Terms of Service
New AccountsAll new web hosting accounts purchased on are not set up instantly by our system. It will be needing activation by a team member pending security check and you will receive two (2) emails including login details after your purchase activation. Due to unforeseen complications with various mail servers and any connection problems between your ISP and SINPZ, this process may sometimes be delayed.
PaymentsWhen you subscribe to our services, you are subscribing to a pre-paid service. All payments will be charged using Paypal, Moneybookers Account. Renewal notices are sent several times via email from 7 to 0 days before the renewal date. Accounts 7 days past due will be disabled. Accounts 15 days past due will require a $10.00 USD fee to enable. We only accept AlertPay, PayPal , Moneybookers for payment of services. In the event that your yearly charge is denied and we are unable to contact you, then the aforementioned fees to enable your account shall apply. Please address any questions regarding payment to SINPZ sales.
Overage ChargesOur service plans are designed to accommodate the majority of usage scenarios given the needs of our customers. However, your usage may vary and require additional allocations, specifically in the areas of storage and traffic. We will never charge your card automatically if your account requires more resources. You must keep your email address updated within your cPanel, so that you may receive an email when your account reaches certain limits determined solely by our system, ie. bandwidth exceedment warning at 80% at which time you may contact us to purchase a higher transfer quota for your account. If you do not contact us, the system will suspend your site if your allotments exceed.
Account SuspensionIf, for any reason, SINPZ detected that you are violating the terms or found in misbehave activities or talking against website to defect the reputation of company your account could be get suspend and you will have to Fax, Email some documents with a letter in which you will accept your mistake and will promise not do it again + 50$ fine which will not be refundable and challengeable. All suspended accounts will subject to deletion after 7 days if we not get the required documents and payment on time.
Refunds/Account Termination
If, for any reason, SINPZ fails to deliver said services, a prorated refund will be issued. No refunds will be issued if abuse of our stated policies forces SINPZ to suspend or terminate your services prematurely.
In the event you request account cancellation, once your service has been cancelled your account will be suspended from use. It will then be deleted within 30 days. If for any other reason your account becomes suspended and remains suspended it will be deleted after a 30-day period.
SINPZ believes in freedom of speech; however, any content (written, visual, or implied) in the following areas will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate suspension of service (in most cases customer will be allowed a zip file of their files): racism or prejudice due to color, creed, or belief; profanity or obscene language towards anyone but yourself; any violent/malicious content. We do not allow any kind of adult content as well. We prefer that you self-govern your content and are responsible as to what your website provides. We do not have the resources and time needed to govern our servers constantly which have growing and evolving content. However, if SINPZ is made aware of any questionable content on a SINPZ-hosted site, we will address the concerns directly with you and seek an amiable resolution. If anyone contacts us about content they have found on a SINPZ server that copyrights their own material or that they wish to be removed, we require legal documentation to take any further action. We do not allow Web Proxy Services / Scripts or file hosting services on our Server. No remote uploading/processing scripts usage like rapidleech, Phpmusicsearch, rapidshare premium link generator etc etc are not allowed in our server. Torrent seeding using torrentflux or similar script may also cause a suspension in our network immediately. You are also not allowed to host an Image Hosting site with us which takes lots of cpu resources and abuse the server memory.
You can't offer free hosting its totally prohibited if found your account will be suspended or terminated with or without notice.
You can't use hosting for filesharing scripts or purpose.
If you choose to engage in marketing your site and/or services via email please heed the following. The only permitted form of email marketing is that in which the list is “opt-in”. By definition, opt-in is where people provide you with their email address specifically requesting to be on your email list for information about your site and/or service. If we find your account transmitting email to persons that did not authorize such activity, that is grounds to suspend and terminate your site. Note: On the flip side, the joining of an opt-in email list does not guarantee the legitimacy of such a list. Please contact us before taking any steps so that you will not be a victim of spam from second and third parties of such lists.
UCE, UBE, Spam
SINPZ has a zero tolerance policy regarding unsolicited commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE) also known as “spam”. The definition of spam:
An electronic message is “spam” IF: (1) the recipient’s personal identity and context are irrelevant because the message is equally applicable to many other potential recipients; AND (2) the recipient has not verifiably granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable permission for it to be sent; AND (3) the transmission and reception of the message appears to the recipient to give a disproportionate benefit to the sender.
You will be cited with “UCE/UBE Abuse” if you send any email to persons who have not specifically asked to receive email from you. The sending origin of such email is irrelevant. Upon confirmation of abuse, any SINPZ customer engaging in this practice will have their service suspended. Not only does spam place a strain on the server that can negatively effect that server’s uptime record and performance record, you subject that server to the possibility of being blacklisted.
