Acceptable Use Policy

A set of rules Members of Beetroute agrees to abide by.

We’re in this thing together. The actions individual Members take can have a big impact on our system as a whole. That’s why all Beetroute Members must follow this Acceptable Use Policy in their use of Beetroute and any other Beetroute Add-ons or products we may offer, like Websites, Ads, Campaigns. If you violate this policy, we may suspend or terminate your account. We may also suspend or terminate accounts according to our Terms of Service where we see behavior, content, or other factors that pose a threat to our platform. If a term is capitalized in this Acceptable Use Policy but isn’t defined, it has the meaning given to it in our Standard Terms of Service.

1. Prohibited Content

   Please don’t use Beetroute to distribute anything offensive, to promote anything illegal, or to harass anyone. You may not use Beetroute to create, send, display, advertise, or sell (as applicable):

   • Illegal goods or services
   • Emails that violate the CAN-SPAM or other anti-spam laws
   • Pornography/sexually explicit content
   • Campaigns promoting or supporting terrorism or violent extremism
   • Products claiming to prevent, treat, or cure COVID-19 that are not approved or authorized for emergency use by regulatory or public health agencies, such as the FDA in the U.S.
   • Products that are in demand due to COVID-19 with excessive pricing, price gouging, or deceptive pricing practices or in demand due to COVID-19 and prohibited by applicable law

   Some industries have higher-than-average abuse complaints, which can jeopardize deliverability. In order to maintain the reliability of our platform, we do not allow businesses that offer these types of services, products, or content:

   • Escort services, mail-order bride/spouse finders, international marriage brokers, and other similar sites and services
   • Hookup, swinger, or sexual encounter sites or services
   • Pharmaceutical products
   • Work from home, make money online, and lead generation opportunities
   • Gambling services or products
   • Multi-level marketing
   • Affiliate marketing
   • Credit repair and get out of debt opportunities
   • List brokers or list rental services
   • Selling “Likes” or followers for a social media platform
   • Cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies, and any digital assets related to an Initial Coin Offering

2. Prohibited Actions

   We work hard to maintain the positive reputation of our platform, but we count on our Members to pitch in too. You may not:

   • Send Spam. Spam can be in the form of bulk emails or one to one commercial emails.
     • You must be able to point to an opt-in form or show other evidence of consent for any bulk email you send.
   • Include in your Campaigns, Websites, Ads, or account any material that wasn’t created by you, provided for you to use, or that would violate anyone’s rights. That includes text, photos, graphics, and other content.
   • Use any misleading or incorrect names, addresses, email addresses, subject lines, or other information in the Service or in any Campaigns created, managed, or sent using our Service.
   • Share your password.
   • Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the Software.
   • Use any of the Software to create a competing product.
   • Use an outside unsubscribe process when sending bulk content to an audience hosted in Beetroute.
   • Set up multiple accounts for any person or entity in order to advertise similar content, unless you’re part of a franchise or agency.
   • Import or incorporate any of this information into any account, audience, emails, or otherwise upload to our servers: Social Security numbers, passwords, security credentials, or sensitive personal information.
   • Upload or send email Campaigns to purchased, rented, third-party, co-reg, publicly available data, or partner lists of any kind.
   • Send or forward personal mail.
   • Use content created in Beetroute through another service.
   • Host images on our servers for any purpose other than for your use of the Service.
   • Host Content on our servers for any purpose other than for your use of the Service.
   • Except as permitted under our Terms of Service, take any action intended to avoid our billing thresholds.

Contact Us

Feel free to contact us via email at info@beetroute.co.za

Updated March 19, 2021