Webolution LLC Acceptable Use Policy
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1. INTRODUCTION
Webolution LLC's
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is intended to help enhance the use of
the Internet by preventing unacceptable use. All users of Webolution LLC's Internet
services (the "Services")-those who access some of our Services but
do not have accounts ("Visitors"), as well as those who pay a
periodic service fee to subscribe to the Services ("Members")-must
comply with this AUP. We support the free flow of information and ideas over
the Internet and do not actively monitor use of the Services under normal
circumstances. Similarly, we do not exercise editorial control over the content
of any Web site, electronic mail transmission, news group, or other material
created or accessible over or through the Services, except for certain
proprietary websites. However, in accordance with our Internet Service
Agreement, we may remove any materials that, in our sole discretion, may be
illegal, may subject us to liability, or which may violate this AUP. Webolution LLC
may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation
of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong. Your violation of this AUP
may result in the suspension or termination of either your access to the
Services and/or your Webolution LLC account or other actions as detailed in Section
3. This AUP should be read in conjunction with our Internet Service Agreement
and other policies.
2. VIOLATIONS
OF WEBOLUTION LLC'S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The
following constitute violations of this AUP:
a. Illegal use.
Using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting, or
otherwise) that, intentionally or unintentionally, violates any applicable
local, state, national or international law, or any rules or regulations
promulgated there under.
b. Harm to minors.
Using the Services to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way.
c. Threats. Using
the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting, or
otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
d. Harassment.
Using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting, or
otherwise) that harasses another.
e. Fraudulent
activity. Using the Services 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."
f. 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. Using deliberately misleading headers ("munging"
headers) in news postings in order to avoid spam email address collectors is
allowed.
g. Unsolicited
commercial email/Unsolicited bulk email. Using the Services to transmit any
unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk email. Activities that have
the effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk
email whether or not that email is commercial in nature are prohibited.
h. Unauthorized
access. Using the Services to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of
others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of
Webolution LLC'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.
i. Copyright or
trademark infringement. Using the Services to transmit any material (by email,
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. Webolution LLC is registered under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act of 1998. If
copyright or trademark infringement is suspected by anyone in relation to Webolution LLC
or any Webolution LLC accounts immediately contact Webolution LLC's designated
agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringements, Ron
Harper, at Ron.Harper@goWebolution.com or by
phone at 407.324.7229 (toll free 888.932.6588 or by mail at 4044 W. Lake Mary
Blvd., Suite 104 #332, Lake Mary, FL 32746.
j. Collection of
personal data. Using the Services to collect, or attempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.
k. Reselling the
services. Reselling the Services without Webolution LLC's authorization.
l. Network
disruptions and unfriendly activity. Using the Services for any activity, which
adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use Webolution LLC
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, network services or network equipment is
prohibited. It is the Member's responsibility to ensure that their network is
configured in a secure manner. A Member may not, through action or inaction,
allow others to use their network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A
Member 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.
m. Other
Activities -- Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that
Webolution LLC determines to be harmful to its subscribers, operations, reputation,
goodwill, or customer relations.
3. REVISIONS TO
THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Webolution LLC
reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this AUP 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 the Internet
Service.
WEBOLUTION LLC RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE USAGE POLICY OR THIS
AGREEMENT.
WARRANTIES
With respect to the services
to be provided herein, the Customer acknowledges that Webolution LLC makes
absolutely no warranties whatsoever express or implied. As a result, the
Customer agrees that Webolution LLC shall not be liable to the Customer for any
claims, damages, or loss of profit which may be suffered by the Customer or any
other entity in any respect for direct, indirect, consequential, actual, or
punitive damages arising out of, or in relation to, the services provided
herein, including, but not limited to, losses or damages resulting from the
loss of data as the result of delays, non-deliveries, or service interruptions.
INFORMATION
The utilization of any data
or information received by the Customer from the utilization of the service to
be provided by Webolution LLC is at the Customer's sole and absolute risk.
