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Bob’s
Online Hosting Terms & Conditions
Legal: Terms of Use (TOU)
Upon signing up for Bob’s Online Hosting's services, all customers agree
to comply with Bob’s Online Hosting's Terms of Use (“TOU”).
The spirit of the TOU is to ensure customers are using Bob’s Online Hosting's
services with due regard to the rights of other Internet users and in conformity
with the requirements of Bob’s Online Hosting's network environment. The
TOU are not exhaustive and Bob’s Online Hosting reserves the right to add,
delete, or modify any provision of its TOU at any time without notice, effective
upon either the posting of the modified TOU to www.BobsOnlineHosting.com or notification
of the modified TOU. Any complaints about a customer’s violation of the
TOU should be sent to abuse@BobsOnlineHosting.com.
A. All Bob’s Online Hosting Customers
B. Bob’s Online Hosting Web Hosting & E-commerce Customers
The following Terms of Use apply to ALL Bob’s Online Hosting
customers:
Illegal Use
Bob’s Online Hosting servers may be used for lawful purposes
only. Transmission, storage, or distribution of any information,
data, or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation,
or that may directly facilitate the violation of any particular
law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited
to: copyrighted material; trademarks; trade secrets or other intellectual
property rights used without proper authorization; material that
is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates
export control laws.
Spamming
Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messages over the Internet
(known as "spamming") is prohibited, regardless of
whether or not it overloads a server or disrupts service to Bob’s
Online Hosting’s customers. The term "spamming" also
includes, but is not limited to, maintaining an open SMTP policy,
engaging in spamming using the service of another ISP or IPP
and referencing in the spam a web site hosted on a Bob’s
Online Hosting server, and selling or distributing software (on
a web site residing on a Bob’s Online Hosting server) that
facilitates spamming. Violators will be assessed a minimum fine
of $100 and will face immediate suspension. Bob’s Online
Hosting reserves the right to determine, in its sole and absolute
discretion, what constitutes a violation of this provision.
System and Network Abuse
Violations of system or network security are prohibited and may
result in criminal and civil liability. Examples of 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, 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;
interference with service to any user, host or network including,
without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts
to overload a system and broadcast attacks; forging of any TCP-IP
packet header or any part of the header information in an email
or a newsgroup posting.
Viruses and Other Destructive Activities
Use of Bob’s Online Hosting’s services or equipment
for creating or sending Internet viruses, worms or Trojan horses,
or for pinging, flooding or mail bombing, or engaging in denial
of service attacks is prohibited. It is also prohibited for any
customer to engage in other activity that is intended to disrupt
or interfere with, or that results in the disruption of or interference
with, the ability of others to effectively use Bob’s Online
Hosting’s services and equipment (or any connected network,
system, service or equipment) or conduct their business over the
Internet.
Child Pornography
The use of Bob’s Online Hosting’s services to store,
post, display, transmit, advertise or otherwise make available
child pornography is prohibited. Bob’s Online Hosting is
required by law, and will, notify law enforcement agencies when
it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on, or being
transmitted through, its services.
Payment
All payments are subject to Bob’s Online Hosting’s
Billing Policy. By supplying your credit card for the payment of
Bob’s Online Hosting charges, you authorize Bob’s Online
Hosting to automatically charge your credit or debit card for charges
that apply to your account. Recurring charges will be posted to
your credit card until such time that you cancel your account in
accordance with Bob’s Online Hosting’s Billing Policy.
Privacy
Bob’s Online Hosting is concerned with the privacy of on-line
communications and web sites. In general, the Internet is neither
more nor less secure than other means of communication, including
mail, facsimile, and voice telephone service, all of which can
be intercepted and otherwise compromised. As a matter of prudence,
however, Bob’s Online Hosting urges its customers to assume
that all of their on-line communications are insecure. Bob’s
Online Hosting cannot take any responsibility for the security
of information transmitted over Bob’s Online Hosting's facilities.
Additional details on privacy and Bob’s Online Hosting’s
use of customer information can be found in Bob’s Online
Hosting’s Privacy Statement located at http://www.BobsOnlineHosting.com/privacy_policy.html.
