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Telkom CyberTrade (www.CyberTrade .co.za)
Terms and conditions
1. By using the CYBERTRADE ACCESS website, you
are agreeing, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by, and to comply
with, these Terms and Conditions and any other posted guidelines or rules
applicable to any individual Telkom Network web site, Product or Service. All
such guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms
and Conditions.
2. Telkom will not be liable for any direct,
indirect, consequential, special or other damages resulting from your use of
this website or any links contained in this website.
3. You expressly indemnify Telkom, its subsidiary
(s) and/or affiliated companies, the directors, the employees and agents of
Telkom and/or its affiliated and/or subsidiary companies from any actions,
damages, liabilities and costs, including all legal costs, arising from any
breach of these terms& conditions or from trade mark or copyright
infringement or any violation of personal property or privacy rights.
4. We may update the Terms and Conditions from
time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of
the Terms and Conditions at any time. It is your responsibility to check these
Terms and Conditions regularly to ensure that you agree with them. If you do not
agree with any of these Terms and Conditions, you may not continue to use this
website.
5. Should you breach any of these Terms and
Conditions, you will be solely responsible for any damages, liabilities or
claims arising as a result of your actions.
6. Telkom is not responsible for the consequences
of your actions on this website, particularly when you make your personal
information available.
7. You may not distribute materials protected by
copyright or trademark law without the express permission of the owner of the
copyright and/or trademark. This means that you may not share files such as
mpeg's, gif's, tif's, jpeg's or mp3's etc.
8 Where you are required to make your personal
information available, this information will be used for the specified intended
purpose only and will be kept confidential. Information may, however, be used to
send promotional material and for marketing and advertising purposes.
9. While using this website you may not:
9.1 harm other users, especially children, in any
way;
9.2 make available or distribute any information or make any statement, that is
defamatory, hateful, abusive, vulgar, pornographic, racist, threatening,
harassing or in any way legally or morally objectionable;
9.3 transmit any pirated or illegal software or software containing viruses,
worms, trapdoors, Trojan horses or any other code or program which may cause
damage to Telkom or any of its subsidiary and/or affiliated companies or agents,
to this website, or to any other users of this website;
9.4 transmit or make available any information, file or program which
constitutes an advertisement, unsolicited messaging ("spam") or any
kind of promotional material;
9.5 frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other
proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Telkom
SA ltd and any of its subsidiaries without express written consent.
9.6 use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Telkom's'
name or trademarks without the express written consent of Telkom SA Ltd.
9.7 reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit for
any commercial purpose any part of this site without express written consent of
Telkom SA Ltd.
10. The CYBERTRADE ACCESS website contains links
to other Internet sites. No inference can be made or representation implied that
Telkom SA Ltd is connected with, operates or controls these linked web sites.
Whether or not these linked sites are in fact affiliated with Telkom SA Ltd,
Telkom SA Ltd is not responsible for the content on the aforesaid sites. The
linked sites are for the users convenience only and the user access thereto is
at the users own risk. When visiting linked sites the user must refer to that
linked site's individual terms of use.
11. If you do not comply with these Terms and
Conditions you may not access or use this website.
12. Please review our other notices, such as our
disclaimer and Intellectual Property Notices, posted on this site. These notices
also govern your visit to CYBERTRADE ACCESS. We reserve the right to make
changes to our site, policies, and these Terms and Conditions. If any of these
conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that
condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining Terms and Conditions.
13. By visiting CYBERTRADE ACCESS, you agree that
the laws of the Republic of South Africa, without regard to principles of
conflict of laws, will govern these terms and conditions and any dispute of any
sort that might arise between you and Telkom SA Ltd or its affiliates.
14. The 'Disclaimer', 'Copyright and Trademark
Notices' are incorporated in these Terms and Conditions by reference.
CyberTrade Access services
The terms and conditions set out in this document, read together with the
customer details, financial details, method of payment, contact person and
acceptance by a customer and accepted by Telkom SA (LTD), (collectively
"the/this agreement") govern the relationship between Telkom SA and
the relevant customer of CyberTrade Access.
