Last Updated: 3/8/06
By submitting an online order form, or by using Big Host Web's service,
Customer hereby agrees to the following Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
Customer agrees that it shall comply with and require its end users
to comply with this AUP, Big Host Web's Terms of Service (TOS), Big
Host Web's No-Spam Policy (NSP), and Big Host Web's Privacy Policy.
In this document, the word “Agreement,” with a capital
“A,” refers to the TOS, the AUP, the NSP, and the Privacy
Policy collectively. |
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| 1. Introduction, Purpose, and General
Terms. |
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This Web site gives you the ability to learn about Big
Host Web and its products and services as well as the ability to access
our network and services (“Big Host Web' services”). By
using this site, and any other sites or services owned, operated,
or provided by Big Host Web, you signify your agreement to the terms,
conditions and notices of this policy. “You” when used
in the Agreement shall mean the Big Host Web Customer of record and
that Big Host Web Customer’s end users. |
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This Acceptable Use Policy is used in conjunction with
the terms of service (TOS), the No-Spam Policy (NSP), and the Privacy
Policy. Violating any of these policies and agreements grants Big
Host Web the authority to take action to restrict or terminate your
access to Big Host Web'services. Big Host Web reserves the right,
at its sole discretion, to update or revise this policy, any other
policy or statement on any Big Host Web Web site, and any product
offerings or programs described on any Big Host Web Web site. Please
check back periodically to review any changes to this policy. |
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This document sets forth the principles,
guidelines and requirements of the Acceptable Use Policy of Big
Host Web (“Company”) governing the use by the Customer
(“Customer”) of the Company’s services and products
(“Services and Products”). The purpose of Big Host Web's
Acceptable Use Policy (the AUP”) is to comply with all international,
federal, state, and local laws and to protect the network security,
network availability, physical security, Customer privacy, and other
factors affecting the services provided by Big Host Web. Big Host
Web reserves the right to impose reasonable rules and regulations
regarding the use of its services provided to all Customers and
such rules and regulations are subject to change. Such rules and
regulations are located on the Internet at
http://www.bighostweb.com/ |
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In order to maintain an informative and valuable
service that meets the needs of the users of this site and Big Host
Web'services, the rules in this AUP have been established to protect
against abuse. The AUP is not an all-inclusive, exhaustive list
and Big Host Web reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify
the AUP at any time as needed, effective upon either the posting
of the revised, amended, or modified AUP to
http://www.bighostweb.com/?area=aup
or notification to the Customer via e-mail to the e-mail address
of Customer as set forth in the Service Descriptions. |
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1.5. |
Any violation of the AUP may result in the suspension
or termination of your account or such other action, as Big Host Web
deems appropriate. No credits will be issued for any interruption
in service resulting from violations of the AUP. |
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VIOLATION OF ANY SECTION OF THE AUP IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
AND MAY RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE SERVICES
YOU RECEIVE FROM BIG HOST WEB. |
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Any questions or comments regarding the AUP should be
directed to Big Host Web by e-mail to the following e-mail address
cs@bighostweb.com, for issues concerning the AUP. |
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| 2. General Prohibitions. |
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| You may not use this site or Big Host Web's Services
for any purpose that is unlawful or in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden or impair the operation of this site, the Big
Host Web Network, or Big Host Web's Services, or any other party’s
use or enjoyment of this site, the Big Host Web Network, or Big Host
Web's Services. |
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2.1. |
You may not use this site or Big Host Web's Services
for any purpose that is unlawful or in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden or impair the operation of this site, the Big
Host Web Network, or Big Host Web's Services, or any other party’s
use or enjoyment of this site, the Big Host Web Network, or Big Host
Web's Services. |
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Adult Content Prohibited. |
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Adult-oriented sites demand special system, network,
and bandwidth requirements. Big Host Web does not accommodate those
extraordinarily large requirements in its standard shared, e-commerce,
reseller, and semi-dedicated hosting plans. Therefore you may not
use Big Host Web’s services for adult-oriented and pornography
sites. This includes sites that may include sexual content, or links
to adult content elsewhere. |
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Where allowed by applicable law, Big Host Web does
not prohibit you from posting a static Web page that meets all
of the following criteria: |
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the page merely advertises an adult service and provides
information about how to contact the service offline,
i.e., by telephone, facsimile, or postal mail and not via a link from
a Web site that uses Big Host Web's services; |
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the page does not display any sexually explicit content and does
not link to any Web page or site displaying any sexually explicit
content; and |
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the page does not require a user to log in with a username or password
to access any of the Web site's content. |
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In some jurisdictions, even the notice and advertisement
of adult-oriented services may be illegal. It is your sole responsibility
to learn the laws that govern what you are and are not allowed to
post on your Web site. As part of your agreement with Big Host Web,
you must comply with all such applicable laws.
