Acceptable Use Policy
Effective date: [EFFECTIVE_DATE]
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is part of the Terms of Service for [PRODUCT_NAME]. It describes conduct we don't allow on our Service. Because we serve children, we enforce these rules strictly.
You agree NOT to:
Against the Service
- Attempt to extract, scrape, or reverse-engineer any part of the Service, including the AI prompt system, classifiers, or models
- Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network without our written permission
- Bypass, disable, or circumvent any safety guardrail, homework guardrail, content filter, or rate limit
- Submit prompts designed to elicit harmful, unsafe, or off-policy responses (so-called "jailbreaks")
- Use the Service to train competing AI models
- Use bots, automated tools, or scripts to interact with the Service except through documented APIs
Against people
- Use the Service to harass, threaten, defame, dox, or stalk anyone
- Impersonate any person or entity, including [COMPANY_NAME] staff
- Create accounts for anyone other than yourself
- Allow anyone outside your immediate family to use your account
- Share child profiles or session content publicly without removing personally-identifying information
- Attempt to identify another user
Against children's safety
- Use the Service to produce or attempt to produce sexual, sexually-suggestive, exploitative, or grooming content involving minors
- Use the Service to produce content that promotes self-harm, suicide, or dangerous behaviour
- Use the Service to evade legitimate parental controls — including by another parent's account
- Knowingly create a child profile for a child for whom you are not the parent or legal guardian
- Encourage or instruct a child to circumvent the safety guardrails
Against the law
- Use the Service for any activity that is illegal in your country or the country where it is hosted
- Submit content that infringes intellectual-property rights, trade secrets, or publicity rights
- Submit content that violates export-control or sanctions laws
- Use the Service to plan or facilitate violence, terrorism, or organised crime
Against system integrity
- Send spam, malware, ransomware, viruses, or any code designed to disrupt or damage systems
- Generate excessive load (denial-of-service attacks, including distributed attacks)
- Forge headers, source addresses, or other identifiers
- Tamper with audit logs
Specific rules for AI-generated content
- Don't try to use the Service to generate disinformation, manipulated media of real people, or fraudulent academic work
- Don't try to get the AI to provide medical, legal, financial, or psychological advice presented as authoritative
- Don't share AI output as if it were written by a human professional
- Don't bypass the homework guardrails (e.g., framing assignments as casual questions)
Reporting violations
If you see content or conduct that violates this AUP, report it to [SAFETY_EMAIL] with as much detail as possible.
Enforcement
We use a combination of automated detection, user reports, and manual review. Possible actions include:
- Warning to the account holder
- Removal of offending content
- Suspension of access
- Termination of the account
- Reporting to law enforcement when required by law
- Civil or criminal action where appropriate
We may take action proactively to protect children's safety, even before a violation is conclusively established.
Appeals
If we suspend or terminate your account, you may appeal in writing to [LEGAL_EMAIL] within 30 days. We will review the appeal and respond within [APPEAL_RESPONSE_DAYS, e.g., 14] days.
Updates
We may update this AUP. The current version is always at [AUP_URL]. Material changes will be announced with at least [AUP_NOTICE_DAYS, e.g., 30] days' notice for paying customers.