If your site will be sending mailings out to subscribers, this is a checklist of what you are required to do:
# You must not try to hide, forge or misrepresent the sender of the e-mail and sending site of the e-mail.
# Bulk mailings must specifically state how the persons’ e-mail addresses were obtained and must indicate the frequency of the mailing.
# Bulk mailings should contain simple and obvious unsubscribe mechanisms. We recommend that this be in the form of a working link to a one-click unsubscribe system; however, a valid “reply to:” address may be used instead.
# All subscription based e-mail must have valid, non-electronic, contact information for the sending organization in the text of each e-mail including either a phone number or physical mailing address.
# All bulk e-mail must be solicited, meaning that the sender has an existing and provable relationship with the e-mail recipient and the recipient has not requested not to receive future mailings from the sender. Documentation of the relationship between the sender and the recipient must be made available to AOL upon request.
# Sending Unsolicited Bulk Email (”UBE”, “spam”). The sending of any form of Unsolicited Bulk Email through SINPZ servers is prohibited. Likewise, the sending of UBE from another service provider advertising a web site, email address or utilizing any resource hosted on SINPZ servers, is prohibited. SINPZ accounts or services may not be used to solicit customers from, or collect replies to, messages sent from another Internet Service Provider where those messages violate this Policy or that of the other provider.
# Running Unconfirmed Mailing Lists. Subscribing email addresses to any mailing list without the express and verifiable permission of the email address owner is prohibited. All mailing lists run by SINPZ customers must be Closed-loop (”Confirmed Opt-in”). The subscription confirmation message received from each address owner must be kept on file for the duration of the existence of the mailing list. Purchasing lists of email addresses from 3rd parties for mailing to from any SINPZ-hosted domain, or referencing any SINPZ account, is prohibited.
# Operating an account on behalf of, or in connection with, or reselling any service to, persons or firms listed in the Spamhaus Register of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) database at www.spamhaus.org.
SINPZ, makes no endorsement, claims, or promises regarding the services offered by our customers and will not be held liable for any disputes or claims against said customers. In no event shall SINPZ be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special and exemplary damages, or any damages whatsoever, arising from the use or performance of this web site or from any information, services or products provided through your web site. We are not responsible for any content on any server in our network and will not take any action against any questionable material or action until the website in question is brought to our attention by emailing us.
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
SINPZ is dedicated to providing top quality service at a very affordable price. The conditions which follow are necessary to ensure that we may continue to provide the best possible service to all of our customers whilst at the same time satisfying our legal and ethical responsibilities.
Failure to follow any condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation without notice. SINPZ will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of any of these provisions.
Activity which results in the suspension or deactivation of an account will result in a forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses of an account will be investigated and if found guilty will be grounds for immediate suspension.
To report suspected abuses or any violations of these policies, please contact management.
SINPZ 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 is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content or links: Pirated software, Hackers programs or archives, Warez sites, MP3, and IRC bots. Any type of forum/discussion board discussing where to obtain such files or one that distributes the files is also prohibited. The subscriber to SINPZ service agrees to indemnify and hold harmless SINPZ from any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages the subscriber or any other party. SINPZ will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Illegal ContentSINPZ does not allow background Daemons such as IRC bots; eggdrop; BitchX; XiRCON; and any other program that interferes with normal server operation. No warez is allowed. Web proxies are not tolerated. This includes NPH-Proxy, and web proxy. If your site is found to hold any proxy files, your account will be suspended and the account holder will be issued a fee of $50 USD. When using an account with shell, you are not allowed to run ANY servers or services on the SINPZ network. Servers are defined as perlbots, proxies, BitchX, psyBnc, root exploits, DDoS scripts, Shoutcast servers, etc. Running any of these will face an immediate suspension, and users will be subject to a fine no less than $50.00 USD, and no more than $100.00 USD. SINPZ reserves the right to terminate an account for these activities also.
Software DistributionSINPZ’s web hosting accounts are not to be used for the purposes of distributing software and multimedia products. If you wish to distribute software and/or multimedia files, please contact our sales for special arrangement.
File Usage and StorageSINPZ web hosting accounts are not to be used for the purposes of distributing and/or storing an unusual amount of files. We are a web hosting service not a remote file storage service. Any web site whose disk space usage for storing the files exceed 70% of its total usage, either in terms of total size or number of files, will be deemed to be using unusual amount of files. At that point, if we find that those files are illegal or harmful in any way, you will be notified. If you do not have any negative intentions such as causing harm to our server or to others with the files you keep, then you have nothing to worry about.
