Accepted Uses and Content Policy
of Criss & Cross Atlantic, Inc.
The policies and guidelines expressed herein
supplement the rights and obligations of the
parties under the Service Agreement of even date.
This document establishes operating principles
and acceptable use policies as they relate to
the Customer+s use of the Internet and the
connection/services provided by C&CA to the
Customer under the Service Contract Agreement.
General
The Internet is a voluntary association of users
interested in and willing to exchange information
and data with other Internet users. At present
there is no oversight group providing governance
over the principles, policies or procedures for
use of the Internet or the information and data
accessed via the Internet.
In order to facilitate their contractual
relationship the Customer and C&CA wish to
define a working protocol of principles and
policies and establish operating guidelines
and acceptable standards of use of the Internet.
To this end the parties agree as follows:
Principles Governing Acceptable use of the Internet by the Customer
1. Responsibility and Respect - The Internet
is a network intended for use by mature, adult users.
The Customer recognizes this principle and undertakes
at all times to act with respect, courtesy and
responsibility, giving due regard to the interests
and rights of other Internet user groups. This general
guideline carries with it the following specific
responsibilities:
a) Knowledge of the Internet - The Customer agrees
to obtain a basic knowledge of the Internet and its
operating principles and procedures.
b) Improper Uses - The Customer will avoid violation
of certain generally accepted guidelines on Internet
usage such as restrictions on mass mailings and mass
advertisements, pirating or copying of software, mail
bombing or other methods of attempting to deny service
or access to other users, and attempts to violate
security.
c) Compliance with Laws - The Customer will ensure
that its use of the Internet complies with all applicable
federal, state and local law and regulation, including but
not limited to those principles of law which protect
against compromise of copyrights, trade secrets,
proprietary information and other intellectual property
rights, libel or defamation of character, invasion of
privacy, tortious interference, and export of technical
or military data to prohibited countries.
d) Validation of Information - The Customer is
responsible for validating the integrity of the
information and data it receives or transmits over
the Internet.
e) Security - The Customer is required to protect
the security of its Internet account and usage. The
Customer+s password will be treated as private and
confidential and not disclosed to or shared with any
third parties.
f) Discretion and Judgment - The Customer is expected
to use discretion in the treatment and handling of
Internet information and data and to take particular
care to insure that adult information is not transmitted
to juvenile users of the Internet.
g) Pornography - Due to legal and social issues, we will
not accept any new customers who publish pornographic
images. If an existing customer publishes pornographic
images, C&CA may issue a warning and/or suspend your
account.
h) Excessive CPU usages - Customers will not be allowed
to use excessive amounts of CPU processing on any of our
servers or face immediate suspension. For example:
1) a few customers have tried re-selling our counters or
auto-responders to the rest of the world which caused
an excessive amount of requests on our server(s).
2) email bombs. 3) re-selling CGI access to other 3rd
parties
© 1996 Criss & Cross Atlantic,Inc.