Bosch Hosting's Acceptable Use
Policy ("AUP") is provided to give our customers and users a
clear understanding of what Bosch Hosting expects of them while
using the service. All users of Bosch Hosting's Internet
services: those who access some of our Services but do not have
accounts, as well as those who pay a service fee to subscribe to
the Services, must comply with this AUP and our TOS (Terms of
Service).
Use of Bosch Hosting Service constitutes acceptance and
agreement to Bosch Hosting's AUP as well as Bosch Hosting's TOS
(Terms of Service)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments To Bosch Hosting Are
Non-Refundable*
We support the uncensored flow of information and ideas over the
Internet and do not actively monitor 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 the services, except for certain proprietary Web sites.
However, in accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service), we may
remove any materials that, in our sole discretion, may be
illegal, may subject us to liability, or which may violate this
AUP. Bosch 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 Bosch
Hosting account or other actions as detailed in Section 3
WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understanding of
Bosch Hosting's Acceptable Use Policy. The following are
guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of Bosch
Hosting's AUP:
Bosch Hosting intends to provide its customers access to
everything the Internet has to offer. While Bosch Hosting is
firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain
activities that may be damaging to the resources of both Bosch
Hosting and the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise
of free speech. The resources of the Bosch 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 monitor the activity of accounts except for
measurements of system utilization and the preparation of
billing records. 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 dedicated account or virtual account site
to publish material, which Bosch 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 Bosch Hosting account is used to violate the Acceptable Use
Policy or our 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 Acceptable Use Policy 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 abuse@boschhosting.com.
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
Illegal use: Bosch Hosting's services may not be used for
illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. Bosch
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 Bosch Hosting service to harm, or
attempt to harm, minors in any way, including, but not limited
to child pornography.
Threats: Use of the Bosch Hosting 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 the Bosch Hosting service to transmit any
material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that
harasses another.
Fraudulent activity: Use of Bosch Hosting 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 anonymous re-mailers or nicknames does
not constitute impersonation.
Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM)
Use of the Bosch Hosting 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 Bosch Hosting account.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY, anyone hosting websites or services on
their server that support spammers or cause any of our IP space
to be listed in any of the various Spam Databases will have
their account immediately removed.
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 Bosch Hosting
account.
E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any message header, in part or
whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing
through the Bosch Hosting service is in violation of this AUP.
Usenet SPAMing: Bosch Hosting has a zero tolerance policy for
the use of its network for the posting of messages or commercial
advertisements, which violate the rules, regulations, FAQ or
charter of any newsgroups or mailing list. Commercial messages
that are appropriate under the rules of a newsgroup or mailing
list or that are solicited by the recipients are permitted.
Unauthorized access: Use of the Bosch Hosting service to access,
or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to
penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of Bosch
Hosting's 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 Bosch Hosting
account is subject to immediate termination.
Copyright or trademark infringement: Use of the Bosch Hosting
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.
Collection of personal data: Use of the Bosch Hosting service to
collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third
parties without their knowledge or consent.
Network disruptions and unfriendly activity: Use of the Bosch
Hosting service for any activity which affects the ability of
other people or systems to use Bosch Hosting 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. Bosch 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 Bosch Hosting services could result in suspension
service.
Third Party Accountability: Bosch 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.
Violation Of Bosch Hosting Virtual Accounts: It is absolutely
forbidden to host pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual
Server Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts found hosting this
material will be subject to immediate cancellation without
refund.
IRC networks: It is absolutely forbidden to host an IRC server
that is part of or connected to another IRC network or server.
Servers found to be connecting to or part of these networks will
be immediately removed from our network without notice. The
server will not be reconnected to the network until such time
that you agree to completely remove any and all traces of the
irc server, and agree to let us have access to your server to
confirm that the content has been completely removed. Any server
guilty of a second violation will result in immediate account
termination.
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. Bosch 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
Bosch 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 Bosch Hosting systems or
networks. Bosch Hosting reserves the right to terminate or limit
such activities.
Reporting Violations of Bosch Hosting AUP
Bosch Hosting requests that anyone who believes that there is a
violation of this AUP direct the information to the Abuse
Department at abuse@boschhosting.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. Bosch Hosting may
take any one or more of the following actions in response to
complaints:
Issue written or verbal warnings
Suspend the Member's newsgroup posting privileges
Suspend the Member's account
Terminate the Member's account
Bill the Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation
charges
Bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or to collect
damages, if any, cause by violations
REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Bosch 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 (Terms of Service).
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