Legal Notices

SD Data Center, Privacy Commitment to Our Customer
Effective: July 1, 2014

SD Data Center’s Privacy Commitment

We understand that our customers value the privacy of their Personal Information, and we are committed to meeting our customers’ expectations of confidentiality. In keeping with that goal, we have developed this privacy policy to provide you, the customer, an outline of our guidelines for the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information.

SD Data Center, operates the following website – www.SD Data CenterDirect.com. This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information through this website and the provisioning of products and services to you.

Definitions

“Account Information” means Personal Information that we may collect during your registration for a service provided by us, including your name, e-mail address and e-mail preferences, password for your account, mailing address, billing address, and credit card information that enables us to receive your payment.

“Contact Information” means information that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, and email address.

“Personal Information” is any information about you that is associated with or linked to your Contact Information.

“Anonymous Information” means information that is not associated with or linked to your Contact Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons.

“Internet protocol address” or “IP Address” is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet.

“Affiliates” are parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control.

User Consent

By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. You also expressly consent to the use and processing of your Personal Information according to this Privacy Policy. If you reside outside of the United States, you understand that your Personal Information may be processed in countries where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.

Personal Information You Provide to Us

When you register for a service provided by us, we collect your Account Information. When you leave us feedback, we will collect any information that is contained in your feedback. When you contact us by sending us an e-mail, fax, or letter, we will collect your address, fax number, or e-mail address and any information contained in the e-mail, fax, or letter you send us.

Personal Information Collected via Technology

As you use this website, certain information may also be collected passively, including your Internet protocol address, browser type, and operating system. We may also store a small text file called a “Cookie” on your computer to store certain information about you and your activities on the website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them). If you register for a service provided by us, we may include web beacons with the content and ads that we deliver to you as a part of that service, which we use to collect information regarding your interaction with such content and ads.

Personal Information from Other Sources

We may receive Personal Information about you from other third party sources. We may associate this information with the other Personal Information we have collected about you.

Collecting Information Helps Us Serve You Better

SD Data Center may use your Personal Information for a variety of purposes, such as:

• To establish and maintain responsible customer relationships, including keeping records of the relationship in order to facilitate timely and accurate invoicing and to administer our billing and accounting systems;
• To answer any billing, account or technical inquiries from our customer base;
• To deliver products to our customers;
• To measure and improve the effectiveness of our web site or marketing efforts;
• To communicate with our customers about additional SD Data Center services that may be of interest to them or to send other special interest customer communications;
• To provide you with accurate and high quality customer service, including responding to customer inquiries and troubleshooting;
• To research and develop new products, services or programs to better serve the needs of our customers; and,
• To meet legal and regulatory requirements.

Anonymous Information

We may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding Contact Information (which makes the information personally identifiable to you). We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information at our discretion.

Disclosing Your Personal Information to Third Parties

It is our policy not to share Personal Information outside of SD Data Center. However, there are instances where we are reasonably required to share your information with a third party to assist us in providing services or products or for other legitimate business purposes provided that disclosure is made on a confidential basis. Such third parties include:

• Agents acting on behalf of SD Data Center, such as companies hired to perform installations, maintenance, warranty work, or billing functions.
• A person who in the reasonable judgment of SD Data Center is acting as an agent of Customer.
• Credit card companies, in order to validate and process a credit card transaction;
• Information Technology or other professional consultants in order to improve our systems and processes;
• As may otherwise be required by local and foreign law, as applicable.

We will use reasonable efforts, using contractual or other arrangements, to ensure that third parties use your Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with this policy. Should you not wish us to disclose your Personal Information to these third parties, depending on the situation, we may be unable to process your application or transaction, communicate with you about services that may be of interest to you, or provide other benefits.

As well, there are special circumstances where we may disclose your Personal Information without your consent or knowledge. These situations include where information is forwarded to a collection agency for the collection of past due bills, where it would be reasonably in the best interest of an individual but where consent cannot be obtained in a timely manner; where the life, health or security of an individual is threatened or otherwise at risk; where the purpose is related to the detection or prevention of fraud or for law enforcement; where disclosure is to our legal counsel; or as may otherwise be required by law.

