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Utilize the Services in connection
with any illegal activity or
activity otherwise prohibited by
this AUP. Without limiting the
general application of this rule,
Users may not:
Utilize
the Services for or in connection
with any activities or content
determined by Hextron, in its sole
discretion, to be related to
gambling, adult, obscene or
pornographic materials or content,
harassment, defamation, libel and
hate speech or other offensive
speech or content, or for any
unlawful purpose, including without
limitation, fraud, money laundering,
child pornography, terrorist-related
activities, activities in violation
of U.S. export or import laws, any
executive orders, or any rules,
regulations or orders issued by
Office of Foreign Asset Controls
("OFAC"), infringement on rights of
others, trafficking in illegal
drugs, or any products or services
that are prohibited under applicable
law, or which Hextron determines to
be controversial or disruptive to
the operations of Hextron or any
other User or third party;
Utilize the Services to copy
material from third parties
(including text, graphics, music,
videos or other copyrightable
material) without proper
authorization;
Utilize the
Services to misappropriate or
infringe the patents, copyrights,
trademarks or other intellectual
property rights of any third party;
Utilize the Services to
export encryption software to points
outside the United States in
violation of applicable export
control laws;
Utilize the
Services to Forge or misrepresent
message headers, whether in whole or
in part, to mask the originator of
the message; or
Utilize the
Services in any manner that violates
applicable law.
Utilize the Services in connection
with any tortious or actionable
activity. Without limiting the
general application of this rule,
Users and Users may not:
Utilize the Services to publish
or disseminate information that (A)
constitutes slander, libel or
defamation, (B) publicizes the
personal information or likeness of
a person without that person's
consent or (C) otherwise violates
the privacy rights of any person.
Utilize the Services to threaten
persons with bodily harm, to make
harassing or abusive statements or
messages, or to solicit the
performance of acts or services that
are illegal under applicable law.
Utilize the Services in
connection with any other
disruptive, controversial or abusive
activity, as determined by Hextron in
its sole discretion. Without
limiting the general application of
this rule, Users may not:
Utilize the Services to cause
denial of service attacks against
Hextron or other network hosts or
Internet users or to otherwise
degrade or impair the operation of
Hextron's servers and facilities or
the servers and facilities of other
network hosts or Internet users; or
Post messages or software
programs that consume excessive CPU
time, or storage space, or network
bandwidth; or
Utilize the
Services to offer mail services,
mail forwarding capabilities, POP
accounts or auto responders other
than for the User's own account; or
Utilize the Services to
resell access to CGI scripts
installed on Hextron's servers; or
Utilize the Services to
subvert, or assist others in
subverting, the security or
integrity of any Hextron systems,
facilities or equipment; or
Utilize the Services to gain
unauthorized access to the computer
networks of Hextron or any other
person; or
Utilize the
Services to provide passwords or
access codes to persons not
authorized to receive such materials
by the operator of the system
requiring the password or access
code; or
Utilize the
Services to (A) forge the signature
or other identifying mark or code of
any other person, (B) impersonate or
assume the identity or any other
person, or (C) engage in any other
activity (including "spoofing") to
attempt to deceive or mislead other
persons regarding the true identity
of the User (excluding the use of
anonymous re-mailers or Internet
nicknames); or
Utilize the
Services to distribute or post any
virus, worm, Trojan horse, or
computer code intended to disrupt
services, destroy data, destroy or
damage equipment, or disrupt the
operation of the Services; or
Utilize the Services to conduct
port scans or other invasive
procedures against any server
(except any server for which the
User is an authorized system
administrator); or
Utilize
the Services to distribute,
advertise or promote software or
services that have the primary
purpose of encouraging or
facilitating unsolicited commercial
e-mail or Spam; or
Utilize
the Services to solicit or collect,
or distribute, advertise or promote,
e-mail address lists for the purpose
of encouraging or facilitating
unsolicited commercial e-mail or
Spam; or
Utilize the
Services in any manner that might
subject Hextron to unfavorable
regulatory, law enforcement or other
legal action, subject Hextron to any
liability for any reason, or
adversely affect Hextron's public
image, reputation or goodwill,
including, without limitation,
