CDI Web Server Service Terms and Conditions Agreement

1. Web Server Service Terms and Conditions Agreement and Operating Policy (STA). CDI Web Server services are provided by CDI ("CDI" or "we") to you ("Subscriber" or "you"), subject to the terms of this Agreement and CDI operating policy, which is incorporated herein and referred to as the "Operating Policy" or "GPO" and shall be collectively referred to as "STA." TheSTAmay be accessed by http://www.cdihost.net/info/agreement.html. The STA comprises the entire agreement between CDI and you, and supersedes any prior agreements between you and CDI with respect to the subject matter of the STA. CDI may revise the STA at any time, and such revision shall be effective ten (10) days after notice of the proposed revision is posted on the CDI customer bulletin board (http://www.cdihost.net/info/custbb.html) or is sent to customer via e-mail to the address we have on file in our customer database. You agree to review the STA periodically to be aware of such revisions. If any such revision is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your contract for service with CDI as provided in Section 9 below. Your continued use of CDI following the Effective Date of any such revision to the STA shall be conclusively deemed as your acceptance of all such revisions.

2. Account Info. YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. You are entirely liable for all activities conducted on or through your Web Site. You agree to provide CDI with accurate, complete, and updated registration information, and to notify us promptly of any changes in such information.  It is your responsibility to keep your information current with us. All invoices and important notices are sent via e-mail and not receiving these documents due to an invalid e-mail address will not be deemed a valid excuse for any reason. Failure to provide CDI with accurate, complete, or updated information shall constitute a breach of this Agreement and unauthorized access to any of the CDI servers, and may result in immediate termination of your account and subject you to civil and/or criminal liability. You may not select or use a domain name of another person (unless it is also your name), a name in violation of the intellectual property rights of a third party, or a domain name that CDI deems offensive or otherwise inappropriate. Additionally, you may not use your domain name in violation of STA or in ways deemed inappropriate by CDI (e.g. employing misleading advertising or unfair or deceptive acts or practices)

3. Charges. Current rates and charges for CDI services may be obtained from the CDI Web Site or any Account Representative or by calling CDI at 256 760-0928. CDI reserves the right to change its fees and billing methods at any time effective thirty (30) days after an online posting on the CDI Web Site and an electronic mail notice to you. If any such change is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your Subscription as provided in Section 9 below. Your continued use of CDI services following the effective date shall be deemed acceptance of such change. Your monthly Subscription fee is payable in advance and is not refundable in whole or part. You are responsible for all charges associated with connecting to CDI server. You agree that any telephone charges or local dial up charges incurred are your responsibility.

4. Rights and Responsibilities. 

   1. Content. CDI does not pre-screen Content of subscribers’ Web Sites as a matter of policy, but CDI shall have the right, but not the obligation, to remove Content which is deemed in its discretion harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of the STA. 

   2. Rights. You acknowledge that (i) CDI permits access to Content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary (including intellectual property) rights ("Rights"), and  that these Rights are valid and protected in all media existing now or later developed and  except as is explicitly provided otherwise, your use of Content shall be governed by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws. (See GPO for details.) You agree that you may upload to the CDI servers only Content that is not subject to any Rights, or Content in which any holder of Rights has given express authorization for distribution, display or storage on CDI. You represent that you have the right to upload any files that you upload. 

   3. Conduct and Communication. CDI may elect at its sole discretion to monitor some, all or none of the activities of Subscribers for adherence to the STA. You agree to use CDI only for lawful purposes. Any conduct by a Subscriber that in CDI sole discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber, person or entity from using or enjoying CDI or another service will not be permitted and shall entitle CDI to immediately terminate Subscriber without notice. (See the GPO for examples of prohibited conduct). For CDI policy on Subscriber privacy, refer to Section 7 of the GPO. CDI reserves the right to protect its Subscribers and the CDI service from offensive email communication including but not limited to the right to block mass email solicitations (i.e. junkmail.)

5. International C&S/Internet. 

   1. International Areas. You acknowledge that your use of CDI allows access to Content originating from subscribers, ICPs and other third parties located in countries other than the United States ("International C&S"). Your access to and use of the International C&S will be governed (in addition to this Agreement) by separate terms and operating policies which conform to appropriate national laws and customs. 

   2. CDI retains the right but not the obligation, in its sole discretion and without prior notice or liability, to limit the distribution within the CDI Service of emailers' unauthorized mass email solicitations.

6. CDI Software/Screen Name Licenses. CDI grants you a non-exclusive, limited license to use the software through which you access CDI ("CDI Software") only for use in connecting to your CDI server from authorized locations in accordance with this Agreement.

7. No warranty.   Subscriber expressly agrees that use of CDI’s software,   CDI’s   email services and is at subscriber's sole risk. CDI’s email services and CDI’s   software are provided on an "as is," "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, unless such warranties are legally incapable of exclusion. CDI's entire liability and your exclusive remedy with respect to use of CDI .   CDI liability to you for breach of this agreement is limited solely to the amount paid by you to access and use CDI.   Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states CDI liability is limited to the extent permitted by law.

8. Indemnification. Upon request of CDI, Subscriber agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CDI, its affiliated companies, licensees, telecommunications providers, and ICPs from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorney's fees, arising from breach of the STA by use of, or in connection with, the transmission by or through Subscriber's Master Account or Sub-Accounts of any Content on CDI. CDI reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by Subscriber here under, and in such event, Subscriber shall have no further obligation to provide indemnification for such matter.

9. Termination. Either Subscriber or CDI may terminate Subscribership at any time. Subscribers MUST use the on-line form located at http://www.cdihost.net/cancel.html. This form generates a request confirmation number with the day and time of the request. If a Subscriber cannot access this form, they can cancel by calling the main office at 2560760-0928 but must get a confirmation number from CDI. A Subscriber cannot simply send the request via e-mail. Subscriber's only right and sole remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with any 

   1. STA term, or policy or practice of CDI in operating CDI, 

   2. Content available through CDI or change therein, or 

   3. amount or type of fees or billing methods, or change therein, is to terminate Subscribership by delivering notice to CDI. Subscriber's notice of termination will be effective upon receipt by CDI In the event that a Subscriber's account is terminated or canceled, no refund of any fees, including monthly Subscribership fee, will be granted and any time credited to Subscriber's account(s) is not convertible to cash or other form of credit.

10. Law. To the extent of any conflict between this agreement and the GPO, this agreement shall take precedence. Should any part of the STA be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties and the remaining portions remain in full force and effect. The STA and your Subscribership shall be governed by the laws of the State of Alabama, excluding its conflicts of law rules. Subscriber expressly agrees that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute resides in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Subscriber further agrees and expressly consents to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with any dispute or claim involving CDI.

11. Support. We CDI pride ourselves on having one of the most comprehensive online support department on the net. We have many areas devoted to Subscriber education on using the CDI Server and information on the Net in general. Our technical support staff is available over 24 hours a day everyday.  CDI support consists of questions/problems pertaining to the CDI virtual servers, Web Site Manager software, and policies and other CDI related questions/problems. In addition, we fully support all scripts uploaded and installed by CDI. Once modifications are made to these scripts by Subscribers (this does not include variable changes), we can no longer guarantee accurate support. Although we cannot guarantee it, we try to help customers with general questions regarding HTML, CGI programming and other general areas of the Internet. We do not provide technical support for any third party software (i.e. scripts downloaded from the Internet) or compatibility including HTML Browsers, Perl scripts, java scripts, or Microsoft Frontpage. For help in this area, contact the creator or distributor of the software. Once these type of software modifications are made to the system by the customer, we can no longer guarantee accurate support for the software.

12. Installing third party software. Our servers are very flexible and powerful machines. We allow Subscribers to install third party software (database programs, cgi scripts, etc.) providing the following conditions are met: 1) Any software installed must not require root access to install, start, or run. 2) Any software must not disrupt other subscribers use and enjoyment of the server. This might happen if a) scripts use too much memory b) scripts use too many CPU processes c) scripts interfere with users mail. Subscribers are welcome to install scripts without the approval of CDI. If a script is found to disrupt the server in any of the ways mentioned above, CDI reserves the right to temporarily disable the script or the virtual server until the problem can be resolved.

13. Allowed disk space. Each option we offer has a specified amount of allowed disk space.  Hard limits can cause some programs to malfunction and possibly damage the Subscribers data. Instead, we monitor the server space daily and notify via e-mail any Subscriber who is over his/her allowed limit. We adjust the monthly service charge accordingly based on the additional space used. If the extra space used is not intentional (large email, runaway script, etc.), the Subscriber must notify delete the additional files and notify us of the error within 24 hours of the email notification to avoid the additional space charges. Please note that log files are included in customers allowed total data and if a site is busy, these log files can use up dozens of megabytes. Choose your option that allows for the appropriate amount of data with this in mind.

14. Data transfer rates. Data transfer is the amount of data that is exchanged between the server and the requesting terminal. We allow each web site up to 1(one) gigabyte of data per day (1024 megabytes) before the virtual server must be moved to a dedicated server or moved off our network. This data includes Web server traffic, FTP traffic, SMTP/POP traffic and any other traffic generating program. The CDI stats only report on Web ,FTP and POP generated traffic. Sites with over 1 gig per day must either move to a dedicated server or switch to another provider who allows more data transfer. Sites receiving more than 10 gigabytes per month can stay on a virtual server and pay a high bandwidth usage fee of $200 per month providing the site has less than 1 gigabyte of data transfer per day. CDI reserves the right to disable a virtual server if the data transfer is in excess of their limit. A web site cannot be split among multiple virtual servers to allow for more data transfer.

15. System Resources. CDI monitors system resources continuously and maintains the right to disable any sites or programs using enough system resources to cause other users harm. The "Jumpstart" option has allows for about 1/2 the allowable resources used by other virtual server options. CDI will do everything we can to keep our customers Web sites running - we only disable such programs or sites if absolutely necessary.

Operating Policy 

1. General:

1. These Operating Policy ("Operating Policy" or "GPO") set forth how CDI, Inc. will operate the CDI ( brand interactive service and how authorized subscribers may use CDI. These GPO also explain many practical aspects of using CDI. Please read this document carefully and refer to it as often as necessary. You should also read and refer to the Web Server Service Terms and Conditions Agreement (the "STA"). This document, and theSTA(which were available when you first sign on tot he WSM), are all of the applicable CDI rules ("CDI Rules"), and comprise the entire agreement between you and CDI with respect to CDI. You can view theSTAor this GPO on CDI at any time. Unless the context requires otherwise, terms used in the GPO have the meanings given in the STA.

2. We believe that our CDI Rules will enhance CDI efforts to make CDI informative, entertaining and enjoyable for everyone.. We have tried to explain clearly our CDI Rules, but if any aspect of the CDI Rules are unclear, we welcome your comments. We hope that our CDI Rules will foster an online community where there is both free exchange of ideas and information, and respect for individual and community rights.

2. Using CDI

1. Your CDI Account.

   1. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE TO REGISTER FOR CDI AND OBTAIN A Subscriber'S MASTER ACCOUNT; HOWEVER, A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MAY AUTHORIZE A MINOR TO USE HIS/HER MASTER ACCOUNT(S) UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION. In cases where you have authorized another individual, including a minor, to use your account, you recognize that you are fully responsible for the online conduct of such user, and for controlling the user's access to and use of CDI, and for the consequences of any misuse, and that the holder of the Subscriber's Master Account(s) is entirely responsible for activities conducted through those accounts (see Section 2 of the STA).

