OF COMMISSIONWIZARD.COM, A PROPERTY OF
MEDIACTIVATE, LLC
and all related entities and websites
[Revised 8/23/07]
MEDIActivate, LLC,
and its subsidiaries, divisions and related web sites (hereinafter collectively
referred to as “MEDIActivate”)
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") describe the proper kinds of conduct and
prohibited uses of MEDIActivate’s services
(the "Services"), as described and subscribed to pursuant to the Terms and
Conditions Agreement (“Agreement”) of which this policy is incorporated. The
AUP is not exhaustive and MEDIActivate reserves the right to modify the AUP at any time, effective upon posting of the
modified AUP to www.commissionwizard.com.
By registering for and using the Services, and thereby accepting the terms and
conditions of the Agreement, you agree to abide by the AUP as modified from time
to time. Any violation of the AUP may result in the suspension or termination
of your account and such other action as MEDIActivate deems appropriate.
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE
GUIDELINES IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND MAY RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OR
SUSPENSION OF THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVE FROM MEDIActivate.
YOU WILL REMAIN SOLELY
LIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY AND ALL CONTENT THAT
YOU DISPLAY, UPLOAD, DOWNLOAD OR TRANSMIT THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES.
"CONTENT" INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR E-MAIL, WEB PAGES, PERSONAL HOME
PAGES, AND DOMAIN NAMES.
1. YOUR GENERAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.
The Services enable you to
develop and display a Web site through which you can interact with users of the
Internet and retrieve and send vast amounts of information. It also allows for
the deploying of email to promote the sale of your product or services.
Generally, MEDIActivate will not actively monitor, censor, or directly control any content that is or
will be displayed on your Web site(s) or information that you collect or use
through your Web site(s). MEDIActivate,
however, provides the Services with the goals of (a) ensuring security,
reliability and privacy of the Services and the users of the Services, (b)
maintaining an image and reputation of MEDIActivate as a responsible provider of the Services, (c) preserving the value of Internet
resources as a conduit for free expression, (d) encouraging the responsible use
of Internet resources and discouraging degrading, libelous or illegal uses of
such resources. Consequently, MEDIActivate expects you, and all other users of the Services, to take responsibility in
using the Internet with courtesy and responsibility, and be familiar with and to
practice good Internet etiquette, in furtherance of the above stated goals.
2. Prohibited Conduct.
You may use the Services only
for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution, sale, or storage of any
material in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or the AUP is
prohibited. The following non-exhaustive list details the kinds of illegal or
harmful conduct that are prohibited. MEDIActivate reserves the rights to restrict or prohibit any and all uses of the Services or
content on your Web site(s) and to remove such materials from its servers, that MEDIActivate determines in its sole discretion is harmful to its servers, systems, network,
reputation, good will, other MEDIActivate customers, or any third party.
Defamation. You agree not to post or
transmit any content in violation of any applicable law of libel or defamation
in the United States or elsewhere.
False advertising. You agree not to post or
transmit on or though any services any advertising or promotional materials that
contain false, deceptive or misleading statements, claims, or representations.
Copyright/Trademark
Infringement. You
agree not to post or transmit on or through the services any content that
infringes on the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights
including, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of another person or
entity or use the same without proper authorization. Infringement may result
from, among other activities, the unauthorized copying and posting of pictures,
logos, software, articles, musical works, and videos.
Offensive Materials. You agree not to transmit, disseminate, sell, store or host material that is
unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd,
harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights,
abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
Export Violations. You agree not to post or send software or technical information in violation of
U.S. export laws, including, without limitation, the Export Administration Act
and the Export Administration Regulations maintained by the Department of
Commerce.
Harmful Content. You agree not to disseminate or host harmful content including, without
limitation, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any other
computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously
intercept or expropriate any system, program, data or personal information.
Fraudulent Conduct. Your agree not to offer or disseminate fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or
promotions (i.e., make money fast schemes, chain letters, pyramid schemes), or
furnishing false data on any signup form, contract or online application or
registration, or the fraudulent use of any information obtained through the use
of the Services, including without limitation, use of credit card numbers.
False Pretenses.
You agree not to use the services to impersonate any person or communicate under
a false name or a name that you are not entitled or authorized to use in all
forms of online communication. False domain registration is strictly
prohibited.
Failure to Abide by Third-Party
Website Policies. You agree not to violate the rules, regulations, or policies that apply to any
third-party network, server computer database, or website that you access by or
through the services.
Child Pornography. You agree not to violate the
Federal child exploitation statutes to possess, produce, receive, transport or
distribute by any means, including computer, visual depictions of “sexual
intercourse” and/or “sexually explicit conduct” involving children.
