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This Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") has been
designed to protect our Service, our subscribers, and the Internet
community, from inappropriate, illegal or otherwise objectionable
activities. Please read this policy prior to accessing the Service.
All users of the Service must abide by this AUP. Your violation of
this AUP may result in the immediate suspension or termination of
either your access to the Service and/or your account. This AUP
should be read in conjunction with our Internet Subscriber
Agreement, Privacy Policy, and other applicable policies.
By using the Service, you agree to
abide by, and require others using
the Service via your account to
abide by the terms of this AUP. You
should consult this document
regularly to ensure that your
activities conform to the most
recent version.
IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS,
YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP THE USE
OF THE SERVICES AND NOTIFY THE
DAKOTA 2000 CUSTOMER SERVICE
DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY
BE CLOSED.
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Prohibited
Activities.
You
may
not
use
the
Service
in a
manner
that
violates
any
applicable
local,
state,
federal
or
international
law,
order
or
regulation.
Additionally,
You
may
not
use
the
Service
to:
- Conduct, participate in, or otherwise facilitate pyramid or other illegal soliciting schemes.
- Take part in any fraudulent activities, including impersonating any person or entity or forging anyone else's digital or manual signature.
- Invade another person's privacy, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate the rights of others.
- Post, transmit, or disseminate content that is illegal, threatening, abusive, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, promotes violence, or is otherwise offensive or objectionable.
- Restrict, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person to use or enjoy the equipment or the Service, including, without limitation, by posting or transmitting any information or software which contains a virus, lock, key, bomb, worm, Trojan horse, cancelbot, or other harmful feature.
- Collect or store personal data about other users.
- Use an IP address not assigned to you.
- Violate any other Dakota 2000 policy or guideline.
- Resell or redistribute the Service to any third party via any means including but not limited to wireless technology
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Harm
to
Minors.
You
may
not
use
the
Service
to
harm
or
attempt
to
harm
a
minor,
including,
but
not
limited
to,
by
hosting,
possessing,
disseminating,
or
transmitting
material
that
is
unlawful,
including
child
pornography
or
obscene
material.
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Intellectual
Property
Infringement.
You
may
not
use
the
Service
to
post,
copy,
transmit,
or
disseminate
any
content
that
infringes
the
patents,
copyrights,
trade
secrets,
trademark,
or
propriety
rights
of
any
party.
Dakota
2000
assumes
no
responsibility,
and
you
assume
all
risks
regarding
the
determination
of
whether
material
is
in
the
public
domain,
or
may
otherwise
be
used
by
you
for
such
purposes.
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User
Content.
You
are
solely
responsible
for
any
information
that
is
transmitted
from
your
IP
address
or
your
account
on
the
web
or
other
Internet
services.
You
must
ensure
that
the
recipient
of
the
content
is
appropriate
and
must
take
appropriate
precautions
to
prevent
minors
from
receiving
inappropriate
content.
Dakota
2000
reserves
the
right
to
refuse
to
post
or
to
remove
any
information
or
materials
from
the
Service,
in
whole
or
in
part,
that
it,
in
Dakota
2000's
sole
discretion,
deems
to
be
illegal,
offensive,
indecent,
or
otherwise
objectionable.
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Commercial
Use.
The
Service
is
designed
for
personal,
non-business
related
use
of
the
Internet
and
may
not
be
used
for
commercial
purposes.
You
may
not
resell
or
otherwise
charge
others
to
use
the
residential
Service.
You
agree
not
to
use
the
Service
for
operation
as
an
Internet
service
provider,
or
for
any
other
business
enterprise,
including,
without
limitation,
IP
address
translation
or
similar
facilities
intended
to
provide
additional
access.
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Servers.
You
may
not
operate,
or
allow
others
to
operate,
servers
of
any
type
or
any
other
device,
equipment,
and/or
software
providing
server-like
functionality
in
connection
with
the
Service,
unless
expressly
authorized
by
Dakota
2000.
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Misuse
of
Service.
You
are
responsible
for
any
misuse
of
the
Service
that
occurs
through
your
account
or
IP
address.
You
must
therefore
take
steps
to
ensure
that
others
do
not
gain
unauthorized
access
or
misuse
the
Service.
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Hacking/Attempted
Unauthorized
Access.
