Terms Of Service And Acceptable Usage Policy
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General provisions
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The terms of this user agreement requires that your content:
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Will not infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret
or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
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Will not violate any laws, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation
those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair
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Will not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing,
or unlawful in any way;
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Will not be obscene or contain pornography;
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Will not be obscene or contain child pornography or, if otherwise harmful to minors;
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Will not contain any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other
computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere
with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or personal information;
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Will not link directly to or include descriptions of goods and services that you
do not have a right to link to or include
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Will not include unreasonable distribution of mass e-mails to parties who do not
wish to receive such e-mails or have not affirmatively acknowledged that they wish
to receive such e-mails.
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Mass Mailings / Spam
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No level of spam distribution by e-mail is tolerated and any such conduct will result
in your account being shut down.
You must not use the MITWI.COM Network or MITWI.COM and/or equipment to originate
the transmission of spam, flames, mail bombs, or substantially similar, unsolicited
email messages.
A message is considered unsolicited if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested
or invited the message or if it is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter. For
purposes of this provision, merely making one's email address accessible to the
public will not constitute a request or invitation to receive messages. If you are
found to have spammed, without warning, MITWI.COM reserves the right to disable
your Domain without notice. We pull first, ask questions later.
MITWI.COM reserves the right to refuse service or to cancel service to known spamer
without notice.
MITWI.COM reserves the right to determine what violates this policy. As such, any
violation will result in cancellation of services without refund.
Any work required by our staff to repair our systems after any
spam will be billed at the hourly rate then in force.
Hosting clients who run opt-in mailing list software or other collection methods
for their website must require subscriber authentication before completing the process
for the end user. Additionally, clear instructions on subscription and un-subscription
options must be provided in each email that is sent to the mailing list recipients
and also provided in a clearly marked area on the clients website.
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Privacy Policy
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MITWI.COM may ask you for personally identifiable information such as your name,
your company's name, your telephone number, email address, zip or postal code, country,
etc. in various form on our web site. MITWI.COM uses the information it gathers
for several purposes, such as to submit required contact information related to
domain name registrations, and to communicate with you if necessary. MITWI.COM may
email its users periodically to inform them about the status of, or upcoming changes
to the site, or to inform them about changes to our privacy policy. In addition,
MITWI.COM may email a user at any time regarding issues with his/her account.
MITWI.COM does not send promotional, or commercial emails to its users without permission.
We do not and will never rent, sell, or in any way make available such personal
information to third parties (except of course where required by law, see our policy
on legal investigations below) or in any other way misuse the information you provide.
No unsolicited email will ever be sent to our customers. Customers may at any time
cancel their accounts (see the Unsubscribe section below).
MITWI.COM will NEVER ASK YOU for your PASSWORD. See User ID, Passwords & Access
Controls section below. Under no circumstances are your to divulge your password
to anyone, even to a person claiming to represent MITWI.COM
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Public Forums
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This site makes forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users.
Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public
information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
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User Contributed Content
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All of the user contributed content of this site, including files, posts, comments,
and ratings is the property of MITWI.COM, and is protected under local and international
copyright laws. None of the material may be reproduced without our written permission,
with the exception of downloading or printing a single copy for yourself for offline
viewing.
MITWI.COM reserves the right to republish the material contributed by our users.
By posting a message, you expressly grant the right to MITWI.COM to republish or
sell the message as part of our edited compilations or otherwise. We'll provide
proper attribution to the author for any post we republish.
Users must not contribute material that is copyrighted, or that have licenses prohibiting
redistribution. Users violating these terms shall be immediately and permanently
banned from the site, and their identity may be revealed to appropriate authorities
in harmony with our policy on legal investigations below.
