Acceptable Use Policy
SP-0017: Acceptable Use Policy
1. Scope
This Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy”) applies to customers’ use of all services offered by Portfolio
DecisionWare Inc. (“PDWare”)
2. Last Updated
10/1/2019
3. Changes to Policy
PDWare may change this Policy by posting an updated version of the Policy at success.pdware.com and
such updates will be effective upon posting.
4. Violations
A customer’s violation of this Policy will be considered a material breach of the master subscription
agreement and/or other agreement governing the customer’s use of the services.
5. Prohibited Material
Customers may not, and may not allow any third-party, including its users, to use services to display,
store, process or transmit, or permit use of services to display, store, process or transmit:
Material that infringes or misappropriates a third party’s intellectual property or proprietary
rights
Hate-related or violent material, and/or material advocating discrimination against individuals
or groups
Obscene, excessively profane material or otherwise objectionable material
Material advocating or advancing criminal activity
Material related to illegal drugs or paraphernalia
Malicious material
Unlawful software
Malicious code, such as viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses and other harmful or
malicious files, scripts, agents or programs
Material that violates, encourages or furthers conduct that would violate any applicable laws,
including any criminal laws, or any third-party rights, including publicity or privacy rights.
6. Prohibited Actions
Customers may not use a service to, nor allow its users or any third-party to use a service to:
Generate or facilitate unsolicited commercial email (spam). Such prohibited activity includes,
but is not limited to:
o Sending communications or email in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act or any other
applicable anti- spam law or regulation
o Imitating or impersonating PDWare, another person or his, her or its email address, or
creating false accounts for the purpose of sending spam
o Data mining or harvesting any web property (including any External-Facing Service) to
find email addresses or other user account information
o Sending unauthorized mail via open, third-party servers
o Sending email to users who have requested to be removed from a mailing list
o Selling to, exchanging with, sharing with or distributing to a third-party personal
information, including the email addresses of any person without such person’s knowing
and continued consent to such disclosure
o Sending unsolicited emails to email addresses belonging to individuals and/or entities
with whom you have no preexisting relationship
Send, upload, distribute or disseminate, or offer to do the same, with respect to unlawful,
defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing, obscene, excessively profane, hateful,
violent, or otherwise objectionable material, or promote, support or facilitate unlawful, hateful,
discriminatory, or violent causes
Intentionally distribute viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, corrupted files, hoaxes, or any
other items of a destructive or deceptive nature
Use the services in any manner that violates any applicable industry standards or requirements
that PDWare may communicate to its users, including all of the applicable guidelines published
by the CTIA, the Mobile Marketing Association, the Self- Regulatory Principles as directed by the
Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative or any other generally
accepted industry associations, carrier guidelines or other industry standards
Illegally transmit another’s intellectual property or other proprietary information without such
owner’s or licensor’s permission
Post content that contains any personal information of minors
Violate the rights (such as rights of privacy or publicity) of others
Promote, facilitate or encourage illegal activity
Interfere with other users’ enjoyment of a service
Impersonation of another person or entity or the misrepresentation of an affiliation with a
person or entity in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others
Access (including through any interfaces provided with a service), any PDWare product or
service, or other service or website, in a manner that violates the terms for use of or access to
such service or website
Perform significant load or security testing without first obtaining PDWare’s permission
Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the
service
Use a service in any manner that would disparage PDWare