Acceptable
Use Policy
Acceptable Usage Policy
Dataworld-Technology is dedicated to providing an all-round top
quality service. The terms and conditions which follow are necessary
to ensure that we may continue to provide the best possible service
to all of our customers whilst at the same time satisfying our legal
and ethical responsibilities.
Failure to follow any term or condition will be
grounds for immediate account deactivation without notice. Dataworld-Technology
will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of any
of these provisions.
Activity which results in the suspension or deactivation
of an account will result in a forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints
made regarding abuses of an account will be investigated and if
found guilty will be grounds for immediate suspension.
To
report suspected abuses or any violations of these policies, please
report by filling out the form by CLICKING
HERE.
Illegal Usage
Dataworld-Technology servers may be used for lawful
purposes only. Transmission, storage, or distribution of any information,
data or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation
is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property
right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene,
defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control
laws. The subscriber to Dataworld-Technology service agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless Dataworld-Technology from any claims resulting
from the use of the service that damages the subscriber or any other
party.
Dataworld-Technology will be the sole arbiter as
to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Adult Content
Legal Adult Content is allowed
Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited,
and may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples include,
but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use,
probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures,
data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or
network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate
attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks. Forging of
any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in
an email or a newsgroup posting.
Server Resource
Any
website that uses a high amount of server resources (such as, but
not limited to, CPU time, memory usage, and network resources) will
be given an option of either paying extra for a dedicated server
/ semi-dedicated server (which depends on the resource needed) or
reducing the resource used to an acceptable level. Dataworld-Technology
shall be the sole arbiter of what is considered to be a high server
usage level.
Chat Rooms
Dataworld-Technology does not provide nor allow
chat room's On shared hosting enviroments. You may elect for a Dedicated
Server to Run a chat room efficiently
Background Running Programs
Dataworld-Technology does not allow background
Daemons such as IRC bots; eggdrop; BitchX; XiRCON; Game Servers
and any other program that interferes with normal server operation.
IRC
Dataworld-Technology does not allow IRC or IRC
bots to be operated on our servers.
Backups
Dataworld-Technology performs daily backups on
all servers to ensure critical files are never lost. However Dataworld-Technology
is NOT responsible for lost data, time, income or any other resource
due to faulty backups or non-existent backups. Please always backup
your own data for
Redundancy.
Client Responsibility
The
client is responsible for all activity originating from the account
unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address forgery.
The client is responsible for securing their username/password.
The client assumes responsibility for all material on their site
that may be put on by a third party (such as the usage of Free For
All links pages). Use of Dataworld-Technology's service requires
a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols,
and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated
use and desired content of the web space by the client. The following
examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML,
properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Web contents, Graphics,
text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web publishing: knowledge
of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP understanding and
capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment,
TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc.
Mail: a use of mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client
agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create and
maintain their web space. Client agrees that it is not the responsibility
of Dataworld-Technology to provide this knowledge or support outside
matter specific to Dataworld-Technology servers.
UCE (Unsolicited Commerce Email) - SPAM
Spamming, or the sending of mass unsolicited email,
from or through a Dataworld-Technology server or using an email
address that is maintained on a Dataworld-Technology machine is
STRICTLY prohibited. Dataworld-Technology will be the sole arbiter
as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. If you engage
in any of the foregoing activities using the service of another
ISP or IPP, but channeling activities through a Dataworld-Technology
server as a maildrop for responses, you are in violation. Violators
will be assessed a minimum of $200.00 fine and will face an immediate
suspension. See our NO SPAM Policy for more details.
Server abuse
Any
attempts to undermine or cause harm to a Dataworld-Technology server
or customer of Dataworld-Technology is strictly prohibited.
Any
sub-networks of Dataworld-Technology and dedicated servers must
adhere to the above policies. The failure to meet or follow any
of the above guidelines are grounds for account deactivation. We
reserve the right to remove any account without prior notice.
