This Acceptable Use Policy (the “AUP”) sets out the requirements that apply to STYR.inc and its affiliates’ customers (“You” or “Your”) and your authorised end users when using any STYR product or service, including the STYR Platform, STYR Payments, and any associated modules, APIs, and integrations (collectively, the “Services”). STYR may revise this AUP from time to time in accordance with the change provisions of the Terms and Conditions (the “MTC”).
You are responsible for ensuring that all of your end users comply with this AUP. Violating this AUP constitutes a material breach of your Agreement with STYR and may result in suspension or termination of Services. This AUP should be read in conjunction with the MTC, the Commercial Schedule, the Data Processing Addendum and all other incorporated terms (together, the “Agreement”). Capitalised terms used but not defined in this AUP have the meaning given to them in the MTC.
1. PROHIBITED USE
You agree not to use, or allow others to use, the Services in the following ways. The categories below are illustrative and not exhaustive; all determinations of violation are made by STYR in its sole discretion.
Unlawful and harmful activities
- Using the Services for any purpose that violates applicable local, national, or international law or regulation, or that promotes, enables, or facilitates illegal activity of any kind.
- Generating, storing, transmitting, or displaying content that is unlawful, tortious, obscene, defamatory, abusive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable, whether produced directly or through AI System features of the Services.
- Engaging in or facilitating fraud, financial crime, pyramid schemes, phishing, pharming, or other deceptive activity.
- Inciting violence, hatred, or unlawful discrimination against any individual or group, including through AI-generated content.
Intellectual property and unauthorised access
- Modifying, translating, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or creating derivative works based on the STYR Platform or STYR software, except to the extent that applicable law expressly prohibits such restriction.
- Removing, altering, or obscuring any proprietary notice, copyright, trademark, or label appearing on or within the Services.
- Accessing the Services in order to build a competing or substantially similar product or service, or to copy any ideas, modules, features, functions, or graphics of the Services.
- Providing or facilitating unauthorised access to the Services, including by sharing or transferring activation instructions or account credentials.
2. RESTRICTED USE
The following activities require STYR’s prior written consent or are subject to additional conditions. Engaging in any of these activities without the applicable authorisation or in a manner that exceeds the permitted scope constitutes a violation of this AUP.
- Accessing or attempting to access the Services or any connected system without authorisation, or circumventing any security, authentication, access control, or content moderation mechanism.
- Monitoring, intercepting, or capturing data or traffic on the Services or any connected network without STYR’s prior written consent.
- Performing load, stress, or penetration testing of the Services without STYR’s prior written consent.
- Failing to safeguard any API credentials, tokens, or access keys issued by STYR. You are responsible for all activity occurring under Your credentials.
3. THREATS TO SAFETY
If, in STYR’s reasonable determination, the equipment, software, hosted applications, or activities of any User pose an immediate threat to the physical integrity or performance of the Services, to any other user of the Services, or to the safety of any person, STYR may take any action it considers necessary, including restriction, suspension, or technical intervention, without prior notice.
You must report to STYR any vulnerability, security weakness, or incident in or affecting the Services promptly upon becoming aware of it. STYR reserves the right to monitor usage of the Services to verify compliance with this AUP to the extent permitted by applicable law.
4. VIOLATION
STYR has the right to investigate any suspected violation of this AUP. During an investigation, STYR may restrict or suspend Your access to the Services to prevent further violations, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to STYR under the MTC or applicable law.
If You are found to have violated this AUP, STYR may, in addition to the remedies available under the MTC, at its sole discretion restrict or suspend access to all or part of the Services, terminate the MTC or any applicable Commercial Schedule, pursue civil remedies for costs and losses arising from the violation, and report the violation to law enforcement authorities where STYR reasonably believes a criminal offence may have been committed.