# Acceptable Use Policy

> What you must not do with ParrotPad. Last updated 22 May 2026. Supplements the Terms of Service.

## 1. Overview
ParrotPad is a productivity tool. Use it for your own speech. Use it lawfully. Don't use it to harm other people, infringe rights, or attack our infrastructure.

## 2. Recording others
ParrotPad records audio from your microphone while you hold the hotkey. You are responsible for the rights and consents to record any voice it captures.

- Do not record other people without their knowledge.
- Do not use ParrotPad where covert recording is unlawful.
- If recording a meeting that includes other people, follow applicable local laws and your organisation's policy.

## 3. Prohibited content
You must not use ParrotPad to create, transcribe, or distribute:
- Child sexual abuse material or content that sexually exploits minors.
- Content that incites violence, terrorism, or self-harm.
- Content that harasses, threatens, defames, or targets individuals or groups based on protected characteristics.
- Content that infringes intellectual property rights, trade secrets, or confidentiality obligations.
- Personal data of others where you have no lawful basis to process it.
- Material otherwise illegal under UK law or your jurisdiction.

## 4. Abuse of the service
You must not:
- Resell, rent, or repackage the service without our written permission.
- Use automated tools to generate transcription requests beyond ordinary human use, or scrape our API.
- Circumvent rate limits, usage limits, or any other technical measure.
- Use the service in a way designed to degrade performance for other users.
- Use ParrotPad's audio, transcripts, or output to train, evaluate, or develop a product that competes with ParrotPad.

## 5. Security
You must not:
- Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network we operate without prior written permission.
- Breach or attempt to breach security or authentication measures.
- Use the service to distribute malware or phish.
- Reverse engineer the desktop application except where permitted by law.

Responsible disclosure is welcome: security@parrotpad.ai.

## 6. Enforcement
If we believe you have breached this policy, we may:
- Warn you and ask you to remedy.
- Suspend or terminate access.
- Remove offending content from our systems.
- Cooperate with law enforcement.

For serious or repeated breaches, we may act without prior warning.

## 7. Reporting a violation
If you believe someone is using ParrotPad in breach of this policy, email abuse@parrotpad.ai. Reports are reviewed by a human and treated confidentially.