Complaints Procedure
Complaints procedure for Hostshield’s products and services
Hostshield is dedicated to providing an all round top quality service. The terms and conditions which follow are necessary to ensure that we may continue to provide the best possible service to all of our customers while at the same time satisfying our legal and ethical responsibilities. Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation without notice. Hostshield will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of any of these provisions. Activity which results in the suspension or deactivation of an account will result in a forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses of an account will be investigated and if found guilty will be grounds for immediate suspension. To report suspected abuses or any violations of these policies, please contact [email protected]
Illegal Usage
Hostshield servers may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or distribution of any information, data or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited(Any type of compressed file format and Audio/Video files). This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content or links: Pirated software, Hackers programs or archives, Warez sites, MP3, and IRC bots. The subscriber to Hostshield service agrees to identify and hold harmless Hostshield from any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages the subscriber or any other party. Hostshield will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Adult Content
Legal Adult Content is allowed.
Security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures, data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.
Server Resource
Any website that uses a high amount of server resources (But not limited to, CPU time, memory usage, and network resources) will be given an option of either paying extra for a dedicated server / semi-dedicated server (which depends on the resource needed) or reducing the resource used to an acceptable level. Hostshield shall be the sole arbiter of what is considered to be a high server usage level.
Backups
Hostshield performs weekly Incremental backups on all servers to ensure critical files are never lost. However Hostshield is NOT responsible for lost data, time, income or any other resource due to faulty backups or non-existent backups. Please always backup your own data for Redundancy.
Client Responsibility
The client is responsible for all activity originating from the account unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address forgery. The client is responsible for securing their username/password. The client assumes responsibility for all material on their site that may be put on by a third party (such as the usage of Free For All links pages). Use of Hostshield’s service requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired content of the web space by the client. The following examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Web contents, Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web publishing: knowledge of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP understanding and capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc. Mail: a use of mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create and maintain their web space. Client agrees that it is not the responsibility of Hostshield to provide this knowledge or support outside matter specific to Hostshield servers.
Actions Taken by Hostshield
The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above policies/terms is grounds for account deactivation. Hostshield will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of the Complaints Procedure. Hostshield reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice. When Hostshield becomes aware of an alleged violation of its Complaints Procedure, Hostshield will initiate an investigation. During the investigation, Hostshield may restrict a customer’s access in order to prevent further potentially unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, Hostshield may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer’s web hosting account and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, Hostshield will notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation. Hostshield does not issue credits for outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Complaints Procedure violations. Hostshield customers agree to indemnify and hold harmless Hostshield from any claims resulting from the use of our services that damages them or any other party. The Hostshield service is provided on an as is, as available basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Hostshield expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the Hostshield service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written information given by Hostshield, its employees, licensors or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely on any such information or advice. Hostshield and its partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use of the service.
Modification
Hostshield reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice.
Refusal Of Service
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion within human reason.