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ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY
Aplus.Net and its affiliates provide to business and consumer
users several information technology related
services, including such services as Internet access, various
electronic mail (email) packages and services,
World Wide Web hosting arrangements, server collocation and other
online and Internet-related services.
Aplus.Net reserves the right to refuse service to any individual,
company or corporation. In addition, we reserve
the right to suspend or terminate service to a client whose activities
may be deemed detrimental to our client
base. As a courtesy, we will always attempt to contact our clients
to determine if other Aplus.Net plans may
better suit their needs.
It is contrary to Aplus.Net policy for any user of any of these
services to effect or participate in any of the
following activities through an Aplus.Net- provided service:
1. To post ten (10) or more messages similar in content to Usenet
or other newsgroups, forums, email
mailing lists or other similar groups or lists;
2. To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, email mailing
list or other similar group or list
articles which are off-topic according to the charter or other
owner-published FAQ or description of the
group or list;
3. To send unsolicited emailing to more than twenty-five (25)
email users, if such unsolicited emailing
could reasonably be expected to provoke complaints;
4. To falsify user information provided to Aplus.Net or to other
users of the service in connection with use
of an Aplus.Net service; and
5. To engage in any of the foregoing activities by using the service
of another provider, but channeling
such activities through an Aplus.Net account, re-mailer, or otherwise
through an Aplus.Net service or
using an Aplus.Net account as a mail-drop for responses or otherwise
using the services of another
provider for the purpose of facilitating the foregoing activities
if such use of another party's service
could reasonably
be expected to adversely affect an Aplus.Net service.
6. To use Aplus.Net services for illegal activities and activities
harmful to others computers, data, software
or networks including but not limited to hacker activities, virus
creation and distribution, denial of
services attacks,
email bombs etc.
7. To use Aplus.Net services to post the following on the Internet
7.1. Copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual
property infringement, including
but not limited to offering pirated computer programs or links
to such programs, serial or registration
numbers for
software programs, copyrighted music, copyrighted images; copyrighted
texts etc.
7.2. Displaying material that exploits children under 18 years
of age;
7.3. Displaying material containing nudity or pornographic material
of any kind
7.4. Providing material that is offensive to the online community,
including but not limited to profanity,
bigotry,
prejudice, racism, hatred, etc.
7.5. Promoting or providing information about illegal activities,
promoting physical harm or injury
against any group or individual, or promoting any act of cruelty
to animals;
7.6. Defaming any person or group;
7.7. Promoting or soliciting for participation in multilevel marketing
or pyramid schemes.
7.8. Gathering personally identifiable information for unlawful
purposes.
Furthermore it is contrary to Aplus.Net policy to send unsolicited
emails to the Aplus.Net provided addresses of
Aplus.Net customers, unless the sender has a business or personal
relationship to these Aplus.Net customers.
This rule applies regardless of whether the sender is Aplus.Net
customer, or has used an Aplus.Net account to
send these
emails.
Aplus.Net considers the above practices to constitute abuse of
our service and of the recipients of such
unsolicited mailings
and/or postings, who often bear the expense. Therefore, these practices
are prohibited by
Aplus.Net terms and conditions of service. Engaging in one or
more of these practices will result in termination
of the
offender's account and/or access to Aplus.Net services. Aplus.Net
reserves the right to redirect the
homepage of any customer who uses their Aplus.Net service to send
SPAM to an anti-SPAM page, until the
offender stops
sending unsolicited email, cancels their account or has their account
terminated by Aplus.Net.
In addition, Aplus.Net reserves the right, where feasible, to
implement technical mechanisms which block
multiple postings
as described above before they are forwarded or otherwise sent to
their intended recipients.
In addition to these activities, Aplus.Net terms and conditions
of service also prohibit other forms of abuse
such as harassment and the posting of illegal or unlawful materials,
and Aplus.Net will respond as appropriate
to these
other activities as well.
Aplus.Net is located in California and most of its equipment (including
equipment used to provide mail services)
is located
in California as well.
This is a policy on unsolicited mail advertising, among other things.
At the time
of writing
this text California law
requires adherence to such a policy in certain circumstances. California law
also provides
for liquidated damages, in the event that such policy is not complied
with. These damages start at
$25,000 per day.
Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to limit Aplus.Net
actions or remedies in any way with
respect to any of the foregoing activities, and Aplus.Net reserves
the right to take any and all additional actions
it may deem appropriate with respect to such activities, including
without limitation taking action to recover the
costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them
from the Aplus.Net service, and levying
cancellation charges to cover Aplus.Net costs in the event of
disconnection of dedicated access for the causes
outlined above.
In addition, Aplus.Net reserves at all times all rights and remedies
available to it with respect to
such activities
at law or in equity.
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, please contact
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