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Acceptable
Use Policy
As
a provider of web site hosting, and other Internet-related services,
FreeHostingWeb offers its clients, and their customers and users,
the means to disseminate a wealth of public, private, commercial,
and non-commercial information. FreeHostingWeb respects that the
Internet provides a forum for free and open discussion and
dissemination of information, however, when there are competing
interests at issue, FreeHostingWeb reserves the right to take
certain preventative or corrective actions. In order to protect
these competing interests, FreeHostingWeb has developed an
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), which supplements and
explains certain terms of each customer's respective service
agreement and is intended as a guide to the customer's rights and
obligations when utilizing FreeHostingWeb’s services. This AUP
will be revised from time to time. A customer's use of FreeHostingWeb’s after changes to the AUP are posted on
FreeHostingWeb’s web site, www.FreeHostingWeb, will constitute the
customer's acceptance of any new or additional terms of the AUP that
result from those changes.
One
important aspect of the Internet is that no one party owns or
controls it. This fact accounts for much of the Internet's openness
and value, but it also places a high premium on the judgment and
responsibility of those who use the Internet to disseminate
information to others.
When
information is disseminated through the Internet, they also must
keep in mind that FreeHostingWeb does not review, edit, censor, or
take responsibility for any information its clients may create. When
users place information on the Internet, they have the same
liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation,
and other harmful speech. Also, because the information they create
is carried over FreeHostingWeb’s network and may reach a large
number of people, including both clients and non-clients of FreeHostingWeb, clients' postings to the Internet may affect other clients
and may harm FreeHostingWeb’s goodwill, business reputation, and
operations. For these reasons, clients violate FreeHostingWeb policy and the service agreement when they, their customers,
affiliates, or subsidiaries engage in the following prohibited
activities:
Spamming
Sending
unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messages over the Internet (known
as "spamming"). It is not only harmful because of its
negative impact on consumer attitudes toward FreeHostingWeb, but
also because it can overload FreeHostingWeb's network and disrupt
service to FreeHostingWeb clients. Also, maintaining an open SMTP
relay is prohibited. When a complaint is received, FreeHostingWeb has the discretion to determine from all of the evidence whether the
e-mail recipients were from an "opt-in" e-mail list. Refer
to our UCE/SPAM
Policy
for more informtion.
Intellectual
Property Violations
Engaging
in any activity that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual
property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by
individuals, corporations, or other entities. Also, engaging in
activity that violates privacy, publicity, or other personal rights
of others. FreeHostingWeb is required by law to remove or block
access to customer content upon receipt of a proper notice of
copyright infringement. It is also FreeHostingWeb’s policy to
terminate the privileges of customers who commit repeat violations
of copyright laws.
Adult
Material
Because
the Internet is a global communication tool, and we have clients
from nearly every country in the world it is difficult to dictate
what is considered "adult material." However, it is not
our function to discriminate against those who choose to utilize
adult content or adult related material. This being said, there are
still several reasons why FreeHostingWeb has been forced to create
its no adult sites policy for its virtual server users.
What
does FreeHostingWeb consider "Adult Material?"
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Any
site whose revenue is gained in part or whole from its adult
content.
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Photos
or videos showing frontal nudity on either men or women for
non-scientific or non-artistic purposes.
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Revenue-generating
hyperlinks to sites who violate policy #1.
Why
does FreeHostingWeb have this policy?
Bandwidth
and Resources
A virtual server is a shared environment where many servers reside
on each particular machine. This being said, consider that an
average "adult site" gets more hits than 100 standard
websites. Some of the smaller adult sites get around 5 GB of
transfer per day. With these types of resources being utilized, our
servers would be severely slowed if we allowed these high traffic
sites to also reside on our servers. On top of that, we would be
forced to raise our prices to pay for the additional bandwidth. We
strive to keep our servers fast and inexpensive, and our bandwidth
clear; therefore, adult sites are not an option.
FreeHostingWeb reserves the right to decide what it considers "adult
content", "adult material", "sexually
explicit", or "sexually related". Let us know if you
are unsure of the approval of your site before placing an order.
Defamatory
or Abusive Language
Using FreeHostingWeb’s network as a means to transmit or post
defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.
Forging
of Headers
Forging
or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole or in part, to
mask the originator of the message.
Illegal
or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks
Accessing
illegally or without authorization computers, accounts, or networks
belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security
measures of another individual's system (often known as
"hacking"). Also, any activity that might be used as a
precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e. port scan,
stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).
Background
Running Programs
Background
Daemons in general are prohibited on FreeHostingWeb servers,
including, but not limited to, IRC bots, eggdrop, BitchX, XiRCON,
warez sites and any other program that interferes with normal server
operation.
FreeHostingWeb will be the sole arbitor of what consitutes a violation of
the above policy.
Distribution
of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive
Activities
Distributing
information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, or denial of
service attacks. Also, activities that disrupt the use of or
interfere with the ability of others to effectively use the network
or any connected network, system, service, or equipment.
Facilitating
a Violation of this AUP
Advertising,
transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program,
product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP, which
includes the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of
pinging, flooding, mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and
piracy of software.
Export
Control Violations
Exporting
encryption software over the Internet or otherwise, to points
outside the United States.
Usenet
Groups
FreeHostingWeb reserves the right not to accept postings from newsgroups
where we have actual knowledge that the content of the newsgroup
violates the AUP.
Other
Illegal Activities
Engaging
in activities that are determined to be illegal, including
advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available ponzi
schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently charging credit cards, and
pirating software.
Other
Activities
Engaging
in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that FreeHostingWeb determines to be harmful to its clients, operations, reputation,
goodwill, or customer relations.
As
we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding the harmful
activities just described rests primarily with the client. FreeHostingWeb
will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor the communications
of its client to ensure that they comply with FreeHostingWeb policy
or applicable law. When FreeHostingWeb becomes aware of harmful
activities, however, it may take any action to stop the harmful
activity, including but not limited to, removing information,
shutting down a web site, implementing screening software designed
to block offending transmissions, denying access to the Internet, or
take any other action it deems appropriate.
FreeHostingWeb also is concerned with the privacy of on-line communications
and web sites. In general, the Internet is neither more nor less
secure than other means of communication, including mail, facsimile,
and voice telephone service, all of which can be intercepted and
otherwise compromised. As a matter of prudence, however, FreeHostingWeb
urges its clients to assume that all of their on-line
communications are insecure. FreeHostingWeb cannot take any
responsibility for the security of information transmitted over FreeHostingWeb’s facilities.
FreeHostingWeb will not intentionally monitor private electronic mail
messages sent or received by its clients unless required to do so by
law, governmental authority, or when public safety is at stake. FreeHostingWeb
may, however, monitor its service electronically to
determine that its facilities are operating satisfactorily. Also, FreeHostingWeb
may disclose information, including but not limited
to, information concerning a client, a transmission made using our
network, or a web site, in order to comply with a court order,
subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation,
or governmental request. FreeHostingWeb assumes no obligation to
inform the client that client information has been provided and in
some cases may be prohibited by law from giving such notice.
Finally, FreeHostingWeb may disclose client information or
information transmitted over its network where necessary to protect FreeHostingWeb
and others from harm, or where such disclosure is
necessary to the proper operation of the system.
We
hope this AUP is helpful in clarifying the obligations of Internet
users, including FreeHostingWeb and its clients, as responsible
members of the Internet. Any complaints about a client's violation
of this AUP should be sent to mailto:support@FreeHostingWeb.com
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