 Users in violation of the policies below will
have their accounts immediately suspended (pending investigation) or deleted.
Please note that Sitelutions, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to
terminate the accounts of those who violate our policies with absolutely no
refunds.
Full Acceptable Use Policy & Member Agreement
This Agreement provides the terms and conditions governing the use of service provided by InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., doing business as Sitelutions.com located at 22900 Shaw Rd. #112-5, Sterling, VA
USA. Sitelutions is a service of InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc.. Any references herein to "Sitelutions,"
or the "Sitelutions Staff" should be understood to actually be references to InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. and its employees. The sole company responsible for
Sitelutions at this time is InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc..
References to the "Sitelutions Site" refers only to the site located at "www.sitelutions.com."
The term "Sitelutions Member Sites" refer to sites hosted using Sitelutions
SpaceTM, accessible via Sitelutions
Redirection, Sitelutions DNS, or for which the primary domain name was
registered via Sitelutions RegistrarTM by a
Sitelutions Member.
Registration via the Sitelutions Site provides Registered Users (each a "Member") with a package of content and services. InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. may, at its discretion, add or delete features or eliminate the site in its entirety. By becoming a Member, you agree to use the Site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms and conditions discussed below.
Price and Payment
Sitelutions offers some of its services for free, exclusive of other Internet or other telecommunications fee.
Sitelutions does, however, charge for various services. Both paying and
non-paying members are bound to this Acceptable Use Policy, and all of the rules
mentioned herein. InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. reserves all of the same rights in regard Paying Members as with Non-Paying Members.
In regard to Members in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy, while InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. may choose to refund a Paying Member's payment for any reason, InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. is in no way required to do so. By paying, the Member accepts this clause.
Click here to view our refund policy.
Terms of Membership
Membership is available to anyone who registers all required information,
provides an accurate, legitimate electronic mail address, and obtains a
Sitelutions account and password. Sitelutions does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, or ethnicity. Each Member is allowed to have only one Membership and the privileges associated with Membership.
Sitelutions allows one registered Membership per legitimate electronic mail
address. Any exceptions, including the use of one electronic mail address by
multiple users, must be approved by a Sitelutions Staff member. Membership is intended for personal and business use only and is non-transferable. Please see the "Termination of Service" clause below for additional Membership information.
Member Content & Behavioral Guidelines
Sitelutions is a provider of web hosting, redirection, DNS, domain name
registration, and e-mail services. Neither InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. nor the Sitelutions Staff is responsible for the content of
any Web page that is part of a Sitelutions Member Site. Both content and opinions expressed are completely the responsibility of the Member who has set up
the site. The Sitelutions staff does not review Web pages or sites in any way before they become a
Member Site. Despite the fact that Sitelutions Staff does not actively
review member sites, Sitelutions will act immediately in the event that a
complaint is received from a member of the Internet public. Specifically,
Sitelutions does not allow the following: - SPAM: Sitelutions takes SPAM very seriously. "SPAM" includes
sending unsolicited bulk e-mail and submitting advertisements to Usenet
newsgroups that do not specifically allow advertising. Members are
forbidden from sending SPAM using their Sitelutions account, using a
Sitelutions-provided e-mail account / address, or sending SPAM in order to
advertise a site hosted by, redirected-to, or provided with DNS by Sitelutions.
By signing up, Member acknowledges this agreement, and agrees to pay
Sitelutions $200 in damages for each e-mail address to which unsolicited bulk
e-mail was sent and $200 for each Usenet SPAM message posted. Users or sites listed in anti-spam listing organization sites,
such as spews.org, relays.osirusoft.org, spamhaus.org, spamcop.net, or other similar sites may be suspended immediately without notice or refund.
Click here for our Anti-Spam Page.
- Grossly offensive or illegal material: Using Sitelutions to
host, redirect to, or provide DNS for a site that contains material that we
deem grossly offensive violates the Acceptable Use Policy. "Grossly
offensive material," by our definition, includes pages that exploit images of
children under 18 years of age, pages that include clear expressions of
bigotry, racism, or hatred, "how-to" sites which promote illegal activities,
such as the creation and/or use of weapons illegally, and pages that link to
other sites which we deem offensive. InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., at it's sole discretion,
may deem a site "grossly offensive." "Illegal material" includes but is
not limited to copyrighted media, such as software, images, and audio files.
