Acceptable Use Policy

The rules for using Echidna and its licence service. By signing in, activating a device or otherwise using Echidna, you agree to them.

Version 1.0 draft. Effective date: [to be set by the operator].

1. Who may use Echidna

You may use Echidna only if you can form a binding contract with [operator legal entity] (“we”) and are not barred from doing so under applicable law. If you use Echidna on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that you are authorised to bind it.

2. Your account and licence

• One identity, honestly. Give accurate information when you request access and keep it current. Don't impersonate anyone or misrepresent your affiliation.
• Your own accounts, identities and payment methods. Use only accounts, identities, credentials and payment methods that belong to you or that you are authorised to use. Don't use stolen, borrowed without permission, or fraudulently obtained accounts, identities, cards or other payment instruments.
• Keep your password and licence key private. A licence works on a limited number of devices. Sharing a key beyond your own devices, or reselling or sublicensing access without our written permission, is not allowed.
• You are responsible for everything done under your account and on your signed-in devices, including by scripts and AI agents you connect to Echidna.

3. Lawful use only

Use Echidna only for lawful purposes and in line with all laws, regulations and third-party terms that apply to you. You must not use Echidna to:

• commit or help commit fraud, deception, phishing, credential theft, account takeover, payment fraud, chargeback abuse or money laundering;
• gain unauthorised access to any system, account, network or data, or get around the access controls, security measures, rate limits or usage policies of any third party;
• infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights;
• harass, threaten, defame or harm others, or process other people's personal data unlawfully;
• distribute malware, or interfere with or disrupt Echidna's services or other people's networks and systems.

Whether a particular automation or integration you build with Echidna is permitted on a particular website or service is your responsibility. Our licence service controls access to the software, not your use of other services.

4. Integrity of the service

Don't probe, scan or overload Echidna's servers, and don't try to bypass, tamper with or reverse the licensing controls in a way that defeats revocation or device limits. Don't resell or share the signed licence files Echidna stores on your devices, and don't present Echidna's servers as your own to anyone else.

5. Enforcement

We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or end access to protect Echidna and its users.

• Suspension. For suspected or ongoing violations, an account may be suspended: sign-in and activation are refused, and signed-in devices stop opening browsers at their next check-in. Suspension can be reversed.
• Permanent ban for confirmed fraud or a serious violation. Every licence the account holds is revoked immediately and its devices are released. At their next check-in, those devices are signed out and stop opening browsers. A banned account can't sign in or activate again, and there is no self-service way to undo a ban.
• Your local data is not touched. Enforcement controls access to the software only. Profiles, cookies and other data Echidna keeps on your computer are never accessed, collected or deleted as part of enforcement.
• Records. Bans, suspensions and revocations are recorded in an append-only log with a reason and a timestamp.

Nothing here limits any other remedy available to us under law.

6. Changes

We may update this policy. The current version and its effective date appear at the top of this page, and material changes are communicated through Echidna. Continuing to use Echidna after a change means you accept the updated policy.

7. Contact

Questions, or to report abuse: [operator abuse and contact address]. Security issues: see the Security page.

See also the Privacy Notice.