This Services Agreement (the "Agreement")
contains the complete terms and conditions which govern your
subscription of Web hosting, e-Commerce and other Internet-related
services provided by VisTour, Inc. (the "Services").
As used in this Agreement, "VisTour" means VisTour,
Inc. and "Client", "you", or "your"
means you and "Provider" refers to any vendor which
may be providing services to VisTour, thus extending such services
to You. By clicking on the "Order Now" button or by
ordering any VisTour service, you acknowledge that you have
read the Agreement, and you agree to its terms and conditions
and all policies posted on the VisTour site. As referred to
in this Agreement, "Site" refers to a World Wide Web
site and "VisTour Site" refers to the Site located
at the URL http://www.vistour.com, or any other successor Sites
owned or maintained by VisTour.
1. APPROPRIATE USE OF THE SERVICES.VisTour and/or Providers, provides the Services exclusively
and makes no effort to edit, control, monitor or restrict the
content of data other than as necessary to provide such Services.
Client Content. Client agrees that it will not distribute,
electronically transmit or display any materials supplied
by Client - or through Client by a third party - to any VisTour
and/or Provider server in connection with Client's use of
the Services which: violate any state, federal or foreign
laws or regulations; infringe on any intellectual property
rights (e.g., copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary
rights) of VisTour or any third party; are defamatory, slanderous
or trade libelous; are threatening or harassing; are discriminatory
based on gender, race, age or promotes hate violate any VisTour
policy posted on the VisTour Site including, but not limited
to, our Acceptable Use Policy (includes Adult Content Policy),
SPAM Policy, and CGI Abuse Policy.
contain viruses or other computer programming defects which
result in damage to VisTour and/or Provider or any third party.
Bandwidth. Client may occupy only the amount of disk space
on the VisTour and/or Providers Server and utilize no more
than the network bandwidth that is allotted by VisTour and/or
Provider. Additional fees, specified in the Web Host plans
page, will be charged for exceeding the disk space and/or
network bandwidth allowance of your selected plan.
No "SPAM". Client shall not use the Services for
chain letters, junk mail, spamming, or any use of distribution
lists to any person who has not given specific permission
to be included in such a process. Client also shall not engage
in any unsolicited email practices at VisTour, or otherwise,
that mentions or reference any domain hosted on VisTour and/or
Providers servers or parked on VisTour and/or Providers DNS
servers. NOTE: THIS POLICY APPLIES TO VIRTUAL SERVER ACCOUNTS,
AND ALL DOMAINS, NAMES SERVERS AND PARKED DOMAINS HOSTED ON
THE SERVER. (Violators will be fined! Refer to our SPAM Policy).
Licensed Software Only. Client agrees to use only properly
licensed third party software in connection with Client's
use of the Services.
Back-Up Files. Client will have the ability to reinstate files
which are automatically archived by VisTour and/or Provider;
however, VisTour and/or Provider does not guarantee the existence,
accuracy, or regularity of its backup services and, therefore,
Client is responsible for making back-up files in connection
with its use of the Services. Backup capability is available
through the Clients Control Panel.
Termination. VisTour and/or Provider reserves the right to
refuse service to anyone. VisTour, in its sole discretion,
may immediately terminate this Agreement if Client engages
in any of the foregoing. To report any unacceptable behavior
by a third party using the Services, please contact support@vistour.com.
2. PAYMENT OBLIGATIONSService Fees. By the Fifteenth (15th) day of an invoice is generated for services, VisTour
shall either (i) debit Client's credit card (where such information
is provided by Client) or (ii) deliver by e-mail an invoice
to Client in accordance with the applicable Services fees
for services rendered for the current month. Where an invoice
is delivered to Client, Client shall remit payment to VisTour
by no later than 15 days after the specified payment due date.
VisTour shall be entitled to immediately terminate this Agreement
for Client's failure to make timely payments to VisTour. Certain
services carry a set-up fee charged by VisTour to Client that
must be paid by Client in order to have use of the Services.
If Client terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section
4 hereunder, Client shall be responsible for any outstanding
fees owed to VisTour and agrees to pay any and all fees incurred
by Client. Because the Services are provided on a monthly
basis, Client will be responsible for Service fees incurred
each month regardless of when Client provides notice of termination.
