Western
Interactive User Agreement
This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions
that apply to use of GilaNet's' Internet service.
GilaNet is a division of Western Interactive.
BY USING GILANETS' INTERNET SERVICE, USER AGREES TO COMPLY
WITH ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
GilaNet reserves the right to close any account that violates
the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement.
Definitions
(a) "GilaNet", the Internet service provider
and Western Interactive on-line services.
(b) "User" is each person who establishes or
accesses an account with Western Interactive for use of
on-line services.
General Provisions
(a) The rights conferred by this Agreement are nontransferable.
Use of Western Interactive accounts is expressly limited
to the individual whose name appears on the account and
members of the immediate family of the account holder
living at the same address as the account holder. User
is responsible for insuring that all use of User's account
complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement.
User is also responsible for protecting the confidentiality
of any password of the User.
(b) User is responsible for obtaining and maintaining
all software, hardware, telephone and other equipment
necessary to connect to Western Interactive.
(c) User should notify Western Interactive immediately
in writing or by e-mail if User's password has been lost,
stolen, or otherwise compromised. User will be held responsible
for all use of its account until Western Interactive,
Inc. receives such notice.
(d) Western Interactive shall have the right at any time
without notice to change, modify, or add to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Such changes shall be
considered effective upon publication either in Western
Interactive' Web Site, Internet servers, printed
literature, or by conventional or e-mail. Any use of
Western Interactive' services by User after such
publication shall constitute acceptance by User of such
changes.
(e) The
customer (user) is responsible for backing up, or saving
any email, or information that is stored on Western Interactive's equipment. Western Interactive
is not responsible for any lost data or information that
is of importance to the customer, due to: Hardware
maintenance, Equipment failure, Unauthorized access to
Western Interactive's equipment, or natural disaster.
Western Interactive will also advise there customers via
email or post information on the Western Interactive/Gilanet
website as to when and what type of maintenance will
occur. Western Interactive reserves the right to remove
any data or information that is stored on Western Interactive's
equipment. Customers (users) of Western Interactive
are encouraged to use some type of
Email Program, such as, Outlook Express, Netscape, or
Microsoft Outlook. By the customer (user) using some
type of email program that will allow the customer
to download and store email information or data on to
their local computer.
Billing
(a) User is responsible for any applicable telephone charges
for connecting directly to Western Interactive or to any
other network access node.
(b) User agrees to pay Western Interactive all charges
relating to the use of User's account according to rates
and prices published on-line at the time the service is
used. On-line rates and pricing are incorporated into
this Agreement by reference. Western Interactive reserves
the right to change or modify rates and prices at any
time.
(c) Western Interactive reserves the right to charge a
monthly service fee to all Users to whom a paper invoice
must be sent.
(d) Western Interactive reserves the right to terminate
accounts which are inactive for more than one (1) year.
(e) Western Interactive reserves the right to charge a
late payment fee and/or expenses for collection of past
due amounts. Western Interactive reserves the right to
charge a reactivation fee and/or a deposit in the event
that an account is temporarily inactivated as a result
of any prohibited activities or late payment.
Appropriate Use/User Conduct
(a) All Western Interactive Users must comply with all
local, state, and federal laws.
(b) User shall not post, transmit, or permit to be posted
or transmitted any material which is unlawful, threatening,
abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity
rights, obscene, pornographic, profane or which violates
or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, or
which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate
any law, or which, without the express prior approval
of Western Interactive, contains advertising or any solicitation
with respect to products or services, including the solicitation
of Users to become subscribers of other on-line services
competitive with Western Interactive.
(c) User shall not post, transmit or permit to be posted
or transmitted any information or software which User
is aware contains a virus or other harmful component.
(d) Any conduct by User that in Western Interactive' discretion
adversely affects the ability of any other User from using
or enjoying Western Interactive services or the Internet
is prohibited.
(e) User agrees not to provide public information services
over this connection, not to use any automatic method
to avoid inactivity disconnect, and to keep the connection
active only when the User is actively using it without
express written consent of Western Interactive. A public
information service includes, but is not limited to, running
a web server or FTP server.
(f) Sharing Unlimited accounts with anyone other than
an immediate family member, or reselling service without
express written consent of Western Interactive is prohibited.
(g) Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited,
as is using a Western Interactive e-mail address to collect
responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail. Sending
large volumes of unsolicited e-mail is not permitted nor
is the sending of threatening or harassing e-mail.
