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Managing Content and Communications:
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Use Guidelines - PROHIBITED USES 
The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited uses of the Web Site services. Asiancanadian.net reserves the 
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Uses that "frame" or "mirror" any part of the Web Site without the Company's prior written authorization; 
Uses that interfere with other persons' use and enjoyment of the Web SIte services or of the Internet generally. 
Uses that may damage, disrupt, compromise or degrade the integrity, efficiency, performance or security of the 
Web Site services or that may otherwise or result in: 
the circumvention or breach of any user authentication, password, security or control measures regarding the 
Web Site services or any other Internet resource or computer system; 
unauthorized access to other persons' accounts and Materials (including Materials posted to the Web Site) 
or interference with their use and enjoyment of the Web Site services. 
Uses that conceal or misrepresent the author or origin of any message or communication, or that impersonate 
any person, or that falsely state or otherwise misrepresent an affiliation with any other person, including without 
limitation any Asiancanadian.net representative. 
Uses that contain, hyperlink to or otherwise disclose images of any person or private information about any person 
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without that person's permission. 
The uploading, posting or transmission to the Web Site of any of the following Materials, whether posted publicly 
or with password protection, whether directly or indirectly or intentionally or unintentionally: 
Materials that contain links to other sites or Internet resources; 
Executable programs or audio and video recordings; 
Materials that contain computer viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer code 
that may damage, harm, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate, interrupt, limit the 
functionality of, or otherwise adversely affect the Web Site or any other computer system, hardware, software, 
telecommunications equipment, data, or personal information; and Materials that are encrypted.

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