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Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy specifies the actions prohibited by MCI WorldCom Limited ("Verizon Business") to users of the Verizon Business IP Network. Users may be defined as "customer or anyone who uses or accesses the Verizon Business IP Network or Internet service." Verizon Business reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time, effective upon posting of the modified Policy to this URL. Any modifications to this Policy will be made when Verizon Business feels it is appropriate and it is the User's responsibility to ensure their awareness of any such changes.

ILLEGAL USE
The Verizon Business IP Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or intellectual property right used without proper authorisation, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.

THE NETWORK

  1. The user acknowledges that Verizon Business is unable to exercise control over the content of the information passing over the Verizon Business IP Network. Therefore, Verizon Business is not responsible for the content of any message whether or not the posting was made by a Verizon Business customer.
  2. The Verizon Business IP Network may be used to link into other networks worldwide and the user agrees to conform to the acceptable use policies of these networks.
  3. In addition the user undertakes to conform to the Internet protocols and standards.
  4. The user may not circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (referred to as "cracking" or "hacking"), nor interfere with service to any user, host, or network (referred to as "denial of service attacks").
  5. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Verizon Business considers that any application that overloads the Verizon Business IP Network by whatever means will be considered as making profligate use of the Verizon Business IP Network and is as such NOT allowed. Use of IP multicast other than by means provided and coordinated by Verizon Business is likewise prohibited.
  6. Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability. Verizon Business will fully co-operate with investigations of suspected criminal violations, violation of systems or network security under the leadership of law enforcement or relevant authorities.

SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Verizon Business will investigate incidents involving such violations and will involve and will co-operate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of system or network security violations include, without limitation, the following :

  • Unauthorised access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorisation of the owner of the system or network;
  • Unauthorised monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorisation of the owner of the system or network;
  • Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mailbombing, 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.

If approached with complaints relating to any of the above violations, Verizon Business will co-operate and assist the Police and law enforcing bodies with their investigations in order to bring such mis-use and violations to an end.

E-MAIL

  1. It is explicitly prohibited to send unsolicited bulk mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam") of any kind (commercial advertising, political tracts, announce-ments) etc.
  2. It is also explicitly prohibited to allow others to send unsolicited bulk mail messages either directly or by relaying through the Users systems. For the avoidance of doubt, users must ensure that their systems cannot be relayed through. Users may not forward or propagate chain letters nor malicious e-mail.
  3. A User may not solicit mail for any other address other than that of the user, except with full consent of the owner of the referred address.

USENET NEWS
All Users of the Verizon Business IP Network are advised to become familiar with the Verizon Business information and guidelines which explain what the service is and how to use it. These guidelines can be found here.

Users should, before using the service, familiarise themselves with the contents of the following newsgroups : news.newusers.questions; news.announce.newusers; and news.answers

Excessive cross-posting (ie, posting the same article to large numbers of newsgroups) is forbidden.

Posting of irrelevant material to newsgroups (also known as USENET spam) is also forbidden.

Posting binaries to a non-binary newsgroup is forbidden.

Complaints regarding Illegal Use or System or Network Security issues, Email abuse, USENET abuse or Spamming should be sent to abuse@uk.verizonbusiness.com.

INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A VERIZON BUSINESS CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER.