I. Validation:
Customer use of any or all services provided by Computer World
agrees to abide by these policies.
II. Overview:
This document details the policies and procedures established
by Computer World operating as the domain awink.com. They pertain
to any connection made to any equipment owned or operated by Computer
World commonly know as the Internet. These services are offered
for Computer World customers on a fee for service basis.
III. Service:
Provided on the basis of one account to one user, the following
applies: a minimal initial account creation charge, an annual
or monthly usage charge. If more than one user associated with
a billing name wishes to use the system, each must have a separate
account. Regardless of who pays the bill for an account, the information
and mail it contains are considered the property of the registered
USER of the account, and the account may not be passed on to any
other. If the USER of the account wishes to continue use of the
account after the account is removed from the billing to another
account, a new billing may be established with the signing of
a new contract stating account changes.
IV. Rights and Responsibilities: The following details the Rights
and Responsibilities of Computer World and their Customers. These
Rights and Responsibilities are subject to change without notice.
Computer World's Rights: Computer World retains the right to prohibit
a Customer's access to the system at any time for any reason.
Computer World retains ownership of all commercial software purchased
by Computer World for use by Customers on the system, and may
remove such software at any time. As well as, the right to substitute
hardware and operating software as it sees fit, but will endeavor
to maintain a consistent Customer interface and working software
set.
Computer World's Responsibilities: Computer World is responsible
for providing the Customer a consistent set of tools and resources.
Computer World will make available a full Internet News feed subject
to applicable laws regarding minors and access to adult oriented
new groups.
Customer's Rights:The customer has the right to private
correspondence via Electronic Mail. Customer has the right to
private storage of information in their home directory. The mailboxes
on the system are subject to size limitations. If a customer's
mailbox goes over 25MB, new incoming email will bounce back to
the sender. To prevent mail problems caused by large mailboxes,
clear off email messages each time they are retrieved.
Customer Responsibilities: The Customer is responsible
for maintaining security of their assigned account(s) on the system.
Login name is public knowledge, however the password associated
with the login name is privileged, and should not be published
or given to any other person(s). If the customer knows or feels
that their password has been compromised, the Customer should
immediately change their password. The Customer should not use
trivial passwords. The Customer will change their password if
requested by Computer World for any reason.The customer is responsible
for all activity on the system performed under the customer's
login unless the customer informs Computer World of any breach
of security in a timely fashion. The customer is responsible for
paying for all services and charges incurred by the account. Failure
to keep the account balance current will result in suspension
of the account until the balance has been paid including a reconnection
charge of up to $25.00. It should be noted that the fees charged
for service are based upon 100% automatic billing, and repeated
disputing of an account makes it not worth our while to continue
serving the account.
V. System Security:
Computer World aims to provide privacy for its Customers' mail
and home directory contents. In addition, Computer World aims
to control and prohibit any security breach from within the system,
or from outside via the Internet connection. Having established
that the owner of the account is the only one that is allowed
to use the account, it follows that anything done in the name
of the account is the responsibility of the account holder. Computer
World maintains logs of system activity. Customer activity is
not monitored. This information is used to compile the monthly
usage billings to Customer.
Prohibited Activities: Trying to break any security
features implemented by Computer World. Such as: running any password
cracking programs, viruses, Trojan horses, etc., as well as trying
to circumvent file permissions. Using the system as a base for
an attack of any type on other systems. This includes continued
harassment of individuals by electronic mail and creating any
mail or network commands with false or anonymous origination information.
VI. Contact:
You may contact your Internet Service Provider at the address
shown below. Computer World
9912 97th Ave
Fort St. John, BC
V1J 6L8
Tel: (250)787-7200
Fax: (250)787-0702 Email: cw@awink.com