Green Olive Tree Hosting’s Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) is provided to give our customers and users a clear understanding of what Green Olive Tree Hosting expects of them while using the service. All users of Green Olive Tree Hosting’s Internet services, those who access some of our Services but do not have accounts, as well as those who pay a service fee to subscribe to the Services, must comply with this AUP and our TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to Green Olive Tree Hosting’s AUP as well as Green Olive Tree Hosting’s TOS (Terms of Servic)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Commencing with the 31st day of service, all payments to Green Olive Tree Web Hosting are non-refundable. Additionally, domain name registration fees are never refundable.
We support the uncensored flow of positive and useful information and ideas over the Internet. We do not actively monitor subscriber activity under normal circumstances, but may randomly review accounts or review accounts brought to our attention. Similarly, we do not exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, e-mail transmission, newsgroups, or other material created or accessible over or through the services, except for certain proprietary Web sites. However, in accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service), we may remove any materials that, in our sole discretion, may be illegal, may subject us to liability, or which may violate this AUP. Green Olive Tree Hosting may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrongdoing. Your violation of this AUP may result in the suspension or immediate termination of either your Green Olive Tree Hosting account or other actions as detailed in Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic understanding of Green Olive Tree Hosting’s Acceptable Use Policy. The following are guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of Green Olive Tree Hosting’s AUP:
Green Olive Tree Hosting intends to provide its customers access to everything the Internet has to offer. While Green Olive Tree Hosting is firmly committed to the principles of free speech, certain activities that may be damaging to the resources of both Green Olive Tree Hosting and the Internet and cannot be permitted under the guise of free speech. The resources of Green Olive Tree Hosting and the Internet are limited, and abuse of these resources by one user has a negative impact on the entire community.
We do not routinely monitor the activity of accounts except for measurements of system utilization and the preparation of billing records. However, in our efforts to promote good citizenship within the Internet community, we will respond appropriately if we become aware of inappropriate use of our service either by notification or through the natural course of business.
You may not use your dedicated virtual site to publish material which Green Olive Tree Hosting determines, at its sole discretion, to be unlawful, indecent or objectionable. For purposes of this policy, “material” refers to all forms of communications including narrative descriptions, graphics (including photographs, illustrations, images, drawings, logos), executable programs, video recordings, audio recordings, and any other form of media.
If a Green Olive Tree Hosting account is used to violate the Acceptable Use Policy or our TOS, we reserve the right to terminate your service without notice. We prefer to advise customers of inappropriate behavior and any necessary corrective action, however, flagrant violations of the Acceptable Use Policy will result in immediate termination of service. Our failure to enforce this policy, for whatever reason, shall not be construed as a waiver of our right to do so at any time.
As a member of our network community, you must use your Internet access responsibly. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at abuse@greenolivetree.net .
VIOLATIONS OF Green Olive Tree Hosting ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY The following constitute violations of this AUP:
Illegal use: Green Olive Tree Hosting’s services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. Green Olive Tree Hosting reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
Harm to minors: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way, including, but not limited to child pornography.
Threats: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
Harassment: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
Fraudulent activity: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services, or to advance any type of financial scam such as “pyramid schemes,” “ponzi schemes,” and “chain letters.”
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 remailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation.
Unsolicited commercial e-mail / Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM) Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to transmit any unsolicited commercial or unsolicited bulk e-mail is expressly prohibited. Violations of this type will result in the immediate termination of the offending Green Olive Tree Hosting account.
E-mail / News Bombing: Malicious intent to impede another person’s use of electronic mail services or news will result in the immediate termination of the offending Green Olive Tree Hosting account.
E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through Green Olive Tree Hosting service is in violation of this AUP.
Usenet SPAMing: Green Olive Tree Hosting has a zero tolerance policy for the use of its network for the posting of messages or commercial advertisements, which violate the rules, regulations, FAQ or charter of any newsgroups or mailing list. Commercial messages that are appropriate under the rules of a newsgroup or mailing list or that are solicited by the recipients are permitted.
