At TEAM-TNT, we value our Customers and wish to provide them with a positive experience. To
offer you the best service possible, all Customers need to follow the same rules and
guidelines. These policies are intended to make TEAM-TNT's Service available to all our
Customers as consistently and efficiently as possible.
User-Supplied
Content
All services may be used for lawful purposes only. Through TEAM-TNT's Service, you may have
access to Chat Areas, Bulletin Boards, Web Pages, eMail, or other Services that enable you
to send or post materials ("content") and make that content available to others. You must not
submit, publish, or display on the Network any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene,
infringing, or threatening content. In addition, you may not submit, publish, or display any
content that violates any US Federal, State, or Local Law. You are solely responsible for the
content you make accessible through the TEAM-TNT Network. You may not use the Service to
assist any other person or entity to violate any Federal, State, or Local Laws, Ordinances or
Regulations.
TEAM-TNT
is not obligated to monitor the Network to examine available content.
You hereby acknowledge that if we are made aware of content that is determined
to be, in its sole discretion, unacceptable, undesirable, offensive, indecent,
obscene, excessively violent or otherwise objectionable, TEAM-TNT
has the right, but not the obligation, to edit, remove or deny access
to such content. TEAM-TNT may disclose any content or
records concerning Customer's account as required to satisfy any Law,
Regulation, Governmental Request or Court Order.
Pornography and sex-related
merchandising are prohibited on all TEAM-TNT Servers.
This includes Sites that may infer sexual content, display nudity, or
link to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for Sites that promote
any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to TEAM-TNT's
Servers or any other Server on the Internet. Links to such materials are
also prohibited. In addition, any Site Selling or promoting Bulk eMail
Service is not allowed. Below are some examples of non-acceptable content
or links:
- Adult Sites
- Any erotic or pornographic material, links to adult sites, or advertisements
for adult sites.
- Pirated Software
(Warez) - Any software that is copyrighted and not freely available
for distribution without cost; i.e. ROMs, ROM Emulators and MPEG Layer
3 files (MP3).
- Copyright Violations
- Violation of copyrights held by individuals and corporations or other
entities can result in civil and criminal liability for the infringer.
- Hacking/Phreaking
- Includes sites with material, links, or resources for hacking, phreaking,
viruses, anarchy, or any type of site that promotes or participates
in willful harm to Internet Sites or Providers.
Network
Security
Customers may not use the TEAM-TNT Network with an attempt
to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account.
This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the
Customer, logging into a Server or Account the Customer is not expressly
authorized to access, password cracking, probing the security of other networks
in search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's Security
Policy. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any User,
Host or Network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing,
or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a Host or Network. TEAM-TNT
will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of Systems or Network
Security at other sites, including cooperating with Law Enforcement Authorities
in the investigation of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate
System or Network Security may incur Criminal or Civil Liability..
CGI
Scripts
Each TEAM-TNT Account comes fully equipped with its own
pre-configured CGI-Bin. Customers are free to use any CGI-Scripts provided
with their account or add any additional ones they require. Any CGI-Scripts
deemed to be adversely affecting the Server performance or the Network
integrity may be shut down without prior notice. CGI-Script sharing with
Domains not hosted by TEAM-TNT is not allowed.
Chat
Rooms
TEAM-TNT prohibits its Customers from installing outside
chat rooms on their Domain, as these tend to be a resource problem. TEAM-TNT
does provide its Customers a choice of Java Chat rooms to choose from
for a nominal monthly charge. These chat rooms were designed to meet the
growing needs of Customers and function without hindering the performance
of the Servers for others.
Server
Resources
Any Web Site that uses a high amount of Server resources (such as, but
not limited to CPU Time, Memory Usage, and Network Resources) will be
given an option of either upgrading their service level or reducing the
resource used to an acceptable level.
Background
Running Programs
Background Daemons in general are prohibited. TEAM-TNT
will consider requests on a Per Application Basis. If allowed,
extra charges will be assessed based on resource requirements for system
maintenance.
IRC
TEAM-TNT currently prohibits its Customers from operating
IRC or IRC Bots on any of the Servers in the TEAM-TNT
Network.
