Scope and Application of Policy
MillerWeb Designs maintains this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") to provide users of its Services (as such term is defined in the Terms of Service located here for purposes of this AUP, the term "Services" shall also be deemed to include MillerWeb Designs’s various systems and network) with a clear statement of rules and use restrictions that apply to the use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services.
This AUP forms an integral part of the Terms of Service that govern your use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services. Your compliance with and cooperation in MillerWeb Designs’s enforcement of this AUP is an express condition to your continuing contractual rights to use MillerWeb Designs’s Services. This AUP also applies to your employees, agents, contractors and end users. The evolving nature of the Internet and on-line commerce makes it necessary for MillerWeb Designs to reserve the right to make changes to this AUP at any time. You agree that any changes will be effective when posted on-line at this location and that your continued use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services will constitute your acceptance of any changes or additions to this AUP. You may determine the date of posting at the Effective Date section at the end of this AUP.
This AUP is not intended to address all possible unacceptable uses of MillerWeb Designs’s Services. As a result, MillerWeb Designs reserves complete discretion to determine what constitutes an unacceptable use of its Services and reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Services, or take such other action as MillerWeb Designs deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
Prohibited Uses
YOUR USE OF MillerWeb Designs’S SERVICES MAY NOT VIOLATE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. MillerWeb Designs MAY SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR SERVICES IF IT DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, THAT YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT VIOLATES THIS AUP. YOU VIOLATE THIS AUP WHEN YOU, YOUR END USERS OR ANY THIRD PARTY ACTING ON YOUR OR YOUR END USERS’ BEHALF, ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVITY, WHETHER SUCCESSFULLY OR OTHERWISE, CONTRARY TO THE TERMS OF THIS AUP.
MillerWeb Designs WILL NOT INTERVENE OR BECOME INVOLVED IN ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND A THIRD PARTY. CONSEQUENTLY, MillerWeb Designs RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR SERVICES UPON ITS RECEIPT OF ANY THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT THAT YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT VIOLATES THIS AUP, THAT MAY OTHERWISE SUBJECT MillerWeb Designs TO LIABILITY FOR ANY REASON, OR THAT MAY CAUSE AFFINTY TO INCUR LEGAL FEES OR OTHER EXPENSES.
MillerWeb Designs MAY SUSPEND AND TERMINATE YOUR SERVICES UNDER THIS AUP WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU AND YOUR END USERS. MillerWeb Designs MAY ALSO REPORT YOUR ACTIVITIES TO FEDERAL AND/OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
Lawful Purpose
You may use MillerWeb Designs’s Services only for lawful purposes. You may not transmit, store or present any information, software, data, file or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation. You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services to facilitate, or otherwise assist in, the violation of any law or regulation.
Spamming and Related Activities
MillerWeb Designs strictly prohibits your use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services to transmit SPAM or to host a site that is advertised or announced via SPAM. "SPAM" is any form of unsolicited advertisement or informational announcement that is transmitted, whether singularly or in bulk, via any Internet-based communications medium including, but not limited to, Microsoft Messenger Service; Chat Programs such as AIM, YIM and MSN; e-mail, Internet facsimile, Internet phone, instant and text messaging (SMS) and IRC applications.
Activities that violate this policy may also subject you to civil liability to third parties and to criminal penalties.
Permission Based Communications
You may use MillerWeb Designs’s Services to transmit permission-based communications for purposes of marketing your goods and services, provided that you otherwise comply with the standards set out in this AUP and all applicable laws including, but not limited to, the CAN-SPAM Act. All marketing conducted using MillerWeb Designs’s Services must be permission (opt-in) based. You must keep adequate and verifiable records to prove that your marketing is strictly permission-based. In addition, should you purchase mailing lists or other types of data that are to be used to contact third parties via MillerWeb Designs’s Services, you must verify that the lists have been compiled on a strict "opt-in" basis.
In addition to the foregoing general requirements, all permission-based communications sent using MillerWeb Designs’s Services must include the following (and you are required to take the corresponding actions set forth below):
A working "unsubscribe" link. (You must honor all unsubscribe requests within 72 hours from the time they enter MillerWeb Designs’s Services.)
The recipient’s accurate e-mail address in the "to" line and the sender’s accurate e-mail address in the "from" line.
A working link to your privacy policy.
A working "abuse" address and/or link. (You must answer all complaints forwarded to this address within 72 hours from the time they enter MillerWeb Designs’s Services.)
An up-to-date website that corresponds with the domain portion of the response e-mail. Your website must conspicuously display your up-to-date mailing address, telephone number and facsimile number.
You are solely responsible for the transmission of all such permission-based communications. MillerWeb Designs reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Services in the event MillerWeb Designs receives an excessive number of complaints related to your permission-based communications, whether such complaints are made by parties whom "opt-in" or otherwise. You agree that MillerWeb Designs may determine what constitutes an excessive number of complaints in its sole and exclusive discretion.
