ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (TEXAS)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Scope and Applicability
2. Account Security
3. Prohibited Content
4. Prohibited Conduct
5. Security and Technical Restrictions
6. AI-Specific Restrictions
7. High-Risk Activities
8. Export, Sanctions, and Legal Compliance
9. Reporting Violations
10. Enforcement and Suspension
11. Appeal and Review
12. Changes to this AUP
13. Governing Law and Forum
14. Contact

1. SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY

• Applies to all users of the Services, including Customer's employees, contractors, and end users under Customer's control.
• Customer is responsible for user compliance.
• Not intended for users under [18] (or [16] where GDPR sets the digital consent age) without verifiable parental consent where legally required.

2. ACCOUNT SECURITY

• Keep credentials confidential; no credential sharing beyond licensed use; implement MFA where available; notify Provider of suspected compromise.

3. PROHIBITED CONTENT

• Unlawful content; IP-infringing content; malware; hate, harassment, or threats of violence; CSAM or exploitation; doxxing; spam or phishing payloads; false emergency reports; content violating privacy or publicity rights.
• Examples: distributing ransomware, sharing stolen credentials, publishing private home addresses without consent.

4. PROHIBITED CONDUCT

• Unauthorized access, scanning, or probing; denial-of-service attacks; interfering with security measures; reselling or providing the Service to third parties without authorization; misrepresenting identity or affiliation; using the Service to send spam or unsolicited bulk messages; scraping or data mining outside documented APIs and rate limits; bypassing usage limits or fees.
• No benchmarking publication without Provider's prior written consent; no use to develop or improve competing products or models.
• No cryptomining, bandwidth abuse, or excessive consumption designed to impair or evade metering.

5. SECURITY AND TECHNICAL RESTRICTIONS

• No reverse engineering except to the extent permitted by law; no introducing backdoors, exploits, or load designed to impair the Service; adhere to API rate limits and fair use guidelines.

6. AI-SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS

• No use of Service outputs or derivatives to train, fine-tune, or improve machine learning models that compete with Provider's offerings.
• No fully automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects (e.g., credit, employment, housing, immigration, criminal justice) without appropriate human review and compliance with applicable law.
• No holding out outputs as licensed legal advice without appropriate disclaimers and supervision consistent with Texas attorney ethics rules and unauthorized practice of law restrictions.
• Customer must independently verify AI-generated outputs before reliance.

7. HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES

• No use for life-support, critical infrastructure, or other high-risk activities where failure could result in death, personal injury, or severe environmental or physical damage unless expressly agreed in writing.

8. EXPORT, SANCTIONS, AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE

• No access or use from embargoed or sanctioned jurisdictions; no provision to denied or restricted parties; no prohibited end uses (WMD, military where restricted); comply with applicable export or import laws.
• Comply with applicable Texas privacy and consumer protection laws, including the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, as applicable.

9. REPORTING VIOLATIONS

• Report suspected violations to [security/contact email] with details and timestamps.

10. ENFORCEMENT AND SUSPENSION

• Provider may suspend or terminate access for AUP violations with or without notice in urgent cases; may remove or disable access to prohibited content; chronic or material violations may lead to termination under the SaaS Agreement.
• Customer remains responsible for fees during suspension caused by its violations.

11. APPEAL AND REVIEW

• Customer may request review of a suspension within [5] business days of notice; Provider will review in good faith and respond with findings or next steps.

12. CHANGES TO THIS AUP

• Provider may update with [30] days' notice; material changes aligned with the SaaS Agreement notice provisions.

13. GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM

• This AUP is part of the Agreement. The Agreement's governing law and forum provisions control.
• If the Agreement is silent, this AUP and any dispute arising from it are governed by Texas law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and the state and federal courts located in [COUNTY], Texas have exclusive jurisdiction.

14. CONTACT

• Questions: [contact email].