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ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY
This Acceptable Use Policy specifies the actions prohibited by Internet
Light and Power Inc. (ILAP) to users of the ILAP Network. ILAP reserves
the right to modify the Policy at any time, effective upon posting of
the modified Policy to this URL: http://www.ilap.com/aup.shtml
Illegal Use
The Service may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution
or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation
is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected
by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property
right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene,
defamatory or constitutes an illegal threat. ILAP does not assume any
responsibility for material available, transmitted, stored or otherwise
accessible through the service.
Security
Each CLIENT is responsible for ensuring that the use of any ILAP service
complies with this Policy. The CLIENT is fully responsible for any misuse
of the Service even if the inappropriate activity was committed by another
individual such as a friend, family member, guest, employee or individual
with access to the CLIENT’s account. It is the CLIENT's responsibility
to ensure that no one gains unauthorized access to the Service. The
CLIENT is solely responsible for the security of any device they choose
to connect to the Service, including any data stored on that device.
In particular, ILAP recommends against enabling file or printer sharing
of any sort.
The Service may not be used to breach the security of any user or to
attempt to gain access to any other person's computer, software or data,
without the knowledge and written consent of such person and may not
be used in any attempt to circumvent the user authentication or security
of any host, network, or account.
Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
- Accessing data
without express authorization of the owner;
- Logging into
or making use of a server or account you are not expressly authorized
to access;
- Probing the
security of other computers/networks;
- Forging any
part of the TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information
in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting;
- Facilitating
a violation of this Policy; and
- Advertising,
transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program,
product, or service that is designed to violate this Policy, which
includes the facilitation of the means to spam.
Use or distribution
of tools designed for compromising security, such as password guessing
programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network probing tools,
is prohibited. The ILAP network may not be used to collect, or attempt
to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge
or written consent.
The Service may not be used to interfere with computer networking or
telecommunications service of any user, host or network, by, without
limitation, denial of service attacks, flooding of a network, overloading
a service, improper seizing and abuse of operator privileges and attempts
to "crash" a host. The transmission or dissemination of any
information or software that contains a virus or other harmful feature
also is prohibited. The Service may not be used to violate the rules,
regulations, or policies applicable to any network, server, computer
database, or web site that the CLIENT accesses or to violate another
internet Service provider’s acceptable use policy and/or terms
of service.
Inappropriate Content
There may be content on the Internet or otherwise available through
the Service which may be offensive to some individuals, or which may
not be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. ILAP
does not assume any responsibility for the content contained on the
Internet or otherwise available through the Service. The CLIENT must
assume the risk of accessing content through the Service, and ILAP shall
not have any liability for any claims, losses, actions, damages, suits
or proceedings arising out of or otherwise relating to access to such
content. Adults may want to use a program capable of restricting access
to sexually explicit material on the Internet if children use the Service.
Content questions or complaints should be addressed to the content provider.
The CLIENT is solely responsible for any information that the CLIENT
publishes on the web or other Internet service, including but not limited
to content posted in the Client's Virtual Server. The CLIENT must ensure
that any content that may be disseminated is appropriate for its intended
recipient(s). ILAP reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove
any information or materials, in whole or in part, that is unlawful,
offensive, obscene, defamatory or otherwise causes unnecessary stress
on the ILAP network, its service and its resources, or other users.
Electronic Mail/Newsgroup/Internet Relay Chat/Messenger
The Service may not be used to indiscriminately send unsolicited, unwanted,
irrelevant, or inappropriate messages, especially Unsolicited Commercial
Email (UCE or spam mail).
Other prohibited electronic mail activities include, but are not limited
to:
- Posting a single
message, or messages similar in content, to more than nine online
forums or newsgroups.
- Posting messages
to online forums or newsgroups that violate the rules of the forums
or newsgroups.
- Collecting the
responses from unsolicited E-mail regardless of whether or not the
mail was sent via the ILAP network.
- Sending any
unsolicited E-mail that could be expected, in ILAP’s discretion,
to provoke complaints.
- Sending unsolicited
E-mail without identifying in the E-mail a clear and easy means to
be excluded from receiving additional E-mail from the originator of
the E-mail.
- Continuing to
send messages to anyone that has expressly requested not to receive
messages from the sender.
- Sending messages
which disrupt another Internet user's equipment - including software,
hardware, and user display, or hindering other users in their access
to, and use of, the Service.
- Forging, altering
or removing electronic mail headers.
- Spoofing, forging,
or using another user’s identity or network address while participating
in chat sessions.
- Performing any
"flooding" activities. Flooding is defined as deliberately
repeating actions in quick succession in order to fill the screens
of other Internet users with text.
- Using automated
programs, such as "bots" or "clones" when the
CLIENT is not physically present at the device.
ILAP is not responsible
for the forwarding of E-mail sent to any account that has been discontinued,
suspended or terminated. Such E-mail will be returned to sender, ignored,
deleted, or stored temporarily at ILAP's sole discretion.
IP Address
Any IP address assigned by ILAP is the property of ILAP at all times.
ILAP’s customers are issued dynamically assigned IP addresses
that can change any time at the discretion of ILAP without prior notice.
ILAP assumes no liability whatsoever for any claims, damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or otherwise relating to any change in IP
Addressing.
Violation of Acceptable Use Policy
Although ILAP has no obligation to monitor the Service and/or the network,
ILAP reserves the right to monitor bandwidth, usage, and content from
time to time to operate the Service; to identify violations of this
Policy; and/or to protect the network and ILAP customers.
ILAP prefers to advise Customers of inappropriate behavior and any necessary
corrective action. Any such correspondence will be sent to the primary
contact E-mail address attached to the account. ILAP, in its sole discretion,
may take any actions deemed appropriate to preserve the integrity of
it’s network and the service. Such actions include, but are not
limited to, temporary or permanent removal of content, cancellation
of newsgroup posts, discontinuing access to any Usenet newsgroup, filtering
of Internet transmissions, and the immediate suspension, discontinuance,
limitation or termination of the Service. ILAP will not incur any liability
for any such responsive actions.
ILAP reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of this
Policy, including the gathering of information from the user or users
involved and the complaining party, if any, and examination of material
on ILAP's servers and network.
ILAP may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the investigation
of suspected violations to any applicable law, regulation, public policy
or order of a public authority having jurisdiction. Such cooperation
may include ILAP providing the customer's username, IP address, or other
identifying information based on reasonable evidence, receipt of warrant
or order. Upon termination of an account, ILAP is authorized to delete
any files, programs, data and E-mail messages associated with such account.
ILAP, in its sole discretion, will determine what action will be taken
in response to a violation on a case-by-case basis. Violations of this
Policy may also subject the account holder(s) to criminal or civil liability.
Complaints regarding email, SPAM or Illegal Use or System or Network
Security issues, should be sent to ILAP via our online
form.
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