Efliers Acceptable User Policies

• This Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by Efliers for users of the Efliers Network. Efliers reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time to stay in compliance with any laws, regulations and security requirements. By using Efliers services, any customer, employee or third party unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy.

ILLEGAL USE

• The Efliers Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming to or from any unauthorized network or system is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights used without proper authorization; government and military data protected by law and national security; university and academic data protected by public policy; and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Any violation of the above which compromises the integrity of the Efliers Network or any other network is strictly prohibited.

NETWORK AND MACHINE RESOURCES

• Efliers reserves the right to monitor and allocate network and machine resources. IP addresses are allocated per server specifications. Cgi resources are allocated one per domain. Efliers reserves the right to discontinue any script which may cause excessive server load.

SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY

• Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Efliers will investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities if a criminal violation is suspected. Efliers respects the privacy of customer data and vigilantly protects that data and ALL customers who host with Efliers. If any violation of the law or this AUP is suspected, Efliers reserves the right to investigate. Use of the Efliers network constitutes consent to monitoring. Examples of unlawful acts, system, or network security violations include, without limitation, the following:
   
  
  • Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
    
  • Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
  • Unauthorized access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to do harm.
  • Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to include but not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.

EMAIL 

• Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, unwanted advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site owner. Legitimate mailing lists and subscriber lists are acceptable. Otherwise, it is spam.

USENET

• Posting the same messages to multiple newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is expressly prohibited.
   
  INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF AN EFLIERS CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER. 
  • For Example:
    If you are hosting a bulk email site on Efliers servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference your Efliers site by IP address or domain name, you are violating Efliers policy and possibly the law.
     
    Any type of denial of service attack from valid or invalid addresses is a violation of Efliers security policy and against the law.
     
    If you have been granted password privileges for FTP, sharing your password with an unauthorized user or third party is strictly prohibited.
     
    Complaints regarding illegal Use or System or Network Security issues should be sent through our Technical Support form
     
    Complaints regarding email abuse should be sent through our Technical Support form
     
    Complaints regarding USENET abuse or SPAM should be sent through our Technical Support form

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act provides limitations for service provider liability relating to material online with regard to information residing, at the discretion of the user, on a system or network that the service provider controls or operates. 17. U.S. 512(c). The designated agents for notification of claimed infringement are:
  • Efliers
    19456 Colombo St, Suite A
    Bakersfield, CA 93308
  
  For alleged copyright infringement contact us through our Technical Support form
   
  To provide counter-notice in response to an allegation of copyright infringement contact us through our Technical Support form
   
  For other legal issues or concerns contact us through our Technical Support form
   
  Efliers does not tolerate any pornographic material or spamming and both infringements will result in an investigation and possible termination and removal of the site and/or server without a refund. Efliers prides itself as a responsible member of the Internet community and is committed to protecting the data of and providing quality service to all Efliers customers all of the time.

INTERACTION WITH EFLIERS STAFF 

• Any threat, vulgar and profane language directed at any Efliers staff member  through phone or email may result in immediate termination of an account. Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party programmer of Efliers should be reported immediately. Bottom line is let's work together toward a mutually beneficial relationship and create a prosperous and responsible Internet community.