Terms of Service

You acknowledge and agree that you may not use our servers and your website as a source, intermediary, reply to address, or destination address for mail bombs, Internet packet flooding, packet corruption, denial of service, or other abusive activities that threaten the stability of our network or will damage the systems of, or cause a disruption of internet services to, WVNET, our customers, or third-parties. Server hacking or other perpetration of security breaches is prohibited, and we reserve the right to remove sites containing information about hacking or links to such information. Use of your website as an anonymous gateway is prohibited. We prohibit the use of software or scripts run on our servers that cause the server to load beyond a reasonable level, as determined by us. You agree that we reserve the right to remove your website temporarily or permanently from our servers if you are in violation of this Agreement and/or there are activities that threaten the stability of our network. You acknowledge and agree that all websites associated with your hosting account may be removed if one website is in violation of this Agreement.  You further acknowledge and agree that WVNET reserves the right to scan your hosted account for malicious content (e.g., malware), and that, in the event any such content is discovered, it may be removed in WVNET’s discretion for security purposes.

In addition, you agree not to engage in unacceptable use of the Services, which includes, without limitation, use of the Services to: (1) attempt to mislead any person as to the identity, source or origin of any communication; (2) interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer system, server, network or account for which you do not have authorization to access or at a level exceeding your authorization; or (3) use your server as an “open relay” or for any of the above purposes.

If you have any specific questions as to our Terms and Conditions, please contact us directly at wvnet@listserv.wvnet.edu or by calling 304.293.5192.