Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy amends the Agreement between Southwest Cyberport and Customer and describes certain restrictions related to your use of the Services. Any violation by you shall be deemed a breach of the Agreement. We may update this AUP from time to time in our sole discretion; the current version may be found at https://members.swcp.com/wiki/Acceptable_Use_Policy.
Contacting SWCP
If anyone has questions regarding this AUP or wishes to report a violation or provide notice per the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, such party may contact us at abuse@swcp.com.
Laws and Harmful Content
You may not use the Services to violate any governing law or regulation. Further, you may not use the Services in connection with any content that we reasonably believe: promotes, incites, or threatens violence; violates any person’s privacy; constitutes terrorism or trafficking in weapons or other illegal items; or is likely to result in retaliation against Southwest Cyberport’s system, network, or employees, including behavior that results in any denial of service attack. The Services may not be used in violation of export laws, controls, regulations, or sanction policies of the United States or your applicable jurisdiction.
High-Risk Use
You may not use the Services in any circumstance or fashion where a failure of the Services could result in death or physical injury.
Spam
When sending email from our servers or using return addresses that will be processed by our servers you must follows best practices to insure you are not sending email to recipients who did not request email from you. The CAN SPAM act is a useful place to start reading about best practices for mass emailings.
Some simple rules are:
- BEST: Don't use email addresses that weren't supplied to you for the purpose of your email by the owner of the email address.
- GOOD: Be sure any email list you acquire had an opt-in policy in collecting email addresses.
- Don't be misleading with your email message.
Overburdening Resources
You may not interfere with our business or our ability to provide services to other customers, nor take any action nor make any use of the Services that places excessive burdens on the network or systems used to provide such services.
Security Requirements
You must take reasonable security precautions in connection with your use of the Services. You are responsible for the actions and omissions of anyone who you allow to make use of your account or service.
Regulated and Sensitive Information
It is possible to run an e-commerce site on our platform, provided that you follow some best practices that prevent credit card information from being processed or stored on our platform. You are not permitted to use or cause the Services to store or process sensitive or otherwise regulated health or financial information, including Protected Health Information (as that term is defined under HIPAA), cardholder data protected under PCI DSS regulations (such as credit or debit card data), or other financial data (including any financial account details). You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any liabilities arising from your violation of this restriction.
Here is some useful information on PCI and HIPAA.