Webolution LLC specifically disclaims and denies any responsibility for the
completeness, accuracy, or quality of information obtained through the services
to be provided hereby.
DOMAIN NAME
If the customer acquires a
domain name through Webolution LLC, then in such case the Customer hereby waives
any and all claims for any reason which it may have against Webolution LLC, for any
loss, damage, claim, or expense arising out of, or in relation to, the
registration of such domain name in any online or offline network directories,
membership lists or registration lists, or the release of the domain name from
such directories or lists following the termination of Webolution LLC's service to
Customer.
RESTRICTIVE USE
The Customer may only use
Webolution LLC's services for lawful purposes. In the event that at any given time,
Webolution LLC believes that the service is being used by the Customer in
contravention with any of the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement,
Webolution LLC has the right to immediately discontinue such service to Customer
without liability other than to refund any unearned prepaid service fees. The
following are restrictive uses and shall be cause for the immediate termination
of web services and this Agreement without notice or refund to the Customer:
a. Unauthorized distribution
or copying copyrighted software and files (including MP3's, warez, cracks,
ROMs, etc.), violation of US export restrictions, harassment, fraud,
trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, terrorism, terrorism
collaboration and other illegal activities. Webolution LLC reserves the right to
report such illegal activities to any and all regulatory, administrative and/or
governmental authorities for appropriate prosecution.
b. We do not host porn/adult
websites. We do allow erotic photography, erotic art and other adult material.
You are responsible for making sure that you provide proper warnings and
disclaimers concerning the contents of your website. Our definition of a porn
site is a website that sells memberships to access adult images and video or a
site that is solely setup to distribute adult images and video. Most porn sites
in general tend to have a heavy load on the server because they attempt to
attract as much traffic as possible to the site and the visitors to these sites
in turn download a high volume of files. We avoid hosting any sites that may
have an adverse affect on the performance of our servers and the sites they
host. The Customer expressly understands and agrees that Webolution LLC is not
liable for legal action taken against Customer sites that have content
featuring nudity and/or of a sexual nature. If you're still not sure how we
would classify your site, then contact us referencing the url of your site and
we'll let you know if it is the type of site that we can host. Webolution LLC will
not tolerate the use of any of our infrastructure for customers to download,
upload, store or distribute any child porn material or any applications
associated with the download, upload, storage or distribution of child porn
material. Webolution LLC will cooperate with law enforcement in any investigation
of any of our customers that are suspected of dealing in child porn.
c. In general, we do not
host download sites, i.e. sites that exist specifically to enable people to
download files, i.e. mp3's, ROMs, emulators, video games, cheats etc.
d. Using a non-existing
email return address on a commercial solicitation, spamming (sending
unsolicited advertising to numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or
generating a significantly higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user),
trolling (posting outrageous messages to generate numerous responses,
mailbombing (sending multiple messages without significant new content to the
same user), subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person's
permission or attempting without authorization to enter into a secured computer
system. Webolution LLC reserves the right to determine what is Internet abuse.
e. Unsolicited advertising
via email and/or "Spamming" is a violation of State and Federal Law
and is otherwise a violation of this agreement. This includes referencing
domains hosted on Webolution LLC servers in said spam. Such prohibited conduct
subjects Customer to immediate cessation of service as provided herein and the
termination of this agreement without notice. Webolution LLC reserves the right to
report such illegal activities to any and all regulatory, administrative and/or
governmental authorities for appropriate prosecution. In addition, Webolution LLC
has the right to charge one dollar (US$1.00) per email recipient for any such
activity.
f. Tortuous conduct such as
posting of defamatory, libelous, slanderous, scandalous, or private information
about a person without their consent, intentionally inflicting emotional
distress, or violating trademarks, copyright, or other intellectual property
rights.
g. MUDDS, Listservers or any
other Internet application that are not website specific, are specifically
prohibited.
h. Any other misuses of the
system resources, such as employing scripts or programs which consume excessive
CPU time or storage space, permitting use of mailservers, mail forwarding
capabilities, POP accounts, file managers, autoresponders or resale/outsource
of access to CGI scripts installed on our servers and running malicous
perl scripts is not permitted.
i. Attempting without
authorization to enter into a secured computer system. Malicious hacking,
cracking or otherwise altering of a site owned and operated by another person.