- Hosting of sites or materials that may be construed by an individual or group as a form of harrassment or libel: Using Sitelutions to
host, redirect to, or provide DNS for a site that contains material that InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., at it's sole discretion,
deems offensive to a given party or group. In general, sites will not be evaluated for this content unless or until InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. receives complaints about a given site.
At such point, if InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., at it's sole discretion, deems the site to be offensive, "annoying," or potentially libelous (no proof shall be required that the site is libelous), User will be considered in violation of Acceptable Use Policy.
- Hosting adult material using Sitelutions SpaceTM.
Members may not use Sitelutions SpaceTM to host adult or pornographic content, such as images, web pages, and videos.
A Sitelutions Member may use Sitelutions Redirection or DNS to provide service
for an adult site hosted on an external server, provided Member abides by all
other Sitelutions rules.
- Hosting Materials Deemed Unacceptable by SitelutionsTM.
Members may not use Sitelutions SpaceTM to host any of the following types of sites:
- Anonymizers or Proxy Scripts
- Image Hosting Scripts (such as Tinypic, Photobucket, or others)
- Brute force Programs, Applications, or Scripts
- AutoSurf/PTC/PTS/PPC Sites
- IP Scanners
- Mail Bombers or any Scripts/Programs/Applications used for Spam
- File Dump/Mirror Scripts (like RapidShare or DropBox)
- High-Traffic Audio Streaming (more than 3 streams)
- High-Yield Interest Programs (HYIP) or Similar Sites
- Escrow/Bank Debentures or Debenture Trading Programs
- Investment Sites (Ponzi, MLM/Pyramid Schemes, FOREX, E-Gold Exchange, Second Life, Linden Exchange, and others)
- Prime Banks Programs
- Controlled-substance Sales
- IRC Scripts or Bots
- Topsites
- Video-Hosting Sites (YouTube clones or similar sites)
- Photo Gallery Sites (Flickr, Picasa clones or similar sites)
- Bulk Purchase Sites (Groupon clones and similar sites)
- Pirated Software or "Warez"
- MUDs/RPGs/PBBGs
- Lottery Sites
- Gambling Sites
- Online Casinos
- Hateful/Racist/Harrassment Sites
- Libelous Sites
- Hacker-focused data content or programs
- Sites promoting activity illegal in the United States, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, or California
- Sites or forums that link to warez/pirated content, or illegal content
- Mailer Pro
- Fraudulent Sites (including but not limited to sites listed at aa419.org or escrow-fraud.com)
- Streaming live events (sporting and entertainment events, such as Concerts, Musicals, Shows, WWE, WWF, UFC, NASCAR, FIFA, NFL, MLB, NBA, Olympic Events, and other)
- Hack or attempt to breach Sitelutions security in any way, or hosting materials (such as CGI scripts) that introduce security holes to the server.
Attempting to"hack" into Sitelutions internal data, "break" or modify the
Sitelutions Site in any way, access Sitelutions source code, access or modify
Sitelutions Member sites or data, login using a Sitelutions Member account
that does not belong to you, or do any other sort of "hacking" violates this
Acceptable Use Policy. Use of your Sitelutions SpaceTM account, or Sitelutions SpaceTM shell access
to hack into Sitelutions or other sites, "break" Sitelutions or other sites
via DOS (denial-of-service) attacks (or any other type of attack) violates
this Acceptable Use Policy. Please read the "Copyrighted Material"
section below for more limitations.
Scripts that you install, regardless of the mechanism used to install the scripts, are your responsibility. Sitelutions does not
guarantee that any script being installed (both third-party and scripts auto-installed by Fantastico or other automated installers) is fully secure. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure account security. This means that whenever possible, directories under each user's account should be set to "chmod 755." Furthermore, it is each user's responsibility to choose a secure password for each primary account, e-mail account, and all other related accounts. Hosting insecure scripts, or maintaining a directory structure that is not secure may cause Sitelutions to notify you of the potential security risks. If your account becomes hacked or otherwise compromised, Sitelutions may fully suspend your account until we can reach you to resolve this issue.
