Legal

Acceptable Use
Ethical Guidelines
Legal Issues
Network Integrity of Efficiency
Privacy Policy
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Acceptable Use

You may use your account for communications, research, public relations, education, and entertainment. This statement describes certain uses which are consistent with the purposes of the Internet. It is not intended to exhaustively list all such possible uses or abuses. We expect our customers to respect the culture and civility of communications and discourse on or through the Internet. We expect our customers to maintain respect for privacy, legal issues, and courtesy to other users and network resources.

Ethical guidelines

We expect you to:

1) Obey all federal and state laws regarding your use of the Internet and information obtained or transmitted through our network.
2) Respect the ownership of information including copyright and license agreements. Please read copyright policies and procedures listed on the other side of this form.
3) Be courteous in your use of the Internet and network resources.

You may NOT use your account:

1) For any purpose which violates US Federal or State Laws.
2) To interfere with or disrupt network users, services or equipment including distributing unsolicited advertising, propagating computer worms or viruses, and using the network to make unauthorized entry to other computational, information, or communications devices or resources. It is illegal to attempt to access the computer systems of individuals or organizations without authorization. Such attempts are subject to service termination and prosecution. Such behavior is not condoned by Bloomer. Individuals are encouraged to utilize hardware/software security measures as appropriate.
3) To transmit threatening, obscene, or harassing materials.
4) It is prohibited to resell any of Bloomer’s bandwidth without exception, as a Gaming, Web or email server behind our connection.

Network Integrity of Efficiency

You may NOT use your account:

1) In a manner that precludes or significantly hampers its use by others.
2) To send messages likely to result in the loss of recipients’ work or systems.
3) To intentionally develop programs that harasses other users or infiltrates a computer or computing system and/or damage or alter the software components of a computer or computing system.

Privacy Policy

BLOOMER BROADBAND is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to BLOOMER BROADBAND’s website and governs data collection and usage. By using the BLOOMER BROADBAND website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

BLOOMER BROADBAND collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. BLOOMER BROADBAND also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

Information about your computer hardware and software is also automatically collected by BLOOMER BROADBAND. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by BLOOMER BROADBAND for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the BLOOMER BROADBAND website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through BLOOMER BROADBAND public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: BLOOMER BROADBAND does
not read any of your private online communications.

BLOOMER BROADBAND encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from BLOOMER BROADBAND so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. BLOOMER BROADBAND is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the BLOOMER BROADBAND family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information

BLOOMER BROADBAND collects and uses your personal information to operate the BLOOMER BROADBAND website and deliver the services you have requested.
BLOOMER BROADBAND also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from BLOOMER BROADBAND and its affiliates. BLOOMER BROADBAND may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

BLOOMER BROADBAND does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. BLOOMER BROADBAND may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, BLOOMER BROADBAND may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to BLOOMER BROADBAND, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

BLOOMER BROADBAND does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

BLOOMER BROADBAND keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within BLOOMER BROADBAND, in order to determine what BLOOMER BROADBAND services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within BLOOMER BROADBAND to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

BLOOMER BROADBAND websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on BLOOMER BROADBAND or the site;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of BLOOMER BROADBAND; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of BLOOMER BROADBAND, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The BLOOMER BROADBAND website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize BLOOMER BROADBAND pages, or register with BLOOMER BROADBAND site or services, a cookie helps BLOOMER BROADBAND to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same BLOOMER BROADBAND website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the BLOOMER BROADBAND features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the BLOOMER BROADBAND services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

BLOOMER BROADBAND secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. BLOOMER BROADBAND secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

BLOOMER BROADBAND will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. BLOOMER BROADBAND encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how BLOOMER BROADBAND is protecting your information.

Contact Information

BLOOMER BROADBAND welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that BLOOMER BROADBAND has not adhered to this Statement, please contact BLOOMER BROADBAND at [email protected]. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Pursuant to Title II of the DMCA, all claims alleging copyright infringement for material that is believed to be residing on Bloomer Broadband’s system or network should be promptly sent in the form of written notice to Bloomer Broadband’s Designated Agent:

Designated Agent for DMCA Notices
Bloomer Broadband Copyright Department
1120 15th Avenue
Bloomer, WI 54724
Phone: 715-568-4830
Email: [email protected]

NOTE: No other notice or communications should be sent to the Designated Agent, who is appointed solely for the purpose of receiving notices of claims alleging copyright infringement under the DMCA.

Specific requirements for proper notification of claimed infringement are set forth in the DMCA (see 17 U.S.C.’512(c)(3)). Valid notification must be a written communication that includes all of the following elements:

  1. Signature of copyright owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
  2. Identification of copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
  3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party (address, phone number and, if available, email address);
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate, and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right allegedly being infringed.

NOTE: There are substantial penalties for false claims (see 17 U.S.C.’512(f)-providing sanctions for material misrepresentations of copyright infringement).

Filing a DMCA counter-notification:

If a notice of alleged copyright infringement under the DMCA has been wrongly filed against you, you may submit a counter-notification to Bloomer Broadband’s Designated Agent. Specific requirements for a proper counter-notification are set forth in the DMCA (see 17 U.S.C.’512(g)(3)). A valid counternotification must be a written communication that includes all of the following elements:

  1. A physical or electronic signature;
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of federal district court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if your address is outside of the U.S., for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the complainant.
    Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification, Bloomer Broadband will forward it to the original complainant who submitted the DMCA notice alleging copyright infringement. The original complainant will then have ten (10) days to notify Bloomer Broadband that is has filed a lawsuit relating to the allegedly infringing material otherwise Bloomer Broadband will restore the removed material or cease disabling access to it.

Repeat Infringer Policy

Pursuant to Section 512 of the DMCA, it is Bloomer Broadband’s policy to terminate the account of repeat copyright infringers in appropriate circumstances.