| TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 1) Neither MDC Online Services Inc. (ILOS) or any of its providers exercises any control over the content or subject matter passing through its systems or services. ILOS reserves the right to periodically check or monitor all areas of its system and the services it provides. 2) MDC Online Services Inc. makes no warranties or guarantees of any kind, whether expressed or implied of the services that it provides.ILOS reserves the right to restrict access during peak periods.ILOS also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or suitability for any purpose deemed by the user. ILOS will not be held responsible for any damages or loss that you may suffer. This includes, but is not limited to, the loss of data resulting from delays, mis-deliveries or interruptions of service caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence or errors by either user or provider. 3) The services provided by ILOS must only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission of any material that is in violation of any provincial or federal or international law is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: any material that is protected by copyright or trademark, obscene or offensive material or material protected by trade secret. The user agrees to hold harmless ILOS as free from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages any individual, company, or any specific party. 4) Access to other networks, through the use of ILOS must comply with any rules and regulations of that service. The user will not attempt to gain access to any system or part of a system other than those areas specifically and intentionally made available to the public, including ILOS systems. 5) Any and all use of the services and information derived from such usage provided by ILOS is strictly at your own risk. ILOS does not guarantee or verify the accuracy or quality of information available through its services. MDC reserves the right to enforce inactivity timeouts on all connections. 6) Monthly service is due at the beginning of each calendar month by advanced payment. Any additional charges incurred during that month are billed in the following month, payable with the following months pre-payment. If payment is not received by the 7th day of the following month your account will be in "default" ILOS reserves the right to suspend access to the service until payment has been made. Suspension of services does not relieve you from your financial obligation to ILOS. A written request with 30 days notice is required to cancel your account and service. 7) Any payments returned as unpaid ("NSF") will automatically be in default and result in a $35.00 charge. Services will be suspended until arrears are rectified. A charge of $30.00 will be immediately levied against any account that experiences concurrent logins. A $20.00 administration fee is required for each Username change. You are allowed only 1 login at any time on any account. 8) There is no refund on prepaid fees. Prorated refunds are available only within 7 days of initial application date at 50% of days remaining. Further, You agree after the first 14 days of sign up (including the day of sign up) not to charge back or dispute any amounts due to VISA, Master Card or pre-authorized payment incurred by you to purchase or subscriber to an account on ILOS and any attempt to do so by you constitutes fraud. Monthly fees are prorated for the initial month of service. You may, if you choose, delay your application until the first of the next month. 9) If your account is in default, you agree to pay ILOS for any and all reasonable expenses including legal and collection agency fees, incurred in enforcing these terms and conditions. 10) Service may be canceled in writing with thirty (30) business days notice. There are no additional fees for cancellation of service. You are responsible for the services which you have already used which may include, but are not limited to monthly charges, additional time used, remaining time on contract, specialized services, or any other billable product or service used. Users may freeze annual or pre-paid accounts by calling ILOS administration. There is a $19.00 dollar fee to re-enact frozen accounts, this fee is due on the day of freezing. ILOS reserves the right to cancel service in the event of violation to any of these rules and regulations, abuse or misuse of the services provided, at its discretion. 11) Your accounts come with 5 MB of web space for hosting a personal web page. A Personal page means that this free site may not be used for commerce, business, or the solicitation of business of any type. Resumes are considered to be personal pages. Your personal site allows for 500MB of data transfer per month. Sites will be automatically billed 50 cents for each megabyte over the 500MB limit. You may post a business page on your free site if you choose to do so. This business page may contain only 1 graphic or image and may not exceed 80 lines of text. Pages found to be in violation will bee blocked from access or removed. 12) Loopholes in computer security systems or knowledge of special access codes must not be used to damage computer systems, obtain extra resources, take resources from another user, gain access to systems, or use systems other than those explicitly granted authorization to do so. 13) Actions taken by users to intentionally interfere with or to alter the integrity of the system is illegal. Such actions include the use of unauthorized accounts, attempts to capture or crack system passwords, impersonation of other individuals, attempts to break encryption protocols, compromising privacy, and destruction of data or files belonging to other users. It is unacceptable to create worm, trojan, or virus programs. It is unacceptable to conduct experiments that demonstrate network vulnerabilities without the prior written permission of ILOS network administration. It is unacceptable to engage in acts that restrict or deny access to legitimate system users. 14) Users shall not intentionally develop or use programs to harass other users or infiltrate and/or damage the software or hardware components of any system. 15) A user who feels that he/she has a legitimate reason to experiment with security-related aspects of the system must discuss the project with ILOS administration before beginning such a project. 16) Users may not share accounts or passwords with others without prior written consent from ILOS management. 17) Users will not use any method or program to defeat the idle timing system of ILOS. This includes but is not limited to ping software and electronic mail methods. Users will not use mail checking to defeat idle timing. 18) Users will connect only one system to the dial-in account at any time. The dial in account may not be used for multiple concurrent machine connections or network gateways without the prior written consent of ILOS management. 19) Any accounts in default beyond 30 days are subject to 2% per month surcharge on the outstanding balance. 20) All prices are for delivery FOB Winnipeg, MB. ILOS reserves the right to change the rates and/or terms and conditions outlined in this document. |
I have read, understand, and by subscribing to an ILOS account agree to abide and be bound by the terms and conditions as outlined by MDC Online Services Inc. in this document. |
Rev. 03/04/99