Terms of Use

All E-Impressions' customers are responsible for reviewing and complying with this Acceptable Use Policy. E-Impressions' customers who provide services to their own users must affirmatively and contractually pass on the restrictions of this Acceptable Use Policy to their users, and take steps to ensure compliance by their users with this Acceptable Use Policy including, without limitation, termination of users who violate this policy. For the purposes of this Policy, "Customer" shall be defined to include E-Impressions' customers and also a customer's users, contractors and account holders. This Policy is subject to change with notice by publication on the E-Impressions Web site; customers are responsible for monitoring the web site for changes. The actions described below are defined by E-Impressions as "system abuse" and are strictly prohibited under this Policy. The examples named below are not exhaustive and are provided solely for guidance to Customers. If any Customer is unsure of whether a contemplated use or action is permitted, it is Customer's responsibility to determine whether the use is permitted by contacting E-Impressions via electronic mail. The following activities are expressly prohibited, and E-Impressions expressly reserves the right, at its discretion, to pursue any remedies that it believes are warranted which may include, but is not limited to, filtering, suspending, or terminating accounts, end-users or Customers that engage in system abuse or who refuse to address user abuse. In general, E-Impressions Customers may not use E-Impressions' network, machines, or services in any manner which:

• violates any applicable law, regulation, treaty, or tariff;
• violates the acceptable use policies of any networks, machines, or services which are accessed through E-Impressions network;
• infringes on the intellectual property rights of E-Impressions or others;
• violates the privacy of others;
• involves the resale of E-Impressions' products or services, unless specifically documented in a separate written agreement;
• otherwise violates this Acceptable Use Policy.

Prohibited activities also include but are not limited to, the following:

• unauthorized use (or attempted unauthorized use) of any machines or networks, attempting to interfere with or denying service to any user or host (e.g. denial of service attacks);
• falsifying header information or user identification information; introduction of malicious programs into the network or Server (e.g. viruses, worms, Trojan horses, etc.);
• monitoring or scanning the networks of others without permission;
• attempted or successful security breaches or disruption of Internet communication including, but not limited to, accessing data of which Customer is not an intended recipient or logging into a Server or account that Customer is not expressly authorized to access;
• executing any form of network monitoring (e.g. packet sniffer) which will intercept data not intended for the Customer;
• attempting to circumvent Customer authentication or security of any host, network, or account ("cracking");
• Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a third party customer terminal session, via any means, locally or via the Internet; sending unsolicited bulk email;
• maintaining an open mail relay;
• collecting email addresses from the Internet for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk email or to provide collected addresses to others for that purpose;
• transmitting or receiving copyright-infringing or obscene material;
• furnishing false or incorrect data on the signup form; or attempting to circumvent or alter the process or procedures to measure time, bandwidth utilization, or other methods to document "use" of E-Impressions' products and services.