Effective September 1, 2012
1. NO ILLEGAL OR
FRAUDULENT USE
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to violate any applicable federal, state, local or
international laws
(including, but not limited to, the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act).
Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to commit a
crime,
act of terrorism, or fraud, or to plan, encourage or help others to
commit a
crime or fraud, including but not limited to, acts of terrorism,
engaging in a
pyramid or ponzi scheme, or sending chain letters.
2. NO COPYRIGHT
OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to send or receive any information which infringes the patents,
trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or proprietary rights of any
other
person, entity or business organization. This includes, but is not
limited to, digitization
of music, movies, photographs or other copyrighted materials or
software.
3. NO THREATS OR
HARASSMENT
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to transmit any material that threatens or encourages bodily
harm or
destruction of property or which harasses, abuses, defames or invades
the
privacy of any other person or entity.
4. NO HARM TO
MINORS
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to harm or attempt to harm a minor, including but not limited
to using
the Service to send pornographic, obscene or profane materials.
5. NO “SPAMMING"
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to send unsolicited messages or materials, bulk e-mail, or
other forms
of solicitation (“spamming”). This prohibition against spamming is
applicable
to mass mailings by Customers in conjunction with third parties and is
designed
to maintain Service quality for all Customers. Mass mailings are those
sent to
more than 150 recipients by Customer or in conjunction with a third
party to
any group of recipients.
6. NO “HACKING"
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to access the accounts of others or to attempt to penetrate
security
measures of the Service or other computer systems (“hacking”) or to
cause a
disruption of the Service to other on-line users. Customer will not
use, nor
allow others to use, tools designed for compromising network security,
such as
password-guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network
probing
tools.
7. NO SYSTEM
DISRUPTION
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to disrupt TNS network or computer equipment owned by other
customers. Customer
will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to disrupt other
Internet
Service Providers or services, including but not limited to e-mail
bombing or
the use of mass mailing programs.
8. NO
IMPERSONATION OR FORGERY
Customer will not impersonate,
nor allow others to
impersonate, another user, falsify one's user name, company name, age
or
identity in e-mail or in any post or transmission to any newsgroup or
mailing
list or other similar groups or lists. Customer will not, nor allow
others to,
forge any message header of any electronic transmission, originating or
passing
through the Service.
9. NO “VIRUSES”
Customer will not use, nor
allow others to use, the
Service to transmit computer “viruses,” worms, “Trojan horses” or other
harmful
software programs. Customer will use standard practices to prevent the
transmission of such viruses or other harmful software.
10. REVISIONS TO
POLICY
We reserve the right to update
or modify this Policy at any time
and from time to time with or without prior notice. Continued use of
the
Service will be deemed acknowledgment and acceptance of the policy.
Notice of
modifications to this Policy may be given by posting such changes to
Tower
Network Service’s homepage www.towerns.net
, by electronic mail or by conventional mail.
Acceptable Use Policy, Version
1.1
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