Acceptable Use Policy and Service Guidelines

iCANx Web Hosting provides web hosting to many clients, and we have a responsibility to protect each client and to provide the best services available. The following guidelines were designed to ensure these obligations are met.

Content:

All services provided by iCANx Web Hosting 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 or material protected by trade secret and other statute, and invasion of privacy. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless iCANx Web Hosting from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

All pornographic content and sex-related merchandising is prohibited on all iCANx Web Hosting servers. This includes sites that may infer sexual content or links to adult content elsewhere. iCANx Web Hosting will be the sole arbiter in determining violations of this provision.

Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal activity or present content that may be damaging to iCANx Web Hosting servers or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.

Examples of unacceptable content or links:

• Pirated software
• Hacker programs or archives
• Warez sites

iCANx Web Hosting will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

Commercial Advertising - Email:

Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from an iCANx Web Hosting server or using an email address or domain that is maintained on an iCANx Web Hosting machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited. iCANx Web Hosting will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Sites that are found to be spamming, or users that have been found to have uploaded any script to an iCANx Web Hosting server that is utilized for the purpose of sending out bulk email will be removed immediately, without prior notice. 

Misuse of System Resources:

Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of iCANx Web Hosting is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: using programs that consume excessive CPU time; allowing the use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, or autoresponders other than for the customer's own account; resale of disk space without an appropriate reseller agreement; use of servers for backup of files unrelated to the web site of the account; or resale or remote access to CGI scripts installed on our servers. No IRC related software is permitted on our servers. This includes servers, bots, bouncers, or any other software that is used for the purpose of creating, maintaining, or providing access to IRC servers or channels. Accounts that are found to have such software uploaded to their web space are subject to immediate suspension and/or termination without notice.

Cancellation:

Cancellation can be made via email to sales@iCANx.com. Although no notice is required, and there is no cancellation fee, all fees paid for service up to the notice of cancellation are non-refundable. If cancellation is made within the first 30 days of service all hosting fees will be refunded. This does not include fees for domain registration.

Suspension:

Activity which results in a suspension or deactivation of an account will result in a forfeiture of fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses of an account will be grounds for suspension.

Refusal of Service:

We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.

All sub-networks, distributive hosting sites, and dedicated servers of iCANx Web Hosting must adhere to the above policies. Please direct any reports of violations of the above policies to abuse@iCANx.com.

Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation.