VCP Internet Acceptable Use Policy

VCP Internet respects the privacy of customer data and vigilantly protects that data for ALL customers who host with VCP Internet. Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. VCP Internet will proactively investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities if a criminal violation is suspected. Use of the VCP Internet network constitutes consent to monitoring network, server, and user account activities. Examples of unlawful acts, system, or network security violations include, without limitation, the following:

• Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
• Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
• Unauthorized access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to do harm.
• Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to include but not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.

All email campaigns that pass through any web site on our system must pass the rules govorned by the Fedral Trade Commission's "CAN-SPAM" act. Click here to learn about the "CAN-SPAM" act.

A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site owner.

Posting the same messages to multiple newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "SPAM") is expressly prohibited.

Indirect or attempted violations of the policy, and actual or attempted violations by a third party on behalf of a VCP Internet customer or a customer's end user, shall be considered violations of the policy by such customer or end user.

For Example:

• If you are hosting a bulk email site on VCP Internet servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference your VCP Internet site by IP address or domain name, you are violating VCP Internet policy and possibly the law.
• If you have been granted telnet access to VCP Internet servers, multiple telnet log-ons are strictly prohibited and you must come from a valid IP address. Forgery is against the law.
• Any type of denial of service attack from valid or invalid addresses is a violation of VCP Internet security policy and against the law.
• If you have been granted password privileges for FTP or telnet, sharing your password with an unauthorized user or third party is strictly prohibited.

The VCP Internet Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming to or from any unauthorized network or system is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights used without proper authorization; government and military data protected by law and national security; university and academic data protected by public policy; and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Any violation of the above which compromises the integrity of the VCP Internet Network or any other network is strictly prohibited.
VCP Internet reserves the right to monitor and allocate network and machine resources. IP addresses are allocated per server and virtual server specifications. Cgi resources are allocated one per domain (a virtual host is required for each cgi-bin and is considered a virtual host). VCP Internet reserves the right to discontinue any script which may cause excessive server load.

Illegal Use or System or Network Security Issues	Online Abuse Reporting
E-mail Abuse	Online Abuse Reporting
USENET Abuse or SPAM	Online Abuse Reporting
Alleged Copyright Infringement	Legal Contact
All Other Legal Issues or Concerns	Legal Contact

Any threat, vulgar and profane language directed at any VCP Internet staff member through phone or email may result in immediate termination of an account. Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party programmer of VCP Internet should be reported immediately. Bottom line is let's work together toward a mutually beneficial relationship and create a prosperous and responsible Internet community.