7. Unacceptable Conduct
The following types of conduct are grounds for immediate suspension of service pending investigation by Torq Hosting and may result in termination of the account(s) the investigation determines to have originated or transmitted these types of traffic. In addition, Torq Hosting reserves the right, where feasible, to implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings by a Torq Hosting Customer as described in (a) and (b) below before such postings are forwarded:
(a) Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups (i.e., more than 20) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic according to the newsgroup charter, or which provoke complaints from the regular readers of the newsgroup for being inappropriate).
(b) Sending unsolicited mass E-Mailings (i.e., to more than 25 users) which provoke complaints from the recipients or sending more than 500 emails per hour even if solicited (applies to shared hosting only). Sending more than this will be considered excessive usage and could cause suspension of service.
(c) Engaging in either (a) or (b) from a provider other than Torq Hosting and using an account on Torq Hosting as a mail drop for responses, or to draw attention to a web site housed within Torq Hosting's networks.
(d) Continued harassment of other individuals on the Internet after being asked to stop by those individuals and/or by Torq Hosting.
(e) Mail bombing, i.e., sending large volumes of unsolicited E-Mail to individuals or to individual business accounts.
(f) Impersonating another user or otherwise falsifying one's user name in E-Mail, Usenet postings, on Internet Relay Chat (IRC), or with any other Internet service. (This does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC or the use of anonymous remailer services.)
(g) Privacy violations: Attempts, whether successful or not, to gain access to any other system or users' private data without express consent of the user.
(h) Network unfriendly activity: Attempts to interfere with the regular workings of Torq Hosting's systems or network connections or which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use Torq Hosting services or the Internet, including, but not limited to:
I: any unauthorized attempts by a user to gain root access or access to any account not belonging to that user on this or any other Torq Hosting system;
II: any use of this or any other Torq Hosting system as a staging ground to disable other systems.
Any activity which violates the laws or statutes of the EU and Estonia.
(k) Hosting of Adult/Pornographic Content - Content designed to sexually arouse is prohibited throughout the Torq Hosting Network. In general, frontal nudity (not for science, health, fine art, or general educational purposes) and/or content meant to sexually arouse is prohibited. Child Pornography of any kind is prohibited throughout the Torq Hosting Network and will be reported to the authorities if found. Torq Hosting reserves the right to determine what violates this policy.
(l) Any attempt to proxy through our servers or hosting of proxy software (refers to shared hosting only).