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SPIDERWEB Acceptable Use Policy
Australia-wide Internet access
This is Spiderweb's Acceptable Use
Policy.
It applies to you if you are a Spiderweb subscriber or user ("you"). It
is intended to ensure that your use of Spiderweb's service is trouble free and that you
have due regard to the law and the needs of other users.
Please read it carefully. It is a condition of your use of our service that you comply
with the terms of this Policy.
Please look out for any amendments to the Policy that Spiderweb ("we") might
make in the future. From time to time we will make amendments to it by giving you notice
of the change and you will then be obliged to comply with the policy as amended.
1. Some General Principles
1.1 Unlimited data per month means reasonable data usage. Reasonable data usage is
determined by multiplying the average data of all users per month by 10. Any data used in
excess of 10 times the average is considered unreasonable and will be charged at 20 cents
per Mb.
Spiderweb is not responsible for the content of user originated traffic.
We exercise no direct supervision or control whatsoever over the content of the
information passing through our network.
We do not assume any responsibility for information not sent or authorised by us.
The responsibility for traffic that does not conform with this policy and all possible
consequences lie with the sender of the traffic.
1.2 You are responsible for use of your account.
If you permit others to use our service, you are responsible for making users of the
service aware of this policy and obtaining compliance of your users with this policy.
Multiple log-ins are not permitted and will be charged at the casual rate of $5.oo per
hour.
1.3 You are responsible for complying with conditions of use of other networks.
If we provide you with access to a network outside our service you must comply with any
acceptable use conditions which apply to that network.
2. Acceptable uses.
2.1 You have responsibilities.
It is your responsibility to:
use our service and services in a manner which does not violate any applicable laws or
regulations;
respect the conventions of the newsgroups, lists and networks that you use;
respect the legal protection afforded by copyright, trade marks, license rights and other
laws to materials accessible via our service;
respect the privacy of others;
use the service in a manner which does not interfere with or disrupt other network users,
services or equipment; and
refrain from acts that waste resources or prevent other users from receiving the full
benefit of our services.
2.2 Use must be ethical.
Your use of our services should be ethical and in accordance with accepted community
standards.
3. Unacceptable uses.
3.1 You must comply with the Law.
It is not acceptable to use our service for any purpose which violates local, State,
Federal or international laws.
3.2 Specific kinds of use are not allowed.
It is not acceptable to use our service to, amongst other things:
violate copyright or other intellectual property rights;
illegally store, use or distribute software;
transmit threatening, obscene or offensive materials;
engage in electronic `stalking' or other forms of harassment such as using abusive or
aggressive language;
misrepresent or defame others;
commit fraud;
gain unauthorised access to any computing, information, or communications devices or
resources, including but not limited to any machines accessible via the Internet;
damage, modify or destroy the files, data, passwords, devices or resources of Spiderweb,
other users or third parties;
you are not permitted to "host" the services of others, either commercial or
friendly on your "personal" webspace.
engage in misleading or deceptive on-line marketing practices;
conduct any business or activity or solicit the performance of any activity that is
prohibited by law;
make an unauthorised transmission of confidential information or material protected by
trade secrets; or
attempt to do any of these things.
3.3 Disruption of the network is not allowed.
You may not use the service to interfere with or disrupt other network users, services or
equipment. In particular, for example, you must not:
distribute messages to inappropriate or unrelated forums, newsgroups or mailing lists
(`spamming');
send unsolicited commercial messages;
propagate computer worms, viruses and other types of malicious programs;
make transmissions of any type or quantity which adversely affect our operation or
jeopardise the use of our service, or its performance for other subscribers; and
harass or impersonate Spiderweb or other users.
3.4 Soliciting subscribers to other services is not allowed.
It is also not acceptable to use our service to solicit subscribers to become subscribers
of other competitive services.
3.5 Resale of our services is not allowed.
Resale of our services to others is strictly forbidden under all circumstances.
4. What we may do to ensure that this Policy is being followed.
4.1 We may monitor your account but will respect your privacy.
If we have cause, we may monitor the conduct of your account to determine whether this
policy is being followed.
If we monitor the conduct of your account we will safeguard your privacy unless to do so
would involve us in concealment of a criminal offence or inhibit the enforcement of this
policy.
4.2 We will make an effort to contact you.
If we become concerned that your use of our service may break the law or that you have not
complied with this policy we will attempt to contact you before taking action.
4.3 We may terminate your account and/or notify the authorities.
If we believe that your use of the service may break the law or that you have not complied
with this policy we may:
warn you by email;
suspend your access to the service;
terminate your account without notice; and/or
notify and provide relevant information to the authorities, as appears appropriate in the
circumstances.
4.4 In the event of taking action under 4.3 we reserve the right to delete any or all of
your information, material, software or other content stored on our system at our sole
discretion.
4.5 We will re-establish services if resolution is achieved;
If you do not repeatedly breach this policy, we do not regard an instance of conduct
causing our intervention as dangerous or serious and the cause of our intervention is
addressed and resolved, we will promptly re-establish your service.
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