Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy outlines the permitted and prohibited uses of Guardlyze's content moderation API services. By using our services, you agree to comply with this policy.

1. Permitted Uses

Our services are designed for legitimate content moderation purposes, including:

• Moderating user-generated content on your platform
• Filtering harmful content to protect your users
• Compliance with platform policies and legal requirements
• Analyzing content for safety and policy violations
• Protecting minors from inappropriate content

2. Prohibited Uses

You may not use our services for:

• Illegal activities: Any use that violates applicable laws or regulations
• Censorship: Suppressing legitimate speech, journalism, or political discourse
• Discrimination: Targeting content based on protected characteristics
• Harassment: Using moderation data to identify or target individuals
• Circumvention: Helping others evade content moderation systems
• Training AI: Using our API outputs to train competing models without authorization
• Reselling: Reselling our services without a partnership agreement
• Abuse: Overwhelming our systems with excessive requests or attacks

3. Content Restrictions

While our API is designed to analyze all types of content, you must not use our services in ways that:

• Store or process CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) beyond immediate moderation
• Facilitate the creation or distribution of harmful content
• Bypass legal reporting requirements for illegal content

4. Rate Limits and Fair Use

• Respect the rate limits associated with your plan
• Do not attempt to circumvent rate limiting mechanisms
• Do not share API keys across multiple organizations
• Report any security vulnerabilities responsibly

5. Security Requirements

• Keep your API keys confidential and secure
• Implement appropriate access controls in your systems
• Do not expose API keys in client-side code or public repositories
• Rotate API keys if you suspect unauthorized access
• Notify us immediately of any security breaches

6. Compliance

You are responsible for ensuring your use of our services complies with all applicable laws, including data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA), content regulations (DSA, NetzDG), and industry-specific requirements.

7. Enforcement

We reserve the right to:

• Monitor usage patterns for policy violations
• Suspend or terminate accounts that violate this policy
• Report illegal activities to appropriate authorities
• Modify this policy with reasonable notice

8. Reporting Violations

If you become aware of any violations of this policy, please report them to abuse@guardlyze.com

9. Contact

For questions about this policy, contact us at legal@guardlyze.com