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Unsubscribe
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This site gives customer and other subscribed users the option of unsubscribing
or cancelling their account. Doing so removes their information from our servers,
removes their web sites, email addresses etc, halts their ability to login, and
prohibits us from contacting them in the future. Customers can cancel their account
by the method described by clicking here and other Users can unsubscribe by clicking
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Contact us about privacy policy or your customer account
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Customers and other users may contact us using our contact form, by sending an email
to thewebmaster at webmaster@MITWI.COM or by sending mail to the following address:
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MITWI.COM
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St Vincent West Indies
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Tel +1 631 292 1702 or +1 784 483 0812
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User ID, Passwords & Access Controls
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You are provided with a user identification number ("UserID") and a password. It
is Your obligation and Your responsibility to safeguard the confidentiality and
monitor any usage or Services provided in connection with the UserID and the password.
Your are responsible for any and all use of the access credential assigned to you.
In particular, any charges associated with the UserID and the password are Your
responsibility and You shall bear any risk of loss thereto (including charges for
Services).
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Use of System / Server Resources
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Your use of all scripts, background running programs, background Daemons, custom
software, email services etc is under the condition that your use of these does
not adversely affect the Server performance or the Network security / integrity.
Any program, script or email configuration the is deemed to be adversely affecting
Server performance or Network security / integrity may be shut down without prior
notice.
Any customer whose use of the service uses a high amount of Server resources (such
as, but not limited to CPU Time, Memory Usage, and Network Resources) will be given
an option of either upgrading their service level or reducing the resource used
to an acceptable level.
The use of items that may be deemed in contravention of this section of the agreement
(except for items affecting system security / integrity) may only be allowed with
the express prior consent of MITWI.COM MITWI.COM will consider requests on a Per
Application Basis. If allowed, extra charges will be assessed based on resource
requirements for system maintenance.
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Additional Terms
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MITWI.COM reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
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MITWI.COM is not responsible for the Content of our clients.
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MITWI.COM does not undertake to monitor or prevent any inappropriate use of this
system. This includes but not limited to underage persons, or persons acting under
false pretenses.
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MITWI.COM does not undertake to monitor or prevent Users from registering with false
demographic information.
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MITWI.COM is not responsible for damage or loss, (data, financial, or otherwise)
caused by errors in the system or the Internet. The system may be unavailable unexpectedly
as a result of errors or circumstance beyond our control.
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Downloads:
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Generally speaking files downloaded from the internet carry a measure of risk. It
must be stressed that we do our absolute best to protect you and your computers.
Files uploaded to our site are virus scanned before being made available for download
and all files are virus scanned daily, always with the latest virus signatures.
In addition we automatically quarantine and review content based on member feedback.
Despite all those efforts, there is no guarantee that all files downloaded from
our web site is 100% safe. MITWI.COM is not liable in anyway for any negative results
as a result of downloading and or using files from our web site, especially files
submitted by third parties.
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Billing Policies
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Not withstanding anything that may appear to indicate otherwise, any other method
of payment other than Credit Card & PayPal are at the sole discretion of MITWI.COM
and such other methods of payment are NOT VALID until such time that they are expressly
permitted by specific communication to that effect from MITWI.COM.
You agree that the services being purchased from MITWI.COM are pre-paid services
and fees paid for services, regardless of term subscription length will not be refunded.
MITWI.COM provides service on a pre-paid, basis only. Terms are "Due in advance"
and you become indebted for fees and/or service on your service renewal date. If
payment is not received, your account and all services will be suspended. All files
and emails stored on the account will be deleted after 60 days if payment is not
received for amount owing or an alternative method of payment is agreed with our
billing department.
Under no circumstance will we issue refunds for domain names or SSL certificates
or any other thing that have been purchased or renewed on your behalf by MITWI.COM
- regardless of the date of cancellation.
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Credit Cards
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In cases were credit card payment is the agreed method of payment, then, as a condition
to your right to use the Service, You must provide us with a valid credit card which
you have been authorized to use by the owner, with available credit sufficient to
pay the applicable Service Fees. In the event that this credit card is cancelled,
frozen, or it is otherwise not in a position to pay the relevant fees, you must
immediately provide us with a new valid credit card number, that meets the requirements
of this agreement. You authorize MITWI.COM, its Agents or other persons acting on
our behalf, from time to time, to undertake steps to determine whether the credit
card you have provided to us is a valid credit card. In the event that you do not
provide us with a current valid credit card with sufficient credit upon request
during the effective period of this Agreement, you will be in violation of this
Agreement, and we may terminate this Agreement with You.
