PotentHost Acceptable
Use Policy and Service Guidelines
PotentHost provides web hosting to many clients,
and we have a responsibility to protect each client and to provide
the best services available. The following guidelines were designed
to ensure these obligations are met.
Content:
All services provided by PotentHost may be used for lawful purposes
only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information,
data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State
or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene
or material protected by trade secret and other statute, and invasion
of privacy. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
PotentHost from any claims resulting from the use of the service
which damages the subscriber or any other party.
All pornographic content and sex-related merchandising
is prohibited on all PotentHost servers. This includes sites that
may infer sexual content or links to adult content elsewhere.
PotentHost will be the sole arbiter in determining violations of
this provision.
Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal
activity or present content that may be damaging to PotentHost
servers or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials
are also prohibited.
Examples of unacceptable content or links:
Pirated software
Hacker programs or archives
Warez sites
PotentHost will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation
of this provision.
Commercial Advertising - Email:
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from a PotentHost
server or using an email address or domain that is maintained
on an PotentHost machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited. PotentHost will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation
of this provision.
Misuse of System Resources:
Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer,
of PotentHost is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not
limited to: using programs that consume excessive CPU time; allowing
the use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, or autoresponders
other than for the customer's own account; resale of disk space
without an appropriate reseller agreement; use of servers for
backup of files unrelated to the web site of the account; or resale
or remote access to CGI scripts installed on our servers. No IRC
related software is permitted on our servers. This includes servers,
bots, bouncers, or any other software that is used for the purpose
of creating, maintaining, or providing access to IRC servers or
channels. Accounts that are found to have such software uploaded
to their web space are subject to immediate suspension and/or
termination without notice.
Cancellation:
Cancellation can be made via email to sales@potenthost.com.
Although no notice is required, and there is no cancellation fee,
all fees paid for service up to the notice of cancellation are
non-refundable. If cancellation is made within the first 30 days
of service all hosting fees will be refunded. This does not include
fees for domain registration.
Suspension:
Activity which results in a suspension or deactivation of an account
will result in a forfeiture of fees paid. Complaints made regarding
abuses of an account will be grounds for suspension.
Refusal of Service:
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at
our sole discretion.
All sub-networks, distributive hosting sites, and
dedicated servers of PotentHost must adhere to the above policies.
Please direct any reports of violations of the above policies
to abuse@potenthost.com
Failure to follow any term or condition will be
grounds for immediate account deactivation.
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