You
may
not
use
the
Service
to
breach
or
attempt
to
breach
the
security
of
another
user
or
attempt
to
gain
access
to
any
organization
or
person's
computer,
software,
or
data
without
the
knowledge
and
consent
of
such
person.
The
equipment
and
the
Service
may
not
be
used
in
any
attempt
to
circumvent
the
user
authentication
or
security
of
any
host,
network
or
account.
This
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to,
accessing
data
not
intended
for
you,
logging
into
or
making
use
of a
server
or
account
you
are
not
expressly
authorized
to
access,
or
probing
the
security
of
other
networks
or
computers
for
any
reason.
Use
or
distribution
of
tools
designed
for
compromising
security,
such
as
password
guessing
programs,
cracking
tools,
packet
sniffers
or
network
probing
tools,
is
prohibited.
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Security.
You
are
solely
responsible
for
the
security
of
any
device
connected
to
the
Service,
including
any
data
stored
on
that
device.
Dakota
2000
recommends
that
you
take
appropriate
security
precautions
for
any
systems
connected
to
the
Service.
You
are
responsible
for
securing
any
wireless
(WiFi)
networks
connected
to
your
Dakota
2000
service.
Any
wireless
network
installed
by
the
customer
or a
Dakota
2000
representative,
that
is
unsecured
or
"open"
and
connected
to
the
Dakota
2000
network,
will
be
deemed
to
be
operating
as
an
ISP
and
subject
to
the
prohibition
on
Commercial
Use
set
forth
in
Section
5
herein.
You
authorize
Dakota
2000
to
use
measures
to
detect
unsecured
wireless
networks
associated
with
your
Service.
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Disruption
of
Service.
You
may
not
disrupt
the
Service
in
any
manner.
You
shall
not
interfere
with
computer
networking
or
telecommunications
services
to
any
user,
host
or
network,
including,
without
limitation,
denial
of
service
attacks,
flooding
of a
network,
overloading
a
service,
improper
seizing
and
abuse
of
operator
privileges
or
attempts
to
"crash"
a
host.
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Viruses,
Trojan
Horses,
Worms
and
Denial
of
Service
Attacks.
Software
or
other
content
downloaded
from
the
Service
may
contain
viruses
and
it
is
your
sole
responsibility
to
take
appropriate
precautions
to
protect
your
computer
from
damage
to
its
software,
files
and
data.
You
are
prohibited
from
posting,
transmitting
or
disseminating
any
information
or
software
that
contains
a
virus,
Trojan
horse,
spambot,
worm
or
other
harmful
program
or
that
generates
levels
of
traffic
sufficient
to
impede
others'
ability
to
send
or
retrieve
information.
Prohibited
conduct
of
this
type
includes
denial
of
service
attacks
or
similarly
disruptive
transmissions,
as
well
as
transmissions
containing
other
harmful
or
malicious
features.
We
may
suspend
your
Service
if
we
detect
a
harmful
program
in
order
to
allow
you
to
take
measures
to
stop
the
harmful
program.
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Electronic
Mail.
You
may
not
use
the
Service
to
send
bulk,
commercial
or
unsolicited
("spam")
email
messages.
Any
unsolicited
email,
originating
from
any
source,
must
not
direct
recipients
to
any
website
that
is
part
of
our
Service,
such
as
personal
web
pages,
or
other
resources
that
are
part
of
the
Service.
The
Service
may
not
be
used
to
collect
responses
from
unsolicited
email
sent
from
accounts
on
other
Internet
hosts
or
email
services
that
violate
this
Policy
or
the
acceptable
use
policy
of
any
other
Internet
service
provider.
In
addition,
"mail
bombing,"
the
sending
of
numerous
copies
of
the
same
or
substantially
similar
messages
or
very
large
messages
or
files
with
the
intent
to
disrupt
a
server
or
account,
is
prohibited.
You
may
not
reference
Dakota
2000
in
the
header
or
body
of
an
unsolicited
email,
or
list
an
IP
address
that
belongs
to
the
Dakota
2000
network
in
any
unsolicited
email.
Further,
you
may
not
take
any
action
which
implies
that
Dakota
2000
is
the
sponsor
of
any
unsolicited
email
even
if
that
email
is
not
sent
through
the
Dakota
2000
network.
