To assist
Yak America Inc. in protecting the usefulness and enjoyment of the Internet
for its users, we require that our customers comply with the terms of this Acceptable
Use and Internet Resources Policy (the "Policy"), which outlines our policies on
acceptable use of our services.
When using Yak Internet Access Services, Yak's website, Yak’s message boards or
forums, or any other communication services that may be made available to you by
Yak involving the Internet or potentially impacting others' enjoyment of the Internet
(collectively, the "Internet Services"), you are prohibited from engaging in certain
activities which include, but are not limited to, those described in this Policy.
If you engage in any of the prohibited activities described below it may, at the
sole discretion of Yak and without notice to you, result in the immediate (1) restriction,
suspension or termination of your use of the Internet Services, without compensation,
(2) blocking or filtering of content, data or materials accessed by you through
Yak's Internet Services, or (3) involvement of law enforcement agencies. Such activities
may also result in civil or criminal liability. The foregoing applies notwithstanding
any language or term to the contrary contained in any agreement that you may have
with Yak.
You are responsible for the use of the Internet Services by yourself or any third
party who directly or indirectly utilizes the Internet Services provided by Yak
to you, whether or not such use has been authorized by you.
Customer Conduct, Use of Internet Services and Prohibited Activities.
All information, text, data, photographs, videos, audio, messages, calendars, graphics,
images and any other material that you upload, transmit or post using the Internet
Services provided by Yak, are entirely your responsibility and Yak is not responsible
for such content. Yak will not be liable under no circumstances for any damage of
any kind caused as a result of the content used by its customers. Please note that YOU ARE PROHIBITED from uploading, transmitting or posting information or materials
where such activity:
- Constitutes a criminal offence or engaging in or assisting others to engage in any
criminal offence;
- Gives rise to civil liability or from otherwise violating the rights, including
infringing copyright and intellectual property rights, or assisting other to violate
the rights of Yak or any third party;
- disrupts or threatens the integrity, operation or security of the Internet Services,
computer or internet system;
- elicits complaints from other internet users or service providers;
- violates the provisions of any laws, regulations or policies; and
- is reasonably considered to be objectionable.
You agree to use the services provided by Yak only to upload, transmit or post materials
that have proper content. Below are some examples (these examples are not to be
used as a limitation) that you agree not to use the Internet Services for/to:
- Pyramid schemes or selling, spamming or junk emails, contests or surveys.
- Any fraudulent activity.
- Upload, transmit or post any content that is unlawful, abusive, threatening, harassing,
harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortuous, defamatory, hateful, invasive of other’s privacy,
ethnically, racially or otherwise objectionable.
- Upload, transmit or post photographs, images, software or any other materials that
are protected by intellectual property legislation and their use would result in
infringement of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secrets or any other proprietary
rights that other parties have.
- Upload files or software that contains computer viruses.
- Offer to sell or buy any goods or services.
- Upload, transmit or post photographs, images or any other materials of pornographic
content.
- Upload, transmit or post photographs, images or any other materials that harm minors
in any way.
- Use a false identity while using the Internet Services provided by Yak for the purpose
of misleading others or circumventing this Policy.
- Collect or store data, use, download, copy or share with other persons or business
organizations any information regarding users of the Internet Services and usage
information.
- Maintaining a relay service open to the general public.
- Obstructing or bypassing computer identification or security procedures.
- Restrict other users from using and enjoying the Internet Services.
As mentioned above, the content that you use is entirely your responsibility, Yak
is not responsible or liable for such content and has no obligation to monitor the
Internet Services. However Yak, reserves the right to monitor internet usage from
time to time with the purpose to review materials posted or uploaded and to remove
any materials that violate this Policy in its sole discretion. Yak also reserves
the right to terminate access to the Internet Services to anyone that violates this
Policy, for any reason whatsoever and without notice.
Registration Obligations
In order to use our services you will need to register and you agree to:
- Provide true, accurate and complete information in the registration forms.
- Update the information data in case it changes in order to keep it true, accurate
and complete.
