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Scope and Application of
Policy
Wilt's maintains this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") to provide users
of its Services (as such term is defined in the Terms of Service
located at www.Wilt'sweb.com for purposes of this AUP, the term
"Services" shall also be deemed to include Wilt's International
Communications Ltd. (further refered to as "Wilt's") various systems
and network) with a clear statement of rules and use restrictions
that apply to the use of Wilt's Services.
This AUP forms an integral part of the Terms of Service that govern
your use of Wilt's Services. Your compliance with and cooperation in
Wilt's’s enforcement of this AUP is an express condition to your
continuing contractual rights to use Wilt's Services. This AUP also
applies to your employees, agents, contractors and end users. The
evolving nature of the Internet and on-line commerce makes it
necessary for Wilt's to reserve the right to make changes to this
AUP at any time. You agree that any changes will be effective when
posted on-line at this location and that your continued use of
Wilt's Services will constitute your acceptance of any changes or
additions to this AUP. You may determine the date of posting at the
Effective Date section at the end of this AUP.
This AUP is not intended to address all possible unacceptable uses
of Wilt's Services. As a result, Wilt's reserves complete discretion
to determine what constitutes an unacceptable use of its Services
and reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Services, or
take such other action as Wilt's deems appropriate in its sole
discretion.
Prohibited Uses
YOUR USE OF Wilt's SERVICES MAY NOT VIOLATE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
PROVISIONS. Wilt's MAY SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR SERVICES IF IT
DETERMINES, IN ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, THAT YOU HAVE
ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT VIOLATES THIS AUP. YOU VIOLATE THIS AUP
WHEN YOU, YOUR END USERS OR ANY THIRD PARTY ACTING ON YOUR OR YOUR
END USERS’ BEHALF, ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
OR ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVITY, WHETHER SUCCESSFULLY OR
OTHERWISE, CONTRARY TO THE TERMS OF THIS AUP.
Wilt's WILL NOT INTERVENE OR BECOME INVOLVED IN ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN
YOU AND A THIRD PARTY. CONSEQUENTLY, Wilt's RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN
ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR
SERVICES UPON ITS RECEIPT OF ANY THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT THAT YOU HAVE
ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT VIOLATES THIS AUP, THAT MAY OTHERWISE
SUBJECT Wilt's TO LIABILITY FOR ANY REASON, OR THAT MAY CAUSE Wilt's
TO INCUR LEGAL FEES OR OTHER EXPENSES.
Wilt's MAY SUSPEND AND TERMINATE YOUR SERVICES UNDER THIS AUP
WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU AND YOUR END USERS. Wilt's MAY ALSO REPORT
YOUR ACTIVITIES TO FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND/OR STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
1.
Lawful Purpose
You may use Wilt's Services only for lawful purposes. You may not
transmit, store or present any information, software, data, file or
material in violation of any applicable law or regulation. You may
not use Wilt's Services to facilitate, or otherwise assist in, the
violation of any law or regulation.
2.
Spamming and Related Activities
Wilt's strictly prohibits your use of Wilt's Services to transmit
SPAM or to host a site that is advertised or announced via SPAM.
"SPAM" is any form of unsolicited advertisement or informational
announcement that is transmitted, whether singularly or in bulk, via
any Internet-based communications medium including, but not limited
to, Microsoft Messenger Service; Chat Programs such as AIM, YIM and
MSN; e-mail, Internet facsimile, Internet phone, instant and text
messaging (SMS) and IRC applications.
Activities that violate this policy may also subject you to civil
liability to third parties and to criminal penalties.
3.
Permission Based Communications
You may use Wilt's Services to transmit permission-based
communications for purposes of marketing your goods and services,
provided that you otherwise comply with the standards set out in
this AUP and all applicable laws including, but not limited to, the
CAN-SPAM Act. All marketing conducted using Wilt's Services must be
permission (opt-in) based. You must keep adequate and verifiable
records to prove that your marketing is strictly permission-based.
In addition, should you purchase mailing lists or other types of
data that are to be used to contact third parties via Wilt's
Services, you must verify that the lists have been compiled on a
strict "opt-in" basis.
In addition to the foregoing general requirements, all
permission-based communications sent using Wilt's Services must
include the following (and you are required to take the
corresponding actions set forth below):
1.
