When a subscriber disseminates information through the Internet they must also keep in mind that Acecomp Plus does not review, edit, censor or take responsibility for any information created. Therefore, the subscriber is fully responsible for their actions.

A user is liable for any information that they put on the Internet including copyright infringement, defamation and other harmful speech. In addition, since the information created is carried over our facilities, it may reach a large audience, including subscribers and non-subscribers.

A subscriber's posting on the Internet may affect other subscribers and may affect our goodwill, business reputation and operations. For these reasons, subscribers violate our policy and the Services Agreement when they, their affiliates, or subsidiaries engage in the following activities: Spamming -- Unsolicited, commercial mass emailing (known as "spamming") is a strongly disfavoured practice among Internet users and service providers.

It is particularly harmful not only because of its negative impact on consumer attitudes toward us, but also because it can overload our equipment and disrupt service to our subscribers.

Copyright Violation -- Violation of copyrights held by individuals and corporations or other entities can result in civil and/or criminal liability against the offender, and may involve the IPP in legal proceedings and/or possible loss of reputation.

Distribution and/or Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Speech or Materials -- Violation of indecency and obscenity laws can result in criminal prosecution.

Defamation -- Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in civil liability against the offender, not excluding the ISP whose facilities were used to distribute the defamatory material.

Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks -- The illegal or unauthorized accessing (often known as "hacking") of computers or networks can result in civil and/or criminal prosecution under both federal laws and the laws of most states and provinces.

Distribution of Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other destructive activities such as hacking, can result in serious civil and or criminal actions under federal and state/provincial law. Export Control Violations -- The law limits the ability of persons to export encryption software over the Internet or otherwise to points outside North America.

Other Activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that we determine to be harmful to our subscribers, operations or reputation, including any activities that may restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying our service and/or the Internet.

As we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding the harmful activities just described rests primarily on the subscriber. We will not, as an ordinary practice monitor the communications of our subscribers to ensure that they comply with our policy or laws that may apply.

If Acecomp Plus becomes aware of any harmful communications, we will take whatever actions necessary. We will remove any information that violates our policies, implement screening software designed to block offending transmissions, or take any other action we deem appropriate, including termination of a subscriber's contract with us.

We are aware that many of our subscribers are providers of Internet services and that information reaching our facilities from those subscribers may have been originated by customers of those subscribers or other third parties.

We do not require our subscribers who offer Internet services to monitor or censor transmissions created by customers of it's subscribers. At the same time, subscribers who knowingly transmit materials that violate law are in violation of our use policy.

Similarly, we anticipate that subscribers who offer Internet services will cooperate with us in any corrective action that we deem necessary in order to correct and prevent the transmission of material that is harmful to us or our subscribers. Failure to co-operate with such corrective and preventive measures is a violation of our policy.

We are concerned with the privacy of on-line communications. The Internet is not any more secure than other common communications media, including mail, facsimile and voice telephone service, all of which can be intercepted and otherwise compromised. As a matter of prudence, however, we urge our subscribers to assume that all of their on-line communications are insecure.

We cannot take any responsibility for the security of communications transmitted over our facilities. We will comply fully, however, with all applicable laws concerning the privacy of our subscribers' on-line communications.

In particular, we will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic mail messages sent or received by our subscribers unless required to do so by law.

We may however, monitor our service electronically to determine that our facilities are operating satisfactorily. Also, we may be required to disclose information transmitted through our facilities in order to comply with court orders, statutes, regulations or governmental requests.

Finally, we could disclose information transmitted over our facilities where necessary to protect us and our subscribers from harm, or where such disclosure is necessary to the proper operation of the system.

We expect that our subscribers who provide Internet services to others will comply fully with all applicable laws concerning the privacy of on-line communications.

A subscriber's failure to comply with those laws will violate our policy. Finally, we wish to emphasize that in setting up your account, subscribers indemnify us for any violation of the subscriber of the Services Agreement, or of law, that results in loss to us or the bringing of any claim against us.

This means that if we are sued because of activities of the subscriber that violate any law, the Services Agreement or this policy (which is part of the Services Agreement), the subscriber will pay any damages awarded against us, plus costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

We expect that our subscribers will comply fully with all applicable laws concerning on-line communications. We hope this Policy Statement is helpful in clarifying the obligations of Internet users, including Acecomp Plus and our subscribers, as responsible members of the Internet.