Guestbook Central Acceptable Use Policy & Terms of Service

Guestbook Central provides both free and paid guestbooks. We have certain legal and ethical responsibilities when it comes to the use of our servers and equipment involved in these services. We have established some very simple rules that govern the content and use of our services. They are all based on economic reality, legal standards, Internet responsibility and common sense. Customers agree that a violation of any of the provisions of this document constitutes sufficient cause for immediate termination of service without notice or further obligation on the part of Guestbook Central.

Users of Guestbook Central network resources / services agree to the following provisions:

Lawful Purpose

Customers may only use our service for lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, proprietary information and other intellectual property rights, libel or defamation of character, invasion of privacy, tortious interference, export of technical or military data to prohibited countries, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, pornography, and material protected by trade secrets. The hosting, storage or transmittal of any sexually explicit material that is in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, such as material that involves the depiction or use of underage persons, is strictly prohibited. The use of any Guestbook Central network resource to interfere with the legitimate use by customers or other authorized users of resources of the Guestbook Central network or any other network is strictly prohibited.

The designation of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion of Guestbook Central management.

Violations of this provision will be referred to appropriate legal authorities.

Content NOT Permitted

The following types of content are NOT permitted within our service:

  • Any content described in the paragraph above regarding lawful use
  • Any Adult or Mature Themed content
  • Any content related to gambling or casinos
  • Any content related to buying drugs online or by mail order

If your guestbook is found to contain any of the above content, whether paid or free, it will be immediately terminated along with all entries. It is your responsibility to remove any guestbook entries which contain that kind of content as well.

Unauthorized use of other people's accounts or computers

Guestbook Central will strongly react to any use or attempted use of an Internet account or computer without the owner's authorization. Such attempts include "internet scamming" (tricking other people into releasing their passwords), password robbery, security hole scanning etc. Any unauthorized use of accounts or computers by an Guestbook Central customer, whether or not the attacked account or computer belongs to Guestbook Central, will result in action against the attacker. Possible actions include warnings, account suspension or cancellation, and civil or criminal legal action, depending on the seriousness of the attack.

UCE/Spam

The sending or facilitation of the sending of unsolicited commercial email (spamming), bulk email, so-called opt-out email, or any type of commercial email is strictly prohibited.

Landing Sites

The use of a guestbook in any form intended to be intentionally or unintentionally retrieved or viewed by any recipient of any unsolicited email sent in violation of the spirit or letter of the terms defined in this document, whether sent from our network or any other network, is strictly prohibited.

Account Security

The Customer is required to protect the security of its Guestbook Central account(s) and usage thereof.

Payment

All accounts, if you opt to upgrade to paid service, are set up on a pre-pay basis. Customer will be billed in advance for each term of pre-payment by Credit Card auto-debit as negotiated. There are no refunds. All pricing is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment (if applicable). Guestbook Central reserves the right to change prices at any time.

All payments are in U.S. currency.

The obtaining of, or attempt to obtain, any fee-based service by any means with the intent of avoiding payment for such service is strictly prohibited.

Rights of Cancellation

Guestbook Central reserves the right to cancel service at any time. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be pro-rated and paid by Guestbook Central if Guestbook Central institutes it's right of cancellation. If cancellation is caused by customers violation of our policies, then no refund is due. Any violation of policies which results in extra costs to Guestbook Central will be billed to the customer.

Customer may cancel at any time.

Indemnification

Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Guestbook Central harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney’s fees asserted against Guestbook Central, its agents, its customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, it’s agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Guestbook Central against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Guestbook Central's service; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective products sold to customer from Guestbook Central's service.

Disclaimers

Guestbook Central will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. Guestbook Central makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Guestbook Central disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The includes loss of data resulting from delays, nondeliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by Guestbook Central and its employees. Guestbook Central reserves the right to revise its policies at any time

Guestbook Central reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.

Any complaint that may be received regarding an Guestbook Central customer will be promptly forwarded to the Guestbook Central customer for resolution. This strict policy is for the protection of the network and the interests of Guestbook Central and its users.

For clarification of terms or to report a violation, please email abuse@annex.com.

 




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