   2. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are liable for any harm resulting from disclosing or allowing disclosure of any password or from use by any person of your password to gain access to the Subscriber's Master Account(s) or any Sub-Accounts. Therefore, for security purposes, we recommend that you change your password often. (You can do this by entering the "Change Your Information" section in the Customers Only area.) At no time should a Subscriber ever respond to an online request for a password. Employees or representatives of CDI will never ask for a Subscriber's password online. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES UNDER YOUR MASTER ACCOUNT AND/OR SUB-ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING ANY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.

   3. Current rates for using CDI services may be obtained by calling CDI Customer Service at 256 760-0928 Such rates are expressed net of, and Subscriber shall pay in addition to them, all sales, use, value-added, personal property or other governmental tax or levy imposed on the goods or services billed to his/her Master Account(s), other than taxes based on net income or profits of CDI. If the payment method for your Subscribership is by credit card and payment is not received by CDI from the card issuer or its agents, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by CDI. Your card issuers agreement governs your use of your designated card in connection with CDI, and you must refer to such agreement and not this Agreement with respect to your rights and liabilities as a cardholder. You agree that CDI may, at its option, accumulate charges incurred during your billing cycle and submit them as one or more aggregate charges during or at the end of each cycle for EFT from your checking account or credit card as applicable, meaning that accumulated charges may appear on the statement you receive from your bank or card issuer. Further, you agree that CDI may delay obtaining authorization from your card issuer until submission of the accumulated charges. If CDI does not receive the full amount of your CDI account balance within thirty (30) days of the invoice date, an additional 1.5% (or the highest amount allowed by law, whichever is lower) per month late charge will be added to your bill and shall immediately become due and payable. Subscriber shall also be liable for all attorney and collection fees arising from CDI efforts to collect any unpaid balance of your Master Account(s). Unless you notify CDI of any discrepancies within 90 days after they first appear on your account statement, they will be deemed acceptable by you for all purposes, including resolution of inquiries made by your card issuer. You release CDI from all liabilities and claim of loss resulting from any GPO or discrepancy that is not reported to CDI within 90 days of its publication.

B. Online Conduct.

Any conduct by you that in CDI discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying CDI will not be permitted and may result in termination of Subscribership. You agree to use CDI only for lawful purposes. You may not use CDI to:

1. harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort upon another Subscriber or user of CDI or other person or entity, 

2. post or transmit sexually explicit images or other content which is deemed by CDI to be offensive, 

3.  transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable Content, 

4. mpersonate any person, including but not limited to, an CDI official or an ICP, forum leader, guide or host, or communicate under a false name or a name that you are not entitled or authorized to use, 

5. post or transmit chain letters or pyramid schemes, 

6. post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation to other Subscribers, individuals or entities, except in those areas (e.g., the classified areas) that are designated for such a purpose, 

7.  violate any operating rule, policy or guideline of any other interactive service, including but not limited to the operating policies of the International Areas, or 

8. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including but not limited to any regulations having the force of law.

9. Offensive Communication. CDI is a community-oriented service composed of many different communities of people. Our goal is to provide an interesting, stimulating and fun place for all Subscribers. Using vulgar, abusive or hateful language undermines this goal and is not allowed. Please use your best judgment and be respectful of other Subscribers. Remember, there may be children online. If you use vulgar, or abusive language online, even if masked by symbols or other characters, you may, in some cases be terminated immediately. A warning indicates that your language is not in compliance with the STA or GPO. Should you receive such a warning, take the time to read the CDI Rules again, comprising the STA and these GPO which you will find posted in the Subscriber Services area. 

10. Harassment: When a Subscriber targets another individual or entity to cause distress, embarrassment, unwanted attention, or other discomfort, this is harassment. CDI does not condone harassment in any form and may suspend or terminate the accounts of any Subscriber who harasses others. You may have a disagreement with someone's point of view - we encourage lively discussion in our chat rooms and message boards but personal attacks, or attacks based on a person's race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disablement or other such affiliation, are prohibited. If you have a disagreement with someone's point of view, address the subject, not the person. 