Third Party Content and Ads

If you register for a service provided by us, we may enable certain third parties to deliver content and ads on the Site. These third parties may collect (via tracking technologies like cookies or web beacons) and use Anonymous Information regarding your interaction with the content or ads that they deliver and with which you interact.

Law Enforcement Compliance

If you have registered for a service provided by us, we may be required by law, or by law enforcement officers acting under the color of law, to record some or all of your communications on or through that service. We may, and you hereby authorize us to, disclose your Personal Information (including your Account Information) and your communications through that service, if required by law or by law enforcement officers acting under the color of law, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; or (b) to protect or defend the rights, property, or safety of SD Data Center, you, other users, or third parties (especially in emergency situations).

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information. When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below).

Despite your indicated e-mail preferences, if you have an Account, we may send you administrative e-mails regarding your service, including, for example, purchase confirmation, account creation confirmation, and notices of updates to our Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy.

You may request deletion of your Account or Personal Information by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request, only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete Personal Information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives.

Regarding Children

We do not intentionally gather Personal Information from people who are under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, do not submit any Personal Information on this website.

Other Sites

Our provision of links to other websites or locations is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other websites or locations or their contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites.

Our Commitment to Maintaining Your Privacy

We take all necessary precautions to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Information, whether it is stored electronically or in paper format. Your information is maintained in secure facilities, protected from unauthorized access, and retained only as long as is reasonably required. Electronic files are backed up for redundancy and password protected to ensure access only by authorized employees.

Although we cannot take responsibility for any theft, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction of data by a third party, we take reasonable precautions to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.

How Can I Contact SD Data Center?

Should you have any questions, concerns or complaints about our privacy policies, please contact us:  We will respond to your request or investigate your concern as quickly as possible.

Will this Privacy Policy Change?

To accommodate changes in our business, products, services, technology, and legal developments, we may add, change, or remove portions of the policy as we feel it is appropriate to do so. Updated policies will be posted to our web site at www.satcomdirect.com. Please refer to the date on the policy and check back for updates.

Date of Last Revision: July 1, 2014

Conditions of Use

Welcome to the SD Data Center Website. By using the SD Data Center Web site YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS OF USE (explained below), LEGAL NOTICES, PRIVACY POLICY and all disclaimers and terms and conditions that appear elsewhere on the SD Data Center Website.

References to SD Data Center herein refer to SD Data Center, or their affiliates, subsidiaries and designee’s as deemed appropriate by SD Data Center.

SD Data Center reserves the right to make changes to the SD Data Center Web site and its Terms of Use and Legal Notices at any time. Each time you use the SD Data Center Website, you should visit and review the then current Terms of Use, Legal Notices and Privacy Policy that apply to your transactions and use of this site. If you are dissatisfied with the SD Data Center Website, its content or Terms of Use and Legal Notices, you agree that your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the SD Data Center Website.

Tampering with the site, misrepresenting the identity of a user or SD Data Center itself or conducting fraudulent activities on the site are prohibited.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

By using the SD Data Center Website, you expressly agree that use of the SD Data Center Website is at your sole risk. The SD Data Center Website is provided on an “AS IS” and “as available” basis. Neither SD Data Center nor its affiliates, subsidiaries or designee’s nor each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, third-party content providers, designers, contractors, distributors, merchants, sponsors, licensors or the like (collectively, “Associates”) warrant that use of the SD Data Center Website will be uninterrupted or error-free. Neither SD Data Center nor its Associates warrant the accuracy, integrity or completeness of the content provided on the SD Data Center Website or the products or services offered for sale on the SD Data Center Website. Further, SD Data Center makes no representation that content provided on the SD Data Center Website is applicable to, or appropriate for use in, locations outside of the United States. SD Data Center and its Associates specifically disclaim all warranties, whether expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No oral advice or written information given by SD Data Center or its Associates shall create a warranty. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Under no circumstances shall SD Data Center or its Associates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from your use of or inability to use the SD Data Center Website, including but not limited to reliance by you on any information obtained from the SD Data Center Website that results in mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion or corruption of files, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance. The foregoing Limitation of Liability shall apply in any action, whether in contract, tort or any other claim, even if an authorized representative of SD Data Center has been advised of or should have knowledge of the possibility of such damages. User hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all content, products and services available through the SD Data Center Website. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Errors on Our Site

Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and SD Data Center reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted and whether or not the order has been confirmed.

Termination of Use

SD Data Center may, in its sole discretion, terminate your account or your use of the SD Data Center Web site at any time. You are personally liable for any orders that you place or charges that you incur prior to termination. SD Data Center reserves the right to change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspects of the SD Data Center Website at any time without prior notice.

SD Data Center provides links only as a convenience to you, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SD Data Center of the site or the information contained therein.

SD Data Center recognizes that facility and network services are critical to customers using SD Data Center’s Data Center Services. SD Data Center backs its commitment and focus on operational excellence and reliability by providing a facility and network uptime guarantee of 99.999% for Data Center Services customers. The network is comprised of the Local Area network (LAN) in the Data Center and the SD Data Center backbone. SD Data Center’s facilities include Environmental Controls, Power and Security.

This Service Level Agreement’s (SLA) Terms and Conditions apply to Customers agreeing to a minimum service period of one year or more for SD Data Center’s Data Center Services and only in respect of the provision of such services during such period and where Customer’s accounts with SD Data Center are in good standing. Availability of this SLA may be subject to further conditions or qualifications asset forth in SD Data Center’s Master Services Agreement. All remedies set out herein shall not be cumulative, and shall be Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy under the relevant MSA.

Network Availability
The SD Data Center IP Network is guaranteed to be available and capable of forwarding IP packets 99.999% of the time, as averaged over a calendar month. The SD Data Center IP Network includes the customer’s access port (the port on the SD Data Center aggregation router upon which the customer’s circuit terminates) and the SD Data Center IP backbone network. The SD Data Center IP backbone network includes SD Data Center owned and controlled routers and circuits (including any transit connections). The SD Data Center Network availability guarantee does not include local loop, Customer Premise Equipment, Customer’s Local Area Network (LAN), scheduled maintenance events, customer caused outages/disruptions or interconnection connectivity within other Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.

OmniWatch – Managed Service Availability
SD Data Center provided managed service hardware and software availability guarantee for SD Data Center provided Routers, Firewalls, Servers, and Operating Systems: SD Data Center will provide 24×7 monitoring of all managed network equipment. Any noted service outage will be ticketed within an hour of detection and engineering assigned to resolve noted issue(s). Equipment replacements will be expedited as quickly as possible. SD Data Center will guarantee restore time for hardware replacement and operational software within 4 hours from the point of the known outage. SD Data Center will restore all services to the initial build specifications including hardware bios, operating system, antivirus, and security access.

Environmental Controls
SD Data Center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the temperature of open space in SD Data Center ‘s Data Center Services area will remain between 64 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and relative humidity will remain between 30% and 70%. These efforts include temperature sensors in cabinets and built in to systems (i.e., HVAC units) in addition to monitoring systems that alert/notify SD Data Center staff when parameters aren’t met. This commitment does not apply to localized conditions within a particular customer cabinet, cage, rack or other enclosed space.

Power
SD Data Center’s guarantees power availability to Customer’s Data Center Services cabinet / cage 100% of the time through generators, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), and dual power circuits in the form of an (A) circuit and a (B) circuit. The redundant power in our facility enables your equipment to run continuously, even in the event of a major outage. Failure of a single circuit (A) or (B) does not constitute a power outage. SD Data Center requires that all customers utilize both circuits in order to qualify for power guarantees.