- Over-utilize Sitelutions Hosting Server CPU, RAM, disk storage, bandwidth, or other resources, or utilize IRC-related services.
Sitelutions Space (Shared Hosting Customers) shall not consistently utilize more than 15% of server resources at any given time. Such customers also may not setup cron jobs to run more frequently than once per hour per script. A maximum of five scripts may run per hour. Each script may not run for more than 120 seconds (2 minutes). This limit may be enforced electronically by our systems to ensure compliance. Running PHP, CGI, Perl, or other scripts that utilize more than 15% of any aforementioned resources will result in Sitelutions notifying the customer of overusage and in some cases, suspending the user's account. Sitelutions may request or require that the customer upgrade to a custom hosting plan. In extreme cases, Sitelutions reserves the right to instantly terminate the hosting account of the customer for extreme over-utilization. Sitelutions reserves the right to terminate service with no refund in such a case. In addition, users may not:
- Run unattended daemons or server-side applications. This means that users may not run IRCD or any other daemons at all.
- Operate, install, or run any peer-to-peer application, client, or tracker. This includes bit torrent.
- Run any software relating to IRC, or that interacts with any Internet Relay Chat network.
- Run battlefield 1942, counterstrike, half-life, or any other game servers.
- Run any sort of web indexing application, spider, or search engine software.
- Utilize more than 60,000 inodes within a single shared hosting account. Doing so may cause file system and backup-related problems. Each file saved under your accont uses a single inode. Exceeding this limit may cause Sitelutions to notify you, or may cause your account to be suspended.
- Utilize more than 200Mbps (200 million bits per second) of network capacity for a period longer than 5 minutes per week. For comparison purposes, this would be equivalent to maxing out approximately 132 T1 lines with data. While you are entitled to use the full transfer amount that is included in your plan, if inbound or outbound traffic from your account exceeds 200 megabits per second, we reserve the right to notify you, or temporarily suspend your account until this issue can be resolved. If the issue cannot be resolved, we reserve the right to terminate your account, providing a refund for the remaining paid time.
- Utilize accounts that include unlimited storage space (disk space) for the purpose of storing or backing up data files. All data stored within such an account should be pubicly accessible, and linked-to from at least one or more web page hosted within your account. Users in violation will be notified, and in extreme cases, such accounts may be downgraded to a limited account type, suspended or terminated at Sitelutions' sole discretion.
- Utilize accounts that include unlimited storage space (disk space) or unlimited data transfer (bandwidth) for the purpose of hosting video, photo, or music archive or sharing sites (public or private). Users in violation will be notified, and in extreme cases, such accounts may be downgraded to a limited account type, suspended or terminated at Sitelutions' sole discretion.
For free DNS users regularly receiving more than 10 DNS requests per second or 50,000 DNS requests per day, Sitelutions reserves the right to terminate service instantly or make DNS modifications (such as modify TTL to reduce load on Sitelutions servers or modify the data returned by DNS queries). Account suspension or termination may be done without notifying the Sitelutions user. The same terms apply to Sitelutions Insider's Club Members (standard club members, without the Premium DNS option) receiving more than 50 DNS requests per second or 500,000 DNS requests per day, and to Sitelutions Insider's Club Members with Premium DNS that are receiving more than 100 DNS requests per second or 1,000,000 DNS requests per day.
Users making use of Sitelutions' redirection service and exceeding more than 250,000 redirects (hits to a redirected URL) per day may be suspended or terminated without notice.
- Provide False or Incorrect Contact Information to Sitelutions or the WHOIS DatabaseAll customer of Sitelutions, including those customer utilizating free services, MUST provide current, working contact information to Sitelutions. Sitelutions may use this information to contact the customer. Any customer providing a false telephone number, physical address, or electronic mail address may be terminated with no notice or refund.
