PiviksNetwork Acceptable Use Policy

Introduction

PiviksNetwork's core mission is to "enable everyone, everywhere to use the Internet with confidence." This Acceptable Use policy serves that mission by encouraging the responsible use of PiviksNetwork's services and by delineating the relatively narrow range of uses of specified PiviksNetwork services that are contrary to PiviksNetwork's mission, generally because such uses either pose an unacceptable risk to the stability, integrity, or quality of PiviksNetwork's systems or the systems of its vendors, or harm (or threaten to harm) the rights and interests of third parties. This Acceptable Use policy supplements your service agreement with us. Uses of the PiviksNetwork services described below are prohibited.

E-mail Services

You are solely responsible for the content of your transmissions through PiviksNetwork's e-mail service. You agree to comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations regarding e-mail communications and use. You agree: (a) to comply with U.S. law regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States through the e-mail service; (b) not to use the e-mail service for illegal purposes; and (c) not to interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the e-mail service. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree PiviksNetwork may terminate any e-mail account which it believes, in its sole discretion, is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited bulk e-mail. You agree not to transmit through the e-mail service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. You further agree not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems are prohibited. You agree not to interfere with another customer's use and enjoyment of the e-mail service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.

You agree that PiviksNetwork shall under no circumstances be held liable on account of any action it takes, in good faith, to restrict transmission of material that it or any user of the e-mail service considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected.


Websites from PiviksNetwork

You may not use the Subscription Service (or any component thereof) or the PiviksNetwork Web Site for the activities listed below. In the event you violate this provision, this Agreement will immediately be terminated and you will no longer be able to use the Subscription Service (or any component thereof), or the PiviksNetwork Web Site. You are solely responsible for the content you furnish for inclusion in your PiviksNetwork Web Site. PiviksNetwork cannot and does not design, review or screen content you provide in your PiviksNetwork Web Site and does not assume any obligation to monitor such content. However, you agree that we may review your PiviksNetwork Web Site in responding to a third party complaint or for any other reason. You may not use the Subscription Service (or any component thereof), licensed PiviksNetwork Web Site to display or otherwise use any material, content, software or information that contains any of the following: (a) material that violates local, state, federal or international laws; (b) any material that violates or infringes in any way the rights, including copyrights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights of any third party; (c) hate propaganda; (d) fraudulent material or fraudulent activity; (e) any material that is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate, all as determined by PiviksNetwork at its sole discretion; (f) any material that promotes, encourages, or provides instructional information about illegal activities; (g) any software, information, or other material that contains a virus, "Trojan Horse," corrupted data; or (h) any software or information to promote or utilize software or any of PiviksNetwork's services to deliver unsolicited e-mail.

You understand that we reserve the right to conclude that your PiviksNetwork Web Site has content that is unsuitable in accordance with our standards, and we may come to such a conclusion even if it is based upon our opinion or mere suspicion or belief, without any duty to prove that our opinion or suspicion is well-founded and even if our opinion or suspicion is proven not to be well-founded or if we provide other customers PiviksNetwork Web Sites despite web pages therein having the same or similar characteristics as your PiviksNetwork Web Site. You also understand that by providing you the tools to create a PiviksNetwork Web Site, PiviksNetwork in no way endorses your PiviksNetwork Web Site or deems your content to be suitable under the terms of this Agreement.


Violations

If PiviksNetwork determines in its sole discretion that your conduct violates the terms of this Acceptable Use policy, PiviksNetwork may suspend, restrict, terminate, or take any other appropriate action with regard to your services without any obligation to refund fees paid. PiviksNetwork reserves the right to take such actions without notice to you. You understand that we reserve the right to conclude that your conduct is in violation of the standards set forth in this Acceptable Use policy, and we may arrive at such a conclusion even if it is based upon our opinion or mere suspicion or belief, without any duty to prove that our opinion or suspicion is well founded, and even if our opinion or suspicion is proven not to be well founded. You agree that we, in responding to a third party complaint, reserve the right in our sole discretion to suspend or terminate the services subject to this Acceptable Use policy without notice and with no obligation to refund fees paid.

Modifications to this Acceptable Use policy

You agree that PiviksNetwork, in its sole discretion, may modify this Acceptable Use policy. We will post any such revised policy on our Web site at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective. Use of the PiviksNetwork services after the posting period constitutes acceptance of the modification.