Last Updated: August 9, 2026
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) explains how my website, software, products, development services, technical services, and related resources may and may not be used.
This policy applies to all clients, users, customers, and other individuals or organizations using my services.
This AUP should be read together with my Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, and Legal & Compliance pages.
1. Acceptable Use
You may use my website and services only for lawful, legitimate, and authorized purposes.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of my services complies with applicable laws, regulations, third-party terms, and the rights of other individuals and organizations.
You must not use my services in a way that could:
- Harm another person or organization
- Damage or disrupt computer systems
- Violate intellectual-property rights
- Facilitate fraud or deception
- Compromise privacy or security
- Circumvent security controls
- Violate applicable laws or regulations
2. Fraud and Scams
You must not use my services to create, operate, promote, or facilitate fraudulent or deceptive activities.
Prohibited activities include:
- Scam websites
- Fake businesses
- Fake investment platforms
- Fake financial services
- Fake payment pages
- Fake invoices
- Phishing websites
- Fraudulent marketplaces
- Ponzi or pyramid schemes where unlawful
- Identity impersonation
- Identity theft
- Financial scams
- Payment fraud
- Deceptive commercial practices
- Systems designed to steal money or financial information
I may refuse or terminate any project that I reasonably believe is intended to facilitate fraud or deception.
3. Phishing and Credential Theft
You must not use my services to create or distribute systems designed to obtain passwords, authentication codes, security tokens, payment credentials, or other sensitive information through deception.
This includes:
- Fake login pages
- Credential-harvesting systems
- Fake verification pages
- Fake security alerts
- Fake account recovery pages
- Malicious email or SMS campaigns
- Impersonation of banks, payment providers, government agencies, or other organizations
Legitimate authentication systems developed for authorized clients must clearly operate within the client's lawful ownership and authorization.
4. Hacking and Unauthorized Access
You must not use my services to gain unauthorized access to:
- Websites
- Servers
- Networks
- Computers
- Mobile devices
- Cloud accounts
- Databases
- Applications
- User accounts
- APIs
- Other digital systems
You must not bypass authentication, access controls, security mechanisms, or technical restrictions without authorization.
5. Authorized Security Testing
Security testing, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and similar activities may be permitted when:
- You own the system being tested, or
- You have explicit authorization from the system owner
- The scope of testing has been clearly defined
- The testing does not exceed the authorized scope
You are responsible for ensuring that you have appropriate authorization before requesting or performing security-related work.
6. Malware and Malicious Software
You must not use my services to develop, distribute, deploy, or operate malicious software.
This includes:
- Viruses
- Worms
- Ransomware
- Spyware
- Keyloggers
- Credential stealers
- Remote-access malware
- Botnets
- Destructive scripts
- Malicious payloads
- Software designed to evade security controls for unlawful purposes
Legitimate security research, defensive tools, monitoring systems, and malware-analysis environments may be permitted where they are lawful and properly authorized.
7. Network Abuse
You must not use my services to conduct or facilitate:
- Distributed denial-of-service attacks
- Unauthorized port scanning
- Unauthorized network interception
- Network disruption
- Traffic flooding
- Abuse of network resources
- Unauthorized proxy or relay services
- Attacks against third-party infrastructure
Authorized testing must remain within the agreed scope.
8. Data Theft and Privacy Abuse
You must not use my services to unlawfully collect, access, expose, sell, or distribute personal or confidential information.
This includes:
- Personal information
- Passwords
- Payment information
- Private communications
- Authentication credentials
- Confidential business information
- Private databases
- Sensitive documents
You are responsible for ensuring that any data used in a project has been obtained and processed lawfully.
9. Copyright and Intellectual Property
You must not use my services to infringe copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual-property rights.
This includes requesting or providing:
- Pirated software
- Stolen source code
- Unauthorized copyrighted content
- Cracked software
- Illegally obtained databases
- Unauthorized copies of commercial products
- Content intended to impersonate another brand
You are responsible for ensuring that materials you provide to me are legally usable.
10. Identity and Impersonation
You must not use my services to impersonate:
- Individuals
- Businesses
- Banks
- Payment providers
- Government agencies
- Public organizations
- Employees
- Customers
- Other entities
You must not create misleading systems intended to make users believe that they are interacting with another person or organization.
Legitimate brand websites, authorized customer portals, and business applications are permitted when you have the appropriate rights and authorization.