11. Graphic Files. CDI prohibits the transfer or posting on CDI of sexually explicit images or other content deemed offensive by CDI 

12. Impersonation. This can involve the portrayal of another person or entity, such as the impersonation of CDI staff or an ICP, authorized Guide or Host, or communication under a false name or a name that you are not authorized to use. Subscribers must avoid the portrayal of CDI personnel or others persons in all forms of online communication, including, but not limited to, screen names, Subscriber profiles, chat dialogue and message postings.

13. Room Disruption. This includes purposefully interfering with the normal flow of dialogue in a chat room. Room disruption may occur by repeatedly interrupting conversation between Subscribers, or by acting in such a way as to antagonize, harass or create hostility in a chat room or bulletin board. 

    Chain Letters and Pyramid Schemes. Transmission of chain letters and pyramid schemes of any kind is not allowed on CDI. This material places an unnecessary load on our electronic mail ("email") system and is considered a nuisance by many Subscribers. Certain chain letters and pyramid schemes are illegal. Letters or messages that offer a product or service based on the structure of a chain letter are also of questionable legality. At minimum, they are a waste of resources and are not permitted on CDI.  

3. Advertising, Solicitation and Name Harvesting. We are proud to have a strict "anti-spamming" policy. It is a definite violation of CDI policy and is cause for immediate termination. You may not use CDI to send unsolicited advertising, promotional material, or other forms of solicitation to any other CDI Subscribers except in those specified areas that are designated for such a purpose (e.g., the classified area) unless you receive the express permission of the Subscriber. You may not use CDI to collect or "harvest" screen names of other Subscribers without the express prior permission of the Subscriber. CDI reserves the right to block or filter mass email solicitations on or through CDI. In addition, you a) may not use your CDI POP account to send such solicitations b) may not use your domain name or IP address, any sites (names, URL's or IP addresses) belonging to CDI, or the CDI name in any postings or e-mail solicitations you choose to participate in anywhere on the Internet. The use of "ghost sites" (web pages setup on ISPs that allow spamming, that directly or indirectly reference customers to domains or IP addresses hosted by CDI Corporation) in mass e-mailings are also prohibited. CDI customers may not participate in advertising or promoting bulk e-mail software or services of any kind.  Customer / Account Executive accounts associated with spamming in any way may, at CDI's discretion, be terminated as per termination clause above.

4. Content. -- You recognize that communication over CDI often occurs in real-time, or is posted on one of CDI thousands of message boards or libraries, and CDI cannot, and does not intend to, screen communication in advance. Moreover, because CDI encourages open and candid communication, it cannot determine in advance the accuracy, or conformance to the CDI Rules, of Content transmitted on CDI. CDI is not responsible for screening, policing, editing, or monitoring such Content. If notified of Content which is alleged not to conform to the CDI Rules, CDI may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and in its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of such Content from CDI. CDI shall have no liability or responsibility to you in respect of its performance or non-performance by CDI of such activities, as long as it has acted in good faith.

5. All Content is protected by copyright pursuant to U.S., international conventions, and other copyright laws as a collective work and/or compilation, and CDI owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as provided below), create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part; provided that if no specific restrictions are applied directly or indirectly in relation to a particular item of Content, you may make a reasonable number of copies of such item, including copyright material, provided that the copies are made and used only for your personal use and that you ensure that any notices contained in the Content such as all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights notices are reproduced in an unmodified form in all such copies.

6. You may upload to CDI software files and message boards or otherwise transmit on or through CDI only Content that is not subject to any copyright or other proprietary rights protection (collectively, "Public Domain Content"), or Content in respect of which the holder of any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights ("Rights") has given express authorization for distribution on CDI without any restriction whatsoever, and in respect of which any moral rights of any person or entity have been completely and irrevocably waived. Any copyright Content submitted with the consent of a copyright owner other than you should contain a phrase such as "Copyright owned by [name of the owner]; Used by Permission." The unauthorized submission of copyright or Content which is otherwise subject of any third party Rights constitutes a breach of the CDI Rules and may also render you liable to the holder of such Rights. Subscriber, you, not CDI or its affiliates or independent contractors (such as "ICPs"), are exclusively responsible for any liability resulting from infringement of Rights arising from such submission or transmission.

