Acceptable Use Policy:
-
Introduction
Van Zandt Internet supports the free flow of
information and ideas over the Internet.
Van Zandt Internet does not actively monitor,
nor does Van Zandt Internet exercise editorial
control over the content of any web site,
electronic mail transmission, mailing list or
other material created or accessible over Van
Zandt Internet services.
However, Van Zandt Internet reserves the right
to remove any materials that, in Van Zandt
Internet Services’ sole discretion, are
potentially illegal, offensive, obscene,
immoral, may subject Van Zandt Internet to
liability, or violate this Acceptable Use Policy
("Policy").
The violation of this Policy may result in the
suspension or cancellation of your Van Zandt
Internet services.
This policy should be read in conjunction with
the Van Zandt Internet’s Internet Terms of Use
and Service Agreement.
-
Policies
The following are the terms and conditions of
Van Zandt Internet Services’ Acceptable Use
policy:
-
Use of Van
Zandt Internet Services' internet service
constitutes acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions
-
Van Zandt
Internet may only be used for lawful
purposes.
Transmission of any material in violation of
any U.S. or state regulation is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to:
copyrighted material, material legally
judged to be threatening or obscene, or
material protected by trade secret.
Customer agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Van Zandt Internet from any claims
resulting from Customer's use of the service
that damages Customer or another party.
-
Service is
payable in advance.
Any Monthly account not paid by the 15th of
the month in which it is due for services
used may be suspended for non payment.
Semi Annual and Annual accounts are due
before the anniversary renewal date or may
be suspended.
Accounts not paid in full by noon of the
last business day of the calendar month will
be suspended.
Suspended accounts will be charged a $15
reconnect fee and must be paid before being
reconnected.
Monthly
service is automatically renewed each month
unless canceled by Customer.
Accounts may be canceled in writing at
any time with no penalty.
Only a
written request received to terminate
service relieves Customer of the obligation
to pay the monthly charge.
Customer and
Van Zandt Internet jointly agree that all
requests to cancel service will be made in
writing or via electronic email or fax.
Service will terminate on the last day of
the month prepaid unless earlier
termination is requested by the customer.
No refunds are given on terminated
accounts.
-
Subscriber is
responsible for all local and long distance
charges for connecting to Van Zandt Internet
Services' Internet service.
-
Subscriber is
responsible for all of Subscriber's account
confidentiality of username and/or
password(s).
Van Zandt Internet will suspend access or
change access to Subscriber's account(s)
immediately upon Subscriber's notification
or report to VZINet of a lost, stolen or
compromised password.
-
Using a personal
account for high volume or commercial use is
prohibited.
Activities that are prohibited as high
volume include, but are not limited to:
-
Any mailbox on the
server exceeding 20MB will be locked as
being over quota.
An attempt will be made to notify the
member at that time with further
information. Van Zandt Internet reserves
the right to delete mail or the mailbox from the server
after this notification.
-
Exceeding
10 MB of disk space for free Web sites
(personal use only). Any free Web site
exceeding 10 MB will be suspended until
the customer brings the disk space usage
under 10 MB. Or, additional megabytes
may be purchased. These prices may be
obtained by calling (903) 567-4482.
-
If you
would like to receive high-volume or
commercial services, please contact Van
Zandt Internet at (903) 567-4482
for information about establishing a
commercial account.
-
Using Van Zandt
Internet for illegal purposes or in support
of illegal activities is prohibited. In
accordance with Section 5.ii.a of the
Internet Access Agreement, Van Zandt
Internet reserves the right to cooperate
with legal authorities and/or injured third
parties in the investigation of any
suspected crime or civil wrong. Activities
that are prohibited as potentially illegal
include, but are not limited to:
- Unauthorized
copying of copyrighted material
including, but not limited to,
digitization and distribution of
photographs from magazines, books, or
other copyrighted sources, and
copyrighted software.
- Exporting
software or technical information in
violation of U.S. exports control laws.
- Posting or
emailing of scams such as
'make-money-fast' schemes or
'pyramid/chain' letters.
- Threatening
bodily harm or property damage to
individuals or groups.
- Making
fraudulent offers of products, items, or
services originating from your account.
- Attempting to
access the accounts of others, or
attempting to penetrate security
measures of Van Zandt Internet Services’
or other entities' systems ("hacking"),
whether or not the intrusion results in
corruption or loss of data.
- The
unauthorized use of a person's name or
likeness.
-
Harassing others by
'mass-mailing' or 'mail-bombing'.