11. Payment and Financial Abuse
You must not use my services to facilitate:
- Payment fraud
- Stolen-card transactions
- Unauthorized transactions
- Fake payment confirmations
- Fake transaction records
- Chargeback fraud
- Money laundering
- Financial credential theft
- Unauthorized financial account access
Payment-related systems must be used only for legitimate and authorized transactions.
12. Illegal Activities
You must not use my services to facilitate activities that violate applicable laws.
This may include:
- Fraud
- Financial crime
- Cybercrime
- Identity theft
- Unauthorized access
- Malware distribution
- Illegal marketplaces
- Illegal goods or services
- Unlawful surveillance
- Other criminal or prohibited activities
This list is not exhaustive.
13. Abuse of Communication Services
If my services are used to send email, SMS, WhatsApp messages, notifications, or other communications, you must not use them for unlawful or abusive messaging.
You must not use my services for:
- Spam
- Phishing
- Scam messages
- Malicious links
- Unlawful bulk messaging
- Harassment
- Threats
- Impersonation
- Deceptive marketing
- Messages designed to steal credentials or personal information
You are responsible for obtaining any consent required for communications sent through your systems.
14. Circumvention and Abuse of Third-Party Services
You must not use my services to bypass or circumvent:
- Payment restrictions
- Account restrictions
- API limitations
- Authentication systems
- Security controls
- Licensing requirements
- Subscription restrictions
- Platform enforcement mechanisms
- Geographic or regulatory restrictions where circumvention is unlawful
Third-party services must be used according to their applicable terms and policies.
15. Resource Abuse
You must not intentionally use excessive or unreasonable resources in a manner that negatively affects my systems, infrastructure, or other users.
This includes:
- Excessive automated requests
- Resource exhaustion
- Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining
- Deliberate server overload
- Storage abuse
- Network abuse
- Automated activity intended to disrupt services
I may take reasonable steps to protect my infrastructure from resource abuse.
16. Harmful or Abusive Content
You must not use my services to create or distribute content intended to facilitate serious unlawful harm, fraud, exploitation, or abuse.
I may refuse projects where the primary purpose appears to be harmful, unlawful, deceptive, or abusive.
17. Client Responsibility
You are responsible for:
- Your account activity
- Your project requirements
- Content you provide
- Data you provide
- Credentials and access you provide
- Instructions you give me
- Your use of delivered software
- Your compliance with applicable laws
- Your compliance with third-party services
You must not instruct me to perform an activity that you are not legally authorized to request.
18. Reporting Abuse
If you believe that my services or systems are being used for fraud, phishing, hacking, copyright infringement, malware, or another serious violation, you may contact me with relevant information.
Where appropriate, I may investigate the report and take reasonable action.
19. Enforcement
If I reasonably believe that you have violated this AUP, I may take appropriate action, including:
- Warning you about the violation
- Requesting additional information
- Suspending a service
- Suspending a project
- Terminating a project
- Restricting access
- Cancelling an order
- Refusing future services
- Preserving relevant records
- Reporting suspected unlawful activity to appropriate authorities where required or permitted by law
I may take immediate action when necessary to protect my systems, clients, users, third parties, or legal interests.
20. No Circumvention of Enforcement
You must not attempt to continue a prohibited activity by:
- Creating another account
- Using another person's account
- Changing identities
- Moving the activity to another service
- Circumventing restrictions
- Providing misleading information
Any attempt to bypass an enforcement action may result in additional restrictions or termination.
21. Third-Party Services
My services may integrate with third-party platforms, APIs, hosting providers, payment processors, communication services, and other external systems.
You must comply with the applicable policies and terms of those providers.
A project being technically possible does not mean that the intended use is permitted by the relevant third-party provider.
22. International Use
My services may be used by clients in different countries.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of my services complies with the laws applicable to your location and activities.
International availability of my services does not mean that every service or activity is legally permitted in every jurisdiction.
23. Relationship With Other Policies
This AUP forms part of my overall legal and service framework.
In the event of a conflict between this AUP and my Terms & Conditions, the Terms & Conditions will generally govern the contractual relationship unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Other applicable policies include:
- Privacy Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- Refund Policy
- Legal & Compliance
- Cookie Policy
24. Changes to This Policy
I may update this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my services, technology, security practices, legal requirements, or business operations.
The latest version will be published on this page with a revised Last Updated date.
25. Contact
If you have questions regarding this Acceptable Use Policy or believe that an activity may violate this policy, please contact me through the contact information available on my website.
By using my website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Acceptable Use Policy.