fbpx

Acceptable Use Policy

About this policy

This document is our Acceptable Use Policy (policy). In this policy the words ‘we’, ‘our’, ‘us’ and ‘Swoop’ are all references to Swoop Telecommunications Pty Ltd ABN 87 109 931 731 and its related bodies corporate.

This policy is accessible on our website and is distributed to customers and former customers (together, ‘customers’) and our staff.

Our Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) has approved this policy and is responsible for ensuring its implementation, operation and compliance with any applicable regulations and industry codes. By using any Swoop service (‘services’) you agree to comply with the terms of this acceptable use policy

Our principles

This policy aims to ensure Swoop is able to provide quality services to all our customers and that no customers are disadvantaged by the behaviour of others (including use patterns that cause significant network congestion, disruption or otherwise adversely affect the Swoop network, a supplier’s network or adversely affect another person’s use of or access to the internet services, the Swoop network or a supplier network).

In addition, the Acceptable Use Policy sets out your responsibilities when you use the internet, including any content which you publish online or by email. It also confirms steps we may take to ensure and monitor compliance with this policy as well as setting out our responsibilities to comply with directions from regulatory and other law enforcement bodies.

It also explains how we provide certain streaming services to you, as well as what steps we take to manage our network in times of congestion. The acceptable use policy applies to all our services.

General

If you are a residential customer (home internet), our services are for your personal use only and cannot be used for commercial purposes. If you are a business customer, our services are for your use in the ordinary course of business.

You may not use the service in a manner which is ‘unreasonable’ or ‘unacceptable’.

Unlimited data allowance

‘Unlimited’ means that the amount of data you download or upload is not limited and will not be counted. While Swoop will provide a data use meter, this is for information purposes only to display the amount of upload and download data recorded on your service.

Your service may be temporarily restricted to a lower speed if the connection is used for an excessive amount of traffic over a short period of time.

While this is an unlimited data service, there may be factors outside the control of Swoop that will have an effect of altering user experience. There may also be some congestion (of the wholesale supplier backhaul) in which our wholesale supplier may not be able to provide the same speed at all times of the day. Other factors beyond the control of Swoop and our wholesale supplier is international bandwidth availability, the destination you are trying to reach may have its own traffic management per site visitor to a specific download rate.

Unreasonable use

We consider your use of the service is unreasonable if you use it in a manner which is other than it was intended for.

Below are some examples of uses which we consider ‘unreasonable’. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list:

  • if you are a residential customer using the service in a way which could not be reasonably regarded as ordinary personal use (e.g. a residential product cannot be used for commercial purposes)
  • if you are a business customer, including a small to medium business customer, using the service in way which could not be reasonably regarded as ordinary business use
  • using the service for fraudulent purposes
  • abnormal or excessive use of back to base services
  • using the service to wholesale supply of any service (including transit, refile or aggregate domestic or international traffic) on our network
  • using the service for the purposes of arbitrage
  • using the service for anything which isn’t standard person to person

Unacceptable use

You may not use our services in any manner which improperly interferes with another person’s use of our services or for illegal or unlawful purposes.

You may not use any equipment or devices on our network which have not been approved by us. We consider the use of our services or unauthorised equipment in this way to be unacceptable.

Below are some examples of uses which we consider ‘unacceptable’. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list:

  • if you provide us with false user information to use the service
  • using any equipment or device on our network which has not been authorised by us
  • using the service to send unsolicited or unwanted commercial electronic messages to individuals or businesses
  • using the service to gain improper access to another person’s private or personal information
  • using the service to distribute or make available indecent, obscene, offensive, pornographic, illegal or confidential material
  • using the service to defame, harass or abuse anyone or violate their privacy
  • contravening any applicable laws when you use the service
  • using the service to communicate with emergency service organisations where an emergency situation does not exist
  • using the service to distribute or make available material that is misleading or deceptive as to your identity
  • infringing any person’s intellectual property rights, including copyright, when you use the service
  • using the service to monitor data or traffic on any network or system if you do not have the authorisation of the owner of the network or system to do so
  • using the service in a way which interferes or disrupts the service, any computer system access through it or any other person’s use of it
  • using the service to obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access to any computer, system or network
  • using the service in a manner designed to compromise the security or interfere with the operation of the service or any other computer, system or

Your internet use

Where our products and services allow you access to the internet, you are responsible for any use or misuse of the services, even if they were used, with or without your consent, by another person who gains access to them.

You are responsible for all risks associated with use of a Swoop service. Swoop does not bear any responsibility or liability relating to your use of the internet. For further information about online safety please contact us to discuss using a filtering or security solution with your service.

You are responsible for any content you publish online or via email. We encourage you to use appropriate warnings and precautions in respect of content which is likely to be considered unsuitable for children.

You must comply with any rules imposed by any third party whose content or service you access using your Swoop service. You may not copy, publish, republish, redistribute, recommunicate, or otherwise commercially exploit such content in any form or by any method whatsoever. This prohibition includes framing, linking, posting in news groups and any other form of copying unless approved by the content provider.

We may block access to, remove, or refuse to post any content which you attempt to post which we consider offensive, indecent, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate regardless of whether such content is actually unlawful.

We may be directed by a regulatory or other law enforcement body to remove content from our servers or to prevent users from accessing content from the Internet. We may also be required to remove copyright materials from our servers or to prevent users from accessing copyright materials from the Internet by a copyright owner.

Monitoring compliance

We are under no obligation to monitor your transmissions or any content you publish using the service. However, we may from time-to-time monitor transmissions or published content to protect our network, our other customers, and the general public as well as to ensure you are complying with the terms of this policy. We may need to disclose any findings as required to regulatory authorities. We have regulatory obligations to monitor communications traffic on our network and to retain data about communications.

We take active steps to minimise the amount of spam on our network, which may include:

  • restricting your ability to forward emails
  • limiting your access to the service to a closed user group relevant to your use of the service
  • requiring you to rectify any misconfigured mail and/or proxy

We may provide your username, IP address or identifying material and communications data to law enforcement authorities when required to do so.

Acceptable Use Policy breaches

If you breach any part of this Acceptable Use Policy we will contact you and, if appropriate, ask you to modify your use of the service. If you do not modify your use of the service, we may suspend or cancel your service without notice to you.

However, in certain circumstances such as illegality, or non-ordinary use, we reserve the right to suspend or cancel your service immediately and without notice to you.

On account cancellation, we are authorised to delete any files, programs, data and email messages (where you have a Swoop-supplied or @dcsi email address) associated with the account.

Abusive Behaviour Towards Staff

We strictly prohibit any form of abusive behaviour, including but not limited to verbal, physical, written, or any other conduct that is threatening, harassing, intimidating, or disrespectful towards our staff members. This includes, but is not limited to, using offensive language, making derogatory remarks, engaging in hostile communication, or any action that causes emotional distress or discomfort to our employees. Any such behaviour directed towards staff, whether in person, through electronic communication, or via any other means, is a violation of this policy and will result in immediate disciplinary action, which may include restriction of access, suspension, termination of access, or legal action, as deemed appropriate by the organisation.