This Acceptable Use Policy for the Peoples Republic of China (this Policy) specifies the actions prohibited by Verizon, dba Verizon Services (Verizon) to users who access the Verizon IP Network in the Peoples Republic of China. Verizon reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time, effective upon posting of the modified Policy to this URL: http://www.verizonenterprise.com/terms/asiapac/cn/aup/ or other notice to customer.

Illegal use
The Verizon IP Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. It also includes material and content the publication or transmission of which is prohibited by Chinese laws and regulations, such as:

• content that opposes the fundamental principles established in the PRC Constitution;
• content that compromises Chinas state security, or divulges Chinas state secrets, intelligences or military secrets;
• content that incites subversion of the state political power and the socialist system of the PRC, incites secession, or sabotages national unity;
• content that harms the dignity or interests of the state;
• content that advocates terrorism or extremism;
• content that undermines the reputation of governmental agencies;
• content that incites ethnic hatred or racial discrimination, or damages inter-ethnic unity;
• content that sabotages state religious policy, propagates heretical teachings, organizes heretical organizations, or propagates feudal superstitions;
• content that disseminates rumors, disturbs economic order or social order, or disrupts social stability;
• content that propagates obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, or fear, or incites the committing of crimes; or
• content that insults or slanders others, or infringes upon reputation, privacy, intellectual property rights or other lawful rights and interests of others.

The Verizon IP Network may not be used in perpetrating fraud, teaching methods for committing crimes, producing or selling prohibited or controlled items, carrying out other unlawful activities under Chinese laws and regulations, or publishing any information that relates to the foregoing unlawful activities.

The Verizon IP Network may not be used for providing telecommunication services without required telecommunication licenses under Chinese law.

In the event that the Verizon IP Network is used in a manner that Verizon considers to be in breach of the foregoing requirements, then Verizon may disable access to the Verizon IP Network or terminate the relevant transmissions. In relation to any suspected illegality, Verizon may report such use to competent law enforcement agencies. Verizons reporting may include disclosure of user information, and network and systems information related to the suspected illegality.

System and network security
Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Verizon will investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and will cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of system or network security violations include, without limitation, the following:

• Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
• Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
• Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, interception of others emails, hacking others network data, installation of malicious programs or viruses, mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
• Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.

Email
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site.

Usenet
Posting the same or similar message to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting) is explicitly prohibited.

INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A VERIZON CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER.

To report a violation of this policy, or a system or network security issue, click here.

To report an incident of child pornography, click here.

See other Verizon Terms and Conditions.

1 For the purpose of this Policy, excluding the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan.