Acceptable Use Policy

Last Updated 02/10/2011

CHK Hosting, LLC the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by CHK Hosting, LLC, where CHK Hosting, LLC decides that the account has been inappropriately used.

1.) Server Usage

CHK Hosting, LLC offer large amounts and disk space and bandwidth with some account types. By this, we mean disk space for legitimate website content and bandwidth for visitors to view it. All files on a domain must be part of the active website and linked to the site. websites should not contain any backups, or other non-web based content.. Non web files including, but not limited to exe, mp3, avi, wmf are not permitted on our servers.

2.) Scripts Usages
Scripts and web applications on the website must be designed to produce web-based content, and not to use the server as an application server. Using the server to generate large volumes of email from a database is an example of activity that is not allowed. Scripts and web applications should not attempt to manipulate the timeouts on servers. These are set at the present values to ensure the reliability of the server. Sites that reset these do so because they are resource intensive, and adversely affect server performance and are therefore not allowed. Scripts and web applications that are designed to provide proxy services, anonymous or otherwise, are not allowed.

Scripts and web applications that use excessive resources such as memory or CPU are not permitted on our servers. This includes the use of applications such website uploads using pure ASP

3.) Server Security

You must take reasonable security precautions.  You must protect the confidentiality of your password, and you should change your password periodically.

4.) Unsolicited E-Mail

You may not send any unsolicited e-mail, either in bulk or individually, to any person who has indicated that they do not wish to receive it.

5.) FTP Usages

CHK Hosting, LLC FTP servers may not be used by persons outside of the account holders organization to transfer files to our servers. The use of web cam applications which maintain a constant FTP connection uploading an image at regular intervals is forbidden.

6.) Domain/Website Usage

CHK Hosting, LLC will disable any website and domain that fails to adhere to the following criteria as soon as we are made aware, in line with current working practices.

  • - The primary purpose of any website must be to provide web-based content to viewers. Files on the site must be linked to the website.
  • - The primary purpose of any script or web application must be to produce a web page. Scripts and web applications that send a single email based upon user entered information, or update a database are acceptable. Scripts and web applications that send bulk email or perform processor intensive database processes are not allowed. All outgoing mail is monitored and filtered and must be sent using authentication from a CHK Hosting, LLC hosted mailbox.
  • - Database services are for the exclusive use of storing the data of websites hosted on our network and can not be used to store non website data.
  • - websites must not contain Warez, copyright or other illegal material. The onus is on you the customer to prove that you own the rights to publish material, not for CHK Hosting, LLC to prove that you do not.
  • - websites must not contain pornographic or other lewd material. Adult Material includes all pornography, erotic images, or otherwise lewd or obscene content. The designation of "adult material" is left entirely to the discretion of CHK Hosting, LLC
  • - websites must not use excessive amounts of server resources. These include bandwidth, processor utilization and / or disk space.
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  • - websites must not contain scripts and web applications that attempt to access privileged server resources, or other sites on the same server.

7.) Copyright Infringement Notice (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)

If you believe your copyright is being infringed by a person using the CHK Hosting, LLC network, please send your written notice of copyright infringement to:

CHK Hosting, LLC
Investigations Department
P.O. Box 251442
Saint Paul, MN 55125

Your notice must include the following:

  • - A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  • - Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted words at a single site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  • - Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit CHK Hosting, LLC to locate the material.
  • - Information reasonably sufficient to permit CHK Hosting, LLC to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address.
  • - A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law.
  • - A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

8.) Disclaimer

CHK Hosting, LLC is under no duty, and does not by this AUP undertake a duty, to monitor or police our customers' activities and disclaims any responsibility for any misuse of the CHK Hosting, LLC network.

9.) Changes to the AUP.

We reserve the right to revise its policies at any time without notice.