Copyright Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") sets forth the law regarding the use of copyrighted materials on the Internet. All MillerWeb Designs customers are subject to the requirements of the DMCA. Individuals or entities submitting notifications of copyright infringement by an MillerWeb Designs customer (per the DMCA) to MillerWeb Designs must follow the below procedures. Customers who are the subject of a DMCA notification that meets the below criteria may be subject to account termination at MillerWeb Designs's sole discretion.
DMCA Copyright Infringement Notification Requirements:
Physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf (the "Claimant").
Identification of the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed.
Identification of the material claimed to infringe the copyright(s), and enough information for MillerWeb Designs to locate it including URLs and specific descriptions of the infringing material at each URL.
The Claimant's name, address, and telephone number(s).
A statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or his agent.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Send the notification via mail, email, or fax to:
MillerWeb Designs
Legal Department - DMCA Complaints
2875F Northtowne Ln. #302
Reno, NV 89512 USA
Email: abuse@millerwebdesigns.com
Fax: 775-673-2152
The DMCA contains very specific guidelines as to what proper notification of claimed infringement must contain. Copyright owners may obtain a copy of the DMCA, including these guidelines, by visiting the web site of the U.S. Copyright Office at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512.
MillerWeb Designs is not required to respond to notices that do not meet the requirements of the DMCA. Copyright owners should be aware that there are substantial penalties for false claims and that MillerWeb Designs will actively refer complainants who use the DMCA for improper purposes to relevant law enforcement agencies.
In the event that MillerWeb Designs must remove, or disable access to, material on your web site that is alleged to infringe another’s copyright under the DMCA, you acknowledge and agree that MillerWeb Designs may do so by disabling access to your entire web site.
DMCA Counter Notification Requirements:
Physical or electronic signature of the Customer (ie., allegedly infringing web site’s owner) or a person authorized to act on the Customer's behalf.
Identification of the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed.
Identification of the material claimed to infringe the copyright(s), and enough information for MillerWeb Designs to locate it including URLs and specific descriptions of the infringing material at each URL.
The Customer’s name, address, and telephone number(s).
A statement under penalty of perjury that the Customer has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled or is a result of a mistake or misidentification.
A statement that the Customer consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the Customer’s address is located, or if the Customer’s address is outside the U.S., for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the Customer will accept service of process from the complainant (or agent thereof).
Email the counter notification to abuse@millerwebdesigns.com.
Violations of Other Intellectual Property Rights
You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services in any manner that infringes or misappropriates any other intellectual property rights of a third party including, but not limited to, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos, domain names, patents, trade secrets and other proprietary rights of a third party.
Although MillerWeb Designs reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Services upon its receipt of a third party claim that alleges that you are using MillerWeb Designs’s Services in a manner that infringes such third party’s intellectual property rights, MillerWeb Designs may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, allow you to continue use of its Services provided that you confirm in a timely manner that you have discontinued the allegedly infringing activities or provide MillerWeb Designs with a court order confirming that your activities do not infringe the intellectual property rights of such third party.
Defamation and Harassment
You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services to defame, harass, abuse, libel, slander or threaten a third party.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy engaged in by MillerWeb Designs customers or end users may be directed to abuse@millerwebdesigns.com.
Child Pornography
You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services to disseminate or display images or other content that constitutes child pornography under United States laws.
MillerWeb Designs applies a zero tolerance policy to the enforcement of this prohibition. MillerWeb Designs takes an active role in cooperating with law enforcement officials in their efforts to prosecute violations of statutes that prohibit the dissemination of child pornography. MillerWeb Designs reports the use of its Services to disseminate or display child pornography as required by law. You will not be notified that MillerWeb Designs may be cooperating with law enforcement or that MillerWeb Designs has reported the use of its Services in this manner.
For further information about child pornography, you may visit the web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at www.ncmec.org.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy engaged in by MillerWeb Designs customers or end users may be directed to abuse@millerwebdesigns.com.
Disruptive or Abusive Activity
You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services:
To forge, misrepresent, omit, or delete message headers, return mailing information and/or Internet Protocol addresses to conceal or misidentify the origin of a message;
To create or transmit any Internet virus, worm, Trojan horse or computer code intended to disrupt services, destroy data, destroy or damage equipment, or disrupt the operations of the Services;
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to maintain open mail relays, forward or propagate "chain" mail or mail bomb;
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to engage in denial of service attacks including, but not limited to transmitting packets with an illegal packet size, UDP flooding, ping-flooding, half-open TCP connection flooding and any other use, or otherwise interfere with an Internet user’s terminal session;
in a manner that encumbers or utilizes disk space, processors or other system requirements beyond those allowed by your specific account;
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to establish, create or otherwise make available any Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server;
To hack, subvert, or assist others in hacking or subverting the security or integrity of MillerWeb Designs’s Services;
To disseminate or display indecent or obscene images or content;
To solicit information that is considered to be confidential, such as passwords or credit card information, or to crack passwords or to defraud third parties into releasing their passwords;
to solicit or facilitate the performance of any illegal activity, even if the activity itself is not performed; and/or
in any manner that might potentially subject MillerWeb Designs
to unfavorable regulatory action, subject MillerWeb Designs to any liability for any reason, or adversely affect MillerWeb Designs’s public image, reputation, goodwill, business or operations.
