Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision.com and its affiliates (collectively, "Cartvision") have formulated this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") in order to encourage the responsible use of Cartvision's networks, systems, services, websites and products (collectively, the "Cartvision Network and Services") by our customers and other users of the Cartvision Network and Services (collectively, "Users"), and to enable us to provide Users with secure, reliable and productive services.

General Conduct
The Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision Network and Services must be used in a manner that is consistent with the intended purpose of the Cartvision Network and Services and may be used only for lawful purposes. Users shall not use the Cartvision Network and Services in order to transmit, distribute or store material: (1) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including export or encryption laws or regulations; or (2) that may expose Cartvision to criminal or civil liability. Users are further prohibited from assisting any other person in violating any part of this AUP.

Privacy
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Responsibility for Content
Neither Atlanticus Designs nor Cartvision take responsibility for any material created or accessible on or through the Cartvision Network and Services. Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision is not obligated to monitor or exercise any editorial control over such material, but reserves the right to do so. In the event that Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision becomes aware that any such material may violate this AUP and/or expose Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision to civil or criminal liability, Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision reserve the right to block access to such material and suspend or terminate any User creating, storing or disseminating such material. Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision further reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and third parties in the investigation of alleged wrongdoing, including disclosing the identity of the User that Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision deems responsible for the wrongdoing.

Inappropriate Content
Users shall not use the Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision Network and Services to transmit, distribute or store material that is inappropriate, as reasonably determined by Cartvision, or material that is indecent, obscene, pornographic (including child pornography), defamatory, libelous, threatening, abusive, hateful, or excessively violent.

Intellectual Property
Material accessible through the Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision Network and Services may be subject to protection under privacy, publicity, or other personal rights and Intellectual Property rights, including but not limited to, copyrights and laws protecting patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary information. Users shall not use the Cartvision Network and Services in any manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights. If you use a domain name in connection with any of the Cartvision Network and Services, you must not use that domain name in violation of the trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.

Harmful Content
Users shall not use the Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision Network and Services to transmit, distribute or store material that contains a virus, worm, Trojan horse, or other component harmful to the Cartvision Network and Services, any other network or equipment, or other Users.

Fraudulent/Misleading Content
Users shall not use the Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision Network and Services to transmit or distribute material containing fraudulent offers for goods or services, or any advertising or promotional materials that contain false, deceptive, or misleading statements, claims, or representations. In addition, Users are prohibited from submitting any false or inaccurate data on any order form, contract or online application, including the fraudulent use of credit cards.

Unsolicited Messages
Users may not send unsolicited e-mail messages, including, without limitation, bulk commercial advertising or informational announcements ("spam"), including, without limitation, actions such as using an e-commerce account on Cartvision's network to send spam, or using the service of another provider to send spam or to promote a site hosted on or connected to the Cartvision Network and Services. In addition, Users may not use the Cartvision Network and Services or the services of others in order to (a) send e-mail messages which are excessive and/or intended to harass or annoy others, (b) continue to send e-mail messages to a recipient that has indicated that he/she does not wish to receive them, (c) send e-mail with forged TCP/IP packet header information, (d) send malicious e-mail, including, without limitation, "mail bombing", (e) send or receive e-mail messages in a manner that violates the use policies of any other internet service provider, or (f) use an e-mail box exclusively as a storage space for data. An e-mail message will be considered unsolicited if it is sent to a recipient (1) who has not expressly requested or invited it; (2) with whom the sender does not have an existing business or personal relationship; or (3) who has requested that the sender not send them any further messages.

Third Party Rules; Usenet
Users may have access through the Cartvision Network and Services to search engines, subscription Web services, chat areas, bulletin boards, Web pages, USENET, or other services that promulgate rules, guidelines or agreements to govern their use. Users must adhere to any such rules, guidelines, or agreements.

Users who post messages to Usenet newsgroups are responsible for becoming familiar with any written charter or FAQ governing use of such newsgroups and complying therewith. Regardless of such policies, Users may not (a) post the same message, or a series of similar messages, to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "Usenet spam"), (b) cancel or supersede posts not originally posted by such User, unless such User does so in the course of his/her duties as an official newsgroup moderator, (c) post any message with forged packet header information, or (d) post messages that are excessive and/or intended to annoy or harass others, including, without limitation, chain letters.

System and Network Security
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Cartvision Network and Services, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which such User is not authorized to access, (b) impersonating Cartvision personnel, (c) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (d) attempting to interfere with, disrupt or disable service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing", "denial of service" attacks or "crashing", (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting, (f) taking any action in order to obtain services to which such User is not entitled, or (g) attempting to utilize another User's account name or persona without authorization from that User. Users are also prohibited from attempting any action designed to circumvent or alter any method of measuring or billing for Cartvision services. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Cartvision will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations.

Suspension; Termination
Any User which Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision determines to have violated any element of this Acceptable Use Policy may be subject to a suspension or termination of service, and if Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision deems it necessary, immediate suspension or termination of such User's service without notice. Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision may take such further action as Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision determines to be appropriate under the circumstances to eliminate or preclude repeat violations, and Atlanticus Designs or Cartvision shall not be liable for any damages of any nature suffered by any Customer, User, or any third party resulting in whole or in part from Cartvision's exercise of its rights under this AUP.

Reporting Violations
Suspected violations must be reported directly to Cartvision Corporation at the address below.  Reporting persons or parties must identify themselves clearly and provide all available documentation of the suspected violation.  Alas, due to the large volume of violation reports we receive, we cannot investigate anonymous complaints, complaints sent through anonymous remailers, or complaints with forged message headers. Only complaints from parties who identify themselves clearly can be acted upon.

ACCOUNT ABANDONMENT AND DELETION
Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision give priority to active merchants who are actively engaged in selling their products online.  If you do not have sales or site visitors who actively shop your site at least once every 180 days, then we regard your site as inactive or abandoned.  To ensure fair treatment and good database performance for our active customers, we may delete your data if your account appears inactive or abandoned.  We reserve the right to delete accounts and/or  data that appear unused for longer than 180 days.  This preserves database performance for merchants who are actually using the system.  No notice is given if this is done.  If you have a site that is not used frequently, then once every month, or once every 60 days, you should visit your web site and 'purchase' one of your products, simply depositing that product in the cart (you do not need to check out).  This will update the 'date-cart-last-used' date in our database an prevent your product data and/or cart from being deleted.

Violations of this AUP may be reported at the following link: Contact Us.

Atlanticus Designs and Cartvision reserve the right to modify this Acceptable Use Policy in its discretion at any time. Such modifications will be effective when posted.