Great Lakes Internet -- Rules of Operation and Use

Rules of Operation and Use

Great Lakes Internet is not to be used by customers or users for any illegal activities or other purposes prohibited by law.
The customer assures that all information when applying for an account is correct. The customer agrees to update this information within a month if changes are made.
The customer and users agree to keep their passwords secret and uncrackable. We encourage customers to urge friends and business associates to apply for their own accounts. The password is the most important security measure on the Internet. Letting other people know it allows them to abuse your subscription. You will be held liable for misuse of your account by others.
A crackable password is defined to be a password that Great Lakes Internet is able to discover through various programs designed to do so. These generally include passwords composed of words or names or all numbers. Words or names spelled backward or followed by a single character are also crackable passwords. Because of the seriousness of password security, Great Lakes Internet will temporarily suspend accounts with cracked passwords.
Any customer or user can upload or download material on the Great Lakes Internet system subject to the following conditions. Copyrighted material can only be placed on the Great Lakes Internet system with the author's permission. Great Lakes Internet reserves the right to modify material you want to be made accessible to the public. The customer or users can download copyrighted material or public domain material without express permission from the author. The customer or user assumes all risks in determining whether such material is copyrighted or public domain and is responsible for any associated fees.
The customer or user shall obey Internet acceptable use policies. Although the Great Lakes Internet system is on a commercial exchange, the customer or user assumes all the risks of transferring prohibited material across restrictive networks and transgressing their acceptable use policies. Otherwise, the Internet can be used for business purposes in almost all cases. Expressly prohibited activities include advertising or sending promotional materials to others without prior express agreement from such others. Posting advertisements to inappropriate USENET newsgroups is also expressly prohibited. Implicitly prohibited activities include the unlicensed international export of various materials. The customer or user is responsible for learning these policies.
The customer or user will not attempt to undermine, hinder, damage, or disrupt the hardware, software, or security of the Great Lakes Internet system or the Internet and its systems.
Great Lakes Internet will maintain the strict privacy of all customer and user accounts except in the case of court order. Great Lakes Internet, however, does not guarantee the safety, accuracy, or content of any materials or information on the Internet or any materials the customer transfers or receives on the Internet. The customer or user acknowledges that all information obtained on the Internet or by Great Lakes Internet is provided without warranty of any kind and that the customer's or user's risk of acting on such information is entirely his/her own.
The customer or user is prohibited from soliciting Great Lakes Internet customers or users to become customers of other competitive information services.
Great Lakes Internet reserves the right to modify the rules at any time by publishing such modifications over the service and sending notices to each customer and user.
The customer or user agrees to waive all claims against Great Lakes Internet, legal or otherwise incurred through the use of the Great Lakes Internet system or the Internet and its systems. The customer also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Great Lakes Internet from any claims and expenses related to the customer's or user's violation of the Operational Rules or the Service Agreement Terms.

Last Update 03/23/01