:: Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy
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Last updated 09/2009 Our Terms Of
Service and acceptable Use Policy has been designed to ensure that:
1.) We protect our
rights,
2.) to
eliminate confusion,
3.) to inform
you of our rules and regulations of are web services
4.) to allow
for your growing company to feel secure and assured
Rules and Regulations
for other parts of our
site such as our Support Boards are posted on the support boards
themselves.
All Accounts Are Subject To The Following:
The following rules are made and all clients
are expected to follow the tos from Galaxy-Hosts.
The Following Scripts Are Banned: -IRC Scripts -Bit Torrent Script's -
commercial Advertising - Email: Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited
email, from a Site or using an email
address or domain that is maintained on a Galaxy-Hosts account as a
reference
is STRICTLY prohibited. Accounts in violation of our spamming policy
WILL BE
DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE. Galaxy-Hosts will be the sole arbiter as to
what
constitutes a violation of this provision. All mailing lists should be
double
opt-in. This means when users on a clients site give said client their
e-mail
address they user should also have to verify it through e-mail
afterwards before
anymore mail is sent. This prevents us being listed in spam databases.
IRC: We currently do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our
servers. These
include Egg drop bots and TCL scripts.
use: Any images/attempts to undermine or cause harm to
a server, or customer, of
Galaxy-Hosts is strictly prohibited. These images/tempts can include
DOS attacks or
hacking.
Refusal of Service: We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend
service at our sole
discretion. We don't often do this, only in the event of an out of
control
script, failure to pay or Galaxy-Hosts not being able to contact the
site
owner. or site violation please read are tos very carefully we have to
kinds of service Illegal use: Galaxy-Hosts services may not be used for
illegal purposes, or in support of
illegal activities. This included and is not limited to hosting of
hacking
programs, documentation, and or the linking to such illegal files.
Galaxy-Hosts and our affiliates reserve 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 Galaxy-Hosts service
to harm, or images/tempt to harm, minors in any way,
including, but not limited to child pornography or child abuse is
strictly
prohibited and will result in immediate account termination.
Adult web sites: Due to the reputation of adult websites and the
traffic they receive, they are
not allowed on the server. If you or any of your resellers are hosting
an adult
website, you will have 24 hours from when the site is discovered on the
server.
Non-compliance with this rule will result in your account
being terminated. Threats: Use of the Galaxy-Hosts service to transmit
any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily
harm or
destruction of property is strictly prohibited. Harassment: Use of the
Galaxy-Hosts service to transmit any material (by e-mail,
uploading, posting or otherwise) that harasses another is strictly
prohibited. Fraudulent activity: Use of Galaxy-Hosts 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. images/tempting to
impersonate any person
by using forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited.
The use
of anonymous retailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation.
Unauthorized access: Use of Galaxy-Hosts service to access, or to
images/tempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or images/tempt to penetrate, security
measures of Galaxy-Hosts 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 Galaxy-Hosts account is subject to immediate termination.
Language Usage: Galaxy-Hosts services requires all accounts are created
and displayed in the English language only. All offenders will have the offending site
terminated.
After three offences your hosting accounts and hosting will be
terminated for
lack of compliance . Copyright or trademark infringement: Use of
Galaxy-Hosts 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.
Advertising infringement: We Respect the right to suspend any accounts
advertising or selling outside
hosting other then are own any sites.
Collection of personal data: Use of Galaxy-Hosts service to collect, or
images/tempt to collect, personal
information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.
Network disruptions and unfriendly activity: Use of the Galaxy-Hosts
service for any activity which affects the ability of
other people or systems to use Galaxy-Hosts 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. Galaxy-Hosts will
not
tolerate any subscriber images/tempting 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 images/tempts 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. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Galaxy-Hosts shall not be
responsible for any claimed damages, including
incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from Galaxy-Hosts
servers going off-line or being unavailable for any reason whatsoever.
Furthermore, Galaxy-Hosts shall not be responsible for any claimed
damages,
including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the
corruption or
deletion of any web site from one of Galaxy-Hosts servers. All damages
shall
be limited to the immediate termination of service.
All complaints will be investigated promptly.
Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate
account
deactivation. DISCLAIMER: Galaxy-Hosts cannot be held liable for any
predicted estimate of profits in
which a client would have gained if their site was functioning. Certain
services
provided by Galaxy-Hosts are resold. Thus, certain equipment, routing,
software, and programming used by Galaxy-Hosts may not be directly
owned or
written by Galaxy-Hosts. Moreover, Galaxy-Hosts holds no responsibility
for
the use of our clients accounts. If any terms or conditions are failed
to be
followed, the account in question will be automatically deactivated. We
reserve
the right to remove any account without advanced notice for any reason
without
restitution as Galaxy-Hosts sees fit. ACCOUNT ACTIVATION: By activating
your account with Galaxy-Hosts, you agree to the above policies
and disclaimer. Upon requesting an account activation, you are required
to
accept these policies, guidelines, and disclaimer and a copy of your
acceptance
is forwarded along with your activation request to be maintained within
your
account information. NOTICE: If you sign up for an account and do not
follow our terms. No refunds will be
given. sites found to be sold to minors under the age of 13 will be
canceled
parents consent required once approved by us we do this by a photo copy
of you
license
Furthermore, Galaxy-Hosts retains
the right to change any or all of the above
Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer without notification.
The agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
hereto. The
terms and conditions of this agreement shall be interpreted and
enforced
pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas. Special Rules Galaxy-Hosts
reserves the right to check your account at any time for things
that break the tos. We probably won't be doing this unless we have a
reasonable
idea that you are breaking the tos, but sometimes we will just do
checks on
random clients, so don't be alarmed if we check you. If you're innocent
and
aren't breaking the rules, then you've got nothing to worry about!
The terms of dissatisfactory refunds, do not entitle the buyer to get a
refund
anytime the buyer likes. Things such as server downtime, no support are
considered in the
bounds of dissatisfaction. Other Rules By using this website you agree
to abide by our terms of service, our privacy
policy, and any other rules that are on this website. Backbone Our
server does have a 1Gb backbone provider witch allows us almost 100%
uptime in case of a down site report it to our support department and
this
matter will be solved this does not apply to dos attacks or
images/tempts to hack or
test hacking programs we reserve the right to cancel your contract at
anytime
for these such activities Refunds:
1a.) All Refunds Will Be Received
Back Within 30Days Of Purchase.
2a.) No Refunds we be issued on
sites using more then 5% of there bandwidth within the 30days. 3a.) All
refunds are strictly limited to the price paid for the most
recent months hosting. Under no circumstances shall the amount of the
refund exceed the price of the last months hosting. For example an
account paid yearly and used for three months would be eliigible for a
maximum refund of the cost of hosting for the last month and any unused
month of josting.
The following rules are made
and all clients are expected to follow the tos from
Galaxy-Hosts the providers of our Reseller Web servers. Reseller Rules
/ TOC / Space / Royalties
1b.) Your Not Allowed Illegal
Porn Illegal Programs, Warez, IRC Bots, IRC Scripts, Unauthorized
Access, No! Sharing Web Space
2b.) Adult Porn Is Allowed We Reserve the right
to deny any images or text displayed on our web services respect others
as they Respect you
are server are not used for slandering they are used for business and
educational use all adult
hosting must comply
with The Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 45). , effective April 21, 2000,all
websites hosting porn must have a clean public splash page reminding
all users that your site requires the age of 18 to view that website
websites found in a non compliance to our tos may be suspended or
revoked and will be subject to a denial of a refund for your acts could
cost us our web server and customers and possible law suit
3b.) Free web hosts are not allowed to host their free clients
web sites on our servers. Clients with us prior to 01/01/2009 that have
free hosts may continue only if they request and get permission from
Patrick at Galaxy-Hosts support.
4b.) We are not responsible for the loss of income to websites caused by the
act of God , hackers, exploits.
power outages, hardware failure,
virus's ,down time (ect) .
5b.) Reseller accounts must be paid
in full by the due date or are subject to a late
fee of 15% more to the original cost or your site will be
deactivated.
6b.) Backups are the respionsibility of the customer unless Galaxy-Hosts agrees to provide said backups. 7b.) Galaxy hosts does
not collect cookie or user information for the intent to exploit
children or sell for profit and complies with the COPPA business act
required by FTC Usage of Server Resources:
Customer agrees that Customer shall not use excessive amounts of server
resources (such as, but not limited to, CPU time & memory usage) on
any of Galaxy-Hosts's servers. Any violation of this policy may result
in corrective action by Galaxy-Hosts including assessment of additional
charges, disconnection or discontinuance of any and all services, or
termination of this Agreement, which actions may be taken in
Galaxy-Hosts sole and absolute discretion. If Galaxy-Hosts takes any
corrective action under this section, Customer shall not be entitled to
a refund of any fees paid in advance prior to such action. This
document is intended to provide a basic understand of Galaxy-Hosts
Acceptable Use Policy and terms of Service. The following are
guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of Galaxy-Hosts AUP.
If a any hosted account violates this 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 based on the nature of the violation, could
result in immediate termination of service.
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