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The clause establishes operational boundaries for permissible use cases by restricting API deployment in applications involving unauthorized data collection and deceptive identity representation. This provision defines prohibited conduct categories that trigger breach of the usage agreement.
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View change record →Users operating under these terms are bound by restrictions that prohibit both unauthorized private data collection activities and applications designed to deceive end-users about whether they are communicating with humans or AI systems. Violation of these restrictions constitutes misuse under the API policy.
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"Misuse, collect, solicit, or gain access without permission to private information such as non-public contact details, health data, biometric or neural data (including facial recognition), or confidential or proprietary data; Impersonate a human by presenting results as human-generated, or using results in a manner intended to convince a natural person that they are communicating with a natural person when they are not.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic API Usage Policy
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The clause establishes operational boundaries for permissible use cases by restricting API deployment in applications involving unauthorized data collection and deceptive identity representation. This provision defines prohibited conduct categories that trigger breach of the usage agreement.
Users operating under these terms are bound by restrictions that prohibit both unauthorized private data collection activities and applications designed to deceive end-users about whether they are communicating with humans or AI systems. Violation of these restrictions constitutes misuse under the API policy.
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