# ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
## Astermind Premium

**Last Updated: November 20, 2025**

This Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") describes the rules and guidelines for using Astermind Premium services and software (collectively, the "Services") provided by **AsterMind AI Corporation** (“AsterMind”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

**This Policy is part of, and subject to, the Terms of Service and End User License Agreement (“EULA”).**  
**Limitations of liability, disclaimers, and indemnification obligations in those agreements fully apply to this Policy and any violations of it.**

Violation of this Policy may result in immediate suspension or termination of your access to the Services.

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# 1. PROHIBITED USES

## 1.1. Illegal Activities

You may NOT use the Services to:

- Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or legal obligations  
- Engage in fraud, theft, or other criminal conduct  
- Infringe on copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other IP rights  
- Violate privacy, data protection, or consumer protection laws  
- Engage in money laundering or terrorist financing  
- Violate export controls, embargoes, or trade sanctions  

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## 1.2. Harmful or Malicious Activities

You may NOT use the Services to:

- Transmit, store, or distribute malicious code, viruses, or malware  
- Attempt hacking, unauthorized access, or security breaches  
- Conduct denial-of-service attacks or disrupt systems  
- Interfere with or compromise the security or integrity of networks  
- Collect or harvest information without authorization  
- Conduct phishing, spoofing, or social-engineering activities  

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## 1.3. Content Restrictions

You may NOT use the Services to process, store, or transmit:

- Illegal content or content that violates applicable law  
- Content that infringes intellectual property rights  
- Defamatory, libelous, or misleading content  
- Threatening, harassing, or abusive content  
- Discriminatory or hateful content  
- Obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit content  
- Content that promotes violence or unlawful acts  
- Content that violates privacy, confidentiality, or contractual obligations  

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## 1.4. System Abuse

You may NOT:

- Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, or underlying ideas of the Services,  
  **except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this prohibition**
- Circumvent or attempt to circumvent license validation or security measures  
- Share, sell, sublicense, or transfer your license key to unauthorized parties  
- Use automated systems to access the Services without authorization  
- Overload, interfere with, or abuse AsterMind systems or infrastructure  
- Disrupt or impair use of the Services by other users  

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## 1.5. License Violations

You may NOT:

- Use the Services without a valid, active license  
- Share or reuse license keys without authorization  
- Use the Services beyond the licensed scope or permitted number of devices  
- Modify, fork, or create derivative works of the Services without authorization  
- Remove or alter proprietary notices or markings  
- Replicate, imitate, or extract core functionality to develop competing products  

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# 2. RESPONSIBLE USE

## 2.1. Compliance

You agree to:

- Comply with all applicable laws and regulations  
- Respect intellectual property rights  
- Use the Services only as documented  
- Report vulnerabilities responsibly  
- Follow all Service usage guidelines  

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## 2.2. Data Responsibility

You are responsible for:

- Ensuring you have rights to process all data through the Services  
- Complying with data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)  
- Implementing appropriate security measures  
- Maintaining backups for your own data  
- Obtaining required consents for data processing  

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## 2.3. License Management

You agree to:

- Keep your license credentials confidential  
- Prevent unauthorized access to your license keys  
- Use licenses only on authorized systems  
- Notify AsterMind of any suspected misuse  
- Comply with all license scope and limitations  

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# 3. COMPETITIVE USE

## 3.1. Prohibited Competitive Activities

You may NOT use the Services to:

- Replicate, reproduce, or materially imitate proprietary features, algorithms, workflows, or designs of the Services  
  **for the purpose of developing a directly competing product**
- Reverse engineer the Services to extract proprietary methods or models  
- Conduct benchmarking for competitive intelligence or publication  
- Extract datasets, embeddings, or system outputs for model cloning  

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## 3.2. Permitted Competitive Use

You MAY use the Services to:

- Build applications that use Astermind Premium as a component  
- Develop products that depend on or integrate with Astermind Premium  
- Create downstream applications that add new functionality  
- Perform internal evaluations not intended for competitive misuse  

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# 4. HIGH-RISK USE CASES

## 4.1. Prohibited High-Risk Applications

You may NOT use the Services for:

- Life-critical systems (medical, surgical, aviation, emergency control)  
  **without explicit written approval signed by an authorized AsterMind officer**  
- High-frequency trading or financial systems without disclosures  
- Physical systems that could cause bodily harm or property damage  
- Applications violating safety, compliance, or regulatory requirements  

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## 4.2. High-Risk Use Requirements

If you intend to use the Services for high-risk applications:

- You must request approval from AsterMind  
- Approval may be granted or denied **in our sole discretion**  
- You must implement appropriate safeguards, monitoring, and redundancies  
- You acknowledge the Services are provided **“as-is”** without warranties  
- You assume full responsibility for any resulting impacts, damages, or failures  

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# 5. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

## 5.1. Monitoring

We may:

- Monitor usage to ensure compliance with this Policy  
- Review license validation and activation patterns  
- Analyze usage for security, operational health, and fraud prevention  
- Investigate any suspected violations  

**You acknowledge that you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in your use of the Services except as described in our Privacy Policy.**

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## 5.2. Enforcement Actions

If we determine you violated this Policy, we may:

- Issue warnings or compliance requests  
- Suspend or terminate access immediately  
- Revoke or disable license keys  
- Decline refunds  
- Pursue legal action, including damages or injunctive relief  

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## 5.3. Reporting Violations

Report suspected violations to:  
**abuse@astermind.ai**

Include as much detail as possible.  
We will investigate and take appropriate action.

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# 6. CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATION

## 6.1. Immediate Actions

Violations may result in:

- Immediate suspension of access  
- Termination of licenses and accounts  
- Permanent revocation of license keys  
- No refunds for terminated subscriptions  

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## 6.2. Legal Consequences

Severe or intentional violations may result in:

- Civil claims or lawsuits  
- Reporting to law enforcement  
- Recovery of damages  
- Injunctive relief  

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# 7. COOPERATION WITH AUTHORITIES

## 7.1. Legal Requests

We may:

- Comply with lawful requests from authorities  
- Provide information when required by law  
- Cooperate with investigations into illegal activities  
- Protect our rights, users, and the public  

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## 7.2. Your Cooperation

You agree to:

- Cooperate with inquiries into suspected violations  
- Provide information when legally required  
- Comply with legal processes  

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# 8. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

## 8.1. Modifications

We may modify this Policy at any time. Changes will be:

- Posted on our website  
- Communicated when material  
- Effective on the date specified in the notice  

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## 8.2. Continued Use

Continued use of the Services after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

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# 9. CONTACT INFORMATION

**AsterMind AI Corporation**  
706 Scottingham Terrace  
North Chesterfield, VA 23236  
United States

Abuse Reports: abuse@astermind.ai  
Support: support@astermind.ai  
Legal: legal@astermind.ai  
Website: https://astermind.ai

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# ACKNOWLEDGMENT

By using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.

**Violation of this Policy may result in immediate suspension or termination without refund.**

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*This Acceptable Use Policy is effective as of the date above and applies to all use of the Services.*