sending or distributing sexually
explicit, hateful, vulgar, racially,
ethnically or otherwise
objectionable materials as
determined by Hextron in its sole
discretion;
While on a
shared hosting platform, utilize,
operate, enable, execute, compile,
upload or publicly store source
code, executable code, programs, or
software packages designed to
perform tasks not directly
associated with Web site/e-mail
hosting, including, without
limitation, (A) directly opening any
listening port, (B) starting any
'daemon' process, (C) performing
local/remote security scans, (D)
simulating local shell/OS access by
means of a tunneled/encapsulated
connection to a remote host, (E)
circumventing firewall restrictions,
(F) connecting to any IRC/Peer to
Peer file sharing server/network,
(G) providing 'tracker' services to
'BitTorrent' clients and/or (H)
exploiting web browser
vulnerabilities, as determined by
Hextron in its sole discretion; or
Attempt to attack, disrupt,
or abuse the support- and
contact-related mechanisms of Hextron,
including, but not limited to,
telephone lines, e-mail addresses,
fax lines, bulletin boards or
contact/signup forms; or
Utilize the Services in any other
manner to interrupt or interfere
with the Internet usage of other
persons.
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As used herein,
the term "User" or "Users" shall
include any and all users,
Customers, subscribers, affiliates
(including without limitations
Customers or non-Customers to whom Hextron provides links or banners to
promote the services or products of
Hextron or any third party the
services or products of which are
offered by or obtained through or in
connection with Hextron), resellers
or others (i) who sign up for, use
or obtain services or products from
Hextron or from any third party
services or products of which are
offered by or obtained through or in
connection with Hextron, or (ii) who
visit the Web site of Hextron or of
any such third party. As a provider
of Internet/World Wide Web access,
Web site hosting, and other
Internet-related services, Hextron,
("Hextron") offers Users, the means
to acquire and disseminate a wealth
of public, private, commercial, and
non-commercial information. Hextron
respects that the Internet provides
a forum for free and open discussion
and dissemination of information,
however, when there are competing
interests at issue, Hextron reserves
the right to take certain
preventative or corrective actions.
In order to protect these competing
interests, Hextron has developed this
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), which
supplements and explains certain
terms of each User's respective
service agreement and is intended as
a guide to the User's rights and
obligations when utilizing Hextron's
services. This AUP will be revised
from time to time.
A User's use of Hextron's services after changes to
the AUP are posted on Hextron's Web
site, under the Terms of Service
section, will constitute the User's
acceptance of any new or additional
terms of the AUP that result from
those changes. One important aspect
of the Internet is that no one party
owns or controls it. This fact
accounts for much of the Internet's
openness and value, but it also
places a high premium on the
judgment and responsibility of those
who use the Internet, both in the
information they acquire and in the
information they disseminate to
others. When Users or others obtain
information through the Internet,
they must keep in mind that Hextron
cannot and does not monitor, verify,
warrant, or vouch for the accuracy
and quality of the information that
users may acquire. For this reason,
the user must exercise his or her
best judgment in relying on
information obtained from the
Internet, and also should be aware
that some material posted to the
Internet is sexually explicit or
otherwise offensive. Because Hextron
cannot monitor or censor the
Internet, and will not attempt to do
so, Hextron cannot and does not
accept any responsibility for injury
to its Users or others that results
from inaccurate, unsuitable,
offensive, or illegal Internet
communications. When Users or others
disseminate information through the
Internet, they also must keep in
mind that Hextron does not review,
edit, censor, or take responsibility
for any information its users,
customers, subscribers or others may
create.
When Users or others place
information on the Internet, they
have the same liability as other
authors for copyright infringement,
defamation, and other harmful
speech. Also, because the
information they create is carried
over Hextron's network and may reach
a large number of people, including
both Users and subscribers and
non-subscribers of Hextron, Users'
postings to the Internet may affect
others and may harm Hextron's
goodwill, business reputation, and
operations. For these reasons, Users
violate Hextron policy and the
service agreement when they, their
users, customers, subscribers,
employees, affiliates, or
subsidiaries engage in activities
described herein.
