COMMERCIAL ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY
OF OMINUX COMMERCIAL HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS ("SERVICE"), OMINUX
HAS ADOPTED THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.
PLEASE READ THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY PRIOR TO ACCESSING THE SERVICE. THE WORD
CUSTOMER IS USED HEREIN TO REFER TO ANY PERSON, ENTITY OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
THAT SUBSCRIBES TO THE SERVICE. BY USING THE SERVICE, CUSTOMER AGREES TO THE
TERMS OF THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY. OMINUX RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY
TERMINATE THE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE WITHOUT NOTICE, AT OMINUX'S SOLE DISCRETION,
IF CUSTOMER OR OTHERS WHO USE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE, VIOLATE THIS ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY. OMINUX ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ANY MATERIAL OR
INFORMATION THAT VIOLATES THIS POLICY FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER AT OMINUX'S
SOLE DISCRETION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
1. USE
The commercial high-speed Internet access service provided to the Customer is
being provided solely for use in Customer's business and any unauthorized
access by a third party to e-mail, Internet access, or any other function of
the Service is in violation of this Policy and relieves Ominux of any
affirmative obligations it may have.
Customer will not resell or redistribute, nor allow others to resell or
redistribute, access to the Service in any manner, except as expressly provided
in any contract for service. The limitation on resale or redistribution of
access includes, but is not limited to, hosting applications such as the
provision of e-mail, FTP and Telnet access.
Ominux reserves the right to disconnect or reclassify the Service for failure
to comply with any portion of this provision or this Policy.
Any violation of these policies may lead to prosecution under state and/or
federal law and/or termination of Customer's Service.
2. END USERS
Customer is responsible for ensuring that all end users of the Service comply
with this AUP. Ominux may disconnect Service if an end user violates this AUP.
The Customer must make contact information publicly available, and must respond
in a timely manner to any complaints. Ominux shall consider any complaints
regarding the Customer's end users to apply to the Customer. Customer is
responsible for any and all e-mail addresses associated with the Customer's
account.
The Customer is responsible for any misuse of the Service, whether by
authorized or unauthorized end users. Therefore, the Customer must take steps
to ensure that others do not gain unauthorized access to the Service. Customer
is solely responsible for the security of (i) any
device Customer chooses to connect to the Service, including any data stored or
shared on that device and (ii) any access point to the Service.
If the Customer sells or resells advertising or web space to a third party,
then the Customer will be responsible for the content of such advertising or on
such web space and the actions of such third party.
3. NO ILLEGAL OR FRAUDULENT USE
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to violate any
applicable federal, state, local or international laws (including, but not
limited to, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). Customer will not
use, nor allow others to use, the Service to commit a crime, act of terrorism,
or fraud, or to plan, encourage or help others to commit a crime or fraud,
including but not limited to, acts of terrorism, engaging in a pyramid or ponzi scheme, or sending chain letters.
4. NO COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK
INFRINGEMENT
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to send or receive
any information which infringes the patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secrets or proprietary rights of any other person, entity or business
organization. This includes, but is not limited to, digitization of music,
movies, photographs or other copyrighted materials or software.
Ominux is registered under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA).
Under the DMCA, copyright owners have the right to notify Ominux if they
believe a Ominux customer has infringed the copyright
owner's work(s). If Ominux receives a notice from a copyright owner alleging a
Customer has committed copyright infringement, Ominux will notify the Customer
of the alleged infringement. If Ominux receives more than one notice alleging
copyright infringement on the Customer's part, Customer may be deemed a
"repeat copyright infringer." Ominux reserves the right to terminate
the accounts and access to the Service of repeat copyright infringers.
5. NO THREATS OR HARASSMENT
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to transmit any
material that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property or
which harasses, abuses, defames or invades the privacy of any other person or
entity.
6. NO HARM TO MINORS
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to harm or attempt
to harm a minor, including but not limited to using the Service to send
pornographic, obscene or profane materials.
7. NO "SPAMMING"
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to send unsolicited
messages or materials, bulk e-mail, or other forms of solicitation
("spamming"). Ominux reserves the right, in Ominux's
sole discretion, to determine whether such posting or transmission constitutes
unsolicited messages or materials. This prohibition against spamming is
applicable to mass mailings by Customers in conjunction with third parties and
is designed to maintain Service quality for all Customers. Mass mailings are
those sent to more than 150 recipients by Customer or in conjunction with a
third party to any group of recipients. Customer is responsible for maintaining
confirmed opt-in records and must provide them to Ominux upon request. The term
"opt-in" means that recipient has signed up for mailings voluntarily.
8. NO "HACKING"
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to access the
accounts of others or to attempt to penetrate security measures of the Service
or other computer systems ("hacking") or to cause a disruption of the
Service to other on-line users. Customer will not use, nor allow others to use,
tools designed for compromising network security, such as password-guessing
programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network
probing tools.
9. NO SYSTEM DISRUPTION
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to disrupt Ominux's network or computer equipment owned by other
Ominux customers. Any static IP address must be authorized and provisioned by
Ominux. Customer also agrees that Customer will not use, nor allow others to
use, the Service to disrupt other Internet Service Providers or services,
including but not limited to e-mail bombing or the use of mass mailing
programs.
10. NO IMPERSONATION OR FORGERY
Customer will not impersonate, nor allow others to impersonate, another user,
falsify one's user name, company name, age or identity in e-mail or in any post
or transmission to any newsgroup or mailing list or other similar groups or
lists. Customer will not, nor allow others to, forge
any message header of any electronic transmission, originating or passing
through the Service.
11. NO ABUSE OF NEWSGROUPS
Customer will not post, nor allow others to post, a similar item to more than
six (6) newsgroups or mailing lists. Customer will not, nor allow others to,
post or transmit any private, third party e-mail to any newsgroup or mailing
list without the explicit approval of the sender.
12. NO EXCESSIVE USE OF BANDWIDTH
If Ominux determines, in Ominux's sole discretion,
that Customer is using an excessive amount of bandwidth over the Ominux network
infrastructure for Internet access or other functions using public network
resources, Ominux may at any time and without notice, suspend excessive
bandwidth capability, suspend Customer's access to the Service, require
Customer to pay additional fees in accordance with Ominux's
then-current, rates for such service, or terminate Customer's account.
13. NO "VIRUSES"
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to transmit
computer "viruses," worms, "Trojan horses" or other harmful
software programs. Customer will use standard practices to prevent the
transmission of such viruses or other harmful software.
14. NO WAIVER
The failure by Ominux or its affiliates to enforce any provision of this AUP
shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to do so at any time.
15. COST RECOVERY
If in the opinion of Ominux, violations of this policy result in
loss of service or the denial of service to Ominux
customers or network
facilities. Ominux shall have the right to collect financial damages. The
minimum fee for such damages shall be no less than One Thousand Dollars.
16. REVISIONS TO POLICY
Ominux reserves the right to update or modify this
Policy at any time and from time to time with or without prior notice.
Continued use of the Service will be deemed acknowledgment and acceptance of
the policy. Notice of modifications to this Policy may be given by posting such
changes to Ominux's homepage (www.Ominux.com) by electronic mail or by
conventional mail.
Acceptable Use Policy, Version 1.1