Emphasys Internet Solutions : Policy

Emphasys Internet Solutions of Dallas providing web design, web development, and web hosting.

As a provider of web site hosting and other Internet-related services, Emphasys Technologies, Inc. offers its customers, and their customers and users, the means to acquire and disseminate a wealth of public, private, commercial, and non-commercial information. Emphasys respects that the Internet provides a forum for free and open discussion and dissemination of information, however, when there are competing interests at issue, Emphasys reserves the right to take certain preventative or corrective actions. In order to protect these competing interests, Emphasys has developed an Acceptable Use Policy, which supplements and explains certain terms of each customer's respective service agreement and is intended as a guide to the customer's rights and obligations when utilizing Emphasys's services. This policy will be revised from time to time. A customer's use of Emphasys's services after changes to the policy are posted on Emphasys's web site, www.Emphasys.net, will constitute the customer's acceptance of any new or additional terms of the policy that result from those changes.

One important aspect of the Internet is that no one party owns or controls it. This fact accounts for much of the Internet's openness and value, but it also places a high premium on the judgment and responsibility of those who use the Internet, both in the information they acquire and in the information they disseminate to others. When clients obtain information through the Internet, they must keep in mind that Emphasys cannot monitor, verify, warrant, or vouch for the accuracy and quality of the information that clients may acquire. For this reason, the subscriber must exercise his or her best judgment in relying on information obtained from the Internet, and also should be aware that some material posted to the Internet is sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. Because Emphasys cannot monitor or censor the Internet, and will not attempt to do so, Emphasys cannot accept any responsibility for injury to its clients that results from inaccurate, unsuitable, offensive, or illegal Internet communications.

When clients disseminate information through the Internet, they also must keep in mind that Emphasys does not review, edit, censor, or take responsibility for any information its clients may create. When users place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation, and other harmful speech. Also, because the information they create is carried over Emphasys's network and may reach a large number of people, including both clients and non-clients of Emphasys, clients' postings to the Internet may affect other clients and may harm Emphasys's goodwill, business reputation, and operations. For these reasons, clients violate Emphasys policy and the service agreement when they, their customers, affiliates, or subsidiaries engage in the following prohibited activities:

Spamming:

Intellectual Property Violations:

Obscene Speech or Materials:

Defamatory or Abusive Language:

Forging of Headers:

Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks:

Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities:

Facilitating a Violation of this policy:

Export Control Violations:

Usenet Groups:

Other Illegal Activities:

Other Activities:

As we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding the harmful activities just described rests primarily with the subscriber. Emphasys will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor the communications of its clients to ensure that they comply with Emphasys policy or applicable law. When Emphasys becomes aware of harmful activities, however, it may take any action to stop the harmful activity, including but not limited to, removing information, shutting down a web site, implementing screening software designed to block offending transmissions, denying access to the Internet, or take any other action it deems appropriate.

Emphasys also is aware that many of its clients are, themselves, providers of Internet services, and that information reaching Emphasys's facilities from those clients may have originated from a customer of the subscriber or from another third-party. Emphasys does not require its clients who offer Internet services to monitor or censor transmissions or web sites created by customers of its clients. Emphasys has the right to directly take action against a customer of a subscriber. Also, Emphasys may take action against the Emphasys subscriber because of activities of a customer of the subscriber, even though the action may effect other customers of the subscriber. Similarly, Emphasys anticipates that clients who offer Internet services will cooperate with Emphasys in any corrective or preventive action that Emphasys deems necessary. Failure to cooperate with such corrective or preventive measures is a violation of Emphasys policy.

Emphasys also is concerned with the privacy of on-line communications and web sites. In general, the Internet is neither more nor less secure than other means of communication, including mail, facsimile, and voice telephone service, all of which can be intercepted and otherwise compromised. As a matter of prudence, however, Emphasys urges its clients to assume that all of their on-line communications are insecure. Emphasys cannot take any responsibility for the security of information transmitted over Emphasys's facilities.

Emphasys will not intentionally monitor private electronic mail messages sent or received by its clients unless required to do so by law, governmental authority, or when public safety is at stake. Emphasys may, however, monitor its service electronically to determine that its facilities are operating satisfactorily. Also, Emphasys may disclose information, including but not limited to, information concerning a subscriber, a transmission made using our network, or a web site, in order to comply with a court order, subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation, or governmental request. Emphasys assumes no obligation to inform the subscriber that subscriber information has been provided and in some cases may be prohibited by law from giving such notice. Finally, Emphasys may disclose subscriber information or information transmitted over its network where necessary to protect Emphasys and others from harm, or where such disclosure is necessary to the proper operation of the system.

Emphasys expects that its clients who provide Internet services to others will comply fully with all applicable laws concerning the privacy of on-line communications. A subscriber's failure to comply with those laws will violate Emphasys policy. Finally, Emphasys wishes to state that in using it's services, clients indemnify Emphasys for any violation of the service agreement, law, or Emphasys policy, that results in loss to Emphasys or the bringing of any claim against Emphasys by any third-party. This means that if Emphasys is sued because of a subscriber's or customer of a subscriber's activity, the subscriber will pay any damages awarded against Emphasys, plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. In addition, Emphasys reserves the right to bill the subscriber for any system sevices required to rectify the violation.

We hope this policy is helpful in clarifying the obligations of Internet users, including Emphasys and its clients, as responsible members of the Internet. If you have any complaints about a client's violation of this policy, please contact us immediatly.