1) Responsibility and Respect - The Internet is a network intended for use by users that act in a mature manner. The Customer recognizes this principle and undertakes at all times to act with respect, courtesy and responsible, giving due regard to the interests and rights of other Internet user groups. This general guideline carries with it the following specific responsibilities:

2) Improper Uses - The Customer will avoid violation of certain generally accepted guidelines on Internet usage such as restrictions on mass mailings and mass advertisements, pirating or copying of software, mail bombing or other methods of attempting to deny service or access to other users, and attempts to violate security.

3) Compliance with Laws - The Customer will ensure that its use of the Internet complies with all applicable federal, state and local law and regulation, including but not limited to those principles of law which protect against compromise of copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary information and other intellectual property rights, libel or defamation of character, invasion of privacy, tortuous interference, and export of technical or military data to prohibited countries.

4) Validation of Information - The Customer is responsible for validating the integrity of the information and data he or she receives or transmits over the Internet.

5) Security - The Customer is required to protect the security of his or her Internet account and usage. The Customer's password should be treated as private and confidential and not disclosed to or shared with any third parties.

6) Pornography - We do not allow adult-related material.

7) Net abuse, including but not limited to activities such as using a non-existent email return address on a commercial solicitation, spamming (sending unsolicited advertising to numerous email addresses or newsgroups and/or generating a significantly higher volume of outgoing email than a normal user), allowing spamming by third parties to promote a web site hosted by HitSites, trolling (posting outrageous messages to generate numerous responses), mailbombing (sending multiple messages without significant new content to the same user), subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person's permission, cross-posting articles to an excessive number of newsgroups, or attempting without authorization to enter into a secured computer system. HitSites reserves the right to determine what constitutes net abuse.

Furthermore, unauthorized service usage (net abuse) is subject to a $500.00 fee per incident covering the additional activity needed to be performed by HitSites with regards to said unauthorized service usage.