Customer Responsibility
Customers are required to use the Bob’s Online Hosting network
responsibly. This includes respecting the other customers of Bob’s
Online Hosting. Bob’s Online Hosting reserves the right to
suspend and/or cancel service with any customer who uses the Bob’s
Online Hosting network in such a way that adversely affects other
Bob’s Online Hosting customers. While Bob’s Online
Hosting may monitor its service electronically to determine that
its facilities are operating satisfactorily, as a general practice,
Bob’s Online Hosting does not monitor its customers' communications
or activities to determine whether they are in compliance with
the TOU. However, when Bob’s Online Hosting becomes aware
of any violation of the TOU or other user agreements, Bob’s
Online Hosting may take any action to stop or correct such violation,
including, but not limited to, denying access to Bob’s Online
Hosting’s services and equipment or to the Internet. In addition,
Bob’s Online Hosting may take action against a customer or
a customer of such customer because of the activities of such customer.
Bob’s Online Hosting anticipates that customers who offer
Internet services will cooperate with Bob’s Online Hosting
in any corrective or preventive action that Bob’s Online
Hosting deems necessary. Failure to cooperate with such corrective
or preventive measures is a violation of Bob’s Online Hosting
policy and Bob’s Online Hosting reserves the right to take
any such action even though such action may affect other customers
of the Bob’s Online Hosting customer.
B.
Bob’s Online Hosting Web Hosting & E-commerce
Customers
The following Terms of Use apply only to Bob’s Online Hosting’s
Web Hosting and E-Commerce customers, and supplement the terms
above in section A that apply to all Bob’s Online Hosting
customers:
Server Resources
Any web site that uses a high amount of server resources (such
as, but not limited to, CPU time, memory usage, and network resources)
will be given the option to either pay additional fees (which
will depend on the resources required), reduce the resources
used to an acceptable level, or upgrade another Server plan.
Bob’s Online Hosting shall be the sole arbiter of what
is considered to be a high server usage level. Any Web Hosting
and E-Commerce account deemed to be adversely affecting server
performance or network integrity will be shut down without prior
notice.
CGI Scripts
Any scripts that pose a potential security risk or are deemed to
be adversely affecting server performance or network integrity
will be shut down or will be automatically removed without prior
notice. Bob’s Online Hosting does not permit CGI script
sharing with domains not hosted by Bob’s Online Hosting
or any scripts that may be abused for UCE purposes.
Chat Rooms
Bob’s Online Hosting does not allow Web Hosting and E-Commerce
customers to install their own chat rooms. Chat rooms tend to require
significant system resources and therefore cannot be permitted
as an account option. However, for a small charge, Bob’s
Online Hosting provides Java chat rooms that meet most users' needs
and run without hindering system performance.
Background Running Programs and Cron Jobs
Bob’s Online Hosting may allow programs to run in the background.
These programs will be considered on an individual basis and Web
Hosting and E-Commerce customers will incur extra charges based
on system resources used and operational maintenance needed. If
you wish to run background programs please contact Bob’s
Online Hosting at support@bobsonlinehosting.com so that we
can arrange set-up.
IRC
Bob’s Online Hosting does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be
operated by Web Hosting customers.
Multimedia Files
Multimedia files are defined as any graphics, audio, and video
files. Bob’s Online Hosting Web Hosting and E-Commerce
accounts are not to be used for the purposes of distributing
and storing unusual amounts of multimedia files. Any web site
whose disk space usage for storing multimedia files exceeds 70%
of its total usage, in terms of total size or number of files,
will be considered to be using an unusual amount of multimedia
files.
Databases
Any database stored on Bob’s Online Hosting's Web Hosting
servers shall be limited in size to 10% of the total disk space
allotted for that particular domain's plan/web hosting account.
Adult Content
Due to the special system and network requirements of adult-oriented
sites, pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited
for Web Hosting and E-Commerce customers. This includes sites
that may infer sexual content or provide links to adult content
elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any illegal
activity or content that may be damaging to our servers or any
other server on the Internet, or provide links to such sites.
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