webhosting/acceptable_use

i offer webhosting. i can only do this as long as people behave. therefore, all users must adhere to this acceptable use policy to ensure everything can run smoothly.

content restrictions

i'll be honest — i don't care what you put on your website. i'll give feedback if asked, but what's on it is ultimately your choice. that said, certain things cannot be placed on these sites, namely :

• pornography of any kind (if you are concerned about your art, please err on the side of caution and ask)
• real-life gore or similar graphic content
• statements that incite violence or other harm to people and/or property
• sale of drugs, firearms, products of human remains, or other illegal products or services
• any kind of proxy or traffic-relaying server
• any kind of lottery or gambling services
• distribution of any malicious software, unless for explicit and clear research purposes (think vx-underground)
• use of cryptocurrency miners, both on server or on web clients
• any other content not allowed on the Internet by Icelandic, U.S./American, or your local authorities.

payment restrictions

unless mutually agreed, payment must be made via Zelle (U.S. only) or SEPA transfer. this is in part because it's simple for me to collect and not worry about twenty different paying apps. but also, because there's basically no "middle-man" from those apps in these processes — it's bank to bank.

unless mutually agreed as well, payment must be made in U.S. dollars (USD) or the Euro (EUR). this is because Zelle only accepts U.S. dollars and SEPA transfers only Euro. it's a crazy concept, but a notable one. any fees associated with Zelle or SEPA transfers are not included in the price and you are responsible for paying them if they arise — this includes VAT/GST as well.

should you fail to make a payment, service will persist for at least 7 days. after this time, your webroot will be removed. should you fail to make a payment after 14 days, the contents of your website will be e-mailed to you as a tarball (think ZIP files but smaller in some cases) and will be deleted from the server.

general notes

like i said before : i can only do this as long as people behave. so, there are a few more ground rules that everyone must follow :

• do not attack the servers used for this service
• do not take advantage of security vulnerabities that may occur (report these to security [AROBASE / AT] doamatto.xyz)
• do not take up more than 1 gigabyte for your website (i don't have infinite space)
• do keep backups of your site's source files (adequate backups are made in the form of weekly hot snapshots and nightly uploads to off-site S3 buckets)
• do understand that this is all done by a single person — i am only human. there will be outages. there will be issues. that said, it is quite my job here is to fix these outages and issues and prevent them from reoccurring. in other words, please bear with me when there are issues and don't expect 100% uptime (that's just not possible).
• do try to pay early to prevent issues with late payments — Zelle and SEPA transfers are still prone to failures.
• do consider having the e-mail sys [AROBASE / AT] maatt.fr listed as your webmaster on your contact page. this allows those that have issues with the server or other complaints to reach out to me directly and not have to complain to you first.

data protection and retention

your privacy is protected to the best of my ability when you use my hosting. i log your email address and proof of payment — that's it. those who get a commission completed will have the same information stored, as well as a copy of their request and the finished project. e-mails and proof of payment is held for 3 years (the minimum allowed by the U.S. revenue service). commission requests and finished projects are stored for 3 years as well (to prove the creation of goods). those who share their phone number or other method to stay in contact with me easier will have their data stored for as long as they are actively using the service (so that I can still contact you).

the only exemption to the 3-year period is if obligated by my local authority (United States) under a court order or if you are actively using the service (so that I can still contact you). data retention will change in the future to hold e-mails, proof of payment, commission requests and finished projects for 5 years.

your data is stored with the following parties :

• your financial provider and mine (necessary to complete a Zelle or SEPA transfer)
• Buttowdown (necessary for providing outage alerts and updates to this document ; their privacy policy is here.)
• Fastmail (necessary to store your contact information and make correspondance to provide service ; their privacy policy is here.)
• Sync.com (necessary for providing finished commission ; their privacy policy is here.)
• 1984 Hosting (necessary for users serving sites on fuecoco ; their privacy policy is here.)

  policy changes

  should this policy need to change for any reason, it is my responsibility (not yours) to make you aware of changes. you will receive an e-mail (whenever i can get one to you) detailing a summary of changes and a link to the policy. it is inferred that if you say nothing, you read the policy and you're OK with the changes. if you are not OK with the changes, talk to me and we can figure out what needs to be fixed.

  • 19 septembre 2023 — grammatical changes of little merit
  • 18 septembre 2023 — described data retention requirements, added note to have early payments, added notice that VAT/GST is responsibility of payer, extended prohibited content to that of which is prohibited by U.S./American authorities, re-worded pornography restriction.
  • 12 septembre 2023 — formed document.

  last updated : 18 septembre 2023