Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) governs your use of ProbeX. It supplements, and is part of, our Terms of Service. Violating this AUP may result in immediate suspension or termination and, where appropriate, referral to law enforcement.
✅ Permitted: authorized security research, threat intelligence, fraud and abuse investigation, incident response, due diligence, and your own digital-footprint / OPSEC checks — in each case where you have a lawful basis.
1. You Must Have Authorization
You may only look up information you are legally permitted to access and process. You are responsible for determining and maintaining a lawful basis for every query.
2. Prohibited Uses
You may not use the Service to:
- Harass, stalk, surveil, threaten, dox, or intimidate any individual;
- Make FCRA-covered decisions — credit, insurance, employment, housing, or tenant screening — or any decision the Fair Credit Reporting Act or similar law governs;
- Discriminate on the basis of a protected characteristic;
- Commit fraud, identity theft, extortion, or social-engineering;
- Attempt unauthorized access to any system, network, or account;
- Violate any person’s privacy or data-protection rights, or process the data of EU/UK/California residents without a valid legal basis;
- Scrape, bulk-export, resell, or redistribute data beyond what your plan allows, or build a competing product;
- Circumvent rate limits, credits, authentication, or other technical controls;
- Upload malware or use the Service to facilitate any illegal activity;
- Violate the terms or rights of the third-party data sources the Service draws upon.
3. API & Rate Limits
API access is tied to your plan and credit allotment. Do not share API keys, exceed your rate limits, or use automation to evade plan boundaries. We may throttle, suspend, or revoke keys to protect the Service and its sources.
4. Reporting Abuse
To report misuse of the Service or request takedown of information about you, contact abuse@probex.io (ProbeX, Inc., New York, United States).
5. Enforcement
We may investigate suspected violations, remove access, preserve and disclose information where legally required, and cooperate with law enforcement. We are not obligated to monitor use but may do so.