However, Big Host Web cannot and does not advise you or make any recommendations
to you about the existence of any such laws in a particular jurisdiction.
Nor does Big Host Web advise you about how to comply with any such
laws. Furthermore, laws vary throughout the United States of America
and all over the world, so you should contact your legal advisor for
more information and specific recommendations concerning the kinds
of online materials that are legal in your region. |
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If you use Big Host Web's service to publish any content
that any applicable law deems harmful, inappropriate, or unsuitable
for minors (persons under 18 years of age), then you must provide
appropriate protection to prevent minors from accessing that content.
Such protection is your sole responsibility because Big Host Web does
not censor the content of your Web sites and pages. |
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If you have a reseller account with Big Host Web,
you may not resell our hosting services to any clients or customers
that sell adult content. |
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You may not use Big Host Web's services to sell or
solicit sales for any of the following items, products or services
because they are or may be illegal in one or more jurisdictions where
Big Host Web's services are offered, or where they can be viewed through
Big Host Web's services: |
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Online pornography or adult content for which a viewer must subscribe
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Adult content-related products or services (including X-rated videos,
pictures, etc. especially of individuals under 18 years of age), and
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Obscene materials, as defined by law. |
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If we find any of your sites (or any of the sites
of your customers, if you have a reseller account) to be selling
any of the prohibited products or services, the offending accounts
shall be subject to immediate account termination. |
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| 3. Compliance with Law. |
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| Customer shall not use Big Host Web's Service or any
other service or network to post, upload, transmit, retransmit, store,
distribute or facilitate the distribution of any content, including
without limitation text, communications, software, images, sounds,
data, or other information that, in Big Host Web's sole discretion: |
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violates, attempts to violate, or helps any third party
to violate any local, state, federal, international, or non-United
States law, ordinance, or regulation, |
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is threatening, obscene, indecent, pornographic, abusive,
harassing, libelous, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of
another’s privacy, tortious, inaccurate, or that otherwise could
adversely affect any individual, group or entity (collectively, “Persons”),
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threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction
of property, |
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harms any person, |
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victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual
or group of individuals on the basis of religion, sex, sexual orientation,
race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, age, disability,
or any other reason, |
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is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter, |
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contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar
software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s
computer, |
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violates any terms or conditions of any other network
access provider or Internet service provider, |
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violates the rights of any person, including rights
protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual
property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited
to, the installation or distribution of “pirated” information
content or data or other software products that are not appropriately
licensed for use by Customer. Customer shall be responsible for determining
what laws or regulations are applicable to its use of the Services
and Products, |
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adds, removes, or modifies identifying network header
information in an effort to deceive or mislead any person. Additionally,
attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other
identifying information is prohibited. However, the use of anonymous
remailers or nicknames does not by itself constitute impersonation,
unless such use is made with the intent to deceive, defraud, or mislead
any person or to violate any applicable laws or regulations, |
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collects, attempts to collect, or helps any third party
to collect personal information about third parties without their
knowledge or consent or in a manner that violates applicable laws
concerning privacy, |
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has a negative effect on Big Host Web or its network
(including, without limitation, overloading servers on the Big Host
Web Network; causing portions of the Big Host Web Network to be blocked
by other network providers; generating unresolved third party complaints
or complaints which, in the discretion of Big Host Web, impose an
unreasonable administrative burden on Big Host Web; etc.), or |
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violates the prohibition on terrorist content and activities
described below. |
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Terrorist Content Prohibited.