7. By submitting Content to any "Public Area" (Public Area(s) are those areas of CDI that are generally accessible to other Subscribers, such as public chat rooms, message boards, and file uploads) you are deemed automatically to grant and/or warrant that the holder of any Rights or Moral Rights in such Content has completely and effectively waived all such "moral rights" and expressly, validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant CDI the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display the Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any Rights that may exist in such Content. You also permit any Subscriber to access, view, store and reproduce the Content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of Content placed on CDI retains any and all rights which may exist in such Content.

8. The export control laws of the United States and other jurisdictions regulate the export and re-export of certain technology. This includes the electronic transmission of certain information and software to particular foreign countries and foreign nationals. You agree to abide by these laws including but not limited to the United States Export Administration Act, Arms Export Control Act and their implementing regulations and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any Content derived from CDI which is governed by or regulated under such laws to a national or a destination prohibited or restricted under such laws without first obtaining any required governmental authorization. You further agree not to upload to CDI any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. This assurance and commitment shall survive termination of the Agreement. In addition, because U.S. export control laws currently prohibit nationals of Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea and Syria from gaining access to certain Content on CDI, nationals of these countries currently may not legally use CDI servers.

9. Backups. Daily backups are made by CDI on backup hard drives that exist on the same machine as the data. This backup system is unique in that users have full access to recover their files through their WSM or through FTP. The daily backup process starts from 2:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. EST everyday. ALL the data backed up is below the customers /opt2/[username] directory. ALL anonymous FTP and mail files are not backed up by CDI. Each user is strongly encouraged to keep a current local copy of his/her site in the event of unrecoverable data. CDI is not responsible for files that cannot be recovered due to corrupt data, fires, or any other disaster.

10. D. Internet Access and Conduct -- The Internet is not owned, or operated by, or in any way affiliated with, CDI or any of its affiliates; it is a separate, independent network of computers and is not part of CDI. Your use of the Internet is solely at your own risk. When using the Internet and all of its components, Subscribers must conduct themselves responsibly according to the Internet's own particular code of conduct. Participating successfully on the Internet is really a matter of common sense. Although CDI does not control the Internet, your conduct on the Internet when using your CDI account is subject to the CDI Rules. Because CDI wants to be a good Internet citizen, it prohibits Subscribers from engaging in certain conduct on the Internet through or by means of CDI including the following:  

11. Customers domain names are NOT the property of CDI Corporation, and as such, CDI is not responsible for the registration or transfer of domain names. All domain modificaton, transfer, acknowledgements etc. requests are solely the responsibility of the customer and the domain registrar.

1. (i) Chain Letters. Chain letters are prohibited on CDI and are inappropriate on the Internet. Posting a chain letter to an Internet newsgroup (or via email on the Internet) may result in your CDI account being terminated.

2. (ii) Other Inappropriate Posts. Each Bulletin Board on the Internet focuses on a particular set of topics and posts not related to these topics are not welcomed by the participants. We suggest that all Subscribers become familiar with the guidelines, themes, and culture of the specific newsgroups and mailing list in which they wish to participate. Posting or distributing patently inappropriate material on the Internet (i.e. spamming or mail bombing) will result in suspension or termination of your CDI Master Account and Sub-Accounts.

3. (iii) Copyright and Proprietary Materials. Transmitting to the Internet copyright or other material of any kind which is subject to the Rights of any person or entity without the express permission of the Rights holder is prohibited and will result in termination of your Subscribership and possible civil and/or criminal liability.

4. (iv) CDI reserves the right to suspend or terminate at its discretion Subscribers' CDI Master Accounts and Sub-Accounts or to require the removal of links or other content on or through Subscribers' homepages or personal Internet sites if providing such content or links causes undue strain on any CDI server either through excessive hits or by excessive bandwidth.

