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TCB Associates,
Inc. is committed to providing high quality services at the best prices
to its customers. It is important that all of our customers use our
services responsibly and courteously. Abusing or disregarding our rules
can result in degradation of our servers performance which affects all
of our customers. All services provided by TCB Associates, Inc. may be
used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage or presentation of
any information, data or material in violation of any United States
Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not
limited to, copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or
obscene or material protected by trade secret or other statute. You, as
the customer, agree to indemnify and hold harmless TCB Associates, Inc.
from any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages the
customer or any other party.
The following are
examples of unacceptable uses of TCB services. Customers who violate our
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), may, at our discretion, be subjected to
account suspension or deletion. Violation of these terms can also
result in criminal prosecution in some cases.
We urge our
customers to read and understand our AUP.
If your account is cancelled for violations of any of these policies,
you will not receive a refund of your monthly fee.
All pornographic content
and sex-related merchandising is prohibited on all TCB servers. This
includes sites that may infer sexual content or links to adult content
elsewhere. TCB Associates, Inc. will be the sole arbiter in determining
violations of this provision.
Also prohibited are sites
that promote any illegal activity or present content that may be
damaging to TCB servers or any other server on the internet. Links to
such materials are also prohibited.
Examples of unacceptable
content or links:
- Pirated
software
- Hacker
programs or archives
- Warez sites
TCB Associates, Inc. will
be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this
provision.
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited
e-mail, from a TCB server or using an e-mail address or domain that is
maintained on a TCB machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited.
Spoofing (using a return e-mail address which is not the valid reply
address of the sender or sending an e-mail message which does not
contain enough information to enable the recipient to identify the party
who is really sending the message, passive spamming (promoting a web
site hosted by TCB Associates, Inc. by spamming from some other source),
trolling (posting controversial messages in newsgroups to generate
responses), mail bombing (inundating a user with e-mail without any
serious intent to correspond), and subscribing someone else to an
electronic mailing list without that person's permission are also
prohibited. It is a violation of our policy to possess on our servers
any such software or program that is or may be used for such purposes.
Furthermore, if an attempt is made to cause harm to another person's or
organization's server, using our servers, your account will be
terminated immediately. In addition, any and all information regarding
the violation, and your account in general, will be turned over to the
proper authorities for prosecution. TCB Associates, Inc. will be the
sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Accounts that are found
relaying spam will be terminated immediately and the owner of the
account will be charged $50.00 USD per spam item.
Bandwidth overages are
not tolerated at TCB Associates, Inc. If your account exceeds its
monthly transfer quota, you must upgrade to a package that will
accommodate your bandwidth needs. TCB Associates, Inc. does not allow
for fees for overages. If you are over your quota, you must upgrade to a
package that will ensure that you will not exceed your monthly bandwidth
quota. The new package can either be an existing package, or one
customized for you by TCB Associates, Inc. TCB Associates, Inc. reserves
sole discretion on the pricing of custom bandwidth packages.
Customers who do not comply with these terms are subject to immediate
account termination.
Examples of
unacceptable activities in this regard include but are not limited to,
posting private information about a person without their consent,
infringing intellectual property rights, defaming a person or business,
and knowingly making available code which will have a deleterious effect
on third party computers or programs. TCB Associates, Inc. supports free
speech on the internet, and will not suspend or cancel a customer’s
account simply because it disagrees with the views expressed by the
customer. Where there are allegations that a customer’s on-line activity
has violated the legal rights of a third party, TCB Associates, Inc.
will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this
provision.
TCB Associates, Inc.
supports copyright laws. Accordingly, we reserve the right to cancel
your account if your site is found to be violating local, national, or
international copyright laws. TCB Associates, Inc. will be the sole
arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
IRC or IRC bots may not be
operated on our servers at this time. TCB Associates, Inc. will be the
sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Any attempt to undermine or
cause harm to a server or customer of TCB Associates, Inc. is strictly
prohibited and is subject to immediate account termination. TCB
Associates, Inc. will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a
violation of this provision. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
We reserve the right to
refuse, cancel or suspend service at our sole discretion.
TCB Associates, Inc. shall
not be responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental and
consequential damages, which may arise from TCB servers going off-line
or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Further, TCB Associates,
Inc. shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including
incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption or
deletion of any web site from one of TCB's servers. It is each clients
responsibility to keep a working copy of all your files on your hard
drive in the unlikely event that your account is deleted or lost.
TCB
Associates, Inc. shall be the sole arbiter of what is and is not a
violation of these acceptable usage policies. In addition TCB
Associates, Inc. reserves the right to terminate an account at any time
and for any reason that we feel is prudent and in the best interest of
our company.
Violations of these Acceptable Uses Policies
should be referred to us via our Contact Us
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