Prohibited Uses

University Manors is committed to comply with laws and regulations governing use of the Internet and e-mail transmissions and to preserve for all of its Customers the ability to use University Manors' network and the Internet without interference or harassment from other users. University Manors

prohibits use of its Products and Services in any ways that are unlawful, interfere with use of University Manors' network or the Internet, infringe intellectual property rights, result in the publication using University Manors Products and Services of threatening or offensive material, constitute Spam/E-mail/Usenet abuse, or present security or privacy risks. 

In the event of illegal activity, whether actual or suspected, University Manors will notify and cooperate with applicable law enforcement authorities for potential civil or criminal investigation or

prosecution.

Here is a more detailed view of some prohibited actions:

Offensive or Threatening Material or Content

University Manors' Products and Services shall not be used to host, post, transmit, or re-transmit any content or material that is threatening, harassing, obscene, indecent, pornographic, hateful, malicious, racist, defamatory, libelous, treasonous, excessively violent or promotes the use of violence, or provides

instruction, information or assistance in causing or carrying out violence against any government, organization, group or individual, or provides guidance, information or assistance with respect to causing damage or security breaches to University Manors' network or to the network of any other IP-related

Service provider.

University Manors' Products and Services shall not be used to solicit or collect personal information from a minor (anyone under eighteen (18) years old) without appropriate prior verifiable parental consent.

Personal information includes, but is not limited to, name, address, phone number or e-mail address.

Pursuant to 47 U.S. C. Section 230(d), as amended, University Manors hereby notifies Users that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are available that may assist Users in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Users assume all liability

associated with viewing content or exposing any minor or other person to content on the Internet.

Unsolicited Bulk E-mail ("UBE")

University Manors' Products and Services may not be used to send UBE. This includes, but is not limited to, the distribution of UBE for commercial, informational, advertising, political or religious purposes. Any unsolicited commercial e-mail messages sent to one recipient constitutes UBE.

Users also may not set up e-mail addresses on University Manors' network in order to receive responses from UBE, either directly or indirectly, by the User or by a third party on behalf of the User.

Nor may the User deploy a mail transport agent outside of a User's own website to relay mail (unless a User has received express permission to do so).

Security Violations

University Manors' Products and Services may not be used to interfere with, to gain unauthorized access to or otherwise violate the security of University Manors' or another's server, network, personal computer, network access or control devices, software or data, or other system, or to attempt to do any of the foregoing. Examples of security violations include but are not limited to:

i. Intercepting, interfering with or redirecting e-mail intended for third parties, or any form of network monitoring, scanning or probing, or other action for the unauthorized interception of data or harvesting of e-mail addresses;

ii. Attempting to attack, breach, circumvent or test the vulnerability of the user authentication or security of any host, network, server, personal computer, network access or control devices, software or data (except in the case of authorized legitimate network security operations);

iii. Using any program, file, script, command or the transmission of any message or content of any kind, designed to cause a denial of service or interfere with a terminal session or the access or use of the Internet or any other means of communication;

iv. Distributing or using tools designed to compromise security, including cracking tools, password guessing programs, packet sniffers, port scanning utilities, or network probing tools (except in the case of authorized legitimate network security operations);

v. Falsifying packet header, sender, or User information whether in whole or in part to mask the identity of the sender, originator or point of origin;

vi. Distributing viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful software; and

vii. Allowing a virus or worm infected computer to remain connected to the network which is actively attempting to spread to other

Customer Responsibility

Security of a Customer's network and systems is the sole responsibility of the Customer. Any firewalls, firewall configurations, routers and router configurations or any other equipment owned, implemented and maintained by the Customer (collectively "Customer Equipment") are the responsibility of the

Customer. University Manors is not responsible for any loss of data as a result of a Customer's selection or method of security or routing configurations. In the event that a Customer requests that University Manors perform any work or maintenance on Customer Equipment, University Manors shall not be responsible for any damages, including loss of data, resulting from such work or maintenance