By
using our webhosting services, you agree to comply with our policies.
You are expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility,
giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users. We expect
you to have a basic knowledge of how the Internet functions, the types
of uses which are generally acceptable, and the types of uses which
are to be avoided. Common sense is the best guide as to what is considered
acceptable use.
The following are unacceptable uses:
Illegality in any form, including but not limited to activities such
as unauthorized distribution or copying of copyrighted software, violation
of U.S. export restrictions, harassment, fraud, trafficking in obscene
material, drug dealing, and other illegal activities.
Interpretation
The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not
meant to be exhaustive. Generally, conduct that violates law, regulation,
or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or not expressly
mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. Brizo Hosting reserves the
right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its commercial
reputation and goodwill.
Illegal Use
Brizo Hosting servers may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable
law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation,
material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other
intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and
material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat,
or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content
or links: "Pirated software", "Hackers programs or
archives", "Warez Sites", "Irc Bots", "Mp3".
We will be the sole arbiters as to what constitutes a violation
of this provision.
System and Network Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result
in criminal and civil liability. Examples include, but are not limited
to the following: unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems
security or authentication measures, data or traffic. Interference
with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation,
mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and
broadcast attacks. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part
of the header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting. It
is a violation for anyone who, including but not limited to, employs
posts or programs which consume excessive CPU time or storage space,
permits the use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, POP
accounts, or auto responders other than for their own account; or
resale of access to CGI scripts installed on our servers.
Tortious Conduct
No one shall post defamatory, scandalous, or private information about
a person without their consent, intentionally inflicting emotional
distress, or violating trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual
property rights.
Spamming
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation,
commercial advertising and informational announcements, is expressly
prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay
mail without the express permission of the site or distributing, advertising
or promoting software or services that have the primary purpose of
encouraging or facilitating unsolicited commercial E-mail or spam.
It is contrary to Brizo Hostings policy for customers to use
our servers to effect or participate in any of the following activities:
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, e-mail mailing list
or other similar group or list articles which are off-topic according
to the charter or other owner-published FAQ or description of the
group or list;
To send unsolicited mass e-mailings, if such unsolicited e-mailings
provoke complaints from the recipients; To engage in any of the foregoing
activities using the service of another provider, but channeling such
activities through a Brizo Hosting provided server, or using a Brizo
Hosting provided server as a maildrop for responses; To falsify user
information provided to Brizo Hosting or to other users of the service
in connection with use of a Brizo Hosting service. When Brizo Hosting
becomes aware of an alleged violation of its Acceptable Use Policy,
Brizo Hosting will initiate an investigation (within 24-48 hours).
During the investigation Brizo Hosting may restrict Customer 's access
in order to prevent further possible unauthorized activity. If the
Customer is found in violation of our SPAM policy, Brizo Hosting may,
at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate Customer's
account and/or pursue other civil remedies. Also, Brizo Hosting reserves
the right to pursue civil remedies for any costs associated with the
investigation of a substantiated policy violation. If such violation
is a criminal offense, Brizo Hosting will notify the appropriate law
enforcement department of such violation.
Brizo Hosting does not issue service credits for any outages incurred
through service disablement resulting from Policy violations.
The Customer shall be held liable for any and all costs incurred by
Brizo Hosting as a result of the customer's violation of these terms
and conditions. This is including, but is not limited to, attorney
fees and costs resulting from Postmaster responses to complaints from
and the cleanup of unsolicited commercial mailings and/or unauthorized
bulk mailings and/or news server violations. First violations will
result in a Cleanup Fee of $250 and the customer’s account will
be reviewed for possible immediate termination. A second violation
will result in Cleanup Fee of $500 and immediate termination of the
customer’s account. The Customer who violates this policy agrees
to also pay Investigation Fees of no more than $125 per hour that
Brizo Hosting personnel must spend to investigate any violations.
Modification
Brizo Hosting reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision
of this Policy at any time without notice.
Reporting Network Abuse
Any party seeking to report any violations Brizo Hosting policy may
contact via e-mail:
Security
Statement
This
website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information
is protected both online and off-line. When our order form asks
users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number),
that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as
our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such
as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked,
as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just "surfing".
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online,
we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted
access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must
use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk.
When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access
to your information. All hardcopy information is shredded and all
locally stored information is permanently deleted and unrecoverable
using sophisticated security software, from any local hard drive.
Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and
privacy practices. If you have any questions about the security
at our website, you can send an email to our
Privacy
Statement
Information
Collection and Use
Brizo Hosting is the sole owner of the information collected on this
site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Brizo
Hosting collects information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user
must provide contact information (like name and billing address) and
financial information (like credit card number, expiration date).
This information is used for billing purposes only. If we have trouble
processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch
with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive
containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no
way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our
site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests
of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that
can identify any individual person. We use a credit card processing
company to bill users for services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that
we at Brizo Hosting are not responsible for the privacy practices
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they
leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every
web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Special Offers
We may send new customers a Thank-you email. Established customers
will occasionally receive information on products, services, special
deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users
we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to "opt-out" of having
their information used for newsletter purposes. Users who no longer
wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out
of receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the
subject line in the email or email our
Users
of our site are always notified when their information is being collected
by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed
choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require
an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances, if any,
we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time it
was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will
have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this
different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy
policy under which the information was collected.
