Acceptable Usage Policy
OlnevHost is dedicated to providing an all-round top quality service. The terms
and conditions which follow are necessary to ensure that we may continue to
provide the best possible service to all of our customers whilst at the same
time satisfying our legal and ethical responsibilities.
Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account
deactivation without notice. OlnevHost will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of any of these provisions.
Activity which results in the suspension or deactivation of an account will
result in a forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses of
an account will be investigated and if found guilty will be grounds for immediate
suspension.
To report suspected abuses or any violations of these policies, please contact
abuse@olnevhost.net
Illegal Usage
OlnevHost servers may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage,
or distribution of any information, data or material in violation of any applicable
law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used
without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes
an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable
content or links: Pirated software, Hackers programs or archives, Warez sites,
MP3, and IRC bots. The subscriber to OlnevHost service agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless OlnevHost from any claims resulting from the use of the service
that damages the subscriber or any other party.
OlnevHost will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this
provision.
Websites Content
There are no content restrictions other than that your material
and activities must be fully legal under local and US law.
Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in
criminal and civil liability. Examples include, but are not limited to the following:
Unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication
measures, data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or network
including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to
overload a system and broadcast attacks. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header
or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
Server Resource
Any website that uses a high amount of server resources (such as, but not limited
to, CPU time, memory usage, and network resources) will be given an option of
either paying extra (which depends on the resource needed) or reducing the resource
used to an acceptable level. OlnevHost shall be the sole arbiter of what
is considered to be a high server usage level.
CGI/PHP/ASP Scripts
Cgi script sharing with domains not hosted by OlnevHost.net is not allowed.
Any cgi-scripts deemed to be adversely affecting the server performance or the
network integrity will be shut down without prior notice. See our Script usage
policy for more details.
Background Running Programs and Cron Jobs
OlnevHost does not allow background Daemons such as IRC bots; eggdrop; BitchX;
XiRCON; and any other program that interferes with normal server operation.
IRC
OlnevHost does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.
Backups
OlnevHost performs daily backups on all servers to ensure critical files are
never lost. However OlnevHost is NOT responsible for lost data, time, income
or any other resource due to faulty backups or non-existant backups.
Client Responsibility
The client is responsible for all activity originating from the account unless
proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address forgery. The client is responsible
for securing their username/password. The client assumes responsibility for
all material on their site that may be put on by a third party (such as the
usage of Free For All links pages). Use of OlnevHost's service requires a certain
level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and software.
This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired
content of the web space by the client. The following examples are offered:
Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents,
FTPing Web contents, Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web
publishing: knowledge of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP understanding
and capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR
& GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc. Mail: a use of
mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client agrees that he or she
has the necessary knowledge to create and maintain their web space. Client agrees
that it is not the responsibility of OlnevHost to provide this knowledge
or support outside matter specific to OlnevHost's servers.
UCE (Unsolicited Commerce Email) - SPAM
Spamming, or the sending of mass unsolicited email, from or
through a OlnevHost server or using an email address that is
maintained on a OlnevHost machine is STRICTLY prohibited. OlnevHost
will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation
of this provision. If you engage in any of the foregoing activities
using the service of another ISP or IPP, but channeling activities
through a OlnevHost server as a maildrop for responses, you
are in violation. Violators will be assessed a minimum of $200.00
fine and will face an immediate suspension.
Server abuse
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a OlnevHost server or customer of
OlnevHost is strictly prohibited.
Any sub-networks of OlnevHost and dedicated servers must adhere to the
above policies. The failure to meet or follow any of the above guidelines are
grounds for account deactivation. We reserve the right to remove any account
without prior notice.
Software Distribution
OlnevHost.net's shared Web Hosting accounts are not to be used for the purposes
of distributing software and multimedia products. If you wish to distribute
software and/or multimedia files, please contact sales@olnevhost.net for special
arrangement.
Multimedia Files
Multimedia files are defined as any graphics, audio, and video files. OlnevHost.net
Web Hosting accounts are not to be used for the purposes of distributing and
storing unusual amount of multimedia files. Any Web site whose disk space usage
for storing the multimedia files exceed 70% of its total usage, either in terms
of total size or number of files, will be deemed to be using unusual amount
of multimedia files.
Database
Any database stored on OlnevHost's servers shall be limited in size to 20%
of the total disk space allotted for a particular domain.
Actions Taken by OlnevHost
The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above policies/terms
is grounds for account deactivation. OlnevHost will be the sole arbiter as to
what constitutes a violation of the AUP. OlnevHost reserves the right to remove
any account without prior notice.
When OlnevHost becomes aware of an alleged violation of its AUP, OlnevHost
will initiate an investigation. During the investigation, OlnevHost may restrict
a customer's access in order to prevent further potentially unauthorized activity.
Depending on the severity of the violation, OlnevHost may, at its sole discretion,
restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer's web hosting account and/or pursue
other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, OlnevHost will
notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation.
OlnevHost does not issue credits for outages incurred through service disablement
resulting from AUP violations.
OlnevHost customers agree to indemnify and hold harmless OlnevHost from any
claims resulting from the use of our services that damages them or any other
party. The OlnevHost service is provided on an as is, as available basis without
warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited
to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
OlnevHost expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the OlnevHost
service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written
information given by OlnevHost, its employees, licensors or the like, will create
a warranty; nor may you rely on any such information or advice. OlnevHost and
its partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage arising
either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use of the service.
Modification
OlnevHost reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this
Policy at any time without notice.
Refusal Of Service
OlnevHost reserves the right to cancel service
at any time at our sole discretion. All fees paid in advance
of cancellation will be prorated and paid by OlnevHost if OlnevHost
institutes its right of cancellation. If cancellation is caused
by customer's violation of these policies, then no refund is
due. Customers can cancel service any time but no refund of
payment will be paid. Customers who cancel their subscription
to web hosting will have their site deleted within 6 hours.
Domain name registration
Before registering or transferring a domain name, you must
read the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
and the Terms of the Registration Agreement. There is one set
of documents for .com/.net/.org domains.
Read the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
Read the .co.uk Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
Read the Registration Agreement.
Read the Terms of the Registration
Agreement for .co.uk domain names.
Read the Terms of the Registration
Agreement for .name domain names.
Read the Terms of the Registration
Agreement for .info domain names.
Read the Terms of the Registration
Agreement for .us domain names.
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