Acceptable Use Policy
Last modified 3rd July 2014
We aim to support business owners in using the internet to communicate with existing and potential customers. As a responsible company, however, there are some uses of our services that we will not permit.
Use of our services for any of the following acts is prohibited:
Spam and malware
- Sending unsolicited and/or bulk e-mails
- Distributing malicious software intended to disrupt an individual’s use of their computer or compromise their personal information
Deception and illegal activities
- Displaying or distributing deceptive content
- Promoting, encouraging, planning, organising, or celebrating any activity that is illegal under the law of England and Wales
Violence and threats
- Making threats of physical, psychological, financial, or any other harm to individual or groups
- Promoting, encouraging, planning, organising, or celebrating any act harmful to humans or animals
Hate speech
- Making written or verbal attacks on individuals or groups based on their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, or any disability or medical condition
Bullying and harassment
- Behaving abusively towards individuals
Self-harm
- Promoting or encouraging suicide, self-mutilation, eating disorders, or abuse of legal or illegal drugs
Graphic content
- Displaying or distributing graphic content (including serious injury to humans or animals), except where such content is in the public interest and accompanied by appropriate warnings about its nature
Pornography
- Displaying or distributing pornographic content
Personal information
- Displaying or distributing the personal information of individuals without their consent
Impersonation
- Impersonating another individual, whether or not such impersonation is performed for personal gain
Personal services
- Advertising or selling social network friendships, real-life relationships, escort services, or massage services
Regulated products
- Advertising or selling firearms or other weapons, tobacco, drugs, or drug paraphernalia