Scope. This AUP governs the usage of
products and services of Hextron or
of any third party which are
subscribed to or obtained through
Hextron (the "Services"). This AUP is
incorporated by reference into each
contract Hextron or any such third
party enters into with a User for
the use of such Services. Hextron may
modify this AUP at any time without
notice. In addition, this AUP is
incorporated by reference into the
Terms of Service applicable to the
Web site of Hextron so that no person
who utilizes the Web site or
services of Hextron (regardless of
whether that person is a User) may
take any action utilizing the Web
site of Hextron that a User would be
prohibited to take utilizing the
Services.
Purpose. The
purpose of this AUP is to enhance
the quality of the Services and to
protect Users, and the Internet
community as a whole, from illegal,
irresponsible, or disruptive
Internet activities. This AUP
applies to each User. Each User
should use common sense and good
judgment in connection with the
Services. Parents or guardians
should always supervise minors in
using the Internet. Parents and
guardians should remain aware at all
times of what is on the Internet and
how the minors under their care are
using the Services and the Internet.
Prohibited Uses. Users may
not:
Utilize the
Services to send unsolicited bulk
and/or commercial messages over the
Internet (known as "spam" or
"spamming"). It is not only harmful
because of its negative impact on
consumer attitudes toward Hextron,
but also because it can overload
Hextron's network and disrupt service
to its Users subscribers.
Maintaining an open SMTP relay is
prohibited. Any direct action,
configuration, or setting that
causes excessive outbound e-mail
traffic is subject to review and
possible action. When a complaint is
received, Hextron has the absolute
and sole discretion to determine
from all of the evidence whether the
e-mail recipients were from an
"opt-in" e-mail list, or whether the
outbound e-mail traffic generated
from an account is suitable for a
shared hosting environment.
Violations:
Disclaimer. Hextron expressly
disclaims any obligation to and does
not monitor its Users and other
Users with respect to violations of
this AUP. Hextron has no liability or
responsibility for the actions of
any of its Users or other Users or
any content any User may post on any
Web site.
Reporting
Non-Copyright Violations. Hextron
encourages Users to report
violations of this policy by e-mail
to: abuse@Hextron-inc.com, including
in any such report the name of the
offending domain (for example,
xyz.com) and the type of abuse (for
example, Spam, illegal acts,
harassment, etc.) in the "subject"
field of the e-mail.
Reporting Copyright Violations.
Hextron complies with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").
Hextron encourages Users to report an
alleged copyright infringement
involving a user by sending a notice
that complies with the DMCA which
information is located under the
DMCA Policy of this Web site.
Remedies. If Hextron learns of a
violation of this AUP, Hextron will
respond to the applicable User and
may, in Hextron's sole discretion,
take any or all of the following
actions, with or without notice as
it deems necessary or appropriate in
accordance with the severity and
duration of the violation:
Warning the User: and/or
Suspending the offending User
from the Services; and/or
Terminating or cancelling, or
disconnecting the offending User
from, the Services; and/or
Imposing fees or charges on the
offending User account in accordance
with the applicable service
contract; and/or
Removing
the offending content; and/or
Taking other action in
accordance with this AUP, the
applicable service contract or
applicable law.
Reservation of Rights. Hextron
reserves the right to cooperate with
and provide any and all User
information and data to appropriate
legal authorities in investigations
or reporting of claims of illegal
activity involving Hextron's
Services. Hextron reserves all other
rights to respond to violations of
this AUP to the extent of applicable
law and in accordance with any
applicable contractual obligations.
Hextron may utilize technical means
to monitor communications into, and
out of, its network facilities to
prevent the introduction of viruses
or other hostile code, to prevent
intrusions and otherwise to enforce
this AUP and each User agrees that
Hextron is authorized to monitor its
communications through Hextron's
network for such purposes.
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