GoSSDHosting.com provides services to clients all around the world. GoSSDHosting has the responsibility to protect each client and provide them with the best services available. The following guidelines were designed to ensure that we can do so. GoSSDHosting will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of these provisions.
General
Services provided by GoSSDHosting 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. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless GoSSDHosting from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.
Prohibited Content
Examples of unacceptable content include, but are not limited to:
- Copyrighted media without authority to distribute or display
- Unlicensed applications
- Cracking programs or key generators
- Brute Force, DDoS, or any similar kind of attacks
- High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs) and related monitors, top lists, etc.
- Child pornography or kidnapping material
- Fraudulent activity, phishing, pyramid schemes, chain letters, forgery, or impersonation
- Terrorist propaganda, racist material, or bomb/weapon instructions
- Virus, Spyware, Malware, or other infectious material
- Material protected by trade secrets or another statute
- Adult content, dating sites, forums, hacking scripts, and scripts that abuse servers
- Torrents/Warez or any other related websites (strictly forbidden)
- Using a shared hosting account for the storage of large data or backups
Additionally, GoSSDHosting prohibits:
- IRC and associated programs (including psybnc, bots, etc.)
- Game servers, voice servers, and related applications
- Scripts commonly used for abuse, attacks, or flooding
- Threatening, harassing, or obscene content
Links to unacceptable content are also prohibited and will result in suspension without prior notice. GoSSDHosting has the right to determine whether content is allowed and can take immediate action.
Online Activity
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to GoSSDHosting equipment, network, operations, or clientele is strictly prohibited. GoSSDHosting will pursue legal action to the fullest extent for all abuse. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Denial of Service Attacks (DOS/DDOS)
- Unnecessary port scans
- Mail bombing
- Unsolicited advertising via IM, forums, newsgroups, email, etc.
- Any hacking activity
Bulk Email
Spamming (unsolicited advertising) from the GoSSDHosting network, or spamvertising sites hosted on the GoSSDHosting network, is strictly prohibited. Legitimate bulk email must meet the following criteria:
- The recipient has confirmed their willingness to be added to the distribution list by responding to a verification email or otherwise verifiably confirming permission.
- Messages include valid headers, removal instructions, and information on how the subscribed address was obtained.
- All bulk email senders must post privacy policies in association with the sending domains.
- If GoSSDHosting requests evidence of confirmation, this request must be honored within 24 hours. Failure to meet the acceptable criteria for bulk mail may lead to immediate termination.
Policy Violations & Warnings
GoSSDHosting reserves the right to audit systems whenever data or activity indicates a potential policy violation. Resellers are solely responsible for the activity of their clients. No backup will be provided for any account found violating our Policy or AUP.
The GoSSDHosting Abuse Department attempts to contact the client via email when the first sign of a possible violation is noted. These alerts are a courtesy. If an alert is received, the client is responsible for acknowledging their understanding and citing any action planned or taken within 24 hours. Failure to do so may lead to suspension.
Suspension & Deactivation
If any terms or conditions are failed to be followed, the client risks service suspension or termination. GoSSDHosting reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice. If GoSSDHosting deactivates an account for violating policy, the client will forfeit any rights to a refund.
In cases involving unauthorized parties utilizing a GoSSDHosting service for abuse/violations, the client will be responsible for stopping all affected applications until the source of the problem is found and corrected.
Resource Usage
GoSSDHosting will not allow any account on the server that causes load issues or consumes more resources than allotted. GoSSDHosting has the right to immediately suspend any such account without prior notice. The client/reseller is expected to monitor their system(s) and maintain resource usage within the levels outlined in the service contract.
Anti-Nulled Scripts Policy
Nulled scripts (plugins, themes, scripts, etc.) are not permitted on GoSSDHosting. Any account found to be utilising a nulled script will be terminated immediately. GoSSDHosting staff monitor websites and the themes/plugins users deploy. If a premium plugin or theme is identified, we look for the most recent version. If the version does not match the most recent version available, the site is suspended. To reactivate, the client must present a purchase invoice or other proof of ownership.
Unlimited Disk Space
GoSSDHosting provides unlimited data transfer and storage space in accordance with the standard protocol. However, we do not allow a single user to have more than 10 GB of disc space per cPanel account. Keeping a significant quantity of audio/video or backup files unrelated to the website is a violation requiring additional resources.
Bandwidth
Overage fees will apply to any service utilizing more than its assigned bandwidth allocation, except for unmetered bandwidth VPS and servers. Overages will be calculated based on the overall amount of Gigabytes (GB) transferred in a monthly period. The client is responsible for all usage and any corresponding overage fees, including those resulting from a hacked or flooded service.
Backup Policy
All shared hosting and reseller hosting accounts are backed up depending on the account size:
- Accounts below 5 GB are backed up daily.
- Accounts above 5 GB are backed up weekly.
- Accounts above 25 GB are not backed up at all.
Only 2 backup files will be retained. VPS and dedicated server accounts are not backed up by GoSSDHosting.
Customers are solely responsible for maintaining their own backups. We strongly recommend keeping an independent, off-server copy of your data at all times. GoSSDHosting does not guarantee the availability or integrity of any backup and accepts no liability for data loss.
Filtering
GoSSDHosting reserves the right to block, filter, or throttle ports and/or IP address ranges at its discretion. This may include, for example, blocking Port 6667 (IRC), denying access from a known-spamming IP address range, or limiting the speed of point-to-point file-sharing programs (Kazaa, Limewire, Donkey, etc.). This may also include giving priority to certain traffic types, such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone call transmissions.
Radio Hosting
- GoSSDHosting is not responsible for the content transmitted, broadcasted, or published by the Customer.
- The Customer is solely responsible for obtaining all necessary licenses, entitlements, and agreements to legally broadcast audio transmissions over the Internet and for paying all required royalties.
- The Customer is obligated to monitor the limits assigned to the Service. If these limits are exceeded, the Service may be automatically turned off.
- If the Customer uploads files that are not audio files or cover art images, the Operator may remove such files and suspend or terminate the Service.
- The content of the Customer's broadcast must not contain or reference any illegal material.
- The Customer is prohibited from uploading, collecting, or sharing any illegal files using the Service.
Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
To maintain the integrity of our service, VPS services that utilise heavy amounts of system resources may be required to upgrade, or GoSSDHosting may relocate your service to a different server and/or IP address to reduce the load on the server on which you currently reside.
Abusive Clientele
GoSSDHosting may at its discretion suspend or terminate the service of any client that is abusive/harassing to GoSSDHosting and/or GoSSDHosting employees. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Verbal abuse: cursing, yelling, threatening, etc.
- Ongoing disregard for warnings or notices
- Consistent mistakes/errors/changes causing unnecessary workload
- Spamming GoSSDHosting email addresses, ticket systems, or servers
- Continuous involvement in flood/DDOS activity, hacked services, or other non-permitted usages
- Consistent late payments or responses
- Issuing a chargeback or bouncing a payment
- Continuous activation of problematic end-users
- Activity that affects the service(s) of other GoSSDHosting clientele
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