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- Lawful Purpose
You may use Centuric's Services only for lawful
purposes. You may not transmit, store or present
any information, software, data, file or material
in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
You may not use Centuric's Services to facilitate,
or otherwise assist in, the violation of any law
or regulation.
- Spamming and Related Activities
Centuric strictly prohibits your use of Centuric's
Services to transmit SPAM or to host a site that
is advertised or announced via SPAM. "SPAM" is any
form of unsolicited advertisement or informational
announcement that is transmitted, whether singularly
or in bulk, via any Internet-based communications
medium including, but not limited to, Microsoft
Messenger Service; Chat Programs such as AIM, YIM
and MSN; e-mail, Internet facsimile, Internet phone,
instant and text messaging (SMS) and IRC applications.
Activities that violate this policy may also subject
you to civil liability to third parties and to criminal
penalties.
- Permission Based Communications
You may use Centuric's Services to transmit permission-based
communications for purposes of marketing your goods
and services, provided that you otherwise comply
with the standards set out in this AUP and all applicable
laws including, but not limited to, the CAN-SPAM
Act. All marketing conducted using Centuric's Services
must be permission (opt-in) based. You must keep
adequate and verifiable records to prove that your
marketing is strictly permission-based. In addition,
should you purchase mailing lists or other types
of data that are to be used to contact third parties
via Centuric's Services, you must verify that the
lists have been compiled on a strict "opt-in" basis.
In addition to the foregoing general requirements,
all permission-based communications sent using Centuric's
Services must include the following (and you are
required to take the corresponding actions set forth
below):
- A working "unsubscribe"
link. (You must honor all unsubscribe requests
within 72 hours from the time they enter Centuric's
Services.)
- The recipient's accurate
e-mail address in the "to" line and the sender's
accurate e-mail address in the "from" line.
- A working link to your
privacy policy.
- A working "abuse" address
and/or link. (You must answer all complaints
forwarded to this address within 72 hours from
the time they enter Centuric's Services.)
- An up-to-date website
that corresponds with the domain portion of
the response e-mail. Your website must conspicuously
display your up-to-date mailing address, telephone
number and facsimile number.
You are solely responsible for the transmission
of all such permission-based communications. Centuric
reserves the right to suspend or terminate your
Services in the event Centuric receives an excessive
number of complaints related to your permission-based
communications, whether such complaints are made
by parties whom "opt-in" or otherwise. You agree
that Centuric may determine what constitutes an
excessive number of complaints in its sole and exclusive
discretion.
- Copyright Infringement
You may not use Centuric's Services in any manner
that infringes upon the rights of a third party
under federal and foreign copyright laws.
Centuric is registered with the United States Copyright
Office pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act ("DMCA"). If a copyright owner believes in good
faith that Centuric is the hosting provider of material
that infringes that copyright, the copyright owner
may submit a written notification of claimed infringement
to Centuric's designated copyright agent:
PLEASE NOTE: The designated copyright agent is appointed
solely for the purpose of receiving notices of copyright
claims submitted pursuant to the DMCA. No other
notices or communications should be forwarded to
the designated copyright agent.
The DMCA contains very specific guidelines as to
what proper notification of claimed infringement
must contain. Copyright owners may obtain a copy
of the DMCA, including these guidelines, by visiting
the web site of the U.S. Copyright Office at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512.
Centuric is not required to respond to notices that
do not meet the requirements of the DMCA. Copyright
owners should be aware that there are substantial
penalties for false claims and that Centuric will
actively refer complainants who use the DMCA for
improper purposes to relevant law enforcement agencies.
In the event that Centuric must remove, or disable
access to, material on your web site that is alleged
to infringe another's copyright under the DMCA,
you acknowledge and agree that Centuric may do so
by disabling access to your entire web site.
- Violations of Other Intellectual
Property Rights
You may not use Centuric's Services in any manner
that infringes or misappropriates any other intellectual
property rights of a third party including, but
not limited to, trademarks, trade names, trade dress,
logos, domain names, patents, trade secrets and
other proprietary rights of a third party.
Although Centuric reserves the right to suspend
or terminate your Services upon its receipt of a
third party claim that alleges that you are using
Centuric's Services in a manner that infringes such
third party's intellectual property rights, Centuric
may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, allow
you to continue use of its Services provided that
you confirm in a timely manner that you have discontinued
the allegedly infringing activities or provide Centuric
with a court order confirming that your activities
do not infringe the intellectual property rights
of such third party.
- Defamation and Harassment
You may not use Centuric's Services to defame, harass,
abuse, libel, slander or threaten a third party.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy
engaged in by Centuric customers or end users may
be directed to abuse@centuric.com.
- Child Pornography
You may not use Centuric's Services to disseminate
or display images or other content that constitutes
child pornography under United States laws.
Centuric applies a zero tolerance policy to the
enforcement of this prohibition. Centuric takes
an active role in cooperating with law enforcement
officials in their efforts to prosecute violations
of statutes that prohibit the dissemination of child
pornography. Centuric reports the use of its Services
to disseminate or display child pornography as required
by law. You will not be notified that Centuric may
be cooperating with law enforcement or that Centuric
has reported the use of its Services in this manner.
For further information about child pornography,
you may visit the web site of the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children at www.ncmec.org.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy
engaged in by Centuric customers or end users may
be directed to cp@centuric.com.