Site Content: Green Olive Tree Hosting does not host anti-Judeo-Christian material, and we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, or delete any account that we find to contain, or contain links to any of the following: Pornography or sex-related merchandising, any type of illegal activities or content, any anti-Judeo-Christian, demonic, occult, satanic, or new age material or promotions, pro-choice or pro-abortion supporting views, or other obvious misconstruing or false representations of the Holy Bible. This list is not complete, nor exhaustive, and Green Olive Tree Hosting reserves the right to refuse hosting service to anyone who through Green Olive Tree Hosting ‘s sole discretion is promoting or engaging in activities which are contrary to good Judeo-Christian practice. If Green Olive Tree Hosting deems your account falls under this clause prior to establishment your account will not be set up. If it is determined your account falls under this clause after it is set up you will be asked to remove the offending content or face the possibility of account closure. Voluntary removal of your account will result in a pro-rated refund, less any set-up and domain registration fees. Clients who refuse to comply with these restrictions and whose accounts must be terminated, will forfeit all funds for prepaid services.
Unauthorized access: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of Green Olive Tree Hosting’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 Green Olive Tree Hosting account is subject to immediate termination.
Copyright or trademark infringement: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting 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.
Collection of personal data: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service to collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.
Network disruptions and unfriendly activity: Use of Green Olive Tree Hosting service for any activity which affects the ability of other people or systems to use Green Olive Tree Hosting 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. It is the Member’s responsibility to ensure that their network is configured in a secure manner. A Subscriber may not, through action or inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A Subscriber may not permit their network, through action or inaction, to be configured in such a way that gives a third party the capability to use their network in an illegal or inappropriate manner. Unauthorized entry and/or use of another company and/or individual’s computer system will result in immediate account termination. Green Olive Tree Hosting 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.
Fraud: Involves a knowing misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing or activity made with the intent that the person receiving it will act upon it.
Infringement of Copyright, Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, or Intellectual Property Right: Distribution and/or posting of copyrighted or the aforementioned infringements will not be tolerated.
Distribution of Viruses: Intentional distributions of software that attempts to and/or causes damage, harassment, or annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer systems are prohibited. Such an offense will result in the immediate termination of the offending account.
Inappropriate Use of Software: Use of software or any device that would facilitate a continued connection, i.e. pinging, while using Green Olive Tree Hosting services could result in suspension service.
Third Party Accountability: Green Olive Tree Hosting subscribers will be held responsible and accountable for any activity by third parties, using their account, that violates guidelines created within the Acceptable Use Policy.
Violation Of Green Olive Tree Hosting Virtual Accounts: It is absolutely forbidden to host or link to any pornographic or adult content, Warez or other copyrighted software, hacker, cracks or serial numbers, hate sites or other illegal or questionable materials. It is also absolutely forbidden to host MP3s or IRC or other chat servers on Virtual Domain Accounts (original content created by the subscriber in MP3 format is acceptable.) Virtual Domain Accounts found hosting and/or linking to these materials will be subject to immediate cancellation without refund.
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.
Network Performance
Green Olive Tree Hosting accounts operate on shared resources. Excessive use or abuse of these shared network 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.
You are prohibited from excessive consumption of resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space and session time. You may not use resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other customers or the performances of Green Olive Tree Hosting systems or networks. Green Olive Tree Hosting reserves the right to terminate or limit such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF Green Olive Tree Hosting AUP
Green Olive Tree Hosting requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation of this AUP direct the information to the Abuse Department at abuse@greenolivetree.net .
If available, please provide the following information:
E-mail with full header information provides all of the above, as do system log files. Other situations will require different methods of providing the above information. Green Olive Tree Hosting may take any one or more of the following actions in response to complaints:
REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Green Olive Tree Hosting reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this AUP, our TOS (Terms of Service) and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted in accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service).