Kalmyk American Society

Acceptable Use Policy

It is the policy of the Kalmyk American Society, hereafter referred to as the K.A.S., that material in the following categories is prohibited, and is not to be posted on its web site. The K.A.S. reserves the right, but not the obligation, to remove or block content, which in its sole discretion, is in violation of this policy.

PROHIBITED / ABUSIVE ACTIVITIES

  1. Defamation. You may not to post or transmit any content in violation of any applicable law of libel or defamation in the United States or elsewhere.
  2. Fraud. You may not to post or transmit any fraudulent content on or through the K.A.S. website or email system . This includes any content that you know or have reason to know is false, and that you intend for others to rely on.
  3. False Advertising. You may not to post or transmit on or through the K.A.S. website or email system, any advertising or promotional materials that contain false, deceptive, or misleading statements, claims, or representations.
  4. Obscenity. You may not to post or transmit any obscene or pornographic content, including, but not limited to, child pornography, on or through the K.A.S. system.
  5. Harassment, Threats, and Abuse. You may not to use the K.A.S. website or email system to harass, intimidate, threaten, or abuse any person or entity, by any means, including the use of vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, sexually harassing, or otherwise objectionable content.
  6. False Pretenses. You may to not use the K.A.S. website or email system to impersonate any person, including but not limited to, an K.A.S. official or an information provider, guide, or host, or communicate under a false name or a name that you are not entitled or authorized to use in all forms of online communication, including, but not limited to, screen names, subscriber profiles, chat dialogue, and message posting.
  7. Chain Letters. You may to not post or transmit chain letters, or letters or messages that offer a product or service based on the structure of a chain letter, on or through the K.A.S. website or email system.
  8. Inappropriate Content. You may not to post or transmit on or through the K.A.S. website or email system content that is patently inappropriate material under the circumstances -- e.g., content or topics not related to the topics focused on by the participants in a particular news group, forum or mailing list.
  9. Disruptive Activities. You may not to use the K.A.S. website or email system to disrupt the normal flow of online dialogue, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects use of the Internet by other, users, individuals, or entities.
  10. Violations of Service Providers' Rules. You may not use the K.A.S. website or email system to violate any operating rule, policy, or guideline of any other online service provider or interactive service.
  11. Systems Abuse. You may not abuse K.A.S.'s system, or any other system accessible through the Internet via K.A.S., by causing any harm to the system so that it inhibits or negatively impacts the ability of other users to effectively use such system. You further agree not to compromise or attempt to violate security at K.A.S. or elsewhere, including but not limited to, attempted access of any data, server, or account that you are not expressly authorized to access.
  12. SPAM. You may not use the K.A.S. website or email system to post or cross post, regardless of content, copies of the same message to 20 or more newsgroups, or email addresses.
  13. Inappropriate software, products, and services. You may not post, transmit, promote, or otherwise make available any software, product or service that is illegal, violates the rights of K.A.S. or a third party, or is designed to violate this policy. Such software, products or services include, but are not limited to, programs designed to send unsolicited advertisements (i.e. "spamware"), services which send unsolicited advertisements, programs designed to initiate "denial of service" attacks, mail bomb programs, and programs designed to gain unauthorized access to networks on the Internet.

As a matter of policy, K.A.S. does not pre-screen Content placed on K.A.S. computer servers by any of its users. Moreover, K.A.S. does not have the practical ability to monitor, review, or restrict access to Content on the K.A.S. website or email system prior to its transmission or to monitor all communications between parties. Thus, there may be Content on K.A.S. servers which may violate K.A.S. rules, and you may receive offensive and unsolicited Content that K.A.S. cannot control.

Please direct all complaints about violations of this policy to: