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Terms of Use
1. General
This Acceptable Use Policy sets forth guidelines for the acceptable
use of Today’s Technology' network and infrastructure. All Subscribers
to Today’s Technology' services are required to comply with this
policy.
2. Illegal Use.
The Today’s Technology network and infrastructure may only be used for
lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material
in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This
includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright,
trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used
without proper authorization, and material that is libellous,
defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, violates export control
laws or regulations or encourages conduct that would constitute a
criminal offence or give rise to civil liability.
3. System and Network and infrastructure Security.
Violations of system or network and infrastructure security are
prohibited. Examples of system or network and infrastructure security
violations include, without limitation:
a. Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or network and
infrastructure, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or
authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of
the system or network and infrastructure;
b. Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system
without express authorization of the owner of the system or network;
c. Interference with service provided to any user, host or network
including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, computer worms
or viruses, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast
attacks; and
d. Forging of any tcp-ip packet header or any part of the header
information.
4. Abuse.
The following acts are considered to be abusive of the Today’s
Technology network and infrastructure and are prohibited:
a. Any conduct which violates the accepted norms and expectations of
the Internet community at large including, without limitation, posting
or distributing information or materials which are abusive or
threatening. Today’s Technology reserves the right determine, in its
sole discretion, whether any particular conduct violates such norms
and expectations;
b. Resale of any Today’s Technology services or products unless
expressly authorized in writing by Today’s Technology;
c. Falsifying Subscriber information in applications, contracts and
other materials provided to Today’s Technology including fraudulent
use of credit card numbers or "bill to" numbers;
d. Falsifying identity or contact information to circumvent this
Acceptable Use Policy or otherwise;
e. Forging of message headers or a sender's identity, or taking any
similar action with the intent of bypassing restrictions or limits on
access to a specific service or site;
f. Creating, forwarding, posting or distributing chain messages of any
type (also known as "pyramid" or "ponzi" schemes); and
g. Attempting to circumvent or alter the processes or procedures to
measure time, bandwidth utilization or other methods to document use
of Today’s Technology services.
5. E-mail.
Today’s Technology prohibits Subscribers from engaging the following
e-mail related activities:
a. Sending unsolicited bulk e-mail ("UBE", or "SPAM"). This includes
but is not limited to the distribution of UBE for commercial,
informational, advertising, political, or religious purposes;
b. Setting up "mail back" or "drop box" addresses in order to receive
responses from UBE, either directly by the Subscriber or by a third
party on behalf of the Subscriber; and
c. Engaging in any of the foregoing activities by using the service of
another provider, but channelling such activities through a Today’s
Technology account, remailer, or otherwise through a Today’s
Technology service or using a Today’s Technology account as a mail
drop for responses or otherwise using the services of another provider
for the purpose of facilitating the foregoing activities if such use
of another party's service could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect a Today’s Technology service.
d. Running a mail server with open relay, i.e. which allows the
unchallenged forwarding of e-mail. Today’s Technology reserves the
right to implement technical mechanisms, which block UBE before it is
forwarded or otherwise, sent to its intended recipients.
6. Compromised Servers or Network and Infrastructure Equipment.
Today’s Technology prohibits the continued operation of servers that
have been compromised by third parties or automated agents.
7. World Wide Web.
Today’s Technology prohibits Subscribers from engaging in any of the
following web-related activities:
a. Exploiting or attempting to exploit any scripts presented on a web
page;
b. Utilizing programs, scripts or commands to abuse a web site, e.g.
by using bandwidth excessively; and
c. Hosting a web page which acts maliciously against users that visit
that page.
8. Indirect Violations.
Indirect or attempted violations of the policy and actual or attempted
violations by a third party on behalf of a subscriber or a
subscriber’s end user shall be considered violations of the policy by
such subscriber or end user. .
9. Reporting.
Subscribers to Today’s Technology' services are required to
immediately report to Today’s Technology any event or issue which
could compromise the stability, service or security of the Today’s
Technology network and infrastructure and (ii) any known violation of
this Acceptable Use Policy.
10. Consequences of Non-Compliance.
Violation of this Acceptable Use Policy is strictly prohibited. In the
event of any actual or potential violation, Today’s Technology
reserves the right to (i) suspend or terminate, either temporarily or
permanently, any or all services provided by Today’s Technology to
Subscriber, (ii) block and/or filter any abusive activity or (iii)
take any other actions as deemed appropriate by Today’s Technology in
its sole discretion. Nothing contained in this policy shall be
construed to limit Today’s Technology' actions or remedies in any way
with respect to any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy.
Subscribers who violate this Acceptable Use Policy may incur criminal
or civil liability. Today’s Technology may refer violators to civil or
criminal authorities for prosecution and will cooperate fully with
applicable government authorities.
11. Changes to Policy.
Today’s Technology reserves the right to modify this Acceptable Use
Policy at any time without notice. A current version of the policy is
posted on Today’s Technology' web site at http://www.ttmg.com/
acceptable.
2. Complaints; Questions. Complaints or questions regarding this
Acceptable Use Policy should be sent to abuse@ttmg.com
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