'Mass-mailing' constitutes sending
unsolicited email or 'spam' to multiple
users.
'Mail-bombing' constitutes sending more than
ten (10) similar mail messages to the same
email address.
- Sending
unsolicited electronic mail (email)
messages including where the recipient
objects to either the content of the
message or to the receipt of the message
in general is also prohibited under this
Section.
- Members
acknowledge that they are expressly
prohibited from utilizing Van Zandt
Internet Services’ equipment or any Van
Zandt Internet Services’ email address
in connection with the sending of the
same or substantially similar
unsolicited email message, whether
commercial or not, to a large number of
recipients.
This prohibition extends to the sending
of unsolicited mass mailings from
another service which in any way
implicates the use of Van Zandt Internet
Services’ service, Van Zandt Internet
Services’ equipment or any Van Zandt
Internet Services’ email address(es).
- Member
specifically agrees that he/she/it will
not utilize the Van Zandt Internet
service, Van Zandt Internet Services’
equipment or any Van Zandt Internet
email address in connection with the
transmission of the same or
substantially similar unsolicited
message to 50 or more recipients in a
single day.
- Members
responsible for these acts may be
terminated at Van Zandt Internet
Services’ discretion.
For each day upon which this provision
is violated, Member agrees to pay Van
Zandt Internet $10.00 per day for an
unintentional violation of this
provision, but where warranted, such as
in the case of an accidental
transmission, Van Zandt Internet may
waive all or part of the applicable
charge.
In cases of willful violations of this
provision, Member agrees to pay Van
Zandt Internet $200.00 per day. Van
Zandt Internet, at its sole discretion,
shall determine whether such a violation
was unintentional or willful.
Payment by member under this provision
shall not prevent Van Zandt Internet
from seeking to obtain other legal
remedies against member, including other
damages or an injunction.
- Revealing your
account password or other confidential
access information to others or allowing use
of your account by others is prohibited.
- At no
time, on a dial up account, can there be
simultaneous use of the same Subscriber
name and password combination.
Simultaneous use of the same user name
on multiple machines will result in the
access name being locked from further
access until the first day of the
following calendar month.
-
Forging any message header, in part or
whole, of any electronic transmission,
originating or passing through Van Zandt
Internet services is prohibited.
-
Distributing viruses,
Trojans, worms, backdoors, etc. to or from
Van Zandt Internet systems is prohibited.
- Use of software or
any device that would allow your account to
stay logged on while you are not actively
using Van Zandt Internet services or use the
account for the purpose of operating a
server of any type is prohibited. (See
section 3 below)
- Installation of
'auto-responders', 'cancel-bots' or similar
automated or manual routines which generate
excessive amounts of net traffic, or disrupt
email use by others is prohibited.
- Engaging in any of
the above activities using the service of
another provider but channeling such
activities through a Van Zandt Internet
account or re-mailer, or using a Van Zandt
Internet account as a mail drop for
responses is prohibited.
- Unlimited Service
Member acknowledges that Van Zandt Internet
Services’ internet service is intended for
periodic, active use of email, file transfers
via FTP, Internet chat, Internet games and
browsing the World Wide Web, from one computer
dialing in at a time.
Member further agrees not to use the service on
a standby or inactive basis in order to maintain
a connection.
Pinging is expressly prohibited.
Accordingly, Van Zandt Internet maintains the
right to terminate member’s connection following
any extended period or inactivity as determined
by Van Zandt Internet Services.
Unlimited service does not mean always on
connectivity.
Access names or user names, not to be confused
with Access Account or User Account, are limited
to 150 hours of logged in time per calendar
month. After 150 hours of time has been
detected by the system, an additional access
name or user name will be assigned at no
additional charge.
- Van Zandt Internet
Assumes No Liability
Van Zandt Internet has no practical ability to
restrict conduct, communications or content
which might violate this Policy prior to its
transmission on Van Zandt Internet Services’
systems, nor can Van Zandt Internet ensure
prompt removal of any such communications or
content after transmission or posting.
Accordingly, Van Zandt Internet does not assume
liability to subscribers or others for any
failure to enforce the terms of this Policy.
- Revisions to this
Policy
Van Zandt Internet reserves the right to modify
this Policy at any time.
Notice of modifications to this Policy may be
given to subscribers by posting such changes to
the Van Zandt Internet homepage (http://www.VZINet.com),
to these policy pages, by electronic mail,
or by conventional mail.
|
This Page Last Updated
March 12, 2008 |
