally serving a specific function or set of functions)"
stored as separate files with the .dll extension. "These routines
are loaded only when needed" by the client's code that calls
them.
WCT reserves the right to deny the registration of a DLL for
any reason; likewise, we also reserve the right to disable any
DLLs at any time without cause. In the event of a migration,
the customer will be responsible for providing WCT information
regarding their registered DLL.
14. Other Activities
Whether lawful or unlawful, WCT reserves the right to determine
what is harmful to its Customers, operations or reputation,
including any activities that restrict or inhibit any other
user from using and enjoying the Service or the Internet.
Please be aware WCT reserves the right to cancel any account
they find in violation of any of the above policies.
Complaints about violators of our Policy should be sent via
e-mail to abuse@webcoretech.com.
Each complaint will be investigated and may result in immediate
cancellation of Services without prior notice and without refund
of Service fees paid.
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