Agreeing to Tear2 Web Hosting Acceptable Use
Policy and Terms of Service is mandatory for Hosting
signing up or using our services. Please make
sure you read everything. The following rules
apply to sites you host with Tear2 Web Hosting
Acceptable Use Policy
Introduction
During the term of its agreement with Tear2 Web
Hosting, the customer must ensure that the use
of any resource offered to the customer or owned
or controlled by Tear2 Web Hosting ("Service")
conforms with Tear2 Web Hosting's then current
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"). Tear2
Web Hosting may modify, without prior notice,
the AUP as Tear2 Web Hosting deems appropriate;
such modified AUP is effective upon posting on
Tear2 Web Hosting's website.
Responsibility
You are responsible for your sites and all sites
that you host to be in accordance with all rules
on this page. Misuse by you may result in actions
on your account, including removal from the host
without a refund.
Inappropriate Use
The Service must not be used to publish, post,
distribute or otherwise disseminate unlawful material
or information including, but not limited to:
threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or
fraudulent information and materials, or proprietary,
copyrighted, or otherwise intellectually protected
information and materials for which Customer does
not have authorization or authority to possess
or distribute. The Service must not be used to
request unlawful services or materials. The Service
must not be used for activities Tear2 Web Hosting
deems to impact its customers or its ability to
deliver services to its customers. Such activities
may include, but are not limited to:
Obscene Speech or Materials
The distribution of child pornography or any,
defamatory or threatening speech or material.
Intellectual Property Infringement
Any activity infringing on the intellectual property
rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade secrets, and patents.
Spamming
Sending unsolicited commercial bulk email ("UCE"),
news postings or chain letters; advertising transmitting,
or otherwise making available any software, program,
product, or service that is designed to facilitate
sending UCE; use of web pages that allow "spam"ing
(known as "ghost sites") that directly
or indirectly refers to domains or IP addresses
hosted by Tear2 Web Hosting. Tear2 Web Hosting
reserves the right to determine in its sole discretion
what constitutes UCE based on the information
available. Sending any email to purchased lists
or lists obtained by any other method (such as
harvesting) is not acceptable. Customers may ony
send email to recepients who have joined mailing
lists directly from their site.
Maintaining an Open Email Relay
Allowing email to be sent through Customer's system
by a third party (i.e. neither to nor from Customer
or Customer's accounts).
Fraud
Using a false identity; using pyramid/ponzi scheme;
storage or transmission of any intentionally incorrect
data or packet.
Virus, Worm, or Trojan horse program distribution
The deliberate transmission of computer viruses,
worms or trojan software.
Denial of Service
Using any technique to intentionally degrade or
disable the delivery of any legitimate data.
Glutting of servers
Oversized storage of any files that would be unreasonably
large (ie. making a zip file filled with text
files just to pad the size). Again, your webspace
is not for data back up. It is only for hosting
real sites.
Unauthorized Access
Attempting to gain unauthorized entry to any site
or network, or any network or host scanning, probing,
monitoring or other information gathering associated
with such activity; using the Service to guess
passwords.
Applications
Customer may not run any program or script on
the server that runs constantly or 'listens' on
ports unless provided in the control panel. This
includes applications associated with chat services.
Public Forums
Inappropriate postings to newsgroups, chat rooms,
electronic bulletin boards and any other public
forum on, or using, the Service.
Customer Responsibilities
Bulk Email
Customers sending bulk email must provide recipients
with an easy and effective mechanism for removal
from bulk email list. Customer must include the
source of the addressee's address in each bulk
email message.
CPU Usage
Sites may not use extreme unwarranted CPU usage.
This includes usage of "heavy" scripts
or Flash/shockwave files. By heavy we mean oversized
without cause, to the point where most users would
be unable to view them in a reasonable amount
of time. No single site may consume 30% of CPU
usage for a sustained period of time.
Service Resale
Customer may not resell the Service or any portion
of the Service unless under a Reseller plan.
Password Protection
Customer is responsible for protecting passwords
and for any authorized or unauthorized use.
Music Files
Customer may not with out permission have sound/video
files in any format (MP3, ASX, ASF, RA, RAM ,
QTV) due to the high rate of illegal transfer
of copywritten material.
Content Protection
Customer agrees to provide appropriate protection
to prevent minors (persons under 18 years of age)
from accessing any unsuitable material that Customer
publishes via any Service.
Content Ownership
Customer is responsible for all content or information
residing on, or obtained, or transmitted via,
the Service, regardless of whether such use is
by Customer.
File repository /Dump Sites
Customer may not use disk space as a file repository,
or dump site. This includes but is not limited
too; warez, serialz, sound files, applications,
zip files. This includes using the space in order
to store content used on other sites (remote linking)
. Examples of this would be using the web space
to store images for auction descriptions, flash
or any other files used on another site but stored
on our server.
Free Email / Hosting Sites
We do not permit the free giving of POP email
accounts or the issuing of free hosting. This
includes near free (1 penny per year for instance).
Facilitating AUP Violation
Customer activity that facilitates the violation
of this AUP by any party constitutes a violation
of this AUP by Customer.
AUP Enforcement
Violation of the AUP may subject Customer to international,
federal, and/or state civil and/or criminal liability,
including without limitation, Ohio Business &
Professional Code. Tear2 Web Hosting reserves
the right in its sole discretion and without prior
notice to suspend and/or terminate Customer's
access to the Service at any time for violating
this AUP. Tear2 Web Hosting also reserves the
right to suspend, filter or block, and/or terminate
Customer's access if Customer's account is being
used to exploit or attack the Service or the networks
of others. If Customer's account has been compromised
and attempts to reach Customer and/or to have
Customer repair a breach of security fail, Tear2
Web Hosting reserves the right to suspend or terminate
Customer's service. If Customer's access is suspended
or terminated, Tear2 Web Hosting, in its sole
discretion, may refuse to accept all new e-mail
sent to the terminated e-mail address and delete
Customer's data stored on Service. Tear2 Web Hosting
will fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities
in the detection and prosecution of illegal activity.
Violation of Rules
Breaking any of these aforementioned rules may
result in immediate account suspension with out
refund, as well as criminal prosecution where
deemed necessary.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Tear2 Web Hosting (Tear2
Web Hosting) shall not be responsible for any
claimed damages, including incidental and consequential
damages, which may arise from servers going off-line
or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever.
Further, Tear2 Web Hosting (Tear2 Web Hosting)
shall not be responsible for any claimed damages,
including incidental or consequential damages,
resulting from the corruption or deletion of any
web site from one of Tear2 Web Hosting (Tear2
Web Hosting) servers. All damages shall be limited
to the immediate termination of service. Tear2
Web Hosting (Tear2 Web Hosting) shall be the sole
arbiter of what is and is not a violation of these
acceptable use policies. Tear2 Web Hosting (Tear2
Web Hosting) reserves the right to terminate an
account at any time and for any reason that causes
harm to any customer's web sites. Tear2 Web Hosting
(Tear2 Web Hosting ) reserves the right to delete
all content and files upon termination. Tear2
Web Hosting (Tear2 Web Hosting) reserves the right
to withhold any pre-paid funds for any site removed
for violations of these policies. Tear2 Web Hosting
(Tear2 Web Hosting) reserves the right to refuse,
cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.
Tear2 Web Hosting (Tear2 Web Hosting) reserves
the right to change these Policies without prior
notice or warning. Non-enforcement of any part
of these Policies does not constitute consent.
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