Arad Host's Acceptable Use
Policy ("AUP") is provided to give our customers and
users a clear understanding of what Arad Host expects of
them while using the service. All users of Arad Host'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).
Use of Arad Host Service constitutes acceptance and
agreement to Arad Host's AUP as well as Arad Host's TOS
(Terms of Service)
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. Arad Host 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 either your
Arad Host account or other actions.
This document is intended to provide a basic understand
of Arad Host's Acceptable Use Policy. The following are
guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of
Arad Host's AUP:
•Ensure reliable service to our customers
•Ensure security and privacy of our systems and network,
as well as the networks and systems of others
•Comply with existing laws
•Maintain our reputation as a responsible service
provider
•Encourage responsible use of the Internet and
discourage activities which reduce the usability and
value of Internet services
•Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit
for free expression and exchange of information
•Preserve the privacy and security of individual users
Arad Host intends to provide its customers access to
everything the Internet has to offer. While Arad Host is
firmly committed to the principles of free speech,
certain activities that may be damaging to the resources
of both Arad Host and the Internet and cannot be permitted
under the guise of free speech. The resources of Arad Host
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 server to publish material, which
Arad Host 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 Arad Host account is used to violate the Acceptable
Use Policy or our TOS, we reserve the right to terminate
your service without notice. 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@Arad Host.com.
VIOLATIONS OF Arad Host ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
1. Illegal use:
Arad Host's services may not be used for illegal purposes,
or in support of illegal activities. Arad Host reserves
the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or
injured third parties in the investigation of any
suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
2. Harm to minors:
Use of the Arad Host service to harm, or attempt to harm,
minors in any way, including, but not limited to child
pornography.
3. Threats:
Use of the Arad Host service to transmit any material (by
e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that threatens
or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
4. Harassment:
Use of the Arad Host service to transmit any material (by
e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that harasses
another.
5. Fraudulent activity:
Use of Arad Host 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."
6. Forgery or impersonation:
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.
7. Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk
e-mail (SPAM):
Use of the Arad Host 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 Arad Host account.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Anyone hosting web sites or services on their server
that support spammers or cause any of our IP space to be
listed in any of the various Spam Databases will have
their server immediately removed from our network. The
server will not be reconnected until such time that you
agree to remove ANY and ALL traces of the offending
material immediately upon reconnection and agree to
allow us access to the server to confirm that all
material has been COMPLETELY removed. Severe violations
may result in immediate and permanent removal of the
server from our network without notice to the customer.
Any server guilty of a second violation WILL be
immediately and permanently removed from our network
without notice.
8. E-mail / News Bombing:
Malicious intent to impede another person's use of
electronic mail services or news will result in the
immediate termination of the offending Arad Host account.
9. E-mail / Message Forging:
Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any
electronic transmission, originating or passing through
the Arad Host service is in violation of this AUP.
10. Usenet SPAMing:
Arad Host 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.
11. Unauthorized access:
Use of the Arad Host service to access, or to attempt to
access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate, security measures of Arad Host'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 Arad Host account is subject to immediate
termination.
12. Copyright or trademark infringement:
Use of the Arad Host 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.
The customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that
by initial and continued use of the services provided by
Arad Host, hereinafter referred to as "Arad Host", that he
or she agrees to, and is bound by the Arad Host Digital
Millennium Copyright Act Policy.
The customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that
Arad Host may revise policies, agreements and notices at
any time without notice and that he or she shall be
bound by the policies, agreements and notices as
currently posted on the Arad Host web site which as a
whole shall constitute Arad Host's Acceptable Use
Agreement.
Arad Host is committed to complying with U.S. copyright
law and expects all end users who access some of our
Services but do not have accounts ("Visitors") as well
as those who pay a monthly service fee to subscribe to
the Services ("Subscribers") to do the same.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA")
provides recourse for owners of copyrighted material who
believe that their rights under U.S. copyright law have
been infringed on the Internet.
Under the DMCA, copyright owners may contact the
authorized agent of an Internet service provider to
report alleged infringements of their protected works
appearing on Web pages hosted by the service provider.
Upon receipt of a properly filed complaint satisfying
the requirements of the DMCA, Arad Host will remove or
block access to the allegedly infringing material. If a
Member or user of the Arad Host Service believes in good
faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been
wrongly filed, such person may submit a counter notice
to Arad Host. Arad Host will not be a party to disputes over
alleged copyright infringement.
This information should not be construed as legal advice
to our Subscribers or Visitors. If you believe that your
copyrights have been infringed, or if a notice of
copyright infringement has been filed against you, we
advise that you seek legal counsel. We are providing the
following information to you for informational purposes
only.
Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement
If you believe that a Web page hosted by Arad Host is
violating your rights under U.S. copyright law, you may
file a complaint of such claimed infringement with
Arad Host's designated agent in by email
admin@Arad Host.com
For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must
provide the following information when providing notice
of the claimed copyright infringement:
a. A physical or electronic signature of a person
authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
b. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to
have been infringed.
c. Identification of the material that is claimed to be
infringing or to be the subject of the infringing
activity and that is to be removed or access to which is
to be disabled as well as information reasonably
sufficient to permit Arad Host to locate the material.
d. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the
service provider to contact the complaining party, such
as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an
electronic mail address.
e. A statement that the complaining party has a good
faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner,
its agent, or law.
f. A statement that the information in the notification
is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the
complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
For more details on the information required for valid
notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3).
You should be aware that, under the DCMA, claimants who
make misrepresentations concerning copyright
infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a
result of the removal or blocking of the material, court
costs, and attorneys fees.
Counter Notification to Claimed Copyright Infringement
If a notice of copyright infringement has been filed
against you, you may file a counter notification with
Arad Host's designated agent at the address listed above.
Such counter notification must contain the following
information:
a. physical or electronic signature.
b. Identification of the material that has been removed
or to which access has been disabled and the location at
which the material appeared before it was removed or
access to it was disabled.
c. A statement under penalty of perjury that the Member
has a good faith belief that the material was removed or
disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
d. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a
statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the
federal district court for the federal district in which
you are located, and that you will accept service of
process from the complainant.
If Arad Host receives a valid counter notification, the
DMCA provides that the removed material will be
restored, or access re-enabled.
Please be advised that U.S. copyright law provides
substantial penalties for a false counter notice filed
in response to a notice of copyright infringement.
This policy was last modified and published 13-8-2006
and supercedes any and all previous policies governing
the Arad Host Copyright Act Policy.
13. Collection of personal data:
Use of the Arad Host service to collect, or attempt to
collect, personal information about third parties
without their knowledge or consent.
14.IRC:
Use of IRC or IRC bots or clonebots is not allowed. An
IRC bot is a program which runs and is connected to an
IRC server 24 hours a day, automatically performing
certain actions
15. Network disruptions and unfriendly activity:
Use of the Arad Host service for any activity which
affects the ability of other people or systems to use
Arad Host 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. Arad Host 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.
16. Fraud:
Involves a knowing misrepresentation or misleading
statement, writing or activity made with the intent that
the person receiving it will act upon it.
17. Infringement of Copyright, Patent, Trademark, Trade
Secret, or Intellectual Property Right
Distribution and/or posting of copyrighted or the
aforementioned infringements will not be tolerated.
18. Distribution of Viruses:
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.
19. Inappropriate Use of Software:
Use of software or any device that would facilitate a
continued connection, i.e. pinging, while using Arad Host
services could result in suspension service.
20. Third Party Accountability:
Arad Host 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.
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.
Your password provides access to your account. It is
your responsibility to keep your password secure.
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.
Attempting to obtain another user's account password is
strictly prohibited, and may result in termination of
service.
You must adopt adequate security measures to prevent or
minimize unauthorized use of your account.
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.
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.
Users who violate systems or network security may incur
criminal or civil liability. Arad Host 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.
21. P2P File Sharing
Nothing such as Kazza or any P2P system may be used on
any of our services. Provision of such services will
result in instant termination of your account without
refund.
22. No Very High CPU Usage Programs Allowed
23. No DDOS
If you are DoS’ed we reserve the right to suspend your
account to limit the attack. If you are found to of
caused the DDOS your account may be suspended or
cancelled.
24. No Warez
25. No child pornography nor adult material.
26. No provision of free email services
27. No provision of shell accounts
Network Performance
Arad Host accounts operate on shared resources. Excessive
use or abuse of these shared network resources by one
customer may have a negative impact on all other
customers. Misuse of network resources in a manner which
impairs 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
performances of Arad Host systems or networks. Arad Host
reserves the right to terminate or limit such
activities.
Reporting Violations OF Arad Host
AUP
Arad Host requests that anyone who believes that there is
a violation of this AUP direct the information to the
Abuse Department at abuse@Arad Host.com.
If available, please provide the following information:
The IP address used to commit the alleged violation
The date and time of the alleged violation, including
the time zone or offset from GMT
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.
Revision To This Acceptable Use
Policy
Arad Host reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify
this AUP and our other policies and agreements at any
time and in any manner. |