You understand that except for Content, products or services expressly available at CDI Web site, neither CDI, nor any of its affiliates or telecommunications providers, controls, provides, operates or is responsible for any Content, goods or services available on the Internet. All such Content, goods and services are made accessible on the Internet by independent third parties and are not part of CDI or controlled by CDI CDI neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of such Content, goods or services. CDI does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, quality or availability of any Content, goods or services available on the Internet, which are the sole responsibility of such independent third parties, and your use thereof is solely at your own risk. Neither CDI nor its affiliates or telecommunications providers shall be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused by your use of or reliance on any Content, goods or services available on the Internet or your inability to access the Internet or any site on the Internet. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall apply with equal force even where CDI features or displays a link with any particular Web site.

You should be aware that the Internet contains Content, goods and services that you may find obscene, improper, hurtful or otherwise offensive and that may not be suitable for certain Subscribers or for minors who are accessing the Internet through a Sub-Account or Master Account of yours. CDI does not have the capability or right to monitor, or review, or restrict any Content, goods or services made available by third parties on the Internet, nor to edit or remove any such questionable Content after posting on the Internet. In addition, you should be aware that the Internet provides access to users who are not part of CDI and whose conduct and communication may also be found to be harmful or offensive to Subscribers or which would otherwise breach the CDI Rules if they were subject to it. Since such users are not Subscribers of CDI, CDI does not have the right or capability to restrict or review their conduct or communication. Accordingly, CDI and its affiliates specifically disclaim any responsibility for (and under no circumstances be liable for) any conduct, Content, goods and services available on or through the Internet (including without limitation any part of the Web).

You should be aware that much of the Content available on the Internet is protected by copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and other Rights of the independent third parties or their licensers who make such Content available on the Internet. Subscribers' use of such Content will be subject to the specific restrictions placed on such Content by the owners or licensers of the Rights in such Content and all applicable laws and regulations.

3. Public Communication: 

CDI offers Subscribers the capability to communicate in Public Areas generally accessible to other Subscribers or to communicate privately with another Subscriber. Public Areas are those features that are generally accessible to other Subscribers, such as, but not limited to, chat rooms, online forums, and message boards. CDI will maintain CDI Public Areas as an open forum for discussion of a wide range of issues and expression of diverse viewpoints. CDI will administer standards of online conduct according to the CDI Rules for the enjoyment of all its Subscribers. While CDI will endeavor to monitor the Public Areas to ensure that online standards are being maintained, CDI has neither the practical capability, nor does it intend, to act in the role of "Big Brother" by screening public communication in advance.

CDI reserves the right to prohibit conduct, communication, or Content on CDI which it deems in its discretion to be harmful to any Subscriber, the communities which comprise CDI, CDI and third-parties' rights, or to violate applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither CDI nor its ICPs have the practical ability to restrict conduct, communication or Content which might violate the CDI Rules prior to transmission on CDI, nor can they ensure prompt editing or removal of actually or potentially violating Content after online posting. Accordingly, you acknowledge that neither CDI nor any ICP shall assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by CDI or any ICP with respect to conduct, communication or Content on CDI.

4. Customer Service Communication -- Please refer to Section 6D for CDI policy on monitoring or disclosing private communication. In order to ensure quality customer service, CDI may monitor Subscriber communication with CDI customer service employees, including CDI Sales and Service, Tech Support and Community Action personnel.

5. Privacy Policy -- Because protecting your privacy is very important to CDI, we have adopted the following policies to safeguard your personal information and are committed to protecting its confidentiality. We will limit the collection and use of personal information or "Individual Information" (as defined below) to what is necessary to administer our business, provide you with the highest quality service, and offer you opportunities we think will be of interest. We will NOT disclose any Individual Information except in limited circumstances as specifically provided below.

