Acceptable Use Policy
Guidelines for using our services responsibly and legally
Introduction
Policy Overview and Scope
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") governs your use of the Services and is incorporated by reference into Clouduxe Terms of Service. Unless otherwise stated, defined terms in this AUP have the meanings provided in the Terms of Service. Clouduxe, may modify this AUP at any time without notice.
The Services provided by Clouduxe, 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. Clouduxe, reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Any material that in our judgment violates this AUP in any manner may be removed from our servers (or otherwise disabled), with or without notice. Failure to respond to an email from our abuse department within the specified time period in our email to you may result in the suspension or termination of the Services.
You are responsible for the activities of your agents, representatives, and end-users ("Users") and will they abide by this AUP. The Services shall be used solely for legitimate business and commercial purposes, and you shall not use the Services for activities which, in Clouduxe sole discretion, may be illegal, offensive, abusive, or in a manner that interferes with or adversely affects the Services or use of the Services (including deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks) or that would expose Clouduxe to criminal or civil liability.
Domain Registrant Education
Registrant Benefits & Responsibilities
Prohibited Uses
Activities Not Permitted on Our Platform
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
Use of the Services to infringe upon another party's intellectual property rights is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, the unauthorized copying or distribution of movies, music, books, photographs, software/warez, or any other copyrighted work. Selling or offering to sell any counterfeit merchandise will result in the immediate termination of your account. Any account found to be infringing on the intellectual property rights of others will be expeditiously removed or access to the material will be disabled. Any account found to be in repeated violation of this prohibition will be suspended or terminated.
If you believe that your intellectual property rights are being infringed upon, please email [email protected]. For copyright infringement claims, Clouduxe follows the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") notice and takedown procedures.
Using a web hosting as a backup/storage device
You may not use a web hosting account as a backup/storage device with the exception of one cPanel backup of the same account. Please do not take backups of your backups.
Unacceptable Material
Content Not Permitted on Our Platform
Zero Tolerance Adult Content Policy
Clouduxe has a zero tolerance policy in effect for adult content. We do not allow any content considered "adult material" on our servers. This includes any type of media that may contain nudity, partial nudity, or anything else of adult nature determined in Clouduxe's sole discretion. Violators of this policy will be immediately terminated without a refund.
Unacceptable Material
- Topsites
- Any website related to Cannabis, CBD is strictly forbidden
- IRC Scripts/Bots
- IRCD (irc servers)
- Proxy Scripts/Anonymizers
- Image Hosting Scripts
- AutoSurf/PTC/PTS/PPC sites
- IP Scanners
- Bruteforce Programs/Scripts/Applications
- Mail Bombers/Spam Scripts
- Banner-Ad services
- File Dump/Mirror Scripts
- Commercial Audio Streaming
- Escrow/Bank Debentures
- High-Yield Interest Programs (HYIP)
- Investment Sites
- Sale of controlled substances
- Prime Banks Programs
- Lottery/Gambling Sites
- MUDs/RPGs/PBBGs
- Hacker focused sites/archives/programs
- Sites promoting illegal activities
- Warez/pirated content distribution
- Bank Debenture Trading Programs
- Fraudulent Sites
- Mailer Pro
- Push button mail scripts
- Live Sports Streaming
- Tell A Friend Scripts
- Anonymous/Bulk SMS Gateways
- Bitcoin Miners
- PayDay Loan Sites
Unacceptable Resource Usage
You may not:
- Use twenty-five percent (25%) or more of our system resources for longer than ninety (90) seconds at a time.
- Run stand-alone, unattended server-side processes at any point in time on the server.
- Use more than 150TB of bandwidth in a single month without prior authorization. Overage fee of $1.50/mbps will apply.
- Run any bit torrent application, tracker, or client.
- Run cron entries with intervals of less than fifteen (15) minutes.
- Run any MySQL queries longer than fifteen (15) seconds.
Zero Tolerance Spam Policy
We take a zero tolerance stance against the sending of unsolicited e-mail, bulk emailing, and spam. "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.
Websites advertised via spam (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.
Clouduxe reserves the right to charge the holder of the account used to send any unsolicited e-mail a cleanup fee or any charges incurred for blacklist removal at our sole discretion.
Disclaimer
Our Rights and Limitations
Clouduxe Hosting is under no duty to monitor user's activities, and Clouduxe Hosting disclaims any responsibility for any User's misuse of the Services. Clouduxe Hosting has no responsibility for any User or other third-party material or information created, stored, maintained, transmitted or accessible on or through the Services, and is not obligated to monitor or exercise any editorial control over such material.
In the event that Clouduxe Hosting becomes aware that any such material violates this AUP and/or exposes Clouduxe Hosting to civil or criminal liability, Clouduxe Hosting may, but is not required to, block access to such material.
AUP Violations
Consequences and Reporting
Your Services may be terminated with or without notice upon any violation of this AUP. If applicable, violations will be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
A failure to respond to an email from our abuse department within forty-eight (48) hours, or as otherwise specified in the email, may result in the suspension or termination of your Services.
Report a Violation
If you feel you have discovered a violation of our AUP please report it.