Chat RoomsSINPZ does not provide nor allow chat rooms on shared hosting environments. You may elect for a dedicated server to run a chat room efficiently.
IRCSINPZ does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our shared or reseller servers. They are allowed on dedicated servers provided that no negative effects occur to our network.
Security
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the SINPZ Network. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. SINPZ will investigate occurrences, which may involve cooperation with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations. These violations include, without limitation:
1) Accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account, which such user is not authorized to access,
2) Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization,
3) Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing” or “crashing”,
4) Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or forum posting,
5) Taking any action in order to obtain services to which such User is not entitled,
6) Attempting to couple many hosting packages together to take advantage of massive space or bandwidth allocations,
Each hosting package purchased is unique to a do main name and use - you are not allowed to purchase multiple plans to obtain combined bandwidth & space. SINPZ will stop such transactions and label them as deceptive. We have an upgrade path for all services and we can often times work out special deals for users if they ask us for the assistance.
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures, data or traffic. 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.
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a SINPZ server or customer of SINPZ is strictly prohibited. Any sub-networks of SINPZ and dedicated servers must adhere to the above policies. The failure to meet or follow any of the above guidelines are grounds for account deactivation. We reserve the right to remove any account without prior notice.
Free Hosting SitesWe don't allow our users to run Free Hosting sites.
ResponsibilityThe client is responsible for all activity originating from the account unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address forgery. The client is responsible for securing their username/password. The client assumes responsibility for all material on their site that may be put on by a third party (such as the usage of Free For All links pages). Use of SINPZ ’s service requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired content of the web space by the client. The following examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Web contents, Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web publishing: knowledge of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP understanding and capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc. Mail: a use of mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create and maintain their web space. Client agrees that it is not the responsibility of SINPZ to provide this knowledge or support outside matter specific to SINPZ servers.
BackupsSINPZ takes extreme steps to maintain system integrity. However, SINPZ shall not be held responsible for loss of data due to any cause. To ensure the highest level of data protection, SINPZ recommends that ALL information be backed up on your own computer. As with any data that you hold a high importance to, it should be in more than one location at all times. All SINPZ data backups are designed against hardware failure not customer user error.
Actions
The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above policies/terms is grounds for account deactivation. SINPZ will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of the AUP. SINPZ reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice.
When SINPZ becomes aware of an alleged violation of its AUP, SINPZ will initiate an investigation. During the investigation, SINPZ may restrict a customer’s access in order to prevent further potentially unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, SINPZ may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer’s web hosting account and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, SINPZ will notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation.
SINPZ does not issue credits for outages incurred through service disablement resulting from AUP violations.
SINPZ customers agree to indemnify and hold harmless SINPZ from any claims resulting from the use of our services that damages them or any other party. The SINPZ service is provided on an as is, as available basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. SINPZ expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the SINPZ service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written information given by SINPZ, its employees, licensors or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely on any such information or advice. SINPZ and its partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use of the service.
SINPZ reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this policy at any time without notice.
Refusal of ServiceWe reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion. An example of refusal of service is if an account continues to abuse our policies after warnings. Refusal, cancellation or suspension of services especially holds true to issues with spam or any script abuse. Another example of refusal of service is if a customer becomes very unreasonable, unprofessional, extremely difficult to work with or threatening. Said customer’s account will be suspended and we will recommend to the customer to find a new host. A backup of the account(s) will be provided.
Resource Abuse Policy (RAP)
Any website on our shared servers that uses a high amount of server resources (CPU, memory usage, and network resources) will be given an option to pay for a dedicated server. The abuse and misuse of system resources is a serious problem, and SINPZ does not tolerate it. Accounts on a shared server must be shared with other users, so we must limit how much of the CPU and memory that can be used by any one account.
In all fairness, we cannot allow one or two clients to use all of the system resources on a shared machine and have all other clients suffer because of it. Excessive CPU & memory usage by one or more clients causes extreme slowness in all areas: MySQL, Email, HTTP and more. If the CPU & memory usage by a few clients gets out of hand, all sites hosted on the machine will return errors and not be accessible in any way.
There are special exceptions to these rules to be determined at the time we discover abuse. There are different combinations of usage that can create problems and other special cases. At any given time a server is unstable and an account is found to be the cause, we reserve the right to suspend the account to keep the server online and operating normally. If the usage is an increasing trend, we recommend the user invest in a dedicated server so the website can grow at a normal rate without restriction.
This agreement represents the complete agreement and understanding between SINPZ and the Customer and supersedes any other written or oral agreement. Upon notice published on its Website, SINPZ may modify these terms and conditions, amplify them, and/or modify the prices, as well as discontinue or change services offered.