Security
SD Data Center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that access to Customer’s Data Center Services facility(s) will be monitored and restricted at all times, including the use of an access control system with multi-factor authentication and onsite security personnel. Efforts to ensure security to the facility is maintained via security card,video surveillance, and security vestibule. SD Data Center will provide a process in which we follow and our customers follow to ensure that only those with the authority are given access to our Data Center and that the customer understands these processes and is also held responsible for any changes of access whether it be to add or delete authorized representatives, the customer is responsible to not only notify SD Data Center but also to return the assigned access badge that was issued without penalty.

Virtualized Infrastructure (Cloud Services)
The SD Data Center Virtualized Infrastructure (Cloud Services) is guaranteed to be available to the Customer 99.999% of the time, as averaged over a calendar month. The SD Data Center Cloud Services guarantee is limited to the network and hosted infrastructure foundationally supporting the Cloud Service and does not extend to the Operating System layer or Application Layer configured by the customer atop the virtual platform. Additionally, the guarantee does not include scheduled maintenance events, customer caused outages/ disruptions or interconnection connectivity within other Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.

Outage Response
A Service Outage begins when SD Data Center is notified or becomes aware of the failure, whichever occurs first. A Service Outage ends when the affected network or facility service is again operational. SD Data Center may undertake Critical Maintenance at any time deemed necessary and shall provide notice of Outage to Customer under practical circumstances. An Outage Response is defined as a SD Data Center Internal ticket opened to address the issue.

Outage Reporting Process:
The Outage Reporting Process is applicable only to service provided in the contiguous United States and is applicable only if Customer telephones the SD Data Center Network Operations Center (NOC) at 321-610-5900. In the event customer subscribes to SD Data Center’s OmniWatch Managed and Monitoring Service, Outage Reporting notification will be proactive. Customer is solely responsible for providing SD Data Center accurate and current contact information for Customer’s designated points of contact. SD Data Center will be relieved of its obligations under this Outage Reporting Process if SD Data Center’s contact information for Customer is out of date or inaccurate due to Customer’s action or omission. Customer will be responsible for providing accurate, affected circuit identification, i.e. circuit ID and phone numbers.

Service Availability:
Unless otherwise stated in a previous section, SD Data Center’s Data Center Services will be available to Customer 99.999% of the time in a calendar month. “Service Unavailability” exists when a particular Customer’s Network and/or Facility Service become unavailable. If SD Data Center has an unexcused failure to meet the above Data Center Services availability SLA, Customer shall be entitled to a credit against Customer’s Recurring Monthly Service Fees for the Data Center Services Service in the amount set out in the table below, not to exceed a total of fifteen (15) day’s prorated recurring monthly service charges. For clarity, one day’s credit equals 1/30th of the Customer Recurring Monthly Service Fees).

Credits will not be applied to customer account due to Service Unavailability resulting from (a) scheduled Network maintenance; (b) the occurrence of a Force Majeure event; (c) customer owned premise equipment issues. Note that these SLA exclusions are associated only with SD Data Center Services.

Contracted Service Unavailability:
“Contracted Service Unavailability” is defined as the number of minutes in which a contracted service is not available, but does not include any unavailability attributable to:

• Scheduled maintenance (whether by SD Data Center, a vendor or other third party, or Customer)
• Acts or omissions of Customer or any user of the Customer System other than SD Data Center
• Device downtime as long as the service remains available (e.g., part of a redundant system is not functioning properly)
• Hardware failure of devices with no redundant, active device configured to automatically take over service in case of a failure
• Any of the force majeure events set forth in the SD Data Center Data Services Agreement between SD Data Center and Customer.

In order to receive a credit for Contracted Service Unavailability as described above, Customer must notify SD Data Center in writing within fifteen (15) days following the end of the month in which the Service Unavailability occurred. All claims are subject to review and verification by SD Data Center prior to issuance of any credits. Credit requests should be sent via email and addressed to [email protected] and must reference the trouble ticket number provided by SD Data Center’s NOC technician. SD Data Center will acknowledge credit requests within five (5) business days of receipt and will inform Customer whether the claim request is approved or denied. Approved credits will appear on the Customer’s next monthly invoice.

