At Merchant Moms you will find our policies are standard with most any hosting company.
They are the Rights and Responsibilities between you, the client, and us, the hosting company. We encourage you to open and read these documents. (They will open in a new window for your convenience)
In short,
Privacy - yes, we must collect some personal data in order to maintain communication with you. This document explains what we collect and how it may be used
AUP - Acceptable Use Policy - If it is not something that is commonly shared with children, then it is not welcome here. This includes hateful, racist, spam, and pornographic sites.
TOS - Terms of Use -- Everything you need to know regarding Rights and Responsibilities. This includes what you may and may not do when you have a website, as well as copyright infringement, suspension and termination of accounts. An important snip --
In connection with your use of the Site, you agree you will:
a) Keep your contact information up to date with us (this includes credit card information if that is your choice of payment);
b) Pay hosting and domain renewals in a timely manner;
Invoices will be sent out 3 days in advance of the due date. If you have elected to pay your invoices manually through PayPal, then you will have to log into your billing account each month and pay. Accounts are considered late after 3 days and late notices are sent at 4, 6 and 14 days after the due date. If you pay by echeck, be aware that you account will appear unpaid until the echeck clears.
Accounts are automatically suspended after 7 days of non-payment. Accounts are terminated after 21 days of non-payment and there is a $25 reinstatement charge to restore your account after it has been terminated.
c) Be respectful of fellow MerchantMoms and its administrators
d) Make use of the tools and information provided to you via the forums, knowledgebase and online manual.
In connection with your use of the Site, you agree you will not:
a) Transmit any message, information, data, text, software or images, or other content ("Material") that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or otherwise objectionable that may invade another's right of privacy or publicity;
b) Impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to, an Merchant Moms official, forum leader, guide or host or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
c) Post or transmit any Material that you do not have a right to reproduce, display or transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as nondisclosure agreements);
d) Post or transmit any Material that contains a virus or corrupted data;
e) Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels that you upload to any communication feature;
f) Use the Site s communication features in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting, use of all caps, or flooding continuous posting of repetitive text);
g) Post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation or any non-resume information such as opinions or notices, commercial or otherwise;
h) Violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
i) Upload or transmit any Material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
j) Delete or revise any Material posted by any other person or entity;
k) Manipulate or otherwise display the Site by using framing or similar navigational technology, or
l) Register, subscribe, attempt to register, attempt to subscribe, unsubscribe, or attempt to unsubscribe, any party for any Merchant Moms product or service if you are not expressly authorized by such party to do so.
