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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Introduction
RC
Technologies Corporation (hereafter "RCT") is pleased that you have
chosen RCT Internet access and e-mail service (the "Service"). Our goal
is to provide you with a high-quality Internet experience. This
Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") has been designed to protect our
Service, our subscribers, and the Internet community, from
inappropriate, illegal or otherwise objectionable activities. Please
read this policy prior to accessing the Service. All users of the
Service must abide by this AUP. Your violation of this AUP may result
in the immediate suspension or termination of either your access to the
Service and/or your RCT account. This AUP should be read in conjunction
with our Internet Subscriber Agreement and other applicable policies.
By
using the Service, you agree to abide by, and require others using the
Service via your account to abide by the terms of this AUP. You should
consult this document regularly to ensure that your activities conform
to the most recent version. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE
TERMS, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND NOTIFY
THE RCT CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE CLOSED.
Prohibited
Activities. You may not use the Service in a manner that violates any
applicable local, state, federal or international law, order or
regulation. Additionally, you may not use the Service to:
• Conduct, participate in, or otherwise facilitate pyramid or other illegal soliciting
schemes.
• Take part in any fraudulent activities, including impersonating any person or
entity or forging anyone else's digital or manual signature.
• Invade another person's privacy, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate the rights of
others.
• Post, transmit, or disseminate content that is threatening, abusive, libelous,
slanderous, defamatory, incites hatred, or is otherwise offensive or objectionable.
• Restrict, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person to use
or enjoy the equipment or the Service, including, without limitation, by posting or
transmitting any information or software which contains a virus, lock, key, bomb,
worm, Trojan horse, cancelbot, or other harmful feature.
• Collect or store personal data about other users.
• Use an IP address not assigned to you.
• Violate any other RCT policy or guideline.
• Resell or redistribute the Service to any third party via any means, including, but
not limited to, wireless technology.
Harm
to Minors. You may not use the Service to harm or attempt to harm a
minor, including, but not limited to, by hosting, possessing,
disseminating, or transmitting material that is unlawful, including
child pornography or obscene material.
Intellectual Property
Infringement. You may not use the Service to post, copy, transmit, or
disseminate any content that infringes the patents, copyrights, trade
secrets, trademark, or propriety rights of any party. RCT assumes no
responsibility, and you assume all risks regarding the determination of
whether material is in the public domain, or may otherwise be used by
you for such purposes.
User Content. You are solely responsible
for any information that you publish on the web or other Internet
services. You must ensure that the recipient of the content is
appropriate and must take appropriate precautions to prevent minors
from receiving inappropriate content. RCT reserves the right to refuse
to post or to remove any information or materials from the Service, in
whole or in part, that it, in RCT's sole discretion, deems to be
offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.
Commercial Use.
The Service is designed for personal use of the Internet and e-mail and
may not be used for commercial purposes. You may not resell or
otherwise charge others to use the residential Service. You agree not
to use the Service for operation as an Internet Service Provider, or
for any other business enterprise, including, without limitation, IP
address translation or similar facilities intended to provide
additional access.
Servers. You may not operate, or allow others
to operate, servers of any type or any other device, equipment, and/or
software providing server-like functionality in connection with the
Service, unless expressly authorized by RCT.
Misuse of Service.
You are responsible for any misuse of the Service that occurs through
your account. You must therefore take steps to ensure that others do
not gain unauthorized access or misuse the Service.
Hacking/Attempted
Unauthorized Access. You may not use the Service to breach or attempt
to breach the security of another user or attempt to gain access to any
other person's computer, software, or data without the knowledge and
consent of such person. The equipment and the Service may not be used
in any attempt to circumvent the user authentication or security of any
host, network or account. This includes, but is not limited to,
accessing data not intended for you, logging into or making use of a
server or account you are not expressly authorized to access, or
probing the security of other networks or computers for any reason. Use
or distribution of tools designed for compromising security, such as
password guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network
probing tools, is prohibited.
Security. You are solely
responsible for the security of any device connected to the Service,
including any data stored on that device. RCT recommends that you take
appropriate security precautions for any systems connected to the
Service.
Disruption of Service. You may not disrupt the Service
in any manner. Nor shall you interfere with computer networking or
telecommunications services to any user, host or network, including,
without limitation, denial of service attacks, flooding of a network,
overloading a service, improper seizing and abuse of operator
privileges or attempts to "crash" a host.
Viruses, Trojan
Horses, Worms and Denial of Service Attacks. Software or other content
downloaded from the Service may contain viruses and it is your sole
responsibility to take appropriate precautions to protect your computer
from damage to its software, files and data. You are prohibited from
posting, transmitting or disseminating any information or software that
contains a virus, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful program or that
generates levels of traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to
send or retrieve information. Prohibited conduct of this type includes
denial of service attacks or similarly disruptive transmissions, as
well as transmissions containing other harmful or malicious features.
Electronic
Mail. You may not use the Service to send unsolicited bulk or
commercial e-mail messages ("spam"). Any unsolicited e-mail must also
not direct the recipient to any web site or other resource that uses
the Service. The Service may not be used to collect responses from
unsolicited e-mail sent from accounts on other Internet hosts or e-mail
services that violates this Policy or the acceptable use policy of any
other Internet Service Provider. In addition, "mail bombing," the
sending of numerous copies of the same or substantially similar
messages or very large messages or files with the intent to disrupt a
server or account, is prohibited.
You may not reference RCT or
any portion of the RCT network (e.g. by including "Organization: RCT"
in the header or by listing an IP address that belongs to the RCT) in
any unsolicited e-mail even if that e-mail is not sent through the RCT
network. Further, forging, altering or removing electronic mail headers
is prohibited.
Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other Limitations.
RCT offers multiple packages of Service with varying speeds and
features and bandwidth usage limitations. You must comply with the
current bandwidth, data storage and other Limitations of Service that
correspond with the package of Service you selected. In addition to
complying with the limitations for specific features, you must ensure
that your activities do not improperly restrict, inhibit, or degrade
any other user's use of the Service, nor represent (in RCT’s sole
judgment) an unusually great burden on the network itself. In addition,
you must ensure that your use does not improperly restrict, inhibit,
disrupt, degrade or impede RCT's ability to deliver the Service and
monitor the Service, backbone, network nodes, and/or other network
services. If you use excessive bandwidth (as determined by RCT), RCT
may terminate, suspend, or require you to upgrade the Service and pay
additional fees.
Conflict. In the event of a conflict between
the Subscriber Agreement and this Policy, the terms of the Subscriber
Agreement will prevail.
How to Contact RCT. For any questions
regarding this AUP, complaints of violations, or cancellation notices,
please contact RCT at one of the following:
E-mail: tnics@tnics.com
Phone: 605-637-5211 or 800-256-6854
U.S. Mail: RC Technologies, PO Box 33, New Effington, SD 57255
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