Webolution LLC reserves the right to report such illegal activities to any and all
regulatory, administrative and/or governmental authorities for appropriate
prosecution.
j. CGI script sharing with
other domains is not permitted. Any CGI-scripts deemed to be adversely
affecting server performance or network integrity will be shut down without
prior notice.
k. IRC software, IRC bots or
Eggdrop bots are not allowed on our servers.
l. Customer installed chat
rooms are not allowed on our servers.
m. Customer installed shell
emulators.
n. Customer installed
virtual servers, file systems or system binaries.
o. Mass mailings, scripts
that send out mass mailings or any other kind of high-volume mailing
activities.
p. Dating or personals
scripts and scripts that send out anonymous email.
Webolution LLC reserves the
right to modify or otherwise amend these terms without prior notice or warning.
UNILATERAL SERVICE
REVOCATION
In the event that Webolution LLC
may at any time believe that the service is being utilized for unlawful
purposes by the Customer or in contravention with the terms and provisions
herewith, Webolution LLC may immediately discontinue such service to the Customer
without liability. This will include failure to pay, illegal activities and/or
unsolicited email.
INDEMNIFICATION
The Customer shall indemnify
and hold harmless Webolution LLC from any and all loss, cost, expense, and damage
on account of any and all manner of claims, demands, actions, suits,
proceedings, judgments, costs and expenses that may be initiated against
Webolution LLC and Webolution LLC's officers, directors, and employees for any service
provided to Customer by Webolution LLC to include web space content that violates
any copyright, proprietary right of any person, state and federal regulations,
or contains any matter that is libelous or scandalous.
CHANGES IN TERMS OF
AGREEMENT
Webolution LLC reserves the
right to make changes to the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time
to include service pricing, advising of the change and the effective date
thereof, but with changes in service fees being effective only at the end of
any period for which the Customer has prepaid. Utilization of the service by
the Customer following the effective date of such change shall constitute
acceptance by the Customer of such change(s).
ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND
UNDERSTANDING
This document and services
constitute the entire Agreement between the parties, and represents the
complete and entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
RELATIONSHIP
The parties here to are
independent entities and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
to constitute Customer an agent, employee, partner, independent contractor,
joint venturer, or any other similar entity.
GOVERNING LAW
The laws of the State of
Florida in the United States of America shall govern this Agreement. Each party
agrees that jurisdiction and venue for any and all claims, disputes or other
matters arising out of the services provided herein and under this Agreement
will only lie in Seminole County, Florida. If any action at law or in equity is
brought to enforce or interpret the provisions of this Agreement and services
provided herein, the prevailing party in such action shall be entitled to all
reasonable costs to include attorney fees.
SEVERABILITY
In the event that any term
or provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be illegal, unenforceable or invalid in whole or in part for any reason, the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Customer acknowledges that
any information not generally known by, or disclosed to the public, to include
but not be limited to computer programs, source code, algorithms and inventions
are the property of Webolution LLC and may not be utilized or released without the
express written permission of Webolution LLC.
INTERPRETATION
The format, words and
phrases used herein shall have the meaning generally understood in the
telecommunications/software/Internet industries. This Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with its fair meaning and not against the drafting
party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, and in consideration of
the covenants and agreements contained herein, do hereby execute this
instrument, with each party warranting their ability to enter into this
Agreement for the person or entity herein named as a party hereto by placing an
order telephonically, in writing and/or electronically.
Version 1.2
Adopted on 8 December 2003