Commercial
Advertising/ Mass Mailings
You must not use the TEAM-TNT Network, TEAM-TNT
Equipment or any TEAM-TNT eMail Address in connection
with the transmission of spam, flames, mail bombs, or substantially similar,
unsolicited email messages. Your Domain may not be referenced as originator,
intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above. This prohibition
extends to the sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another service
that in any way implicates the use of the TEAM-TNT Network,
TEAM-TNT Equipment or any TEAM-TNT eMail
Address. A message is considered unsolicited if it is posted in violation
of a newsgroup charter or if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested
or invited the message. For purposes of this provision, merely making
one's email address accessible to the public will not constitute a request
or invitation to receive messages.
If you are found
to have spammed, without warning, TEAM-TNT reserves the
right to disable your Domain. In addition, TEAM-TNT may
impose a $100 penalty for each spam policy violation. TEAM-TNT
solely reserves the right to refuse or cancel service to known
spammers. Lastly, TEAM-TNT reserves the right to determine
what violates this policy. As such, any violation may result in cancellation
of services without refund.
Distribution
and/or Transmission of Obscene,
Indecent Speech or Materials
Violation of Indecency and Obscenity Laws can result in Criminal Penalties.
Intellectual
Property Rights
Material accessible to you through TEAM-TNT's Services
may be subject to protection under the United States or other Copyright
Laws, or laws protecting Trademarks, Trade Secrets or Proprietary information.
Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, you must
not use the TEAM-TNT Service in a manner that would infringe,
violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any
material, which you access or receive through the TEAM-TNT
Network. If you use a domain name in connection with the TEAM-TNT
Service or similar service, you must not use that Domain Name in violation
of any Trademark, Service Mark, or similar rights of any third party.
Defamation
Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in Civil Lliability
for the defamer.
Refusal
of Service
TEAM-TNT reserves the right at its sole discretion
to refuse or cancel service. Violation of any of TEAM-TNT's
Rules and Regulations could result in a Warning, Suspension, or possible
Account Termination. Accounts terminated due to policy violations will
not be refunded.
Service
Cancellation
To authenticate a cancellation request, you must fill out the On-line
Cancellation Form. If this is not possible, you may fax the notice to
(530) 751-0784 or mail the cancellation notice to TEAM-TNT
, PO Box 407, Yuba City, CA 95991. You must include your
Account eMail Address, Account Name, Account Password and the Domain on
which you want to cancel the hosting.
We cannot accept
cancellation requests over the phone for security reasons.
Indemnification
Customer agrees that it will protect, indemnify, save and hold TEAM-TNT
harmless from any and all stipulations, liabilities, losses, expenses
and claims, as well as reasonable attorney's fees assessed against TEAM-TNT
, its agents, customers, officers, employees and administration that
may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to
be performed or any product sold by it's customers, agents, employees
or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold TEAM-TNT
harmless against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person
or property caused by any products sold or distributed in association
with TEAM-TNT 's Services; (2) any material furnished
by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights
of a third party; (3) copyright violation and any defective products sold
to a Customer from TEAM-TNT 's Services.
Disclaimer
TEAM-TNT will not be responsible for any damages
your business may suffer. TEAM-TNT makes no warranties
of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. TEAM-TNT
disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries,
wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by TEAM-TNT
and its employees. TEAM-TNT reserves the right
to amend or update these policies without notice. Failure to follow any
terms and conditions may result in account deactivation.
TEAM-TNT
furthermore expects that its Customers who provide Internet services to
others will fully comply with all applicable laws concerning the Privacy
of On-line Communications. A Customer's failure to comply with those laws
will violate this policy. Finally, TEAM-TNT wishes to
emphasize that in accepting services, Customers indemnify TEAM-TNT
for the violation of any law or TEAM-TNT policy, that
results in loss to TEAM-TNT or the bringing of any claim
against TEAM-TNT. This means that if TEAM-TNT
is sued because of activities of the Customer that violate any law, or
this policy, the Customer will pay any damages awarded against TEAM-TNT,
plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
Last Revision January 18, 2002
Policies | Privacy Statement
