Wahm
Web Hosting feels a responsibility
to protect each client and to
provide the best services available
in a shared hosting environment.
The following guidelines were
designed to help provide the very
best services to all. We reserve
the right to change this Policy any
time, so please, check this page
frequently or when in
doubt.
Acceptable Use
Policy
Wahm
Web Hostings Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP) is provided to give our
customers a clear understanding of
what Wahm Web Hosting expects of
them while using the service. Use
of Wahm Web Hostings services
constitutes acceptance and
agreement to Wahm's United's AUP as
well as Wahm Web Hostings TOS
(Terms of Service) and Spam
Policy.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
*All Payments Are
Nonrefundable*
We
support the uncensored flow of
information and ideas over the
Internet and do not actively censor
subscriber activity under normal
circumstances. Similarly, we do not
exercise editorial control over the
content of any web site, e-mail
transmission, newsgroups, or other
material created or accessible over
or through our services. However,
in accordance with our TOS (Terms
of Service), we may remove any
materials which if noticed, in our
sole discretion, may be illegal,
may subject us to liability, or
which may violate this AUP. Wahm
Web Hosting may cooperate with
legal authorities and/or third
parties in the investigation of any
suspected or alleged crime or civil
wrongdoing. Your violation of this
AUP may result in the suspension or
immediate termination of either
your Wahm Web Hosting account or
other actions as detailed in
Section 3
WITHOUT
PRIOR
NOTICE.
This
document is intended to provide a
basic understand of Wahm Web
Hosting's Acceptable Use Policy.
The following are the reasons for
the establishment and enforcement
of Wahm Web Hostings
AUP:
- Ensure
reliable service to our
customers
- Ensure
security and privacy of our
systems and network, as well as
the networks and systems of
others
- Comply with
existing laws
- Maintain our
reputation as a responsible
service provider
- Encourage
responsible use of the Internet
and discourage activities which
reduce the usability and value
of Internet
services
- Preserve the
privacy and security of our
individual users
Wahm
Web Hosting prefers to provide its
customers access as much of the
Internet it's pracitcable to offer.
While Wahm's United is firmly
committed to the principles of free
speech, certain activities that may
be damaging to the resources of
both Wahm Web Hosting and the
Internet cannot be permitted under
the guise of free speech. The
resources of Wahm Web Hosting and
the Internet are limited, and abuse
of these resources by one user has
a negative impact on the entire
community.
We do
not routinely censor the activity
of accounts but do monirot the
servers for measurements of system
utilization and the preparation of
billing records, system performance
issues, etc. However, in our
efforts to promote good citizenship
within the Internet community, we
will respond appropriately if we
become aware of inappropriate use
of our service.
You
may not use your virtual site to
publish material, which Wahm Web
Hosting determines, at its sole
discretion, to be unlawful,
indecent or objectionable. For
purposes of this policy, "material"
refers to all forms of
communications including narrative
descriptions, graphics (including
photographs, illustrations, images,
drawings, logos), executable
programs, video recordings, and
audio recordings.
If a
Wahm Web Hosting account is used to
violate our AUP or TOS, we reserve
the right to terminate your service
without notice. We prefer to advise
customers of inappropriate behavior
and any necessary corrective
action, however, flagrant
violations of the AUP will result
in immediate termination of
service. Our failure to enforce
this policy, for whatever reason,
shall not be construed as a waiver
of our right to do so at any
time.
As a
member of our network community,
you must use your Internet access
responsibly. If you have any
questions regarding this policy,
please contact us at
support@wahm-web-hosting.com
.
VIOLATIONS
OF
Wahm Web
Hosting
's ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY
The
following constitute violations of
this AUP:
Illegal
use: Wahm Web
Hosting's services may not be used
for illegal purposes, or in support
of illegal activities. Wahm Web
Hosting reserves the right to
cooperate with legal authorities
and/or injured third parties in the
investigation of any suspected
crime or civil
wrongdoing.
Harm to
minors
:
Use of the Wahm Web Hosting
service to harm, or attempt to
harm, minors in any way,
including, but not limited to
child pornography.
Threats
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service to
transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise)
that threatens or encourages bodily
harm or destruction of
property.
Harassment
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service to
transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise)
that harasses another.
Fraudulent
activity
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service to
make fraudulent offers to sell or
buy products, items, or services,
or to advance any type of financial
scam such as "pyramid schemes,"
"ponzi schemes," and "chain
letters."
Forgery or
impersonation
:
Adding, removing or modifying
identifying network header
information in an effort to deceive
or mislead is prohibited.
Attempting to impersonate any
person by using forged headers or
other identifying information is
prohibited. The use of nicknames
does not constitute
impersonation.
Unsolicited
commercial e-mail / Unsolicited
bulk e-mail (SPAM)
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service to
transmit any unsolicited commercial
or unsolicited bulk e-mail is
expressly prohibited. Violations of
this type will result in the
immediate termination of the
offending Wahm Web Hosting
account.
E-mail / News
Bombing
:
Malicious intent to impede
another person's use of
electronic mail services or
news will result in the
immediate termination of the
offending Wahm Web Hosting
account.
E-mail / Message
Forging
:
Forging any message header, in
part or whole, of any
electronic transmission,
originating or passing
throughWahm Web Hosting's
service is in violation of this
AUP.
Unauthorized
access
:
Use of the Wahm Web Hosting's
service to access, or to
attempt to access, the accounts
of others, or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate, security
measures of Wahm Web Hosting or
another entity's computer
software or hardware,
electronic communications
system, or telecommunications
system, whether or not the
intrusion results in the
corruption or loss of data, is
expressly prohibited and the
offending Wahm Web Hosting
account is subject to immediate
termination.