- Disruptive or Abusive Activity
You may not use Centuric's Services:
- to forge, misrepresent,
omit, or delete message headers, return mailing
information and/or Internet Protocol addresses
to conceal or misidentify the origin of a message;
- to create or transmit
any Internet virus, worm, Trojan horse or computer
code intended to disrupt services, destroy data,
destroy or damage equipment, or disrupt the
operations of the Services;
- to maintain open mail
relays, forward or propagate "chain" mail or
mail bomb;
- to engage in denial of
service attacks including, but not limited to
transmitting packets with an illegal packet
size, UDP flooding, ping-flooding, half-open
TCP connection flooding and any other use, or
otherwise interfere with an Internet user's
terminal session;
- in a manner that encumbers
or utilizes disk space, processors or other
system requirements beyond those allowed by
your specific account;
- to establish, create or
otherwise make available any Internet Relay
Chat (IRC) server;
- to hack, subvert, or assist
others in hacking or subverting the security
or integrity of Centuric's Services;
- to disseminate or display
indecent or obscene images or content;
- to solicit information
that is considered to be confidential, such
as passwords or credit card information, or
to crack passwords or to defraud third parties
into releasing their passwords;
- to solicit or facilitate
the performance of any illegal activity, even
if the activity itself is not performed; and/or
- in any manner that might
potentially subject Centuric to unfavorable
regulatory action, subject Centuric to any liability
for any reason, or adversely affect Centuric's
public image, reputation, goodwill, business
or operations.
- United States Export Laws
United States export control laws govern your use
of Centuric's Services. These laws apply to you
and your use of Centuric's Services regardless of
whether you actually reside in the United States.
You may not use Centuric's Services for any purpose
that violates these laws, which may include the
sale of products that may be legal to sell in the
United States, but illegal to export. You may not
use Centuric's Services to provide services to end
users with whom United States citizens may not do
business.
For further information about United States export
laws, you may visit the United States government's
portal to exporting and trade services at http://www.export.gov/exportcontrols.html.
- Privacy
Centuric's privacy policy may be found at http://www.centuric.com/privacy-policy.htm.
While Centuric is concerned with the privacy of
on-line communications and websites, the Internet
is no more secure than other means of communications.
You should assume that all on-line communications
are insecure. Centuric is not responsible for the
security of any information transmitted over its
Services, unless it has expressly agreed to do so.
Such an agreement must be in writing and signed
by an authorized officer of Centuric.
- IP Addresses
In connection with your use of Centuric's Services,
you may only use IP addresses that are assigned
to you by Centuric. If you use IP addresses that
are not assigned to you by Centuric, Centuric will
suspend your Services from network access until
such time as the IP address overlap is corrected.
Centuric owns all IP addresses that may be assigned
to you by Centuric. Centuric may, in its sole discretion,
change these numbers from time to time without notice
to you.
- Certain Restrictions Applicable
to Shared Customers
If you are the registered owner of an Centuric shared
account:
Your Services may not be transferred or used by
anyone other than you. You may not sell, lease or
assign the Services or any part of the Services
to any party not named in Centuric's records. You
may allow ftp access and host websites for your
end customers without violating this AUP.
When you utilize an excessive amount of system resources,
Centuric reserves the right to place CPU process
limits on your account to prevent disruption of
Centuric Services to other customers. Centuric reserves
sole discretion to determine what constitutes excessive
usage of system resources.
- Certain Restrictions Applicable
to Dedicated Customers
If you are the registered owner of an Centuric dedicated
account:
You are solely responsible for any breaches of security
affecting servers under your control. If your server
is involved in an attack on another server or system,
it may be shut down and Centuric may launch an investigation
to determine the cause and source of the attack.
In such an event, you are responsible for all costs
to rectify any damage done to your server and any
other requirement affected by the security breach.
You acknowledge and agree that Centuric will not
be liable to you or your end users for any loss
or corruption of data or information, inability
to access the Internet or Centuric's Services or
inability to transmit or receive information as
a result of any actions taken by Centuric in response
to such security breaches. This foregoing sentence
may not be construed to diminish or amend any limitations
of liability, or restrict the applicability of such
limitations, as to Centuric that are set forth in
the Terms of Service or any other agreement between
you and Centuric.
No Credits or Refunds for Suspension and/or Termination
of Services
Centuric does not issue credits or refunds for outages
incurred as a result of its decision to suspend
or terminate its Services for a violation of this
AUP. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Centuric from any claims by your end users and any
third party that they have been damaged by reason
of such suspension or termination of Centuric's
Services.
Monitoring of Services; Cooperation with Law Enforcement;
Legal Documents
You are solely responsible for ensuring that materials
disseminated or posted using Centuric's Services
comply with this AUP and all applicable laws and
regulations. Centuric does not review, edit, censor
or take responsibility for any information you,
other customers or your end users may create.
Centuric may disclose information, including information
that you may consider confidential, in order to
comply with a court order, subpoena, summons, discovery
request, warrant, regulation or governmental request.
Centuric assumes no obligation to inform you that
such information has been provided and, in some
cases, may be prohibited by law from providing you
with notice.
On occasion, Centuric may have a need to communicate
with you about issues that relate to billing, service
changes, additions and modifications to its Services.
Centuric may choose the method of such communication
in its sole discretion. The preferred method of
communication is via e-mail.
It is your responsibility to provide and check the
account and contact information, including a required
valid e-mail address, that you provide to Centuric
during the sign-up process. It is your responsibility
to inform Centuric promptly of any changes to your
account or contact information. Centuric has no
responsibility for communications that are misdirected
as a result of your failure to provide Centuric
with updated contact information.
Effective Date
This AUP was last updated on February 14, 2005. |
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