The credit for Contracted Service Unavailability described in this section is Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for breach of SD Data Center’s service level guarantee provided above.

Credit Claim Procedures
To initiate a claim for service credit with respect to the SLA described herein, Customer must submit a SD Data Center SLA Claim via the customer portal or request a SLA Claim form from a SD Data Center contact within seven (7) business days after the end of the month in which the event occurred.

Upon receipt of the SD Data Center SLA Claim Form, SD Data Center will perform the appropriate SLA measurement, qualification, validation, and verification process to determine whether a credit claim is warranted.

SD Data Center will issue a service credit to the Customer’s account upon approval of its SLA Claim request. Service credit will appear on an invoice or Customer will be notified of its rejection within two (2) months following the month in which the SLA Claim Form was approved.

The service credit provided for this SLA assumes compliance by Customer with the terms and conditions of its Service agreements with SD Data Center. To preserve Customer’s rights under SLA,

• Customer must report all outages and/or service failures to SD Data Center’s Network Management Center (NMC) at 321-610-5900, which must result in the opening of a SD Data Center trouble ticket.
• Customers must retain all records of SD Data Center trouble ticket numbers for the purposes of making claims in accordance with this SLA.
• Customer shall reasonably cooperate with SD Data Center in the Service Claim investigation.
• Customer must provide for timely and adequate arrangement for access to the necessary facilities, locations, and equipment. If a technician dispatch to the customer premises is required for resolution of Customer trouble ticket(s) on a timely basis. Time and material charges may apply for non-business hour (i.e. evening or weekend) dispatches.
• When Service Credit Request forms are submitted, the Customer shall pay its entire service bill, and shall not offset any Service Credits it would anticipate receiving from SD Data Center.

Chronic Problems:
In accordance with SD Data Center MSA (Master Service Agreement), customer may terminate services due to chronic problems (see definition below). Termination of services requires written notification to SD Data Center Direct and will be effective within 72 hours of receipt of said notice. The preferred method of notification is by email to [email protected]. Acknowledgement of canceled services will be sent to the customer within 3 business days of notification receipt.

Chronic problems are defined as two or more occurrences of Service Unavailability exceeding the defined SLA parameters for that service within a 90-day period.

Maintenance (Scheduled & Critical)
Scheduled Maintenance: Scheduled (non-emergency) maintenance shall mean any maintenance at SD Data Center’s facility. Normal maintenance includes (1) upgrades of hardware and software; (2) upgrades to capacity; (3) network activity that may degrade the quality of service or cause service interruptions.

Critical/Emergency Maintenance: Critical/Emergency maintenance may be performed at any time to correct network conditions that require immediate attention. Critical maintenance is performed at the discretion of SD Data Center and may degrade or disrupt service. All reasonable business efforts will be attempted to notify the Customer’s designated point of contact as is reasonably practicable under the circumstance.

Policy Change
SD Data Center reserves the right to change, amend, or revise this SLA policy at any time. Changes or revisions to the SLA will be deemed effective upon posting the applicable revision on SD Data Center’s publicly accessible website, but only with respect to Service renewals or new Services.

Scope

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) is designed to protect ndtHOST, LLC dba SD Data Center (“SD Data Center”), its customers, vendor/contractors, visitors and the Internet community in general from fraud, abuse of resources, and irresponsible or illegal activities. Usage of SD Data Center’s Services (as defined in the Master Service Agreement) and/or facility (“Facility”) requires agreement with this AUP.

SD Data Center makes no guarantee regarding and assumes no liability for, the security and integrity of data or information a user stores, transmits or receives via the Service or over the Internet. This includes data information stored, transmitted via any server designated as “secure.” SD Data Center does not monitor, exercise control over, or accept responsibility for the content of information passing through its network, but reserves the right to monitor
data transmitted or received for diagnostic or investigative purposes and as a means of providing better service. All persons and organizations, including SD Data Center customers and vendor/contractors who transmit information over or who publish information made accessible through SD Data Center’s network, are responsible for the content of the information and for complying with the laws applicable to its publication.

