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Acceptable Use Policy
In order to protect POBox Hosting Limited ("POBox Hosting"), its customers, suppliers and the public, POBox Hosting enforce this ‘Acceptable Use Policy’. ‘Use’ means any transmission or storage of any signal or data that touches or traverses any POBox Hosting equipment.
POBox Hosting reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time, effective upon posting of the modified Policy to this URL. Any modifications to this Policy will be made when POBox Hosting feels it is appropriate and it is the User's responsibility to ensure their awareness of any such changes.
ILLEGAL USE
POBox Hosting services may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. It should be noted that unlawful purposes includes civil as well as criminal law and that the applicable law may be any legal jurisdiction that a signal crosses.
FAIR USE
1. POBox Hosting services may be used to link into other networks worldwide; Use of these other networks shall conform to the acceptable use policies of these networks.
2. POBox Hosting services may only be used using Internet protocols and other standards specified by POBox Hosting.
3. Use may not circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (referred to as "cracking" or "hacking"), nor interfere with service to any user, host, or network (referred to as "denial of service attacks") including networks directly and indirectly connected to POBox Hosting.
4. Use that disproportionately reduces the capacity of POBox Hosting services is prohibited. Where an POBox Hosting service has designed contention between users, use that interferes with the fair use of a contended service by others is prohibited. Use of IP multicast other than by means provided and coordinated by POBox Hosting is likewise prohibited.
5. Use that POBox Hosting, at its sole discretion, considers may be a precursor to a use that is prohibited. E.g. ‘port probing’ to ascertain the vulnerability of a system on the Internet is prohibited.
6. You are prohibited from posting, transmitting or disseminating any information or software that contains a virus, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful program or that generates levels of traffic sufficient to impede others’ ability to send or retrieve information. Prohibited conduct under the Clause includes denial of service attacks or similarly disruptive transmissions, as well as transmissions containing other harmful or malicious features.
Failure by POBox Hosting to notice, or act on any unacceptable use, does not constitute a waiver of that policy.
INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY.
SANCTIONS
Where POBox Hosting, at its sole discretion, determines that use is not according to its acceptable use policy, POBox Hosting may restrict, suspend or terminate access to its services by the user, system, network or part thereof that is used in the commission of that use. Where POBox Hosting consider, at its sole discretion, use may constitute an illegal use, it may refer the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agencies or relevant authorities. POBox Hosting will fully co-operate with investigations of suspected criminal violations or violation of systems or network security under the leadership of law enforcement or relevant authorities.
EXAMPLES OF UNACCEPTABLE USE
Examples of system or network use violations include, without limitation, the following:
1. Unauthorised access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorisation of the owner of the system or network
2. Unauthorised monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorisation of the owner of the system or network;
3. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks;
4. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
5. Sending unsolicited bulk mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam") of any kind (commercial advertising, political tracts, announcements) etc.
6. Soliciting mail for any other address other than that of the user, except with full consent of the owner of the referred address.
7. Transmission, distribution or storage of material that is fraudulent, obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.
8. Transmission, distribution or storage of material that infringes patent, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, database right or topography right or any other proprietary right of another person.
