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Acceptable Use Policy
Esat BT's editors periodically attempt to review every site and attempt to exclude
listings for pornographic or violent sites. However, we do not accept any responsibility
for the content of web sites listed, as it is the nature of the Internet that they may
change quickly and without notice. Nor do we accept any responsibility for links from
sites listed on oceanfree's directory or search engine.
Good practice in the internet service provision industry requires service providers to
formulate and adapt usage policies for their customers. The information superhighway is a
challenging and valuable resource which is however capable of abuse. Esat BT has adopted
as the cornerstone of its Acceptable Usage Policy the core principle that no customer
shall use the services for any activity which contravenes the laws of Ireland or any other
applicable jurisdiction, or to create, host or transmit offensive or obscene material.
Accordingly customers may not use Esat BT's services to engage in activities which:-
infringe the proprietary rights of software; compromise the privacy of others; would destroy the integrity of computer based information.
Esat BT reserves the right to take such action as it deems in its absolute discretion to
be appropriate against customers who violate any conditions of the Esat BT Acceptable
Usage Policy. Such actions may include the suspension, interruption, restriction or
termination of service as considered appropriate by Esat BT. In such circumstances, Esat
BT will take such steps which at its sole discretion it considers reasonable and
appropriate.
The Esat BT Acceptable Use Policy has been formulated with the following goals in mind:
Ensure the security, reliability and privacy of Esat BT's systems and network, and the
networks and systems of others Avoid situations that may cause Esat BT to incur civil liability Maintain the image and reputation of Esat BT as a responsible provider Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit for free expression Encourage the responsible use of net resources, discouraging practices which degrade the
usability of network resources and thus the value of Internet services Preserve the privacy and security of individuals
The following rules apply while using "Esat Fusionfree" net service:
1. The use of any Esat BT service for illegal purposes (or to solicit any illegal act) is
strictly prohibited including, without limitation the regulations promulgated by the Irish
Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities
exchange. Customer agrees not to use Esat Fusionfree's Email Service to interfere or
disrupt networks connected to the Email Service.
2. Pornographic, obscene, nude, graphically violent, and other inappropriate images are
strictly prohibited.
3. Defamatory, libelous, hateful, pornographic, profane or obscene language is strictly
prohibited.
4. Offensive and indecent Customer names, screen names, or handles are not allowed and
will be prohibited. In the event any such misleading Customer profiles, Customer names,
screen names, or handles appear on the service, they will be immediately revoked.
5. Solicitation of gambling is prohibited.
6. Do not disrupt the flow of a discussion by repeatedly posting the same message or image
or posting excessively large images.
7. Parental permission is required for children 12 years of age and under to use any
community applications (e.g. chat, email)
8. Impersonation of others, including but not limited to, an Esat BT employee or representative or another Esat BT Customer is forbidden. Customer names or handles that impersonate may be blocked.
9. Esat BT may elect at its sole discretion to monitor some, all, or no areas of
"Esat Fusionfree" for adherence to these rules or other Esat BT rules that may
be published from time to time. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to
distribute your content, Esat BT is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and
Esat BT is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any content or
activities in community applications as described in more detail in Esat BT's Disclaimer.
10. It is Esat BT's policy to respect the privacy of its Customers. Users acknowledge that
Esat BT may disclose certain registration information in the aggregate to 3rd parties as
described in our Privacy Policy. Esat BT reserves the right to edit or disclose the
contents of your private communications to law enforcement authorities, if in Esat BT's
good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to: (i) conform to the edicts
of the law or comply with legal process served on Esat BT; (ii) protect and defend the
rights or property of Esat BT; or (iii) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of Esat BT's Customers or the public.
11. Esat BT is not responsible for any user generated content. We reserve the right to
remove any homepages or other user generated content that are in violation of the Terms
and Conditions or this Acceptable Usage Policy. Customers are legally responsible for the
content of their Personal Homepages including, but not limited to, use of copyrighted
material, or posting material considered indecent for minors.
12. You and any person who has access to your Account must evaluate, and bear the risk
associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, information,
text, data or other materials ("Content"). Esat BT reserves the right to remove Content which is deemed in Esat BT's sole discretion
unlawful, harmful, defamatory, hateful, offensive, or otherwise objectionable in violation
of the House Rules or any rules or policies Esat BT has in place at the time. Customer
agrees not to use Esat BT for chain letters, junk mail, unsolicited bulk mail, or any type
of Spam[13].
13. Customer access will be revoked if any of the following activities occur: - making
available copyrighted software which has been "cracked" (e.g., copyright
protection for the software has been removed) - - making available serial numbers for
software which can be used to illegally validate or register software - - making available
tools which can be used for no purpose other than "cracking" software. - -
commercial use or reselling of the Esat Fusionfree Mail Email Service. The Esat Fusionfree
Mail Email Service is for individual use only.
