Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) governs your use of the Services and is incorporated by reference into AssamHost’s Terms of Service. Unless otherwise stated, defined terms in this AUP have the same meaning as provided in the Terms of Service. AssamHost may modify this AUP at any time without notice.

The Services provided by AssamHost may only be used for lawful purposes. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with your use of the Services. AssamHost India reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at our sole discretion. Any material or conduct that exposes the Company to legal liability, threatens its ability to provide services or in our judgment violates this AUP in any manner may result in suspension or termination of the Services or removal of content with or without notice. You agree to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any claims resulting from your use of the Services.

Failure to respond to a communication from our abuse department within the specified time period in our communication to you may result in the suspension or termination of the Services.

1. Prohibited Uses

You may not directly or indirectly use the Services in connection with any of the following, as determined in AssamHost’s sole discretion:

a. Prohibited Use or Content

You may not use the Services to publish content or engage in activity that is illegal under applicable law, that is harmful to others, or that would subject AssamHost’s to liability, including, without limitation, in connection with any of the following, each of which is prohibited under this AUP

Disclosing sensitive personal information about others;
Storing personal or sensitive information, including without limitation, “Protected Health Information” as defined under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”);
Phishing or engaging in identity theft;
Distributing computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malicious code;
Promoting or facilitating prostitution or sex trafficking;
Hosting ponzi or pyramid schemes, or websites that engage in unlawful or deceptive marketing practices;
Hosting or linking to a website intended to deceive the public including, but not limited to sites listed at aa419.org & escrow-fraud.com;
Money laundering;
Hosting FOREX, E-Gold Exchange, Second Life/Linden Exchange, Ponzi, MLM/Pyramid Scheme, High-Yield Interest Programs (HYIP) or related sites;
Hosting, distributing or linking to child pornography (any such content will be suspended immediately without notice and reported to law enforcement or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) or content that is harmful to minors;
Distributing pornography or adult related content or offering any escort services;
Engaging in the unlawful distribution of controlled substances, drug contraband or prescription medications (including without limitation, promotion, marketing, or sale of prescription medications without a valid prescription);
Gambling or selling weapons or ammunition;
Promoting or facilitating violence or terrorist activities; or
Infringing upon the Intellectual Property Rights of Others. This includes, but is not limited to, the unauthorized copying or distribution of movies (film), music, books, photographs, software/warez, or any other copyrighted work. If you believe that your intellectual property rights are being infringed upon, please notify us by completing the Report Abuse form, or emailing us at [email protected]

b. Excessive Use of Resources or Network Abuse

You may not consume excessive amounts of server or network resources or use the Services in any way which results in server performance issues or which interrupts service for other customers. Prohibited activities that contribute to excessive use, include without limitation:

Hosting or linking to an anonymous proxy server;
Operating a file sharing site;
Scripts or processes that adversely impact our systems; or
Utilizing software that interfaces with an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network.

c. Unauthorized System Access

You may not directly or indirectly use the Services to gain access to any network or system without permission, including without limitation:

Accessing another network without permission, including to probe or scan for vulnerabilities or breach security or authentication measures;
Attacking other networks (e.g., utilizing botnets or other means to launch Denial of Service (DoS) or other attacks);
Intercepting or monitoring data without permission; or
Using any deep-link, page-scrape, robot, crawl, index, spider, offline reader, click spam, macro programs, internet agent, or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, to use, access, copy, index, acquire information, generate impressions or clicks, input information, store information, search, generate searches, or monitor any portion of AssamHost’s website or servers for any unauthorized purpose.

d. Storage of Backups

You may not use your hosting account as a backup solution. Our Services are designed to host your website only and may not be used as a data repository. AssamHost’s reserves the right to remove backups from your hosting account with or without notice.

2. Zero Tolerance Spam Policy

Any user account which causes or results in our IP space being blacklisted will be immediately suspended and/or terminated.
Forging or misrepresenting message headers is prohibited.
Websites advertised via SPAM (i.e. Spamvertised) may not be hosted on our servers. This provision includes, but is not limited to, SPAM sent via fax, phone, postal mail, email, instant messaging, or usenet/newsgroups. No organization or entity listed in the ROKSO may use our Services. Any User account which results in our IP space being blacklisted will be immediately suspended and/or terminated.
“Safe lists,” purchased lists, and selling of lists will be treated as SPAM. We may terminate the account of any User who sends out SPAM with or without notice.
You may not use the Services to send spam or bulk unsolicited messages. We maintain a zero tolerance policy for use of its network or services in any manner associated with the transmission, distribution or delivery of any bulk e-mail, including unsolicited bulk or unsolicited commercial e-mail, or the sending, assisting, or commissioning the transmission of commercial e-mail that does not comply with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (“SPAM”). We may terminate with or without notice the account of any user who sends spam.
Please familiarize yourself with the CAN-SPAM Act. Information about the CAN-SPAM Act may be found by accessing the following link: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business

3. Enforcement

Resellers
If there is a violation of this AUP by a User of a Reseller, we will suspend the account in question and notify the Reseller so that the Reseller can address the matter with the User. The occurrence of additional violations on a User account may result in the immediate suspensions or termination of your Reseller account.
Direct customers
Your Services may be terminated with or without notice upon any violation of this AUP.
Your Services may be suspended or terminated with or without notice upon any violation of this AUP. Any violations may result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.
AssamHost reserves the right to disable or remove any content which is prohibited by this AUP, including to prevent harm to others or to AssamHost or the Services, as determined in AssamHost’s sole discretion.
Violations will be reported to law enforcement as determined by AssamHost in its sole discretion.
A failure to respond to an email from our abuse team within forty-eight (48) hours, or as otherwise specified in the communication to you, may result in the suspension or termination of your Services.
We value the freedom of expression and encourages Users to be respectful with the content they post. As a webhost, we are not a publisher of User content and generally not in a position to investigate the veracity of individual defamation claims or to determine whether certain material, which we may find objectionable, should be censored. Accordingly, we generally require a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, to take down alleged defamatory or objectionable content. However, we reserve the right to disable or remove any content to prevent harm to others or to the Company, as determined in our sole discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, AssamHost users are responsible for using the Services in compliance with applicable laws in their jurisdiction, including without limitation, any laws relating to defamation, unsolicited emails, spamming, privacy, obscenity, and intellectual property infringement. AssamHost reserves the right to take local legal considerations into account and to respond accordingly in AssamHost’s sole discretion.
Enforcement of this AUP is at AssamHost’s sole discretion.

4. Reporting Violations

To report an infringement of intellectual property or other proprietary rights, please email [email protected]
If you have discovered a violation of our AUP, please email our Abuse Team at [email protected].

This file was last modified on November 19, 2020.