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Acceptable Use Policy
"Venue Communications, Inc's acceptable use policy"
Venue Communications, Inc. has formulated this Acceptable Use Policy in order to encourage the responsible use of Venue Communications, Inc.'s services by our customers and other users ("Users"), and to enable us to provide our Users with secure, reliable and productive services.
General Conduct
The Venue Communications, Inc. network, including the websites operated by
Venue Communications, Inc. (collectively, the
"Venue Communications, Inc. Network"), may be used only for lawful
purposes. Users may not use the Venue Communications, Inc. Network in order
to transmit, distribute or store material (a) in violation of any applicable
law, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret
or other intellectual property rights of others or the privacy, publicity or
other personal rights of others, or (c) that is obscene, threatening, abusive
or hateful.
Child Pornography Venue Communications, Inc. will cooperate fully with any criminal investigation into a Customer's violation of the Child Protection Act of 1984 concerning child pornography. Customers are ultimately responsible for the actions of their clients over the Venue Communications, Inc. network, and will be liable for illegal material posted by their clients. According to the Child Protection Act, child pornography includes photographs, films, video or any other type of visual presentation that shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of eighteen years and is engaged in or is depicted as engaged in explicit sexual activity, or the dominant characteristic of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under the age of eighteen years any written material or visual representation that advocates or counsels sexual activity with a person under the age of eighteen years. No credits will be issued for any interruption in service resulting from policy violations.
System and Network Security
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of
the Venue Communications, Inc. Network, including, without limitation, (a)
accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account
which such User is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan
or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or
authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere
with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation,
via means of overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing"
or "crashing", (d) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of
the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting, or (e) taking any
action in order to obtain services to which such User is not entitled. Violations
of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Venue
Communications, Inc. will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations
and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting
Users who are involved in such violations.
E-Mail
Users may not send unsolicited e-mail messages, including, without limitation,
bulk commercial advertising or informational announcements ("spam")
in a way that could be reasonably expected to adversely impact the Venue
Communications, Inc. Network, including, without limitation, using an e-mail
account on Venue Communications, Inc.'s network to send spam, or using
the service of another provider to send spam or to promote a site hosted
on or connected to the Venue Communications, Inc. Network. In addition, Users
may not use the Venue Communications, Inc. Network in order to (a) send e-mail
messages which are excessive and/ or intended to harass or annoy others,
(b) continue to send e-mail messages to a recipient that has indicated that
he/she does not wish to receive them, (c) send e-mail with forged TCP/IP
packet header information, (d) send malicious e-mail, including, without
limitation, "mailbombing", (e) send or receive e-mail messages
in a manner that violates the use policies of any other internet service
provider, or (f) use an e-mail box exclusively as a storage space for data.
Usenet
Users who post messages to Usenet newsgroups are responsible for becoming familiar
with any written charter or FAQ governing use of such newsgroups and complying
therewith. Regardless of such policies, Users may not (a) post the same message,
or a series of similar messages, to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting
or multiple-posting, also known as "Usenet spam"), (b) cancel or
supersede posts not originally posted by such User, unless such User does
so in the course of his/her duties as an official newsgroup moderator, (c)
post any message with forged packet header information, or (d) post messages
that are excessive and/or intended to annoy or harass others, including,
without limitation, chain letters.
Suspension; Termination
Any User which Venue Communications, Inc. determines to have violated any element
of this Acceptable Use Policy shall receive a written warning, and may be
subject at Venue Communications, Inc.'s discretion to a temporary suspension
of service pending such User's agreement in writing to refrain from any
further violations; provided, however, that if Venue Communications, Inc.
deems it necessary, it may immediately suspend or terminate such User's
service without issuing such a warning. Users which Venue Communications,
Inc. determines to have committed a second violation of any element of this
Acceptable Use Policy shall be subject to immediate suspension or termination
of service without further notice.
Responsibility
Venue Communications, Inc. takes no responsibility for any material input by
others and not posted to the Venue Communications, Inc. Network by Venue
Communications, Inc. Venue Communications, Inc. is not responsible for the
content of any other websites linked to the Venue Communications, Inc. Network;
links are provided as Internet navigation tools only.
Privacy
Any User interacting with our site and providing Venue Communications, Inc.
with name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, domain name or URL
or any other personally identifiable information permits Venue Communications,
Inc. to use such information for commercial purposes of its own, including
contacting Users about products and services which may be of interest. For
each visitor to our Web Site, our Web server recognizes only the visitor's
domain name, not the e-mail address. We collect information volunteered by
the visitor, such as form submittals and/or site registrations. This information
is used to improve the content of our Web site, it is not shared with other
organizations for commercial purposes. Any User who does not wish to receive
further contacts from Venue Communications, Inc. should send Venue Communications,
Inc. a specific request (i.e., stating do not use or do not share or both)
by certified mail or by regular mail clearly marked "Privacy-Urgent" addressed
as follows: Venue Communications, Inc., PO Box 1682, Clayton, NC 27528.
Venue Communications, Inc. does not sell, rent or otherwise disclose its mailing
lists to third parties.
Venue Communications, Inc. reserves the right to modify this Acceptable Use Policy at any time in its sole and absolute discretion.