Personnel Responsibilities

SD Data Center, vendor/contractors and Customers (as defined in the Master Service Agreement) are responsible for the activities of its own employees, contractors, visitors, customers or end-users while on site and during  instances where they are remotely accessing resources. By accepting service from the SD Data Center, Customers and vendor/contractor designees agree to inform their customers, visitors and/or end-users of this AUP or of its own
acceptable use policy, which must be coextensive and consistent with these policies.

All vendor/contractors, Customers and visitors of SD Data Center are expected to use the Internet with respect, courtesy, and responsibility, giving due regard to the rights of other Internet users. SD Data Center expects Customers to have a basic knowledge of how the Internet functions, the types of uses which are generally acceptable, and those uses to be avoided.

All personnel shall adhere to SD Data Center’s security policies with respect to ingress and egress (Standard and Emergency) operations while on-site. SD Data Center has established and enforces industry standard security controls designed to keep the Facility secure from access (i.e., two factor authentication) by unauthorized personnel and to preserve the integrity and availability of the Facility, its equipment and Customer equipment which is housed in trust. SD Data Center will make every effort to ensure that these controls are vetted on an annual basis through a third-party agency to maintain compliance with SOC II Type II attestation. As part of this process, this AUP governs and describes the responsibility and rules that all personnel must follow to ensure that these security controls are not violated. All personnel shall comply with the most current version of this AUP, which is accessible online at: https://www.sddatacenter.com/legal.

Only Authorized Representatives who have been registered with SD Data Center’s Compliance & Security Officer will be permitted access to the Facility. Companies with whom SD Data Center does business will assign a Master List Administrator (MLA) who will designate personnel that are listed on the Authorized Representative List. MLAs are exclusively authorized to add or remove personnel from the Authorized Representative List. MLAs are responsible for keeping the Authorized Representative List updated, and whenever a change is necessary the MLA shall notify the SD Data Center personnel at [email protected]. Requests to amend an Authorized Representative List will be validated with the MLA by SD Data Center personnel prior to executing the changes.

Authorized Representatives permitted to enter the Facility shall attend an orientation presentation, participate in their badge creation process, if applicable and sign this AUP. When applicable, Customers and approved vendor/contractors will provide their driver license to obtain a Facility badge or key for their respective server cabinet/cage and will return all equipment, badges and/or keys before leaving the Facility. The driver license will be held to enforce this rule until these articles are returned or a missing badge/key report is completed to enforce this rule.

Customers and vendor/contractors shall be liable for all damages which may be caused by any Authorized Representative or their visitors who physically enter and/or visit the Facility or property or accesses services remotely. This also extends to the Customer and the Customer’s customer who is responsible for damages that may be incurred. Customer agrees to inform their customers and/or end-users of this AUP or your own acceptable use policy, which must be coextensive and consistent with these terms.

Customers and vendor/contractors will keep the Facility clean and clutter free, which includes being mindful of equipment and placement. At no time will others’ equipment be used as shelving or tools left where they pose a potential cause for accident.

Paper, cardboard and other flammable items are not to be stored inside racks or cages or on the data center floor. Proper storage or removal of items is required.

Customers and vendor/contractors shall not use or interfere with any equipment, cabling, device, power, heating or cooling device in the Facility which they do not own control or have the authority to use or interfere. If there are questions or inquiries related to cabling, device placement or related, such questions will be brought to SD Data Center personnel for guidance.

