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This acceptable use policy sets operational boundaries for service usage by defining activities and content types that are not permitted on the platform. The provision establishes AWS's contractual basis for enforcing conduct standards and potentially suspending or terminating access for violations, thereby maintaining the integrity and compliance posture of the service infrastructure.
Customers are contractually bound to comply with the specified prohibited uses and content restrictions as a condition of service access. Violation of these restrictions subjects the customer account to enforcement actions by AWS, which may include service suspension or termination based on AWS's determination of non-compliance.
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You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Services in any medium; (ii) using any automated system, including 'robots,' 'spiders,' 'offline readers,' etc., to access the Services; (iii) transmitting spam, chain lett...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated 'scraping'; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 's...
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"You may not use, or encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to use, the Services or AWS Site for any illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive use, or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive. Prohibited activities or content includes: Illegal, Harmful or Offensive Content, Security Violations, Network Abuse, Email or Other Message Abuse, Export Control Violations, Other Violations.— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Customer Agreement
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This acceptable use policy sets operational boundaries for service usage by defining activities and content types that are not permitted on the platform. The provision establishes AWS's contractual basis for enforcing conduct standards and potentially suspending or terminating access for violations, thereby maintaining the integrity and compliance posture of the service infrastructure.
Customers are contractually bound to comply with the specified prohibited uses and content restrictions as a condition of service access. Violation of these restrictions subjects the customer account to enforcement actions by AWS, which may include service suspension or termination based on AWS's determination of non-compliance.
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