1. INTRODUCTION
FPVision's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") sets
forth the principles that govern the use by customers of the Web-based
products and services provided by FPVision. All users of FPVision’s
Internet services (the "Services”) must comply with this AUP.
FPVision may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in
the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong. Your
violation of this AUP may result in the suspension or termination of either
your access to the Services and/or your FPVision account or other actions
as detailed in Section 3. This AUP is designed to help protect our customers,
and the Internet community, from irresponsible, abusive or illegal activities.
2. VIOLATIONS
OF FPVision’S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this AUP:
Prohibited Actions: General Terms and Conditions of Use
• Copying/duplicating the Licensed Product or creating subsets or
derivative databases from the Database.
• Assigning, selling or passing along the Licensed Product.
• Publishing or otherwise disseminating the Licensed Product or
creating subsets or derivative databases from the Database for commercial
use or sale.
• Providing services for a fee using the Licensed Product or any
subsets or derivatives thereof.
• Allowing data from the Licensed Product to be made available to
others or downloading the Licensed Product onto any electronic storage
media or distributing or transferring the Database or Search Results in
any form (printed, electronically relayed, posted to public list services
or bulletin boards, or magnetically stored) to, or for the benefit, of
others.
• Unauthorized distribution of passwords and/or access codes is
strictly prohibited.
• Institutional users should contact their Site Administrator regarding
the General Terms and Conditions of their License Agreement.
Prohibited Actions: Impersonation/Forgery
• Adding, removing, or modifying identifying network header information
(aka "spoofing") in an effort to deceive or mislead.
• Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or
other identifying information.
Prohibited Actions: Network unfriendly activity
• Any activities which adversely affect the ability of other people
or systems to use FPVision’s services or the Internet are prohibited.
This includes "denial of service" attacks against the FPVision
servers, network hosts or individual user.
Prohibited Actions: Commercial e-mail
• Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail. Using a FPVision e-mail
or Website address to distribute commercial e-mail is prohibited.
• Sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail (aka "mail bombing")
is prohibited.
Prohibited Actions: Access control and Authentication
• Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any
host, network, or account (aka "cracking") is strictly prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for
the customer, logging into a server or account the customer is not expressly
authorized to access, or probing the security of FPVision servers and
networks.
Prohibited Actions: Proxy Hunters, Spiders, Robots
• Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind,
designed to interfere with a User’s session, by any means, locally
or by the Internet.
Enforcement
FPVision reserves the right to monitor Internet access to the FPVision
services by authorized User(s)/Licensee(s), as part of the normal course
of its business practice. Should FPVision discover User(s) engaged in
Prohibited Actions as outlined above, which create denial of access or
impediment of service, and which adversely affect FPVision’s ability
to provide services, FPVision reserves the right to temporarily suspend
User/Licensee access to the FPVision Host Server and/or Database. FPVision
shall make written/electronic notification to User or Licensee point of
contact of any temporary suspension, and the cause thereof, as soon as
reasonably possible. This temporary suspension will remain in effect until
the Prohibited Actions have ceased.
3. REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF FPVision’s AUP
FPVision requests that anyone who believes that there is
a violation of this AUP direct the information to Director-Abuse Department,
at: info@FPVisiontrader.com.
If available, please provide the following information:
• The IP address used to commit the alleged violation
• The date and time of the alleged violation, including the time
zone or offset from CST
• Evidence of the alleged violation
Email with full header information provides all of the above, as do syslog
files. Other situations will require different methods of providing the
above information.
FPVision may take anyone or ALL of the following actions in response to
complaints:
• issue warnings: written or verbal
• suspend the Member's newsgroup posting privileges
• suspend the Member's account
• terminate the Member's account
• bill the Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation charges
• bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or to collect damages,
if any, caused by violations.
Rev. 01/30/2004
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