Customer Equipment Installation

Customers who will be installing equipment in the Facility, shall give SD Data Center advance notification of their arrival with a date and time of their installation schedule and will make requests for any additional resources needed at the time, so SD Data Center can ensure availability for the setup and configuration (i.e. The Customer needs a crash cart available or a server lift available). Customers who do not notify the Facility prior to arrival risk the possibility of not having the necessary resources available for the completion of their installation. The Customer will also allow for the inspection of the equipment by SD Data Center personnel to ensure proper installation of wiring connections and clearance considerations have been taken into account and there is no interference to other customers’ equipment. Additionally, SD Data Center personnel will verify the power consumption follows what has been agreed upon and noted in the contract.

At all times, unless otherwise stated in contract, SD Data Center reserves the right to allow authorized personnel to inspect the Customer’s cabinets and Customer equipment, without notice, to ensure the proper maintenance, care and security of the Facility. SD Data Center may, at any point, disconnect or remove Customer equipment if SD Data Center deems that the equipment is not appropriate for use in the Facility or if the equipment is creating a hazard to the SD Data Center network, infrastructure or to other Customer equipment. In most instances, immediate and unannounced action is not necessary, and SD Data Center will provide the Customer with prior notification along with an opportunity to resolve any such issues that are deemed inappropriate. In situations where remediation has been performed by the Customer to the satisfaction of SD Data Center personnel, Customer may reconnect or reestablish connectivity.

In some situations, where Customer equipment must be moved from a designated location/cabinet to another, SD Data Center will provide thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of changes that will occur to a Customer’s assigned location/cabinet. It shall be the Customer’s responsibility to work with SD Data Center personnel to ensure that such changes minimize the impact on Customer equipment/services and prevent any interruption.

Risk of Loss

SD Data Center shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage to any Customer equipment or any other Customer property if the loss is not caused by the negligence or intentional act of SD Data Center personnel. This may include loss or damage resulting from water, fire, fire suppression, floor, lightning or any other acts of God, electrical faults, terrorism, acts of war, or civil disturbance.

Service(s) Usage

The Services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation of United States, state or local regulation or law, or by common law, is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other statute, law or regulation. In addition, SD Data Center reserves the right to discontinue services to customers and environments, which compromise the network integrity.

All personnel are prohibited from engaging in the posting of defamatory, scandalous, or private information about a person without their consent, illegal pornography, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, or making physical threats against another person via email, news, or any other electronic media/service that SD Data Center provides to customers/personnel.

All personnel are prohibited from transmitting, on or through any of SD Data Center’s services, any material that is, in SD Data Center’s sole discretion, unlawful, threatening, abusive, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, statute or regulation.

All personnel will be courteous to others in the Facility and maintain good standing with SD Data Center personnel.

All personnel shall maintain a professional appearance while in the Facility and wear appropriate attire for the business environment. Appropriate includes clean pants, slacks, polo or oxford type shirts, and closed toed shoes. Inappropriate attire includes tank top or strapless tops, shorts (unless approved by management), strappy sandals or soiled clothing. We recommend steel toe shoes and appropriate safety attire, based on the work to be done while in the Facility.

Prohibited Activities – All Personnel

1. Visitors under the age of 18 are not permitted in the Facility, unless specifically authorized in advance by SD Data Center personnel. All visitors must be accompanied by and remain in the presence of an Authorized Representative.
2. Harassment, whether through verbal or through digital means, is prohibited.
3. Food and drink are prohibited while on the Data Center Floor – Food and Drink are permitted in the area designated as the Lobby.
4. Smoking is NOT permitted on the Satcom Direct campus.
5. Explosives, Incendiary Devices or other Flammable Devices are NOT permitted.
6. Weapons (Guns, Knives) are NOT permitted, unless prior approval from SD Data Center management and/or appropriate licensing obtained.
7. Consumption of alcoholic beverages, unless prior approval has been obtained from SD Data Center management, is prohibited.
8. Animals – Working service animals will need to be approved in advance and in writing by SD Data Center.
9. Illegal Drugs or other intoxicants are prohibited.

