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Our customers are
expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility,
giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users. Common sense
is the best guide as to what is considered acceptable use of your NDC Host
account. The following are unacceptable and otherwise inappropriate
uses:
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Inappropriate uses
include, but are not limited to activities such as unauthorized distribution
or copying of copyrighted software (piracy or "warez"),
violation of U.S. export restrictions, harassment,
fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, and other illegal
activities. Files such as Layer-3 music (MP3s), Emulators and ROMS protected
by copyright laws are strictly forbidden. The use of bots such as Eggdrop or any other similar programs executed on the
server through Telnet are also not allowed.
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Sites Not Welcome at NDC Host
NDC Host forbids websites with adult graphic content, hatred messages
including racism, sexism, or sites promoting one particular race, sex, or
nationality as superior and/or another race, sex, or nationality as inferior.
Websites that promote activities that violate federal, state, local laws
and/or violation of U.S. export restrictions are also not
welcome at NDC Host. This includes "warez"
sites, sites promoting hacking, cracking programs, or website distributing
adult website passwords. Network Data Center Host will report and take immediate
action towards sites violating US laws, logs and related account information
may be used ageist the offender in court proceedings.
Any site found on our servers which fit any of the descriptions above will be
immediately disabled removed. NDC Host reserves the right to delete all of
the files in the account and any other accounts maintained by any abuser of
these policies. NDC Host nor its associates will be
held accountable for losses occurred do to the removal of violating files /
accounts.
Spamming, Trolling, and Mail bombing
Spamming is the sending of unsolicited e-mail, regardless of size, to persons
the sender does not know. The use of fictitious e-mail addresses are
forbidden, this includes but is not limited the manipulation of mail services
and or domain piracy. Spamming also includes sending unsolicited
advertisements to numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or generating a
significantly higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user. Trolling,
the posting of outrageous messages to generate numerous responses is also not
allowed. Mail bombing, the sending of multiple messages without significant
new content to the same user and/or subscribing someone else to a mailing
list without that person's permission, cross-posting articles to an excessive
number of newsgroups, or attempting without authorization to enter into a
secured computer system is strictly forbidden. NDC Host reserves the right to
determine what constitutes abuse of our services.
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Tortuous Conduct/Interference with a
Business Relationship/Contract
Includes, but is not limited to posting of defamatory, scandalous, or private
information about a person without their consent, intentionally inflicting
emotional distress, or violating trademarks, copyrights, or other
intellectual property rights.
Abuse of System Equipment / Recourses
Misuse of system resources, including but not limited to employing posts or
programs which consume excessive CPU time or storage space; permitting use of
mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, POP accounts, or auto responders
other than for the customer's own account; or resale of access to your
hosting account of all account not subscribing to the reseller program, which
in itself is governed by reseller stipulations. Any software or code
presenting a security risk or promoting / exploiting vulnerability locally or
remotely is sickly prohibited. Background processes are forbidden on shared
hosting platforms. NDC Host reserves the right to determine what constitutes
abuse of System Equipment / Resources
Client Responsibilities
NDC Host cannot be held responsible for the deletion of users' files, whether
intentional or unintentional. Sequential backup of all user files are
maintained but no guarantee is made about the ability to retrieve such files.
Clients are responsible for there own data, and are encouraged on a regular
bases to keep copies of there site(s) and or important data locally so that
it may be recovered in the unlikely event of system data loss.
Complaints about violators of our policies should be referred to abuse@ndchost.com. We will make every
effort to see your complaints are addressed in an orderly and prompt manner.
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