Pugmarks has a zero tolerance policy for Spam (sending un-solicited emails), pornography, illegal contents including software piracy. Any sites found to contain, promote, or link to such content are subject to immediate removal from our service. No refund will be due to the client in such a case.

Content Disclaimer
Pugmarks does not review pages for content before they are posted and does not verify, endorse, or otherwise take responsibility for the content of any user-created pages. However, we reserve the right to remove any page from our servers, which we determine is violating our rules and guidelines. Users are solely responsible for all files contained in their own directory, and can be held legally liable for the contents of their Web site. If a recognized authority rules that a Pugmarks user or customer is violating trademark, copyright or any other law, Pugmarks would have a right to remove the entire website in case the customer does not comply immediately.

Termination of services
Pugmarks may terminate user accounts and delete any and all user information for conduct that Pugmarks believes is harmful to the business of Pugmarks or to any of its users or partners or on ruling of a recognized authority. Pages found violating these items may be subject to immediate deletion and removal from our servers, and their Webmasters subject to banishment from the Pugmarks network. The following is a nonexclusive list of content and behaviors that are UNACCEPTABLE on Pugmarks network.

• Content that contains or contains links to nudity, pornography, adult content, sex, extreme violence, or foul language.
• Content that condones, promotes, contains, or links to warez, cracks, hacks, their associated utilities, or other piracy-related information, whether for educational purposes or not.
• Content that has been promoted through the sending of unsolicited commercial email/bulk emails (spamming) or mail fraud schemes, or pages that promote or condone the sending of unsolicited email. Users who utilize Pugmarks resources, including e-mail addresses, for Spam are also subject to prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.
• Content that commits acts of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property infringement.
• Content that is racist, or otherwise extremely offensive to others, including content, which aggravates, harasses, threatens, defames, or abuses others.
• Sites that exploit images of children under 18 years of age.
• Content that posts or discloses personal identification information or private information of individuals under the age of 13 or in connection with materials directed toward individuals under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent.
• Content that provides, sells, or offers to sell the following: controlled substances, illegal drugs and drug contraband, alcohol, weapons, pirated materials, pornography or sexual products, programs to attack others, illegal goods, escort services, instructions on making, assembling, or obtaining illegal goods or weapons, information used to break copyright or trademark violations, to destroy others' property, or to harm any people or animals.
• Content that takes part in, or allows any third party to take part in, the following: reverse engineering, reverse compiling or otherwise deriving the underlying source code or structure or sequence of the Technology; individual pass working of Member sites or pages; altering copyright notices and attributes (unless permitted in writing by the author/owner); and such practices.
• Content or services that allows or facilitates the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures off another entity's computer software or hardware, electronic communications system, or telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption or loss of data, is expressly prohibited and the offending Pugmarks account is subject to immediate termination.

Right to change
Pugmarks reserves the right to amend or change these guidelines at any time without notice. This Acceptable Use Policy and any disputes arising out of or related to the Service and the Pugmarks Sites shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of USA and India as applicable.

General Violations

• Copying/duplicating the Licensed Product or creating subsets or derivative databases from the Database, except for personal use only.
• Assigning, selling or passing along the Licensed Product.
• Publishing or otherwise disseminating the Licensed Product or creating subsets or derivative databases from the Database for commercial use or sale.
• Providing services for a fee using the Licensed Product or any subsets or derivatives thereof.
• Allowing data from the Licensed Product to be made available to others or downloading the Licensed Product onto any electronic storage media or distributing or transferring the Database or Search Results in any form (printed, electronically relayed, posted to public list services or bulletin boards, or magnetically stored) to, or for the benefit, of others.
• Unauthorized distribution of passwords and/or access codes is strictly prohibited.
• Institutional users should contact their Site Administrator regarding the General Terms and Conditions of their License Agreement.
• Adding, removing, or modifying identifying network header information (aka "spoofing") in an effort to deceive or mislead.
• Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other identifying information.
• Any activities which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use Pugmarks services or the Internet are prohibited. This includes "denial of service" attacks against the Pugmarks servers, network hosts or individual user.
• Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail. Using a Pugmarks e-mail or Website address to distribute commercial e-mail is prohibited.
• Sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail (aka "mail bombing" or "Spamming") is prohibited.
• Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (aka "cracking") is strictly prohibited. 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 Pugmarks servers and networks.
• Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a User's session, by any means, locally or by the Internet.

Enforcement
Pugmarks reserves the right to monitor Internet access to the Pugmarks services by authorized User(s)/Licensee(s), as part of the normal course of its business practice. Should any regulatory or investigating or government agency discover User(s) engaged in Prohibited Actions as outlined above, which create denial of access or impediment of service, and which adversely affect Pugmarks' ability to provide services, Pugmarks reserves the right to suspend, without any notice, User/Licensee access to the Pugmarks Host Server and/or Database. Pugmarks shall make written/electronic notification to User or Licensee point of contact of any suspension, and the cause thereof, as soon as reasonably possible. This suspension will remain in effect until the Prohibited Actions have ceased or remedied. No refunds would be made by Pugmarks for any interruption in services or termination of services caused due to violation of its AUP.

Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
This Agreement is made under and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of IL, USA .