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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
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Introduction
This document constitutes the Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") of Circa Industries Corp., a Nevada corporation doing business as "Circa 3000" ("Circa") and governs the usage of Circa's products and services (the "Services") by Circa's Customers (the "Customers"). Circa retains the right to modify this Policy at any time without notice whereby any such changes are effective immediately upon publication of the modified Policy to www.circa3k.com/AUP.cfm. Circa shall be the sole and final arbiter in interpreting this Policy. By utilizing the Services, Customer agrees to be bound by the terms of the Policy.
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Purpose
The purpose of this Policy is to protect Circa's Services, Customers, Users and the worldwide Internet community from illegal, irresponsible or disruptive activities. This Policy applies to each Customer and its employees, agents, contractors or other users of such Customer who obtain Services from Circa (each such person being a "User"). Each User is expected to employ common sense and good judgement in connection with the Services.
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Prohibited Activities
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Illegal Activity
Customers may not use Circa's Services to engage in any illegal activity. Without limitation, users may not engage in:
Illegal drug trafficing;
Pornography or obscenity;
Online gambling, sports betting or lotteries;
Piracy of software, serial numbers or activation codes;
Publication or dissemination of hateful, slanderous, libelious, defamous or physically threatening messages;
Solicitation to perform illegal acts under applicable law;
Misappropriation or infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of any third party;
Dissemination of encryption software to destinations outside the United States in violation of applicable export control laws;
Publication or dissemination of information which violates the privacy of an individual.
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Disruption
Users may not use Circa's Services to engage in any disruptive or abusive activity. Without limitation, users may not:
Cause denial of service ("DOS") attacks against Circa or any other network host or Internet user.
Introduce or distribute any malicious program, including but not limited to a virus, worm or trojan horse, into Circa's network or the network of any other host or Internet user.
Subvert or assist others in subverting the security or integrity of any Circa systems, facilities or equipment;
Gain unauthorized access to Circa's network or the network of any other person
Provide passwords or access codes to any person not authorized to receive such information by the operator of the system requiring the password or access code;
Impersonate or assume the identity of any other person
Engage in "spoofing" or any other activity meant to deceive or mislead other persons regarding the true identity of the User (excluding anonymous identities and Internet nicknames).
Conduct port scans or other invasive procedures against any server
Distribute, advertise or promote software or services that have the primary purpose of encouraging or facilitating unsolicted commercial e-mail or spam.
Use Circa's Services in any manner that might subject Circa to unfavorable regulatory action, subject Circa to any liability for any reason, or adversely affect Circa's public image, reputation or goodwill
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Messaging
This Policy defines "Messaging" to include all forms of text-based digital communications, including but not limited to e-mail, instant messaging, discussion forums, bulletin boards, and usenet newsgroups.
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Unsolicited Advertisements
Users may not send unsolicited advertisements to individuals who have not requested the information and are not previous customers of Customer.
Users may not forge or otherwise misuse mail header information.
Users may not solicit mail for any address that they do not own or operate.
Users may not engage in any activities deemed to be unsolicited advertising or harassment of any kind.
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Mailing Lists
Customers must incorporate the following features into their mailing lists.
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Disclaimer
Users must include a disclaimer in the body of each message delivered to a list's members. This disclaimer must include:
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Membership Clarification
Users must be reminded how they opted in to list membership. An example might be, "You are receiving this message because you requested additional product information from XYZ Corp. during an online purchase."
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Opt-Out Instructions
Users must be given concise opt-out instructions. An example might be, "To remove yourself from this mailing list, send a request to UNSUBSCRIBE@XYZ.COM."
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Opt-Out Mechanism
Customers are required to provide a working opt-out mechanism for each list, allowing Users to remove their membership in an efficient, uncomplicated manner.
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Membership Validation
Customers may not add or allow to be added a User to a mailing list without the User's permission. Customers may not supplement list membership with addresses acquired from any address harvester or broker.
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Chain Letters, Hoaxes and Pyramid Schemes
Users may not create, forward or otherwise propogate any chain letter, hoax, pyramid scheme or other message intended to deceive the general public. Customers are expected to practice common sense and to verify claims before redistributing them.
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Harassment
Users may not harass others, either by message language, frequency or size.
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Third-Party Services
Any message sent through third-party services but otherwise in violation of this Policy must contain no references to any messaging address, domain name or IP address owned, operated or hosted by Circa.