United States Export Laws
United States export control laws govern your use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services. These laws apply to you and your use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services regardless of whether you actually reside in the United States.
You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services for any purpose that violates these laws, which may include the sale of products that may be legal to sell in the United States, but illegal to export. You may not use MillerWeb Designs’s Services to provide services to end users with whom United States citizens may not do business.
For further information about United States export laws, you may visit the United States government’s portal to exporting and trade services at http://www.export.gov/exportcontrols.html.
Privacy
MillerWeb Designs’s privacy policy may be found at http://www.millerwebdesigns.com/privacy_policy.php.
While MillerWeb Designs is concerned with the privacy of on-line communications and websites, the Internet is no more secure than other means of communications. You should assume that all on-line communications are insecure. MillerWeb Designs is not responsible for the security of any information transmitted over its Services, unless it has expressly agreed to do so. Such an agreement must be in writing and signed by an authorized officer of MillerWeb Designs.
IP Addresses
In connection with your use of MillerWeb Designs’s Services, you may only use IP addresses that are assigned to you by MillerWeb Designs. If you use IP addresses that are not assigned to you by MillerWeb Designs, MillerWeb Designs will suspend your Services from network access until such time as the IP address overlap is corrected. MillerWeb Designs owns all IP addresses that may be assigned to you by MillerWeb Designs. MillerWeb Designs may, in its sole discretion, change these numbers from time to time without notice to you.
Certain Restrictions Applicable to Shared Customers
If you are the registered owner of an MillerWeb Designs shared account:
Your Services may not be transferred or used by anyone other than you. You may not sell, lease or assign the Services or any part of the Services to any party not named in MillerWeb Designs’s records. You may allow ftp access and host websites for your end customers without violating this AUP.
When you utilize an excessive amount of system resources, MillerWeb Designs reserves the right to place CPU process limits on your account to prevent disruption of MillerWeb Designs Services to other customers. MillerWeb Designs reserves sole discretion to determine what constitutes excessive usage of system resources.
Certain Restrictions Applicable to Dedicated Customers
If you are the registered owner of an MillerWeb Designs dedicated account:
You are solely responsible for any breaches of security affecting servers under your control. If your server is involved in an attack on another server or system, it may be shut down and MillerWeb Designs may launch an investigation to determine the cause and source of the attack. In such an event, you are responsible for all costs to rectify any damage done to your server and any other requirement affected by the security breach. You acknowledge and agree that MillerWeb Designs will not be liable to you or your end users for any loss or corruption of data or information, inability to access the Internet or MillerWeb Designs’s Services or inability to transmit or receive information as a result of any actions taken by MillerWeb Designs in response to such security breaches. This foregoing sentence may not be construed to diminish or amend any limitations of liability, or restrict the applicability of such limitations, as to MillerWeb Designs that are set forth in the Terms of Service or any other agreement between you and MillerWeb Designs.
No Credits or Refunds for Suspension and/or Termination of Services
MillerWeb Designs does not issue credits or refunds for outages incurred as a result of its decision to suspend or terminate its Services for a violation of this AUP. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless MillerWeb Designs from any claims by your end users and any third party that they have been damaged by reason of such suspension or termination of MillerWeb Designs’s Services.
Monitoring of Services; Cooperation with Law Enforcement; Legal Documents
You are solely responsible for ensuring that materials disseminated or posted using MillerWeb Designs’s Services comply with this AUP and all applicable laws and regulations. MillerWeb Designs does not review, edit, censor or take responsibility for any information you, other customers or your end users may create.
MillerWeb Designs may disclose information, including information that you may consider confidential, in order to comply with a court order, subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, regulation or governmental request. MillerWeb Designs assumes no obligation to inform you that such information has been provided and, in some cases, may be prohibited by law from providing you with notice.
On occasion, MillerWeb Designs may have a need to communicate with you about issues that relate to billing, service changes, additions and modifications to its Services. MillerWeb Designs may choose the method of such communication in its sole discretion. The preferred method of communication is via e-mail.
It is your responsibility to provide and check the account and contact information, including a required valid e-mail address, that you provide to MillerWeb Designs during the sign-up process. It is your responsibility to inform MillerWeb Designs promptly of any changes to your account or contact information. MillerWeb Designs has no responsibility for communications that are misdirected as a result of your failure to provide MillerWeb Designs with updated contact information.
Effective Date
This AUP was last updated on Jan 12th, 2007. |