Thus, for example, if Client provides notice to terminate
on the 15th of a particular month, Client will still owe fees
for the entire month and such fees will not be pro-rated or
refunded. If Client has retained the Services for one (1)
year and has pre-paid VisTour for such Services, refunds will
be issued for any unused full month portions less one month
of the Services upon:
Clients request. Therefore, if Client's account is cancelled
at any point during the one (1) year term, Client will be
entitled to a refund for all but one of the full months remaining
after notice given by the 25th of the preceding month.
Domain Names. If Client chooses to register a domain name(s)
through VisTour, Client acknowledges and agrees that Client
will pay a registration fee(s) to register the domain name(s)
with the applicable domain name registrar. VisTour and/or
Provider does not offer refunds for domain name registrations
for any reason, including misspelling of the domain name.
3. CLIENT LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATIONThe parties agree that in no event shall VisTour and/or
Provider be liable to any third party for Client's breach
or alleged breach of any of the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement. Client agrees to defend, indemnify and
hold harmless VisTour and/or Provider from any and all expenses,
losses, liabilities, damages or third party claims resulting
from Client's breach or alleged breach of any Client obligations
set forth hereunder.
4. TERM, TERMINATION & REINSTATEMENTSubject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Agreement
shall be effective on the date you register for the Services,
and shall continue in effect on a month-to-month basis unless
otherwise specified by separate agreement (the "Term")
unless terminated earlier pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 4. Either party will have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon notice to the other party. If Client is terminating
this Agreement, Client must follow instructions for cancellation
provided on the Server Cancellation Information page. All
cancellation requests must be received by the end of the respective
month of cancellation. Any other attempt by Client to cancel
this Agreement by written or e-mail notice shall be void.
Sections 3 - 8 shall survive termination or expiration of
this Agreement.
If Client terminates its account, Client shall be allowed
to re-instate Client's use of the Services within Seven (7)
business days of cancellation. Client shall pay a fee of Fifty
Dollars ($50) prior to any re-instatement of Client's account.
Once payment has been received, Client's account will be activated
within Forty-Eight (48) business hours. VisTour will maintain
an archival copy of Client's Web site for Seven (7) days after
VisTour receives notice of cancellation. Thereafter, Client
will need to place a new order if it wishes to subscribe to
the Services.
5. TAXESClient will pay and indemnify and hold VisTour and/or
Provider harmless from any and all taxes associated with or
arising from Client's use of the Services, including any penalties
and interest and any costs associated with the collection
or withholding thereof.
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THE SERVICES, THE VISTOUR SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DISPLAYED OR OFFERED
ON THE VISTOUR SITE, AND ALL TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS AND APPLICATIONS
ARE PROVIDED TO CLIENT ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND. VISTOUR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, VISTOUR
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT (1)THE SERVICES WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (2) DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED;
(3) THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; AND
(4) THE SECURITY METHODS EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITYIN NO EVENT SHALL VISTOUR AND/OR PROVIDER BE LIABLE
FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, USE OF THE
VISTOUR SITE OR ANY VISTOUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER. IN NO EVENT SHALL VISTOUR
CUMULATIVE LIABILITY EXCEED AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500 US).
8. MISCELLANEOUSNotices. Any notices or communication under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered to the party
receiving such communication at the address specified below
(1) on the delivery date if delivered personally to the party,
or a representative of the party; (2) one business day after
deposit with a commercial overnight carrier, with written
verification of receipt; (3) five business days after the
mailing date, whether or not received, if sent by postal mail,
return receipt requested; (4) on the delivery date if transmitted
by confirmed e-mail.
If to VisTour:
VisTour, Inc.
PO Box 251195
Holly Hill, FL 32125-1195
If any of the provisions, or portions thereof, of this Agreement
are found to be invalid under any applicable statute or rule
of law, then, that provision notwithstanding, this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and such provision or
portion thereof shall be deemed omitted. This Agreement (including
the Exhibits, attachments and/or addenda, if any,) represents
the entire agreement of the parties with respect of the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous
agreements or understandings, written or oral between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement
and the rights granted and obligations undertaken hereunder
may not be transferred, assigned or delegated in any manner
by Client, but may be so transferred, assigned or delegated
by VisTour. Any waiver or any provision of this Agreement,
or a delay by any party in the enforcement of any right hereunder,
shall neither be construed as a continuing waiver nor create
an expectation of non-enforcement of that or any other provision
or right. In any legal proceeding between the parties under
this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
recover its costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees.