3.13.1. The United States Homeland Security Act of 2002 defines
terrorism as
any activity that
(A) involves an act that
(i) is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical
infrastructure or key resources; and
(ii) is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or
of any State or other subdivision of the United States ; and
(B) appears to be intended
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or
coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
assassination, or kidnapping.
(Pub. L. 107-296 (2002) § 2(15)).
3.13.2. You may not use Big Host Web's services to do
any of the following acts by any means:
3.13.2.1. engage in terrorism,
3.13.2.2. solicit any other individual or organization to engage
in terrorism,
3.13.2.3. conspire with any other individual or organization to
engage in terrorism,
3.13.2.4. help any other individual or organization to engage in
terrorism, or
3.13.2.5. knowingly engage in commerce with any of the following
individuals or organizations
3.13.2.5.1. those persons listed in the Annex to the Executive
Order No. 13225 of President George W. Bush (September 25, 2001)
(referred to in this AUP as “the Executive Order”),
as it may be amended from time to time, a copy of which is available
online at the following Web page:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/legal/eo/13224.pdf
3.13.2.5.2. foreign persons that the Secretary of State of the
United States of America has determined have committed or pose a
significant risk of committing acts of terrorism against the United
States or its people;
3.13.2.5.3. businesses and organizations that the Secretary of
State of the United States of America has determined are owned,
controlled by, or acting on behalf of terrorists or persons suspected
of terrorism; and
3.13.2.5.4. persons whom the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States of America , in consultation with the Secretary of State
and the Attorney General of the United States of America , has determined
are:
3.13.2.5.4.1. helping terrorists or suspected terrorists by giving
them money, material, or technology; or
3.13.2.5.4.2. associated otherwise with terrorists or suspected
terrorists.
3.13 .2.5.5. transactions that avoid or attempt to avoid the prohibitions
of the Executive Order; and
3.13 .2.5.6. conspiracies to violate the Executive Order;
3.13.2.6. knowingly engage in transactions or dealings in money,
goods, or services with terrorists, suspected terrorists, or terrorist
organizations; or
3.13.2.7. make donations to terrorists and suspected terrorists.
3.13.3. While Big Host Web is not giving you legal advice or a
consulting recommendation about how to comply with this no-terrorism
policy or with the applicable laws that prohibit terrorism in the
United States of America or in other countries, you may find the
following general strategies helpful in complying with these requirements.
3.13.3.1. Verify the identity of any person who wants to buy goods,
services, or information through your Web site. This includes, but
is not limited to, the resale of hosting services if you have a
reseller account with Big Host Web.
3.13.3.2. Check the names of any persons or organizations attempting
to buy from your Web site against the Annex in the Executive Order.
3.13.3.3. Work with the company that provides transaction payment
and fraud-prevention services for your e-commerce Web sites. The
provider may be able to automate the identity checking for you.
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Violations of system or network security are strictly
prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability as well
as termination of services from Big Host Web. Big Host Web investigates
all incidents involving such violations and will cooperate with
law enforcement if a violation of the criminal law is suspected.
You are responsible for any misuse of your account, even if a friend,
family member, guest, agent, or employee committed the inappropriate
activity while using your account. 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 the security
of another Big Host Web account or attempt to gain unauthorized
access to another network or server.