Electronic Mail Usage Guidelines
Sitelutions provides e-mail forwarding, autoresponders, and e-mail accounts. Use of our e-mail
services to conduct communications aiding illegal activities including software
piracy is strictly prohibited. We will not allow SPAM in any capacity. We
will provide United States state and federal law enforcement agencies with
direct access to our servers should a problem arise with one of our customers.
Copyrighted Material
All material on the Sitelutions Site, including, without limitation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws, both as individual works and as a collection. The downloading or use of copyrighted material provided by InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. or a third-party content provider is allowed by Members for personal use. Members may not copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit, or otherwise transfer any such copyrighted material in any format, electronic or otherwise.
Any material protected by copyright may not be placed on a Member Site or any other site without the express permission of the author or owner of the copyright on that material.
InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. will not condone the following activities on Sitelutions:
- Making available copyrighted software which has been "cracked" - i.e., the copyright protection has been removed from the software;
- Making available serial numbers for software which can be used to illegally validate or register software;
- Making available tools which can be used for no purpose other than for "cracking" software (this does not include tools which have legitimate uses for software developers, system administrators, etc.).
Backup and Data Storage
Your use of Sitelutions is at your sole risk. Sitelutions performs daily data backups, however manual verfication of backup integrity is only performed by Sitelutions staff once every two weeks. Sitelutions generally does not maintain more than two weeks of backup data. Backup service is provided as a courtesy, and is not guaranteed. Sitelutions is not responsible for data and/or files residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for for all data hosted within your account, and to maintain all appropriate backups. Backups will not be provided to users for accounts that have been suspended or terminated. With the exception of certain account types that include access to backup data (such as the InfiniPro), Sitelutions reserves the right to charge a fee to restore backup data. The minimum charge for this is $25, and in some cases, additional fees may apply (when Sitelutions is required to retrieve the backup from tape, or when Sitelutions is required to retrieve a backup older than two weeks). For account types that include unlimited storage, Sitelutions only backs up accounts when the total account data is less than 10,000 megabytes (10,000 million bytes, or 10 billion bytes) of data. Unlimited storage accounts that exceed 10,000 megabytes may not be backed up.
Performance Monitoring & Maintenance
Sitelutions monitors the performance of each of its systems through automated monitoring systems and occasional manual audits. Sitelutions also periodically updates server software. Server updates may require certain systems to be disabled briefly (such as e-mail server software, web server software, and control panel software) and server reboots, which may result in site downtime for a brief period of time. You agree that your use of Sitelutions is at your sole risk, and that you will hold Sitelutions harmless from damages caused by downtime and/or outages.
Because Sitelutions performs regular performance monitoring, and monitoring of resource usage, accounts that may be utilizing an inordinate amount of disk space, RAM, or CPU (but are not within violation of this Acceptable Use Policy) may be moved to other servers that have more resources available for such accounts. Sitelutions staff will generally make all possible efforts to notify the appropriate user of the impending account move, however if the user cannot be reached within a reasonable amount of time, or in extreme cases, Sitelutions may move accounts without first contacting the account holder. Account moves may result in brief site downtime or other momentary issues.
Domain Ownership
Unless otherwise noted by Sitelutions (in the case of certain special offers), all domain names (i.e. "something.com") shall be considered property of the registrant/owner contact specified in the public WHOIS information for the given domain name. If the registrant record is missing or invalid, such a domain name will be considered property of the administrative contact. Sitelutions customers that provide third-party services such as consulting, web design, and hosting for domain owners other than themselves recognize that domains listed under a given Sitelutions account remain property of the registrant/administrative contact, hereafter referred to as "Domain Owner," specified in the public WHOIS information. Adding a domain to a Sitelutions account, registering a domain under a Sitelutions account, or transferring a domain to a Sitelutions account shall not cause such domain to become property of the Sitelutions account holder. Ownership of the domain is specified by the registrant or administrative contact as
specified by the WHOIS database.
By using Sitelutions, you agree Sitelutions shall maintain the right to transfer or move domains to the Domain Owner should the owner submit a request in writing for such services to be performed. Sitelutions will, in good faith, grant the following services to the Domain Owner:
- A transfer of domain registration to another registrar.