A. ACCEPTANCE OF ORDER
B. PROVISION OF THE SERVICE
C. PAYMENT
D. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION
E. LIABILITY
F. USE LIMITATIONS
G. SUSPENSION OF SERVICE
H. TERMINATION
I. EXCUSABLE EVENTS
J. ALTERATION
K. SUPPORT SERVICE
L. GENERAL
M. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
N. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
A. ACCEPTANCE OF ORDER
1. The agreement and the provision of service, will only come into being between
Telkom SA and a customer when the customer has agreed to the terms and
conditions contained herein.
B. PROVISION OF THE SERVICE
1. Commencing on the date of this application ("the commencement
date") and for the duration of this agreement thereafter, Telkom SA shall
make reasonable efforts to make available a continuous, uninterrupted, expedient
and error-free service to the customer, subject to the terms and conditions set
out herein.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of b1, the
customer acknowledges that in the normal course of provision of service(s),
temporary interruptions may occur for whatever reason. In these circumstances,
Telkom SA shall not be held liable for any damages (economical or otherwise)
which the customer may suffer as a result of such interruption of service(s).
3. The customer shall solely be responsible,
unless otherwise stated in this agreement, for provisioning, configuration and
maintenance of all equipment on its premises, including (without limitation)
computer hardware equipment, telecommunication equipment and modems necessary
and required by the customer to exercise its rights and enjoy the services
provided herein.
C. PAYMENT
1. The customer shall pay to Telkom SA all applicable charges, tariffs, fees and
other amounts ("charges") as may be set out in this agreement, in
respect of the provision of the services to the customer.
2. The charges may be varied by Telkom SA from
time to time in the following circumstances:
2.1. In the event of any increase by South
African Internet Exchange "SAIX" in its tariffs relating to any
service provided to the customer by Telkom SA, in which case the actual increase
will be passed on to the customer.
2.2. On or after 1 April of every year (with effect from that date) after the
commencement date.
3. All access charges that entitle the customer
to obtain access to the services subscribed for, shall be payable in the manner
as set out in this agreement and where such charge is indicated as-
4. Rental charges: levied periodically, usually
on a monthly basis, and subject to a minimum rental period of one calendar month
or as determined by Telkom from time to time for each Service. Rental charges
are payable in advance for the first and any subsequent rental period, as from
the date on which the Service is established. Where the Customer requests the
termination of a Service the rental amount, if any, paid for a period after the
official date of termination will be credited to the Customer. If the Customer
requests that a Service be terminated prior to the expiry of the minimum rental
period, the non-expired part of the rental period will stay in force. In such
cases the Customer shall remain liable for the rental for the non-expired part
of the rental period.
5. Any payment due to Telkom SA not made on the due date thereof shall bear
interest at a rate of 20% (twenty per centum) as changed by Telkom's bankers from
time to time, calculated from the date payment was due until date of actual payment
in full, capitalised monthly in arrears.
6. The customer shall, on demand, pay to Telkom
SA all costs and expenses incurred by Telkom SA in enforcing the terms of this
agreement, including without limitation legal costs on an attorney and own
client basis.
7. Should the bank dishonour any payment offered
by the customer to Telkom SA, Telkom SA shall be entitled, over and above the
dishonoured payment as well as bank charges, to charge and the customer shall be
obliged to pay a reasonable administration fee.
8. Should the customer change from one product to
another or add any services to existing product, Telkom SA shall be entitled to
charge and the customer shall be obliged to pay a reasonable administration fee.
D. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION
1. The customer acknowledges that any installation date or connection date
furnished by Telkom SA is provisional only and, should installation or
connection, as the case may be, not be effected by such provisional date-
1.1. Telkom SA shall not be responsible for any
consequences of such delay or be liable for any damages, costs or expenses
whatsoever incurred or suffered by the customer or any third party, and the
customer shall not be entitled, as a result of such delay, to terminate this
agreement or withhold any payment.
E. LIABILITY
1. This clause E specifies the entire liability of Telkom SA, including, without
limitation, liability for negligence. In particular (but without limitation) all
statutory, expressed, implied or collateral terms, conditions or warranties are
excluded.
2. Telkom SA shall under no circumstances be
liable (including liability for negligence) for any loss, damage or injury that
the customer or any third party may suffer, no matter when or how arising,
specifically including (but without limitation) refunds of fees, loss of
profits, financial loss, loss of contracts, loss of income, loss of anticipated
business, cost of replacement services, savings use, goodwill or any other form
of consequential loss.
3. Any service(s) provided herein is provided on
an "as-is" basis and Telkom SA makes no express or implied warranties
or representations of whatsoever nature with respect to any such service.
4. The customer shall and hereby does indemnify
Telkom SA-
4.1. against any damage, loss or liability
(excluding liability for Telkom SA's wilful conduct) arising from the provision
of services to the customer, its employees, directors, agents and/or
representatives;
4.2. against any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from a
breach of Telkom SA's security measures, any misuse of Telkom SA's facilities or
services and/or any act or omission of any other customer of Telkom SA;
4.3. from any claim by any third party arising directly or indirectly out of or
related to the customer's access to or use of services rendered by Telkom SA or
any information or data obtained through such access or use; and
4.4. its holding company, affiliates and subsidiaries, for all loss, damage,
cost or liability that may be incurred by any one or more of them in the event
that the customer's use of the service and/or the products supplied hereunder -
4.4.1. constitutes a violation of any law,
regulation or tariff;
4.4.2. is defamatory, fraudulent or deceptive;
4.4.3. is intended to threaten, harass or intimidate; or
4.4.4. interferes with the use or enjoyment of other customers of the services
and products provided by Telkom SA.
5. Under no circumstances whatsoever will Telkom
SA's liability, if any and whether in contract or otherwise, exceed the
aggregate of the amounts actually paid by the customer to Telkom SA.
F. USE LIMITATIONS
The customer hereby agrees -
1. that it is aware and will stay aware of and shall at all times comply with
all statutory or other regulatory provisions and rules applicable to the
provision and use of the services from time to time;
2. that it shall make use of the services in a
responsible, prudent, lawful and honest manner;
3. that it shall comply with any directions,
instructions and limitations issued or notified by Telkom SA from time to time
in connection with the services;
4. that it shall not use any service in a manner
which -
4.1. constitutes a violation of any law,
regulation or tariff that may be in force in South Africa or elsewhere. In
particular the customer undertakes to familiarise itself and ensure that it is
kept continuously appraised of all such laws, regulations and tariffs in force
from time to time which may have any bearing on the services rendered and
products provided by Telkom SA and/or the customer's access to or use thereof;
4.2. constitutes an act or omission that is generally unacceptable or offensive
to internet users in general, to the public at large or as same may be
determined by Telkom SA from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion,
specifically including (but not limited to) the hosting of pornographic
material, spamming, hacking, unsolicited mailing etc.;
4.3. contravenes any Telkom SA policy, as such document may be published,
updated and amended by Telkom SA from time to time;
4.4. is defamatory, fraudulent or deceptive;
4.5. is intended to threaten, harass, nuke or intimidate;
4.6. tends to damage the name or reputation of Telkom SA, its holding company,
affiliates and subsidiaries; or
4.7. interferes with the use and enjoyment of Internet related services of
customers of Telkom SA;
5. that the services to be rendered to the
customer shall be as defined and subject to such limitations as may be notified
from time to time by Telkom SA;
6. that the customer is aware of the limitations
of all relevant services and that service quality and coverage available shall
be limited to that supported by the infrastructure of Telkom SA, its network
providers and Telkom and that service may from time to time be adversely
affected by a number of different causes:
7. that it shall not commit any act or omission
which may have an adverse technical effect on the integrity or functionality of
the network infrastructure of Telkom SA or that provided or made available to
the customer by or through Telkom SA. If any act or omission of the customer has
such an adverse technical effect the customer shall, on receiving notification
to that effect from Telkom SA, forthwith take such steps as may be necessary to
rectify the situation at his own cost and expense, failing which Telkom SA shall
be entitled, without prejudice to its other rights in terms hereof or at law, to
forthwith suspend the service and/or terminate this agreement;
8. that unless otherwise agreed by Telkom SA in
writing, it shall not resell or make available to third parties, in any manner
whatsoever and whether directly or indirectly, the services provided to it by
Telkom SA;
9. that it shall take whatever steps may be
necessary to ensure the safekeeping and confidentiality of all identification
codes and passwords furnished by Telkom SA for use by the customer and shall
specifically not disclose it to any third party without Telkom SA's prior
written consent.
10. to comply with the rules and regulations
applicable to any network that is accessed through Telkom SA;
11. that where it is outside the Republic of
South Africa and wishes to connect to the internet, such connection may be
subject to the terms and conditions of a Global Service Provider ("GSP").