Examples of system or network security violations include, without
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Introduction into the network or server of any malicious
program (examples: viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, logic bombs, and
other executables intended to inflict harm). |
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Introduction into the network or server of any self-extracting
file or program containing any malicious program as specified in Section
4.1 of this AUP. |
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Introduction into the network or server of any data,
parameter, configuration, template, or control files for software
applications that contain destructive macros or other malicious code. |
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Introduction into the network or server of any encrypted
or compressed file or archive such as .zip or .gz files that contains
any malicious program as specified in paragraphs 4.1 through 4.3 of
this AUP. |
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Effecting security breaches or disruptions of Internet
communication and/or connectivity. Security breaches include, but
are not limited to, accessing data of which the Customer is not an
intended recipient, logging into a server or account that the Customer
is not expressly authorized to access, or exceeding the access to
a server or account that has been granted to the Customer. For purposes
of this section, “disruption” includes, but is not limited
to port scans, flood pings, email-bombing, packet spoofing, IP spoofing,
and forged routing information. |
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Executing any form of network activity that will intercept
data not intended for the Customer. |
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Circumventing user authentication or security of any
host, network or account. |
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Interfering with or denying service to any user other
than users of the Customer’s host (examples: denial of service
attack or distributed denial of service attack). |
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Using any program script/command, or sending messages
of any kind such as a punter, designed to interfere with or to disable,
a user’s terminal session, via any means, locally or via the
Internet. |
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Attempting to use or gain unauthorized access to data,
accounts, hosts, servers, systems or networks of this site, or to
probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network of this
site, any Big Host Web'services or those of any other party. |
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Interfering with service to any user, host or network
including, without limitation, mail-bombing, flooding, or attempting
to overload the system. |
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Forging any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the
header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting. |
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Falsifying address information or otherwise modifying
e-mail headers to conceal the sender’s or the recipient’s
identity. |
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| The Customer agrees to observe and abide by reasonable
Internet etiquette (Netiquette). The Customer shall comply with the
rules appropriate to any network to which Big Host Web may provide
access. The Customer should not post, transmit, or permit Internet
access to information the Customer desires to keep confidential. The
Customer shall not post any material that is illegal, is libelous,
is otherwise tortious, indecently depicts children, or is likely to
result in retaliation against Big Host Web by offended users. Big
Host Web reserves the right to refuse or terminate service at any
time for violation of this section. This includes, but is not limited
to, advertising services or sites via Internet Relay Chat (IRC) or
USENET in clear violation of the policies of the IRC channel or USENET
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Big Host Web will cooperate fully with any criminal
investigation into a Customer’s violation of the Child Protection
Act of 1984 concerning child pornography, or any other applicable
international, federal, state, or local law that prohibits child
pornography. Customers are ultimately responsible for the actions
of their clients over Big Host Web network, and shall be liable
for illegal material posted by their clients.
According to the Child Protection Act, child pornography includes
photographs, films, video, or any other type of visual presentation
that shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age
of eighteen years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in
explicit sexual activity, or the dominant characteristic of which
is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the
anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years or any written
material or visual representation that advocates or counsels sexual
activity with a person under the age of eighteen years.
Violations of the Child Protection Act may be reported to the U.S.
Customs Agency at 1-800-BEALERT |
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| 7. Big Host Web No-Spam Policy (NSP). |
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Customer shall comply with all the terms and conditions
of Big Host Web's No-Spam Policy (NSP) as described in this Section
7. Violation of the NSP shall be deemed a violation of this AUP and
of the Customer’s Agreement with Big Host Web. |
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At Big Host Web, we are committed to providing valuable
hosting services to our valued customers. |
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An important part of Big Host Web's mission is to be
a respected and responsible member of the business and Internet communities.
We take seriously our role in protecting our customers and the general
public from nuisances such as “spam.” This section describes
our NO-SPAM Policy. Please read it carefully, because it contains
important information and because it is a material part of your Agreement
with Big Host Web. |
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To report any spam you receive that identifies itself
as coming from the hostingzoom.com servers or claims to be related
to Big Host Web in any way, please send an e-mail message to us at
cs@hostingzoom.com. In your message to us, please include a complete
and accurate copy of the message that you consider to be spam, along
with full message headers and routing information for e-mail, a message
board provided by a Web site or an online service, Usenet, interactive
chat message, or instant message service, as the case may be. |
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Definition of Spam. |
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Unsolicited commercial e-mail and electronic
messages are colloquially referred to as “spam.” Other
common names for spam include “spam e-mail,” “junk
e-mail,” “bulk e-mail,” “direct e-mail,”
and “mass e-mail.” Spam is the electronic equivalent
of the direct mail you receive in your postal mailbox frequently.
