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Acceptable Use Policy
Important Note : This document is updated often. Please make a habit of reviewing it from time to time to stay abreast of acceptable as well as inappropriate uses of and visitation to IRCSO™. Reports of activity in violation of this policy may be sent via e-mail to our Abuse Department.

This document is divided into the following sections:
Introduction
IRCSO™ has established an Acceptable Use Policy in order to make these duties and responsibilities more clear. This document is intended to provide a general understanding of IRCSO™'s Acceptable Use Policy. The following factors guide the establishment and enforcement of IRCSO™'s usage policies:

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  • Ensure reliable service to our visitors
  • Ensure security and privacy of our systems and network, as well as the networks and systems of others
  • Comply with existing laws
  • Maintain our reputation as a responsible community service provider
  • Encourage responsible use of the Site and discourage activities which reduce the usability and value of our services
  • Preserve the value of IRCSO™ resources as a conduit for free expression and exchange of information
  • Preserve the privacy and security of individual users
IRCSO™ intends to provide its visitors access to everything we have to offer. While IRCSO™ is firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain activities are damaging to the resources of both IRCSO™ and the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise of free speech. The resources of IRCSO™ and the Internet are limited, and abuse of these resources by one user has a negative impact on the our community.

We do not routinely monitor the activity of visitors except for measurements of system utilization and resource use. However, in our efforts to promote good citizenship within the Internet community, we will respond appropriately if we become aware of inappropriate use of our services.

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If an IRCSO™ service is used to violate the Acceptable Use Policy, we reserve the right to terminate the offending visitor's your service without notice and you agree to indemnify IRCSO™ and its affiliates against any claims threatened or brought by third parties as a result of your violation of this Acceptable Use Policy and/or the content of this website. We prefer to advise customers of inappropriate behavior and any necessary corrective action. However, flagrant violations of the Acceptable Use Policy will result in immediate termination of services. Our failure to enforce this policy, for whatever reason, shall not be construed as a waiver of our right to do so at any time.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at the Abuse Department .

General Information
IRCSO™ visitors are prohibited from transmitting on or through any of IRCSO™'s services, any material that is, in IRCSO™'s sole discretion, unlawful, obscene, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law.

In general, you may NOT use our services:

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  • In a manner which violates any law, regulation, treaty or tariff;
  • In a manner which violates the rules, regulations and policies of any network, server, web site, database or service provider that you access through your IRCSO™ services;
  • In a manner which is defamatory, fraudulent, indecent, offensive or deceptive;
  • To threaten, harass, abuse or intimidate others;
  • To damage the name or reputation of IRCSO™, its parent, affiliates and subsidiaries;
  • To break security on any computer network, or to access a service which does not belong to you; or
  • In a manner which interferes with other customers' use and enjoyment of the services provided by IRCSO™.
IRCSO™'s services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation of United States or state regulation or law, or by the common law, is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. IRCSO™'s reserves the right to remove such illegal material from its servers or to immediately terminate your services.

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The visitor is responsible for keeping his/her data with IRCSO™ up-to-date and accurate. Furnishing false data on any contract or application is grounds for immediate termination, and may subject the offender to civil or criminal liability.

IRCSO™ reserves sole discretion to determine whether any use of the service is a violation of this policy. Guidelines for using our services follows. This information is only a guideline, and is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Electronic Mail
Certain IRCSO™ services give you the ability to send and receive electronic mail. Misuse of electronic mail may result in termination of service. The following examples are non-exclusive and are provided for your guidance.
  • You may not use our services to send unsolicited bulk or commercial messages ("spam"). This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, and political or religious tracts. Such messages may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it.
  • You may not use our services to collect responses from unsolicited bulk or commercial e-mail sent from accounts with other providers.
  • Forging, altering or removing electronic mail headers is prohibited.
  • You may not send numerous copies of the same or substantially similar message, nor may you send very large messages or files to a recipient, with the intent to disrupt a server or account ("mail bombing").
  • You may not use electronic mail to harass or intimidate others. Harassment, whether through language, frequency of messages, or size of messages, is prohibited. Sending a single unwelcome message may be considered harassment. If a recipient asks to stop receiving e-mail, you must not send that person any further messages.
  • You may not forward or otherwise propagate chain letters, whether or not such messages solicit money or other items of value, and whether or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
  • IRCSO™ services may not be used to collect replies to messages sent from another Internet service provider if those messages violate this Acceptable Use Policy or the acceptable use policy of the other service provider.
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Security
You are responsible for any misuse of our services, even if the inappropriate activity was committed by a friend, family member, guest or employee. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that others do not gain access to our service. In addition, you may not use our service to breach security of another service or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server.
  • You must adopt adequate security measures to prevent or minimize unauthorized use of our services.
  • You may not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network or account ("cracking"). This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for you, logging into or making use of a server or services you are not expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks. Use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security is prohibited. Examples of these tools include, but are not limited to, password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools.
  • You may not attempt to interfere with service to any user, host, or network ("denial of service attacks"). This includes, but is not limited to, "flooding" of networks, deliberate attempts to overload a service, and attempts to "crash" a host.
  • Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability. IRCSO™ will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations.
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Network Performance
IRCSO™ services operate on shared resources. Excessive use or abuse of these shared network resources by one customer may have a negative impact on all other customers. Misuse of network resources in a manner which impairs network performance is prohibited by this policy and may result in termination of your service.
  • You are prohibited from excessive consumption of resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space and session time. You may not use resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other visitors or the performance of IRCSO™ systems or networks. IRCSO™ reserves the right to terminate or limit such activities.
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Illegal Activity
Any activity on our network that is a violation of any state or federal law is a violation of this policy and will result in immediate termination of service. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
  • Transmitting obscene materials or child pornography.
  • Intentionally spreading or threatening to spread computer viruses.
  • Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to any network, including IRCSO™'s private network infrastructure.
  • Accessing or attempting to access information not intended for you.
  • Transmitting pirated software.
  • Conducting or participating in illegal gambling.
  • Soliciting for pyramid and other illegal schemes.
IRCSO™ does not permit any site that contains: (i) images (including on banner ads) of nude models that appear to be under the age of 18 (in IRCSO™'s sole judgment), (ii) sexually explicit images (including on banner ads) of models that appear to be under the age of 18 (in IRCSO™'s sole judgment); or (iii) sites containing language promoting child pornography together with any sexually explicit or nude images. As required by federal law in the United States, IRCSO™ will forward all offenders of this policy to the appropriate federal agency.

Copyright Infringement Claims
If you believe that you hold a claim of copyright infringement against IRCSO™, submit your Notice of your claim to the following Designated Agent:

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Designated Agent: IRCSO™ DMCA Agent
E-mail: DMCA Representative

It is our policy to remove or disable items listed by third parties on our site that you claim infringe your rights. However, in order to do so, we require proper notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. Section 512. The DMCA requires that your notice include certain elements specifically identified in the statute.

Please note that any misrepresentation of material facts by you or your representative in a DMCA Notice may subject you to claims for damages and attorneys fees.

Privacy Statement
IRCSO™ has a policy to respect and protect the privacy of its visitors and their information that is stored with IRCSO™. IRCSO™ will only access and disclose information as necessary to comply with applicable laws and government requests, to provide the IRCSO™ Services, to operate or maintain its systems or to protect itself or its customers. Our privacy policy can be read in full.


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