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Terms and Conditions

Following are the terms and conditions under which Bravo Net account access and storage and Internet access are offered. Please read them carefully before signing the application form. By signing the application form, you agree to honor all the terms and conditions set forth here.

Privacy and Security

Computer security and privacy are complex issues. It is important to understand these points:

You have a right to expect privacy of your files, especially of your electronic mail. It is our intention that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) apply to your account. However, there are limits to the technical means used to ensure privacy and security.

•Choose your password carefully and keep it secret. Your password is the ultimate key to all of the information in your account, including all of your mail and files!

•We will cooperate with law enforcement officials and with other system administrators in the legitimate investigation of suspicious activity. Intentional violations of the privacy of other users, whether on our system or at another site, will be grounds for immediate termination of your account and may lead to criminal prosecution or civil penalties.

•We will not intentionally disclose the contents of private files without the user's permission or a court order.

•Electronic mail is sometimes misaddressed or misrouted and must sometimes be examined to debug mail software. System administration tasks may expose the contents of your files to our personnel.

•Remember that there are unscrupulous people out there who know how to circumvent system security. Guard your password carefully, move private and important files to your own system if possible, and do not send by electronic mail or keep anything online you would not want read by your mother or your boss.

•Certain information about you and your activities on the system will be treated as public information. This includes your name, the fact that you have an account, when and for how long you are logged in, and the commands you run. Those things are visible to other users through well known system commands.

Copyright Infringement and Hacking

You are responsible for determining the legal status of any intellectual property you use or duplicate through our system. Some of the material available on networks is copyrighted, and some of it may have been distributed in violation of copyright laws. We cannot and do not review the information flowing through or stored on our system. You agree not to violate copyright laws by transferring copyrighted works through our system or by causing them to be transferred or stored without the permission of the copyright holder. Breaking this agreement will be grounds for account termination. This is as much to protect ourselves from liability as it is to respect the laws of the U.S.A.

We consider the exchange of information about security mechanisms to be protected speech. However, traffic in access codes, credit card numbers, or similar information is a crime that we take seriously. We expect you to respect the rights and privacy of all users and to use your account only for lawful purposes.

Controversial and Explicit Material

Because your electronic communications are private, we cannot be responsible for their contents. The Internet and USEnet are large communities which generally regard censorship as worse than obscenity. Through our service, you will have access to and you will at some time or another be exposed to materials that you find offensive. Such materials include sexually explicit text and (encoded) images, pro-religious and anti- religious debate, racial and other hate-mongering--and worse.

Age Issues

Due to the adult nature of the materials available on the Internet, all minors MUST have a parent or guardian sign the Service Order Form. Lying about whether or not you are at least 18 years of age on the Service Order Form will be grounds for account dismissal.

Account Usage

All of our accounts are single user accounts only, unless a multi-user commercial is purchased. This means that you can only be logged in once at at a time, and you are the only one allowed to use your account. Sharing your account with others is strictly prohibited.

Although we offer unlimited usage, users must disconnect after 4 hours of connection time. This is so all users may have equal access to the modems. Failure to comply with this regulation may cause your account to be terminated.

Billing and Settlement

Payment is due within 5 days after the invoice date. If you are paying by check or money order, it is your responsibility to get the payment to us on time. We will send you a reminder with the amount due via e-mail, so you must take responsibility for regularly reading your e-mail.

If you wish to cancel your account, you must give a written notice before the 20th of the month, or you risk being charged for the next month. If you prepay 6 or 12 months and choose to cancel your account, you will be billed for the time used at the full rate, and you are entitled to a refund of your unused portion, prorated to the end of the current 30 day cycle. Your refund will take 4 to 6 weeks to process.

Indemnify and Hold Harmless

You are responsible for all actions you take or cause to be taken in connection with your use of the service. As a condition of service, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bravo Net, its officers, employees, agents, and shareholders, for any cause of action out of your account with use or your use of the service.

Termination of Service

Bravo Net reserves the right to terminate or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason. It is the customer's responsibility to keep abreast of our "Acceptable Use Policy."