Goals
Orion Group’s goals are to protect network resources, preserve the privacy and security of Orion Group and our customers' networks, and maximize the utility of Orion Group and the Internet.
Interpretation
The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not meant to be exhaustive.
Generally, conduct that violates laws, regulations, or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. Orion Group reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that, in the sole discretion of Orion Group, are deemed to damage Orion Group’s commercial reputation and goodwill.
Security
Any "denial of service" attacks, any attempt to breach authentication or security measures, or any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any other account, host or network is prohibited, and will result in immediate service termination, which may be without notice.
E-mail and Usenet News
Using any Orion Group account or server to send duplicative, unsolicited e-mail messages (commercial or otherwise), or to collect the responses from unsolicited e-mail, is prohibited.
Similarly, using any Orion Group account or server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of any newsgroup or mailing list is prohibited. Orion Group reserves the right to make the determination, in its sole discretion, whether a given message violates the newsgroup or mailing list charter.
Commercial messages that are appropriate under the charter of a newsgroup or mailing list, or that are expressly solicited by the recipients, are permitted.
Conduct in connection with e-mail or Usenet news that is an obvious nuisance (such as "mail bombing") or that would be unlawful in other contexts (for example, threats, harassment, defamation, obscenity, or software piracy) is prohibited.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Using programs that interfere with others' use, or running an IRC robot, on any IRC server is prohibited. When logged into any IRC server, users are expected to comply with the rules and policies established by the server's administrator.
Forgery of Identity
Falsifying addressing information or otherwise modifying headers to conceal the sender's or recipient's identity, for the purpose of circumventing this Policy, is prohibited. This provision is not intended to disallow the use of aliases or anonymous remailers for any reasonably legitimate purpose.
Copyright, Privacy, and Intellectual Property
Using an Orion Group connection to commit, aid or abet any violation of copyright or intellectual property law is prohibited. This prohibition includes publishing a private e-mail message to third parties, by any means, without the express prior consent of the author.
The e-mail addresses of Orion Group subscribers are not for sale or commercial distribution to third parties without the express prior written consent of the subscriber.
Claims of Copyright Infringement
The Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement is:
Orion Group Copyright Agent
Orion Group Software Engineers, Inc.
5770 Nimtz Parkway
South Bend, IN. 46628
Telephone: (574) 233-3401
Facsimile: (574) 239-3348
Cooperation with Other Providers
Using Orion Group's facilities to engage in activities that violate the Terms of Service of any other network access provider is prohibited. For example, sending unsolicited commercial e-mail through Orion Group's facilities to the subscribers of any Internet or online service provider that disallows unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited.
Consequences of Violation
Violation of this Policy by an Orion Group customer may result in temporary suspension or permanent termination of service, at Orion Group's sole discretion.
Orion Group does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy violations.
Modification
Orion Group reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice. Please send reports of any activity in violation of this Policy to: this address.
