Acceptable Use Policy

Open Foundry provides software and services designed to connect buyers and suppliers in the manufacturing industry, facilitate RFQs, provide supplier information and offer website and enterprise services.

• You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations in every jurisdiction in which you use the Services.
• You must not use the Services to facilitate unlawful activities, fraud, bribery, corruption, sanctions evasion, export control violations or any other illegal activity.

• You are responsible for all activities undertaken using your account credentials.
• You must not share passwords or permit unauthorised access to your account.
• You must take reasonable steps to protect your login credentials and notify Open Foundry promptly of any suspected unauthorised access.

• Uploading malware, viruses, ransomware or malicious code.
• Attempting to gain unauthorised access to systems, accounts or data.
• Scraping, crawling or harvesting platform data without written permission.
• Using the Services, supplier profiles or platform data to create, train, improve or support a competing supplier database, marketplace, AI model or procurement platform.
• Circumventing technical protections, security measures or rate limits.
• Using bots, scripts or automated systems except through APIs, integrations or methods expressly authorised by Open Foundry.
• Sending spam, phishing messages or unsolicited communications.
• Impersonating another person or organisation.
• Providing false or misleading company information.
• Using the Services to infringe intellectual property rights.
• Using the Services in a manner that is excessive, abusive or likely to adversely affect the operation of the Services or other users.
• Manipulating rankings, reviews, analytics, verification status or any other platform metrics.

• You must only upload information that you have the right to disclose.
• You must not upload classified information or information that is prohibited from being processed using commercial cloud services.
• You remain solely responsible for determining whether information is subject to export controls or other restrictions.
• You are responsible for ensuring that any technical drawings, specifications or files shared through the platform comply with applicable confidentiality obligations.
• You must not upload information belonging to a third party unless you have all necessary rights and permissions to disclose and process that information through the Services.

• Suppliers must ensure that all information submitted to Open Foundry is accurate, current and not misleading.
• You must not falsely claim certifications, approvals, export licences, customer relationships, manufacturing capabilities, employee numbers, factory locations or other credentials.
• You must not falsely represent compliance with standards such as ISO, IATF, AS9100, NADCAP or other industry accreditations.

• You must communicate professionally with other users.
• Harassment, discriminatory behaviour, threats or abusive conduct are prohibited.
• You must not send unsolicited marketing messages outside the functionality expressly provided by the platform.
• You must not use contact details obtained through the Services to send mass unsolicited marketing communications.

• You must not rely solely on AI-generated content without independent verification.
• You must not use the Services to generate unlawful, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent content.

• Illegal content or material that promotes criminal activity.
• Content that infringes intellectual property rights.
• Defamatory, obscene, discriminatory, hateful or terrorist content.
• Malware, malicious code, credential theft tools or harmful files.
• Material that violates confidentiality obligations or trade secrets.
• Fraudulent documentation, fake certifications or falsified business information.
• Export-controlled or restricted information that cannot legally be processed through the Services.
• Child exploitation material or any other content prohibited by law.

• Open Foundry is under no obligation to monitor all activity on the Services.
• Open Foundry may investigate suspected breaches of this Policy.
• Open Foundry may remove content, suspend accounts, restrict access or terminate accounts where it reasonably believes this Policy has been breached.
• Open Foundry may cooperate with law enforcement and regulatory authorities where required.

• Users may contact Open Foundry to request a review of enforcement actions.
• Users should report suspected violations by contacting legal@openfoundry.app.

• Open Foundry may amend this Policy from time to time. Material changes will be published on the website and may be notified to users.
• Additional policies and guidelines may be published by Open Foundry from time to time and will form part of this Policy where expressly stated.

• General support: support@openfoundry.app
• Legal and policy enquiries: legal@openfoundry.app
• Website: https://openfoundry.app