Terms Of Service
“The Company” that provides bgp.tools is Port 179 Ltd (Registraton Number: 14127855)
“Service” refers to the utilities, tools, and other systems that encompass the product developed or operated by The Company
“Resources” are particular elements of the Services to which access is granted to individual users.
An “Account” is granted to a particular user, and constitutes authorisation to use certain Services and Resources in conjunction with an agreement between the Company and that user.
“Login Information” means any login name, password, cryptographic key or other credential or means of identification by which a user may gain access to Services.
“User Data” is computer data stored by a user using the Service.
“Suspension” of an Account means action taken by the Company in order to temporarily prevent the use of any Resources which would normally be available in conjunction with the account, including, but not limited to, changing or suspension of Login Information, prohibiting access to User Data, and preventing any services from functioning.
A “CTF Account” is a account made by the Company to assist in the discovery of security issues.
Not all Resources are available for the use of all users. Users shall not attempt to gain access to Resources which are not explicitly made available with their Account. Unless the resources belong to a CTF Account.
The Company reserves the right to rate limit or disable features either to a selection of users, indiscriminately, or whole scale if the effects of a users action is causing difficulties for other users.
Where an email address is provided to a user, the user shall read email sent to this address regularly, since important information may be communicated by the Company and its personnel to users via email.
The Service shall not be used to attempt to gain access to any computer system or network other than those to which the user has legitimate access.
The Service shall not be used in any activity which is intended to inconvenience another user of the Service or of any other computer or to prevent them from making use of any resources to which they have legitimate access.
No user shall engage in activity which is likely to damage, render unuseable, impose an unacceptable load on, or in any other way detrimentally affect the Service.
The service shall not be used to harass other users on the internet.
Should a customer subscribe for premium features, they must only use those features for their own usage and not sub-lease (with payment or not) their account features to anyone else.
The Company and its personnel shall not view, modify or copy User Data, except with the permission of the user, or
(a) where pursuant to tracing a system fault or security problem, both in relation to the Service;
(b) where there is cause to believe that the terms of this Terms Of Service are being broken or have been broken;
(c ) at the instigation of a competent law enforcement agency;
(d) following an order by a competent court;
(e) where such action is judged necessary to prevent the development of problems in the future;
(f) in connection with activities described in 3.4 above.
Users consent to day-to-day logging of their usage of the Service for the purposes of accounting, fault prevention, and maintaining system security, as deemed appropriate by the Company and its personnel. Such logged information shall be treated as User Data for the purposes of the provisions in 4.1 above, except where the logged information is needed for routine checks on the Services not covered there, and will be kept secret from users.
The Company reserves the right to suspend or invalidate Login Information at any time, if it believes it to have been compromised, disclosed without permission to another party, or where there is reason to believe that it is being used in conjunction with activities in breach of this Terms Of Service. Such withdrawal or invalidation shall extend only to the Login Information, and not to the associated Account itself.
Company services shall not be used to store or process data in contravention of applicable national law, or in connection with any activity which would itself contravene this Acceptable Use Policy. Particular attention is drawn to the relevant legislation on Data Protection, Computer Misuse, and Copyright; this should not, however, be taken as an exhaustive list.
A user may not attempt to gain access to the Service if their access has been terminated or suspended.
The Company reserves the right to terminate service to any user, including removal of Account, withdrawal or invalidation of Login Information, and deletion of User Data, in the event that
(a) the user is deliberately acting in breach of this Acceptable Use Policy;
(b) charges payable are overdue.
The Company reserves the right to Suspend an account temporarily, wherever there exists reason to believe that a breach of this Acceptable Use Policy is taking place or has taken place.
The Company shall not be held liable for any damages or injuries resulting from non-availability of service, either announced interruptions or unannounced ones resulting from causes beyond the Company’s control.
The Company may make specific exceptions or exclusions to this Acceptable Use Policy under such circumstances determined at the discretion of the Company and in agreement with the User concerned.
The Company may amend this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time. Such amendments will be communicated to all users by means of email, and displayed publicly on the Company’s Web Server.
Users’ activities are always governed by the most recent version of the Acceptable Use Policy.