All
services provided by eNonProfits ("ENP")
may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission,
storage or presentation of any information,
data or material in violation of any United
States federal, state or city law os prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material, material we judge to be threatening
or obscene, or material protected by trade
secret and other statute. The subscriber
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ENP
from any claims resulting from the use of
service which damages the subscriber or
any other party. Prohibited
are sites that promote any illegal activity
or present content that may be damaging
to ENP's servers, or any other server
on the Internet. Links to such materials
are also prohibited.
Examples of unacceptable
content or links:
- pirated software
- hacker programs or archives
- Warez sites
- any site that consumes
more than 20% (35% for resellers) of
system resources
NOTICE:
IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS FOUND TO CONTAIN ILLEGAL
ACTIVITY, ILLEGAL MP3 FILES, PIRATED SOFTWARE,
HACKER PROGRAMS, WAREZ PROGRAMS, OR ANY
OTHER ILLEGAL FILES, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL
BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT NOTICE,
AND A $50.00 CANCELLATION FEE WILL APPLY.
ADDITIONALLY, ENP WILL NOTIFY THE PROPER
AUTHORITIES OF YOUR ACTIONS.
Following are a list of
sites that will require more than 20%
of our system's resources:
- multiple domains residing
at a single IP address
- domains with archives
or galleries (i.e., .gif, .jpg, .exe,
.zip, .tar, etc.)
- domain accounts offering
download files
- We are not saying that
your web site cannot contain such files;
however, if at any time they consume
more than 20% of our system's resource
(or 35% for resellers), you will be
contacted to resolve the problem. ENP
will be the sole arbiter as to what
constiutes a violation of this provision.
Traffic Usage
All account plans come
with a predetermined amount of traffic
allowance. We monitor all accounts and
bill $4.00 for each gig of traffic exceeded.
This amount is not prorated, meaning that
1 mb - 1 gig will be treated and billed
as the same.
Chat Rooms
We do not allow clients
to install their own chat rooms. These
tend to be a large drain on system resources
and we cannot allow it as an account option.
Background Running Programs
We may allow programs to
run continually in the background. These
are considered on a case-by-case basis
and an extra charge will be incurred,
based on system resources used and operational
maintenance required.
IRC
We currently do not allow
IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our
servers.
Server Abuse
Any attempt to undermine
or cause harm to a server or customer
of ENP is strictly prohibited.
Refusal of Service
We reserve the right to
refuse, cancel or suspend service, at
our sole discretion.
All sub-networks, distributive
hosting sites and dedicated servers of
ENP must adhere to the above policies,
with the exception of system resources
in respect to dedicated servers.
Billing
By the Account Activation
Date of each month, ENP shall either:
(1) debit the client's credit card (when
such information has been provided by
the client); or (2) deliver, by e-mail
or regular mail, an invoice in accordance
with the applicable Service Fees for services
rendered for the current month. When an
invoice is delivered to the client, payment
shall be remitted to ENP by no later than
the specified payment due date. ENP shall
be entitled to immediately terminate this
agreement for client's failure to make
timely payments. You will be provided
with an invoice on a monthly basis. All
credit cards are billed automatically
on a monthly basis. It is the client's
responsibility to ensure that they have
sufficient credit to cover this transaction.
In the event that there is insufficient
credit, we will send an e-mail notification,
at which point we will need to be provided
with another credit card account number
within 24 hours. If we do not receive
a response within 24 hours, the account,
and all accounts under that account plan,
will be suspended.
Service Fees
Certain services carry
a set-up fee charged by ENP to client,
which must be paid by client in order
to have use of said services. If client
terminates this agreement, client shall
be responsible for any and all outstanding
fees owed to ENP and agrees to pay any
and all fees incurred by client. Because
the services are provided on a monthly
basis, the client will be responsible
for service fees incurred each month,
regardless of when client provides notice
of termination. Thus, for example, if
the client provides notice of termination
on the 15th day of a particular month,
the client will be responsible for service
fees for the entire month, and such fees
will not be pro-rated or refunded. If
client has retained the services for one
year and has pre-paid ENP for such services,
refunds will be issued for any unused
full month of the services, upon client's
request. Therefore, if client's account
is canceled at any point during the one-year
term, client will be entitled to a refund
for the months remaining, after notice
given by the 25th day of the preceding
month.
Account Deactivations
Any account deactivated
due to non-payment will require a reactivation
fee of $20.00 prior to reactivation.
Refunds
We offer a 30 day money
back guarantee on hosting accounts. We
must receive the request in writing with
a signature of the card holder on file
in order to process any cancellations.
All cancellations can be faxed or mailed
to the contact information available on
our site. We DO NOT refund partial monthly
fees to accounts canceling after their
30-day initial account activation period.
Therefore, only pre-paid full monthly
fees existing on account will be refunded.
No refunds are given on any dedicated
servers or setup fees for dedicated servers.
PLEASE NOTE: domain name
registration fees WILL NOT be refunded.
Refusal of Service
We reserve the right to
refuse, cancel or suspend service, at
our sole discretion.