14. If Esat BT becomes aware of the presence of copyright infringing material on its
server either in the course of its ordinary and reasonable business activities or by
notification from a third party, the Esat BT Customer responsible for the page with the
infringing material will, at Esat BT's sole discretion, have the offending home page
deleted and Customer's account revoked.
15. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE ANY CUSTOMER FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON AT ALL.
Customers must accept individual responsibility for their account. We expect customers
will adhere to reasonable security standards. For example, customers should not share
passwords, leave passwords lying around in plain text, or otherwise compromise the
security of their account. Our dialup accounts are all single user only. Unless we have
reason to believe an account was broken into by means beyond the customers' control, we
have to hold the customer responsible for policy violations stemming from said account.
The Customer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Esat BT harmless from any claim, costs,
damages, loss or expenses of whatsoever nature arising out of claims by any third parties
alleging that use of the Esat BT network and/or the Esat BT connection through use of the
customer's account has infringed any intellectual property or right of any kind or any
applicable Irish or international legislation or regulation. The Customer shall defend and
pay all costs, damages, awards, fees (including reasonable legal fees) and judgements
incurred by Esat BT. The customer shall provide Esat BT with notice of any claims of such
nature which come to its attention without limitation to the foregoing.
The Customer acknowledges that Esat BT is unable to exercise control over the content of
the information passing over the Esat BT connection and/or the Esat BT network and Esat BT
hereby excludes all liability of any kind for the transmission or reception of infringing
information of whatever nature.
Specifically, customers may not:
1. Share your password with anyone or allow anyone else to use your personal use account
except in your immediate presence.
2. Tamper with other accounts, or commit unauthorised intrusion into any part of Esat BT's
system or use any of Esat BT's machines, files or services to intrude without
authorisation into any other system (cracking ).
3. Use Esat BT services not included in the "Esat Fusionfree" service or devise
ways to circumvent security so you have access to services you have not paid for (theft of
services).
4. Use the system willfully or negligently in a manner that encumbers disk space,
processors or other system resources so as to interfere with others' normal use of
services on Esat BT or on other systems (a "denial of services" attack).
5. Create or participate in chain letters or pyramid schemes.
6. Harass users (on Esat BT or elsewhere). Examples of harassment include sending email or
real-time messages to a user who has asked explicitly and unambiguously that you not do
this. Publishing someone's real-world data (phone number, address etc.) in a news group or
on the web, etc. in such a way as to cause the person trouble or to incite others to do so
(even if you do not do it yourself) is also forbidden. Establishing that the information
you published is available, say, in a phone book somewhere does not constitute a defence
of this kind of harassment. In some cases, an harassing user may be warned against
engaging in similar behaviour with other users as well.
7. Abuse the services of a remote server, or violate a remote system's terms of service
while connected to that service from your Esat BT account.
8. Send unsolicited mass mailings or unsolicited subscriptions with a "negative
option" for continuation. (The negative option is one where you invite people who do
not wish to receive further mailings to reply to you.)
9. Run daemons , MUDs , BOTs , or other background processes.
10. Run a server from your non-dedicated Slip/PPP dialup account .
11. Send mail messages without either a valid and correct "From:" or
"Reply-to:" header, as per RFC 822 .
Electronic mail passes through multiple mail servers on the Internet as it passes from
source to destination. One can never be guaranteed privacy from every possible mail
server; therefore, someone seeking total privacy should use some encryption scheme to
render their messages unreadable by eavesdroppers.
With regards to Esat BT's mail servers, Esat BT places a high value on privacy. Please
refer to our Privacy Policy for in-depth details. It is Esat BT's policy to only examine
users' mail when absolutely necessary. However, Esat BT must reserve the right to examine
users mail where Esat BT considers this to be necessary. Such situations include, but are
not limited to troubleshooting email delivery problems, or whenever required to by law.
The following rules pertain specifically to Usenet[12] postings. If you never use Usenet ,
they do not apply to you.
1. Spam the net with commercial or non-commercial postings.
2. Willfully or negligently flood Usenet[12] news groups.
3. Post Usenet[12] articles without either a valid "From:"[9] or
"Reply-to:"[10] header, as per RFC 822[11].
4. Post binary messages to a non-binary Usenet[12] newsgroup.
We reserve the right to terminate any account for other kinds of nontrivial misbehaviour,
or for any breach of the terms of this acceptable usage policy. In all of these matters,
decisions by Esat BT's staff are final.
We reserve the right to change this agreement without prior notice. The latest version is
available at www.oceanfree.net.
Customers who find any of the following terms and explanations inadequate in aiding their
comprehension can contact Esat BT's customer service department for an in depth
description. The Esat BT customer services department can be contacted by phone at 1550 926 100. Calls are charged
at IR0.58p per minute or at the following postal address:
Grand Canal Plaza, Upper Grand Canal Street, Dublin 4.
Please also refer to Esat BT's Advertising Policy
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