Acceptable
Use Policy & Privacy Policy
Acceptable
Use Policy
Customer
shall not do any of the following, or
permit any third party under its control
(including its customers and their
authorized users) to do the following, and
must include provisions in its service
agreements for its customers and
authorized users that restrict them from
doing any of the following:
i. restrict or inhibit any other user from
using and enjoying the Service and / or
the Internet; or
ii. upload, post, publish, transmit,
reproduce, distribute, or participate in
the transfer or sale, or in any way
exploit any information, software or other
material obtained through the Internet
which is PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT or other
proprietary rights or derivative works
with respect thereto, without obtaining
permission of the copyright owner or right
holder; or
iii. use the SMTP services of a third
party for the purposes of relaying or
sending electronic mail messages without
the express permission of that third
party; or
iv. host a publicly-accessible "open
relay" SMTP or anonymous remailer service
for any purpose, cause, or reason; or
v. post a commercial advertisement to any
USENET newsgroup, Internet "chat room",
bulletin board, or similar forum, if the
target forum is not specifically chartered
for public advertisement by non-private
parties of items "for sale" or
vi. post to any USENET Newsgroup or other
newsgroups, forum, email mailing list or
similar group or list articles which are
off-topic according to the charter or
other public statement of the group;
or
vii. send Unsolicited Commercial Email
(UCE, also known as SPAM) to any number of
email users or lists; or
viii. maintain, or send email to, "opt-in
targeted marketing lists" if the Customer
cannot demonstrate, to ParagonHost, LLC's
satisfaction, that the members of the
list(s) have knowingly requested to be
added to the list(s) in question through
direct action of their own doing, and that
easily-accessible, automated opt-out /
removal mechanisms are in place and
available to the members of the list(s);
or
ix. engage in any activity that is, or
appears to be, an attempt to gain
unauthorized access to a remote system or
network, or to gain information that could
later be used to assist in gaining
unauthorized access to a remote system or
network, such as port scanning, dictionary
attacks, Denial of Service attacks, server
/ service hijacking, etc.; or
x. engage in any of the foregoing
activities using the service of another
provider, but channeling such activities
through a ParagonHost, LLC account or
remailer, or using a ParagonHost, LLC
account as a mail drop for responses to
UCE, or hosting a Web site that is
advertised via UCE that originates from a
non-ParagonHost-connected source, or
otherwise requiring return transit through
ParagonHost, LLC 's Internet backbone;
or
xi. falsify or "spoof" user information
provided to ParagonHost, LLC or to other
users of the Service, and for handling all
complaints and trouble reports made by its
own customers and authorized users; or
xii. use the Service in violation or
contravention of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended by the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, or any other applicable law,
regulation, order or other governmental
directive, or abuse or fraudulently use
the Service in any way not specifically
set forth above.
Further, if customer is notified by
ParagonHost, LLC's Abuse Response Team,
via email or the Customer discovers on
their own or through any other means, that
the Customer themselves or any third party
under Customers control of a violation of
this AUP, the Customer will take whatever
steps are necessary to stop such activity,
and prevent repeat violations by the
offending entity.
The customer will respond to all
violations reported within 1 (one)
business day of the violation being
reported, and will have put a stop to the
activity within 2 (two) business days of
the violation first being reported.
ParagonHost, LLC reserves the right to
disconnect Customers systems until such
abuse has been eliminated.
Privacy
Policy
Effective
April 1, 2002
This Privacy Policy governs the manner
in which ParagonHost, LLC collects, uses,
stores, archives and discloses information
collected from users (each, a "User") of
this Web site. Your privacy is important
to us. To better protect your privacy we
provide this notice explaining our online
information practices and the choices you
can make about the way your information is
collected and used.
The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information
collected or submitted on the ParagonHost
Web site. On some pages, you can order
products, make requests, and register to
receive materials. We may ask for personal
information such as Name, Company Name,
Address, Phone Number, Email Address and
or Credit Card information.
The Way We Use This Information:
We use the information you provide
about yourself when placing an order only
to complete that order. We do not share
this information with outside parties
except to the extent necessary to complete
that order.
We use return email addresses to answer
the email we receive. We will use
information stored in our database about
you to provide support. Email addresses
and other data collected in support
requests are not shared with outside
parties unless you have consented as such
to provide you with support. We may email
directly to our customer lists special
promotional offers from outside vendors,
partners or suppliers.
ParagonHost, LLC uses aggregated,
anonymous data for research regarding the
effectiveness of the Web site and
ParagonHost, LLC’s marketing,
advertising and sales efforts.
ParagonHost, LLC does not use such
anonymous information for any other
purpose.
Finally, we never use or share the
personally identifiable information
provided to us online in ways unrelated to
the ones described above without also
providing you an opportunity to opt-out or
otherwise prohibit such unrelated
uses.
Our Commitment To Data Security:
To prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
correct use of information, we have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic,
and managerial procedures to safeguard and
secure the information we collect
online.
Our Commitment To Children's
Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very
young is especially important. For that
reason, we never collect or maintain
information at our Web site from those we
actually know are under 18, and no part of
our Web site is structured to attract
anyone under 18.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your
Information:
You can correct factual errors in your
personally identifiable information by
logging into www.myparagonhost.com.
We may disclose aggregated, anonymous data
to investors and potential partners.
How To Contact Us:
Should you have other questions or
concerns about these privacy policies,
please send an email to
privacy@paragonhost.com
Changes:
ParagonHost, LLC may modify this
Privacy Policy at any time. This Privacy
Policy was last revised on June 25,
2004.
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