Valley TechNologies sets forth an Acceptable
Use Policy with the intent of protecting our service, our customers,
and other users of the Internet from potentially abusive actions
taken by Valley TechNologies customers. The following policy
is non-exclusive; any action about which there is doubt should
be referred to Valley TechNologies for evaluation. Valley TechNologies
Reserves the right to edit this policy at any time deemed necessary.
Privacy
Your personal information is safe with Valley
TechNologies. We never have or ever will share any of your
private information with anyone outside our organization.
With Valley TechNologies you won't have to worry about ending
up on "Spam" lists, getting phone calls from telemarketers,
or other such annoyances. Valley TechNologies values privacy,
security, and confidentiality as much as you do.
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Liability
Valley TechNologies (including its employees
and agents) provides suggestions and advice to it's customers
in good faith and makes every effort to present accurate
and reliable information. Valley TechNologies anticipates
that these suggestions and advice may be a viable and cost-effective
means to resolving your issue, however it must be understood
that no guarantee or warranty is given or implied and that
Valley TechNologies does not assume any legal liability
or responsibility for consequences resulting from the use
of the suggestions or advice provided.
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Discontinuation
of Service
Valley TechNologies reserves the right to
interrupt any and all services in the event that any invoice
remains unpaid more than 30 days after the payment due date.
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Statement
of Responsibility
Each Valley TechNologies Internet account has a password
that is the key to gain access to the account. The customer
who registered the account is solely responsible for all access
and actions taken with regard to the account. It is the account
owner's responsibility to safeguard the account password and
to ensure that Valley TechNologies Acceptable Use Policies
are honored.
Valley TechNologies will hold the account owner responsible
for any violations of the Acceptable Use Policies.
The individual who signed the contract is responsible for
educating site users on the Acceptable Use Policies.
Violations of the Acceptable Use Policies by directly
attached sites will be referred to the contract signer for
resolution. The contract signer will be held responsible for
any violations of the Acceptable Use Policies.
The Valley TechNologies Contract is a binding contract which
requires the named customer to pay Valley TechNologies for
services rendered. All prices on the Valley TechNologies Contract
are subject to change without notice. Refunds for cancellations
will be pro-rated from the time of activation to time of cancellation.
User will pay full monthly charge for the used allotment of
time. There will be no refund on Special Sales.
Valley TechNologies enforces these policies with respect
to Valley TechNologies customers only. We are not responsible
for abusive actions which originate from other sites or networks
on the Internet. Valley TechNologies reserves the right to
revoke or discontinue service at any time with or without
reason.
If a user is found to have violated any portion of the Acceptable
Use Policies, said user is subject to a penalty fee billed
by Valley TechNologies Internet at a rate of $100/hour - two
hour minimum - for the time it takes to research the incident
in question. Said account will not be reactivated until penalty
fee and existing invoice amounts have been paid in full.
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Acceptable
Use: Network
Acceptable use of the Valley TechNologies network facilities
does NOT include:
- Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security
of any host, network, or account on Valley TechNologies
systems or the Internet at large ("cracking").
- Use of Valley TechNologies systems or networks (willfully
or negligently) in a manner that encumbers disk space, processors,
bandwidth, or other system resources so as to interfere
with others' normal use of services on Valley TechNologies
or other systems and networks ("denial of service" attack).
- Use of TCP or UPD port scanners to scan remote networks
without the expressed written consent of the network administrator
of that network.
- Activities which violate local, state, or federal statutes.
- Attempting to knock a server off-line, slow down our connection,
or knock another user offline.
- Attempting to send any virus or malicious material such
as an Out of Band packet to any other Internet user.
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Acceptable
Use: Domain Names
Valley TechNologies provides domain name service for any
entity that subscribes to it. Keeping registry information
updated and accurate is the responsibility of the domain holder
and not Valley TechNologies.
Acceptable use of the Valley TechNologies domain name service
does NOT include:
- Falsifying or omitting valid domain contact information,
including the administrative, technical, zone, and billing
contacts.
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Acceptable use of Email does NOT include:
- Sending unsolicited mass mailings of any nature, including
those with a "negative option" for continuation. The negative
option is inviting those who do not wish to receive more
email to reply to you.
- Sending a large number of email messages, or singularly
large email messages, to a single address in order to flood
someone's mailbox. (mail-bombing)
- Forging email headers to obscure the true originator of
the message.
- Creating or participating in pyramid schemes or chain
letters.
- Sending harassing email, either by language, size, or
frequency. This includes sending email (or real time) messages
to a person who has asked explicitly that you do not.
- Activities which violate local, state, or federal statutes.
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Acceptable
Use: Web/FTP Sites
Acceptable use of Valley TechNologies web/FTP space does
NOT include:
- The posting of pornographic or otherwise indecent or offending
materials.
- Unauthorized use of copyrighted or trademarked logos,
phrases or names by Internet, Web, or Domain Hosting customers.
- Distribution of restricted software or materials in violation
of copyrights or distribution licenses. (Mp3's/Warez/etc.)
- The posting of slanderous or defamatory materials or
articles.
- Distribution of materials which violates local, state,
or federal statutes.
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Disclaimer
Valley TechNologies will not be responsible
for any damages your business may suffer. Valley TechNologies
makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for
services we provide. Valley TechNologies disclaims any warranty
or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This
includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries,
wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused
by Valley TechNologies and its employees or representatives.
Valley TechNologies reserves the right to amend
or update these policies without notice. Failure to follow
any terms and conditions may result in account deactivation.
Valley TechNologies furthermore expects that its customers
who provide Internet services to others will fully comply
with all applicable laws concerning the privacy of online
communications. A customer's failure to comply with those
laws will violate this policy.
Privacy: Your personal information is safe with Valley TechNologies.
We never have or ever will share any of your private information
with anyone outside our organization. With Valley TechNologies
you won't have to worry about ending up on "Spam" lists, getting
phone calls from telemarketers, or other such annoyances.
Valley TechNologies values privacy, security, and confidentiality
as much as you do.
Liability: Valley TechNologies (including its employees and
agents) provides suggestions and advice to it's customers
in good faith and makes every effort to present accurate and
reliable information. Valley TechNologies anticipates that
these suggestions and advice may be a viable and cost-effective
means to resolving your issue, however it must be agreed that
no guarantee or warranty is given or implied and that Valley
TechNologies does not assume any legal liability or responsibility
for consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions
or advice provided.
Finally, Valley TechNologies wishes to emphasize
that in accepting services, customers indemnify Valley TechNologies
for the violation of any law or Valley TechNologies policy,
that results in loss to Valley TechNologies or the bringing
of any claim against Valley TechNologies. This means that
if Valley TechNologies is sued because of activities of the
customer that violates any law, or this policy, the customer
will pay any damages awarded against Valley TechNologies,
plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
Valley TechNologies reserves the right
to restrict or terminate service without refund in the event
of an Acceptable Use Policies violation. Valley TechNologies
also reserves the right to take action on abuse which is not
specifically named in this Acceptable Use Policies
at the sole discretion of Valley TechNologies.
Use of the Valley TechNologies systems constitutes understanding
and agreement of this policy. Any and all legal expenses incurred
by Valley TechNologies resulting from failure to follow Acceptable
Use Policies guidelines will be borne by the account holder
responsible for the infraction.
Failure to follow the guidelines set forth in this policy
can result in termination of Internet Accounts from Valley
TechNologies.
Valley TechNologies also reserves the right to interrupt
any and all services in the event that any invoice remains
unpaid after 30 days of the billing date.
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