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ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY (AUP)
This Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions
prohibited by CTS for users of the CTS Network. CTS reserves the right
to modify this Policy at any time to stay in compliance with any laws,
regulations and security requirements. By using CTS services, any
customer, employee or third party unconditionally accepts the terms of
this policy.
ILLEGAL USE.
The CTS Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable
law or regulation coming to or from any unauthorized network or system
is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected
by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property
rights used without proper authorization; government and military data
protected by law and national security; university and academic data
protected by public policy; and material that is obscene, defamatory,
constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Any
violation of the above which compromises the integrity of the CTS
Network or any other network is strictly prohibited.
NETWORK AND MACHINE RESOURCES.
CTS reserves the right to monitor and allocate network and machine
resources. IP addresses are allocated per server and according to
virtual server specifications. Cgi resources are allocated one per
domain (a virtual host is required for each cgi-bin and is considered
a virtual host). CTS in its sole discretion and upon reasonable notice
to customer reserves the right to discontinue any hosting account
and/or any script which causes excessive server load and/or uses
excessive server and network resources.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY.
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may
result in criminal and civil liability. CTS will investigate incidents
involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law
enforcement authorities if a criminal violation is suspected. CTS
respects the privacy of customer data and vigilantly protects that
data and ALL customers who host with CTS. If any violation of the law
or this AUP is suspected, CTS reserves the right to investigate. Use
of the CTS network constitutes consent to monitoring. Examples of
unlawful acts, system, or network security violations include, without
limitation, the following:
· Unauthorized
access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt
to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or
network or to breach security or authentication measures without
express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
· Unauthorized
monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express
authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with
service to any user, host or network including, without limitation,
mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and
broadcast attacks.
· Unauthorized
access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or
network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to do
harm.
· Forging
of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in
an email or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to
include but not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.
EMAIL.
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation,
unwanted advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly
prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay
mail without the express permission of the site owner. Legitimate
mailing lists and subscriber lists are acceptable. Otherwise, it is
spam. This includes using your CTS hosted Internet Mail account for
receiving replies from such spam.
USENET.
Posting the same messages to multiple newsgroups (excessive
cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is expressly
prohibited.
INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND
ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A CTS
CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF
THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER.
For Example:
If you are hosting a bulk email site on CTS servers and
you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference your CTS site
by IP address or domain name, you are violating CTS policy and
possibly the law.
If you have been granted telnet access to CTS servers,
multiple telnet log-ons are strictly prohibited and you must come from
a valid IP address. Forgery is against the law.
Any type of denial of service attack from valid or
invalid addresses is a violation of CTS security policy and against
the law.
If you have been granted password privileges for FTP or
telnet, sharing your password with an unauthorized user or third party
is strictly prohibited.
Complaints regarding illegal Use or System or Network
Security issues should be sent to
abuse@ctsinternet.net.
Complaints regarding email abuse should be sent to
abuse@ctsinternet.net.
Complaints regarding USENET abuse or SPAM should be
sent to
abuse@ctsinternet.net.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
provides limitations for service provider liability relating to
material online with regard to information residing, at the discretion
of the user, on a system or network that the service provider controls
or operates. 17. U.S. 512(c). The designated agents for notification
of claimed infringement are:
CTS Internet
763-535-8855
copyright@ctsinternet.net
We will be happy to work with you regarding copyright complaints,
however, we will only accept these complaints in e-mail.
CTS does not tolerate any pornographic material or
spamming and both infringements will result in an investigation and
possible termination and removal of the site and/or virtual server
without a refund. CTS prides itself as a responsible member of the
Internet community and is committed to protecting the data of and
providing quality service to all CTS customers all of the time.
INTERACTION WITH CTS STAFF.
Any threat, vulgar and profane language, harassment, or ill temper
directed at any CTS Internet staff member through phone or email may
result in immediate termination of an account without refund due. Any
violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party
programmer of CTS Internet should be reported immediately. Bottom line
is let us work together toward a mutually beneficial relationship and
create a prosperous and responsible Internet community.
Revised
10/01/01 |