   Individual Information means any information, data or records which relate to your CDI Subscribership or use of CDI and identifies you or your individual Subscriber account. There are three types of Individual Information: 

   4. "Subscriber Identity and Billing Information," such as your name, street address, telephone number and billing information, and any screen names associated with your account; 

   5. "Navigational and Transactional Information," such as information about where you go or what you buy through CDI; and 

   6.  "Private Communications Content," such as the contents of email, or private chat room or instant message communications.

6. Collection and Storage.

   1. (i) Subscriber Identity and Billing Information. We maintain the following types of Subscriber Identity and Billing Information: your name, street address, telephone numbers, length of Subscribership, and payment information. We may also keep information on your communications with our Customer Service or Tech Support, and general account history, such as accumulated usage time, or written complaints relating to your account.

   2. (ii) Navigational and Transactional Information. We may collect and store certain Navigational and Transactional Information, such as data on the choices you make among the range of available services or merchandise and the times and ways you use CDI.

   3. (iii) Private Communications Content. The CDI computer system does not record or retain any chat room communications, instant message communications, or records of with whom you communicate in chat rooms or instant messages.

The CDI e-mail system retains the contents of private email communications for a limited period only. Once read, email is permanently deleted from the system. E-mail that is sent, but not read, is permanently deleted from the system after about thirty days. (Consequently, if you wish to keep copies of any communications, you should store such communications on your personal computer hard drive or in print form.)

7. Use. -- CDI safeguards its Subscribers' Individual Information from unauthorized access and only authorized employees or agents who need to carry out legitimate business functions are permitted access to Subscribers' Individual Information. Employees who violate CDI privacy policies are subject to disciplinary actions, including termination where appropriate.

You acknowledge that private communications directed at a person or entity, including CDI, may be used or disclosed by the intended recipient(s) without restrictions relating to privacy or confidentiality.

8. G. Disclosure -- Because CDI considers the Individual Information we maintain to be confidential, our policy is to not disclose Individual Information to third parties without prior consent (which may be oral or electronic), or unless specifically provided below. CDI reserves the right to use agents, who are bound by strict confidentiality guidelines, to perform storage and processing functions.

It is our policy not to disclose to third parties Subscriber Identity information that links a Subscriber's screen name(s) with a Subscriber's actual name, unless required to do so by law or legal process served on CDI (e.g., subpoena). CDI reserves the right to make exceptions to this policy in exceptional circumstances (such as a bomb or suicide threat, or instances of suspected illegal activity) on a case-by-case basis and at CDI sole discretion.

CDI intends to abide by applicable laws governing the disclosure to governmental entities of Subscribers' Individual Information and other records. When responding to legal process served on CDI by non-government entities, unless otherwise ordered, CDI current policy is to make reasonable efforts to notify affected Subscriber(s) in advance of releasing the information in order to provide Subscriber(s) an opportunity to pursue any available legal protection.

1. Navigational and Transactional Information. CDI will not disclose to third parties Navigational or Transactional Information (e.g. where you go or what you buy on or through CDI), except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process (e.g., search warrant or court order).

2. Private Communications Content. CDI does not access or disclose the contents of private communications (e.g., email, instant messages, Subscriber-created private rooms), unless it in good faith believes that such action is necessary (a) to comply with applicable law or valid legal process (e.g., search warrant or court order), (b) to protect the rights or property of CDI, or (c) in emergencies when CDI believes that physical safety is at risk. CDI reserves the right to treat as public, any private chat room whose directory or room name is published or becomes generally known or available.

1. Legal Notices -- Thank you for reading the CDI's STA and for referring to it for any updates. We believe that your familiarity with these Rules will greatly enhance your experience on the CDI service and will make CDI an informative, entertaining, and fun place for all our Subscribers. We have tried to explain clearly our terms, but if any aspect remains unclear, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our aim is for CDI's STA to foster an online community where there is both free exchange of ideas and information, and respect for individual and community rights. We hope you will enjoy your time with CDI as much as we do!

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