Scope and enforcement
This Acceptable Use Policy governs use of Forbest Hosting services. Violations may result in service suspension or termination. Forbest Hosting interprets this policy using reasonable commercial judgment.
Offensive and unlawful content
- Child sexual abuse material or pornography
- Excessively violent content, threats, harassment or hate speech
- Deceptive consumer practices, chain letters or pyramid schemes
- Defamation or privacy violations
- Content that creates risks to personal or public safety, health or national security, or interferes with law enforcement
- Unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets or confidential information
- Circumvention of technical copyright protections
- Intellectual-property infringement
- Promotion of illegal drugs, export-control violations, illegal gambling or illegal arms trafficking
- Other unlawful, malicious or fraudulent content
Covered transmissions
This policy applies to web content, email, bulletin board postings, chat and other transmissions that rely on Forbest Hosting internet services.
Security
Customers must take reasonable security precautions, protect password confidentiality and change passwords periodically.
Bulk commercial email
The original AUP requires advance approval for bulk commercial email. Customers must obtain affirmative recipient consent, verify ownership of addresses, retain proof of consent, provide consent evidence when requested, honor revocations within 72 hours, identify the source of messages, publish a privacy policy, track complaints and comply with the CAN-SPAM Act and other applicable laws.
Unsolicited email
Customers may not send unsolicited email, individually or in bulk, to anyone who has indicated they do not wish to receive it. Customers must follow the rules of other networks they use.
Copyright and DMCA
Customers may not publish or distribute copyrighted work without authorization or a legal basis. Repeat copyright infringers may have service terminated. A DMCA notice must include a signature, identification of the copyrighted work and allegedly infringing material, contact details, a good-faith statement and a statement under penalty of perjury. Send notices to abuse@forbesthosting.com.
Other requirements
Customers must keep current and valid domain registration information on file for domains hosted on the network.
Disclaimer
The original AUP says Forbest Hosting does not undertake a general duty to monitor customer activity and disclaims responsibility for customer misuse.
Internet abuse
- Unauthorized access, probing, scanning or testing of systems without permission
- Monitoring network data or traffic without authorization
- Mail bombing, flooding or deliberate service overload
- Unauthorized account or computer access, phishing, password theft or port scanning
- Forging TCP/IP headers or email/news postings
- Conduct likely to cause retaliation against the network
- Unreasonable interference with other customers’ use of the network
Forums and other networks
Customers must comply with the rules and conventions of forums, chat groups, IRC, USENET and other networks, including rules against off-topic or mass commercial postings.