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Use Policy
The Internet is a powerful information and entertainment tool,
we would expect our customers to use the Internet with respect,
courtesy, and responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of
other Internet users.
Our acceptable use policy is actively and
strictly enforced. Offending content or users are removed from
our network, and without refund, usually as soon as they are
discovered, although we will always inform you why any action
has been taken.
Common sense is the best guide as to what is
considered acceptable use, however the following are
unacceptable uses.
Illegality
In any form, including but not limited to the
unauthorized distribution or copying of copyrighted software or
other data, harassment, fraud, trafficking in obscene material.
Undesirable Content
Certain types of content are not allowed on our
network. We do not host adult content of any description.
Content relating to Hacking, Cracking, Warez and IRC is not
allowed. Software downloads may only be hosted if you are the
writer and copyright owner of the software, all other software
including freeware, shareware and trial software is forbidden.
Audio and video downloads may only be hosted if you are the
creator and copyright owner of the work. Sites that contain any
of the following and anything else decided by Allprohost to be
undesirable shall immediately be shut down without written
notice to Customer (a) Customer site is found to be a Warez
(illegal software), Adult site, links or advertising for an
Adult Site, hacker/cracker site, hate site, gambling or Casino
sites etc. Allprohost reserves the right to determine and judge
in its sole and absolute discretion which site is inappropriate.
(b) Customer’s who have incorrect or bad scripts running on
shared servers that result in increased CPU usage, slow down of
the server(s) and/or stoppage of the server will have their
sites shut down immediately until the problem is corrected.
Allprohost will not be held responsible in any way for the
downtime associated with Customer’s bad scripts that require
closure of the responsible site, nor will any financial
remuneration or refund be issued for such a closure. Allprohost
will not tolerate violation of Canadian/U.S. export
restrictions, harassment, fraud, trafficking in obscene
material, drug dealing, gambling/casino sites and other illegal
activities. Net abuse, including but not limited to activities
such as using a non-existent email return address on a
commercial solicitation, spamming (sending unsolicited
advertising to numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or
generating a significantly higher volume of outgoing email than
a normal user),
Bulk Email
The use of our network to send bulk email whether
opt-in or otherwise, and the use of bulk email to promote a site
on our network is strictly forbidden.
Misuse Of Resources
Including but not limited to employing
applications which consume excessive CPU time, memory or storage
space. Chat/IRC, web proxy and mailing list scripts are not
allowed on our network under any circumstances. Streaming media
can be a drain on web server resources and as such is not
allowed. CGI based message forums which use flat file databases
are often found to use excessive system resources, to avoid
disappointment please use a PHP/ASP message forum.
If you are unsure about content you intend to
place on our network, please check with us before you do. We
reserve the right to determine what constitutes acceptable use.
Privacy
Policy
Our customer's privacy is extremely important to us. We
strongly believe in individual's rights to privacy and that
their personal information is not something that should be
treated as a commodity.
We will never share your personal information with any third
parties without your permission unless required to do so by
law. Your email addresses are will not be sold.
Our Acceptable Usage Policy prohibits our customers from
sending unsolicited bulk commercial email (aka "spam") using
our services. If it is brought to our attention that one of
our customers is violating this policy, we take steps to
stop them and ensure it doesn't happen again. We also do
everything we can to prevent non-customers from using our
email servers for the purpose of sending spam
All client information such as email, phone numbers,
addresses, etc is used only for internal purposes ONLY. This
contact information is used to contact you when necessary,
announcements, and our newsletter. Financial information
that is collected is used to bill you for products and
services and is not stored by us.
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