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Acceptable Use Policy
Scope
This Acceptable Use
Policy (this "Policy") governs the usage of QualiSpace's
products and services (the "Services"). This Policy is
incorporated by reference into each contract QualiSpace
enters into with a customer (each, a "Customer") for the
use of such Services. QualiSpace may modify this Policy
at any time without notice. In addition, this Policy is
incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions
applicable to QualiSpace's Web site so that no person
who utilizes QualiSpace's Web site (regardless of
whether that person is a Customer) may take any action
utilizing QualiSpace's Web site that a Customer would be
prohibited to take utilizing the Services.
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This AUP is intended
to help protect our Customers and the Internet community
from the inappropriate use of the Internet. Customer's
use of QualiSpace service constitutes acceptance of this
AUP. QualiSpace reserves the right to revise and update
this AUP from time to time. The Customer is responsible
for keeping itself informed of the current AUP in
effect, including any revisions or updates, and for
abiding by the terms of this AUP.
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QualiSpace services
may only be used for lawful purposes, and Customer shall
bear the burden of establishing that such use complies
with all applicable laws. The Customer is responsible
for all use of the account, with or without the
knowledge or consent of the Customer.
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QualiSpace reserves the right, at its
sole discretion, with or without notice, to remove or
refuse to post material that violates this AUP or to
suspend or terminate service provided to any Customer if
the Customer or any end-user using Customer's services
or facilities, directly or indirectly:
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Violates the rules, regulations and
policies applicable to any network, server, computer
database, web site or newsgroup that Customer or
end-user accesses; |
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Sends, or facilitates the sending of,
unsolicited bulk mail messages ("email spam") to any
person or system in a way that could be expected to
adversely impact QualiSpace network or facilities; or
sends mail-bombs (masses of e-mail or other data) to any
person or system, propagates or replies to mail-bombs,
or uses a QualiSpace website address or hosted web
account to collect responses from unsolicited commercial
e-mail; |
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Uses services in a manner which is
intended to abuse or to violate the property rights of
others, including, without limitation, activities which
result in the distribution of viruses, worms, time
bombs, Trojan horses, cancel bots, or other destructive
activities; |
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Uses the services in a manner that
infringes on the intellectual property rights of any
third party or any rights of publicity or
privacy; |
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Violates any law, statute, ordinance,
or regulation (including without limitation the laws and
regulations governing criminal activity, export control,
unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false
advertising); |
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Publishes or communicates material that
is obscene, defamatory, trade libellous, unlawfully
threatening or unlawfully harassing;
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Uses services to attempt to break
security, or in fact, breaks security of any computer
network, or to access an account without
authorization; |
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Forges removes or modifies identifying
network header information ("spoofing"), or employs any
other methods in connection with the transmission of
e-mail used to disguise or mislead any user name or the
source or quantity of transmissions; except when using
deliberately misleading headers in newsgroups to avoid
Spam e-mail address collectors. |
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Relays e-mail through any third-party
systems without authority; |
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Uses services to conduct any other
activities which QualiSpace determines are injurious to
its Customers, operations, or
reputation |
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Provides false information on a
QualiSpace service application, contract or on-line
application, including, but not limited to, the
fraudulent credit card information; |
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Attempts to or resells QualiSpace
service without QualiSpace authorization;
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Uses bandwidth or disk space in excess
of limits permitted in account descriptions.
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Customer must immediately notify
QualiSpace of any unauthorized use of an account, and/or
any breach, or attempted breach, of security known to
Customer. Customer is responsible for ensuring that its
network is configured in a secure manner. Customer may
not, through action or inaction, allow others to use its
network for illegal or inappropriate activities.
QualiSpace takes no responsibility for the security of
the communications transmitted over QualiSpace
facilities. |
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QualiSpace does not, and does not
hereby assume any responsibility to, review or edit
materials which Customers or its end-users publish or
post on QualiSpace facilities or the Internet, and is
not responsible for such content, posting or activity.
QualiSpace is not responsible for the content of any
other websites linked to or QualiSpace Customer's
services. |
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QualiSpace co-operates fully with
Indian enforcement officials. QualiSpace respects
Customer privacy rights and will not intentionally
disclose Customer's online communications or activities
except to comply with court orders, subpoenas, statutes,
regulations, or governmental requests; in order to
protect QualiSpace or its Customers from harm; or where
necessary for the operation of the system. QualiSpace
may occasionally and randomly monitor online
communications only for mechanical or quality control
checks. |
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QualiSpace may, in its sole discretion,
remove or disable Customer materials or terminate
services to Customer with or without notice to Customer,
if Customer's materials, postings or links allegedly
infringe trademark, copyright or other intellectual
property rights of third parties. QualiSpace is not
responsible for determining if the allegations of
infringement are valid. In addition , QualiSpace may
terminate services to Customer, if Customer violates
this provision. |
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Customers who are Internet Service
Providers must follow the policies outlined above or
stricter ones with regard to their end-users use of
Services. |
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QualiSpace, in its sole discretion,
will determine on a case-by-case basis what action will
be taken in response to a violation of this AUP.
QualiSpace reserves the right to investigate suspected
or alleged violations of this AUP, including gathering
information from Customer, its end-user the complaining
party, and examining of material on QualiSpace servers.
Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to
limit QualiSpace actions or remedies in any manner.
QualiSpace reserves the right to take any and all
additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect
to such activities, including without limitation taking
action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying
offenders and removing them from the QualiSpace service
and levying cancellation charges to cover QualiSpace
costs in the event of termination for the causes
outlined above. QualiSpace reserves at all times all
rights and remedies available to it with respect to such
activities at law or in equity. |
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QualiSpace shall not be liable for any
damages of any nature suffered by any Customer or any
third party resulting in whole or in part from
QualiSpace exercise of its rights under theses policies.
By using QualiSpace services, Customer agrees to waive
and hold harmless QualiSpace from any claims relating to
any action taken by QualiSpace including conducting an
investigation, issuing a warning, refusing to post
material, removing material, or suspending or
terminating services, or other appropriate action. This
waiver applies to all violations described in this
AUP. |
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Violations of this policy shall be
reported by e-mail at abuse@qualispace.com
OR by phone to the QualiSpace Network Operations Center
at +91 (22) 6781 6600 OR Fax +91 (22) 6781 6610.
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QualiSpace reserves the right to amend,
alter, or modify this AUP at any time in its sole and
absolute discretion. Any amendment or modification is
effective when posted and any use of the QualiSpace
services after the posting of a modification or
amendment will be considered acceptance of those
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