Prestige Technologies LLC's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP")
is provided to give our customers and users a clear understanding of
what Prestige Technologies LLC expects of them while using the service.
All users of Prestige Technologies LLC's 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).
*All Payments To Prestige Technologies
LLC are Refundable up to 30 days*
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. Prestige Technologies LLC 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 your Prestige Technologies
LLC account or other actions as detailed in Section 3 .
This document is intended to provide a basic understand of Prestige
Technologies LLC's Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines
for the establishment and enforcement of Prestige Technologies LLC's
AUP:
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Ensure reliable service to our customers
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Ensure security and privacy of our systems and network, as well as
the networks and systems of others
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Comply with existing laws
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Maintain our reputation as a responsible service provider
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Encourage responsible use of the Internet and discourage activities
which reduce the usability and value of Internet services
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Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit for free expression
and exchange of information
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Preserve the privacy and security of individual users
Prestige Technologies LLC intends to provide its customers access to
everything the Internet has to offer. While the Prestige Technologies
LLC is firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain activities
that may be damaging to the resources of both Prestige Technologies
LLC and the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise of free
speech. The resources of the Prestige Technologies LLC 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 or virtual site to publish
material, which Prestige Technologies LLC 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 Prestige Technologies LLC account is used to violate the Acceptable
Use Policy or our TOS, we reserve the right to . We prefer to advise customers
of inappropriate behavior 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@prestigetechnologies.com
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
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Prestige Technologies LLC's services may not be used for illegal purposes,
or in support of illegal activities. Prestige Technologies LLC 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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Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC service to harm, or attempt to
harm, minors in any way, including, but not limited to child pornography.
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Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC 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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Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC service to transmit any material
(by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
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Use of Prestige Technologies LLC 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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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.
- (SPAM) Use of the Prestige
Technologies LLC 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 Prestige
Technologies LLC account.
, anyone
using Prestige Technologies LLC's services to engage in any "spam"
activities or cause any of our IP space to be listed in any of the
various Spam Databases will have their services immediately terminated.
The services will not be reconnected until such time that you agree
to remove and
traces of the offending material immediately upon reconnection and
agree to allow us access to your account(s) to confirm that all material
has been removed.
Severe violations may result in immediate and permanent removal of
the account(s) without notice to the customer. Any account(s) guilty
of a second violation
be immediately and permanently removed from our service without notice.
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Malicious intent to impede another person's use of electronic mail
services or news will result in the immediate termination of the offending
Prestige Technologies LLC account.
- Forging any message header, in part or whole,
of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through the
Prestige Technologies LLC service is in violation of this AUP.
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Prestige Technologies LLC 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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Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC service to access, or to attempt
to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to
penetrate, security measures of Prestige Technologies LLC's 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 Prestige Technologies LLC account is subject to
immediate termination.
- Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC 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.
- Use of the Prestige Technologies LLC services to
collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties
without their knowledge or consent.
- Use of the Prestige Technologies
LLC service for any activity which affects the ability of other people
or systems to use Prestige Technologies LLC 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. Prestige Technologies
LLC 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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Involves a knowing misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing
or activity made with the intent that the person receiving it will
act upon it.
- 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 offense will result
in the immediate termination of the offending account.
- Use of software or any device that would facilitate
a continued connection, i.e. pinging, while using Prestige Technologies
LLC services could result in suspension service.
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Prestige Technologies LLC 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.
- 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.
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. Prestige Technologies LLC 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.
Prestige Technologies LLC accounts operate on shared server and network
resources. Excessive use or abuse of these shared resources by one customer
may have a negative impact on all other customers. Misuse of server
and/or network resources in a manner which impairs server and/or 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 performance
of Prestige Technologies LLC servers or networks. Prestige Technologies
LLC reserves the right to terminate or limit such activities.
Prestige Technologies LLC requests that anyone who believes that there
is a violation of this AUP direct the information to the Abuse Department
at abuse@prestigetechnologies.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. Prestige Technologies LLC 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
Prestige
Technologies LLC 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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