Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Customers are prohibited from transmitting on or through any of PlugSocket's services, any material which is, in PlugSocket's sole opinion, unlawful, obscene, threatening, abusive, libelous, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, national or international law.
PlugSocket's services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation of law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. PlugSocket reserves the right to remove such illegal material from its servers.
The customer is responsible for keeping their billing data with PlugSocket up to date and accurate. Furnishing false data on any contract or application, including fraudulent use of credit card numbers, is grounds for immediate termination, and may subject the offender to civil or criminal liability.
Customers may not run background processes on PlugSocket's servers. Violations of this policy will result in a user's background processes being killed, and may result in account suspension.
Customers may not use their web space to advertise adult services. PlugSocket reserves the right to remove such content from it's servers.
PlugSocket has zero tolerance for Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) that is in any way associated with PlugSocket, its clients, or any of its client's associates. Customers are prohibited from using UBE as a means of advertising data or services hosted on PlugSocket's network, or using the network to distribute such materials. Infringements of this policy can result in any one of the following:
A warning from PlugSocket, via email or phone.
Removal of DNS for the advertised / originating site.
Temporary shutdown of the account or a block on outgoing mail.
Termination of service.
Infringements of this policy include, but are not limited to:
Forging of message headers to mask the originator of the message.
Sending, being involved in sending, or employing a third party to send mail which advertises or mentions a site hosted at PlugSocket to users that have not specifically requested this mail.
Sending mail to users who have not specifically requested to receive such mail, including opt-out mailing lists.
Postings to public forums/newsgroups must comply with the written charters or FAQs for those forums/newsgroups. Advertisements should only be posted in those newsgroups whose charters/FAQs explicitly permit them.
Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, is prohibited.
Customers may not use PlugSocket's network to attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the customer, logging into a server or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access, password cracking, probing the security of other networks in search of weakness, or violation of any other organisation's security policy.
Customers must not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mailbombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host or network.