This Agreement is made under and shall be governed by the
laws of the United States of America, except with regard to
its conflict of law rules. This Agreement and VisTours
policies are subject to change by VisTour without notice.
Continued usage of the Services after a change to this Agreement
by VisTour or after a new policy is implemented and posted
on the VisTour Site constitutes your acceptance of such change
or policy. We encourage you to regularly check the VisTour
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What personal
information does VisTour, Inc. collect?
In the course of serving its customers, VisTour, Inc. acquires,
stores and transmits customer communications and information
that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this
information - such as the customer's name, address, telephone
number, and credit card data - is provided to VisTour, Inc.
by its customers in order to establish service. Other information
- such as the customer's account status, choice of services,
and customer logs - is created and maintained by VisTour, Inc.
in the normal course of providing service. VisTour, Inc. may
also uses cookies, which are small pieces of information that
a web site can store in a designated file on a user's computer
for various reasons. In addition, VisTour, Inc. may store customers'
electronic mail and other communications as a necessary incident
to the transmission and delivery of those communications.
Data security
VisTour, Inc. will protect the confidentiality of its customers'
information, account information and personal communications
to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law and
the legitimate interests of VisTour, Inc., its partners, its
employees and other customers of VisTour, Inc. services. To
protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that
is collected from customers, VisTour, Inc. has appropriate procedures
in place.
How will VisTour, Inc. use customer information?
VisTour, Inc. may share customer information with selected partners,
for example, to provide customers with information about products
which might be of interest to the customer or to enable the
customer to take advantage of special partner programs. VisTour,
Inc. may also use customer information to provide its customers
with system information or information about new or upgraded
products. Domain name customers must provide and make public
corporate and/or personal information as necessary to obtain
such domain name(s).
Modification of customer information.
Customers may modify their personal information by contacting
support at support@vistour.com.
Domain name customers, who have registered a domain name with
VisTour, Inc. and wish to change the technical contact from
VisTour, Inc. to another company or change any other registration
information, should be able to do so by logging into their account
at http://www.vistour.com/products/domains/manage.htm.
VisTour, Inc. provides all customers with full access to their
domain account by creating a username and password system when
the customer registers. It is important to note that customer
domain name registration information is made publicly available
in the registry of domain names. In the event you lose your
domain password, a new password will be sent to your e-mail
address.
Will VisTour, Inc. ever send me direct
mailings?
From time to time, VisTour, Inc. may send its customers information
about various products and services that may be of interest.
We will not send you information of this type without specifically
allowing you to deny such mailings. You can deny by sending
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Agreement
This agreement is defined on a monthly basis. By ordering
a VisTour, Inc. visual tour, this agreement will take affect.
You agree to the price and terms of the agreement. It is the
responsibility of the agreement holder to make sure anybody
using 360 degree visual tours under this agreement is aware
of all the terms and conditions in this agreement.
BillingVisTour will continue billing on a monthly basis, with
a two-month minimum, until we are notified in writing to discontinue
service. Client will be billed according to the original agreement
which may include a monthly hosting fee, a yearly domain name
fee and/or a photo shoot charge. You agree to e-mail notification
to remove a 360 degree VisTour to VisTour, Inc. 24-hour notification
for cancellation of a scheduled photography appointment is required
or a $25.00 fee will be assessed. VisTour, Inc. reserves the
right to change fees and other charges provided a 14 day notice
is given to customers using such services at that time.
Payment options by credit card - Visa and Mastercard
Safety issuesIt is the responsibility of the real estate agent and/or
homeowner to ensure that the home is prepared for photography
before the photographer arrives. Please do not ask the photographer
to rearrange furniture, move trash cans, heavy objects or
to clean up around the home. Our photographers are not insured
against damage to the home or to personal injury while doing
such rearranging. VisTour, Inc. is not liable for any theft
or damage incurred due to the distribution or duplication
of these Visual Tours.
All pictures are taken as directed by the agent, which puts
all liability and responsibility on the agent. Standard turnaround
time is approximately 3 working days for new customers and
approximately 2 working day for existing customers.
