This Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by IE Internet Solutions for users of the IE Network.
IE Internet Solutions reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time to comply with any laws, regulations and security
agreements. By using IE Internet Solutions services, any customer, employee or third party unconditionally accepts the
terms of this policy.
ILLEGAL USE
The IE Internet Solutions Network may only be used 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; and material that, in IE Internet Solution's sole
discretion, is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, facilitates identity theft or other fraud, or violates
export control laws. Any violation of the above, which compromises the integrity of the IE Network or any other network
is strictly prohibited.
NETWORK AND MACHINE RESOURCES
IE Internet solutions 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. IE
Internet Solutions, in it's sole discretion and upon reasonable notice to the 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.
To protect Internet, network, and machine resources on behalf of the entire IE Internet Solutions customer base, no
individual customer may do any of the following:
- Offer adult content of any kind, as determined in IE Internet Solution's sole discretion.
- Utilize CGI/PERL chat, JAVA chat, or any other chat scripts in a manner that adversely affects the operations or
performance of other IE Internet Solutions customers, or of the IE system(s) or network(s). The adverse effect shall be
determined by IE Internet Solutions in its sole discretion.
- Use more than 1 MBPS thoughput during peak network hours (8AM - 5PM CST). Such usage could result in penalty fees.
In the event of any dispute regarding penalty fees, IE Internet Solutions may determine violations and fees applicable
in its sole discretion.
Moreover, in a shared hosting environment, for the same reasons indicated above, no individual customer may do the
following:
- Use their web site to store web pages, files, or data for other IP addresses or domain names, or as a repository
for files, data, or “Warez group” download transfer.
- Use their web site for data transfer from any database server, or for streaming audio and/or video downloads;
or use their web site as a storage area for files that are not linked to the customer’s web pages hosted on the same
web site on IE Internet Solutions servers.
IE Internet Solutions may immediately suspend service without prior notice to any web site that violates these rules.
In the event of any dispute regarding these rules, IE Internet Solutions may determine violations of these rules in its
sole discretion.
Customers utilizing bandwidth in excess of plan limitations, or in violation of these rules, will owe IE Internet Solutions
compensation therefor at the applicable rate for excess bandwidth.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. IE will
investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities if
a criminal violation is suspected. IE respects the privacy of customer data and vigilantly protects that data and
ALL customers who host with IE. If any violation of the law or this AUP is suspected, IE reserves the right to
investigate. Use of the IE 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.
If you use any IE service described on this website, and if IE determines in its sole discretion that you caused or
allowed a security exploit within the IE network, or that you caused or allowed UCE/spam originating from your service
to adversely impact the IE network and its customers, you may be assessed a $1,000 penalty fee, in the sole discretion
of IE. (As an example, if you fail to properly administer and protect your self-managed server from being exploited by
a third party, this failure on your part in turn results in expanded degradation of the IE network.) If you subscribe
to the IE Security Monitoring Plan and PPIS, and you implement Best Practices in accordance with the plan, you will not
be assessed a penalty fee.
EMAIL
Sending unsolicited email messages, including, without limitation, unwanted advertising and informational announcements,
is explicitly prohibited, whether sent in bulk or not, and whether commercial in nature or not. The use of IE resources
to sell or enable the sale of "bulk" and/or "stealth" email software (to include so-called "spoof" software) is strictly
forbidden. The use of IE resources to sell or enable the sale of software designed to "harvest" email addresses is also
categorically 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.
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 AN IE
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 IE servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to
reference your IE site by IP address or domain name, you are violating IE policy and possibly the law. If you have been
granted telnet access to IE 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 IE 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@ieinternetsolutions.com.
Complaints regarding email abuse, USENET abuse or SPAM should be also be sent to abuse@ieinternetsolutions.com.
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:
IE Internet Solutions
ATTN: Legal Staff
P.O. Box 390671
Minneapolis, MN 55439-0671
To view our online user agreement http://www.ieinternetsolutions.com/useragreement.php.
IE 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. IE prides itself as a responsible
member of the Internet community and is committed to protecting the data of and providing quality service to all IE
customers all of the time.
INTERACTION WITH AIT STAFF
Any threat, vulgar and profane language directed at any IE staff member through phone or email may result in immediate
termination of an account. Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party programmer of IE
should be reported immediately. Bottom line is let's work together toward a mutually beneficial relationship and create
a prosperous and responsible Internet community.
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