The customer has been informed of and acknowledges that the GSP is not
affiliated to Telkom SA.
G. SUSPENSION OF SERVICE
1. Telkom SA may from time to time and without notice suspend the services in
any of the following circumstances-
1.1. during any technical failure, modification
or maintenance either of the service or the equipment by means of which the
service is provided;
1.2. if the customer -
1.2.1. fails to comply with any of the terms and
conditions of this agreement (including failure to pay any charges due) until
the breach (if capable of remedy) is remedied; or
1.2.2. does or allows to be done anything which, in Telkom SA's reasonable
opinion, may have the effect of negatively affecting the operation of the Telkom
SA network or the provision of services to the customer or to any other
customer(s) of Telkom SA.
2. Notwithstanding any suspension of service
under this clause G, the customer shall remain liable for all charges due
hereunder throughout the period of suspension unless Telkom SA, in its sole
discretion, determines otherwise.
H. TERMINATION
1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this agreement, Telkom
SA shall at any time be entitled to terminate this agreement on not less than 30
(days) notice to such effect to the customer, Telkom SA making due refunds. In
the case of a month-to-month agreement the customer shall give Telkom SA one
calendar month notice of termination.
2. Without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies which Telkom SA may have in terms hereof or at law, Telkom SA shall be
entitled to forthwith cancel this agreement and discontinue the service if the
customer fails to comply with any of the terms or conditions of this agreement
or any other agreement made between Telkom SA and the customer.
3. Upon termination of this agreement Telkom SA
shall disconnect the customer from the networks of Telkom SA and all its network
providers.
4. After disconnection of the customer upon
termination of this agreement, the customer shall on demand pay all charges
outstanding at the time of disconnection, including any disconnection fee, which
may be charged by Telkom SA.
5. Upon termination due to any breach of this
agreement by the customer, Telkom SA shall be entitled to claim damages.
I. EXCUSABLE EVENTS
Telkom SA shall not be liable to the customer for any breach of this agreement
or failure on its part to perform any obligation as a result any circumstances
outside Telkom SA's reasonable control, including without limitation, of
technical problems relating to the network, or any one of them, acts of God,
government control, restrictions or prohibitions or any government act or
omission, whether local, national or international, act or default of any
supplier, agent or sub-contractor, industrial disputes of any kind or any other
cause.
J. ALTERATION
Telkom SA reserves the right and shall be entitled to alter any name, code or
number allocated by Telkom SA for use in connection with the services and the
customer hereby indemnifies Telkom SA against any cost to the customer, loss or
liability arising from such alteration.
K. SUPPORT SERVICE
1. Telkom SA shall, as and when specifically requested to do so by the customer
in writing, render such consultation and support services to the customer
pertaining to the identification and, if possible, solution of problems
encountered by the customer in the Telkom SA services rendered to it or with his
Internet related services in general as the customer may request, subject to the
payment by the customer of all hourly tariffs, distance charges and other
related fees payable in respect thereof.
2. Telkom SA shall, as part of such service,
identify the customer's problem, but does not give any warranty, guarantee or
any other similar undertaking that it will be able to rectify all or any of the
problems so identified.
3. The customer shall-
3.1. supply all software, hardware and all
related documentation required by Telkom SA to identify and solve any problem
encountered by the customer. Failure to do so will result in Telkom SA not being
able to assist customer any further, whilst the customer shall remain liable for
the payment of any and all amounts referred to in K1;
3.2. render to Telkom SA, its agents, representatives and employees all
necessary assistance to identify, locate and solve any problem encountered by
the customer; and
3.3. ensure the safety of all agents, representatives and employees of Telkom SA
present at the customer's premises and shall and hereby does assume
responsibility and liability for any cost, expense, loss or damage incurred or
suffered by Telkom SA or any of its representatives, agents or employees as a
result of any injury to or the death of any such person whilst present at the
customer's premises, from whatsoever cause arising.
4. Telkom SA does and shall not accept any
responsibility or liability for any existing data on the customer's equipment
and shall specifically not be required to back-up any data before commencing any
work. The customer hereby indemnifies and holds Telkom SA harmless against any
cost, liability, loss or damage incurred or suffered by the customer or by
Telkom SA as a result of the loss of any such data, whether occasioned by any
act or omission of Telkom SA, its representatives, agents or employees or
otherwise.
