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ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY ("AUP")
General Information.
As a provider of All Service & Internet-related services,
Happy Cat Consulting offers its customers, the means to acquire and disseminate a
wealth of public, private, commercial, and non-commercial information.
Happy Cat Consulting respects that the Internet provides a forum for free and open
discussion and dissemination of information, however, when there are
competing interests at issue, Happy Cat Consulting reserves the right to take
certain preventative or corrective actions as they comply with all
regulated legalities. One important aspect of the Internet is that no
one party owns or controls it. This fact accounts for much of the
Internet's openness and value, but it also places a high premium on the
judgment and responsibility of those who use the Internet, both in the
information they acquire and in the information they disseminate to
others. When subscribers obtain information through the Internet, they
must keep in mind that Happy Cat Consulting cannot monitor, verify, warrant, or
vouch for the accuracy and quality of the information that users may
acquire. For this reason, the user must exercise his or her best
judgment in relying on information obtained from the Internet, and also
should be aware that some material posted to the Internet is sexually
explicit or otherwise offensive. Because Happy Cat Consulting cannot monitor or
censor the Internet, and will not attempt to do so, Happy Cat Consulting cannot
accept any responsibility for injury to its users, customers or
subscribers that results from inaccurate, unsuitable, offensive, or
illegal Internet communications. When users or customers disseminate
information through the Internet, they also must keep in mind that Happy
Cat Consulting does not review, edit, censor, or take responsibility for any
information its users, customers or subscribers may create. When users
place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other
authors for copyright infringement, defamation, and other harmful speech.
For these reasons, customers and subscribers violate Happy Cat
Consulting policy
and the service agreement when they, their customers, affiliates, or
subsidiaries engage in activities described herein.
Purpose.
The purpose of this AUP is to enhance the quality of the Services and to
protect Happy Cat Consulting's customers, and the Internet community as a whole,
from illegal, irresponsible, or disruptive Internet activities. This AUP
applies to each Customer and its employees, agents, contractors or other
users of such Customer who obtain Services from Happy Cat Consulting (each such
person being a "User"). Each User should use common sense and good
judgment in connection with the Services. Parents or guardians should
always supervise minors in using the Internet. Parents and guardians
should remain aware at all times of what is on the Internet and how the
minors under their care are using the Services and the Internet.
Prohibited Uses. Customers and Users may not:
a. Utilize the Services to send unsolicited bulk and/or commercial
messages over the Internet (known as "spamming"). It is not only harmful
because of its negative impact on consumer attitudes toward Happy Cat
Consulting
and disrupt service to its Customers subscribers. Also, maintaining an
open SMTP relay is prohibited. When a complaint is received, Happy Cat
Consulting has the absolute and sole discretion to determine from all of the
evidence whether the email recipients were from an "opt-in" email list.
b. Utilize the Services in connection with any illegal activity. Without
limiting the general application of this rule, Customers and Users may
not:
i. Utilize the Services to copy material from third parties (including
text, graphics, music, videos or other copyrightable material) without
proper authorization;
ii. Utilize the Services to misappropriate or infringe the patents,
copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of any
third party;
iii. Utilize the Services to traffic in illegal drugs, illegal gambling,
obscene materials or other any products or services that are prohibited
under applicable law;
iv. Utilize the Services to export encryption software to points outside
the United States & Europa Union in violation of applicable export
control laws;
v. Utilize the Services to Forge or misrepresent message headers,
whether in whole or in part, to mask the originator of the message; or
vi. Utilize the Services in any manner that violates applicable law.
c. Utilize the Services in connection with any tortious or actionable
activity. Without limiting the general application of this rule,
Customers and Users may not:
i. Utilize the Services to publish or disseminate information that (A)
constitutes slander, libel or defamation, (B) publicizes the personal
information or likeness of a person without that person's consent or (C)
otherwise violates the privacy rights of any person. Utilize the
Services to threaten persons with bodily harm, to make harassing or
abusive statements or messages, or to solicit the performance of acts or
services that are illegal under applicable law.
ii. Utilize the Services in connection with any other disruptive or
abusive activity.
Without limiting the general application of this rule, Customers and
Users may not:
1. Utilize the Services to cause denial of attacks against Happy Cat
Consulting or
other network hosts or Internet users or to otherwise degrade and
facilities or the servers and facilities of other network hosts or
Internet users;
2. Utilize the Services to gain unauthorized access to the computer
networks of Happy Cat Consulting or any other person;
3. Utilize the Services to provide passwords or access codes to persons
not authorized to receive such materials by the operator of the system
requiring the password or access code;
4. Utilize the Services to distribute or post any virus, worm, Trojan
horse, or computer code intended to disrupt services, destroy data,
destroy or damage equipment, or disrupt the operation of the Services;
5. Utilize the Services to conduct port scans or other invasive
procedures against any server (except any server for which the User is
an authorized system administrator);
6. Utilize the Services to distribute, advertise or promote software or
services that have the primary purpose of encouraging or facilitating
unsolicited commercial e-mail or Spam;
7. Utilize the Services to solicit or collect, or distribute, advertise
or promote, e-mail address lists for the purpose of encouraging or
facilitating unsolicited commercial e-mail or Spam;
8. Utilize the Services in any manner that might subject Happy Cat
Consulting to unfavorable regulatory action, subject Happy Cat
Consulting to any liability for
any reason, or adversely affect Happy Cat Consulting's public image, reputation or
goodwill, including, without limitation, sending or distributing
sexually explicit, hateful, vulgar, racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable materials as determined by Happy Cat Consulting in its sole
discretion; or
9. Utilize the Services in any other manner to interrupt or interfere
with the Internet usage of other persons.
Violations
a. Disclaimer. Happy Cat Consulting expressly disclaims any obligation to monitor
its Customers and other Users with respect to violations of this AUP.
Happy Cat Consulting has no liability or responsibility for the actions of any of
its Customers or other Users or any content any User may post on any Web
site.
b. Reporting Non-Copyright Violations. Happy Cat Consulting encourages Users to
report violations of this policy by e-mail to: SUPPORT#HAPPYCAT.FI (note
change # mark to @) , including in any such report the name of the
offending domain and the type of abuse (for example, Spam, illegal acts,
harassment, etc.) in the "subject" field of the e-mail.
c. Reporting Copyright Violations. Happy Cat Consulting complies with the Digital
Copyright Act ("DCA"). Happy Cat Consulting encourages Users to report an alleged
copyright infringement involving a user by sending a notice that
complies with the DCA which information is located under the Legal
section of this website.
d. Remedies. If Happy Cat Consulting learns of a violation of this AUP,
Happy Cat Consulting will respond to the applicable Customer and may, in
Happy Cat Consulting's sole
discretion, take any of the following actions, in accordance with the
severity and duration of the violation:
Warning the Customer;
i. Suspending the offending Customer from the Services;
ii. Terminating the offending Customer from the Services;
iii. Imposing fees or charges on the offending Customer account in
accordance with the applicable service contract;
iv. Removing the offending content; and
v. Taking other action in accordance with this AUP, the applicable
service contract or applicable law.
Reservation of Rights.
Happy Cat Consulting reserves the right to cooperate with appropriate legal
authorities in investigations of claims of illegal activity involving
Happy Cat Consulting's Services, Customers and other Users. Happy Cat
Consulting reserves
all other rights to respond to violations of this AUP to the extent of
applicable law and in accordance with any applicable contractual
obligations.
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