QMax Communications Pte Ltd ("QMax")'s Acceptable Use Policy applies to QMax's subscribers (collectively, the "Customers" and individually, the "Customer") use of QMax's Internet services ("Service").

This Acceptable Use Policy is part of QMax's efforts to provide high quality and reliable service to the Customers; protect the privacy and security of the Customers, systems and networks; encourage responsible use of QMax's resources; and comply with applicable laws.

• In consideration of the foregoing, the Customer hereby undertakes:

  • to use the Service in a responsible manner, taking into account the effects his use of the Service may have on other users and the network;

  • not to use, or allow anyone else to use, the Service:

    • for any unlawful, illegal, malicious or improper purpose;
    • to knowingly transmit a computer virus or other malicious computer program;
    • in any way which interferes with its availability for other users or otherwise interferes in the proper operation of the Service;
    • to access or damage another's computer system without permission;
    • to infringe intellectual property rights;
    • to disclose confidential information of another person;
    • to store, publish, display, distribute or post material that is obscene, offensive, defamatory, abusive or that is in violation of any law;
    • to enable a minor to access material that is inappropriate for a minor;
    • to harass any person;
    • to conduct or promote a business that is illegal;
    • to breach any laws or third party rights or to breach any standards, content requirements or codes promulgated by any relevant authority or industry body.

  • not to resell the Service or its component or content provided via the Service;

  • in relation to email, not to use the Service to :

    • send bulk unsolicited email to others;
    • send email that conceals its sender, that contains invalid or forged headers or domain names or deceptive addressing;
    • receive responses from bulk unsolicited email sent, even if not sent via the Service;
    • relay email from a third party's mail server without consent;
    • collect or harvest screen names or email addresses of others for the purpose of sending
    • unsolicited emails or for exchange;
    • send large or numerous emails with the purpose of disrupting another's computer or account;
    • send email that may damage or affect the performance of the recipient's computer;
    • persistently send email without reasonable cause or for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person;
    • subscribe anyone to a mailing list or similar service without his permission.

  • in relation to newsgroups, not to use the Service to:

    • engage in mass posting of messages or the posting of messages to inappropriate newsgroups, the appropriateness of which is to be determined by QMax;
    • post advertisements in newsgroups that do not encourage or permit advertising;
    • post binary in newsgroups that do not encourage or permit such postings;
    • post large or numerous messages with the purpose of disrupting a newsgroup; or
    • send messages that contain invalid or forged headers or domain names or deceptive addressing.

• The Customer,

  • if on a flat rate plan, shall observe the following conditions of use:

    • QMax reserves the right to restrict the level of or suspend the Customer's access to the Service without prior notice if the Customer's use creates, in QMax's opinion, an undue burden to the network or degrades the use of the network by other users;
    • With the exception of corporate subscribers, The Customer shall not connect another network, such as a local area network, to the Service or allow multiple simultaneous users of the Service. Only one computer may be connected to the Service at any one time and the Customer must not connect to the Service servers which transmit data to the internet or cable network, such as ftp servers and chat servers;
    • The Customer shall not use automated programs to continually send or receive high volumes of data via the Service.

  • shall not use the Service to engage in misleading or deceptive marketing practices or to conduct or be part of a business that is illegal.

• Use of the Service as described in the foregoing paragraphs is prohibited under this Acceptable Use Policy. These descriptions are however mere guidelines and are not intended to be exhaustive.

• The Customer agrees to accept and read all emails addressed from QMax Communications Pte Ltd and to respond to the relevant email should a reply be requested.

• The Customer is responsible for ensuring that third parties who use the Service under his consent and authority observe the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy.

• Violations of this Acceptable Use Policy may result in a demand for:

  • immediate removal of offending material;

  • immediate temporary or permanent filtering, blocked access, suspension of the Customer's account or termination of the Service; or

  • any other action appropriate to the violation as determined by QMax in its sole discretion and all rights and remedies available to QMax with respect to such activities at law or in equity.

• Where feasible, QMax may give notice so that such violations may be addressed voluntarily. However, QMax reserves the right to act without notice when necessary determined by QMax in its sole discretion. QMax may involve, and will co-operate with the legal authorities if criminal activity is suspected. Refunds or credits are not issued in connection with actions taken for violations of this Acceptable Use Policy.

• Any complaints regarding the violations of this Acceptable Use Policy by any Customer should be directed to [QMax Customer Service]. Where possible, the Customer should include details that would assist QMax in investigating and resolving the complaint.

• This Acceptable Use Policy supplements the agreement made between QMax and the Customer in connection with the use of the Service. If such agreement restricts a particular use of the Service that is not addressed hereunder, the agreement shall govern with respect to such use.

• QMax reserves the right to change, vary or supplement this Acceptable Use Policy at its sole discretion and without prior notice. Any decision made by QMax in relation to the Service in accordance with this Acceptable Use Policy shall be final on all matters.

QMax has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for our website: http://www.qmaxcom.com

We use your IP address to help increase efficiency, diagnose possible problems with our servers, and to administer our Web site.

Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information.

Our "online shop" uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers).

Contact information from the order form is used to send orders, information about our company, and promotional material from some of our partners to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

Our online surveys and competitions ask visitors for contact information (like their email address). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like their email address). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Accountability

• We will be responsible for all personal data collected. All personal data collected will be used and processed fairly and lawfully while in our possession or custody. We ensure all our customers that we would be accountable for our organisation's compliance to our Privacy Policy. Specifying Purposes. Personal data collected, will not be used for a new purpose unless we obtain consent from our customers. We are the sole owner of the personally identifiable information collected on this site. We collect personally identifiable information for the sole purpose of registering a user for our web site

Consent

• We do not collect sensitive information from our customers. We assure all customers that all personal information collected would be used or disclosed only for the purposes for which it was collected.

Limiting Collection

• Only the necessary personal data is collected from customers' for business purposes. Both the amount and the type of data collected shall be limited to that which is necessary to fulfill the purposes identified.

Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention

• We will not disclose, share, transfer, sell or rent personally identifiable information to any 3rd party. We do not send unsolicited marketing email to our customers. Customers will occasionally receive email on special promotions we hold. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, users may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email.
• We do not keep personal data for longer than is necessary for those purposes for which they are collected.
• We have developed guidelines and implemented procedures to govern the destruction of personal data that are no longer required to fulfill the identified purposes.
• We do not use "cookies ", "web-bugs" or any other tracking technologies to collect information from users of our web site.
• We would not display or make publicly available, whether through online directories, customer lists or otherwise, the personally identifiable information collected

Accuracy

• We ensure our customers that all personal information collected is accurate and kept up to date. We do not maintain duplicate copies of personal information in different systems.

Safeguards

• We ensure our customers that appropriate security safeguards are in place to protect personal data against unauthorised access, misuse, disclosure, copying, use, alteration, accidental loss or theft, destruction or damage.
• Only authorised personals have access to our systems. Consultants, contractors or other temporary employees do not have access to the data.

Openness

• Our data protection policy (Privacy Policy) is displayed on the web site and the policy is set out in the same language medium as the web site. We encourage all our customers to read our Privacy Policy to understand the our objective of collection their personal data.

Links

• This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security

• This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Choice/Opt-Out

• Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

Contacting the Web Site

• If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact QMax Webmaster.

The content of this site is protected by Singapore copyright laws. Unauthorised reproduction or distribution of content is prohibited. QMax respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users, and visitors to our Web sites, to do the same. At our discretion and in appropriate circumstances, QMax may terminate or suspend service to users who infringe upon the copyright, or other intellectual property rights, of others.