Customers may not use our services to engage in activities, or store, transfer or receive material of an illegal nature. Any such activities may result in prosecution by the UK authorities under the relevant Criminal Acts including but not limited to the Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Protection of Children Act 1978, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Prevention of Harassment Act 1997.

It is also a criminal offence under UK law to knowingly infringe intellectual property rights, such as copyright, patents, database rights and registered trade marks. Customers are reminded that sharing copyright material through the use of peer to peer software may consequently constitute a criminal offence if done without permission of the right owner in question. Speedy Host UK will co-operate with any agency or rights holder wishing to assert their rights in these matters and Speedy Host UK reserve the right to withdraw service under such circumstances.

The Data Protection Act 1998 imposes numerous duties on any organisation that processes personal data relating to third parties. Failure to comply with many of these duties constitutes a criminal offence. Customers who are not merely processing personal data for domestic (including recreational) reasons are reminded of their likely duty to register with the Information Commissioner.

Under the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, Speedy Host UK is in general not liable to any criminal or pecuniary penalty for any unlawful acts carried out using our service unless we have actual knowledge of those unlawful acts. Accordingly, if we become aware of credible evidence that a customer has carried out any unlawful acts we will take preventative measures to bring those acts to an end.

The Internet is global in reach. Consequently it is possible for anyone using the internet to break the laws of foreign countries. Customers are therefore advised to take all reasonable steps to avoid breaching relevant foreign laws.

Warranties and Disclaimers

Our service warranties and the extent of our liability are explained fully in our Terms and Conditions.

By connecting to the Speedy Host UK network, Customers agree to hold Speedy Host UK harmless in the event of any legal claim regarding our services.

Irresponsible usage

Customer acknowledges that they have a responsibility to ensure that their connection is not used in an irresponsible manner. Speedy Host UK deem irresponsible use of the services to include, but not be limited to, sending unsolicited e-mail ("spamming"), attempting to breach the security of a 3rd party machine, and flooding Usenet by placing a single post in a large number of newsgroups.

In the event that a customer's services are used for any purpose that Speedy Host UK deem irresponsible then Speedy Host UK reserve the right to suspend service while the usage is investigated in consultation with the customer. Should investigation determine that the service has been used irresponsibly, Speedy Host UK reserve the right to terminate the customer's account with immediate effect. Wherever possible the customer will be notified in advance of any termination.

Email

Customers may not use Speedy Host UK services to send unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE, also known as 'Spam'). Speedy Host UK will block the mail services of any customer found to be sending such mail.

Opt-in mailing lists are allowed, where it can be proved that subscribers did opt-in and that a suitable opt-out mechanism is available.

Speedy Host UK reserve the right to remove any mail older than 60 days from shared mail servers. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that mail is regularly collected and removed from Speedy Host UK POP3 server. Speedy Host UK strongly advise against the use of the POP3 option to keep mail on the server. If a POP3 mailbox contains an excessive amount of mail, Speedy Host UK reserve the right to remove older mails from the mailbox to reduce its size.

Hosting (Shared)

By uploading to the services, the customer will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Terms and Conditions of use of the Web space service.

The Customer will be responsible for the content of their website, including obtaining the legal permission for any works they include and ensuring that the contents of these pages do not violate UK law. Speedy Host UK reserve the right, without notice or explanation, to remove material which does not comply with this AUP or our Terms and Conditions, such as material of an illegal nature or pirated software.

Speedy Host UK reserve the right to suspend any or all of the service at any time, without prior notice, explanation, or recompense.

Customers will be held solely responsible for any defamatory, confidential, secret or other proprietary material made available via their website. Speedy Host UK reserve the right to suspend any sites containing such material. Customers must be careful when using peer to peer networking software to ensure that they do not download or transfer material which they do not have the right to download or transfer.

Login names and passwords must be kept secret and not communicated to any third party, except for agencies, such as Webpage designers, working on the customer's behalf. Speedy Host UK must be notified immediately if they are compromised. If someone were to gain access to a customer's account password, they could tamper with files held on the customer's website.

Speedy Host UK will accept no responsibility whatsoever for loss of data or information resulting from the use of this service.

If the account is suspended for any reason, such as non-payment, access to the customer's website, both for viewing and uploading, may also be suspended. Free websites supplied to clients if, designed exclusively by Speedy Host UK (excluding the domain name and content supplied by the client) shall remain the property of Speedy Host UK.

On closing an account, the relevant data on this Web space will be deleted.

Attempted security breaches

Any attempt to breach the security of any machine is forbidden. Attempting to do so will result in immediate account termination and possible further legal action. Users may not run any program that monitors network packet data or any program that compromises the privacy of network traffic.

It should be noted that attempting to breach security may lead to prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 or any other relevant criminal legislation.

Attempts to circumvent copy protection technology and encryption are also likely to be illegal under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended).

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