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Support
This Policy defines "Support" to include all forms of communication with Circa, including but not limited to telephony and Messaging.
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Scope
Customers may use Support only for the purposes of discussing applications, equipment or facilities owned and operated by Circa. Users are responsible for their own equipment and software, including, without limitation, web browsers, email clients and web development applications.
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Due Diligence
Customers are expected to expend reasonable effort in isolating the source of a failure to Circa's applications, equipment or facilities prior to contacting Circa for support.
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Chain of Command
All Support requests must be delivered to Circa by the appropriate Administrative, Technical or Billing contact, as designated by Customer in Circa's Account Manager. Those contacts must possess sufficient education and skill to perform the responsibilities of the respective roles.
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Emergency Hotline
Circa's 24/7 emergency hotline may be used only to report catastrophic failures of time-sensitive or business-critical Services.
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Harassment
Users of Support may not demonstrate abusive, vulgar, or threatening language in any form. Users may not subject Support to excessive or undue argumentation or explanation.
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Over-Consumption
Users may not consume Support in a manner deemed to be frivolous or excessively disproportionate in scope or volume from the average requirements of other Customers.
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Requirements
Customers are required to fulfill the following obligations:
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Contacts
Customers are required to provide and maintain accurate contact information for at least one of each, Administrative, Technical and Billing contacts.
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Domain Names
Customers are required to provide current and valid information on file with any third-party domain name registrars for any domain name hosted on the Circa 3000 network.
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Violations
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Disclaimer
Circa expressly disclaims any obligation to monitor its Customers and other Users with respect to violations of this Policy. Circa bears no liability or responsibility for the actions of any of its Customers or other Users or any message or content any User may publish.
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Reporting Violations
Users may report violations of this Policy to . Reports should contain, at a minimum, the domain name or IP address associated with the offense and a detailed description of the violation, with any supporting information that can be provided.
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Remedies
Circa reserves the right to take any of the following actions at any time and without notification against any Customer determined to be, in Circa's sole discretion, in violation of this Policy:
Warn the Customer
Suspend Service for the Customer
Terminate Service for the Customer
Impose fees or surcharges on the offending Customer account
Remove the offending content
Notify and/or cooperate with applicable authorities
Take other action in accordance with this Policy or applicable law
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Indemnification
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Customers shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Circa harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney’s fees asserted against Circa, its agents, its customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, it’s agents, employees or assigns.
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Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Circa against liabilities arising out of, without limitation:
any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Circa’s services
any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party
copyright infringement and any defective products sold to customer from Circa’s server
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Reservation of Rights
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Circa reserves the right to cooperate with appropriate legal authorities in investigations of claims of illegal activity involving Circa's Services, Customers and other Users. Circa reserves all other rights to respond to violations of this Policy to the extent of applicable law and in accordance with any applicable contractual obligations. Circa may utilize technical means to monitor communications into, and out of, its network facilities to prevent the introduction of viruses or other hostile code, to prevent intrusions and otherwise to enforce this Policy and each Customer agrees that Circa is authorized to monitor its communications through Circa's network for such purposes.
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Disclaimer
USE OF CIRCA’S SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IS AT CUSTOMER’S SOLE RISK. NEITHER CIRCA NOR ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, RESELLERS, THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE, MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THAT CIRCA’S SERVICES AND PRODUCTS WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR BE ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MIGHT BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF CIRCA’S SERVICES AND PRODUCTS OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED OR PROVIDED THROUGH CIRCA’S SERVICE, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS POLICY. THIS INCLUDES LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER RESULTING FROM DELAYS, ON DELIVERIES, WRONG DELIVERY, AND ANY AND ALL SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY CIRCA AND ITS EMPLOYEES OR OTHER CAUSES.
THE SOLE CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF CIRCA FOR ALL CLAIMS MADE BY THE CUSTOMER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY, REGARDLESS OF FORM, INCLUDING ANY CAUSE OF ACTION BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR STRICT LIABILITY, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL FEES AND CHARGES PAID TO CIRCA BY THE CUSTOMER.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects under the laws of the Commonwealth of Nevada applicable to contracts made, accepted and performed wholly in Nevada, without application to principles of conflict of laws, and the Customer and the Company agree that the sole venue and jurisdiction for any disputes arising from this Policy shall be the appropriate federal or state court located in the Commonwealth of Nevada.
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