Under the terms of this agreement, your placement of information on SINPZ's servers is an acknowledgement that you have read and understood this agreement, and that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should not proceed to place any information of any kind on SINPZ's servers, and should notify our Billing Department at [email protected] so that we can close your account.
SINPZ's services may only be according to the law. Any use of these services, which violates any local, state, federal, or international laws, which may apply to SINPZ, your local jurisdiction, or any jurisdiction that you or your site may be subject to is strictly prohibited.
While using the service, you may not:
A. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Internet;
B. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, indecent, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations, and laws protecting intellectual property including copyright, trademark, trade secret, misappropriation and anti-dilution laws;
C. Post, publish, transmit, reproduce or distribute any information or software which contains a virus or other harmful component; Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any information, software, or other material obtained through the service for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider of such information, software, or other material)
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SINPZ from any and all liability, penalties, losses, damages, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, causes of action or claims caused by or resulting indirectly from your use of the service which damages either you, SINPZ, or any other party or parties without limitation or exception. This indemnification and hold harmless agreement extends to all issues associated with your account, including but not limited to domain name selection and Website content.
3. REFUSAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICESINPZ reserves the right to refuse or discontinue service to anyone at SINPZ's sole discretion. SINPZ may deny you access to all or part of the service without notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that SINPZ, in its sole discretion, believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this agreement. SINPZ shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information, nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from such discontinuance or lack of notification.
4. NO WARRANTIES
SINPZ makes no warranties or representations of any kind for the services being offered. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, noninfringement, or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No advice or information given by SINPZ or its agents or employees shall create a warranty. SINPZ provides no warranty that the service will be uninterrupted or error free or that any information, software or other material accessible on the service is free from viruses or other harmful components. Under no circumstances shall SINPZ be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages that result in any way from your use of or inability to use the service, or for third parties' use of the service to access your Webspace, or to access the Internet or any part thereof, or your or any third parties' reliance on or use of information, services, or merchandise provided on or through the service, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance. If you are dissatisfied with SINPZ service or any of its terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the service.
You understand that by placing information on SINPZ's servers that such information becomes available to all Internet users and that SINPZ has no way of limiting or restricting access to such information or protecting such information from copyright infringement. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of SINPZ's servers and the Internet. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services and other information, and the quality and merchantability of all merchandise provided through SINPZ or on the Internet generally.
You agree that SINPZ is not considered a "secure communications medium" for the purposes of the ECPA, and that no expectation of privacy is afforded.
6. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATIONYou agree that you as the person legally responsible for use of this account are at least 18 years of age. You agree to supply SINPZ with a current and truthful name, postal address and telephone number for our records, and you have a continued obligation to keep this information current. You also agree that you are an authorized user of any credit card that you supply to us and agree that we have an obligation to fully investigate any possible fraudulent credit card use.
7. NO INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATION OF SYSTEM
You agree not to maliciously or intentionally interfere with the proper operation of the system, including but not limited to defeating identification procedures, obtaining access beyond that which you are authorized for, and impairing the availability, reliability, or quality of service for other customers. You further agree not to interfere with the proper operation of other systems reachable through the Internet, including any attempt at unauthorized access. You agree to follow the Acceptable Use Policy of any network or service you connect to.
You agree to adhere to system policies as published online by SINPZ, including restrictions on services available with each account type, restrictions on certain features, and all other policies designed to protect and enhance the quality and reliability of service at SINPZ. You agree to abide by any and all future SINPZ policy decisions.
You agree that the security of your account is solely your own responsibility. You further agree that if you believe the security of your account has been compromised in any way, you will notify SINPZ immediately in writing by registered mail, with return receipt, to SINPZ, 210 North Tucker Blvd, Suite 910, St. Louis, Missouri 63101, USA. You shall be held fully responsible for any misuse or compromise of your account for which SINPZ is not properly notified. You agree not to provide or share access to your account to any third party, and that you are responsible for any use of your account by any party to whom such access has been provided. You agree that certain features of your account (e.g., FrontPage webs, additional FTP logins) which may be used to provide shared access to your account are not to be used to resell services to third parties, and that you are responsible for the actions of any party which utilizes those features. You agree that if any security violations are believed to have occurred in association with your account, SINPZ has the right to suspend access to the account pending an investigation and resolution. You also agree that SINPZ has the right to cooperate in any government or legal investigation regarding any aspect of our services, including services sold to you.
9. BACKUP OF DATAYour use of the service is at your sole risk. SINPZ is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to maintain all appropriate backups of files and data stored on SINPZ servers.
