EFFECTIVE: 1 JANUARY 2026LAST REVIEWED: 20 OCTOBER 2026
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Strict rules prohibiting unauthorised third-party scanning, denial-of-service testing, and platform misuse.
UK Legal & Commercial Governance Notice: This document is structured in alignment with England & Wales commercial law, UK GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018. For custom enterprise or Managed tier amendments, contact legal@hackguardx.com.
Plain-English Summary
- Zero tolerance for scanning domains or systems without authorisation.
- Automated scraping, credential brute-forcing, and denial-of-service attacks via HackGuardX are strictly prohibited.
- Accounts violating this AUP are immediately suspended and logged.
1. Permitted Use of HackGuardX
HackGuardX is designed exclusively for defensive cybersecurity assessment, attack surface visibility, and vulnerability remediation by business owners, internal IT/engineering teams, and authorised Managed Service Providers (MSPs).
2. Prohibited Activities
You must not use HackGuardX or our Free Exposure Check tool to engage in any of the following prohibited actions:
- •Submitting or attempting to verify domains, IP ranges, or cloud environments belonging to third parties without their express written permission.
- •Attempting to bypass HackGuardX's DNS/meta-tag ownership verification controls or API rate limits.
- •Using HackGuardX findings to exploit, extort, or gain unauthorised access to any third-party system.
- •Reverse-engineering, fuzzing, or performing denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS) attacks against HackGuardX's own infrastructure.
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