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Policy
General Conduct
The 4GuysFromTampa network, including the websites
operated by 4GuysFromTampa (collectively, the "4GuysFromTampa Network"),
may be used only for lawful purposes. Users may not use the
4GuysFromTampa 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
4GuysFromTampa
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 4GuysFromTampa 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. Violations of
the Child Protection Act may be reported to the U.S. Customs
Agency at icpicc@customs.treas.gov.
System
and Network Security
Users are prohibited from violating or
attempting to violate the security of the 4GuysFromTampa 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.
4GuysFromTampa 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
4GuysFromTampa Network, including, without limitation, using an
e-mail account on 4GuysFromTampa'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 4GuysFromTampa Network. In
addition, Users may not use the 4GuysFromTampa 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 4GuysFromTampa determines to
have violated any element of this Acceptable Use Policy shall
receive a written warning, and may be subject at 4GuysFromTampa'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 4GuysFromTampa deems it necessary, it
may immediately suspend or terminate such User's service without
issuing such a warning. Users which 4GuysFromTampa 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
4GuysFromTampa takes no responsibility for any
material input by others and not posted to the 4GuysFromTampa Network
by 4GuysFromTampa. 4GuysFromTampa is not responsible for the content of
any other websites linked to the 4GuysFromTampa Network; links are
provided as Internet navigation tools only.
Privacy
Any User interacting with our site and
providing 4GuysFromTampa with name, address, telephone number, e-mail
address, domain name or URL or any other personally identifiable
information permits 4GuysFromTampa 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
4GuysFromTampa should send 4GuysFromTampa 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: 4GuysFromTampa, 4532 West Kennedy
Blvd #325, Tampa, Florida, 33609.
4GuysFromTampa does not sell, rent or otherwise disclose its mailing
lists to third parties.
4GuysFromTampa reserves the right to modify this Acceptable Use Policy at any time in its sole and absolute discretion.
(Rev. 9/1/00)
Copyright
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2000 4GuysFromTampa. All rights reserved. Do not copy
or redistribute in any form.