This
Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by
Lemay-Humble & Associates for users of the Lemay-Humble &
Associates Network. Lemay-Humble & Associates reserves the right
to modify this Policy at any time to stay in compliance with any
laws, regulations and security requirements. By using Lemay-Humble
& Associates services, any customer, employee or third party
unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy.
ILLEGAL
USE.
The
Lemay-Humble & Associates 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 Lemay-Humble &
Associates Network or any other network is strictly prohibited.
NETWORK
AND MACHINE RESOURCES.
Lemay-Humble
& Associates reserves the right to monitor and allocate network
and machine resources. IP addresses are allocated per server and
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). Lemay-Humble & Associates reserves the right to
discontinue any script which may cause excessive server load.
SYSTEM
AND NETWORK SECURITY.
Violations of
system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal
and civil liability. Lemay-Humble & Associates will investigate
incidents involving such violations and may involve and cooperate
with law enforcement authorities if a criminal violation is
suspected. Lemay-Humble & Associates respects the privacy of
customer data and vigilantly protects that data and ALL customers who
host with Lemay-Humble & Associates. If any violation of the law
or this AUP is suspected, Lemay-Humble & Associates reserves the
right to investigate. Use of the Lemay-Humble & Associates
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.
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 LEMAY-HUMBLE & ASSOCIATES
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 Lemay-Humble & Associates
servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference
your Lemay-Humble & Associates site by IP address or domain name,
you are violating Lemay-Humble & Associates policy and possibly
the law.
If
you have been granted telnet access to Lemay-Humble & Associates
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 Lemay-Humble & Associates 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 network@lemay-humble.com
Complaints
regarding email abuse should be sent to abuse@lemay-humble.com
Complaints
regarding USENET abuse or SPAM should be sent to abuse@lemay-humble.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:
Lemay-Humble
& Associates, Inc.,
ATTN:
John Lemay-Humble
14321
South C & D Blvd.
Blythe,
CA 92225
For
other legal issues or concerns email: legal@Lemay-Humble.com
Lemay-Humble
& Associates 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. Lemay-Humble & Associates prides itself as a
responsible member of the Internet community and is committed to
protecting the data of and providing quality service to all
Lemay-Humble & Associates customers all of the time.
INTERACTION
WITH Lemay-Humble
& Associates STAFF.
Any
threat, vulgar and profane language directed at any Lemay-Humble
& Associates 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 Lemay-Humble
& Associates should be reported immediately. Bottom line is
let's work together toward a mutually beneficial relationship and
create a prosperous and responsible Internet community.