Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") applies to all use of the AproxPay proxy service (the "Service") operated by AproxPay ("we", "us", "our"). This AUP is incorporated into and forms part of the Terms of Service. You accept this AUP through the acceptance process described in the Terms, and you are responsible for compliance by any automated agent, bot, or software acting on your behalf.

1. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Service, directly or through an agent, to:

1.1. Illegal content and activity

• engage in any activity that is illegal under the laws applicable to you, to us, or to the destination you access;
• access, store, distribute, or facilitate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form. This is subject to zero tolerance: suspected activity may be restricted immediately, permanently suspended after review or repeated indicators, and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) or another competent authority where required or permitted by applicable law;
• traffic in stolen data, credentials, financial instruments, controlled substances, or weapons;
• stalk, harass, threaten, or facilitate violence against any person.

1.2. Fraud and deception

• conduct phishing, identity theft, payment fraud, or social-engineering campaigns;
• distribute malware, ransomware, spyware, or operate command-and-control infrastructure;
• perform ad fraud, click fraud, affiliate fraud, or fake-engagement schemes;
• create or manage accounts in violation of a platform's terms for fraudulent purposes.

1.3. Attacks and unauthorized access

• perform credential stuffing, brute-force attacks, or account takeover attempts;
• conduct denial-of-service attacks, port scanning, or vulnerability scanning of third-party systems without authorization;
• gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system, network, or data.

1.4. Spam and abuse of communication systems

• send unsolicited bulk messages (email, SMS, messaging platforms, comments, or forum posts);
• register accounts in bulk for spam or manipulation purposes.

1.5. Sanctions evasion and export-control violations

• use the Service from, into, or for the benefit of any person, entity, jurisdiction, or region where doing so would violate sanctions or export-control laws applicable to the operator or transaction (see Terms of Service, Section 7).

1.6. Abuse of the Service itself

• probe, disable, or circumvent our safeguards, including rate limits, byte metering, blocklists, sanctions screening, and session caps;
• resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties as your own proxy offering without our written consent;
• use the Service to attack, overload, or degrade our infrastructure or that of our upstream providers.

2. Upstream Provider Policies (Pass-Through)

The Service delivers exit connectivity through third-party residential proxy providers. Our restrictions may reflect operational or acceptable-use requirements imposed on us by those providers. As a consequence:

• destinations, content categories, or usage patterns disallowed by an upstream provider may be blocked through the Service at any time, even where they might be permitted elsewhere;
• if an upstream provider suspends or restricts capacity because of your traffic, we may suspend or terminate your access immediately and without refund;
• provider policies change over time, and the set of blocked destinations changes with them. Such blocking is not a defect of the Service (see Terms of Service, Section 6).

3. Web Scraping and Automation

Automated data collection through the Service is permitted only where it is lawful and conducted responsibly. You are solely responsible for:

• the legality of collecting the specific data at the specific destination under the laws applicable to you (including data-protection, computer-misuse, and contract law);
• respecting applicable technical and legal access rules of the target sites;
• the volume and rate of your traffic — patterns that resemble attacks (e.g., aggressive request rates, mass login attempts, CAPTCHA-farm behavior) will trigger our automated abuse systems regardless of intent.

We do not review or approve scraping targets, and nothing in this AUP is legal advice about what you may collect.

4. Enforcement

We enforce this AUP through automated systems (blocklists, rate anomaly detection, keyword/domain heuristics, sanctions screening, byte metering) and manual review. Depending on severity, enforcement may include, in escalating order or immediately at any level:

1. Throttling — automatic rate reduction of anomalous traffic;
2. Blocking — refusal of specific requests or destinations;
3. Session termination — closing active sessions and invalidating credentials;
4. Wallet suspension — temporary or permanent refusal of service to a wallet and associated identifiers;
5. Permanent ban and reporting — for the most serious violations (including verified or repeated CSAM indicators and sanctions hits), a permanent ban plus reporting to the relevant competent authority where required or permitted by applicable law.

Enforcement actions for cause do not entitle you to any refund (see the Refund Policy). We may take any of the above actions without prior notice.

5. Reporting Abuse

If you believe the Service is being used in violation of this AUP, report it to abuse@aproxpay.com. Include timestamps, destination hostnames, and any technical evidence available to you. We may request additional information and take action where a report can be verified.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this AUP from time to time. Each revision is identified by the Revision number and Effective date at the top of this document; material changes are noted in the changelog below. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

7. Contact

• Abuse reports: abuse@aproxpay.com
• Legal inquiries: legal@aproxpay.com

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