Policies and Guidelines

Terms, Conditions and Acceptable Use Policy
At Narius.com, we value our customers and wish to provide them with the best possible hosting experience. To offer you the best service possible, all customers need to follow the same rules and guidelines. These policies are intended to make Narius.com service available to all our customers as consistently and efficiently as possible.

Specific Acceptable Use Policies
Server abuse
Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of Narius.com is strictly prohibited.

Unauthorized use of other people's accounts or computers
Narius.com will strongly react to any use or attempted use of an Internet account or computer without the owner's authorization. Such attempts include "internet scamming" (tricking other people into releasing their passwords), password robbery, security hole scanning, etc.

Any unauthorized use of accounts or computers by a Narius.com customer, whether or not the attacked account or computer belongs to Narius.com, will result in action against the attacker. Possible actions include warnings, account suspension or cancellation, and civil or criminal legal action, depending on the seriousness of the attack.

Terms of Data Transfer
Data Transfer limits for our hosting plans are listed here. Any customer who exceeds this limit will first be notified by Narius.com to resolve the situation. No additional data transfer charges will be made by Narius.com without prior notice to the customer. Extra data transfer is charged at the rate of $10 per additional GIG.

Commercial Advertisements with E-mail
Our servers may not be the source, intermediary, or destination address involved in the transmission of spam, flames, or mail bombs. Your domain may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above. Advertising sites on other servers which in turn contain links to a domain on our servers is prohibited. We consider spam any mass unsolicited message in the mediums of Newsgroups and E-mail. If you are found to have spammed, we will contact you to resolve the situation. If it is a severe case then we will immediately, without warning, disable your domain until the situation is resolved. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel service to known spammers. Lastly, we reserve the right to determine what violates this policy. As such, any violation will result in immediate deactivation of services without refund.

Chat Rooms
We do not allow customers to install their own chat rooms without prior approval of the Narius.com Support Department. The chat room feature is provided in our hosting packages.

Background Running Programs
We may allow programs to run continually in the background. These are considered on a one-to-one basis and an extra charge will be incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance needed.

CGI Scripts
Each Narius.com account comes fully equipped with its own pre-configured CGI-BIN. Customers are free to use any CGI Scripts provided with their account or add any additional ones they require. Any CGI Scripts deemed to be adversely affecting the server performance or the network integrity may be shut down without prior notice. CGI Script sharing with domains not hosted by Narius.com is not allowed.

Server Resources
Any web site that uses a high amount of server resources (such as, but not limited to CPU Time, Memory Usage, and Network Resources) will be given an option of either upgrading their service level or reducing the resource used to an acceptable level.

Payment Policies
All accounts are set up on a pre-pay basis. Domain Registration fees are non-refundable. Setup fees are charged for all new accounts and major account changes and are non-refundable. All pricing is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the account from the time it was established to the time that the customer notifies Narius.com in writing for a request for termination of services. All payment is in U.S. currency. There is a $150 early termination fee for any contracts that are broken.

Credit Card
Narius.com uses 2Checkout.com for secure credit card processing. By submitting the on-line order forms for our services, your fees will automatically be deducted from your credit card when they are due, and your account will automatically be renewed at the end of each billing cycle.

Checks
Payments made by check must first clear before services are rendered. All checks should be made payable to: R. Moore & Associates. There is a $50 fee for bounced checks. An invoice will be sent to the e-mail address that ordered the account. Payments not received before the next billing cycle will cause your account to be suspended. There is a $50 reactivation fee for all suspended accounts.


Refusal of Service
Narius.com reserves the right at its sole discretion to refuse or cancel service. Violation of any of Narius.com's Policies and Guidelines could result in a warning, suspension, or possible account termination. Accounts terminated due to policy violations will not be refunded.

Lawful Purpose
Narius.com reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Customers may only use Narius.com's servers for lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, and material protected by trade secrets.

Narius.com expressly forbids anyone from using Narius.com servers for the propagation, distribution, housing, processing, storing, or otherwise handling in any way lewd, obscene, or pornographic material, or any other material which we deem to be objectionable, including, but not limited to, pornography, satanic materials, and any and all materials of an adult nature. The designation of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion of Narius.com management. In addition, any site selling or promoting bulk email services is not allowed.

Indemnification
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Narius.com harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against Narius.com its agents, its customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, it's agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Narius.com against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or distributed in association with Narius.com's services; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective products sold to customer from Narius.com's services.

Disclaimer
Narius.com will not be responsible for any damages your business may suffer. Narius.com makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services we provide. Narius.com disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by Narius.com and its employees. Narius.com reserves the right to revise its policies at any time. Failure to follow any terms and conditions may result in account deactivation.

Privacy Policy
Narius.com insures that all personal information being voluntarily submitted to us in the processing of your order (to be used for record and billing purposes, etc.), inclusive, but not limited to, credit card and other personal information, will be kept strictly confidential and used "solely" by Narius.com, its authorized representatives, and employees, for the strict purpose for which it was intended, and for the benefit of the subscriber. We agree not to share, rent, sell or release this information to any individual, entity or third party, for any reason, without the specific written consent of the subscriber; with exception as required by law, regulation or governmental authority.

Narius.com is committed to protecting and securing all subscriber provided information, through the use of firewalls and additional security measures in place at its physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of such information.