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WalkerWebsites Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is
provided to give our customers and users a clear understanding of
what WalkerWebsites expects of them while using the service. All users
of WalkerWebsites Internet services: those who access some of our
Services but do not have accounts, as well as those who pay a
service fee to subscribe to the Services, must comply with this AUP
and our TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of WalkerWebsites Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to
WalkerWebsites AUP as well as WalkerWebsites TOS (Terms of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments To
WalkerWebsites Are Non-Refundable*
We support the uncensored flow of information and ideas over the
Internet and do not actively monitor subscriber activity under
normal circumstances. Similarly, we do not exercise editorial
control over the content of any web site, e-mail transmission,
newsgroups, or other material created or accessible over or through
the services, except for certain proprietary Web sites. However, in
accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service), we may remove any
materials that, in our sole discretion, may be illegal, may subject
us to liability, or which may violate this AUP. WalkerWebsites may
cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the
investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrongdoing.
Your violation of this AUP may result in the suspension or immediate
termination of either your WalkerWebsites account or other actions as
detailed in Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understand of
WalkerWebsites Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines for
the establishment and enforcement of WalkerWebsites AUP:
- Ensure reliable service to our customers
- Ensure security and privacy of our systems and network, as
well as the networks and systems of others
- Comply with existing laws
- Maintain our reputation as a responsible service provider
- Encourage responsible use of the Internet and discourage
activities which reduce the usability and value of Internet
services
- Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit for free
expression and exchange of information
- Preserve the privacy and security of individual users
WalkerWebsites intends to provide its customers
access to everything the Internet has to offer. While the
WalkerWebsites
is firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain
activities that may be damaging to the resources of both the
WalkerWebsites and the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise
of free speech. The resources of the WalkerWebsites and the Internet are
limited, and abuse of these resources by one user has a negative
impact on the entire community.
We do not routinely monitor the activity of accounts except for
measurements of system utilization and the preparation of billing
records. However, in our efforts to promote good citizenship within
the Internet community, we will respond appropriately if we become
aware of inappropriate use of our service.
You may not use your dedicated rack, virtual site or web hosting to publish
material, which WalkerWebsites.com determines, at its sole discretion,
to be unlawful, indecent or objectionable. For purposes of this
policy, "material" refers to all forms of communications including
narrative descriptions, graphics (including photographs,
illustrations, images, drawings, logos), executable programs, video
recordings, and audio recordings.
If a WalkerWebsites account is used to violate the Acceptable Use Policy
or our TOS, we reserve the right to terminate your service
without notice. We prefer to advise customers of inappropriate
behaviour and any necessary corrective action, however, flagrant
violations of the Acceptable Use Policy will result in immediate
termination of service. Our failure to enforce this policy, for
whatever reason, shall not be construed as a waiver of our right to
do so at any time.
As a member of our network community, you must use your Internet
access responsibly. If you have any questions regarding this policy,
please contact us at
abuse@WalkerWebsites.com.
VIOLATIONS OF WalkerWebsites ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
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Illegal use: WalkerWebsites services may
not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal
activities. WalkerWebsites reserves the right to cooperate with legal
authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of
any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
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Harm to minors: Use of the
WalkerWebsites
service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way, including,
but not limited to child pornography.
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Threats: Use of the WalkerWebsites service
to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or
otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction
of property.
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Harassment: Use of the WalkerWebsites
service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or
otherwise) that harasses another.
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Fraudulent activity: Use of
WalkerWebsites
service to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items,
or services, or to advance any type of financial scam such as
"pyramid schemes," "ponzi schemes," and "chain letters."
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Forgery or impersonation: Adding,
removing or modifying identifying network header information in an
effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to
impersonate any person by using forged headers or other
identifying information is prohibited. The use of anonymous
remailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation.
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Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited
bulk e-mail (SPAM) Use of the WalkerWebsites service to transmit
any unsolicited commercial or unsolicited bulk e-mail is expressly
prohibited. Violations of this type will result in the immediate
termination of the offending WalkerWebsites account.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY, anyone hosting websites or services
on their server that support spammers or cause any of our IP space
to be listed in any of the various Spam Databases will have their
server immediately removed from our network. The server will not
be reconnected until such time that you agree to remove ANY
and ALL traces of the offending material immediately upon
reconnection and agree to allow us access to the server to confirm
that all material has been COMPLETELY removed. Severe
violations may result in immediate and permanent removal of the
server from our network without notice to the customer. Any server
guilty of a second violation WILL be immediately and
permanently removed from our network without notice.
- E-mail / News Bombing: Malicious intent to impede
another person's use of electronic mail services or news will
result in the immediate termination of the offending
WalkerWebsites
account.
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E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any
message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission,
originating or passing through the WalkerWebsites service is in
violation of this AUP.
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Usenet SPAMing: WalkerWebsites has a zero
tolerance policy for the use of its network for the posting of
messages or commercial advertisements, which violate the rules,
regulations, FAQ or charter of any newsgroups or mailing list.
Commercial messages that are appropriate under the rules of a
newsgroup or mailing list or that are solicited by the recipients
are permitted.
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Unauthorized access: Use of the
WalkerWebsites service to access, or to attempt to access, the
accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate,
security measures of WalkerWebsites or another entity's computer
software or hardware, electronic communications system, or
telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in
the corruption or loss of data, is expressly prohibited and the
offending WalkerWebsites account is subject to immediate termination.