Copyright or
trademark
infringement
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service to
transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise)
that infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or
other proprietary rights of any
third party, including, but not
limited to, the unauthorized
copying of copyrighted material,
the digitization and distribution
of photographs from magazines,
books, or other copyrighted
sources, and the unauthorized
transmittal of copyrighted
software.
Network
disruptions and unfriendly
activity
: Use
of Wahm Web Hosting's service for
any activity which affects the
ability of other people or systems
to use Wahm Web Hosting's services
or the Internet. This includes
"denial of service" (DOS) attacks
against another network host or
individual user. Interference with
or disruption of other network
users, services or equipment is
prohibited. It is the Member's
responsibility to ensure that their
network is configured in a secure
manner. A Subscriber may not,
through action or inaction, allow
others to use their network for
illegal or inappropriate actions. A
Subscriber may not permit their
network, through action or
inaction, to be configured in such
a way that gives a third party the
capability to use their network in
an illegal or inappropriate manner.
Unauthorized entry and/or use of
another company and/or individual's
computer system will result in
immediate account termination. Wahm
Web Hosting will not tolerate any
subscriber attempting to access the
accounts of others, or penetrate
security measures of other systems,
whether or not the intrusion
results in corruption or loss of
data.
Fraud
:
Involves a knowing
misrepresentation or misleading
statement, writing or activity made
with the intent that the person
receiving it will act upon
it.
Infringement of
Copyright, Patent, Trademark, Trade
Secret, or Intellectual Property
Right
:
Distribution and/or posting of
copyrighted or the
aforementioned infringements
will not be
tolerated.
Distribution of
Viruses
:
Intentional distributions of
software that attempts to
and/or causes damage,
harassment, or annoyance to
persons, data, and/or computer
systems are prohibited. Such an
offense will result in the
immediate termination of the
offending account.
Inappropriate Use
of Software
: Use
of software or any device that
would facilitate a continued
connection, i.e. pinging, while
using Wahm Web Hosting's services
could result in suspension
service.
Third Party
Accountability
: Wahm
Web Hosting subscribers will be
held responsible and accountable
for any activity by third parties,
using their account, that violates
guidelines created within the
Acceptable Use Policy.
Security
You
are responsible for any misuse of
your account, even if the
inappropriate activity was
committed by a friend, family
member, guest or employee.
Therefore, you must take steps to
ensure that others do not gain
unauthorized access to your
account. In addition, you may not
use your account to breach security
of another account or attempt to
gain unauthorized access to another
network or server.
Your
password provides access to your
account. It is your responsibility
to keep your password secure.
Sharing your password and account
access with unauthorized users is
prohibited. You should take care to
prevent others from using your
account since you will be held
responsible for such use.
Attempting to obtain another user's
account password is strictly
prohibited, and may result in
termination of service.
You
must adopt adequate security
measures to prevent or minimize
unauthorized use of your account.
You may not attempt to circumvent
user authentication or security of
any host, network or account. This
includes, but is not limited to,
accessing data not intended for
you, logging into or making use of
a server or account you are not
expressly authorized to access, or
probing the security of other
networks. Use or distribution of
tools designed for compromising
security is prohibited. Examples of
these tools include, but are not
limited to, password guessing
programs, cracking tools or network
probing tools. You may not attempt
to interfere with service to any
user, host or network ("denial of
service attacks"). This includes,
but is not limited to, "flooding"
of networks, deliberate attempts to
overload a service, and attempts to
"crash" a host.
Users
who violate systems or network
security may incur criminal or
civil liability. Wahm Web Hosting
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.
Network
Performance
Wahm
Web Hosting accounts operate on
shared resources. Excessive use or
abuse of these shared network
resources by one customer may have
a negative impact on all other
customers. Misuse of network
resources in a manner which impairs
network performance is prohibited
by this policy and may result in
termination of your
account.
You
are prohibited from excessive
consumption of resources, including
CPU time, memory, disk space and
session time. You may not use
resource-intensive programs which
negatively impact other customers
or the performances of Wahm Web
Hosting systems or networks. Wahm
Web Hosting reserves the right to
terminate or limit such
activities.
REPORTING
VIOLATIONS OF
Wahm Web
Hosting
's AUP
Wahm's
United requests that anyone who
believes that there is a violation
of this AUP direct the information
to the Abuse Department at
support@wahm-web-hosting.com
If
available, please provide the
following information:
- The IP address
used to commit the alleged
violation
- The date and
time of the alleged violation,
including the time zone or
offset from GMT
- Evidence of
the alleged
violation
- E-mail with
full header information
provides all of the above, as
do system log
files.
Other situations
will require different methods of
providing the above information.
Wahm Web Hosting may take any one
or more of the following actions in
response to complaints:
- Issue written
or verbal warnings
- Suspend the
Member's forum posting
privileges
- Suspend the
Member's account
- Terminate the
Member's account
- Bill the
Member for administrative costs
and/or re-activation charges
Bring legal action to enjoin
violations and/or to collect
damages, if any, cause by
violations
REVISIONS TO THIS
ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY
Wahm
Web Hosting reserves the right to
revise, amend, or modify this AUP,
our TOS (Terms of Service) and our
other policies and agreements at
any time and in any manner. Notice
of any revision, amendment, or
modification will be posted in
accordance with our TOS.
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