ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Introduction
RC Technologies Corporation (hereafter "RCT") is pleased that you have chosen
RCT internet access and email service (the "Service"). Our goal is to
provide you with an high-quality Internet experience. This Acceptable Use
Policy (the "AUP") has been designed to protect our Service, our subscribers,
and the Internet community, from inappropriate, illegal or otherwise
objectionable activities. Please read this policy prior to accessing the
Service. All users of the Service must abide by this AUP. Your
violation of this AUP may result in the immediate suspension or termination of
either your access to the Service and/or your RCT account. This AUP should
be read in conjunction with our Internet Subscriber Agreement and other
applicable policies.
By using the Service, you agree to abide by, and require others using the
Service via your account to abide by the terms of this AUP. You should
consult this document regularly to ensure that your activities conform to the
most recent version. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS,
YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND NOTIFY THE RCT CUSTOMER
SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE CLOSED.
Prohibited Activities. You may not use the Service in a manner that violates any applicable local, state, federal or international law, order or regulation. Additionally, You may not use the Service to:
- Conduct, participate in, or otherwise facilitate pyramid or other illegal soliciting schemes.
- Take part in any fraudulent activities, including impersonating any person or entity or forging anyone else's digital or manual signature.
- Invade another person's privacy, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate the rights of others.
- Post, transmit, or
disseminate content that is threatening, abusive, libelous, slanderous,
defamatory, incites hatred, or is otherwise offensive or objectionable.
- Restrict, inhibit, or
otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person to use or enjoy the equipment or the Service, including, without limitation, by posting or
transmitting any information or software which contains a virus, lock, key, bomb, worm, Trojan horse, cancelbot, or other harmful feature.
- Collect or store personal data about other users.
- Use an IP address not
assigned to you.
- Violate any other RCT
policy or guideline.
- Resell or redistribute the Service to any third party via any means, including, but not limited to, wireless technology.
Harm to Minors. You may not use the Service to harm or attempt to harm a minor, including, but not limited to, by hosting, possessing, disseminating, or transmitting material that is unlawful, including child pornography or obscene material.
Intellectual Property Infringement. You may not use the Service to post, copy, transmit, or disseminate any content that infringes the patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademark, or propriety rights of any party. RCT assumes no responsibility, and you assume all risks regarding the determination of whether material is in the public domain, or may otherwise be used by you for
such purposes.
User Content. You are solely responsible for any information that you publish on the web or other Internet services. You must ensure that the
recipient of the content is appropriate and must take appropriate precautions to
prevent minors from receiving inappropriate content. RCT reserves the right to
refuse to post or to remove any information or materials from the Service, in
whole or in part, that it, in RCT's sole discretion, deems to be offensive,
indecent, or otherwise objectionable.
Commercial Use. The Service is designed for personal use of the
Internet and email and may not be used for commercial purposes. You may not
resell or otherwise charge others to use the residential Service. You agree not
to use the Service for operation as an Internet Service Provider, or for any
other business enterprise, including, without limitation, IP address translation
or similar facilities intended to provide additional access.
Servers. You may not operate, or allow others to operate, servers of
any type or any other device, equipment, and/or software providing server-like
functionality in connection with the Service, unless expressly authorized by
RCT.
Misuse of Service. You are responsible for any misuse of the Service
that occurs through your account. You must therefore take steps to ensure that
others do not gain unauthorized access or misuse the
Service.Hacking/Attempted Unauthorized Access. You may not use the
Service to breach or attempt to breach the security of another user or attempt
to gain access to any other person's computer, software, or data without the
knowledge and consent of such person. The equipment and the Service may not be
used in any attempt to circumvent the user authentication or security of any
host, network or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data
not intended for you, logging into or making use of a server or account you are
not expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks or
computers for any reason. Use or distribution of tools designed for compromising
security, such as password guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or
network probing tools, is prohibited.Security. You are solely responsible
for the security of any device connected to the Service, including any data
stored on that device. RCT recommends that you take appropriate security
precautions for any systems connected to the Service.
Disruption of Service. You may not disrupt the Service in any
manner. Nor shall you interfere with computer networking or
telecommunications services to any user, host or network, including, without
limitation, denial of service attacks, flooding of a network, overloading a
service, improper seizing and abuse of operator privileges or attempts to
"crash" a host.
Viruses, Trojan Horses, Worms and Denial of Service Attacks. Software
or other content downloaded from the Service may contain viruses and it is your
sole responsibility to take appropriate precautions to protect your computer
from damage to its software, files and data. You are prohibited from
posting, transmitting or disseminating any information or software that contains
a virus, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful program or that generates levels of
traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to send or retrieve
information. Prohibited conduct of this type includes denial of service
attacks or similarly disruptive transmissions, as well as transmissions
containing other harmful or malicious features.
Electronic Mail. You may not use the Service to send unsolicited bulk
or commercial e-mail messages ("spam"). Any unsolicited e-mail must also
not direct the recipient to any web site or other resource that uses the
Service. The Service may not be used to collect responses from unsolicited
e-mail sent from accounts on other Internet hosts or e-mail services that
violates this Policy or the acceptable use policy of any other Internet Service
Provider. In addition, "mail bombing," the sending of numerous copies of
the same or substantially similar messages or very large messages or files with
the intent to disrupt a server or account, is prohibited.
You may not reference RCT or any portion of the RCT network (e.g. by
including "Organization: RCT" in the header or by listing an IP address that
belongs to the RCT) in any unsolicited email even if that email is not sent
through the RCT network. Further, forging, altering or removing electronic
mail headers is prohibited.
Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other Limitations. RCT
offers multiple packages of Service with varying speeds and features and
bandwidth usage limitations. You must comply with the current bandwidth,
data storage and other Limitations
of Service that correspond with the package of Service you selected.
In addition to complying with the limitations for specific features, you must
ensure that your activities do not improperly restrict, inhibit, or degrade any
other user's use of the Service, nor represent (in RCT’s sole judgment) an
unusually great burden on the network itself. In addition, you must ensure
that your use does not improperly restrict, inhibit, disrupt, degrade or impede
RCT's ability to deliver the Service and monitor the Service, backbone, network
nodes, and/or other network services. If you use excessive bandwidth (as
determined by RCT), RCT may terminate, suspend, or require you to upgrade the
Service and pay additional fees.
Conflict.In the event of a conflict between the Subscriber Agreement
and this Policy, the terms of the Subscriber Agreement will prevail.
How to Contact RCT. For any questions regarding this AUP, complaints of violations, or cancellation notices, please contact RCT at one of the following:
Email: tnics@tnics.com
Phone: 605-637-5211 or 800 256 6854
US Mail: RC Technologies, PO Box 33 New Effington SD 57255
