To ensure the quality of your service and your overall experience, we have created this Acceptable Use & Abuse Policy which establishes the rules of your service with us. Genisys Network, Inc. (DBA "Genisys-Notwires Internet" or "GNI") may modify this Policy from time to time as reasonably required. The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not meant to be exhaustive. Any activity or conduct that violates law, regulations or the accepted norms of the Internet community or may harm GNI's facilities, reputation, goodwill or customer relations, whether or not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is strictly prohibited. Your failure to comply with these rules may result in immediate suspension or termination of your right to access or use of the Service. Furthermore, upon any violation you agree to indemnify GNI for any and all expenses, costs or fees incurred as a result of such use.

System and Network Security.
It is GNI's goal to: (1) protect network resources, (2) preserve the privacy and security of GNI's networks, (3) preserve the privacy and security of GNI's customers' networks, and (4) maximize the utility of GNI and the Internet.

Customers may not: (i) tamper or interfere with other customer accounts, (ii) commit unauthorized intrusion into any part of GNI's network or systems including but not limited to probe, scan or test the vulnerability to a system or network; or (iii) use any of GNI's machines, files, accounts, or systems to intrude without authorization into any other network.

Customer may not use GNI services not included in Customer's account, nor circumvent security (or assist others to circumvent security) in order to access services for which the person accessing those services has not entered into a binding agreement with GNI. This includes, but is not limited to, the scanning of GNI's or other networks with intent to breach and/or evaluate security.

Customer may not use GNI's network or systems in a manner that encumbers disk space, processors or other system resources beyond those allowed by Customer's specific type of account. Customers may not make deliberate attempts to interfere with a service, overload a service, or attempt to disable a host.

The use or attempted use of Internet services or systems without authorization is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, password cracking, defrauding others into releasing their passwords, denial-of-service attacks (sending packets with an illegal packet size, UDP flooding, ping-flooding, half-open TCP connection flooding, etc.). Additionally, Customers may not use programs, scripts, commands, or otherwise send messages with the intent to interfere with a Customer's terminal session.

Unlawful, harmful or offensive communication.
You must use the service in strict accordance with all federal and state laws, local ordinances and regulations. It is a violation of this policy for Customer knowingly to use the facilities or services of GNI, including any of GNI's Internet access, web site hosting and web site design services, to create, transmit, post or otherwise make available through the Internet any material that is unlawful, abusive or harmful to GNI's facilities, customers, goodwill or reputation. Communications prohibited by this Policy include, but are not limited to materials that infringe copyright, trademark or other intellectual property; obscenity, indecency, or child pornography; and defamatory communications. Although it is not GNI's policy to monitor, censor or edit information made available through the use of its facilities, GNI reserves the right to take appropriate action, as described in Section VI herein, when it becomes aware of transmissions, postings or other communications that violate this Policy.

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Electronic mail.

Customer may not send unsolicited, commercial e-mail to any other customer account that has not specifically requested such information or that causes complaints from the recipients of such unsolicited e-mail. GNI services may not be used to send unsolicited advertising messages to other network Customers. Customer may not flood/spam newsgroups with commercial or non-commercial postings.

Customers may not continue to send commercial e-mail to a recipient if recipient has requested that Customer discontinue such communication. Any use of GNI property for the composition, distribution, or collection of bulk e-mail, abusive e-mail, or any form of unsolicited, commercial e-mail is strictly prohibited.

GNI prohibits the transmission of e-mail to non-consenting recipients that is harassing, libelous, defamatory, threatening, abusive or hateful.

The forwarding or propagation of chain letters of any type (including charity requests or petitions for signatures) is prohibited.

"Mail-bombing" (i.e. flooding a Customer site with large or numerous e-mail messages) is strictly prohibited.

Customers may not forge header information.

GNI prohibits the use of Customer's account, or network connection, to collect replies of messages sent from any other provider that violate the rules of this Policy or those of the originating provider.

This Policy also applies to other means of Internet-based transmissions, including without limitation to Internet fax or Internet phone.

Dedicated Servers.

We have adopted a philosophy that assumes the honesty and good intent of our subscribers, therefore our services are provided in as unrestricted a manner as possible to allow our users to have the best Internet experience possible. We asked our customers to use the service for typical user services. This is, you agree not to run any dedicated data server, including but not limited to mail, games, FTP or web server(s) on a permanent basis unless you are subscribed to a business dedicated service with committed bandwidth. Any form of automatic runaway processes, deamon or servers constitutes a violation of the user policy and users may be disconnected.

Reporting Violations.

GNI encourages the reporting of any violation to this policy. Please email a detailed description of any violation findings to support@gninternet.com

Enforcement.

GNI's procedure is to deal with each net abuse case on an individual basis. Based on an investigation and a determination of the nature and severity of the abuse, GNI may take immediate action, without prior notice, against any party or parties found in violation of this policy. Such action may include, but is not limited to, blocking of access to particular websites, newsgroups or other material found to violate the Network Abuse Policy, or termination of Customer's service with GNI. Customer agrees that it will take appropriate action against persons who obtain Internet access or other Internet based services from Customer and who violate GNI's Network Abuse Policy. Customer further agrees that it will cooperate fully with GNI in any actions taken by GNI to enforce this Network Abuse Policy. For the purpose of enforcing the GNI Acceptable Use and Abuse Policy, GNI reserves the right to utilize mechanisms to examine customer vulnerabilities and activities. Such mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, occasional port scanning of IP addresses assigned to or utilized by our customers.