Acceptable Use Policy
I. Company Policy.
ILance, Inc. policies are intended for all the domains residing on ILance servers including individuals, businesses, and organizations. This binding agreement between ILance Inc. and the ("Customer") relates to ILance services and solutions offered by ILance Inc.
ILance would like to accustom you with our policies as these automatically apply to all the clients requesting ILance web hosting service. ILance Inc. reserves the right to discontinue or deny the service to anybody who violates any/all policies. These policies are subject to change without prior notification. Therefore, it is the sole responsibility of the client to be aware of the changes and the updates made to the policies.
II. General Policies.
ILance, Inc. enforces its policies strictly and actively, and security of the information provided by you is our utmost concern. As per our policy, we will never decimate, share or trade your information. ILance Inc. acts as a provider of Internet presence and expects its customers to use Internet with respect, responsibility and conscientiousness, giving due respect to the rights of other users.
This document is intended to provide a basic understanding of ILance's Acceptable Use Policy. We reserve the right to terminate your service without notice. We prefer to advise customers of inappropriate behaviour and any necessary corrective action, however based on the nature of the violation, could result in immediate termination of service.
III. Violations of this AUP.
Illegal Activities: ILance's services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. ILance reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
Harm or Endangerment to other people: You may not use ILance's service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way, including, but not limited to child pornography, or use iLance's service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
Forgery or impersonation: Adding, removing or modifying identifying network header information in an effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited. The use of anonymous mailers or nicknames does constitute impersonation.
Unsolicited E-mail, News Bombing (SPAM): Use of the ILance service to transmit any unsolicited commercial or unsolicited bulk e-mail is expressly prohibited. Spam complaints will be sent to the e-mail address on file. Violations of this type will result in the immediate suspension of the offending website on the ILance server. Failure to respond to complaints within a 24 hour timeframe will result in the ILance abuse staff suspending the offending website or shared hosting account by whatever means necessary. Should the account become re-activated without the express written consent of ILance Abuse Department, the offending website or shared hosting account will be immediately terminated, and may result in suspension / termination of the server should the site and/or client re-appear on the server. Anyone hosting websites or services on their server that support spammers or cause any of our IP space to be listed in any of the various Spam Databases will have their server immediately removed from our network. The server will not be reconnected until such time that you agree to remove any and all traces of the offending material immediately upon reconnection and agree to allow us access to the server to confirm that all material has been completely removed. Severe violations may result in immediate and permanent removal of the server from our network without notice to the customer. Any server guilty of a second violation will be immediately and permanently removed from our network without notice. Malicious intent to impede another person's use of electronic mail services or news will result in the immediate termination of the offending account.
Copyright or trademark infringement: Use of the ILance service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party, including, but not limited to, the unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, the digitization and distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and the unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted software. Use of the ILance service to collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent. Distribution and/or posting of copyrighted or the aforementioned infringements will not be tolerated.
Network disruptions: Use of the ILance service for any activity which affects the ability of other people or systems to use ILance Services or the Internet. This includes "denial of service" (DOS) attacks against another network host or individual user. Interference with or disruption of other network users, services or equipment is prohibited. ILance will not tolerate any subscriber attempting to access the accounts of others, or penetrate security measures of other systems, whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data. ILance does not allow the hosting of IRC, IRC Bots, or egg drops on our network. Servers found hosting this material will be subject to immediate cancellation without refund. Use of the ILance service to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of ILance's or another entity's computer software or hardware, electronic communications system, or telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption or loss of data, is expressly prohibited and the offending account is subject to immediate termination.
Security: You are responsible for any misuse of your account, even if the inappropriate activity was committed by a friend, family member, guest or employee. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that others do not gain unauthorized access to your account. In addition, you may not use your account to breach security of another account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server.
Security Risk: Should any box become a security risk to our network, including, but not limited to: presumed compromised servers, outbound verified attacks, inbound recipient of an attack, spamming, illegal content, etc. ILance will attempt to contact the server owner, giving 24 hours notice, after which time, we will attempt to gain entry to the server with passwords on file. Should the passwords not be accessible to ILance staff, ILance reserves the right to attempt to gain entry to the server. In extreme circumstances involving flagrant illegal acts or activities, upon email, and phone contact if no response is given within 1 hour, ILance reserves the right to attempt to gain immediate entry to the server for security purposes only. Clients refusing to provide access under such circumstances are subject to a fine of $200.
Network Security: Some components of the infrastructure may utilize shared network resources. Excessive use or abuse of these resources by one customer may have a negative impact on all other customers. Misuse of network resources in a manner which impairs network performance is prohibited by this policy and may result in termination of your account.
Last updated: April 24, 2017