ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY(“AUP”),1.General Information.
SiteLock, LLC (“SiteLock”)developed this Acceptable Use Policy ,(“AUP”), which supplements and explains certain terms of each customer’s respective service ,agreement and is intended as a guide to the customer’s rights and obligations when utilizing ,SiteLock’sservices.
This AUP will be revised from time to time.
A customer’s use of ,SiteLock’s services after changes to the AUP are posted on SiteLock’s web site, ,HTTP://WWW.SITELOCK.COMunder the terms section, will constitute the customer’s ,acceptance of any new or additional terms of the AUP that result from those changes.
,2.Scope.
This AUP governs the usage of SiteLock’s products and services (the “Services”).
This ,AUP is incorporated by reference into each contract SiteLockenters into with a customer(each, ,a “Customer”) for the use ofsuchServices.
SiteLockmay modify this AUP at any time without ,notice.
,3.Purpose.
The purpose of this AUP is to enhance the quality of the Services and to protect ,SiteLock’s customers, and the Internet community as a whole, from illegal, irresponsible, or ,disruptive Internet activities.
This AUP applies to each Customer andits employees, agents, ,contractors or other users of such Customer who obtain Services from SiteLock(each such ,person being a “User”).
Each User should use common sense and good judgment in connection ,with the Services.
,4.Prohibited Uses.
Customers and Users maynot:,a.Utilize the Services in connection with any illegal activity.
Without limiting the general ,application of this rule, Customers and Users maynot:,i.Utilize the Services to copy material from third parties (including text, graphics, ,music, videos or other copyrightable material) without proper authorization;,ii.Utilize the Services to misappropriate or infringe the patents, copyrights, ,trademarks or other intellectual property rights of any thirdparty;,iii.Utilize the Services to traffic in illegal drugs, illegal gambling, obscene ,materials or other any products or services that are prohibited under applicable,law;,iv.Utilize the Services to export encryption software to points outside the United ,States in violation of applicable export controllaws;,v.Utilizethe Services to forge or misrepresent message headers, whether in whole ,or in part, to mask the originator of the message.
or,vi.Utilize the Services in any manner that violates applicablelaw.,b.Utilize the Services in connection with any tortious or actionable activity.
Without ,limiting the general application of this rule, Customers and Users maynot:,i.Utilize the Services to publish or disseminate information that (A) constitutes ,slander, libel, or defamation, (B) publicizes the personal information or likeness of ,a person without that person’s consent or (C) otherwise violates the privacy rights ,of anyperson.
Utilize the Services to threaten persons with bodily harm, to make ,harassing or abusive statements or messages, or to solicit the performance ofacts ,or services that are illegal under applicablelaw.,ii.Utilize the Services in connection with any other disruptive or abusive activity.
,Without limiting the general application of this rule, Customers and Users maynot:,a.Utilize the Services to cause denial of service attacks against SiteLock,or other Internet users or to otherwise degrade or impair the operation ,of SiteLock’s servers and facilities or the servers and facilities of other ,Internet users;or,b.Utilize the Services to subvert, or assist others in subverting, the security ,or integrity of any SiteLocksystems, facilities or equipment;or,c.Utilize the Services to gain unauthorized access to the computer ,networks of SiteLockor any other person;or,d.Utilize the Services to provide passwords or access codes to persons not ,authorized to receive such materials by the operator of the system ,requiring the password or access code.
or,e.Utilize the Services to (A) forge the signature or other identifying mark ,or code of any other person, (B) impersonate or assume the identity or ,any other person, or(C) engage in any other activity (including ,“spoofing”) to attempt to deceive or mislead other persons regarding ,the true identity of the User (excluding the use of anonymous re-mailers ,or Internet nicknames);or,f.Utilize the Services to distribute or post any virus, worm, Trojan horse, ,or computer code intended to disrupt services, destroy data, destroy or ,damage equipment, or disrupt the operation of the Services;or,g.Utilize the Services to conduct port scans or other invasive procedures ,against any server (except any server for which the User is an authorized ,system administrator);or,h.Utilize the Services to distribute, advertise or promote software or ,services that have the primary purpose of encouraging or facilitating ,unsolicited commercial e-mail or SPAM;or,i.Utilize the Services to solicit or collect, or distribute, advertise or ,promote, e-mail address lists for the purpose of encouraging or ,facilitating unsolicited commercial e-mail or SPAM;or,j.Utilize the Services in any manner that might subject SiteLockto ,unfavorable regulatory action, subject SiteLockto any liability for any ,reason, or adversely affect SiteLock’s public image, reputation or ,goodwill, including, without limitation, sending or distributing sexually ,explicit, hateful, vulgar, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable ,materials as determined by SiteLockin itssole discretion;or,k.Attempt to attack, disrupt, or abuse the support and contact-related ,mechanisms of SiteLock, including, but not limited to, telephone lines, ,email addresses, fax lines, bulletin boards or contact/signup forms;or,l.Utilize the Services in any other manner to interrupt or interfere with the ,Internet usage of otherpersons;,5.Violations,a.Disclaimer.
SiteLockexpressly disclaims any obligation to monitor its Customers and ,other Users with respect to violations of this AUP.
SiteLockhas no liability or ,responsibility for the actions of any of its Customers or other Users or any content any ,User may post on any Web site.,b.Reporting Non-Copyright Violations.
SiteLockencourages Users to report violations ,of this policy by e-mail to: abuse@sitelock.com,including in any such report the name ,of the offending domain and the type of abuse in the “subject” field of thee-mail.,c.Remedies.
If SiteLocklearns of a violation of this AUP, SiteLockwill respond to the ,applicable Customer and may, in SiteLock’s sole discretion, take any of the following ,actions, in accordance with the severity and duration of theviolation:,i.Warnthe Customer;and/or,ii.Suspendthe offending Customer from the Services;and/or,iii.Terminatethe offending Customer from the Services;and/or,iv.Imposefees or charges on the offending Customer account in accordance with ,the applicable service contract;and/or,v.Takeother action in accordance with this AUP, the applicable service contract ,or applicablelaw.,6.Reservation of Rights.
SiteLockreserves the right to cooperate with appropriate legal ,authorities in investigations of claims of illegal activity involving SiteLock’s Services, ,Customers and other Users.
SiteLockreserves all other rights to respond to violations of this ,AUP to the extent of applicable law and in accordance with any applicable contractual ,obligations.
SiteLockmay utilize technical means to monitor communications into, and out ,of, its network facilities to prevent the introduction of viruses or other hostile code, to prevent ,intrusions and otherwise to enforce this AUP and each Customer agrees that SiteLockis ,authorized to monitor its communications through SiteLock’s network for suchpurposes.,Revised: February22,2016