In its most general terms, and as used in this NO-SPAM Policy (the
“Policy”), spam is: |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message,
including, but not limited to, messages that are: |
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posted to an electronic mailing list (other than an
“opt-in” e-mail list as described below), |
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posted on an online bulletin board system or Web-based
message board system or “guest book”, |
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posted to a Usenet newsgroup, |
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posted to the common area of an online community, group,
or club, |
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posted in a chat room, |
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posted in a message board of a commercial online service
(such as America Online), |
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posted to a Weblog (“blog”), |
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sent via an instant message system (such as ICQ, Yahoo!
Pager, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, or AOL Instant Messenger), |
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sent through e-mail or another Internet means of communication
when the message’s ultimate destination is a facsimile (“fax”)
machine, cellular or wireless telephone, or wireless device, |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message
that is addressed to one or more recipients with whom you do not have
an preexisting business or personal relationship, |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message
that is sent to a mailing list of addresses that you purchased or
that were otherwise distributed, or any list of e-mail addresses whose
owners did not sign up for your specific mailing list, including without
limitation lists commonly known as “affiliate lists,” |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message
that is not sent at the request of, or with the express consent of,
the recipient(s), |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message
that is sent to a recipient who has opted out of receiving further
commercial electronic messages from you, or |
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a commercial e-mail message or other electronic message
that contains forged headers, compromised mail server relays, or false
contact information. |
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For purposes of this Policy, spam also
includes any e-mail or other electronic message that is sent in violation
of any applicable Federal, state, or local law regulating unsolicited
commercial e-mail, unsolicited fax transmissions, or any other type
of unsolicited commercial electronic message, regardless of whether
that message fits the definition of “spam” provided above. |
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“Opt-in” E-mail Lists. |
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Please note: messages sent to “opt-in”
e-mail lists are not spam, for purposes of this Policy, provided that
those messages meet all of the following criteria: |
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the messages are sent to an “opt-in” e-mail
list in which ALL subscribers have VOLUNTARILY agreed to receive announcements
and advertisements about products and services; |
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the messages STRICTLY COMPLY with ALL the requirements
and regulations of the “opt-in” e-mail list; and |
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upon request of any subscriber to the “opt-in”
e-mail list, you immediately stop sending that subscriber any e-mail
regarding your products and services. |
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If you choose to use an “opt-in”
e-mail list, please be aware that Big Host Web will consider ANY
violation of the requirements or regulations of such any third party
provider of software or services for such a list to be a violation
of this NO SPAM Policy.
Furthermore, Big Host Web reserves the right to prohibit “opt-in”
e-mail lists in the future if such a prohibition is reasonably necessary
to keep its hosting service operating efficiently for all users. |
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Zero Tolerance for Spam. |
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Big Host Web will not tolerate any spamming
by any of its Customers. This prohibition of spam extends to the
sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another service, which
in any way implicates the use of Big Host Web's services whether
or not the message actually originated from our network.
Violation of this NO-SPAM policy will result in Big Host Web taking
one or more of the following actions:
A warning via e-mail or telephone,
Suspension of your site until furthur notice,
Removal of DNS for the advertised/originating site, or
Temporarily blocking outgoing mail from your site.
Repeated violation of this NO-SPAM policy will result in immediate
disconnection of service with no re-activation.
Big Host Web reserves the right to take all legal and technical
steps available to prevent unsolicited bulk e-mail or other unauthorized
e-mail from being sent from or transmitted through the Big Host
Web Network.
PLEASE NOTE: The transmission of spam, including the transmission
of counterfeit e-mail, may result in civil and criminal penalties
against the sender, under various federal, state, and local laws
and regulations, including the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. |
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Indemnification of Big Host Web. |
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You agree to defend, hold harmless, and
indemnify Big Host Web from any harm or damages whatsoever resulting
directly or indirectly from your engaging in any spamming practices
or from your violation of any of the terms of this NO SPAM Policy. |
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Mailing Limits |
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You may not send more than 600 emails per hour. Any
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Resource Abuse. |
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Any violations may result in us taking corrective action in order
maintain server stability by killing any processes, disabling and/or
suspending your account. |
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8.1 |
Shared hosting accounts may not run more than 24 simultaneous
processes or allow any process to run for longer than 45 CPU seconds.