A working "unsubscribe" link. (You must honor all unsubscribe
requests within 72 hours from the time they enter Wilt's Services.)
2.
The recipient’s accurate e-mail address in the "to" line and
the sender’s accurate e-mail address in the "from" line.
3.
A working link to your privacy policy.
4.
A working "abuse" address and/or link. (You must answer all
complaints forwarded to this address within 72 hours from the time
they enter Wilt's’s Services.)
5.
An up-to-date website that corresponds with the domain
portion of the response e-mail. Your website must conspicuously
display your up-to-date mailing address, telephone number and
facsimile number.
You are solely responsible for the transmission of all such
permission-based communications. Wilt's reserves the right to
suspend or terminate your Services in the event Wilt's receives an
excessive number of complaints related to your permission-based
communications, whether such complaints are made by parties whom
"opt-in" or otherwise. You agree that Wilt's may determine what
constitutes an excessive number of complaints in its sole and
exclusive discretion.
4.
Copyright Infringement
You may not use Wilt's Services in any manner that infringes upon
the rights of a third party under federal and foreign copyright
laws.
In the event that Wilt's must remove, or disable access to, material
on your web site that is alleged to infringe another’s copyright
under the DMCA, you acknowledge and agree that Wilt's may do so by
disabling access to your entire web site.
5.
Violations of Other Intellectual Property Rights
You may not use Wilt's Services in any manner that infringes or
misappropriates any other intellectual property rights of a third
party including, but not limited to, trademarks, trade names, trade
dress, logos, domain names, patents, trade secrets and other
proprietary rights of a third party.
Although Wilt's reserves the right to suspend or terminate your
Services upon its receipt of a third party claim that alleges that
you are using Wilt's Services in a manner that infringes such third
party’s intellectual property rights, Wilt's may, in its sole and
exclusive discretion, allow you to continue use of its Services
provided that you confirm in a timely manner that you have
discontinued the allegedly infringing activities or provide Wilt's
with a court order confirming that your activities do not infringe
the intellectual property rights of such third party.
6.
Defamation and Harassment
You may not use Wilt's Services to defame, harass, abuse, libel,
slander or threaten a third party.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy engaged in by
Wilt's customers or end users may be directed to abuse@Wilt'sweb.com
7.
Child Pornography
You may not use Wilt's Services to disseminate or display images or
other content that constitutes child pornography under Canadian or
United States laws.
Wilt's applies a zero tolerance policy to the enforcement of this
prohibition. Wilt's takes an active role in cooperating with law
enforcement officials in their efforts to prosecute violations of
statutes that prohibit the dissemination of child pornography.
Wilt's reports the use of its Services to disseminate or display
child pornography as required by law. You will not be notified that
Wilt's may be cooperating with law enforcement or that Wilt's has
reported the use of its Services in this manner.
For further information about child pornography, you may visit the
web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
at
www.ncmec.org.
Complaints about activity in violation of this policy engaged in by
Wilt's customers or end users may be directed to abuse@Wilt's.com.
8.
Disruptive or Abusive Activity
You may not use Wilt's Services:
1.
to forge, misrepresent, omit, or delete message headers,
return mailing information and/or Internet Protocol addresses to
conceal or misidentify the origin of a message;
2.
to create or transmit any Internet virus, worm, Trojan horse
or computer code intended to disrupt services, destroy data, destroy
or damage equipment, or disrupt the operations of the Services;
3.
to maintain open mail relays, forward or propagate "chain"
mail or mail bomb;
4.
to engage in denial of service attacks including, but not
limited to transmitting packets with an illegal packet size, UDP
flooding, ping-flooding, half-open TCP connection flooding and any
other use, or otherwise interfere with an Internet user’s terminal
session;
5.
in a manner that encumbers or utilizes disk space, processors
or other system requirements beyond those allowed by your specific
account;
6.
to establish, create or otherwise make available any Internet
Relay Chat (IRC) server;
7.
to hack, subvert, or assist others in hacking or subverting
the security or integrity of Wilt's’s Services;
8.
to disseminate or display indecent or obscene images or
content;
9.
to solicit information that is considered to be confidential,
such as passwords or credit card information, or to crack passwords
or to defraud third parties into releasing their passwords;
10.
to solicit or facilitate the performance of any illegal
activity, even if the activity itself is not performed; and/or
11.
in any manner that might potentially subject Wilt's to
unfavorable regulatory action, subject Wilt's to any liability for
any reason, or adversely affect Wilt's public image, reputation,
goodwill, business or operations.
