Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) sets forth the principles that govern the use by customers of the Web-based products and services provided by SNC. This AUP is designed to help protect our customers, and the Internet community from abusive or illegal activities.
General Violations
This AUP identifies the actions that SNC considers to be Prohibited Actions (meaning those actions which create denial of access or impediment of service).
Prohibited Actions: General Terms and Conditions of Use
The Licensed Product can be, and are not limited to, SNC services, products, trade marks, copyrights. - Copying/duplicating the Licensed Product or creating subsets or derivative databases from the Database, except for personal use only.
- Assigning, selling or passing along the Licensed Product.
- Publishing or otherwise disseminating the Licensed Product or creating subsets or derivative sub-products for commercial use or sale.
- Providing services for a fee using the Licensed Product or any subsets or derivatives thereof.
- Unauthorized acquizition and distribution of passwords and/or access codes is strictly prohibited.
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 SNC services or the Internet are prohibited. This includes "denial of service" attacks against the SNC servers, network hosts or individual user.
Prohibited Actions: Commercial e-mail
Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited. Using an SNC 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 SNC 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:
SNC reserves the right to monitor Internet access to our services by authorized User(s) as part of the normal course of its business practice. Should SNC discover User(s) engaged in Prohibited Actions as outlined above, which create denial of access or impediment of service, and which adversely affect SNC ability to provide services, SNC reserves the right to temporarily suspend User access to the SNC Host Server and/or Database. SNC shall make written/electronic notification to User point of contact (ISP) of any temporary suspension, and the cause thereof, as soon as reasonably possible. This temporary suspension will remain in effect until the Prohibited activity ceases.
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