Acceptable Use Policy


Acceptable Use Policy of www.gytheion.com and all related sites owned, operated or controlled by Gytheion Networks LLC ("Gytheion website") Acceptance of Terms Through Use
This site provides you the ability to learn about Gytheion and its products and services as well as the ability to access our network and services ("Gytheion Services"). By using this site, and any other site owned and operated by Gytheion, you signify your agreement to the terms, conditions and notices of this policy. "You" when used in this statement shall mean the Gytheion Customer of record and Gytheion Customer end users.
This Acceptable Use Policy is used in conjunction with the terms of your service agreement. Violating any of these policies grants Gytheion the authority to take action to restrict or terminate your access to Gytheion Services. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise this policy, any other policy or statement on any Gytheion website, and any product offerings or programs described on any Gytheion website. Please check back periodically to review any changes to this policy.

Gytheion disclaims, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all warranties, representations or other endorsements, express or implied, with regard to the information accessed from, or through, this service, the systems which provide it and the Internet, including all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use, or non-infringement of any third-party rights. Gytheion does not assume any liability for the completeness, accuracy or usefulness of any information disclosed or materials accessed. In no event shall Gytheion (or any persons or entities related thereto) be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages associated with or arising from use of this service in any way, including any loss of use, data or profits, regardless of the form of action. Any failure by Gytheion to enforce this policy in every instance in which it might have application does not amount to a waiver of Gytheion's rights

Lawful Use
You must use this site and the Gytheion Services in accordance with the terms of this policy and your Gytheion Service Agreement, and in accordance with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, and regulations.

User Conduct, Prohibited or Unlawful Use
In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the users of this site and Gytheion Services, the following rules have been established to protect against abuse.
Use of this site or Gytheion Services for any purpose that is unlawful or in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the operation of this site, the Gytheion Network or Gytheion Services or any other party's use or enjoyment of this site, the Gytheion Network or Gytheion Services, is strictly prohibited.

Specifically, you may not:
  • Attempt to use or gain unauthorized access to data, accounts, hosts, servers, systems or networks of this site, or to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network of this site, any Gytheion Services or those of any other party.
  • Interfere with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail-bombing, flooding, or attempting to overload the system.
  • Forge any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.
  • Falsify address information or otherwise modify e-mail headers to conceal the sender's or the recipient's identity.
  • Use this site or Gytheion Services to engage in activities that violate any terms or conditions of any other network access provider or Internet service provider.
Additionally, you may not, by use of any Gytheion Service or another service, upload, post or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content, including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information that, in Gytheion's discretion:
  • Infringes the intellectual property rights of any entity or individual
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, disability or any other reason
  • Is posted in violation of a newsgroup charter
  • Contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer
  • Has a negative effect on Gytheion or its network (including, without limitation, overloading servers on the Gytheion Network; causing portions of the Gytheion Network to be blocked by other network providers; generating unresolved third party complaints or complaints which, in the discretion of Gytheion, impose an unreasonable administrative burden on the company; etc).
  • Constitutes unsolicited duplicative e-mail (commercial or otherwise)
    • This prohibition extends to the sending of unsolicited and/or mass e-mailings from any Gytheion account, or via another service which in any way (i) implicates the use of this site or Gytheion Services, Gytheion equipment or any Gytheion e-mail address; (ii) that is relayed from any Gytheion or third party's mail servers without permission; (iii) which employs techniques to hide or obscure the source of the e-mail; (iv) which are sent, or caused to be sent, to or through the Gytheion Network that makes use of or contains invalid or forged headers, invalid or non-existent domain names or other means of deceptive addressing may be deemed to be counterfeit.
    • A communication may be unsolicited if: (1) recipients' email addresses were not obtained through a personal or customer relationship between recipient and sender, (2) recipients did not affirmatively consent to receive communications from sender, or (3) recipients have opted out of receiving communications from sender when given notice of the opportunity to do so.
    • Senders should: (i) confirm that the actual owner of each email address, particularly email that are part of a list, agreed to receive email and/or bulk email from the sender; (ii) include their email and/or physical address in any bulk mailings; and (iii) provide recipients with an effective means of removing their email from lists.
PLEASE NOTE: The transmission of unsolicited bulk e-mail, including the transmission of counterfeit e-mail, may result in civil and criminal penalties against the sender, including those provided by the federal Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act ("CAN-SPAM") (P.L. 108-187) or Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.); the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.2 et seq.) (amended effective July 1, 1999); the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act ( Wash. Rev. Code Chapter 19.190 et seq.); and any other applicable statutes and regulations. Gytheion reserves the right to take all legal and technical steps available to prevent unsolicited bulk e-mail or other unauthorized e-mail from being sent from or transmitted through the Gytheion Network. Gytheion reserves the right, without prior notice, to perform vulnerability tests on systems residing on IP address space belonging to Gytheion which may be allocated for Customer use. The purpose of such testing includes, but is not limited to, testing of mail servers or proxy servers for unrestricted third party relaying. Gytheion will use commercial reasonable efforts to ensure that such testing will not adversely affect Service provided to Customer or compromise the security of Customer's network. Customer may be required to correct any system vulnerability upon notification and/or suspend or terminate operations of a known compromised system. Your participation in online communication or use of any Gytheion service is not edited, censored or otherwise controlled by Gytheion. However, Gytheion reserves the right to monitor content on this site and any Gytheion Services and to remove content, disable sites, or suspend or terminate services if Gytheion, in its discretion, determines such content or user practices are harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy.

