Acceptable Use Policy

Updated: July 25, 2026

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Important: Zero-Tolerance Warning

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") governs the use of the proxy services, APIs, and network infrastructure (collectively, the "Services") provided by WATTENNE INTERNATIONAL LLC ("Company," "we," or "us"). This AUP is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Terms of Use.

PROHIBITED USE MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE RESTRICTION. We state that we monitor limited network metadata, including connection counts, bandwidth velocity, and error patterns, to identify abuse. Depending on severity, evidence, legal duties, and the Terms, a violation may result in throttling, suspension, termination, loss of refund eligibility to the extent permitted by law, preservation of evidence, legal action, or referral to an appropriate authority.

1. The Shared Responsibility Framework & Neutrality

You acknowledge that the Company acts solely as a provider of neutral technical infrastructure ("pipes").

  • No Payload Inspection: We do not inspect, moderate, or view the contents (payloads) of your traffic.

  • Customer Sole Liability: Because we do not monitor your content, you assume 100% legal responsibility for all data transmitted and all destinations accessed through your account.

  • Compliance: You are responsible for ensuring your use of the Services complies with the laws of (i) your jurisdiction, (ii) the jurisdiction of the Company (USA/Wyoming), and (iii) the jurisdiction of the destination server or website.

2. Zero-Tolerance: Criminal & Illegal Activity

You must not use the Services for any activity that is criminal or illegal under applicable law. The following are strictly prohibited:

  • Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Accessing, distributing, or soliciting CSAM. Where we obtain actual knowledge of apparent CSAM, we report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by law and preserve related evidence.

  • Terrorism & Violence: Promoting terrorism, violent extremism, or trafficking in weapons or humans.

  • Fraud & Financial Crime: Phishing, carding (credit card fraud), bank fraud, money laundering, or accessing compromised financial accounts.

  • Identity Theft: Purchasing, selling, or using stolen credentials, cookies, or digital fingerprints.

  • Cyberattacks: Operating botnets, distributing malware/ransomware, or controlling command-and-control (C2) servers.

3. Zero-Tolerance: Network Abuse & Security Violations

You must not use the Services to attack, interfere with, or degrade the performance of any network, server, or system. Prohibited activities include:

  • DDoS & Flooding: Launching Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, or "stress testing" networks without explicit written consent from the target.

  • Port Scanning: Scanning ports or probing security vulnerabilities on third-party networks.

  • Spam & Unsolicited Communications: Sending unsolicited bulk email (spam), forum spam, comment spam, or violating the CAN-SPAM Act. Usage of Port 25 (SMTP) is strictly blocked.

  • Hacking & Unauthorized Access: Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any system, account, or data (e.g., "brute-forcing," "credential stuffing," or bypassing authentication).

4. Intellectual Property Violations

  • Copyright Infringement: You may not use the Services to download, distribute, or stream copyrighted material without license (e.g., via BitTorrent or P2P networks).

  • DMCA Violations: We process valid DMCA notifications. Repeat infringers will be terminated.

  • Trademark Violations: You may not use the Services to facilitate the sale of counterfeit goods.

5. Web Scraping & Data Collection Standards

While data collection is a legitimate use case, abusive scraping is prohibited. You act as an independent data controller and are solely responsible for the legality of your scraping activities.

5.1 "Legitimate" vs. "Abusive" Scraping

  • Respect for Robots.txt: You agree to respect the robots.txt protocols and standard exclusion headers of target websites.

  • Performance Degradation: You must not engage in high-velocity scraping that degrades the performance of the target website (e.g., executing thousands of concurrent requests against a single small server). This is classified as a DoS attack disguised as scraping.

  • Target Terms of Service: You are solely responsible for ensuring your scraping does not violate the Terms of Service (ToS) of the target website. The Company is not a party to your agreement with third-party websites.

5.2 Prohibited Scraping Targets

You must not use the Services to scrape:

  • Government Infrastructure: (e.g., .gov domains, military sites, critical infrastructure).

  • Personal Health Data: (HIPAA-protected data or equivalent).

  • Non-Public or Login-Gated Data: Harvesting information that is not publicly available, including content behind a login, paywall, or session token, except where you access accounts or data that you own or are expressly authorized to access, using credentials lawfully issued to you, and in compliance with the destination's terms and applicable law.

6. Social Media & Ad Tech Abuse

  • Fake Account Creation: Automating the bulk creation of fake accounts on social media, email platforms, or other services.

  • Ad Fraud: Engaging in click fraud, impression fraud, or generating non-human traffic to defraud advertisers or ad networks.

7. Monitoring & Enforcement

7.1 Metadata Monitoring
While we do not inspect payloads, we actively monitor traffic metadata to ensure compliance with this AUP. We analyze connection velocity (requests per second per IP), target diversity, and bandwidth usage patterns (e.g. abnormally high upload/download ratios).

7.2 Consequences of Violation
If we reasonably determine that you have violated this AUP:

  • Restriction or Termination: Your account may be throttled, suspended, restricted, or terminated immediately where the evidence and severity justify it.

  • Balances: Remaining Wallet Balance and Data Packages are handled as described in Section 12.2 of the Terms of Use: withholding pending investigation, setoff against amounts you owe, and release of any remainder except where prohibited by law or where the purchase or use was itself fraudulent or unlawful. No refund is owed for AUP-violation terminations except as provided there or in the Refund Policy.

  • Abuse Handling Fees: We may charge an abuse handling fee of $250 USD per Abuse Incident as set out in Section 12.2(b) of the Terms of Use, plus third-party amounts actually incurred (e.g., delisting IPs from blacklists).

8. Reporting Abuse

If you are a third party and believe an IP address belonging to WATTENNE INTERNATIONAL LLC is being used to violate this AUP, please report it immediately with timestamped logs and evidence.

Abuse Contact: abuse@databay.com
Abuse reports are reviewed promptly during our support hours, typically within one business day, and prioritized by severity.