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Spamming
Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messages over the
Internet (known as "spamming"). It is not only harmful
because of its negative impact on consumer attitudes toward
VisTour, but also because it can overload VisTour's or Provider's
network and disrupt service to VisTour clients. Also, maintaining
an open SMTP relay is prohibited. When a complaint is received,
VisTour has the discretion to determine from all of the evidence
whether the e-mail recipients were from a subscribed e-mail
list. Refer to our SPAM Policy for more informtion.
Intellectual Property Violations
Engaging in any activity that infringes or misappropriates
the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy,
and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities.
Also, engaging in activity that violates privacy, publicity,
or other personal rights of others. VisTour is required by
law to remove or block access to customer content upon receipt
of a proper notice of copyright infringement. It is also VisTours
policy to terminate the privileges of customers who commit
repeat violations of copyright laws.
Adult Material
Because the Internet is a global communication tool, and we
have clients from nearly every country in the world it is
difficult to dictate what is considered "adult material."
However, it is not our function to discriminate against those
who choose to utilize adult content or adult related material.
This being said, there are still several reasons why VisTour
has been forced to create its no adult sites policy for its
web host users.
What does VisTour consider "Adult
Material?"
Any site whose revenue is gained in part or whole from its
adult content.
Photos or videos showing frontal nudity on either men or women
for non-scientific or non-artistic purposes.
Revenue-generating hyperlinks to sites who violate policy
#1.
Why does VisTour have this policy?
Bandwidth and Resources
A virtual server is a shared environment where many servers
reside on each particular machine. This being said, consider
that an average "adult site" gets more hits than
100 standard websites. Some of the smaller adult sites get
around 5 GB of transfer per day. With these types of resources
being utilized, our servers would be severely slowed if we
allowed these high traffic sites to also reside on our servers.
On top of that, we would be forced to raise our prices to
pay for the additional bandwidth. We strive to keep our servers
fast and inexpensive, and our bandwidth clear; therefore,
adult sites are not an option.
VisTour reserves the right to decide what it considers "adult
content", "adult material", "sexually
explicit", or "sexually related". Let us know
if you are unsure of the approval of your site before placing
an order.
Defamatory or Abusive Language
Using VisTours network as a means to transmit or post
defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.
Forging of Headers
Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole
or in part, to mask the originator of the message.
Illegal or Unauthorized Access to
Other Computers or Networks
Accessing illegally or without authorization computers, accounts,
or networks belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate
security measures of another individual's system (often known
as "hacking"). Also, any activity that might be
used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e.
port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).
Background Running Programs
Background Daemons in general are prohibited on VisTour or
Providers servers, including, but not limited to, IRC bots,
eggdrop, BitchX, XiRCON, warez sites and any other program
that interferes with normal server operation.
VisTour will be the sole arbitor of what consitutes a violation
of the above policy.
Distribution of Internet Viruses,
Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities
Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending
Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding,
mailbombing, or denial of service attacks. Also, activities
that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others
to effectively use the network or any connected network, system,
service, or equipment.
Facilitating a Violation of this Acceptable
Use Policy
Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any
software, program, product, or service that is designed to
violate this Acceptable Use Policy, which includes the facilitation
of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding, mailbombing,
denial of service attacks, and piracy of software.
Export Control Violations
Exporting encryption software over the Internet or otherwise,
to points outside the United States.
Usenet Groups
VisTour reserves the right not to accept postings from newsgroups
where we have actual knowledge that the content of the newsgroup
violates the Acceptable Use Policy.
Other Illegal Activities
Engaging in activities that are determined to be illegal,
including advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available
ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently charging credit
cards, and pirating software.
Other Activities
Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that VisTour
determines to be harmful to its clients, operations, reputation,
goodwill, or customer relations.
As we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding the
harmful activities just described rests primarily with the
client. VisTour will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor
the communications of its client to ensure that they comply
with VisTour policy or applicable law. When VisTour or Provider
becomes aware of harmful activities, however, it may take
any action to stop the harmful activity, including but not
limited to, removing information, shutting down a web site,
implementing screening software designed to block offending
transmissions, denying access to the Internet, or take any
other action it deems appropriate.