Databases are limited to 24 max user connections. |
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| 9. No Editing, Censoring, or Control
of Communications; Reservation of Rights. |
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any Big Host Web'service is not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled
by Big Host Web. However, Big Host Web reserves the right to monitor
content on this site and on any Big Host Web'servers, networks, or
systems and to remove content, disable sites, or suspend or terminate
services if Big Host Web, in its sole discretion, determines such
content or user practices are harmful, offensive, or otherwise in
violation of this Acceptable Use Policy. |
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Exporting encryption software over the Internet from
the United States of America to countries other than the United
States of America and Canada violates United States law, unless
you have a license to do so from the Bureau of Industry and Security
in the United States Department of Commerce. You are solely responsible
for determining whether any of your software or other information
contains encryption software and whether you require a license to
export your software or information. You are also solely responsible
for complying with all applicable laws governing the export of encryption
products. For additional information, you may wish to visit the
Bureau of Industry and Security’s Web site at:
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/
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| 11. International Use. |
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| Big Host Web makes no representation that materials
available on this site or any or through any Big Host Web'service
are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United
States, and accessing them or using them from territories where their
contents are illegal is prohibited. Customers and their users who
access this site or any site hosted by Big Host Web from locations
outside the United States of America are solely responsible for compliance
with all applicable local laws and regulations. Moreover, to the extent
allowed by law, Customers agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless
Big Host Web, its parents, subsidiaries, partners, joint venturers,
employees and agents, and all their respective heirs, successors,
and assigns for any acts of Customer or Customer’s users that
may violate any applicable law. |
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All Big Host Web Web site design, text, graphics and
the selection and arrangement thereof are the copyrighted work of
Big Host Web., © 2004. All rights reserved. If any page, information,
or content is copied, it may only be copied for non-commercial uses
that are explicitly allowed under the Customer’s Agreement with
Big Host Web or by law, and Big Host Web's hall, in any event, retain
all copyright and other proprietary interests in said page, information,
or content. |
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You acknowledge and agree that copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights
and laws protect all content and materials available on this site
or through any Big Host Web'service. Nothing on any Big Host Web Web
site shall be interpreted or implied in such a way as conferring any
license or right to any intellectual property rights or license to
any intellectual property, content, technology, system, process, or
related material belonging to Big Host Web by virtue of it being displayed
or made accessible on any Big Host Web Web site. Except as expressly
authorized, you agree not to use this site or any Big Host Web'services
in any manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate
any such rights, with respect to any material, which you may access,
receive or make available through this site or any Big Host Web'services. |
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If you use a domain name or content in connection with
the Big Host Web Web hosting, or any other Web hosting service, you
agree not to use that domain name or content in any way which violates
any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.
Specifically, and without limitation, you agree that you will not
engage in, attempt to engage in, or conspire with others or solicit
others to engage in any cybersquatting or domain name hijacking, |
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12.4 |
Big Host Web's data center infrastructure including
all hardware, software, and telecommunications facilities located
in its data center may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation
of any United States or state regulation or law or the common law,
or any applicable foreign or international law is prohibited. This
includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights.
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Creating, utilizing, or distributing unauthorized copies
of software or other information content is a violation of international,
federal, and state law. If you copy, distribute, or install software
or other information content in ways that the license to use that
content does not allow, you are violating federal copyright law and
international copyright law. Big Host Web will cooperate with all
law enforcement agencies in relation to alleged copyright infringement
based on content housed in our data centers. |
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Please see Copyright Infringement Reporting on the Big
Host Web Web site for procedures on disclosing alleged copyright infringement. |
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| 13. Customer’s Grant of Limited
License to Big Host Web; Warranties on Content. |
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Web site or server, you: |
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Grant Big Host Web a limited license to transmit, copy,
store, back up, and retrieve the content, solely for the purpose of
providing you with the services you are purchasing under your Agreement
with Big Host Web; |
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13.2. |
Acknowledge that you are placing data on servers,
networks, and systems that reside physically in the United States.
