GOCSG.net: Terms
and conditions
www.GOCSG.net
This Terms of
Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by GOCSG.net for users
of GOCSG.net. GOCSG.net reserves the right to modify this Policy at
any time to stay in compliance with any laws, regulations and security
requirements. By using GOCSG.net services, any customer, employee or
third party unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy.
ILLEGAL USE
GOCSG.net may
be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage
of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming
to or from any unauthorized network or system is prohibited. This includes,
without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade
secret or other intellectual property rights used without proper authorization;
government and military data protected by law and national security;
university and academic data protected by public policy; and material
that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates
export control laws. Any violation of the above which compromises the
integrity of GOCSG.net or any other network is strictly prohibited.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK
SECURITY
Violations of
system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal
and civil liability. GOCSG.net will investigate incidents involving
such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities
if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of unlawful acts, system,
or network security violations include, without limitation, the following:
Unauthorized
access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt
to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization
of the owner of the system or network.
Unauthorized
monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express
authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with
service to any user, host or network including, without limitation,
mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and
broadcast attacks.
Unauthorized
access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or
network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to
do harm.
Forging of any
TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email
or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to include but
not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.
EMAIL
Sending unsolicited
mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising
and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall
not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express
permission of the site owner.
USENET
Posting the
same or similar message to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting
or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is expressly prohibited.
INDIRECT OR
ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS
BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A GOCSG.net CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END
USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER
OR END USER.
For Example:
If you are hosting
a bulk email site on GOCSG.net servers and you use another ISP to SPAM
from in order to reference your GOCSG.net site by IP address or domain
name, you are violating GOCSG.net policy and possibly the law.
If you have
been granted telnet access to GOCSG.net servers, multiple telnet log-ons
are strictly prohibited and you must come from a valid IP address. Forgery
is against the law.
Any type of
denial of service attack from valid or invalid addresses is a violation
of GOCSG.net security policy and against the law.
If you have
been granted password privileges for FTP or telnet, sharing your password
with an unauthorized user or third party is strictly prohibited.
Complaints regarding
illegal Use or System or Network Security issues should be sent to techsupport@GOCSG.net.
Complaints regarding
email abuse should be sent to techsupport@GOCSG.net.
Complaints regarding
USENET abuse or SPAM should be sent to techsupport@GOCSG.net.
GOCSG Online
will also not tolerate any adult material or spamming and both infringements
shall result in immediate termination and removal of the site and/or
virtual server without a refund. GOCSG Online prides itself as a responsible
member of the Internet community and is committed to protecting the
data of and providing quality service to all GOCSG.net customers all
of the time.
INTERACTION
WITH GOCSG.net STAFF
Any threat,
vulgar language or harassment directed at any GOCSG.net staff member
through phone or email may result in immediate termination of an account.
Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party
programmer of GOCSG.net should be reported immediately.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
The documents
and information on this Web site are copyrighted materials of GOCSG.net
and its information providers. Reproduction or storage of materials
retrieved from this service is subject to the U.S. Copyright Act of
1976, Title 17 U.S.C.
Copyright ©
2002 GOCSG.net. All rights reserved.