- Not provide misleading information in the registration forms
If you provide and/or if Yak has reasonable grounds to believe that the information
contained in the registration forms is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, Yak reserves
the right to terminate or suspend your account without notice and to refuse any
future services to you.
Yak's Privacy Policy.
Yak will protect the privacy of the information you provide and for this reason
it has adopted its Privacy Policy. Please see our Privacy Policy at www.yakamerica.com
if you require more information.
Forum.
Should Yak choose to host any forum with respect to any services provided by Yak
(a "Forum"), you agree to use such Forum only in accordance with the provisions
of this Policy, the Privacy Policy and Yak's Standard Terms and Conditions. Yak
also reserves the right to disclose any material posted on any Forum by you, and
to disclose any other or further information in Yak's possession about you, in the
event of a complaint or legal action arising from material posted by you on any
Forum.
Only those who are at least 13 years of age may use any Forum.
Cooperation with Other Providers.
Yak may cooperate with other on-line service providers to discourage and resist
abuses of this Policy. Yak reserves the right to take corrective action against
you upon notification to Yak of unacceptable activities by you on other networks.
You are prohibited from using the services of another provider to engage in or facilitate
any activity that violates this Policy.
Use of Yak's Website (the "Site")
The Site is provided by Yak for your personal information and education. You may
download materials displayed on the Site for non-commercial, personal use provided
that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in such materials.
You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost or use any content
displayed on the Site for public or commercial purposes, including any text, data,
photographs, videos, audio, messages, calendars, graphics or images without the
written permission of its owner.
Materials on Yak's web site which may include text, images, audio clips, video clips,
software and other materials (the "Site Content"), are provided by Yak for information
purposes only. While Yak uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date
information on the Site, your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. The
Site Content provided on the Site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographic
errors.
The Site Content may be changed or updated without notice. Yak may also make improvements
and/or changes in the products and/or programs described in the Site Content at
any time without notice. Products and/or programs described in the materials may
be changed at any time without notice. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions,
do not access the Site or download any materials of the Site Content.
Yak intends for the content of the Site to be accurate and reliable, however, since
the Content has been compiled by Yak from a variety of sources, it is provided to
you as is and as available.
Links available on this Site will allow you to link to web sites not maintained
or controlled by Yak, including sites of Yak's related companies and other third
parties. Yak provides these links for your convenience and is not responsible for
and makes no representations, warranties or conditions concerning the contents of
linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The inclusion of any link does
not imply endorsement, investigation or verification by Yak of the linked site.
Yak uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of its Site Content on the Site,
but cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose of any information available through these links.
It is your responsibility to ensure that any web site you choose to use is free of potentially destructive items such as viruses. Also it is your responsibility
to verify any information contained within the links before relying on it. The information
contained in the links may be changed or updated at any time without notice.
Yak assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses
that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access
to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data,
text, or images from the Site.
Yak and Yak logos are trademarks of Yak Communications (Canada) Inc., used under
license. 10-10-925 and 10-10-Yak are registered trademarks of Yak Communications
(Canada) Inc., used under license. . You many not use any trademark displayed on
the Site without the written permission of YAK COMMUNICATIONS (CANADA) INC.
Indemnification
You will indemnify and hold harmless Yak from all demands, claims, proceedings,
awards, action, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses, including legal fees,
incurred by or made against Yak, which result from or relate to your violation of
this Acceptable Use and Internet Resources Policy. You shall give Yak prompt notice
of any such demand, claim or proceeding that you are aware of.
Reservation of Rights and Yak Liability Nothing in this Policy shall be interpreted
to limit Yak's rights or remedies in any way with respect to any of the foregoing
activities (including, without limitation, Yak's rights or remedies under any agreement
between Yak and yourself) and Yak reserves all rights and remedies available to
it with respect to such activities at law or in equity. Yak does not assume liability
to you or any other party for failure to enforce the terms of this Policy.