10. TRANSMITTAL OF MATERIALSYou agree not to transmit unsolicited or prohibited advertising or other harassing or illegal materials through electronic mail, Usenet postings, or other Internet media. The use of SINPZ or any other service with reference to services obtained through SINPZ, for unsolicited mass mailings, postings, or other activities considered an annoyance to others, commonly referred to as "spamming" is strictly prohibited and may cause your services to be terminated immediately and without warning, and you will be held fully responsible for any damages to you, SINPZ, or any other party or parties resulting from any such conduct.
11. PAYMENTYou agree to supply appropriate payment for the services received from SINPZ, in advance of the time period during which such services are provided. You agree that all setup fees are non-refundable once setup is completed. You agree that until and unless you notify SINPZ of your desire to cancel any or all services received, those services will be billed on a recurring basis. You agree that if you are paying by credit card, prepayments will be billed and charged automatically, and that SINPZ may apply the amount due to the provided card at any time.
12. PRIOR AGREEMENTSThis agreement supersedes any written, electronic, or oral communication you may have had with SINPZ or any agent or representative thereof, and constitutes the complete and total agreement between the parties.
13. SEVERABILITYIf any provision of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect and said provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
14. APPLICABLE LAW, JURISDICTION, AND SERVICEThis agreement shall be governed by the applicable laws of Missouri and the United States of America. Customer agrees that all services provided by SINPZ shall be deemed to have been requested and provided in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri. Customer further agrees that the Court of the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, shall have personal jurisdiction over Customer and exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over any and all controversies or claims arising from or relating to this agreement or the services provided by SINPZ. Customer agrees to accept service of process related to this agreement by ordinary mail, postage prepaid, to the most recent address provided by Customer.
15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
By placing and continuing to maintain or place information on SINPZ's servers, you are stating and acknowledging that you have read the aforementioned terms and conditions and that you understand they.
This Acceptable Use policy document, including the following list of prohibited Activities, is an integral part of your Hosting Agreement with SINPZ. If you engage in any of the activities prohibited by this AUP document SINPZ may suspend or terminate your account and may result in criminal and civil liability. SINPZ will investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and will cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected.
SINPZ's Acceptable Use policy (the "policy") for SINPZ Services is designed to help protect SINPZ, SINPZ's customers and the Internet community in general from irresponsible or, in some cases, illegal activities. The policy is a non-exclusive list of the actions prohibited by SINPZ. SINPZ reserves the right to modify the policy at any time, effective upon posting here.
Examples of SINPZ system or network security violations include, without limitation, the following:
1. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.
2. Sending Unsolicited Bulk Email ("UBE", "spam"). The sending of any form of Unsolicited Bulk Email through SINPZ's servers is prohibited. Likewise, the sending of UBE from another service provider advertising a web site, email address or utilizing any resource hosted on SINPZ's servers is prohibited. SINPZ accounts or services may not be used to solicit customers from, or collect replies to, messages sent from another Internet Service provider where those messages violate this policy or that of the other provider.
3. Running Unconfirmed Mailing Lists. Subscribing email addresses to any mailing list without the express and verifiable permission of the email address owner is prohibited. All mailing lists run by SINPZ customers must be Closed-loop ("Confirmed Opt-in"). The subscription confirmation message received from each address owner must be kept on file for the duration of the existence of the mailing list. Purchasing lists of email addresses from 3rd parties for mailing to or from any SINPZ-hosted domain, or referencing any SINPZ account is prohibited.
4. Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP or the AUP of any other Internet Service provider, which includes, but is not limited to, the facilitation of the means to send Unsolicited Bulk Email, initiation of pinging, flooding, mail-bombing, denial of service attacks,stress testing, or port scanning.
5. Operating an account on behalf of, or in connection with, or reselling any service to, persons or firms listed in the Spamhaus Register of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) database at www.spamhaus.org/rokso.
6. Unauthorized attempts by a user to gain access to any account or computer resource not belonging to that user (e.g., "cracking").
7. Obtaining or attempting to obtain service by any means or device with intent to avoid payment.
8. Unauthorized access, alteration, destruction, or any attempt thereof, of any information of any SINPZ customers or end-users by any means or device.
9. Knowingly engage in any activities designed to harass, or that will cause a denial-of-service (e.g., synchronized number sequence attacks) to any other user whether on the SINPZ network or on another provider's network.
10.Using SINPZ's Services to interfere with the use of the SINPZ network by other customers or authorized users.
11.Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
12.Forging or modifying the source IP address within the header of IP packets originating from your service. e.g. Spoofing
13.INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A WHOLESALE INTERNET, INC. CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER.