5. Consultation time charged for will commence
when the relevant Telkom SA agent, representative or employee leaves the Telkom
SA office and will end when he returns to the Telkom SA office. The customer
will be charged should the consultant for any reason whatsoever not be able to
obtain access to the customer's premises or equipment.
L. GENERAL
1. The customer shall not cede, assign, transfer, encumber or delegate any of
his rights or obligations in terms of this agreement to any third party.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Telkom SA shall be
entitled to cede its rights and delegate its obligations in terms of this
agreement to any of its affiliate companies, provided that reasonable guarantees
will be given to the customer.
2. The terms and conditions as set out herein,
constitute the entire agreement between Telkom SA and the customer and supersede
all representations made to the customer, all amendments effected by the
customer to any application form or other similar document submitted by him and
all communications between Telkom SA and the customer relating to the subject
matter hereof.
3. The customer chooses, as his domicilium
citandi et executandi, the physical address set out in "Customer
Details" in this agreement.
4. Telkom SA reserves the right to amend these
terms and conditions from time to time and shall notify the customer of such
amendments.
5. This agreement shall be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the law of the Republic of South
Africa.
6. The clause headings in this agreement are for
the purpose of convenience only and shall not be taken into account in the
interpretation of nor modify the terms of this agreement. Unless inconsistent
with or a contrary intention clearly appears from the context words importing
any reference to a gender includes the other genders, any reference to the
singular includes the plural and vice versa, and any reference to natural
persons includes legal persons and vice versa.
7. If any clause or clauses of the terms and
conditions of this agreement is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms and conditions of this
agreement shall remain valid and enforceable.
M. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1. The intellectual property rights including (without limitation) copyrights
and the trade and service marks utilized by Telkom SA during the term of this
Agreement, shall remain the property of Telkom SA or Telkom SA's licensers and,
save as provided herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
to confer on the customer any rights or licenses in such intellectual property
rights.
2. Should Telkom SA be required to develop any
computer code, data, documents, presentations, solutions design, web site or any
application ("the work"), then all intellectual property rights in and
to such work shall vest exclusively in Telkom SA. To the extent that
intellectual property rights in the work vests, for whatever reason, in the
customer, the customer hereby agrees to assign all such intellectual property
rights to Telkom SA, which hereby accepts such assignment.
3. Save as provided for in this agreement, any
license granted to the customer in terms of this agreement shall be for singular
user only. The customer shall be obliged to pay a license fee for multiple use.
4. The customer shall not modify or use any
software, computer code, data, documents, presentations, solutions design, web
site or any application licensed to it in terms of this agreement, to create a
derivative work.
N. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Important
Note: This document will be updated frequently. Please make a habit of reviewing
it from time to time to stay abreast of the content thereof. This document has
been created by CyberTrade Access and is protected by copyright. The contents or
part thereof may not be used or copied in any way without prior permission.
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INTRODUCTION
This document is intended to provide a general understanding of CyberTrade
Access's Acceptable Use Policy. Protection of our customers and our resources,
the ability to provide quality service to our customers, conformance with
existing laws, and protection of our reputation as a responsible service
provider are all contributing factors to decisions on Acceptable Use Policy
violations.
It is
our intention to allow CyberTrade Access customer's access to everything the
Internet has to offer with minimal or no interference. Our belief in free speech
is a firm commitment to our customers. However, certain activities are
considered inappropriate by the Internet community at large and cannot be
permitted under the guise of free speech.
Save as
may be set out herein, we do not monitor the activity of accounts except for
measurements of system utilization and billing records. However, in our efforts
to promote good citizenship within the Internet community, if we become aware of
inappropriate use of our service, we will respond appropriately.
If a
CyberTrade Access account is used to violate the Acceptable Use Policy, we
reserve the right to terminate the service without notice. Our preferred course
of action is to advise the customer of the inappropriate behaviour and any
corrective action that is necessary. However, flagrant violations of the
Acceptable Use Policy will result in immediate termination of service. Our
failure to enforce this policy, for whatever reason, shall not be construed as a
waiver of our right to do so at any time.
As a
member of our network community, we encourage you to use your Internet access
responsibly. Should you have any questions regarding this policy, feel free to
contact us at 0800-578 578.
