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The prohibition is broad, covering not only illegal conduct but also harmful or abusive activity, which extends the restriction beyond what the law itself would require.
Users are prohibited from using OpenAI's Services for any activity that is illegal, harmful, or abusive.
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You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)
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"You may not use our Services for any illegal, harmful, or abusive activity.Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use (ROW)
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The prohibition is broad, covering not only illegal conduct but also harmful or abusive activity, which extends the restriction beyond what the law itself would require.
Users are prohibited from using OpenAI's Services for any activity that is illegal, harmful, or abusive.
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