VermontWebHost.Com strives to provide our customers with a
positive web hosting experience. To accomplish this, all
customers need to follow the same rules and guidelines. These
policies are intended to maintain our high level of quality
services and make them available to all of our customers on a
fair, consistent and efficient basis.
By signing up for our web hosting services, you agree to accept
and to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Web Site Content
All sites hosted with us may be used for lawful purposes only.
You must not submit, publish, or display on our Network any
defamatory, illegal, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, infringing,
or threatening content. In addition, you may not submit,
publish, or display any content on your site in violation of any
US laws, Federal, state or local. You are solely responsible for
the content you make accessible while using VermontWebHost.Com
servers and networks. You may not use the service to assist any
other person or entity to violate any Federal, State, or Local
laws, ordinances, or regulations.
Vermont Web Host is not obligated to monitor the network for the
purpose of examining customer's content. You hereby acknowledge
that if we are made aware of content that is determined to be,
in our sole discretion, unacceptable, undesirable, offensive,
indecent, obscene, excessively violent or otherwise
objectionable, we have the right, but not the obligation, to
edit, remove or deny access to such content. Vermont Web Host
may disclose any content or records concerning customer's
account as required to satisfy any legal requirement,
regulation, government request or court order.
Pornography and sex-related merchandising are expressly
prohibited on our servers. This includes implying sexual
content, display of nudity, or any link to adult content
anywhere else. This is also true for sites that promote illegal
activity of any type or content that may be damaging to our
servers or any other servers on the Internet. Links to such
materials are also prohibited. In addition, the sale of or
promoting bulk email services are not allowed. Non-acceptable
content or links include but are not necessarily limited to:
Adult Content Sites - Any erotic or pornographic material, links
to adult sites, or advertisements for adult sites.
Pirated Software Sites (Warez) - Any software that is
copyrighted and not freely available for distribution without
cost; i.e. ROMs, ROM Emulators and MPEG Layer 3 files (MP3).
Copyright Violations - Violation of copyrights held by
individuals and corporations or other entities can result in
civil and criminal liability for the infringer.
Hacking/Phreaking - Includes sites with material, links, or
resources for hacking, phreaking, viruses, anarchy, or any type
of site that promotes or participates in willful harm to
Internet sites or providers.
We will also not host the following types of sites...
- Diet related or sites selling diet pills
- Viagra or other pharmaceutical type sites
- Sites containing links to or selling cigarettes
- Free or paid email sites/services
- Male enhancement type sites
System Security
Customers may not use our servers to attempt in any way to
circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network,
site or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing
any data not intended for the customer, logging into any server
or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access,
password cracking, probing the security of other networks in
search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's
security policy. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny
service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not
limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts
to overload or crash a host, site or network. Vermont Web Host
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. Users who
violate system or network security may incur criminal or civil
liability.
Use of CGI Scripts
If any CGI-scripts are deemed to be adversely affecting the
server performance or the network integrity, they may be shut
down without prior notice. CGI-script sharing with any site not
hosted by Vermont Web Host is not allowed.
Internet Relay Chat
Vermont Web Host currently prohibits its customers from
operating IRC or IRC Bots on any of our web site hosting
servers. On-line Conference Centers hosted on a separate servers
are available for a monthly fee that include IRC compatible chat
rooms.
Excessive Resource Usage
Any web site that uses an excessively high amount of server
resources including but not limited to CPU time, memory, and
network bandwidth will be given an option of either upgrading
their service level or reducing the resource used to an
acceptable level.
Programs Running in Background
Background programs are prohibited unless prior approval is
received. We will consider requests on a one for one basis. If
approved, extra charges will be assessed based on resource
requirements or system maintenance.
Spamming Not Permitted
You must not use our equipment or any email address hosted with
us in connection with the transmission of spam, flames, mail
bombs, or substantially similar, unsolicited email messages.
Your domain may not be referenced as originator, intermediary,
or reply-to address in any of the above. This shall include the
sending of unsolicited mass mailings from any other service that
in any way implicates the use of our network, equipment, or any
Vermont Web Host email address. A message is considered to be
unsolicited if it is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter
or if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested or invited
the message. Simply making one's email address accessible to the
public will not constitute a request or invitation to receive
messages, for purposes of enforcing this provision.
When any customer is found to have been engaged in spamming in
violation of this agreement, Vermont Web Host reserves the right
to disable that customer's web site without warning. In
addition, VermontWebHost.Com may impose a $200 penalty for each
spam policy violation. VermontWebHost.Com solely reserves the
right to refuse or cancel service to spammers.
VermontWebHost.Com reserves the right to determine what violates
this policy. As such, any violation may result in cancellation
of services without refund. Such cancellation of services for
cause, specifically for the reasons provided herein, shall
automatically void the VermontWebHost.Com 30 Money Back
guarantee.
Obscenity
Violation of indecency and/or obscenity laws is not permitted on
our networks and can result in criminal penalties.
Copyrights and Infringement
Material available to you when using our services may be subject
to protection under the United States or other copyright laws,
or laws protecting trademarks, trade secrets and/or proprietary
information. Except when expressly permitted by the owner of
such copyrights, you must not use our services in a manner that
would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such
rights, with respect to any material, that you access or receive
through our network. If you use a domain name in connection with
our services, you must not use that domain name in violation of
any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third
party.
Refusal of Service
VermontWebHost.Com reserves the right at its sole discretion to
refuse or cancel service. Violation of any of VermontWebHost.Com
Terms of Service could result in a warning, suspension, or
possible account termination. Accounts terminated due to policy
violations will not be refunded including during the 30 Day
money back guarantee period.
Cancellation of Service
To cancel your hosting plan, you must email support @
vermontwebhost.com from the email address you provided upon
purchasing your hosting plan. Include your domain name(s),
password, address, and phone number for verification.
VermontWebHost.Com to be Held Harmless
Customer agrees that it will protect, indemnify, save and hold
VermontWebHost.Com, harmless from any and all stipulations,
liabilities, losses, expenses and claims, as well as reasonable
attorney's fees assessed against VermontWebHost.Com, its agents,
customers, officers, employees and administration that may arise
or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be
performed or any product sold by it's customers, agents,
employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and
hold VermontWebHost.Com harmless against liabilities arising out
of;
1. Any injury to person or property
caused by any products sold or distributed in association with
VermontWebHost.Com services;
2. Any material furnished by customer
infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of
a third party;
3. Copyright violation and any
defective products sold to a customer from VermontWebHost.Com
services.
Disclaimer
VermontWebHost.Com will not be responsible for any damages your
business may suffer. VermontWebHost.Com makes no warranties of
any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide.
VermontWebHost.Com disclaims any warranty or merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose. This includes data loss
resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any
and all service interruptions of any kind caused by
VermontWebHost.Com and its employees. VermontWebHost.Com
reserves the right to amend or update these policies without
notice. Failure to follow any terms and conditions may result in
account deactivation.
VermontWebHost.Com wishes to emphasize that in accepting
services, customers indemnify VermontWebHost.Com for the
violation of any law or VermontWebHost.Com policy, that results
in loss to VermontWebHost.Com or the bringing of any claim
against VermontWebHost.Com. This means that if
VermontWebHost.Com is sued because of activities of the customer
that violate any law, or this policy, the customer will pay any
damages awarded against VermontWebHost.Com, plus costs and
reasonable attorneys' fees.
Should any portion of this Terms of Use Agreement be found to be
in violation of any law in any locality, then this agreement
shall be deemed to be modified only to the extent necessary to
be considered legal and enforceable in such locality only.
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