- Control over the domain's DNS.
- Moving the domain to another Sitelutions account so that the user may fully control the domain and all aspects of DNS/hosting associated with this domain.
The Domain Ownership clause shall be upheld regardless of any disputes, liens, non-payment, or other legal disputes between the Domain Owner and Sitelutions customer.
Violation of Policy
In general, any violations of our policies will result in deletion or
suspension of the appropriate Member account, and deletion or suspension of all
Member Sites, and all services provided to Member. This means that at it's
sole discretion, Sitelutions reserves the right to disable Member accounts,
e-mail, DNS, redirection, and Member Sites hosted with Sitelutions.
Sitelutions may take any or all of the following actions in the event of a
policy violations: - Telephone call to the Member in violation.
- E-mail to the Member in violation, including e-mail copies of complaints
sent to Sitelutions by third parties.
- Suspension or termination of account with partial refund, or no refund at
all.
- US Federal or State Court subpoena against Member in violation.
- International court subpoena against Member in violation.
Advertisements
Sitelutions does not display any advertisements on sites hosted by Sitelutions utilizing Sitelutions hosting services (Sitelutions Space). Sitelutions may at times show its own advertisements, or third-party
advertisements on the Sitelutions Site. Sitelutions may also show these
advertisements on sites which are redirected-to using Sitelutions Redirection.
In general, by paying Sitelutions, Members may have ads removed from sites
redirected-to via Sitelutions Redirection. Advertisements generated by other
companies are not the responsibility of InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc.. Furthermore, advertisements placed by Members on their
sites are not the content of InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc.. If a Member feels that an advertisement is not appropriate, he or she may contact the
Sitelutions Staff. It is ultimately the decision of InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. and the
Sitelutions Staff, at its sole discretion, to continue or discontinue the display of the specified advertisement.
Sitelutions Member Information
In general, Sitelutions keeps your data private and secure. Please view
our Privacy Policy and
Security Statement for more information.
Limitations of Liability and Warranty
The Member agrees that the use of Sitelutions is entirely at the Member's own risk.
Sitelutions is provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. Furthermore, neither InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. nor any third-party content provider makes any warranty with respect to any content, information, services, or products provided through or in conjunction with the
Sitelutions Site or any Sitelutions Member Site.
The Member specifically agrees that InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. or third-party content providers are not liable for any conduct by Members associated with the Site, including, but not limited to, Member Web pages, resumes, surveys, chatrooms,
or conferencing. InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. and third-party content providers make no guarantee
of the accuracy, correctness, or completeness of any information on the
Sitelutions Site and are not responsible for (i) any errors or omissions arising from the use of such information; (ii) any failures, delays, or interruptions in the delivery of any content or services contained within the Site; or (iii) losses or damages arising from the use of the content or services provided by
Sitelutions or InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc..
Indemnity
A Member agrees to indemnify InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. and any third-party information provider against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from the Member's use of any services offered by
Sitelutions or InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc.. This expressly includes: (i) Member's responsibility for any and all liability arising from the violation or infringement of proprietary rights or copyrights and (ii) any libelous or unlawful material contained within Member Web pages, resumés, profiles, or Postings.
Niether Sitelutions or InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. may be held responsible for financial losses or damages due to service downtime, service performance issues, account termination, or suspension.
Termination of Service
Sitelutions may terminate Membership, at its sole discretion, and destroy any and all information provided by the Member at any time, without notice, for conduct that violates this Agreement or other policies or guidelines set out by
Sitelutions / InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. elsewhere on the Site. Sitelutions may terminate Membership and delete any and all information, communications, Postings, or Web pages for online conduct that InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. believes is harmful to other Members, the business of InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., the general public, or other third-party information providers.
Choice of Law
This Agreement shall be constructed and controlled by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising hereunder will be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Member agrees to personal jurisdiction by the state and federal courts of the State of New Jersey.
Merger Clause
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes any other agreement, proposals and communications, written or oral, between the
Sitelutions Staff or any InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. representatives and the Member. InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. may amend this Agreement at any time with notice from InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc. to the Member as published on the Site.
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