Additionally, Customers are prohibited from the following:

10. Sending unsolicited bulk email messages (“junk mail” or “spam”).
11. Forwarding or otherwise propagating chain letters, regardless if the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
12. Sending malicious email, including but not limited to “mail bombing” (flooding a user or site with very large or numerous pieces of email) and “trolling” (posting outrageous messages to generate numerous responses) is prohibited.
13. Forging of packet headers for the purposes of mal-intent or the circumvention of security mechanisms in place on the network is not permitted.
14. Subscribing someone else to an email list or removing someone else from an email list without that person’s permission is prohibited.
15. SD Data Center accounts or services may not be used to collect replies to messages sent from another Internet service provider, where those messages violate this AUP or the usage policy of that other provider.
16. Operating or hosting any website or service promoting illegal activity such as: warez, illegal pornography, hacking, cracking, phishing, scams, credit card harvesting websites, and illegitimate ecommerce websites.
17. Participating in P2P networks such as bit torrent, Kazaa, streaming video, public proxy services, Napster, IRC, gnutella, edonkey, instant message proxying, http/https proxy, or any other proxy protocol. Attempts to circumvent firewall rules through a proxy, non-conventional ports, encryption or any other method will result in account termination without refund.
18. Attempting to circumvent access control user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (cracking). This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the customer, logging into a server or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks.
19. Circumventing access control mechanisms that are in place to protect the physical security of the Facility. This includes, but is not limited to, restricted areas outside of your scope of work, cracking or tampering with card readers, authentication tokens or emergency control systems that may possibly allow access to unrestricted areas. Customers/personnel who are found to have attempted any of these activities will be removed from the Facility, their access terminated and may incur criminal or civil liability.
20. Attempting to circumvent or interfere with life safety controls within the Facility (i.e., fire suppression system, security/burglar alarm system and other environmental controls in effect for the safety and security of
    the Facility and its occupants) is strictly prohibited.
21. Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network (denial of service attacks) is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, “flooding” of networks, overload of a service and any activity resulting in the “crash” of a host.
22. Using any kind of program/script/command, or send messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a user’s terminal session, via any means, locally or by the Internet is prohibited.
23. Customer must safeguard their account passwords and keep all websites, code, scripts, programs, etc. up to date to prevent unauthorized access to their account. Customer is liable for all resource fees incurred under Customer’s account. If Customer grants public write permissions to Customer’s account, Customer is liable for fees for disk space/bandwidth consumed by any others writing to the account.
24. Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability. SD Data Center will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations.

Violations and Enforcement

At SD Data Center’s sole and reasonable discretion, violations of any element of this AUP may result in a warning to the offender followed by suspension or termination of the affected service, if Customer does not cease the violation. SD Data Center may immediately suspend or terminate service, with or without notice, if it reasonably determines that a violation of the AUP has occurred. SD Data Center will enforce this AUP according to the severity of the offense and violator’s history of prior AUP infringements. Severe and/or repeated offenses will result in immediate termination of service. SD Data Center is not liable for damages of any nature suffered by any customer, end-user, or any third party resulting in whole or in part from SD Data Center exercising its rights under this AUP. SD Data Center has no practical ability to monitor all conduct, communications, or content that might violate this AUP prior to its transmission over the SD Data Center network but, where possible and necessary, may do so at its discretion. Therefore, SD Data Center does not assume liability for others’ violations of the AUP or failures to terminate those violations. SD Data Center reserves the right to assess time and materials charges to resolve customer issues that are not resolved by the customer in a timely manner.

Privacy Policy

1. SD Data Center will not sell or disclose its customer lists or customer email address lists.
2. SD Data Center will attempt to protect the privacy of SD Data Center’s customers on SD Data Center’s network.
3. SD Data Center will only access and disclose information as necessary to comply with applicable laws and government requests, to operate and maintain SD Data Center’s systems and services, or to protect SD Data Center, or its customers.
4. SD Data Center will not monitor or disclose a customer’s private email messages, unless required by court order or law.
5. SD Data Center will cooperate with the authorities and will notify such authorities if it suspects that a customer is engaged in illegal activities.

CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

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Title: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________________________