Domain Names Internet Protocol (IP) addresses allocated to customers of Yak are
the property of ARIN (American Registry of Internet Numbers) and its successors
("ARIN") and are allocated by Yak pursuant to rules and guidelines promulgated by
ARIN (as established under the authority of the Internet Assigned Number Authority)
and the policies of Yak, for no longer than the duration of your service agreement
with Yak ("IP Addresses"). You acknowledge that the IP Addresses made available
to you are the property of ARIN, and as such you acknowledge you have no rights
of ownership of the IP Addresses.
IP Addresses allocated by Yak are available to any business internet customer of
Yak who is eligible for an IP address allocation from Yak. Any customer who is eligible
for its own assignment of IP addresses from ARIN is responsible for making its own
application for such assignment and shall not be eligible for an IP address allocation
from Yak. Any customer who has been allocated IP Addresses by Yak and who subsequently
becomes eligible for its own assignment of IP addresses from ARIN must make an application
to ARIN for assignment of its own IP addresses.
Any customer making use of IP Addresses allocated to it by Yak and who subsequently
receives its own assignment of IP addresses of an equivalent or larger allotment
from ARIN or in any other manner, must release all of the IP Addresses allocated
to it by Yak and renumber from its subsequently acquired IP addresses.
Where the customer's assignment from ARIN is less than its Yak IP Address allotment,
the customer must release and renumber as set out above, but only up to the number of IP Addresses received from ARIN.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event the customer is in breach of any agreement
with Yak and the customer's service has been suspended, any IP Addresses allocated
to it by Yak will be invalidated in conjunction with such suspension until such
breach has been remedied to the satisfaction of Yak and the customer's service has
been restored. Yak cannot guarantee that identical IP Addresses will be reallocated
to the customer in such circumstances.
Customers will be required to maintain accurate and up-to-date IN-ADDR (reverse
DNS) records detailing the usage of their IP Addresses. Yak reserves the right to
invalidate any allocation of IP Addresses once it determines there are no IN-ADDR
records for such IP Addresses.
In addition to the above, IP Addresses are allocated by Yak on the basis of the
customer's immediate utilization rates. Yak reserves the right to invalidate the
allocation of IP Addresses which are not utilized by the customer within the first
three (3) months of such allocation. Yak also reserves the right to reduce the IP
Addresses allocated to a customer if such allocation is underutilized or ineffectively
used by the customer. All allocations of IP Addresses are subject to audit and verification
by any reasonable means deemed appropriate by Yak. If any allocation of IP Addresses
is found to have been based on false information, Yak may invalidate the allocation.
An agreement of service between the customer and Yak does not ensure allocation
of any specific allotment of IP Addresses by Yak to the customer.
DISCLAIMERS
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
THE INTERNET SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AT THEIR CAPACITY AND QUALITY AND BASED
ON AVAILABILITY. YAK DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR CAPACITY FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES. YAK IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE IF THE SERVICES BECOME TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY UNAVAILABLE
OR INTERRUPTED DURING USE. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER
CAUSED AS A RESULT OF DOWNLOADING DATA TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE INTERNET SERVICES
OFFERED BY YAK. YAK CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SAFETY NOR SECURITY OF INFORMATION. YAK
IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SECURE OBJECTIONABLE MATERIALS BEING UPLOADED, TRANSMITTED
OR POSTED. YAK IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ON ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED, SUBMITTED OR COMMUNICATED IS AT YOUR RISK.
YAK ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS
OF ANY KIND IN THE SITE CONTENT AND DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO THE SITE CONTENT AND TO ANY MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS OF NON INFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL YAK BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE
OR THE CONTENT AVAILABLE OR REFERRED TO ON THE SITE, OR ANY OTHER SITE YOU MAY ACCESS
THROUGHOUT THE SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Reporting of Violations Please report any violations at [privacy@yakamerica.com] or at 1-866-434-8773. If available, please provide us with the following information:
- name and IP address of the violator(s).
- date and time of the alleged violation(s).
- description of the violation(s)
Revisions of the Acceptable Use and Internet Resources Policy
Yak reserves the right to revise, amend or modify this Policy at any time. Updated
policies will be posted at our corporate website at www.yakamerica.com.