Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by Nihil Ultra for users of the Nihil Ultra server. Nihil Ultra reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time to stay in compliance with any laws, regulations and security requirements. By using Nihil Ultra services, any customer, employee or third party unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy. 

 ILLEGAL USE. 

The Nihil Ultra Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming to or from any unauthorized network or system is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights used without proper authorization; government and military data protected by law and national security; university and academic data protected by public policy; and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Any violation of the above which compromises the integrity of the Nihil Ultra network or any other network is strictly prohibited. 

SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY. 

Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Nihil Ultra will investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of unlawful acts, system, or network security violations include, without limitation, the following: 
 

  • Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
  • Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
  • Unauthorized access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to do harm.
  • Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to include but not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.
  • In the partnership program, the email address to receive credit card order should be the one given in the Partnership Program-Minimum Requirment page. Failure to follow this will lead to cancellation of the account.

EMAIL. 

Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site owner. 

PAYMENT. 

It is the responsibility of the customer to pay even if we do not send any reminder. Account may be terminated for non payment of your rent for 3 months. 

USENET. 

Posting the same or similar message to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is expressly prohibited. 
 

INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF AN NIHIL ULTRA CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER. 

For Example: 

If you are hosting a bulk email site on Nihil Ultra servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference your Nihil Ultra site by IP address or domain name, you are violating Nihil Ultra policy and possibly the law. 

Any type of denial of service attack from valid or invalid addresses is a violation of Nihil Ultra security policy and against the law. 

Nihil Ultra will also not tolerate any adult material, vulgar/foul language or spamming and its infringement shall result in immediate termination and removal of the site without a refund. Nihil Ultra  prides itself as a responsible member of the Internet community and is committed to protecting the data of and providing quality service to all Nihil Ultra customers all of the time. 

INTERACTION WITH NIHIL ULTRA STAFF. 

Any threat, vulgar language or harrasment directed at any Nihil Ultra staff member  through phone or email may result in immediate termination of an account. Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party programmer of Nihil Ultra should be reported immediately. 

CHANGE OF THIS POLICY. 

We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time. 


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