Such servers, networks, and systems are governed by United States
law and not by the laws of other jurisdiction. As such, your rights
to privacy are governed by United States law and the Big Host Web
privacy policy. By ordering or using Big Host Web's services, you
explicitly consent to this provision regarding privacy.
WHILE BIG HOST WEB WILL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE
PRIVACY OF YOUR INFORMATION AND TO COMPLY WITH UNITED STATES LAW,
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AVAILABLE UNDER UNITED
STATES LAW AND THE Big Host Web PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE LESS THAN
THOSE GUARANTEED BY THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU RESIDE. |
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Warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control
all of the rights to the content and that public posting and use of
your content by Big Host Web does not and will not infringe or violate
the rights of any third party; and |
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Agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify Big Host
Web for any claims of any third party resulting from the public posting
or use of your content. |
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| 14. IP Allocation. |
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| Big Host Web administers an Internet network on which
multiple Customer servers reside. Customers shall NOT use Internet
protocol (IP) addresses that were not assigned to them by Big Host
Web'staff or network administrators. |
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| 15. Restrictions on Use of Big Host
Web'services. |
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15.1 |
You may not operate Internet Relay Chat (“IRC”)
servers using Big Host Web's services. |
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15.2. |
You may not run any IRC robot on any IRC server that
might interfere with the Services or otherwise violate this AUP. When
logged into any IRC server, you must comply with the rules and policies
established by that IRC’s service administrator. |
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15.3. |
You must not use any programs that may or will interfere
with another’s use of this site or any Big Host Web'services.
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15.4. |
You may not run any background processes on the Big
Host Web'servers, networks, or systems without prior written authorization
from Big Host Web. |
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You may not use any Big Host Web'services to send denial-of-service
(DOS) attacks to any computer or network, or to “flood”
any computer or network. |
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You may not host any type of HYIP, autosurf, proxy,
or bit torrent on Big Host Web'servers. |
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15.7. |
You may not use any Big Host Web'services to make available
to third parties for any use other than normal access to that account's
Web site. |
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15.8. |
You may not use our service to offer any free services
including but not limited to free hosting, free email service, free
blogging service, free home pages, free image hosting. |
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15.9. |
Big Host Web reserves the right to add further restrictions
to Customers’use of the Big Host Web'services if such further
restrictions are reasonably necessary to keep its hosting service
operating efficiently for all users. |
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| 16. Suspension and Cancellation. |
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| Big Host Web reserves the right to suspend service to
any Customer or who is using our network or services for violation
of the AUP, the NSP, the Privacy Policy, or the TOS. Big Host Web
will use reasonable care in notifying the Customer and in resolving
the problem in a method resulting in the least amount of service interference
as reasonably possible. Big Host Web reserves the right to terminate
service without notice for continued and repeated violations of the
AUP, the NSP, the Privacy Policy, or the TOS. |
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| 17. Notices Regarding Violations of
AUP and Intellectual Property Rights. |
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17.1. |
The Big Host Web Agreement and all its components prohibit
acts of copyright and trademark infringement and other unlawful behavior
by Big Host Web Customers. Big Host Web takes Customer violations
seriously and will investigate complaints and, where appropriate,
may remove content, disable sites, suspend or terminate services,
or take other action as necessary. |
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17.2. |
General Complaints: Please send reports of any activity
in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy to cs@bighostweb.com. If
possible, please provide the IP address used to commit the violation,
the date and time of the violation, and evidence of the violation.
Big Host Web will reasonably investigate incidents involving such
alleged violations. Big Host Web may involve and will cooperate with
law enforcement officials if any criminal activity is suspected. Violations
may result in criminal and civil liability. |
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Copyright/Trademark Infringement Complaints: If you
believe that your copyright or trademark has been used by a Big Host
Web'subscriber without permission, such that the use may constitute
infringement of your intellectual property rights |
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| 18. Miscellaneous. |
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| All monetary amounts to which this Agreement refers
shall be in United States dollars. |
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| 19. Revisions. |
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| Big Host Web may revise this Acceptable Use Policy without
prior notice. Such changes will be posted at www.bighostweb.com/?area=aup.
You are responsible for reviewing the online Acceptable Use Policy to
stay update of any changes. |