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Think Hosting is a subsidiary of "Think
Computers Inc."
"Think Computers
Inc." may be contacted by any of the following methods:
Think Computers Inc.
P.O. Box
2037
Sandpoint, ID 83864
E-mail Us
Think Hosting Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is provided to
give our customers and users a clear understanding of what Think
Hosting expects of them while using the service. All users of Think
Hosting 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 Think
Hosting service's constitutes acceptance and
agreement to Think Hosting AUP as well as Think Hosting
TOS (Terms
of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
*All Payments To Think Hosting
(Think Computers Inc.) Are Non-Refundable*
We do not actively monitor subscriber activity under normal
circumstances. Additionally, 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. Think Hosting may cooperate with
legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation of any
suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong doing. The violation of
this AUP may result in the suspension or immediate termination of
either your Think Hosting account or other actions as detailed
in Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understand of Think
Hosting
Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines for the
establishment and enforcement of Think Hosting 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 privacy and
security of individual users.
Think
Hosting intends to provide its customers access to everything the
Internet has to offer. While Think
Hosting is firmly dedicated to the principles of free speech, activities that may be
damaging to the resources of Think Hosting will not be permitted under the guise of free speech. The
resources of Think
Hosting and the Internet are limited, and
abuse of these resources by any 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 hosting account to publish material, which
Think Hosting determines, at its sole discretion, to be unlawful,
indecent or objectionable. For purposes of this policy, "material"
refers to all forms of communications including news groups, narrative
descriptions, graphics (including photographs, illustrations,
images, drawings, logos), executable programs, video recordings,
and/or audio recordings. This includes any sexually oriented
website's, product's or service's of any nature.
If a Think Hosting account is used to violate the Acceptable
Use Policy or our TOS, we reserve the right to
terminate your service without notice.
We will advise customers of inappropriate behavior and any necessary
corrective action, however, flagrant violations will not be
tolerated and services will be canceled immediately!
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Illegal use: Think Hosting
services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of
illegal activities. Think Hosting reserves the right to
cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in
the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
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Harm
to minors: Use
of the Think Hosting services to harm, or attempt to harm,
minors in any way, including, but not limited to child
pornography. This policy will be STRICTLY
enforced!
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Threats: Use of the Think Hosting
services to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting
or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or
destruction of property.
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Harassment: Use of the Think
Hosting services to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading,
posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
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Fraudulent activity: Use of Think
Hosting services to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy
products, items, or services, or to advance any type of
financial scam such as "pyramid schemes, "chain letters." etc.
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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
re-mailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation.
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Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk e-mail
(SPAM) Use of the Think Hosting services 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 Think Hosting clients account.
- 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 Think
Hosting clients account.
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E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any
message header, in part or whole, of any electronic
transmission, originating or passing through the Think
Hosting services is in violation of this AUP.
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Usenet SPAM: Think Hosting 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.
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Unauthorized access:
Use of the Think Hosting services to access, or to attempt
to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt
to penetrate, security measures of Think Hosting 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 Think Hosting
account is subject to immediate termination.
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Copyright or trademark infringement:
Use of the Think Hosting services to transmit any material
(by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that infringes on
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.
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Collection of personal data: The use
of Think Hosting services to collect, or attempt to
collect, personal information about third parties without their
knowledge or consent.
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Network disruptions and unfriendly activity:
The use of Think Hosting services for any activity which affects
the ability of other people or systems to use Think Hosting 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. Subscriber's 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. Think
Hosting 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.
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Fraud: Involves that knowing
misrepresentation or misleading statements, writing or activity
made with the intent that the person receiving it will act upon
it.
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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.
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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.
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Inappropriate Use of Software: Use of
software or any device that would facilitate a continued
connection, i.e. pinging, while using Think Hosting
services could result in the
suspension service.
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Third
Party Accountability: Think
Hosting 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.
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Violation Of Think Hosting Virtual Accounts:
It is absolutely forbidden to host pornographic content or IRC
servers on Virtual Server Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts
found hosting this material will be subject to
immediate termination
without refund.
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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 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.
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Your password
provides access to your account. It is your responsibility to
keep your password secure.
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Back-up's of
data, information and/or content are the responsibility of the
customer.
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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.
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Attempting to
obtain another user's account password is strictly prohibited,
and may result in termination of service.
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You must adopt
adequate security measures to prevent or minimize unauthorized
use of your account.
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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.
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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.
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Users who violate
systems or network security may incur criminal or civil
liability. Think Hosting 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
Think Hosting accounts operate on shared resources. Excessive use or
abuse of these shared network resources by one customer 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 Think Hosting systems or
networks. Think Hosting reserves the right to terminate or
limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF Think Hosting AUP
Think Hosting requests that anyone who believes that there is
a violation of this AUP direct the information to the
Abuse Department at
abuse@ think-computers.com.
If available, please provide the following information:
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The IP address
used to commit the alleged violation
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The date and
time of the alleged violation, including the time zone or offset
from GMT
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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. Think Hosting may take any one or more
of the following actions in response to complaints:
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Issue written
or verbal warnings
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Suspend the
Member's newsgroup posting privileges
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Suspend the
Member's account
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Terminate the
Member's account
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Bill the
Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation charges
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Bring legal
action to enjoin violations and/or to collect damages, if any,
cause by violations
REVISIONS TO THIS
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Think Hosting
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).
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@ think-computers.com
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