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Acceptable Use Policy
Central Host Office and its affiliates provide to business and consumer users
several information technology related services, including such services as
Internet access, various electronic mail (email) packages and services,
World Wide Web hosting arrangements, server co-location and other online
and Internet-related services.
It is contrary to Central Host Office policy for any user of any of these
services to effect or participate in any of the following activites through
a Central Host Office provided service:
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To post ten (10) or more messages similar in content to Usenet or other
newsgroups, forums, email mailing lists or other simliar groups or lists;
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To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, email mailing list or other
similar group or list articles whic hare off-topic according to the charter
or other owner-published FAQ or description of the group or list;
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To send unsolicited emailings to more than twenty-five (25) email users, if
such unsolicited emailings could reasonably be expected to provoke
complaints;
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To falsify user information provided to Central Host Office or to other
users of the service in connection with use of a Central Host Office
service;
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To engage in any of the foregoing activities by using the service of
another provider, but channeling such activities through a Central Host
Office account, remailer, or otherwise through a Central Host Office
service or using a Central Host Office account as a maildrop for responses
or otherwise using the services of another provider for the purpose of
facilitating the foregoing activities if such use of another party's
service could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Central Host
Office service;
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To use Central Host Office services for illegal activities and activities
harmful to others computers, data, software or networks including but not
limited to hacker activities, virus creation and distribution, denial of
service attacks, email bombs, etc.;
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To use Central Host Office services to post the following on the Internet:
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Copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property
infringement, including but not limited to offering pirated computer
programs or links to such programs, serial or registration numbers for
software programs, copyrighted music, copyrighted images; copyrighted
texts, etc.;
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Displaying material that exploits children under 18 years of age;
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Displaying material containing nudity or pornographic material of any kind;
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Providing material that is offensive to the online community, including
but not limited to profanity, bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred, etc.;
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Promoting or providing information about illegal activities, promoting
physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promoting any
act of cruelty to animals;
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Defaming any person or group;
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Promoting or soliciting for participation in multilevel marketing or
pyramid schemes;
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Gathering personally identifiable information for unlawful purposes.
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Furthermore it is contrary to Central Host Office's policy to send
unsolicited email to Central Host Office provided addresses of Central Host
Office customers, unless the sender has a business or personal relationship
to these Central Host Office customers. This rule applies regardless of
whether the sender is a Central Host Office customer, or has used a Central
Host Office account to send these emails.
Central Host Office considers the above practices to constitute abuse of our
service and of the recipients of such unsolicited mailings and/or postings,
who often bear the expense. Therefore, these practices are prohibited by
Central Host Office's terms and conditions of service. Engaging in one or
more of these practices will result in termination of the offender's
account and/or access to Central Host Office services.
In addition, Central Host Office reserves the right, where feasible, to
implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings as described
above before they are forwarded or otherwise sent to their intended
recipients.
In addition to these activities, Central Host Office's terms and conditions
of service also prohibit other forms of abuse such as harassment and the
posting of illegal or unlawful materials, and Central Host Office will
respond as appropriate to these other activities as well.
While Central Host Office is located in Metro Manila, some of its equipment,
including equipment used to provide web and email services, is located in
Texas. Regarding unsolicited mail advertising and other uses of the internet,
Texas law will be followed.
Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to limit Central Host
Office's actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the foregoing
activities, and Central Host Office reserves the right to take any and all
additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect to such activities,
including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and
expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from the Central Host
Office service, and levying cancellation charges to cover Central Host
Office's costs in the event of disconnection of dedicated access for the
causes outlined above. In addition, Central Host Office reserves at all
times all rights and remedies available to it with respect to such
activities at law or in equity.
Conforme:
Client's Signature: ______________________________
Client's Name:
Client's Company:
Client's Address:
Client's Contact Number:
If you have questions regarding this policy, please contact
info@centralhostoffice.net.
Your subscription to CHO services signifies your agreement to these terms.
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