Netmusketeer Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Introduction

Netmusketeer is committed in protecting its users and employees from harassment or illegal acts. Netmusketeer strives to comply with all the laws concerning Internet use.

The customer, in using Netmusketeer service, acknowledges this Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

Netmusketeer may modify the stipulations in this AUP without the need to give prior notice to customers. Customer accepts any changes in the terms once it is published on the web.

Scope

This AUP covers the Netmusketeer services such as hosting, web designing, web packages, content, and software applications, and other related services on website development.

Prohibition

General

Netmusketeer prohibits users or customers from using its services for illegal or harassment acts. It includes activities that disrupt work operations or cause undue hardship to the company. Examples are acts that violate intellectual property rights of others, posting or sending offensive material, spamming or abusing email usage, and causing security threats or physical harm.

This prohibition on harassment, abusive, and illegal acts covers Netmusketeer services in web hosting, communications, web development, service turn over, and maintenance.

Failure to comply with the above stipulations constitutes violation of this AUP and has

corresponding penalties under governing laws.

Unlawful Activities

Netmusketeer IP Services must not be misuse or associated with any illegal act that violates existing local or international law. It includes any violation on governing criminal, administrative, or civil law in Philippines and abroad.

Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights

All and any of Netmusketeer content, graphics, images, and icons must not be

misuse for redistributing, copying, rewriting, reproducing, or re-transmitting that constitutes violation of copyright or intellectual property rights of the company or any user/ customer/ private user.

Netmusketeer also includes prohibition on violation of existing trademark/ patent/ privacy law.

Threatening Material or Content

Netmusketeer IP Services (its content, images, graphics, or icon) must not be misuse to harass or harm users/customers/ private group or identity. Also, Netmusketeer IP services must not be used to cause disruption to operations or cause undue hardship to management.

Netmusketeer reserves the right to monitor contents/images/graphics on websites, which customers have bought to the company for the purpose of screening violations to intellectual property rights, patent, trademark, harassment, discrimination, or criminal laws. 

Unlawful Acts with Minors

Netmusketeer management prohibits all and any unlawful acts towards and with minors. Netmusketeer reserves the right to screen websites bought with the company for the purpose of monitoring acts of exploitation and abuse. Netmusketeer complies with existing protection laws on minors, including reporting cases of abuse or

exploitation to proper authorities.

Email Abuse

Netmusketeer prohibits users/ customers from misusing the free email accounts in activities of spamming that may harass/threaten/ or cause disruption to another party's operation or welfare.

The management also prohibits associating, misusing, or relating Netmusketeer's email accounts to acts of "mail bombing" or unauthorized file transfer.

Netmusketeer reserves the right to block or terminate its email accounts, including those given to customers who bought website package.

Specifically:

The email should only be used by the individual entrusted with it and should not disclose to anyone its technical properties, connection details and its security settings.

The user should only use or access the email on a trusted location and secured connection so as not to compromise its security.

Email should not be used in distributing or propagating images, text or materials that can be considered indecent, pornographic, illegal or something that signify discrimination on race, religion and gender.

The email should not contribute in retrieving of copyrighted information that can further lead to violation of the copyright itself.

The email should not be used in a manner that could encourage intrusion or unauthorized access on another organization's mailbox system.

The email should not be used in undertaking activities both intentional and accidental that could potentially waste staff effort or networked resources.

The email should not be used as a medium in contacting any form of computer virus

or malware into the corporate network. 

Security Violation

Customers are deemed responsible for safeguarding their systems and the equipments that connect to Netmusketeer IP Service.

Users/ Customers/ Private entity or group must not attempt to access Netmusketeer's network/system for the purpose of hacking, breaching, installing virus, phishing, or causing threat that may impede, distract, damage, or cause undue hardship  to the company. It includes any act that attempts access to Netmusketeer's network/system with the purpose of maliciously retrieving and misusing information.

The user/customer releases Netmusketeer from any liability arising from any incident of misuse/ assault from any third party. The user/customer waives his or her right to file claim arising from liability incurred from damage or misuse of one's bought website or functions.

Customer Responsibilities

Users/ Customers are deemed responsible for the content/images/graphics that are uploaded/ downloaded on websites. Netmusketeer waives responsibility for any acts of customers who avail of its services.

Any content/image/link to and fro Netmusketeer's main website does not necessary reflects the management's opinion.

Customers have the responsibility to report cases of abuse/ misuse of their bought website from Netmusketeer and carry the obligation to support the prevention of related cases.

Enforcement

Users/ customers who violate the terms stipulated above accepts the consequence of undergoing disciplinary measure/s from Netmusketeer management, ranging but not limited to warning, termination, or legal action.

Netmusketeer may send notice of action through email, phone, or any means calling the user’s/ customer's attention to correct offensive/ unlawful act at the soonest possible time.

Netmusketeer reserves the right to adhere to court or government orders that reasonably proves or shows the user's/customer's violation of existing law/s; or when

Netmusketeer determines reasonably a wrongful conduct/act on the part of user/customer, compelling the management to suspend or terminate the user/customer account promptly without notice.

Specifically, Netmusketeer may suspend or terminate user/customer accounts that:

1. Cause Netmusketeer to be unnecessarily involved to unlawful acts, exposing the management to potential penalty from authorities or governing bodies.

2. Disrupts, interferes, damage Netmusketeer operations or causes undue hardship on the part of the management

3. Harasses/ discriminates/ threatens/ disrupts the normal operations or activities of another user/ customer.

4. Causes safety risk to other private identity/ groups or third party. 

Case Report

Any violation of the above stated terms must be properly addressed to info@netmusketeer.com. Aggrieved party or defendant may include statements on how Netmusketeer may assist in the investigation or arbitration process.

Though Netmusketeer may help in resolving complaints and grievances, the customer/user/ any party agrees with this AUP that the management is free from any liability arising from any use or misuse of its services or website.

Complaints regarding plagiarism/ patent/ trademark violations may be sent in formal writing to info@netmusketeer.com

Users/ Customers/ any third party has the responsibility to update his or her contact information that may help in prompt processing of complaints/ claims.

Netmusketeer management reserves the right to fully enforce all the above mentioned stipulations and correspond to governing laws both locally and internationally.

Netmusketeer reserves the right to make changes on this AUP with or without prior notice to concerned parties.