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| Terms |
| Network Policies |
| At ComputerINK, we value our Customers and
wish to provide them with a positive experience. To offer
you the best service possible, all Customers need to follow
the same rules and guidelines. These policies are intended
to make ComputerINK's Service available to all our Customers
as consistently and efficiently as possible. |
| User-Supplied Content |
All services may be used for lawful purposes
only. Through ComputerINK's Service, you may have access to
Chat Areas, Bulletin Boards, Web Pages, eMail, or other Services
that enable you to send or post materials ("content")
and make that content available to others. You must not submit,
publish, or display on the Network any defamatory, inaccurate,
abusive, obscene, infringing, or threatening content. In addition,
you may not submit, publish, or display any content that violates
any US Federal, State, or Local Law. You are solely responsible
for the content you make accessible through the ComputerINK
Network. You may not use the Service to assist any other person
or entity to violate any Federal, State, or Local Laws, Ordinances
or Regulations.
ComputerINK is not obligated to monitor the Network to examine
available content. You hereby acknowledge that if we are made
aware of content that is determined to be, in its sole discretion,
unacceptable, undesirable, offensive, indecent, obscene, excessively
violent or otherwise objectionable, ComputerINK has the right,
but not the obligation, to edit, remove or deny access to such
content. ComputerINK may disclose any content or records concerning
Customer's account as required to satisfy any Law, Regulation,
Governmental Request or Court Order.
Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on
all ComputerINK Servers. This includes Sites that may infer
sexual content, display nudity, or link to adult content elsewhere.
This is also true for Sites that promote any illegal activity
or content that may be damaging to ComputerINK's Servers or
any other Server on the Internet. Links to such materials are
also prohibited. In addition, any Site Selling or promoting
Bulk eMail Service is not allowed. Below are some examples of
non-acceptable content or links: |
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- Adult Sites - Any erotic or pornographic material,
links to adult sites, or advertisements for adult sites.
- Pirated Software (Warez) - Any software that
is copyrighted and not freely available for distribution
without cost; i.e. ROMs, ROM Emulators and MPEG Layer 3
files (MP3).
- Copyright Violations - Violation of copyrights
held by individuals and corporations or other entities can
result in civil and criminal liability for the infringer.
- Hacking/Phreaking - Includes sites with material,
links, or resources for hacking, phreaking, viruses, anarchy,
or any type of site that promotes or participates in willful
harm to Internet Sites or Providers.
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| Network Security |
| Customers may not use the ComputerINK Network with an attempt
to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network,
or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing
data not intended for the Customer, logging into a Server or
Account the Customer is not expressly authorized to access,
password cracking, probing the security of other networks in
search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's
Security Policy. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny
service to any User, Host or Network. This includes, but is
not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate
attempts to overload or crash a Host or Network. ComputerINK
will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of Systems
or Network Security at other sites, including cooperating with
Law Enforcement Authorities in the investigation of suspected
criminal violations. Users who violate System or Network Security
may incur Criminal or Civil Liability.. |
| CGI Scripts |
| Each ComputerINK Account comes fully equipped with its own
pre-configured CGI-Bin. Customers are free to use any CGI-Scripts
provided with their account or add any additional ones they
require. Any CGI-Scripts deemed to be adversely affecting the
Server performance or the Network integrity may be shut down
without prior notice. CGI-Script sharing with Domains not hosted
by ComputerINK is not allowed. |
| Chat Rooms |
| ComputerINK prohibits its Customers from installing outside
chat rooms on their Domain, as these tend to be a resource problem.
ComputerINK does provide its Customers a choice of Java Chat
rooms to choose from for a nominal monthly charge. These chat
rooms were designed to meet the growing needs of Customers and
function without hindering the performance of the Servers for
others. |
| Server Resources |
| Any Web Site that uses a high amount of Server resources (such
as, but not limited to CPU Time, Memory Usage, and Network Resources)
will be given an option of either upgrading their service level
or reducing the resource used to an acceptable level. |
| Background Running Programs |
| Background Daemons in general are prohibited. ComputerINK
will consider requests on a Per Application Basis. If allowed,
extra charges will be assessed based on resource requirements
for system maintenance. |
| IRC |
| ComputerINK currently prohibits its Customers from operating
IRC or IRC Bots on any of the Servers in the ComputerINK Network.
