Overview
The WebHostingM "Acceptable Use Policy" webpage is a comprehensive guide outlining prohibited activities on the WebHostingM network. As a crucial legal document, it specifies behaviors and practices that customers must avoid while using WebHostingM's services.
By using the Service or accessing the WebHostingM Site, you agree to the latest version of this AUP. Violating the AUP, or aiding others in doing so, can result in a warning followed by suspension or termination of your Service if unheeded.
This AUP is incorporated by reference in your Agreement with WebHostingM. Inquiries should be directed to team+compliance@webhostingm.com.
General Content
Content displayed or processed through your Application or website using the Service must not contain:
- Content that infringes third-party rights according to applicable law;
- Hate-related or violent content;
- Content advocating racial or ethnic intolerance;
- Content promoting malicious computer hacking or password harvesting;
- Illegal gambling;
- Any other illegal activities, including illegal export of controlled substances;
- Phishing;
- Malicious content;
- Materials, products, or services violating any criminal laws, other applicable laws, or third-party rights.
General Prohibited Actions
In addition to the violations described in the Terms, you and any third party, including end users, must not:
- Generate or facilitate unsolicited commercial email ("spam"), which includes but is not limited to activities listed in the document;
- Send, upload, distribute, or disseminate or offer objectionable content;
- Intentionally distribute harmful computer technology;
- Conduct pyramid schemes;
- Transmit harmful content to minors;
- Impersonate others or misrepresent yourself;
- Illegally transmit intellectual property without permission;
- Use the Service to violate others' legal rights;
- Promote or encourage illegal activity;
- Interfere with other users' enjoyment of the Service;
- Exploit the Service for unauthorized commercial purposes;
- Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any part of the Service;
- Remove proprietary rights notices from the Service;
- Reformat or frame any part of the WebHostingM control panels;
- Use the Service for illegal peer-to-peer file sharing;
- Display content that violates any laws or third-party rights;
- Use the Service for activities related to child pornography, illegal bestiality, non-consensual sex acts, or harmful exploitation;
- Use the Services in situations where failure could cause harm;
- Use the Services for activities related to illegal gambling, terrorism, narcotics, arms trafficking, or weapons of mass destruction;
- Modify WebHostingM trademarks or logos;
- Access other WebHostingM products in a way that violates their terms.
No Illegal, Harmful, or Offensive Use or Content
You must not use the Service or WebHostingM Site for any illegal, harmful, or offensive use, or to transmit, store, display, distribute, or make available content that is illegal, harmful, or offensive.
Prohibited Activities or Content
These include:
- Illegal Activities: Promoting pedophilia, bestiality, sexual violence, targeted hatred, or dangerous activities.
- Harmful or Fraudulent Activities: Harmful to others, our operations, or reputation, including fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or deceptive practices.
- Infringing Content: Infringing or misappropriating others' intellectual property or proprietary rights.
- Offensive Content: Defamatory, abusive, invasive, or otherwise objectionable content, including child pornography or non-consensual sex acts.
- Harmful Content: Damaging, interfering, or expropriating technology.
- Violent Content: Excessively violent content or inciting violence.
- Deceptive Content: Unfair or deceptive under consumer protection laws.
- Impersonation: Misrepresenting ownership or affiliation.
WebHostingM will take actions to comply with laws. Moreover, you agree not to use the Services for violations of legal rights or for illegal, invasive, defamatory, or fraudulent purposes.
Security Violations
You must not violate the security of any network, computer, communications system, software application, or network or computing device.
Security Prohibited Activities Include
- Unauthorized Access: Using Systems without permission.
- Interception: Monitoring data or traffic without permission.
- Falsification of Origin: Forging message origins.
Network Abuse Violations
You must not make unauthorized network connections.
Network Prohibited Activities Include
- Monitoring or Crawling: Disruptive monitoring or crawling.
- Unauthorized Access: Unauthorized use of data, systems, or networks.
- Deceitful Actions: Introducing harmful code or collecting information deceitfully.
- Deceptive Information: Using misleading TCP-IP packet headers.
- Covert Usage: Distributing covert information-gathering software.
- Denial of Service (DoS): Overloading systems with communications requests.
- Intentional Interference: Disrupting System functioning.
- Operation of Certain Network Services: Operating open proxies, mail relays, or domain name servers.
- Avoiding System Restrictions: Bypassing access and storage restrictions.
- Retaliation Against WebHostingM: Conduct likely to result in retaliation against WebHostingM.
- Withholding Identity: Concealing or misreporting transmission or identification information.
- Spam: Actions resulting in abuse database listing.
- Illegal Activities: Promoting illegal activities.
Domain Name
- Maintain valid and current information for domain hosting.
- Use only IP addresses assigned by WebHostingM.
- Abide by domain registration and credit card use rules.
Excessive Use of Shared System Resources
You may not use any shared system provided by WebHostingM in a way that unnecessarily interferes with the normal operation of the shared system, or that consumes a disproportionate share of the resources of the system. For example, we may require you to repair coding abnormalities in your cloud-hosted code if it unnecessarily conflicts with other cloud customers' use of the cloud. You agree that we may quarantine or delete any data stored on a shared system if the data is infected with a virus, or is otherwise corrupted, and has the potential to infect or corrupt the system or other customers' data that is stored on the same system.
Responsibility for Content
WebHostingM is not responsible for material on its Services and does not exercise editorial control but reserves the right to monitor content.
Cooperation with Investigations and Legal Proceedings
If we are legally required to permit any relevant authority to inspect your content or traffic, you agree we can do so; provided however that, where possible without breaching any legal or regulatory requirement, we give you reasonable prior notice of such requirement.
We may, without notice to you, report to the appropriate authorities any conduct by you that we believe violates applicable law, and provide any information we have about you, or your users or your traffic and cooperate in response to a formal request from a law enforcement or regulatory agency investigating any such activity, or in response to a formal request in a civil action that on its face meets the requirements for such a request.
Changes To The AUP
WebHostingM may amend this AUP by posting a revised version or providing written notice of material changes. You can object to changes that adversely affect your use of the Services.
Consequences Of Violating This AUP
Breaching this AUP may result in suspension or termination of Services. WebHostingM may intercept or block content or traffic for AUP violations. No credits will be given for service interruptions due to AUP violations.
Note: This AUP is not exhaustive. WebHostingM may modify it by posting a revised version on this webpage or website.