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AUP - Acceptable Usage Policy
This document is intended to provide a basic understanding of
MyVPSHost's company goals, expected behavior of its Subscribers
and customers, and it’s Acceptable Use Policy.
While using the services provided by MyVPSHost, this Acceptable
Use Policy ("MyVPSHost Customer Policy") is provided
to give our subscribers and customers a guideline of acceptable
behavior, protocol, and down-stream applications. All users of
MyVPSHost's services must comply with this MyVPSHost's Terms of
Service (TOS). Please be sure to read both documents before becoming
a MyVPSHost Subscriber.
In accordance with our Terms of Service (TOS), MyVPSHost may
remove any materials, and discontinue service to any account that,
in our sole discretion, may be operating illegally or contain
illegal subject matter, may subject MyVPSHost's to liability,
may bring harm to MyVPSHost’s system, network, servers,
subscribers, or customers, or which may violate the MyVPSHost's
Subscriber Agreement or Customer Policy. Any believed, reported,
suspected or alleged crime or civil wrongdoing will allow MyVPSHost
to notify and cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties
to investigate.
The following are core principles that MyVPSHost strives to deliver
to each and every Subscriber and Customer of our services. We
ask that each Subscriber, Customer, Sub-network, and Reseller
also follow these basic principles:
• Provide outstanding
service with reliable security and privacy of our systems and
network
• Foster full and unfettered access to the internet community
while upholding full compliance with existing laws, rules, and
regulations
• Encourage responsible and legal use of our networks and
the Internet and only get involved to respond to inappropriate
actions
• Stop activities that: pose harm to others, are illegal,
compromise MyVPSHost's systems and resources, discourage responsible
users of MyVPSHost's services
The following constitute violations of this Acceptable Use Policy.
We ask that each Subscriber, Customer, guest, and/or third parties
refrain from the following or risk loss of services, additional
fees, and possible legal actions. Sub-networks and Reseller are
responsible if their customers, subscribers, guests or third parties
perform any of the following as well:
• Cause or allow
illegal use of MyVPSHost's services, or in support of illegal
activities in any manner, to include harming, or attempt to harm,
minors in any way.
• Cause or allow unauthorized access, or to attempt to access,
the accounts, systems, or servers of others, or to penetrate,
or attempt to penetrate, security measures of MyVPSHost's or another
entity's computer software, hardware, network, or internet systems.
• Cause or allow the transmission of any material that threatens,
harasses, or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
• Cause or allow or 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."
• Cause or allow the modification of identifying network
header information in an effort to deceive or mislead.
• Cause or allow the transmission of any unsolicited commercial
or unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM) or cause or allow any of our
IP space to be listed in any of the various Spam Databases. Commercial
messages that are solicited by the recipients are permitted.
• Cause or allow your virtual site to publish material, in
any form, fashion, or medium, which MyVPSHost determines, at its
sole discretion, to be unlawful, indecent, illegal or objectionable.
• Cause or allow the impeding of another person's use of
electronic mail services or internet access.
• Cause or allow the transmission of any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise) that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
any third party.
Any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy may result in corrective
action by MyVPSHost to include, but not be limited to, the suspension
or immediate termination of your MyVPSHost account and services,
additional fees and charges, legal action or other actions as
detailed in this document or the Terms of Service agreement without
previous notice to the Subscriber or customer.
Sub-Networks and Resellers
MyVPSHost understands and welcomes Sub-networks
and Resellers of MyVPSHost's services, however, these secondary
service providers must insure that each and every one of their
customers adheres to every policy and rule that is set forth in
this Customer Policy and MyVPSHost’s Subscriber Agreement.
We strongly encourage each Sub-network and Reseller to adopt these
policies, or even stronger policies, to insure the integrity and
reliability of our services. Sub-networks and Resellers of MyVPSHost
services should, AT THE VERY LEAST, provide a copy of the MyVPSHost's
Subscriber Agreement and Customer Policy to each and every customer
of theirs.
Anyone using MyVPSHost's services, whether
directly through MyVPSHost or a secondary service supplier (Sub-network
or Reseller), will be held accountable for their actions, and
all Sub-networks and Resellers of MyVPSHost's services, customers,
subscribers, third-party users, guests, and staff will be held
accountable in accordance with the provisions contained within
the MyVPSHost's Subscriber Agreement and Customer Policy.
As such, to make it perfectly clear, the following
are, in addition to the other violations stated in the MyVPSHost's
Subscriber Agreement and Customer Policy, actions that will not
be tolerated and will constitute violations of MyVPSHost's policies:
• Cause or allow the use
of the MyVPSHost's service for any activity which affects the
ability of other people or systems to use MyVPSHost's 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, services
or equipment is prohibited.
• Cause or allow others to
use their network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A Subscriber
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.
• Cause or allow unauthorized
entry and/or use of another company and/or individual's computer,
or attempting to access the accounts of others, or penetrate
security measures of other systems, whether or not the intrusion
results in corruption or loss of data.
• Cause or allow a knowing
misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing or activity
made with the intent that the person receiving it will act upon
it.
• Cause or allow the Distribution
and/or posting of, or the infringement of Copyright, Patent,
Trademark, Trade Secret, or Intellectual Property Right protected
materials.
• Cause or allow the intentional
distributions of software that attempts to and/or causes damage,
harassment, or annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer systems.
• Cause or allow the use
of software or any device that would facilitate a continued
connection, i.e. pinging, while using MyVPSHost's services.
• Cause or allow the hosting
of pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual Server Accounts.
• Cause or allow the hosting
of an IRC server that is part of, or connected to, another IRC
network or server.
Reporting Violations
MyVPSHost requests that anyone who believes that
there is, or has been a victim of, a violation of the MyVPSHost's
Acceptable Use Policy or Terms of Service Agreement direct the information
to us here.
If available, please provide the following information:
• The IP
address believed to have been used to commit the alleged violation
• The date and time of the
alleged violation, copies of emails, transmissions, or any other
evidence of the alleged violation.
• The name, IP Address, email
address, and contact telephone number of the person making the
report.
The information regarding the person making the
report is for MyVPSHost's internal use only and will be kept anonymous.
Such information may however, be required to be supplied to the
legal authorities if a criminal investigation is commenced.
Revisions
MyVPSHost reserves the right to revise, amend,
or modify the MyVPSHost's Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service
Policy, as well as any other policies and agreement of MyVPSHost Networks,
at any time and in any manner without previous notice to MyVPSHost's
Subscribers, customers, Sub-networks and Resellers of MyVPSHost's
services, guests, third parties, and staff.
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