Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy
Any and all use of this
service is subject to the following terms and conditions:
It shall be the
responsibility of the customer to maintain the secrecy and security of their
account password at all times. The password will be required to facilitate any
changes or requests for information regarding the account, and must be
carefully protected by the customer. No passwords will be disclosed by
telephone, postal letter or other means, except in person with sufficient and
acceptable confirmation of ID of specific account holder only.
All invoices are posted
on the 1st day of each month and due by the 15th, and subject to automatic
system disconnect if balance remains unpaid 5 days following the due date. If
you are paying by check or money order, it is your responsibility to get
payment to us on time. Invoices are sent directly to the account holder by
e-mail and are also available online. It shall be customer‘s responsibility to
regularly read the statement online or by e-mail. If payment is not received by
the due date, a late fee may be added. Payments may be made by check, cash or
credit card, and may be made online or delivered directly to the office by
postal mail or in person.
If you choose to pay for
your account with a credit card, it is your responsibility to notify the
billing department of any changes regarding your payment method, including (but
not limited to) changing to another method of payment, informing us of a new
card number, or providing a new expiration date.
Postal invoices are also
available with a $3 additional mailing and handling fee per invoice.
Any checks or eChecks
returned for any reason will be subject to a returned check fee of $25.00 and
the payment removed from the account. Any check not taken care of may be
submitted to proceedings of collection or prosecution as allowed by law.
If you wish to cancel
your account, the account holder may cancel by phone, email or postal letter.
Your account password will be required to cancel or make any changes to the
account. If you prepay for multiple months and choose to cancel your account,
your service will not be terminated until the end of your prepaid term, or the
account may be converted to monthly for the billing term and payments credited
toward the monthly charges. We will not issue refunds for periods of past
service, only unused portions of your current term may be refunded.
DISCLAIMERS AND
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Internet and
Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC provides high-speed Internet
service for the convenience of its users on an “as is,” “as
available” basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or
implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, implied warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement,
security or accuracy. Internet and Communication Associates of Northern
Missouri, LLC, its affiliates, employees, and other representatives do not
warrant that the services will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make
any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the
services provided by Internet and Communication Associates of Northern
Missouri, LLC or as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any
information content, service, or merchandise provided through the use of the
services. No oral advice or written information given by Internet and Communication
Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC or its affiliates, employees, and other
representatives, shall create a warranty; nor shall user rely on any such
information or advice.
Neither Internet and
Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC nor any other party involved
in the creation, production, or distribution of services provided, be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that
result from the use of or inability to use services provided by Internet and Communication
Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC, including but not limited to reliance by
a User on any information obtained from use of any services that result from
mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors,
defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of
performance, whether or not resulting from acts of God, communications failure,
theft, destruction, or other sources of impairment.
We reserve the right to
terminate or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason. The
policies contained within may change at any time without notice. It is the
customer’s responsibility to note any changes as they are made. Violations of
these Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policies will result in temporary or
permanent suspension of the customer’s account as deemed necessary by Internet
and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC. By logging in to your
account you agree to these terms and condition of use, if these terms are not
acceptable you may cancel at any time.
Acceptable Use Policies
The customer is responsible for all
communications via and all use of services provided by Internet and
Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC. The following constitute
Violations of Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC
Acceptable Use Policy:
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to use the services
provided by Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC to
publish, post, distribute or disseminate defamatory, infringing, obscene or
other unlawful material or information via services provided by Internet and
Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC, or violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law either intentionally or
unintentionally.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to use services
provided by Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC to
threaten, harass, stalk, abuse or otherwise violate the legal rights (including
rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to intercept or attempt to intercept E-mail,
attempt to access the accounts of others, or attempt to penetrate the security
measures of Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC
whether or not the intrusion resulted in corruption or loss of data. This
includes, but is not limited to, intentionally seeking information on,
obtaining copies of, or modifying files, email or other data, or passwords
belonging to other users without permission.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to send Internet
email, or cause to be sent to or through Internet and Communication Associates
of Northern Missouri, LLC’s network that makes use of or contains invalid or
forged headers, invalid or non-existent domain names or other means of
deceptive addressing. Similarly, email that is relayed through a third party’s
mail server without the permission of that third party, or which employs
similar technologies to hide or obscure the source of the email is
unauthorized.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to violate Copyright
or Trademark Infringement, to upload, email or post files that contain software
or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or
publicity, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or any other applicable
law unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary
consents.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to use services provided by Internet and
Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC to make fraudulent offers to
sell or buy products, items, or services or to advance any type of financial
scam such as “pyramid schemes”, “Ponzi schemes” or
“chain letters” or other similar schemes.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to use services
provided by Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC in
a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other
users including unauthorized security probing activities or other attempts to
evaluate the security integrity of a network or host system without permission.
Including but not limited to port scanning, network attacks, and the
intentional or willful transmission of viruses or virus hoaxes.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to transmit or receive any information,
language or data of a lewd, offensive, improper, indecent or adult nature
through the Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC’s
by any means at any time, or to attempt to transmit or receive material of this
nature through email, file upload or any other means when using, contacting a
user, or through any system of Internet and Communication Associates of
Northern Missouri, LLC .
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to transmit Unsolicited/Bulk Email: Sending
E-mail to users for any purpose other than personal communication, including
but not limited to, transmit unsolicited commercial or bulk email, advertise or
offer to sell goods or services to other users is expressly prohibited.
IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY to resell these
services. Reselling any services of Internet and Communication Associates of
Northern Missouri, LLC without express prior written authorization from same is
prohibited.
Violations of any of these
Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policies may result in temporary or
permanent suspension of the customer’s account as deemed necessary by Internet and Communication Associates of Northern Missouri, LLC.