Acceptable Use Policy
Designed to maintain security, integrity & performance
This policy is designed to help maintain the security, integrity and performance of the Hosting Services. The following terms constitute what is considered acceptable, and if you do not agree to the terms of this acceptable use policy, then you may not use Dudobi’s services.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not make use of the Hosting Services to facilitate and further the publication and distribution of spam, chain letters or bulk email.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not make use of the Hosting Services to send or cause to be sent or forwarded either large numbers and/or large messages or a message irrespective of size at such frequency that it causes a “denial of service attack” such that the recipient’s email box becomes unable to cope with the volume of email traffic directed at it and/or disables the recipient’s email box.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not make use of the Hosting Services to send or forward malicious messages and/or viruses to cause material annoyance and/or materially disrupt the use of the Internet by another user.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not cause another Internet user to be subscribed to a mailing list or some other service without their prior express permission.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not occasion the forging or creation of a header and/or address to tend to show that a message originates from a machine other than that on which it does originate or that replies to a message are directed to a machine which you neither have a right nor permission to cause replies to be directed.
Use of Hosting Services and web space
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not use your Hosting Services for the publication and distribution of spamming software, lists of personal or corporate email addresses (except where each and every addressee has given their permission) or any personal data except where such data is in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, regulations made pursuant to that Act, and subsequent legislation.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not use unsolicited email messages or cause such to be used in order to draw attention to, promote or otherwise advertise services run under Dudobi’s Hosting Services.
You shall not and shall use your reasonable endeavours to ensure that your partners, agents and employees do not publish, hold or cause to be held or accessed via Dudobi’s Hosting Services any material that is of an illegal nature.
Domain names
You may provide Dudobi with a registered domain name or names and / or as part of the Hosting Services Dudobi may register such domain name(s) selected by you, provided that such domain name is available for registration and does not violate any registration services’ or registrars’ policies, or any law or regulation.
If Dudobi registers a domain name(s) on your behalf, you agree to promptly reimburse Dudobi for any fees paid by Dudobi for registration services with respect to the registration, renewal and maintenance of such domain name(s). In the event of any dispute or cause of action arising out of or related to your domain name used in connection with the Hosting Services, upon your request, Dudobi will attempt to register with Network Solutions or other registrar an alternative domain name chosen by you. Dudobi shall forthwith, upon your request to do so, transfer to you (and take all necessary steps at your cost to facilitate such transfer of) any domain name which it has registered on your behalf.
You agree to be bound by the terms of InterNIC, ICANN or other relevant domain controlling bodies then current domain name policy and/or the policies of the national DNS registration authorities to which you become subject upon registration of your domain name. The inability to use a domain name shall not entitle you to a refund by Dudobi of any fees paid with respect to the registration of such unusable domain name.
IP Addresses
Dudobi may provide you with an IP address or addresses as part of the Hosting Services. However, if the Hosting Services are terminated by Dudobi for any reason, then (upon Dudobi’s request and as far as permitted by law), such IP address or addresses shall revert to Dudobi, whereupon you shall cease using such IP address or addresses.
Breaches
Upon giving you at least seven (7) days’ prior written notice, Dudobi reserves the right to withdraw its provision of Hosting Services at any time that it becomes aware of or is notified of the misuse, abuse or illegal use of the Hosting Services contrary to either the acceptable use or any statutory regulation or law governing the relationship between Dudobi and you under this Agreement.