9.
Export Laws
Canadian export laws apply to you and your use of Wilt's Services
regardless of whether you actually reside in the Canada.
You may not use Wilt's Services for any purpose that violates these
laws, which may include the sale of products that may be legal to
sell in the Canada, but illegal to export. You may not use Wilt's
Services to provide services to end users with whom Canadian
citizens may not do business.
10.
Privacy
While Wilt's is concerned with the privacy of on-line communications
and websites, the Internet is no more secure than other means of
communications. You should assume that all on-line communications
are insecure. Wilt's is not responsible for the security of any
information transmitted over its Services, unless it has expressly
agreed to do so. Such an agreement must be in writing and signed by
an authorized officer of Wilt's.
11.
IP Addresses
In connection with your use of Wilt's Services, you may only use IP
addresses that are assigned to you by Wilt's. If you use IP
addresses that are not assigned to you by Wilt's Wilt's will suspend
your Services from network access until such time as the IP address
overlap is corrected. Wilt's owns all IP addresses that may be
assigned to you by Wilt's. Wilt's may, in its sole discretion,
change these numbers from time to time.
12.
Certain Restrictions Applicable to Shared Customers
If you are the registered owner of an Wilt's shared account:
Your Services may not be transferred or used by anyone other than
you. You may not sell, lease or assign the Services or any part of
the Services to any party not named in Wilt's records. You may allow
ftp access and host websites for your end customers without
violating this AUP.
When you utilize an excessive amount of system resources, Wilt's
reserves the right to place CPU process limits on your account to
prevent disruption of Wilt's Services to other customers. Wilt's
reserves sole discretion to determine what constitutes excessive
usage of system resources.
13.
Certain Restrictions Applicable to Dedicated Customers
If you are the registered owner of an Wilt's dedicated account:
You are solely responsible for any breaches of security affecting
servers under your control. If your server is involved in an attack
on another server or system, it may be shut down and Wilt's may
launch an investigation to determine the cause and source of the
attack. In such an event, you are responsible for all costs to
rectify any damage done to your server and any other requirement
affected by the security breach. You acknowledge and agree that
Wilt's will not be liable to you or your end users for any loss or
corruption of data or information, inability to access the Internet
or Wilt's Services or inability to transmit or receive information
as a result of any actions taken by Wilt's in response to such
security breaches. This foregoing sentence may not be construed to
diminish or amend any limitations of liability, or restrict the
applicability of such limitations, as to Wilt's that are set forth
in the Terms of Service or any other agreement between you and
Wilt's.
No Credits or Refunds for Suspension and/or Termination of Services
Wilt's does not issue credits or refunds for outages incurred as a
result of its decision to suspend or terminate its Services for a
violation of this AUP. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless Wilt's from any claims by your end users and any third
party that they have been damaged by reason of such suspension or
termination of Wilt's’s Services.
Monitoring of Services; Cooperation with Law Enforcement; Legal
Documents
You are solely responsible for ensuring that materials disseminated
or posted using Wilt's’s Services comply with this AUP and all
applicable laws and regulations. Wilt's does not review, edit,
censor or take responsibility for any information you, other
customers or your end users may create.
Wilt's may disclose information, including information that you may
consider confidential, in order to comply with a court order,
subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, regulation or
governmental request. Wilt's assumes no obligation to inform you
that such information has been provided and, in some cases, may be
prohibited by law from providing you with notice.
On occasion, Wilt's may have a need to communicate with you about
issues that relate to billing, service changes, additions and
modifications to its Services. Wilt's may choose the method of such
communication in its sole discretion. The preferred method of
communication is via e-mail.
It is your responsibility to provide and check the account and
contact information, including a required valid e-mail address, that
you provide to Wilt's during the sign-up process. It is your
responsibility to inform Wilt's promptly of any changes to your
account or contact information. Wilt's has no responsibility for
communications that are misdirected as a result of your failure to
provide Wilt's with updated contact information.
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