This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all persons and entities (collectively,
"customers") using the products and hosting services of Thruport Technologies, Inc.
("Thruport"). The policy is designed to protect the security, integrity,
reliability, and privacy of Thruport networks and the products and services
Thruport offers to their customers. Thruport reserves the right to modify this
policy at any time, effective immediately upon posting of the modification.
Your use of Thruport products and services constitutes your acceptance of the
Acceptable Use Policy in effect at the time of your use. You are solely
responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur during or relating to
your use of the service, and you agree not to engage in any unacceptable use of
the service.
What Uses are Prohibited?
Unacceptable use includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
- Posting, transmission, re-transmission, or storing material on or
through any of Thruport's products or services, if in the sole judgment of
Thruport such posting, transmission, re-transmission or storage is: (a) in
violation of any local, state, federal, or non-United States law or
regulation (including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent
or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations); (b)
threatening or abusive; (c) obscene; (d) indecent; or (e) defamatory. Each
customer shall be responsible for determining what laws or regulations are
applicable to his or her use of the products and services.
- Installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software
products that are not appropriately licensed for use by customer.
- Resale of Thruport's products and services without the express
prior written consent of Thruport (unless you are an authorized reseller).
- Deceptive marketing practices.
- Actions that restrict or inhibit anyone - whether a customer of
Thruport or otherwise - in his or her use or enjoyment of Thruport's
products and services, or that generate excessive network traffic through
the use of automated or manual routines that are not related to ordinary
personal or business use of Internet services.
- Introduction of malicious programs into the Thruport network or
servers or other products and services of Thruport (e.g., viruses, trojan
horses and worms).
- Causing or attempting to cause security breaches or disruptions of
Internet communications. Examples of security breaches include but are not
limited to accessing data of which the customer is not an intended
recipient, or logging into a server or account that the customer is not
expressly authorized to access. Examples of disruptions include but are not
limited to port scans, flood pings, packet spoofing and forged routing
information.
- Executing any form of network monitoring that will intercept data
not intended for the customer.
- Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network
or account.
- Interfering with or denying service to any user other than the
customer's host (e.g., denial of service attack).
- Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any
kind, designed to interfere with, or to disable a user's terminal session.
- Failing to comply with Thruport's procedures relating to the
activities of customers on Thruport-owned facilities.
- Furnishing false or incorrect data on the order form contract
(electronic or paper) including fraudulent use of credit card numbers or
attempting to circumvent or alter the processes or procedures to measure
time, bandwidth utilization or other methods to document "use" of
Thruport's products or services.
- Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of "junk
mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically
request such material, who were not previous customers of the customer or
with whom the customer does not have an existing business relationship
(e.g., E-mail "spam"); or distributing, advertising or promoting software
or services that have the primary purpose of encouraging or facilitating
unsolicited commercial E-mail or spam.
- Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of
messages.
- Unauthorized use or forging of mail header information.
- Solicitations of mail or any other E-mail address other than that
of the poster's account or service, with the intent to harass or collect
replies.
- Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other "pyramid schemes"
of any
- Use of unsolicited E-mail originating from within the Thruport
network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on behalf of or to
advertise any service hosted by Thruport or connected via the Thruport
network.
- Exporting, re-exporting, or permitting downloads of any content
in violation of the export or import laws of the United States or without
all required approvals, licenses and exemptions.
No failure or delay in exercising or enforcing this policy shall constitute a
waiver of the policy or of any other right or remedy. If any provision of this
policy is deemed unenforceable due to law or change in law, such a provision
shall be disregarded and the balance of the policy shall remain in effect.
Abusable Resources
Upon notification of the existence of an abusable resource
(e.g., open news server, unsecured mail relay, or smurf amplifier), the
customer shall immediately take all necessary steps to avoid any further abuse
of such resource. Any abuse of an open resource that occurs after the customer
has received such notification shall be considered a violation of this policy
and enforced as such.
Enforcement
Thruport may immediately suspend and/or terminate the customer's
service for violation of any provision of this policy upon verbal or written
notice, which notice may be provided by voicemail or E-mail. Prior to
suspension or termination, Thruport attempts to work with our customers to
cure violations of this policy and ensure that there is no re-occurrence;
however, Thruport reserves the right to suspend or terminate based on a first
offense
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Notice
Thruport makes no guarantee of
confidentiality or privacy of any information transmitted through or stored
upon Thruport's technology, and makes no guarantee that any other entity or
group of users will be included or excluded from Thruport's network. In
addition, Thruport may periodically monitor transmissions over its network for
maintenance, service quality assurance or any other purpose permitted by the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, P.L. No. 99-508, as amended
Questions? If you are unsure of whether any contemplated use or action is
permitted, please contact Thruport at
Thruport Abuse or +1.703.914.9700.
