ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

This acceptable use policy (“Acceptable Use Policy”. “AUP”, “Policy”) is an agreement between SPSA (“SPSA”, “Sustainable Professionals of Saudi Arabia”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) and you (“User”, “you”, or “your”). This Policy sets forth the general guidelines and acceptable and prohibited uses of the spsaonline.net website and any of its products or services (collectively, “Website” or “Services”).

You may not use the Services to publish content or engage in activity that is illegal under applicable law, that is harmful to others, or that would subject us to liability, including, without limitation, in connection with any of the following, each of which is prohibited under this Policy:

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND USES

-Distributing malware or other malicious code.

-Disclosing sensitive personal information about others.

-Collecting, or attempting to collect, personal information aboutthird parties without their knowledge or consent.

-Distributing pornography or adult-related content.

-Promoting or facilitating prostitution or any escort services.

-Hosting, distributing or linking to child pornography or contentthat is harmful to minors.

-Promoting or facilitating gambling, violence, terrorist activities orselling weapons or ammunitions.

-Engaging in the unlawful distribution of controlled substances,drub contraband or prescription medications.

-Managing payment aggregators or facilitators such as processingpayments on behalf or other businesses or charities.

-Facilitating pyramid schemes or other models intended to seekpayments from public actors.

-Threatening harm to persons or property or otherwise harassingbehavior.

-Purchasing any of the offered Services on someone else’s behalf.

-Misrepresenting or fraudulently representing products or services.

-Infringing the intellectual property or other proprietary rights ofothers.

-Facilitating, aiding, or encouraging any of the above activitiesthrough our Services.

SYSTEM ABUSE

Any User in violation of our Services security is subject to criminal and civil liability, as well as immediate account termination. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:

-Use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security ofthe Services.

-Intentionally or negligently transmitting files containing acomputer virus or corrupted data.

-Accessing another network without permission, including to probeor scan for vulnerabilities or breach security or authenticationmeasures.

-Unauthorized scanning or monitoring of data on any network orsystem without proper authorization of the owner of the system ornetwork.

SERVICE RESOURCES

You may not consume excessive amounts of the Services or use the Services in any way which results in performance issues or which interrupts the Services for other Users. Prohibited activities that contribute to excessive use, including and without limitation the following:

-Deliberate attempts to overload the Services and broadcast attacks(i.e. denial of service attacks).

-Engaging in any other activities

DEFAMATION AND OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT

We value the freedom of expression and encourage Users to be respectful with the content they post. We are not a publisher or User content and are not in a position to investigate the veracity of individual defamation claims or to determine whether certain material, which we may find objectionable, should be censored. However, we reserve the right to moderate, disable or remove any content to prevent harm to others or to us or our Services, as determined in our sole discretion.

COPYRIGHTED CONTENT

Copyrighted material must not be published via our Services without the explicit permission of the copyright owner or a person explicitly authorized to give such permission by the copyright owner. Upon receipt of a claim for copyright infringement, or a notice of such violation, we will immediately run full investigation and, upon confirmation, will notify the person or persons responsible for publishing it an, in our sole discretion, will remove the infringing material from the Services. We may terminate the Service of Users with repeated copyright infringements. Further procedures may be carried out if necessary. We will assume no liability to any User of the Services for removal of any such material.

If you believe your copyright is being infringed upon by a person or persons using our Services, please send a report of the copyright infringement to the contact details listed at the end of this Policy.

SECURITY

You take full responsibility for maintaining reasonable security precautions for your account. You are responsible for protecting and updating any login account provided to you for our Services. You must protect the confidentiality of your login details, and you should change your password periodically.

ENFORCEMENT

We reserve our right to be the sole arbiter in determining the seriousness of each infringement and to immediately take corrective actions, including but not limited to:

-Suspending or terminating your Service with or without noticeupon any violation of this Policy. Any violations may also result inthe immediate suspension or termination of your account.

-Disabling or removing any content which is prohibited by thisPolicy, including to prevent harm to others or to us or our Services,as determined by us in our sole discretion.

-Reporting violations to law enforcement as determined by us inour sole discretion.

-A failure to respond to an email from our abuse team within 2days, or as otherwise specified in the communication to you, mayresult in the suspension or termination of your Services.

SUSPENDED AND TERMINATED USER ACCOUNTS DUE TO VIOLATIONS WILL NOT BE RE-ACTIVATED

Nothing contained in this Policy shall be construed to limit our actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the prohibited activities. We reserve the right to take any and all additional actions we may deem appropriate with respect to such activities, including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from our Services, and levying cancellation charges to cover our costs. In addition, we reserve at all times all rights and remedies available to us with respect to such activities at law or in equity.

REPORTING VIOLATIONS

If you have discovered and would like to report a violation of this Policy, please contact us immediately. We will investigate the situation and provide you with full assistance.

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS

We reserve the right to modify this Policy or its terms relating to the Website or Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Policy on the Website. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. Continued use of the Website after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes and require no other official marked agreement to the changes in this Policy.

ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY

You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By using the Website or its Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its Services.

CONTACTING US

If you would like to contact us to understand more about this Policy or wish to contact us concerning any matter relating to it, you may do so via the contact form on the Website or send an email directly to: info@spsaonline.net.

This document was last updated on September 3, 2023.

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