TERMS OF SERVICE
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Introduction
Intelegrated is at all times committed to complying with the laws and regulations governing use of the Internet, e-mail transmission and text messaging and preserving for all of its Customers the ability to use Intelegrated's network and the Internet without interference or harassment from other users. The Intelegrated Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is designed to help achieve these goals.
By using IP Service(s), as defined below, Customer(s) agrees to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy and to remain responsible for its users. Intelegrated reserves the right to change or modify the terms of the AUP at any time, effective upon written notice to Customer. Customer's use of the IP Service(s) after changes to the AUP are posted shall constitute acceptance of any changed or additional terms.
Scope of the AUP
The AUP applies to the Intelegrated voice or data services that are provided over the Internet or wireless data networks (collectively "IP Services").
Prohibited Activities
General Prohibitions: Intelegrated prohibits use of the IP Services in any way that is unlawful, harmful to or interferes with use of Intelegrated's network or systems, or the network of any other provider, interferes with the use or enjoyment of services received by others, infringes intellectual property rights, results in the publication of threatening or offensive material, or constitutes Spam/E-mail/Usenet abuse, a security risk or a violation of privacy.
Failure to adhere to the rules, guidelines or agreements applicable to search engines, subscription Web services, chat areas, bulletin boards, Web pages, USENET, applications, or other services that are accessed via a link from the Intelegrated-branded website or from a website that contains Intelegrated-branded content is a violation of this AUP.
Unlawful Activities: IP Services shall not be used in connection with any criminal, civil or administrative violation of any applicable local, state, provincial, federal, national or international law, treaty, court order, ordinance, regulation or administrative rule.
Violation of Intellectual Property Rights: IP Service(s) shall not be used to publish, submit/receive upload/download, post, use, copy or otherwise reproduce, transmit, re-transmit, distribute or store any content/material or to engage in any activity that infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates the intellectual property rights or privacy or publicity rights of Intelegrated or any individual, group or entity, including but not limited to any rights protected by any copyright, patent, trademark laws, trade secret, trade dress, right of privacy, right of publicity, moral rights or other intellectual property right now known or later recognized by statute, judicial decision or regulation.
Threatening Material or Content: IP Services shall not be used to host, post, transmit, or re-transmit any content or material (or to create a domain name or operate from a domain name), that harasses, or threatens the health or safety of others. In addition, for those IP Services that utilize Intelegrated provided web hosting, Intelegrated reserves the right to decline to provide such services if the content is determined by Intelegrated to be obscene, indecent, hateful, malicious, racist, defamatory, fraudulent, libelous, treasonous, excessively violent or promoting the use of violence or otherwise harmful to others.
Inappropriate Interaction with Minors: Intelegrated complies with all applicable laws pertaining to the protection of minors, including when appropriate, reporting cases of child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. For more information about online safety, visit www.ncmec.org.
Child Pornography: IP Services shall not be used to publish, submit/receive, upload/download, post, use, copy or otherwise produce, transmit, distribute or store child pornography. Intelegrated will report any discovered violation of this prohibition to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and take steps to remove child pornography (or otherwise block access to the content determined to contain child pornography) from its servers.
Spam/E-mail/Usenet Abuse:
Security Violations
Customers are responsible for ensuring and maintaining security of their systems and the machines that connect to and use IP Service(s), including implementation of necessary patches and operating system updates.
IP Services may not be used to interfere with, gain unauthorized access to, or otherwise violate the security of Intelegrated's (or another party's) server, network, network access, personal computer or control devices, software or data, or other system, or to attempt to do any of the foregoing. Examples of system or network security violations include but are not limited to:
Customer Responsibilities
Customers remain solely and fully responsible for the content of any material posted, hosted, downloaded/uploaded, created, accessed or transmitted using the IP Services. Intelegrated has no responsibility for any material created on the Intelegrated's network or accessible using IP Services, including content provided on third-party websites linked to the Intelegrated network. Such third-party website links are provided as Internet navigation tools for informational purposes only, and do not constitute in any way an endorsement by Intelegrated of the content(s) of such sites.
Customers are responsible for taking prompt corrective action(s) to remedy a violation of AUP and to help prevent similar future violations.
AUP Enforcement and Notice
Customer's failure to observe the guidelines set forth in this AUP may result in Intelegrated taking actions anywhere from a warning to a suspension or termination of Customer's IP Services. When feasible, Intelegrated may provide Customer with a notice of an AUP violation via e-mail or otherwise allowing the Customer to promptly correct such violation.
Intelegrated reserves the right, however, to act immediately and without notice to suspend or terminate affected IP Services in response to a court order or government notice that certain conduct must be stopped or when Intelegrated reasonably determines, that the conduct may: (1) expose Intelegrated to sanctions, prosecution, civil action or any other liability, (2) cause harm to or interfere with the integrity or normal operations of Intelegrated's network or networks with which Intelegrated is interconnected, (3) interfere with another Intelegrated Customer's use of IP Services or the Internet (4) violate any applicable law, rule or regulation, or (5) otherwise present an imminent risk of harm to Intelegrated or Intelegrated Customers.
Intelegrated has no obligation to monitor content of any materials distributed or accessed using the IP Services. However, Intelegrated may monitor content of any such materials as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations or other governmental or judicial requests; or to protect the Intelegrated network and its customers.
Incident Reporting
Any complaints (other than claims of copyright or trademark infringement) regarding violation of this AUP by an Intelegrated Customer (or its user) should be directed to billing@intelegratedllc.com. Where possible, include details that would assist Intelegrated in investigating and resolving such complaint (e.g. expanded headers, IP address(s), a copy of the offending transmission and any log files).
Copyright complaints: If you believe that your work has been copied and posted, stored or transmitted using the IP Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") in accordance with the process detailed at www.IntelegratedLLC.com and directed to the designated agent listed below:
Intelegrated's Designated Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright or trademark infringement on the sites can be reached as follows:
Intelegrated LLC
PO Box 88813
Sioux Falls, SD 57109
Contact Information: Any notification that Intelegrated sends to its Customers pursuant to this AUP will be sent via e-mail to the e-mail address on file with Intelegrated, may be in a note on the billing notice or may be in writing to Customer's address of record. It is Customer's responsibility to promptly notify Intelegrated of any change of contact information.
Effective Date: April 1, 2019