The clause defines prohibited content categories that establish boundaries for permitted service use and create operational standards for content moderation and enforcement within the platform.
Shopify
· Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes product category restrictions that define the scope of permissible commerce on the Shopify platform. The clause establishes clear boundaries for merchant activity by categorizing specific product types as prohibited, which shapes the operational parameters of the service.
The provision establishes a gating mechanism for API access by conditioning authorization on prior disclosure and approval of the use case. This allows the provider to evaluate proposed applications against the stated prohibited categories before granting service access.
OpenAI
· OpenAI Usage Policies
This provision sets operational boundaries on the types of synthetic content the service will produce, establishing that certain categories of generated material—defamatory portrayals and non-consensual intimate imagery—fall outside permissible uses of the platform's generative capabilities.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
The provision establishes content restrictions that AWS enforces through service termination and potential legal referral mechanisms. This operates as a foundational compliance requirement that applies across all AWS service categories.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This clause defines the scope of prohibited uses for AWS Services and establishes the operational boundary for acceptable content hosted on the platform. It requires AWS to maintain controls against specific categories of content that expose the service provider to legal liability or regulatory violation.
The provision establishes a behavioral boundary for platform use by restricting content generation outputs to exclude specific categories of harmful depiction. This operates as a content governance mechanism defining prohibited use cases within the service's operational scope.
This provision establishes OpenAI's operational boundary regarding the use of its services for coordinated inauthentic activity and synthetic media generation. The restriction functions as a service use limitation designed to prevent the platform from being deployed for large-scale disinformation campaigns or coordinated deceptive operations.
This restriction operates as a use case boundary that OpenAI enforces through its acceptable use policy framework. The provision establishes operational parameters for what development activities the service platform will support.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This clause establishes a use restriction that protects AWS infrastructure and other users' systems from malicious code propagation. It reflects AWS's operational requirement to maintain service integrity and prevent harm to connected systems and networks.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes the operational boundary for permitted system access and defines the scope of prohibited security testing activities. It operationalizes AWS's security posture by contractually restricting certain technical activities that could compromise system integrity or expose other users' data.
The provision establishes a gating mechanism that requires pre-approval of use cases to enforce content policy compliance. This allows the provider to review applications against prohibited categories before API access is granted.
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.
This provision establishes a use restriction that defines prohibited application categories for API access. It operationalizes Anthropic's content policy by excluding applications designed around manipulative or emotionally harmful deception from authorized use cases.
Klaviyo
· Klaviyo Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes a direct list acquisition standard that affects the onboarding and data import workflows of all commercial Klaviyo users. Platform accounts using third-party sourced, co-registered, or purchased lists may be subject to suspension or termination under this clause.
Cursor
· Cursor Terms of Service
The restriction establishes a contractual boundary on data categories the service will process, allocating responsibility to users to identify and exclude regulated data streams before submission. This operates as a protective measure defining the scope of data Anysphere accepts under its stated security and compliance posture.
Shopify
· Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes Shopify's operational compliance framework for regulated product categories. It defines the licensing and jurisdictional requirements merchants must satisfy to offer such products, establishing conditions under which the platform will permit or deny merchant access to specific product categories.
Meta
· Meta Platform Policy
This provision operationalizes Meta's data governance framework by restricting how Platform Data may be used in commercial contexts and limiting data flows to intermediaries in the advertising ecosystem. The restriction shapes the permitted uses and distribution channels for data generated on or collected through Meta's services.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes AWS's operational requirements for maintaining platform security and protecting infrastructure integrity. The restrictions function as a foundational compliance obligation that enables AWS to enforce account suspension, service termination, and law enforcement cooperation when violations occur.
This restriction establishes a procedural requirement that affects how customers may use the service. By requiring pre-authorization for sensitive data categories, the provision establishes Mixpanel's role as a gatekeeper for certain data submissions and creates an operational mechanism for customers to assess compliance before transmitting data to the platform.
Meta
· Meta Platform Policy
This provision establishes operational boundaries on permissible use cases for the Platform and its data outputs. By restricting surveillance applications, the clause defines what derivative uses Meta does not authorize or permit under the service terms.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes baseline operational constraints on how AWS infrastructure may be used, defining prohibited activities that would compromise system availability or performance for other users. These restrictions enable AWS to maintain service integrity and protect shared infrastructure resources.
This clause restricts the scope of permitted uses by establishing an exclusivity requirement around model improvement and development. The provision channels all model improvement work derived from DeepSeek's output back to DeepSeek models rather than permitting users to apply learnings to competing or alternative AI systems.
Meta
· Llama API Terms of Service
This clause establishes operational boundaries on data utilization by API users, requiring that data processing activities remain tethered to direct service delivery functions rather than enabling secondary commercial data operations. The restriction limits derivative uses of API-sourced data that would otherwise expand value extraction from user information.
Amazon
· AWS Acceptable Use Policy
This provision defines the operational boundaries for customer system access and testing activities on the AWS platform. The clause establishes authorization as a control mechanism to prevent both unauthorized access and interference with other customers' operations, which directly affects how customers may conduct security assessments and access management within the AWS environment.
This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on a class of uses that would create significant legal liability and aligns the platform with export control and national security regulatory frameworks applicable to dual-use technologies.
This clause establishes a categorical restriction on the use of the API for weapons development activities. The provision operationalizes Anthropic's prohibited use policy by specifying enumerated categories of weapons-related conduct that fall outside authorized service use.
Cursor
· Cursor Terms of Service
The clause establishes a categorical restriction on the types of regulated information that may be processed through the service, requiring users to maintain compliance responsibility for data subject to sector-specific security regimes that impose obligations exceeding the service's standard data handling practices.
Klaviyo
· Klaviyo Acceptable Use Policy
This provision establishes categorical platform access conditions that operate independently of general terms of service compliance. Businesses in listed categories that have not obtained prior written approval from Klaviyo may be subject to account suspension or termination regardless of their messaging practices.
The restriction creates operational boundaries around acceptable uses of the Maps API, limiting users' ability to integrate Google mapping products with competitive mapping platforms or to construct functionally equivalent mapping services through data combination. This affects the technical and business architecture decisions developers can implement when building applications on the Google Maps platform.