Reports
of activity in violation of this policy may be sent via e-mail to abuse@cybertrade.co.za
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GENERAL
Your CyberTrade Access account provides you access to a vast collection of
networks around the world via the World Wide Web, electronic mail, FTP (File
Transfer Protocol) and USENET. Your use of these services is subject to the
following policy. Violations of this policy may result in termination of your
account with or without notice in accordance with the terms and conditions that
you accepted at the time of registration for your account.
In
general, remember that you may not use your CyberTrade Access account
- in
a manner which violates rules, regulations and policies applicable to any
network, server, computer database, web site or Internet Service Provider
("ISP") that you access through your Internet account;
- in a manner which violates any law, regulation, treaty or tariff;
- in a manner which is defamatory, fraudulent, indecent, offensive or deceptive;
- to threaten, harass, abuse or intimidate others;
- to damage the name or reputation of CyberTrade Access, its holding company,
affiliates and subsidiaries;
- in a manner which interferes with other customers' use and enjoyment of the
services provided by CyberTrade Access; or
- to breach the security on any computer network, or to access an account which
does not belong to you.
The
following is a list of guidelines for using your Internet account. The following
information is intended as a guideline, and thus cannot be all-inclusive.
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USENET POSTINGS
Your CyberTrade Access account gives you access to thousands of USENET
newsgroups. These newsgroups allow you to read and post messages on a variety of
topics. USENET newsgroups may be moderated or unmoderated. Newsgroups may also
have a charter or a FAQ that describes what posts are appropriate. Misuse of
USENET may result in the termination of your service.
CyberTrade
Access does not control the content of the newsgroups available to you.
CyberTrade Access believes that decisions about which newsgroups and messages to
read are best left to its customers. Screening software is available from third
parties, and it is your responsibility to use such tools if desired. CyberTrade
Access is not responsible for the content of any USENET posting, whether or not
a CyberTrade Access customer or employee made the posting.
Postings to USENET newsgroups must comply with the written charters or FAQs for those
newsgroups. Advertisements, solicitations or other commercial postings should
only be posted in those newsgroups whose charters/FAQs explicitly permit them.
You are responsible for determining the policies of a given newsgroup prior to
posting to it. If you are unable to find a newsgroup's policy regarding
commercial posts, you must assume the following as guidelines for postings to
such newsgroups,
- You may not post or cross-post the same or substantially similar message to more
than 10 (ten) newsgroups. Continued cross posting can result in termination
of service and the removal of the articles from the newsgroups.
- You are prohibited from posting binary files to newsgroups not specifically
named for that purpose.
- You are prohibited from posting messages promoting pyramid schemes, "Make
Money Fast" (MMF) schemes, chain letters, or other schemes to USENET
newsgroups. Doing so will result in immediate termination of service.
- You are prohibited from forging or removing header information. This includes
attempting to circumvent the approval process for posting to a moderated
newsgroup.
- You may not solicit mail for any address other than your CyberTrade Access
Service account or service where doing so manifests intent to harass others.
- You may not post USENET messages for the purpose of threatening, harassing or
intimidating other USENET newsgroup users.
- You may not post messages that infringe on personal or property rights of others
(e.g., privacy rights, copyrights).
- You may not cancel posts other than your own, with the exception of official
newsgroup moderators performing their duties.
CyberTrade Access does not censor or control content posted to a USENET newsgroup. As a
user of our service, you are solely responsible for the content that you
publish. CyberTrade Access, upon receiving notification that certain postings
violate this policy, or any law or regulation currently in force, or infringe on
the trademark or copyrights of another, reserves the right to remove posts from
our news server and to terminate your Internet account.
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ACCOUNT AND NETWORK SECURITY
Your password provides access to your individual account. It is your
responsibility to keep your password secure. Sharing your password and account
access with others is prohibited. Attempting to obtain another user's account
password is strictly prohibited, and may result in termination of service.
You may not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network
or account ("cracking"). This includes, but is not limited to,
accessing making use of a server or account you are not expressly authorized to
access, or probing the security of other networks. Use or distribution of tools
designed for compromising security is prohibited. Examples of these tools
include, but are not limited to, password guessing programs, cracking tools or
network probing tools.
You may not attempt to interfere with service to any user, host, or network
("denial of service attacks"). This includes, but is not limited to,
"flooding" of networks, deliberate attempts to overload a service, and
attempts to "crash" a host.
Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.
CyberTrade Access will co-operate fully with investigations of violations of
systems or network security at other sites, including co-operating with law
enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations.
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ELECTRONIC MAIL
Your account with CyberTrade Access includes the ability to send and receive
electronic mail. Misuse of e-mail may result in termination of service. The
following examples are non-exclusive and are provided for guidance to customers.
Use of your e-mail account to send unsolicited bulk or commercial messages is
prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial
advertising, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for
signatures, and political or religious tracts. Such material may only be sent to
those who have explicitly requested it.
Using a CyberTrade Access address to collect responses from unsolicited bulk or
commercial e-mail is prohibited.
Sending mass unsolicited mail or deliberately sending very large messages or files to
one or more recipients ("mail bombing") is prohibited.
Forging or removing e-mail headers is prohibited.
Use of e-mail to harass or intimidate other users is prohibited. Harassment, whether
through language, frequency of messages, or size of messages, is prohibited.
Sending a single unwelcome message may be considered harassment. If a recipient
asks to stop receiving e-mail from you, you must not send that person any
further messages.
You may not forward or otherwise propagate chain letters, whether or not such messages
solicit money or other items of value, and whether or not the recipient wishes
to receive such mailings.
CyberTrade Access accounts may not be used to collect replies to messages sent from another
ISP, where those messages violate this Acceptable Use Policy or the Acceptable
Use Policy of the other ISP.
CyberTrade
Access reserves the right to delete messages or files which have remained on its
servers for excessive periods of time as determined by CyberTrade Access, in its
sole discretion. Each customer account will be provided an amount of storage for
e-mail as determined by CyberTrade Access from time to time in its sole and
absolute discretion. If your account exceeds this space, all messages over 30
(thirty) days old will be deleted.
6 PROTECTION OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE
CyberTrade Access reserves sole discretion to determine whether any customer's
use of the service interferes with other customers' use and enjoyment of the
services.
The sending of excessive numbers of e-mail or excessively large files which, in
CyberTrade Access's sole opinion, negatively affects the performance of the
network or any server on the network may result in deletion of the offending
message or file, and may result in the termination of services.
You may not provide network services from your dial-up account (for example, you may not
use your dial-up account to operate as an FTP server).
CyberTrade Access accounts operate on shared resources. You are prohibited from excessive
consumption of resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space and session
time. You may not use resource-intensive programs, which negatively impact other
customers or the performance of CyberTrade Access systems or networks.
CyberTrade Access reserves the right to terminate or limit such activities. ·
At no time may there be simultaneous use of the same user-id and password
combination.
You may not employ automated electronic or mechanical processes designed to defeat
network inactivity time-outs. Such tools include, but are not limited to, use of
an auto-dialer and repetitive pinging the host.
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THIRD PARTY INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC)
Although CyberTrade Access may offer IRC software, you may not use IRC scripts
or programs that interfere with or deny service to other users on any other
server or host. You also may not engage in activities that harass other users.
This includes, but is not limited to, "flooding" (rapidly entering
text with the intent to disrupt service), "flashing" (disrupting
terminal emulation), "takeovers" (improper seizing and abuse of
operator privileges), attempting to send private messages to those who do not
wish to receive them, attempting to return to a channel after being banned from
it, and other disruptive behaviour. You may run clones (multiple simultaneous
IRC connections) and robots only as permitted by the host IRC server.
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ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
Any activity on CyberTrade Access's network that is a violation of any law or
regulation in force from time to time or of this policy and will result in
immediate termination of service. Prohibited activities include, but are not
limited to -
Transmitting obscene materials; intentionally spreading or threatening to spread computer
viruses; gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to private networks
including CyberTrade Access's private network infrastructure; accessing or
attempting to access information not intended for the customer; engaging in the
transmission of pirated software; and, conducting or participating in illegal
gambling, soliciting for illegal pyramid and other schemes through electronic
mail or USENET postings.
Transmitting obscene materials; intentionally spreading or threatening to spread computer
viruses; gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to private networks
including CyberTrade Access's private network infrastructure; accessing or
attempting to access information not intended for the customer; engaging in the
transmission of pirated software; and, conducting or participating in illegal
gambling, soliciting for illegal pyramid and other schemes through electronic
mail or USENET postings.
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