Further,
forging,
altering
or
removing
electronic
mail
headers
is
prohibited.
If
the
Service
is
disconnected,
whether
voluntarily
or
by
termination,
all
user
names
and
associated
electronic
email
addresses
may
be
immediately
released
for
reuse.
Upon
disconnection,
any
mailbox
contents
may
be
immediately
deleted
or
held
in a
locked
state.
Addresses
and
email
may
be
held
until
Dakota
2000
deletes
them
as
part
of
its
normal
policies
and
procedures.
There
is
no
obligation
for
Dakota
2000
to
retain
or
make
any
user
name,
email
address
or
stored
email
retrievable
once
the
Service
is
disconnected.
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Bandwidth,
Data
Storage
and
Other
Limitations.
Dakota
2000
offers
multiple
packages
of
Service
with
varying
speeds
and
features
and
bandwidth
usage
limitations
(not
all
packages
are
available
in
all
areas).
You
must
comply
with
the
current
bandwidth,
data
storage,
electronic
mail
and
other
limitations
of
service
that
correspond
with
the
package
of
Service
you
selected.
In
addition
to
complying
with
the
limitations
for
specific
features,
you
must
ensure
that
your
activities
do
not
improperly
restrict,
inhibit,
or
degrade
any
other
user's
use
of
the
Service,
nor
represent
(in
Dakota
2000’s
sole
judgment)
an
unusually
great
burden
on
the
network
itself.
In
addition,
you
must
ensure
that
your
use
does
not
improperly
restrict,
inhibit,
disrupt,
degrade
or
impede
Dakota
2000's
ability
to
deliver
the
Service
and
monitor
the
Service,
backbone,
network
nodes,
and/or
other
network
services.
If
you
use
excessive
bandwidth
as
determined
by
Dakota
2000),
Dakota
2000
may
terminate,
suspend,
or
require
you
to
upgrade
the
Service
and/or
pay
additional
fees.
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Newsgroups.
The
Usenet
news
service
included
with a
Service
account
is
provided
for
interactive
use by
the
subscriber,
using a
commonly-available
NNTP
client
such as
Outlook
Express
News.
Messages
posted
to
newsgroups
must
comply
with the
written
charters,
FAQs or
overall
topics
for
those
newsgroups.
Advertisements,
solicitations,
or other
commercial
messages
should
be
posted
only in
those
newsgroups
whose
charters
or FAQs
explicitly
permit
them.
You are
responsible
for
determining
the
policies
of a
given
newsgroup
before
posting
to it.
Posting
or
cross-posting
the same
or
substantially
similar
messages
to more
than
eight
newsgroups
is
prohibited.
Our news
software
will
automatically
cancel
any
messages
posted
to nine
or more
newsgroups.
Binary
files
may not
be
posted
to
newsgroups
not
specifically
named
for that
purpose.
Users
posting
binary
files to
groups
with
policies
concerning
the
permissible
daily
volume
of
posted
files
are
required
to
observe
those
limitations.
You
may not
attempt
to
"flood"
or
disrupt
Usenet
newsgroups.
Disruption
is
defined
as
posting
a large
number
of
messages
to a
newsgroup,
which
contain
no
substantive
content,
to the
extent
that
normal
discussion
in the
group is
significantly
hindered.
Examples
of
disruptive
activities
include,
but are
not
limited
to,
posting
multiple
messages
with no
text in
the
body, or
posting
many
follow-ups
to
messages
with no
new
text.
Messages
may not
be
canceled,
except
by the
author
or by
official
newsgroup
moderators
performing
their
duties.
Forging,
altering
or
removing
header
information
is
prohibited.
This
includes
attempting
to
circumvent
the
approval
process
for
posting
to a
moderated
newsgroup.
Dakota
2000
reserves
the
right to
discontinue
access
to any
Usenet
newsgroup
at any
time for
any
reason.
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Conflict.
In the
event of
a
conflict
between
the
Subscriber
Agreement
and this
Policy,
the
terms of
the
Subscriber
Agreement
will
prevail.
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How to
Contact
Dakota
2000.
For
any
questions
regarding
this
AUP,
complaints
of
violations,
or
cancellation
notices,
please
contact
Dakota
2000
at
one
of
the
following:
Email:
abuse@Dakota2k.net
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