The policies and guidelines expressed herein supplement the rights and obligations of the parties under the Net Specialists Service Agreement. This document establishes operating principles and acceptable use policies as they relate to the Customers use of the Internet and the connection/services provided by NET SPECIALISTS to the Customer under the Customer Agreement fount at:
The Internet is a voluntary association of users interested in and willing to exchange information and data with other Internet users. At present there is no oversight group providing governance over the principles, policies or procedures for use of the Internet or the information and data accessed via the Internet.
In order to facilitate their contractual relationship the Customer and NET SPECIALISTS wish to define a working protocol of principles and policies and establish operating guidelines and acceptable standards of use of the Internet.
To this end the parties agree as follows:
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE INTERNET BY THE CUSTOMER
1. Responsibility and Respect - The Internet is a network intended for use by mature, adult users. The Customer recognizes this principle and undertakes at all times to act with respect, courtesy and responsibility, giving due regard to the interests and rights of other Internet user groups. This general guideline carries with it the following specific responsibilities:
a) Knowledge of the Internet - The Customer agrees to obtain a basic knowledge of the Internet and its operating principles and procedures.
b) Improper Uses - The Customer will avoid violation of certain generally accepted guidelines on Internet usage such as restrictions on mass advertisements, pirating or copying of software, mail bombing, ping flooding or other methods of attempting to deny service or access to other users, and attempts to violate security.
c) Compliance with Laws - The Customer will ensure that its use of the Internet complies with all applicable federal, state and local law and regulation, including but not limited to those principles of law which protect against compromise of copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary information and other intellectual property rights, libel or defamation of character, invasion of privacy, tortious interference, and export of technical or military data to prohibited countries.
d) Validation of Information - The Customer is responsible for validating the integrity of the information and data it receives or transmits over the Internet.
e) Security - The Customer is required to protect the security of its Internet account and usage. The Customer's password will be treated as private and confidential and not disclosed to or shared with any third parties unless at the request of the Customer for purposes such as web site design, development and maintenance by third parties chosen by the Customer.
f) Discretion and Judgment - The Customer is expected to use discretion in the treatment and handling of Internet information and data and to take particular care to insure that adult information is not transmitted to juvenile users of the Internet.
g) Pornography - We adhere to U.S. laws and regulations regarding adult-related material being distributed to minors. NET SPECIALISTS site hosting is designed for legitimate business use.
h) Excessive CPU usages - Customers will not be allowed to use excessive amounts of CPU processing on any of our servers or face immediate suspension. This can occur from badly written scripts generating runaway processes, or by sending e-mail messages to many recipients or by sending large attachments in e-mail messages to one or more recipients.
i) Resale of services - Customers may NOT resell web space within their own account. Customers may NOT resell mail services including, but not limited to mail forwarding capabilities, POP accounts and autoresponders. The customer may NOT at any time resell access to, or use of, preinstalled scripts as well as any custom or personally owned scripts for use by a third party while installed on the web server.j) Respect of Privacy - Customers MUST abide by local, state and federal guidelines and laws regarding the sending of unsolicited e-mail. Requests to remove e-mail from your recipients must be honored after verification of the authenticity of such requests. Customers should complete this process within 24 hours.
k) E-Commerce - Customers who engage in e-commerce (the selling of goods, services or information online) MUST have a valid SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate installed on their website. All forms or features that request such information MUST be routed through a secure connection. Credit card or other personal financial information may NOT be requested through e-mail, which is not secure.
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Revised: October 22, 2007