Acceptable Use Policy - Hampton Roads Online

Acceptable Use Policy

Hampton Roads Online (HRO) supports the free flow of information and ideas over the Internet. We do not actively monitor or exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, electronic mail transmission, mailing list, news group or other material created or accessible from HRO's network. However, HRO does reserve the right to remove any materials that are potentially illegal and could subject HRO to liability or violate our acceptable use policy. Violation of this policy or any form of Internet etiquette shall result in the immediate cancellation of your account.

Dial up Accounts

HRO dialup accounts are intended for use by the individual who signed up for the account. You must be at least 18 years of age to have an account at HRO. Password security is the responsibility of the individual user. Members may not share passwords or accounts with others.

Our flex time policy prohibits continuous connections to the Internet. This policy protects our members and eliminates the need for us to set monthly hard limits. If you need a dedicated line, please feel free to contact our office. If HRO determines that your usage is excessive, you will be switched to a dedicated commercial account and charged accordingly.
If at any time you are unhappy with our service, you may call our office to request cancellation. Any unused time will be refunded. If your account is cancelled due to any violation of our acceptable use policy, there will be no refund of unused time.

Policies

The following are violations of Hampton Roads Online's acceptable use policy:

Unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, included, but not limited to, distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or other coyrighted sources, and copyrighted software.
Exporting software or technical information in violation of U.S. export control laws.
Posting or emailing of spam or junk mail such as "Make Money Fast" schemes or "Pyramid/Chain" letters.
Threatening bodily harm or property damage to individuals or groups.
Making fraudulent offers of products, items or services originating from your account.
Attempting to access the accounts of others, or attempting to penetrate security measures of any system (hacking) whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
Harassing others by mail bombing or news bombing.
Sending unsolicited email messages where the recipient objects to the content of the message or to the receipt of the message in general.
Using any software or device that would allow your account to stay logged on while you are not actively using our service or using the account for the purpose of operating a server on a personal dialup account.

HRO reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.

Liability

Hampton Roads Online has no practical ability to restrict any conduct, communications or content which might violate our Acceptable Use Policy prior to its transmission on our system. This also applies to merchandise, information, services offered, made available, or accessible on the Internet by third parties who are not affiliated with HRO. The user assumes total responsibility and risk for use of Internet services.

The Internet contains unedited materials, some of which are sexually explicit or may be offensive. Hampton Roads Online has no control over and accepts no responsibility for such materials.

Acceptable Use Policy