By subscribing to, or utilizing, Y2k Service,
Inc.("Y2k Service") web hosting or any related
Service or Servers, you agree to abide by this Acceptable
Use Policy.
Your utilization of Y2k Service's service
or servers constitutes your express agreement to abide
by this Acceptable Use Policy The Rules, as the same
may be changed from time-to-time by Y2k Service, at its
sole and absolute discretion. These Rules are designed
to enhance the quality of our Web Hosting services and
to protect our customers, and the Internet community
as a whole, from illegal, irresponsible, or disruptive
Internet activities. These Rules apply to all customers
of Y2k Service. We hope and expect that common sense
and good judgment will guide all of our customers' use
of our Y2k Service's service or servers. Even with such
Rules in effect, minors should be supervised when using
the Internet. Adults and minors should be aware of what
is on the Internet and to understand the concept of what
is accepted and what should be avoided. The following
non-exhaustive list details the kinds of illegal or harmful
conduct, which are prohibited. Y2k Service reserves the
right to restrict or prohibit any and all uses of its
services or content on your Web site and to remove such
materials, including your website, from its servers at
any time Y2k Service determines in its sole discretion
that such content or materials violates this Acceptable
Use Policy, is illegal, or is harmful to its servers,
systems, network, reputation, good will, other Y2k Service
customers, or any third party. Depending on the severity
of the violation and the history of your account, Y2k
Service may take any reasonable disciplinary action it
determines in its sole and absolute discretion, including,
but not limited to, one or more of the foregoing or following
actions: (a) issuance of a verbal or written warning;
(b) suspension of your account; (c) termination of your
account; (c) billing for administrative and legal costs
and fees and/or reactivation costs. All of the foregoing
rights are cumulative, and the exercise of any right
at any time shall not preclude the exercise of any other
right, or the same right, at any other time for the same
violation or any subsequent violation.
Late & Overdue balances
Customers, please adhere to the following: If balance is outstanding for
five (5) days or more, your website will be deactivated. Your website will
stay off until your account is brought current. There will be a reactivation
fee of $35.00 or 5% of the unpaid invoices (whichever is greater) on each
site that has to be reactivated.
An interest equal to 1.5% per month or
the maximum provided by law (whichever is less) will
be applied to invoice amount(s) that are PAST DUE. Should
customer default in any payment(s), Y2k Service, Inc.
shall have the right , without notice to customer, to
declare all invoice(s) amount due and payable. In the
event Y2k Service, Inc. should commence any action or
actions or otherwise seek to enforce this collection,
customer agrees to pay reasonable attorney(s) fees, court
and other expenses incurred by Y2k Service, Inc. whether
or not the suit is filed.
Illegal or Improper Activities
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers in any manner in violation
of any state, local or federal law of the United States of America, or
any of its states or which in any manner is in violation of any applicable
local or national law of any country. Such violations and activities include,
but are not limited to, violations of U.S. or other applicable foreign
export laws or restrictions including the U.S. Export Administration Act
and accompanying regulations, posting or trafficking in government secrets,
providing any information to in any way assist or encourage any terrorist
activities, providing any information concerning nuclear or biological
weapons or other weapons of mass destruction, posting or trafficking in
obscene material, solicitation of a minor or others for illegal acts, dealing
drugs, harassment, fraud, stalking, abuse, or other subject matters that
are prohibited under applicable federal, state, local or Foreign law.
Dangerous Activities
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers to post or disseminate in
any manner, any information or material which may be dangerous, damaging
or injurious to persons or property or which, directly or indirectly, may
be used to create danger, damage or injury to persons or property.
Infringement
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers in any manner which infringes
the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of any third
party including, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right used without
proper authorization. Infringement may result from, among other activities,
the unauthorized copying and posting of pictures, logos, software, articles,
musical works, and videos.
Fraudulent Activities
You may not offer or disseminate fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or
promotions (i.e., make money fast schemes, chain letters, pyramid schemes,
ponzi schemes), or furnish false data on any signup form, contract or online
application or registration, or fraudulently use any information obtained
through the use of Y2k Service's servers or services, including without
limitation use of credit card numbers.
Offensive Subject Matter
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers for transmitting, disseminating,
sale, storage or hosting subject matter that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, adult material, liquor, tobacco, fire arms, indecent,
lewd, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, threatening, hateful, harmful,
invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise
objectionable. You may not use Y2k Service's services or servers to conduct
any sexually oriented business or disseminate pornographic pictures, videos,
banners, text or any similar material. You may not use Y2k Service's services
or servers to threaten bodily harm or destruction of property.
Harmful Activities
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers for disseminating or hosting
harmful content including, without limitation, viruses, Trojan horses,
worms, time bombs, cancel bots or any other computer programming routines
that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate
any system, program, data or personal information.
Tortuous Activities
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers for any tortuous conduct,
including, but limited to, posting defamatory, libelous, slanderous, scandalous,
or private information about a person or company without their consent;
intentionally inflicting emotional distress; making unlawful threats; stalking,
interfering with any contract or prospective economic relations; engaging
in fraud or deception; engaging in sexual or other harassment; or for violating
any patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights.
Abusive Activities
You may not use Y2k Service's service or servers for any abusive activities
on the Internet, including, but not limited to, activities such as using
a non-existent email return address, spamming (sending unsolicited advertising
to numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or generating a significantly
higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user), or allowing spamming
by third parties to promote a website, trolling (posting outrageous messages
to generate numerous responses), mail-bombing (sending multiple messages
without significant new content to the same user), subscribing someone
else to a mailing list without that person's permission, cross-posting
articles to an excessive number o newsgroups, hacking ( unauthorized access
to or use of data, systems, server or networks, including any attempt to
probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or to breach the security
thereof), spoofing (any attempt to impersonate any person or otherwise
deceive or mislead through alteration of headers); deletion of author attributions,
legal notices, or proprietary designations in an effort to deceive or mislead;
forging or altering any TCP-IP packet header, email header or any part
of a message header, using manual or electronic means to avoid any use
limitations on you use of Y2k Service's servers such as timing out; sending
or disseminating harassing email or chain letters; or use of flames (hostile
attacks or invectives aimed at a group or an individual.
Spam
Y2k Service takes a no tolerance approach when dealing with spam and other
types of UCE (unsolicited commercial email) Y2k Service defines spam as
any type of unsolicited email used for any purpose. This includes, but
is not limited to: Using a non-existent return email address when sending
commercial solicitations. Mail-bombing (sending numerous messages to the
same user). Subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person's
permission. Posting the same article to multiple newsgroups. Using another
network to send spam that relates in any way to Y2k Service or any site
hosted by Y2k Service (including your site). If a client is found in violation
of the above no-spam policy, the offending account will be terminated without
notice and no refund will be issued. There will also be a fee (payable
in U.S. funds) charged to the client for each complaint received by Y2k
Service. To report spam, please email webmaster@Y2k Service.org.
Misuse of System Resources
You may not engage in any uses or activities that misuse Y2k Service's service
or servers or system resources, including, but not limited to employing
or posting programs which consume excessive CPU time or storage space;
permitting use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, POP accounts,
or auto responders other than for your own account; or resale of access
to CGI scripts installed on Y2k Service's servers.
No Expectation of Privacy
You should be aware that, although privacy issues are very important to us,
given the current regulatory and technical environment, you should not
have an expectation of privacy in your use of any service, your account
or any information associated with it.