The prohibition applies whenever harm would be a reasonably expected result of use or failure, which covers a broad range of safety-critical applications and places responsibility on the user to assess that risk.
Steam
· Steam Subscriber Agreement
You are not entitled to...host or provide matchmaking services for the Content and Services or emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Valve in any network feature of the Content and Services...without the prior written consent of Valve.
Hulu
· Hulu Terms of Use (Site Terms)
The prohibition on out-of-household sharing limits subscription access to members of the user's household, with the scope depending on the user's service tier.
Engage in or facilitate human trafficking or prostitution
Google
· Google Terms of Service
hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms
Misrepresent your identity or provide any false information;
Hinge
· Hinge Terms of Service
Misrepresent your identity, age, employment (current or previous), qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity.
You cannot use your Account in the following ways, either directly or indirectly: for illegal purposes (for example, committing fraud)...
DeepL
· DeepL Terms and Conditions
for any illegal activities, including development of any applications infringing any third-party rights or any other applicable laws or regulations.
engage in any activities that are illegal, including disseminating, promoting or facilitating child sexual exploitation and abuse or human trafficking
The prohibition is defined by cross-jurisdictional illegality rather than the law of any single country, and the listed examples are illustrative, not exhaustive.
Don't do anything illegal, or try to generate or share content that is illegal.
Don't do anything illegal, or try to generate or share content that is illegal.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations, or encourage or promote any illegal activity including, but not limited to, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, identity theft
DocuSign
· DocuSign Terms and Conditions
you specifically agree not to, and not permit others to, engage in any activity or transmit any information that...Is illegal, or violates any federal, state, or local law or regulation
Microsoft
· Microsoft Services Agreement (Legacy)
Don't do anything illegal, or try to generate or share content that is illegal.
You may not use the Services for illegal activity nor may you upload content to our servers that involves illegal activity, or where the uploading itself may be illegal.
Square
· Square Terms of Service
use the Services for any illegal activity or goods or in any way that exposes you, other Square users, our partners, or Square to harm
Geico
· Geico Terms of Use
You may not use this site to engage in any illegal activity.
use the Amplitude Services to submit, process, store or transmit Customer Data in violation of any applicable laws, regulations, privacy policies, or agreements Customer may maintain or enter with its end users
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.
OpenAI
· OpenAI EU Terms of Use
This broad prohibition establishes baseline conduct obligations for all users and provides a basis for enforcement action against a wide range of misconduct.
use the Products or Services for any illegal, immoral or harmful purpose (including, without limitation, unlawful, harassing, libelous, invasion of another's privacy, abusive, threatening or obscene purposes)
PayPal
· PayPal Acceptable Use Policy
You may not use the PayPal service for activities that: violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.
Acquire or exchange illegal or controlled substances
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
The prohibition covers not only direct illegal or fraudulent use but also facilitation or permission of such use by third parties, broadening user accountability.
Zoom
· Zoom Terms of Service
...engage in activity that is illegal under applicable Law, fraudulent, false, or misleading...
you will not, and you will not enable or authorize any third party to, (a) engage in illegal or fraudulent conduct (for example, to discriminate against protected classes), including through use of the Ads, Destinations, Advertised Goods...
you will not, and will not allow or authorize any third party to: Use the Sites or any Content for any purpose that is illegal, fraudulent, deceptive or unauthorized by these Terms, or would give rise to civil liability...
use the Services for illegal, harassing, unethical, or disruptive purposes