VisTour or Provider also is concerned with the privacy of
on-line communications and web sites. In general, the Internet
is neither more nor less secure than other means of communication,
including mail, facsimile, and voice telephone service, all
of which can be intercepted and otherwise compromised. As
a matter of prudence, however, VisTour urges its clients to
assume that all of their on-line communications are insecure.
VisTour cannot take any responsibility for the security of
information transmitted over VisTours or Provider's
facilities.
VisTour and/or Provider will not intentionally monitor private
electronic mail messages sent or received by its clients unless
required to do so by law, governmental authority, or when
public safety is at stake. VisTour and/or Provider may, however,
monitor its service electronically to determine that its facilities
are operating satisfactorily. Also, VisTour and/or Provider
may disclose information, including but not limited to, information
concerning a client, a transmission made using our network,
or a web site, in order to comply with a court order, subpoena,
summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation,
or governmental request. VisTour and/or Provider assumes no
obligation to inform the client that client information has
been provided and in some cases may be prohibited by law from
giving such notice. Finally, VisTour and/or Provider may disclose
client information or information transmitted over its network
where necessary to protect VisTour and/or Provider and others
from harm, or where such disclosure is necessary to the proper
operation of the system.
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a serious problem, and VisTour and/or Providers will not tolerate
it.
Definition of SPAM:
The bulk UCE, promotional material, or other forms of solicitation
sent via e-mail that advertise any IP address belonging to
VisTour and/or Providers or any URL (domain) that is hosted
by VisTour and/or Providers.
Unsolicited postings to newsgroups advertising any IP or URL
hosted by VisTour and/or Providers.
The use of webpages set up on ISPs that allow SPAM-ing (also
known as "ghost sites") that directly or indirectly
reference customers to domains or IP addresses hosted by VisTour
and/or Providers.
Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any
software, program, product, or service that is designed to
facilitate a means to SPAM.
Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole
or in part, to mask the true origin of the message.
For further information on mail abuse, please visit the Mail
Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) website.
Repercussions of SPAM:
Across the Web, it is generally accepted that SPAM is an inconsiderate
and improper business practice.
VisTour:
SPAM is not only harmful because of its negative impact on
consumer attitudes toward VisTour and/or Providers, but also
because it can overload VisTour and/or Providers network
and resources, especially on our shared (virtual) server environments.
Our Providers:
Since it is unsolicited, users who receive SPAM often become
angry and send complaints to our upstream providers. This
upsets our providers who abhor SPAM for the same reasons that
VisTour does - it causes negative consumer attitudes and drains
resources. We strive to maintain favorable business relationships
in the Web community and obviously will not allow any practice
that threatens these relationships.
Punishment For SPAM:
VisTour and/or Provider reserves the right to terminate, without
warning, any account that violates this policy. Usage of VisTour
and/or Provider services constitutes acceptance and understanding
of this policy.
VisTour may, at its option, charge $25.00 per SPAM complaint
we receive Virtual Server customers. These are non-refundable
charges and will be invoiced at the time of complaint notification.
VisTour reserves the right to decide what it considers "SPAM",
"UCE", "mail bombing", or "bulk e-mail",
and to determine from all of the evidence whether or not the
e-mail recipients were from an "opt-in" e-mail list.
Should you choose to e-mail from VisTour and/or Provider
servers, especially if you use mailing lists, you must read
and adhere to the following guidelines, which are offered
as a statement of Internet standards and best current practices
for proper mailing list management and preventing e-mail abuse.
Basic Mailing List Management Principles
for Preventing Abuse
Mailing lists are an excellent vehicle for distributing focused,
targeted information to an interested, receptive audience.
Consequently, mailing lists have been used successfully as
a highly effective direct marketing tool.
Unfortunately, some marketers misuse mailing lists through
a lack of understanding of Internet customs and rules of the
forum pertaining to e-mail. Others fail to take adequate precautions
to prevent the lists they manage from being used in an abusive
manner.
The e-mail addresses of new subscribers must be confirmed
or verified before mailings commence. This is usually accomplished
by means of an e-mail message sent to the subscriber to which
s/he must reply, or containing a URL which s/he must visit,
in order to complete the subscription. However it is implemented,
a fundamental requirement of all lists is the verification
of all new subscriptions.
