Acceptable Use Policy

1. Purpose

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) defines the permitted and prohibited uses of the StudAI BOS platform (the “Service”) provided by StudAI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. This policy supplements and forms part of the Terms of Service and applies to all users, including organization administrators, team members, and any individual accessing the Service.

Violations of this AUP may result in warnings, suspension, or termination of your access to the Service, as detailed in Section 6.

2. Permitted Use

The Service is intended for legitimate business operations, including but not limited to:

• Organizational management, workflow automation, and task coordination.
• Strategic planning, business intelligence, and AI-powered analytics.
• Department and team collaboration within your organization’s workspace.
• Document creation, project management, and business process optimization.
• Integration with authorized third-party business tools and services through provided APIs.

All use must comply with applicable Indian laws, international regulations relevant to your jurisdiction, and industry-specific compliance requirements applicable to your organization.

3. Prohibited Conduct

You must not use the Service to:

• Illegal Activities: Engage in any activity that violates local, state, national, or international law, including but not limited to fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, or trafficking.
• Harassment & Abuse: Harass, bully, threaten, defame, or discriminate against any individual or group based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
• Spam & Unsolicited Communications: Send bulk unsolicited messages, chain letters, or promotional content through the Service’s communication features.
• Reverse Engineering: Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, or architectural details of the Service.
• Unauthorized Benchmarking: Conduct competitive benchmarking, performance comparisons, or similar evaluations of the Service for publication without our prior written consent.
• Excessive Load: Submit requests, queries, or data volumes that significantly exceed normal usage patterns or are designed to stress-test, overload, or degrade the performance of the Service.
• Unauthorized Access: Attempt to access, view, modify, or delete data belonging to other organizations or users, or circumvent access controls, authentication mechanisms, or security measures.
• Malicious Content: Upload, transmit, or store viruses, malware, ransomware, trojan horses, or any other malicious code through the Service.
• Data Scraping: Use automated tools, bots, or scripts to extract data from the Service beyond the scope of provided APIs and documented interfaces.
• Impersonation: Impersonate any person or organization, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or organization.

4. AI Use Restrictions

The AI capabilities of StudAI BOS are designed for legitimate business intelligence and operational efficiency. The following uses of AI features are strictly prohibited:

• Autonomous Weapons: Using AI outputs to develop, support, or operate autonomous weapons systems or any military applications designed to cause harm.
• Mass Surveillance: Using AI capabilities for unauthorized mass surveillance, tracking, or monitoring of individuals without lawful basis and appropriate consent.
• Discrimination: Using AI outputs to make decisions that unlawfully discriminate against individuals based on protected characteristics, including in hiring, lending, housing, or access to services.
• Deepfakes & Disinformation: Generating, distributing, or facilitating synthetic media (deepfakes) or disinformation campaigns intended to deceive, defraud, or manipulate public opinion.
• Social Scoring: Using AI capabilities to implement social credit or social scoring systems that evaluate individuals based on their social behavior or personal characteristics.
• Unauthorized Profiling: Creating psychological or behavioral profiles of individuals without their knowledge or consent for purposes of manipulation or exploitation.

5. Rate Limits & Usage Quotas

The Service enforces rate limits and usage quotas based on your subscription plan to ensure fair usage and platform stability:

• API rate limits, AI query quotas, storage limits, and user seat counts are defined per plan and documented in your subscription agreement.
• Approaching your plan limits will trigger automated notifications to your Organization Administrator.
• Exceeding plan limits may result in temporary throttling of requests or, with prior notice, overage charges as detailed in your subscription agreement.
• Persistent overuse beyond plan limits may require an upgrade to a higher-tier plan.

StudAI reserves the right to immediately throttle or suspend access in cases of abusive usage patterns that threaten platform stability or negatively impact other customers.

6. Enforcement

Violations of this AUP are addressed through a graduated enforcement process:

1. Warning: For first-time or minor violations, we will notify the Organization Administrator and the offending user by email, describing the violation and requesting immediate corrective action.
2. Suspension: For repeated violations, severe violations, or failure to address a warning within 48 hours, we may suspend the offending user’s access or the entire organization’s access to the Service. We will provide written notice detailing the reason for suspension and the steps required for reinstatement.
3. Termination: For egregious violations, violations that cause harm to StudAI, other customers, or third parties, or violations involving illegal activity, we may immediately terminate the organization’s access to the Service. A 30-day data export period will be provided in accordance with the Terms of Service.

StudAI reserves the right to report illegal activities to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

7. Reporting Violations

If you become aware of a violation of this AUP—whether by a user within your organization or another party—please report it promptly:

Reports can be submitted anonymously. We will not retaliate against any user who reports a violation in good faith.