Distribution of Viruses. You agree not to
intentionally distribute any software that attempts to and/or causes damage or
annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer systems.
Facilitating a Violation of this
AUP. You agree not
to advertise, transmit, or otherwise make available any software, program,
product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP which includes, but is
not limited to, spam, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, denial of service attacks
or piracy of software.
3. SYSTEM AND
NETWORK SECURITY AND INTEGRITY.
Violations of MEDIActivate's
or any third party's server, system or network security through the use of the
Services are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. MEDIActivate may investigate incidents involving such violations. MEDIActivate may involve and cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is
suspected. Examples of server, system or network security violations include,
without limitation, the following:
· Hacking. Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems, servers or networks, including
any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system, server or
network or to breach security or authentication measures without express
authorization of the owner of the system, server or network.
· Interception.
Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network, server, or system
without express authorization of the owner of the system, server, or network.
· Intentional
Interference.
Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without
limitation, mail bombing, news bombing, other flooding techniques, deliberate
attempts to overload a system, broadcast attacks and any activity resulting in
the crash of a host. Intentional interference also means the use of any kind of
program/script/command, or send messages of any kind, designed to interfere with
a user's terminal session, via any means, locally or by the Internet.
· Falsification
of Origin or Routing Information. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header or any part of a message
header. Using, selling, or distributing in conjunction with services any
computer program designed to conceal the source or routing information of
electronic mail messages in a manner that falsifies an internet domain, header
information, date or time stamp, originating email address or other identifier.
· Avoiding System
Restrictions. Using
manual or electronic means to avoid any use limitations placed on the Services
such as timing out.
· Failure to
Safeguard Accounts. Failing to prevent unauthorized access to accounts, including any account
passwords.
4. E-MAIL.
You may not distribute, publish,
or send any of the following types of e-mail:
· Unsolicited
promotions, advertising or solicitations (commonly referred to as "spam") that
is not compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, including, without limitation,
commercial advertising and informational announcements to those email addresses
who have requested that their email addresses be opted out.
· Commercial
promotions, advertising, solicitations, or informational announcements that
contain false or misleading information in any form.
· Harassing e-mail,
whether through language, frequency, or size of messages.
· Chain letters.
· Malicious e-mail,
including without limitation "mailbombing" (flooding a user or Web site with
very large or numerous pieces of mail) or "trolling" (posting outrageous
messages to generate numerous responses).
· E-mails containing
forged or falsified information in the header (including sender name and routing
information), or any other forged or falsified information.
Third Party Links. Links to third party web sites should not be inserted in emails without the
direct or indirect permission of the third party, and your email should
conspicuously notify the recipient that the link is to a third party over which
you have no control or operation.
In addition, you may not use MEDIActivate's
mail server or another Web site's mail server to relay mail without the express
permission of the account holder or the Web site. Posting the same or similar
message to one or more newsgroups, message boards, blogs, online discussion
groups, etc., (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting) also is explicitly
prohibited.
5. INSTANT MESSAGING and CHAT Services.
Inappropriate use or misuse of
instant messaging or chat applications on the MEDIActivate network is not
acceptable. Examples include: Sending instant messages that contain
threatening, abusive, illegal or libelous material.
INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS
OF THE AUP, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF,
WILL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE AUP BY YOU.
6. LINKS TO
THIRD-PARTY SITES.
The Website may contain links to
other websites that are maintained by third parties over which MEDIActivate has
no control. These links are provided for convenience only. Use of these links
will cause you to leave this Site and use of third-party websites is entirely at
your own risk. MEDIActivate makes no representation or warranty concerning any
other site or the information, products or services offered or appearing on or
through these sites. MEDIActivate does not sponsor or endorse the operators of
the sites or the content, products or services they provide, and MEDIActivate is
not responsible or liable for the conduct of the sites' operators, the content,
availability, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services or other
materials offered at the sites.
7. MODIFICATION OF
THE POLICY AND AGREEMENT.
We reserve the right to modify
this Policy and Agreement at any time, effective upon its posting, as modified,
on www.commissionwizard.com.
You agree to the Policy and Agreement by accessing or using our Website,
products or services.
8. PRIVACY POLICY.
MEDIActivate respects the
privacy of visitors to our site. Please take a few minutes to review our Privacy Policy.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
Any failure to insist upon or
enforce performance of any provision in this Policy will not be construed as a
waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the
parties nor trade practice will act to modify any provision in this Policy and
Agreement. MEDIActivate may assign its rights and duties under these terms to
any party at any time without notice to you. If any provision of this Agreement
is deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
will be deemed severable from these terms and conditions so that it does not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Any questions regarding this AUP
should be directed to info@commissionwizard.com.