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All services provided by Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information,
data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, unlicensed software or files, or material protected by trade
secret and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, from any claims resulting from the use
of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.Examples of non-acceptable content or links:
- Pirated software
- "Illegal MP3's"
- Hackers programs or archives
- Warez Sites
- Child Pornography
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Unlimited Traffic/Hits & Web Space
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, is pleased to offer our clients unlimited traffic, hits and web space. To maintain the integrity of our service the usage of account for backup or file storage is not allowed as well as the following kind of activities, traffic and usage:- Account usage for backup purposes
- Sites with banners, graphics or cgi's running from their domain being used on other domains.
- Sites with immense graphic archives or galleries.
- Sites offering immense download archives, such as .zip, .tar, .rar, .GZ and so on.
- Sites running large chat room gatherings.
- Topsites
- IRC Scripts and Bots of any kind unless it was explicitly permitted by Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, management
- Proxy scripts/anonymizers
- Image hosting similar to Photobucket, Twitpic, Imageshack and others
- AutoSurf/PTC/PTS/PPC sites
- IP scanners
- Bruteforce Programs/Scripts/Applications
- Mail Bombers/Spam Scripts
- Banner-Ad services (commercial banner ad rotation)
- File Dump/Mirror similar to Rapidshare and others
- Audio Streaming with more than one or two streams
- Escrow, Bank Debentures, Bank Debenture Trading programs and sites
- High-Yield Interest Programs (HYIP) or related sites
- Investment Sites (FOREX, E-Gold Exchange, Second Life/Linden Exchange, Ponzi, MLM/Pyramid Scheme and such)
- Prime Banks Programs
- Lottery sites
- MUDs/RPGs/PBBGs
- Hacker focused sites/archives/programs
- Sites promoting illegal activities
- Forums and/or websites that distribute or link to warez/pirated/illegal content
- Fraudulent Sites of any kind
- Mailer Pro hosting sites
- Sale of any controlled substance without prior proof of appropriate permit(s)
- Sites using more than 20% of any system resource including but not limited to CPU, RAM or Disk
If you do not qualify for unlimited traffic/hits, your account may be required to be upgraded, or Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may move your site to a different server, to reduce the load on the server you are currently residing. Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of usage limitations. At any time Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may move your site to a different server, to reduce the load on the server you are currently residing.
Chat Rooms
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, does allow clients to install their own chat rooms. However, these tend to be large system hogs and may fall into the usage
limitations clause. We do provide a html based cgi chatroom that runs without hindering the performance of the machine for others. You are
free to run your own chat script, as long as it does not hinder server performance.Background Processes/Programs
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may allow programs to run continually in the background, these are considered on a one to one basis and a extra charge may
be incured based on system resources used and operational maintenance needed.Cron Jobs
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website does allow Cron Jobs to be conducted on our servers.IRC
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website currently does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.Multiple Connections
Multiple telnet and ftp sessions are allowed, on a single hosting account.Idle Timeouts
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may disconnect any idle connection to the network.Average timeouts are
FTP - 300 secondsTelnet - 2 hours
Commercial Advertising - Email
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from a Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, server or using an email address that is maintained on a Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, machine is STRICTLY prohibited. For general reference, we consider spam any email that is sent to more than 10 people at a time that
did not ask for it to be sent to them.Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Opt-In email is acceptiable, as long as Opt-Out/Removal request are fully honored. Please make an effort to limit outgoing mail on your account to no more than 5000 pieces per DAY and no more than 20 pieces per minute. Many times we have seen sites push over 1000 emails in one hit, this causes extreme server loads and prevents other people from accessing server services. Large mailings are preferred to be sent from the hours of 12AM - 8AM EST. Sites with large mailing databases, need to be placed on dedicated server or VPS platform.
Server Abuse
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website server or customer of Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, is strictly prohibited. Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website,
will pursue legal action to the fullest extent for all abuse of the Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website Network.Suspension/De-Activation
If any terms or conditions are failed to be followed it will result in grounds for account suspension or de-activation. Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice. If Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, deactivates your account(s) for violating policy, your will
forfeit your rights to a refund...and none will be given. No refunds for advance payments, on de-activated accounts. Normal policy is a
warning first, and account de-activation the second offense. Serious offenses may cause immediate de-activation.Privacy Policy
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, respects the privacy of every individual who visits our Web sites, responds to our interactive advertisements or sends us e-mail.
This Privacy Statement outlines the information Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, will collect and how we will use that information.
All order forms on Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, utilize a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol to provide "secure
sessions" for our visitors. Through the "secure session," information that you input into a Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, order form will be sent and will
arrive privately and unaltered at a Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, server. This security prohibits other companies and Web users from being able to access
your information.Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or email address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily.
The following are some examples of when Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, may require that you provide personally-identifiable information:
- to complete an online order for a product or service (if you do not wish to complete an online order form, we will always provide an option for you to complete an order by calling a toll free phone number)
- to enter an online contest or sweepstakes (if you do not wish to complete an online contest or sweepstakes form, we will always provide an option for you to enter by mailing a 3 x 5 card to a specific address)
- to request more information about new or current Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website, products or services
If you do not want your personally-identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like for us to remove it from our records, please contact us at the email address listed at the bottom of this Statement. We will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our existing files.
When you do provide us with personally-identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise:
- we may store and process that information to better understand all customer needs and how we can improve our products and services for all customers
- we may use that information to contact you with new promotions and announcements if you have previously provided your permission and if the promotions and announcements are in your interest
- we may contact you if we have questions about your account
Simstown.com The Life Simulation Games Website will not sell personally-identifiable information to third parties, unless stated at the time of collection. We may share information with business partners. We are committed to giving you the choice whether or not we use your information for marketing purposes or share information with business partners.
