Yak Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) establishes certain rules and requirements pertaining to the use of the websites, products or services (collectively the “Services”) of Yak Incorporated (“Yak”). This AUP may be amended at any time and such amendment or termination will be effective at the time Yak posts the revised AUP to its website(s). This AUP is incorporated by reference into the Services Agreement between Yak and the customer regarding such Services (“Terms”). Capitalized terms not defined in this AUP will have the meanings set forth in the Terms.

The sections of this Acceptable Use Policy are hyperlinked below for your convenience:

1. Compliance
2. Prohibited Uses
3. Data Types

This AUP is intended to protect the customers, partners, and individual users of the Services (collectively referred to as “Users”) and the Internet community as a whole from improper, inappropriate, abusive, or illegal activity. When using any Services, all Users must comply with this AUP and are expected to adhere to commonly accepted practices of the Internet community. The prohibited uses described below are intended as minimum guidelines regarding improper and inappropriate conduct and should not be interpreted as an exhaustive list.

1. Lawful Purposes. The Services may only be used for lawful purposes. Users (including Users of Partner) may not use the Services in any manner in violation of any applicable law or regulation or in any manner than encourages violation of applicable law or regulation.
2. Use to Violate Security. The Services may not be used to violate system or network security including, but not limited to, by (i) gaining unauthorized access to any User account, network, system, computing facility, equipment, data or information; (ii) engaging in any activities that may interfere with the ability of others to access or use the Services, including, but not limited to launching or facilitating, whether intentionally or unintentionally, a denial of service attack on any of the Services or any other conduct that materially and adversely impacts the availability, reliability, or stability of the Services; (iii) attempting to bypass or break any security mechanism on any of the Services or using the Services in any other manner that poses a material security or service risk to Yak or any of its other customers; (iv) unauthorized monitoring, including but not limited to recording or monitoring any communication without securing consent from the participants to the communication as required under applicable law; or (v) transmitting files or messages containing computer viruses or propagating worms, Trojan horses, or “spyware” programs. Users may not perform any penetration testing or make any other intrusion attempts on the Services without Yak’s prior written consent.
3. Inappropriate Material. The Services may not be used to transmit any material, data, or content (i) that infringes the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties; (ii) that is offensive, inappropriate, pornographic, obscene, illegal, or otherwise reasonably objectionable to any person or entity; or (iii) that is, facilitates, or encourages libelous, defamatory, discriminatory, or otherwise malicious or harmful speech or acts to any person or entity, including but not limited to hate speech, and any other material or content that Yak reasonably believes degrades, intimidates, incites violence against, or encourages prejudicial action against anyone based on age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, geographic location or other protected category.

Users will not upload any of the following types of information: (a) personally identifiable health information, including any information defined as Protected Health Information under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as amended, (b) drivers license numbers, (c) passport numbers, (d) social security, tax ID or similar numbers, (e) bank, checking, credit card, debit card, or other financial account numbers or (f) any “sensitive information” under any other applicable law relating to privacy and data protection.