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| Commercial Advertising/ Mass Mailings |
You must not use the ComputerINK Network, ComputerINK Equipment
or any ComputerINK eMail Address in connection with the transmission
of spam, flames, mail bombs, or substantially similar, unsolicited
email messages. Your Domain may not be referenced as originator,
intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above. This
prohibition extends to the sending of unsolicited mass mailings
from another service that in any way implicates the use of the
ComputerINK Network, ComputerINK Equipment or any ComputerINK
eMail Address. A message is considered unsolicited if it is
posted in violation of a newsgroup charter or if it is sent
to a recipient who has not requested or invited the message.
For purposes of this provision, merely making one's email address
accessible to the public will not constitute a request or invitation
to receive messages.
If you are found to have spammed, without warning, ComputerINK
reserves the right to disable your Domain. In addition, ComputerINK
may impose a $100 penalty for each spam policy violation. ComputerINK
solely reserves the right to refuse or cancel service to known
spammers. Lastly, ComputerINK reserves the right to determine
what violates this policy. As such, any violation may result
in cancellation of services without refund. |
| Distribution and / or Transmission
of Obscene, Indecent Speech or Materials |
| Violation of Indecency and Obscenity Laws can result in Criminal
Penalties. |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
| Material accessible to you through ComputerINK's Services
may be subject to protection under the United States or other
Copyright Laws, or laws protecting Trademarks, Trade Secrets
or Proprietary information. Except when expressly permitted
by the owner of such rights, you must not use the ComputerINK
Service in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or
misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material,
which you access or receive through the ComputerINK Network.
If you use a domain name in connection with the ComputerINK
Service or similar service, you must not use that Domain Name
in violation of any Trademark, Service Mark, or similar rights
of any third party. |
| Defamation |
Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result
in Civil Lliability for the defamer.
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| Refusal of Service |
ComputerINK LLC reserves the right at its sole discretion
to refuse or cancel service. Violation of any of ComputerINK's
Rules and Regulations could result in a Warning, Suspension,
or possible Account Termination. Accounts terminated due to
policy violations will not be refunded.
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| Service Cancellation |
To authenticate a cancellation request, you must fill out
the On-line Cancellation Form. If this is not possible, you
may fax the notice to 203-445-8154 or mail the cancellation
notice to ComputerINK LLC, 4 Trefoil drive , Trumbull, CT 06611.
You must include your Account eMail Address, Account Name, Account
Password and the Domain on which you want to cancel the hosting.
We cannot accept cancellation requests over the phone for security
reasons. |
| Indemnification |
Customer agrees that it will protect, indemnify, save and
hold ComputerINK LLC harmless from any and all stipulations,
liabilities, losses, expenses and claims, as well as reasonable
attorney's fees assessed against ComputerINK LLC, its agents,
customers, officers, employees and administration that may arise
or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to
be performed or any product sold by it's customers, agents,
employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and
hold ComputerINK LLC harmless against liabilities arising out
of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products
sold or distributed in association with ComputerINK LLC's Services;
(2) any material furnished by customer infringing or allegedly
infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright
violation and any defective products sold to a Customer from
ComputerINKLLC's Services.
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| Disclaimer |
ComputerINK LLC will not be responsible for any damages your
business may suffer. ComputerINK LLC makes no warranties of
any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. ComputerINK
LLC disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for
a particular purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from
delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service
interruptions caused by ComputerINK LLC and its employees. ComputerINK
LLC reserves the right to amend or update these policies without
notice. Failure to follow any terms and conditions may result
in account deactivation.
ComputerINK furthermore expects that its Customers who provide
Internet services to others will fully comply with all applicable
laws concerning the Privacy of On-line Communications. A Customer's
failure to comply with those laws will violate this policy.
Finally, ComputerINK wishes to emphasize that in accepting services,
Customers indemnify ComputerINK for the violation of any law
or ComputerINK policy, that results in loss to ComputerINK or
the bringing of any claim against ComputerINK. This means that
if ComputerINK is sued because of activities of the Customer
that violate any law, or this policy, the Customer will pay
any damages awarded against ComputerINK, plus costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees. |
| Privacy Policy |
ComputerINK insures that all
personal information being voluntarily submitted to us in
the processing of your order (to be used for record and billing
purposes, etc.), inclusive, but not limited to, credit card
and other personal information, will be kept strictly confidential
and used "solely" by ComputerINK, its authorized
representatives and employees; for the strict purpose for
which it was intended, and for the benefit of the Subscriber.
We agree not to share, rent, sell or release this information
to any individual, entity or third party, for any reason,
without the specific written consent of the Subscriber; with
exception as required by Law, Regulation or Governmental Authority.
ComputerINK is committed to protecting and securing all Subscriber
provided information, through the use of firewalls and additional
security measures in place at its physical facilities to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of such information.
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| Last Revision June 1, 2001 |
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