(h) Attempting to impersonate others is not permitted.
(i) Any unauthorized attempt to access any computer system
or data bank is prohibited.
(j) Western Interactive will cooperate with the appropriate
legal authorities in investigating claims of illegal activity,
including but not limited to illegal transfer or use of
copyrighted or other protected material, or postings or
e-mail containing threats of violence, or other illegal
activity.
Ownership/Copyright
User shall not upload, post, transmit or otherwise make
available any material protected by copyright, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary right without the express
permission of the owner of the proprietary right. The
burden of determining that any material is not protected
by proprietary rights rests with the User. User shall
be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement
of copyrights, proprietary rights or any other harm resulting
from submission of protected material.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
(a) USER ASSUMES SOLE AND TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK
FOR USER'S USE OF Western Interactive' SERVICE AND THE
INTERNET. Western Interactive MAKES NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF Western
Interactive' SERVICES OR THE INTERNET, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR
MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE INTERNET AND Western
Interactive SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COST OR DAMAGE
ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY SUCH TRANSACTION.
IT IS THE USER'S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES
AND OTHER INFORMATION, AND THE QUALITY AND MERCHANTABILITY
OF ALL MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON THE INTERNET.
(B) Western Interactive SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY Western Interactive, ITS
AFFILIATES OR ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES
SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. Western Interactive DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT ITS SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR
FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL
ACCESSIBLE ON THE INTERNET WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL Western Interactive, ITS
EMPLOYEES, ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS CONTRACTORS, BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM USER'S
RELIANCE ON, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE INFORMATION, SERVICES,
EMAIL
OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE Western Interactive
SERVICE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKE, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS,
DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE,
DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION
LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS, OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF OR USE OF RECORDS, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE OR UNDER
ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT Western Interactive IN NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY,
OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES
AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY
WITH THE USER. USER UNDERSTANDS THAT THE INTERNET CONTAINS
UNEDITED MATERIALS SOME OF WHICH ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
OR WHICH MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME PEOPLE. USER ACCESSES
SUCH MATERIALS AT USER'S OWN RISK. Western Interactive
HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER
FOR SUCH MATERIALS.
(b) Western Interactive IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS BEYOND ITS CONTROL, INCLUDING ACTS OF GOD
OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS BY ITS SUPPLIERS.
Content and Confidentiality
(a) Western Interactive does not censor the content of
any newsgroups. The choice to censor content is left to
the User. Content-censoring tools such as Cyber Patrol
are available to screen an account's access to material
considered offensive by the User. It is the User's responsibility
to make use of such tools if desired.
(b) Western Interactive exercises no control over the
content of the information passing through or temporarily
stored in its systems.
(c) Western Interactive employees may be required to examine
system accounting logs, records, files and e-mail to facilitate
operation of the system and to resolve system problems.
All customer data shall be treated in a confidential manner
and access on a minimal basis. Customer data will only
be released to those individuals authorized by the customer
or upon service of a valid court order.
Security of Data
No computer system should be considered safe from intrusion.
E-mail may pass through many computer systems and should
not be considered a secure means of communication unless
encrypted. Encrypted information is only as secure as
the encryption method.
Monitoring
Western Interactive and its authorized representative
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor
the content of Western Interactive newsgroups, web server
and other forums. Western Interactive reserves the right
in its sole discretion to edit, remove or refuse to post
any materials submitted to or posted on Western Interactive
newsgroups, web server, and/or other forums, including
without limitation, the right to remove any material that
Western Interactive, in its sole discretion, finds to
be in violation of the provisions of this agreement or
otherwise objectionable.
Indemnification
User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Western
Interactive, its directors, officers, employees and agents
from any and all liabilities, costs, claims and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to or arising
out of the use of Western Interactive services or the
Internet by the User or the User's account.
Termination
(a) Western Interactive reserves the right to terminate
this Agreement at any time for any reason, including without
limitation the right to immediately terminate or suspend
the User's account in the event of any conduct by the
User which Western Interactive, in its sole discretion,
considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach
by the User of this Agreement.
(b) Western Interactive has the right to delete all data,
files or other information that is stored in the User's
account if the User's account is terminated for any reason.
(c) The provisions of Sections 6, 7, and 11 shall survive
termination of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous
(a) If any one or more of the terms in this Agreement
is found to be unenforceable or invalid, the remainder
of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
(b) The section headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be given any legal significance.
(c) This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and
enforced according to the laws of New Mexico.
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