Limitation of Liability
ENP shall not be responsible
for any claimed damages, including incidental
and consequential damages, which may arise
from ENP' servers going off-line or being
unavailable for any reason whatsoever.
Furthermore, ENP shall not be responsible
for any claimed damages, including incidental
or consequential damages, resulting from
the corruption or deletion of any web
site from one of ENP' servers. All damages
shall be limited to the immediate termination
of service.
Violations
Violations of these Acceptable
Use Policies should be referred to support@enonprofits.org.
All complaints will be investigated promptly.
Failure to follow any term or condition
will be grounds for immediate account
deactivation.
Disclaimer
ENP cannot be held liable
for system down time, crashes or data
loss. We cannot be held liable for any
predicated estimate of profits which a
client would have gained if their site
was functioning. Certain services provided
by ENP are resold. Thus, certain equipment,
routing, software and programming used
by ENP are not directly owned or written
by ENP. Moreover, ENP holds no responsibility
for the use of our clients' accounts.
Failure to comply with any terms or conditions
will result in the automatic deactivation
of the account in question. We reserve
the right to remove any account, without
advance notice for any reason without
restitution, as ENP sees fit.
Account Activation
By activating your account
with ENP, you agree to the above policies
and disclaimer. Upon requesting activation
of an account, you are required to accept
these policies, guidelines and disclaimer,
and a copy of your acceptance is forwarded
along with your activation request to
be maintained with your account information.
NOTICE: If you sign up for an account
and fail to comply with these terms, no
refunds will be given. We will, however,
advise you by e-mail or phone prior to
taking any action to provide you with
an opportunity to correct the problem.
ENP reserves the right to
amend any or all of the above policies,
guidelines and disclaimer without notification.
We also retain the right to increase any
pricing and make changes to our account
plans without notification.
ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY
As a provider of web site hosting and
other Internet-related services, ENP offers
its customer (also known as "Subscribers")
and their customers and users the means
to acquire and disseminate a wealth of
public, private, commercial and non-commercial
information. ENP respects that the Internet
provides a forum for free and open discussion
and dissemination of information. However,
when there are competing interests at
issue, ENP reserves the right to take
certain preventive or corrective actions.
In order to protect these competing interests,
ENP has developed an Acceptable Use Policy
("AUP"), which supplements and
explains certain terms of each customer's
respective service agreement, and is intended
as a guide to the customer's rights and
obligations when using ENP' services.
This AUP will be revised from time to
time. A customer's use of ENP' services
after changes to the AUP are posted on
ENP' web site, www.enonprofits.org,
will constitute the customer's acceptance
of any new or additional terms of the
AUP resulting from those changes.
One important aspect of
the Internet is that no one party owns
or controls it. This fact accounts for
much of the Internet's openness and value,
but it also places a high premium on the
judgment and responsibility of those who
use it, both in the information they acquire
and in the information they disseminate
to others. When subscribers obtain information
through they Internet, they must keep
in mind that ENP cannot monitor, verify,
warrant or vouch for the accuracy and
quality of the information they acquire.
For this reason, the subscriber must exercise
his or her best judgment in relying on
information obtained from the Internet,
and also should be aware that some material
posted to the Internet may be sexually
explicit or otherwise offensive. Because
ENP cannot monitor or censor the Internet,
and will not attempt to do so, ENP cannot
accept any responsibility for injury to
its subscribers resulting from inaccurate,
unsuitable, offensive or illegal Internet
communications.
When subscribers disseminate
information from the Internet, they must
keep in mind that ENP does not review,
edit, censor or take responsibility for
any information its subscribers may create.
When users place information on the Internet,
they have the same liability as other
authors for copyright infringement, defamation
and other harmful speech. Also, because
the information created is carried over
ENP's network and may reach a large number
of people, including both subscribers
and non-subscribers of ENP, subscribers'
postings to the Internet may affect other
subscribers and may affect ENP's goodwill,
business, reputation or operations. For
these reasons, subscribers violate ENP
policy and the Service Agreement when
they, their customers, affiliates or subsidiaries
engage in the following prohibited activities:
Spamming:
Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial
information over the Internet. It is not
only harmful because of its negative impact
on consumer attitudes toward ENP, but
also because it can overload ENP's network
and disrupt service to ENP's subscribers.
Also, maintaining an open SMTP relay is
prohibited. When a complaint is received,
ENP will investigate and shutdown the
account that is SPAMing. A $250 charge
for violating this policy will be charged
to the person initiating the SPAM. Futhermore
ENP reserves the right to prosecute for
this violation. A $1.00 charge will be
assessed PER EMAIL sent should ENP choose
to pursue and prosecute.
Intellectual
Property Violations: Engaging in
any activity that infringes or misappropriates
the intellectual property rights of others,
including copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, trade secrets, software piracy
and patents held by individuals, corporations
or other entities. Also, engaging in activity
that violates privacy, publicity or other
personal rights of others. ENP is required
by law to remove or block access to customer
content, upon receipt of a proper notice
of copyright infringement. It is also
ENP' policy to terminate the privileges
of customers who commit repeat violations
of copyright laws.