International Use
Gytheion makes no representation that materials available on this site or any or through any Gytheion service are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who access this site or any site hosted by Gytheion from other locations are responsible for compliance with local law.

Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright: All Gytheion web site design, text, graphics and the selection and arrangement thereof are the copyrighted work of Gytheion Networks. © 2000-2017. All rights reserved. If any pages, information or content is copied, it may only be copied for non-commercial uses and Gytheion shall, in any event, retain all copyright and other proprietary interests therein.

Trademark: Gytheion; the Gytheion design logo and all other related names, design marks, product or feature names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Gytheion Networks LLC. in the United states and/or other countries. Gytheion marks may not be used without the express written permission of Gytheion. All other products and services referenced in this site are the trademark or services marks of their respective owners.

Patents: Components of certain services provided by Gytheion are subject to United States Patent No. 8,402,109. You acknowledge and agree that copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights and laws protect all content and materials available on this site or through any Gytheion service. Nothing on any Gytheion website shall be interpreted or implied in such as way as conferring any license or right to any intellectual property rights or license to any intellectual property, content, technology, system, process, or related material belonging to Gytheion by virtue of it being displayed or made accessible on any Gytheion website. Except as expressly authorized, you agree not to use this site or any Gytheion Services in any manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material, which you may access, receive or make available through this site or any Gytheion Services. If you use a domain name or content in connection with the Gytheion hosted services, or any other hosting service, you must not use that domain name or content in any way which violates any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.

User's Grant of Limited License
By posting or submitting content to any Gytheion website, you:
  • Grant Gytheion the right to use, reproduce, display, adapt, modify, distribute and have distributed the content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose, subject to the Gytheion Privacy Policy, which is incorporated in and made a part of this Policy; and,
  • Warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content and that public posting and use of your content by Gytheion will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

Notices
The Gytheion Acceptable Use Policy prohibit acts of copyright and trademark infringement and other unlawful behavior by Gytheion subscribers. Gytheion takes subscriber violations seriously and will investigate complaints and, where appropriate, may remove content, disable sites, suspend or terminate services, or take other action as necessary. Gytheion assumes no responsibility for costs incurred for defending or asserting a violation of the Gytheion Acceptable Use Policy.

General Complaints: Please send reports of any activity in violation of this Acceptable Use Policy to abuse@gytheion.com. Gytheion will reasonably investigate incidents involving such violations. Gytheion may involve and will cooperate with law enforcement officials if any criminal activity is suspected. Violations may result in criminal and civil liability.

Copyright/Trademark Infringement Complaints: If you believe that your copyright or trademark has been used by an Gytheion subscriber without permission, such that the use may constitute infringement of your intellectual property rights, please see the instructions on how to send your claim.

Rev. 01/06/17