Mailing list administrators must provide a simple method for
subscribers to terminate their subscriptions, and administrators
should provide clear and effective instructions for unsubscribing
from a mailing list. Mailings from a list must cease promptly
once a subscription is terminated.
Mailing list administrators should make an "out of band"
procedure (e.g., a means of contact by which messages may
be sent for further correspondence via e-mail or telephone)
available for those who wish to terminate their mailing list
subscriptions but are unable or unwilling to follow standard
automated procedures.
Mailing list administrators must ensure that the impact of
their mailings on the networks and hosts of others is minimized
by proper list management procedures such as pruning of invalid
or undeliverable addresses, or taking steps to ensure that
mailings do not overwhelm less robust hosts or networks.
Mailing list administrators must take adequate steps to ensure
that their lists are not used for abusive purposes. For example,
administrators can maintain a "suppression list"
of e-mail addresses from which all subscription requests are
rejected. Addresses would be added to the suppression list
upon request by the parties entitled to use the addresses
at issue. The purpose of the suppression list would be to
prevent subscription of addresses appearing on the suppression
list by unauthorized third parties. Such suppression lists
should also give properly authorized domain administrators
the option to suppress all mailings to the domains for which
they are responsible.
Mailing list administrators must make adequate disclosures
about how subscriber addresses will be used, including whether
or not addresses are subject to sale or trade with other parties.
Once a mailing list is traded or sold, it may no longer be
an opt-in mailing list. Therefore, those who are acquiring
"opt-in" lists from others must examine the terms
and conditions under which the addresses were originally compiled
and determine that all recipients have in fact opted-in specifically
to the mailing lists to which they are being traded or sold.
Mailing list administrators should make adequate disclosures
about the nature of their mailing lists, including the subject
matter of the lists and anticipated frequency of messages.
A substantive change in either the subject matter or frequency
of messages may constitute a new and separate mailing list
requiring a separate subscription. List administrators should
create a new mailing list when there is a substantive change
in either the subject matter or frequency of messages. A notification
about the new mailing list may be appropriate on the existing
mailing list, but existing subscribers should never be subscribed
automatically to the new list. For example, if Company A acquires
Company B, and Company B has compiled opt-in mailing lists,
Company A should not summarily incorporate Company B's mailing
lists into its own.
*This SPAM Accepted Use Policy and all other VisTour policies
are subject to change by VisTour without notice. Continued
usage of the services after a change to this policy is implemented
and posted on the VisTour site constitutes your acceptance
of such change or policy. We encourage you to regularly check
the VisTour site for any changes or additions. Visit our Terms
& Conditions for further information regarding our policies.
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VisTour and/or Provider allows CGI
to be used on all Virtual Servers. CGI can be resource intensive
however, and because a Virtual Server must be shared with other
users, we must limit how much of the CPU can be used by any
one account on a shared server. There are several reasons why
VisTour has created its CGI abuse policy for its virtual server
users.
What does VisTour consider "CGI
ABUSE"?
Any site whose CGI programs are using excessive amounts of system
resources. Excessive amounts is defined as any amount that results
in substantial degradation of server performance. VisTour is
the sole determinant of what consititues degraded server performance.
Due to their use of flat files instead of databases, VisTour
and/or Provider does not allow the use of UBB or YABB bulletin
boards. Use of these boards for large or very active forums,
results in system performance degradation, and cannot be allowed
in our shared server environment. VisTour suggests using VBulletin
or phpBB as a more efficient, database-driven alternative
to these bulletin boards.
Why does VisTour have this policy?
Server Speed and Fairness to others
A Virtual Server is shared. As such, there are many accounts
per machine. In all fairness, VisTour and/or Provider cannot
allow one or two clients to use all of the System resources
on a shared machine and have all other clients on the machine
suffer because of it. Excessive CPU usage by one or more clients
causes extreme slowness in all areas: FTP, Telnet, Web Sites
and more. If the CPU usage gets too far out of hand, all sites
hosted on the machine will return Errors and not be accessible
in any way.
What happens if I violate this policy?
All accounts that are found to using excessive amounts of
system resources will receive an email warning from VisTour.
This warning will inform you that there is too much CGI running
and it will provide options for reducing the usage or upgrading
your server. If you do not reduce the usage within 24 hours
of the email being sent, your CGI scripts will be disabled.
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