
Please read this policy for AITG services carefully before opening
an account with AITG or continuing to use AITG services. By using
AITG services, you agree to be bound by this policy. AITG may terminate
its services to you if it feels that you have failed to comply with
this policy. If you do not agree to be bound by the agreement, you
should immediately end your use of AITG services and notify AITG
to close your account. AITG may change this policy at any time.
Such changes and their effective date will be posted on the AITG
website or brought to your attention by appropriate means. You agree
to review this policy periodically, and if any change is not acceptable
to you, you agree to terminate your ubscription or authorized use
by notifying AITG. Your continued use of AITG services after the
effective date of any such change constitutes acceptance of all
the changes. "Services" refers to all services and equipment
provided by or through AITG, including without limitation internet
access and the licensing of AITG or third party software.
1.
General
While AITG encourages and supports the
free flow of information and ideas over the Internet, we expect
that our subscribers and users will act legally, responsibly and
be considerate of others. AITG reserves the right, but does not
bear the responsibility, to prohibit or delete any conduct, communication
or content which AITG, in its sole discretion determines likely
to be unlawful or harmful to others. When you are using AITG services,
you are subject to these Guidelines, the Terms and Conditions
and all applicable AITG agreements. If in connection with the
AITG services, you use third party software or connect to third
party servers, networks or systems, in addition to the AITG policies,
then you are responsible for compliance with the established policies
and restrictions of these third parties.
As the conduit which delivers content from sender to receiver
over the Internet, it is not the purpose or intent of AITG to
monitor conduct, communication, or content on its services. You
acknowledge that unless it is reported to us, AITG is not likely
to be aware of violations of its policies. It is up to you, as
the owner of a Web Site, the sender of e-mail or the poster to
a newsgroup, to bear responsibility for the material you send.
If you are the recipient, it is your responsibility to use reasonable
efforts to screen unwanted material and report any offensive or
illegal communications. AITG encourages you to read and abide
by these Guidelines to enhance your use and enjoyment of our Internet
products and services.
The AITG service may be used only for lawful purposes. Please
bear in mind that with increased accessibility comes increased
accountability. Transmission, distribution or storage of material
or conduct in violation of any applicable local, state, federal
or foreign law or regulation is prohibited. This includes without
limitation any unauthorized use of material protected by patent,
copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, material
that is obscene, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export
control laws.
In addition to unlawful content, AITG prohibits
the transmission, distribution or storage of unwanted or offensive
content. Prohibited transmissions include without limitation,
viruses, trojan horse programs, messages which include character
sequences intended to control the recipient's computer or display
screen, make-money fast schemes, pyramid or chain letters, fraudulent
offers, threats, harassment, defamation, postings to a newsgroup
in violation of its rules, charter or FAQ, unsolicited advertising
(whether commercial or informational) and unsolicited e-mail ("SPAM").
AITG strongly opposes SPAM, which floods the Internet with unwanted
and unsolicited e-mail and deteriorates the performance and availability
of the AITG network. All forms of SPAM, and all activities that
have the effect of facilitating SPAM, are strictly prohibited.
AITG assesses whether a message is SPAM based on a number of parameters
such as the number of recipients and known SPAM domains or email
addresses, using algorithms on message "headers." AITG
also prohibits the use of another Internet service to send SPAM
to drive visitors to your site hosted on or through AITG systems,
whether or not the messages were originated by you, under your
direction, or by or under the direction of a related or unrelated
third party. Should AITG determine that a violation of its policies
has occurred, then in addition to suspending or terminating your
account and blocking bulk e-mail and Usenet postings and/or blocking
access to your website, AITG may publicly disclose the originating
address and/or the subject of prohibited transmissions and/or
URL of the website and a $200.00 handling fee may be charged to
your AITG account.
AITG also prohibits
the distribution or storage of most adult content under the following
guidelines: Sites which are selling adult products which are hard
goods are acceptable; Sites which are advertising an adult product
which is a hard good is acceptable; Sites which are selling and/or
advertising adult services are NOT acceptable; Sites with adult
content requiring membership (paid or unpaid) and proof of age
for access are NOT acceptable; Sites posting adult content not
related to the specific products being sold and/or advertised
are NOT acceptable; Sites where adult content is the sole product
being sold are NOT acceptable; Sites which have downloadable and/or
multimedia adult content available are NOT acceptable. AITG reserves
the right to make final judgement as to what constitutes acceptable
adult content.
2. System and Network Security
Any violations of AITG's system or network security are strictly
prohibited and may result in criminal and/or civil liability.
AITG will cooperate with law enforcement or independently investigate
incidents involving such violations. Network security violations
include without limitation: (i) attempts to compromise the security
of any Internet account or site; (ii) altering the header information
of e-mail or Usenet postings or other activity that conceals your
e-mail address or prevents recipients from responding; (iii) interference
with service to any user, host or network (including without limitation
mail-bombing or news-bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to
overload a system, broadcast attacks, disrupting Internet relay
chat channels or Usenet newsgroups); (iv) use or distribution
of tools designed for compromising security (including without
limitation cracking tools, network probing tools, and password
or credit card, and other guessing programs); (v) transferring
excessive amounts of data; (vi) misuse or abuse of account access
and passwords; and (vii) reselling any aspect of AITG service.
3. Enforcement
In order for AITG to comply with applicable laws, including without
limitation the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 18 U.S.C.
2701 et seq., to comply with appropriate government requests,
to operate AITG's systems properly, or to protect AITG or its
customers, AITG may access and disclose any information, including
without limitation the user names of accountholders, the contents
of any personal electronic communications passing through its
network, and any other information it considers necessary or appropriate.
AITG will cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating
suspected lawbreakers. AITG reserves the right to report to law
enforcement any suspected illegal activity of which it becomes
aware.
If AITG receives a complaint or otherwise becomes aware of any
possible violation of these Guidelines or the Terms and Conditions,
AITG may, in its sole discretion, initiate an investigation. This
investigation may include gathering information from and about
account holders and examining the content of personal electronic
communications, Web host pages or personal pages on AITG's servers.
During any investigation AITG may suspend services to any customer
being investigated and/or remove the material from its servers.
You agree to cooperate with any such investigation.
If AITG determines, in its sole discretion, that a violation of
these Guidelines or the Terms and Conditions has occurred, AITG
may, but will not be obligated to take any or all of the following
actions: temporarily or permanently remove material from AITG
servers, discontinue access to Usenet newsgroups, cancel newsgroup
postings, move posts to a more appropriate forum (if any), warn
the account holder(s) involved, remove e-mail sent by you, suspend
or terminate account(s), remove or deny access to your Web host
page(s) or personal web page(s) on AITG's servers, and take other
responsive action at any time and for any reason. Violations of
these Guidelines could also subject you to criminal or civil liability
including monetary damages and a $200 handling fee charged to
your AITG account.
Use of AITG's Services constitutes acceptance
of this Agreement in full. Please see important information about
the nature of content on the Internet, the risks you accept by
your use of the AITG services and limitations on AITG's liability
contained in the Policy.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2000
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