In order for continuity of service, you authorize MITWI.COM to charge your credit
card for any outstanding moneys owed for your services on your billing renewal date.
Any questions regarding the billed amount must be indicated through our contact
form within 30 days of receipt of statement or acceptance of charges will be considered
final.
Solely in order to comply with the payment provisions of this Agreement for the
Services, You agree to allow MITWI.COM, at our discretion, to perform a credit check
on You and You agree to provide MITWI.COM with either: (a) the credit or debit card
particulars as described in this Agreement and to authorize MITWI.COM to charge
applicable Charges to such credit or debit card; (b) if applicable, other forms
of payment such as cash or check.
Alternate arrangements may be made should your credit card have any problems. Please
contact our billing department at support@MITWI.COM or 631-657-4166 if you require
alternate arrangements. Clients who have purchased annual services will receive
a reminder email 30 days prior to the end of their "year" as advance notice of the
upcoming renewal.
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Cancellation of Service
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We must receive your cancellation request in writing either by
email to support@MITWI.COM or by fax to 1-631-657-4166. MITWI.COM will not accept
cancellations by phone. A representative from MITWI.COM's Billing Department will
process the cancellation during business hours. Billing Department hours are Monday
through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 PM Atlantic Time.
To cancel your service before it's renewed for another cycle, written
cancellations must be received by MITWI.COM a minimum of eight (8) days prior to
the end of your current billing cycle. Cancellations submitted later than this time
may result in automatic renewal of your service. Unless otherwise requested, cancellations
will be effective at the end of your current billing cycle.
MITWI.COM does not monitor, and will not automatically cancel accounts
for issues related to non-usage, domain name transfers, lapsed domains, or any other
issues not directly related to MITWI.COM services. Cancellation of services does
not relieve the customer from paying any outstanding balance owed, or unbilled overages
incurred on the account. MITWI.COM reserves the right to cancel any account, without
notice.
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Pricing
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All prices are subject to change. MITWI.COM reserves the right to alter and change
the Pricing Schedule at any time, upon one months prior notice to Customers. Notice
may include, but is not limited to, emails sent to the registered email address
of the customer, or a notice placed conspicuously on our web site. You agree that
failure to cancel your subscription for Services with us after notification of any
changes to the Pricing Schedule shall constitute notice to MITWI.COM that You have
agreed to the terms of the Pricing Schedule.
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MITWI.COM will cooperate with all Legal & Government authorities, international
organizations and other law enforcement authorities on any matter and users pledge
to comply with all applicable laws in such investigation. Privacy is of fundamental
importance to MITWI.COM, who will respect and protect the privacy of Users. Private
information will be disclosed to law enforcement authorities only as required by
law.
MITWI.COM will not knowingly host illegal content if such content is determined
to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction. Although MITWI.COM is unable
to monitor all content, MITWI.COM will make a reasonable effort to investigate legitimate
complaints about alleged illegal content or network abuse, and will take appropriate
action. Prior to taking any action, upon receipt of such complaints MITWI.COM will:
(a) conduct an internal review to determine the nature and location of the content
or abuse, and where warranted; (b) consult with legal counsel and/or outside authorities,
and/or; (c) notify the User or Users of the complaint, with a request for a response
within seven days. If the complaint concerns copyright infringement, MITWI.COM will
comply with all copyright laws of applicable jurisdictions and reserves the right
to remove such offending item or Content at any time. If you have any questions
about these terms, or if you would like information about using any material in
this site, please contact our Webmaster at webmaster@MITWI.COM
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Copyright � 2008 MITWI.COM, all rights reserved.
All content included on our site, is owned by Users, MITWI.COM or third parties.
All Content is protected by local and international copyright laws.
The "MITWI.COM" are trademarks of MITWI.COM or the relevant trademark holder. This
web site, its name, logos, and all content on it may not be reproduced or transmitted
in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the express prior consent
of MITWI.COM or the owner or the other trademarks. If you have any questions concerning
the use of MITWI.COM or the Fred and/or DBF Logos, please contact us. |
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