 AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy)
GudNu Industries Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is provided to give our customers and users a clear understanding of what GudNu
Industries expects of them while using the service. All users of GudNu
Industries 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 GudNu Industries Service constitutes acceptance and agreement
to GudNu Industries AUP as well as GudNu Industries TOS (Terms of
Service)
IMPORTANT
NOTICE: *All Payments To GudNu Industries Are Non-Refundable*
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. GudNu Industries
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 GudNu Industries account or other actions as detailed in
Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This
document is intended to provide a basic understand of GudNu Industries
Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines for the establishment
and enforcement of GudNu Industries 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
GudNu
Industries intends to provide its customers access to everything the
Internet has to offer. While the GudNu Industries is firmly committed
to the principles of free speech, certain activities that may be damaging
to the resources of both the GudNu Industries and the Internet and
cannot be permitted under the guise of free speech. The resources of
the GudNu Industries 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 GudNu Industries 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 GudNu Industries 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@GudNu.com
VIOLATIONS
OF GUDNU INDUSTRIES ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
- Illegal
use: GudNu Industries services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support
of illegal activities. GudNu Industries reserves
the right to cooperate with legal authorities
and/or injured third parties in the investigation
of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
- Harm
to minors: Use of the GudNu Industries service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any
way, including, but not limited to child pornography.
- Threats: Use
of the GudNu Industries service to transmit any
material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise)
that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction
of property.
- Harassment: Use
of the GudNu Industries service to transmit any
material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise)
that harasses another.
- Fraudulent
activity: Use of GudNu Industries 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."
- 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.
- Unsolicited
commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM) Use of the GudNu Industries 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 GudNu Industries
account.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY, anyone
hosting websites 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.
- 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 GudNu Industries account.
- E-mail
/ Message Forging: Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission,
originating or passing through the GudNu Industries
service is in violation of this AUP.
- Usenet
SPAMing: GudNu Industries 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.
- Unauthorized
access: Use of the GudNu Industries service to access, or to attempt to access, the
accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt
to penetrate, security measures of GudNu Industries
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 GudNu Industries
account is subject to immediate termination.
- Copyright
or trademark infringement: Use of the GudNu Industries 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.
- Collection
of personal data: Use of the GudNu Industries service to collect, or attempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their
knowledge or consent.
- Network
disruptions and unfriendly activity: Use of the GudNu Industries service for any activity, which affects the ability
of other people or systems to use GudNu Industries
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. GudNu
Industries 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.
- Fraud: Involves
a knowing misrepresentation or misleading statement,
writing or activity made with the intent that the
person receiving it will act upon it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inappropriate
Use of Software: Use of software or any device that would facilitate a continued connection,
i.e. pinging, while using GudNu Industries services
could result in suspension service.
- Third
Party Accountability: GudNu Industries subscribers will be held responsible and accountable for any
activity by third parties, using their account,
which violates guidelines created within the
Acceptable Use Policy.
- Violation
Of GudNu Industries Virtual Accounts: It is absolutely forbidden to host pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual
Server Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts found
hosting this material would be subject to immediate
cancellation without refund.
- IRC
networks: It is absolutely forbidden to host an IRC server that is part of or connected
to another IRC network or server. Servers found
to be connecting to or part of these networks
will be immediately removed from our network
without notice. The server will not be reconnected
to the network until such time that you agree
to completely remove any and all traces of the
irc server, and agree to let us have access to
your server to confirm that the content has been
completely removed. Any server guilty of a second
violation will result in immediate account termination.
Security
You
are responsible for any misuse of your account, even if a friend, family
member, guest or employee committed the inappropriate activity. 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. GudNu Industries 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.
Network
Performance
GudNu
Industries 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 GudNu Industries systems or networks. GudNu Industries reserves
the right to terminate or limit such activities.
REPORTING
VIOLATIONS OF GUDNU INDUSTRIES AUP
GudNu
Industries requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation
of this AUP direct the information to the Abuse Department at abuse@GudNu.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. GudNu Industries may take any one or more of the following
actions in response to complaints:
- Issue
written or verbal warnings
- Suspend
the Member's newsgroup posting privileges
- Suspend
the Member's account
- Terminate
the Member's account
- Bill
the Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation
charges
- Bring
legal action to enjoin violations and/or to collect
damages, if any, cause by violations
REVISIONS
TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
GudNu
Industries 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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