The Internet is a powerful information and entertainment tool. We would expect our customers to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users.

As a major provider to the Internet community, 3A Web Hosting's acceptable use policy is designed to produce a better environment for us all. Common sense is the best guide as to what is considered acceptable use.

The following are unacceptable uses:

Illegality
In any form, including but not limited to activities such as unauthorized distribution or copying of copyrighted software, harassment, fraud, trafficing in obscene material, drug dealing, and other illegal activities.

Net abuse
Including but not limited to activities such as using a nonexistent return e-mail address on a commercial solicitation, spamming (sending unsolicited advertising to numerous e-mail addresses or newsgroups and/or generating a significantly higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user), trolling (posting outrageous messages in newsgroups to generate numerous responses), mail-bombing (sending multiple messages without significant new content to the same user), subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person's permission, cross-posting articles to an excessive number of newsgroups, or attempting without authorization to enter into a secured computer system.

Tortuous Conduct
Including but not limited to posting of defamatory, scandalous, or private information about a person without their consent, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, or violating trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights.

Misuse Of System Resources
Including but not limited to employing posts or programs which consume excessive CPU time or storage space, for example chat scripts.

We reserve the right to determine what constitutes acceptable use and to suspend or cancel a customers access to any or all of the services provided by 3A Web Hosting when 3A Web Hosting decides that the account has been inappropriately used or otherwise.

SERVER USE

Personal accounts are to be used by the primary owner only. Customers are not permitted to resell, store or give away web-hosting services of their website to other parties. Web hosting services are defined as allowing a separate, third party to host content on the owner's web site. Exceptions to this include ad banners, classified ads, and personal ads.

3A Web Hosting reserves the right to refuse service and / or access to its servers to anyone.

UNLIMITED USE POLICY

High bandwidth usage: 3A Web Hosting offers an unlimited use policy by maintaining very large ratios of bandwidth per customer. In rare cases, 3A Web Hosting may find a customer to be using server resources to such an extent that he or she may jeopardize server performance and resources for other customers. In such instances, 3A Web Hosting reserves the right to impose the High Resource User Policy for the consideration of all customers.

HIGH RESOURCE USER POLICY

Resources are defined as bandwidth and/or processor utilization.

3A Web Hosting may implement the following policy to its sole discretion:

When a website is found to be monopolizing the resources available 3A Web Hosting reserves the right to suspend that site. This policy is only implemented in extreme circumstances and is intended to prevent the misuse of our servers.  Customers will be given at least 7 days notice of action against their account, and may be given the option of paying a small surcharge to continue hosting of their domain

Incident Reporting

If you with to report an abuse case or issue regarding one of our hosted domains, please e-mail: abuse@3awebhosting.co.uk