Software Distribution
Dataworld-Technology.com's shared Web Hosting accounts
are not to be used for the purposes of distributing software and
multimedia products. If you wish to distribute software and/or multimedia
files, please contact sales @ Dataworld-Technology.com for special
arrangement.
Multimedia Files
Multimedia files are defined as any graphics, audio,
and video files. Dataworld-Technology.com Web Hosting accounts are
not to be used for the purposes of distributing and storing unusual
amount of multimedia files. Any Web site whose disk space usage
for storing the multimedia files exceed 70% of its total usage,
either in terms of total size or number of files, will be deemed
to be using unusual amount of multimedia files.
Domain Names
To
improve our service and to strive to be a respectible company, effective
1 November 2006 we will be making random "spot checks"
to domain names to our servers that contain any of the following:
1.
Displays hatred/predjudice toward anyone (eg. kill-all-cops.com
or your-momma-is-a-whore.com)
2.
insinuate illegal activity (eg. trojan.com or warez.net)
3. Are
vulgar or distasteful (eg. sluts.com or bite-me.com)
Dataworld-Technology
will take necessary steps to register managed domain names on behalf
of the client when purchased. Dataworld-Technology does not take
responsibility for failing to renew domain names. If your domain
name was registered via our company, you must check and take appropriate
actions to submit your payment for a domain that is about to expire.
We do not renew the domain until your payment is received. If you
fail to pay by the due date the domain will expire and there will
be a $250 reactivation fee assessed to return it to service.
If
you have purchased a managed domain name and you do not have hosting
with us. The domain name may be pointed to any valid server by email
request (therefore the term managed).
If
any hosting/reseller client or non-hosting/reseller client attempt
to denounce or defame dataworld-technology.com or it's employees
in any way shape or form, you forfit all rights to your hosting/reseller,
your managed domain will become our property and parked on our servers.
This also applies to non-managed domains with any type of account
with our company.
If your Domain name is not pointed to our Name
servers, your account will be suspended until it is pointed back
to our servers. If your domain name is not pointed to our name servers
for a period exceeding 7 calender days, you will forfeit all rights
to hosting on our server without refund. There are guidelines outlined
in the TOS/AUP for proper termination of an account, they must be
followed.
Actions Taken by Dataworld-Technology
The
failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above policies/terms
is grounds for account deactivation. Dataworld-Technology will be
the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of the AUP.
Dataworld-Technology reserves the right to remove any account without
prior notice.
When
Dataworld-Technology becomes aware of an alleged violation of its
AUP, Dataworld-Technology will initiate an investigation. During
the investigation, Dataworld-Technology may restrict a customer's
access in order to prevent further potentially unauthorized activity.
Depending on the severity of the violation, Dataworld-Technology
may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer's
web hosting account and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such
violation is a criminal offense, Dataworld-Technology will notify
the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation.
If
you are found to be in violation of the TOS/AUP you will be given
a period of 24 hours to remove the content or you will be suspended
facing termination. This does not mean you remove the file and put
it back up two weeks later, repeat offenders that try to get around
the system by merely moving files to other locations or continually
are legitimately reported for violating the TOS/AUP will be terminated
without refund. Dataworld-Technology is the sole arbiter as to what
constitutes a violation of the AUP
Dataworld-Technology does not issue credits for
outages incurred through service disablement resulting from AUP
violations.
Dataworld-Technology customers agree to indemnify
and hold harmless Dataworld-Technology from any claims resulting
from the use of our services that damages them or any other party.
The Dataworld-Technology service is provided on an as is, as available
basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Dataworld-Technology
expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the Dataworld-Technology
service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice
or written information given by Dataworld-Technology, its employees,
licensors or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely
on any such information or advice. Dataworld-Technology and its
partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage
arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use
of the service.
Modification
Dataworld-Technology reserves the right to add,
delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without
notice.
Refusal Of Service
We
reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole
discretion within human reason. |