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Copyright or trademark infringement: Use
of the WalkerWebsites service to transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise) that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any
third party, including, but not limited to, the unauthorized
copying of copyrighted material, the digitization and distribution
of photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted
sources, and the unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted software.
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Collection of personal data: Use of the
WalkerWebsites service to collect, or attempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their knowledge or
consent.
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Network disruptions and unfriendly activity:
Use of the WalkerWebsites service for any activity which affects the
ability of other people or systems to use WalkerWebsites Services or
the Internet. This includes "denial of service" (DOS) attacks
against another network host or individual user. Interference with
or disruption of other network users, services or equipment is
prohibited. It is the Member's responsibility to ensure that their
network is configured in a secure manner. A Subscriber may not,
through action or inaction, allow others to use their network for
illegal or inappropriate actions. A Subscriber may not permit
their network, through action or inaction, to be configured in
such a way that gives a third party the capability to use their
network in an illegal or inappropriate manner. Unauthorized entry
and/or use of another company and/or individual's computer system
will result in immediate account termination. WalkerWebsites will not
tolerate any subscriber attempting to access the accounts of
others, or penetrate security measures of other systems, whether
or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
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Fraud: Involves a knowing
misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing or activity
made with the intent that the person receiving it will act upon
it.
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Infringement of Copyright, Patent,
Trademark, Trade Secret, or Intellectual Property Right:
Distribution and/or posting of copyrighted or the aforementioned
infringements will not be tolerated.
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Distribution of Viruses: Intentional
distributions of software that attempts to and/or causes damage,
harassment, or annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer systems
are prohibited. Such an offence will result in the immediate
termination of the offending account.
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Inappropriate Use of Software: Use of
software or any device that would facilitate a continued
connection, i.e. pinging, while using WalkerWebsites services could
result in suspension service.
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Third Party Accountability:
WalkerWebsites
subscribers will be held responsible and accountable for any
activity by third parties, using their account, that violates
guidelines created within the Acceptable Use Policy.
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Violation Of WalkerWebsites Virtual Accounts:
It is absolutely forbidden to host pornographic content or IRC
servers on Virtual Server Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts found
hosting this material will be subject to immediate cancellation
without refund.
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IRC networks: It is absolutely forbidden
to host an IRC server that is part of or connected to another IRC
network or server. Servers found to be connecting to or part of
these networks will be immediately removed from our network
without notice. The server will not be reconnected to the network
until such time that you agree to completely remove any and all
traces of the irc server, and agree to let us have access to your
server to confirm that the content has been completely removed.
Any server guilty of a second violation will result in immediate
account termination.
Security
You are responsible for any misuse of your account, even if the
inappropriate activity was committed by a friend, family member,
guest or employee. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that
others do not gain unauthorized access to your account. In addition,
you may not use your account to breach security of another account
or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server.
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Your password provides access to your account.
It is your responsibility to keep your password secure.
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Sharing your password and account access with
unauthorized users is prohibited. You should take care to prevent
others from using your account since you will be held responsible
for such use.
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Attempting to obtain another user's account
password is strictly prohibited, and may result in termination of
service.
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You must adopt adequate security measures to
prevent or minimize unauthorized use of your account.
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You may not 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
you, logging into or making use of a server or account you are not
expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other
networks. Use or distribution of tools designed for compromising
security is prohibited. Examples of these tools include, but are
not limited to, password guessing programs, cracking tools or
network probing tools.
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You may not attempt to interfere with service
to any user, host or network ("denial of service attacks"). This
includes, but is not limited to, "flooding" of networks,
deliberate attempts to overload a service, and attempts to "crash"
a host.
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Users who violate systems or network security
may incur criminal or civil liability. WalkerWebsites 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.
Network Performance
WalkerWebsites accounts operate on shared resources.
Excessive use or abuse of these shared network resources by one
customer may have a negative impact on all other customers. Misuse
of network resources in a manner which impairs network performance
is prohibited by this policy and may result in termination of your
account.
You are prohibited from excessive consumption of resources,
including CPU time, memory, disk space and session time. You may not
use resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other
customers or the performances of WalkerWebsites systems or networks.
WalkerWebsites reserves the right to terminate or limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF WalkerWebsites AUP
WalkerWebsites requests that anyone who believes that there is a
violation of this AUP direct the information to the Abuse Department
at
abuse@WalkerWebsites.com.
If available, please provide the following information:
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The IP address used to commit the alleged
violation
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The date and time of the alleged violation,
including the time zone or offset from GMT
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Evidence of the alleged violation
E-mail with full header information provides all
of the above, as do system log files. Other situations will require
different methods of providing the above information. WalkerWebsites may
take any one or more of the following actions in response to
complaints:
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Issue written or verbal warnings
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Suspend the Member's newsgroup posting
privileges
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Suspend the Member's account
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Terminate the Member's account
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Bill the Member for administrative costs and/or
reactivation charges
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Bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or
to collect damages, if any, cause by violations
REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
WalkerWebsites reserves the right to revise, amend,
or modify this AUP, our TOS (Terms of Service) and our other
policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Notice of any
revision, amendment, or modification will be posted in accordance
with our TOS (Terms of Service).
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