Obscene
Speech or Materials: Using ENP's
network to advertise, transmit, store,
post, display, or otherwise make available
child pornography or obscene speech or
material is prohibited. ENP is required
by law to notify law enforcement agencies
when it becomes aware of the presence
of child pornography on or being transmitted
through its network.
Defamatory
or Abusive Language: Using ENP's
network as a means to transmit or post
negative, defamatory, harassing, abusive
or threatening language.
Forging
of Headers: Forging or misrepresenting
message headers, whether in whole or in
part, to mask the originator of the message.
Illegal
or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers
or Networks: Accessing, illegally
or without authorization, computers, accounts
or networks belonging to another party,
or attempting to penetrate security measures
of another individual's system (often
known as "hacking"). Also, any
activity that may be used as a precursor
to an attempted system penetration (i.e.,
port scan, stealth scan or other information-gathering
activity).
Distribution of Internet
Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses or Other
Destructive Activities: Distributing information
regarding the creation of and sending
Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses,
pinging, flooding, mailbombing or denial
of service attacks. Also, activities that
disrupt the use of or interfere with the
ability of others to effectively use the
network or any connected network, system,
service or equipment.
Facilitation
a Violation of this AUP: Advertising,
transmitting or otherwise making available
any software, program, product or service
that is designed to violate this AUP,
which includes the facilitation of the
means to spam, initiation of pinging,
flooding, mailbombing, denial of service
attacks and piracy of software.
Export
Control Violations: Exporting encryption
software over the Internet or otherwise,
to points outside the United States.
Usenet
Groups: ENP reserves the right
not to accept postings from newsgroups
where we have actual knowledge that the
content of the newsgroup violates the
AUP.
Other
Illegal Activities: Engaging in
activities that are determined to be illegal,
including, but not limited to, advertising,
transmitting or otherwise making available
ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently
charging credit cards and pirating software.
Other
Activities: Engaging in activities,
whether lawful or unlawful, that ENP determines
to be harmful to its subscribers, operations,
reputation, goodwill or customer relations.
As we have pointed out, the responsibility
for avoiding harmful activities just described
rests primarily with the subscriber. ENP
will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor
the communications of its subscribers
to ensure that the comply with ENP' policy
or applicable law. However, when ENP becomes
aware of harmful activities, it may take
any action to stop the harmful activity,
including, but not limited to, removal
of information, shutting down a web site,
implementing screening software designed
to block offending transmissions, denying
access to the Internet, or any other action
deemed appropriate by ENP.
ENP is also aware that many
of its subscribers are themselves providers
of Internet services, and that information
reaching ENP's facilities from those subscribers
may have originated from a customer of
the subscriber or from another third party.
ENP does not require its subscribers who
offer Internet services to monitor or
censor transmissions or web sites created
by customers of its subscribers. ENP reserves
the right to directly take action against
a customer of its subscribers. Also, ENP
may take action against the ENP's subscriber
because of activities of a customer of
the subscriber, even though the action
may affect other customers of the subscriber.
Similarly, ENP anticipates that subscribers
who offer Internet services will cooperate
with ENP in any corrective or preventive
action that ENP deems necessary. Failure
to cooperate with such corrective or preventive
measures is a violation of ENP policy.
ENP will not intentionally
monitor private electronic mail messages
sent or receive by its subscribers, unless
required to do so by law, governmental
authority or when public safety is at
stake. ENP may, however, monitor its service
electronically to determine that its facilities
are operating satisfactorily. Also, ENP
may disclose information, including, but
not limited to, information concerning
a subscriber, a transmission made using
our network, or a web site, in order to
comply with a court order, subpoena, summons,
discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation
or governmental request. ENP assumes not
obligation to inform the subscriber that
subscriber information has been provided
and, in some cases, may be prohibited
by law from giving such notice. Finally,
ENP may disclose subscriber information
or information transmitted over its network
where necessary to protect ENP and others
from harm, or where such disclosure is
necessary to the proper operation of the
system. However, ENP will never sell information
to other services or outside companies.
ENP expects that its subscribers
who provide Internet services to others
will comply fully with all applicable
laws concerning the privacy of online
communications. A subscriber's failure
to comply with those laws will violate
ENP policy. Finally, ENP wishes to emphasize
that, in signing the Service Agreement,
subscribers indemnify ENP for any violation
of the Service Agreement, law or ENP policy
resulting in loss to ENP or the bringing
of any claim against ENP by any third
party. This means that, if ENP is sued
because of a subscriber's or customer
of a subscriber's activity, the subscriber
will be responsible for payment of any
damages awarded against ENP, plus costs
and reasonable attorney's fees.
We hope this AUP is
helpful in clarifying the obligations
of Internet users, including ENP and its
subscribers, as responsible members of
the Internet. Any complaints about a subscriber's
violation of this AUP should be sent to
support@enonprofits.org
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