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Acceptable Use Policy

Guidelines for responsible and ethical use of Keploy services

Effective: February 2025Updated: February 2025

1Introduction

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is incorporated into and made part of the Terms of Service, the AI Terms, or any separate agreement entered into between Customer and Keploy Inc.

1.1Purpose

The purpose of this AUP is to establish clear rules for the responsible, lawful, and ethical use of Keploy's products and services, including AI-powered features, consistent with:

  • Keploy's AI Principles (Responsible, Transparent, Secure, Fair, Human-Centric)
  • Keploy's Code of Business Ethics and Privacy Policy
  • Global standards including ISO 27701:2022, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act

1.2Applicability

This AUP applies to all Customers, Customer Affiliates, Users, and third parties who access or use Keploy's platform, APIs, services, or integrations.

2Permitted Use

Authorized Uses

Customers may use Keploy's AI-powered Cloud Testing platform and services, including Keploy AI, Test Orchestration Intelligence and Platform level AI features & Analytics and AI APIs, only for:
  • Software testing, quality assurance, DevOps, and quality engineering workflows
  • Responsible development, debugging, automation, and optimization of applications
  • Purposes consistent with the Agreement, this AUP, and applicable laws

3Prohibited Use

Important

Customers must not use Keploy products and services (directly or indirectly) for any of the following purposes:

3.1Unlawful Activities

  • Violating any applicable law, regulation, or contractual obligation (including data protection, intellectual property, AI governance, and export control)
  • Engaging in fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering, or other unethical conduct

3.2Harmful or Abusive Behavior

  • Harassing, exploiting, discriminating, or harming individuals, organizations, or protected groups
  • Generating or transmitting malicious code, malware, spam, or denial-of-service attacks

3.3AI-Specific Misuse

  • Using AI features for unlawful purposes, or in a manner intended to deceive, defraud, discriminate unlawfully, or cause harm.
  • Attempting to disable, bypass, or tamper with AI safeguards, filters, or monitoring mechanisms
  • Providing harmful or manipulative Inputs intended to create infringing, offensive, or unsafe Outputs
  • Using AI features for high-risk prohibited purposes under the EU AI Act (e.g., biometric surveillance, predictive policing, social scoring)

3.4Data & Privacy Violations

  • Collecting, processing, or sharing personal or sensitive data without a valid legal basis and required notices/rights processes under applicable law (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, DPDP Act).
  • Uploading or processing regulated data such as payment card data (PCI DSS) or protected health information (HIPAA) unless expressly authorized in writing by Keploy and Customer and subject to an applicable addendum (e.g., BAA) and technical controls.
  • Using Keploy services to create datasets for unrelated AI model training without authorization

3.5Platform Abuse

  • Reselling, sublicensing, or redistributing Keploy services without authorization
  • Misusing APIs or features to overload, disrupt, or degrade Keploy systems or other customers' environments
  • Circumventing access controls, security mechanisms, or account protections

4Fair Usage Policy (FUP) & Guidelines

Keploy is committed to ensuring optimal availability, reliability, and equitable resource distribution across its global customer base.

iTime-Based Fair Usage

  • Fair usage limits (including daily test execution duration, concurrency, and timeouts) may apply as described in the applicable Order Form, plan description, or Documentation.
  • Individual user limits may apply to prevent single-user overuse
  • Idle sessions and long-running tests are subject to automatic termination after timeout

iiResource-Based Fair Usage

To ensure equitable distribution, limits are applied to:

  • High-demand OS/browser/device combinations
  • Specialized test configurations or infrastructure
  • Concurrent usage of the same configuration

4.1Enforcement Mechanisms

Monitoring

Keploy continuously monitors test execution usage and infrastructure demand.

Notification

Customers exceeding thresholds will receive usage alerts with recommended corrective actions.

Throttling/Queuing

Tests beyond FUP limits may be delayed or deprioritized during peak times.

Suspension

Persistent violations may result in temporary suspension or restricted access.

4.2Customer Responsibilities & Best Practices

  • Use parallel testing strategically rather than extending test duration
  • Release unused/idle sessions promptly
  • Distribute tests across different browsers, devices, and configurations
  • Plan and schedule tests efficiently to optimize allocated time
  • Work with Keploy support team for enterprise-level capacity planning

5Responsible AI & Business Ethics

5.1 Human Oversight

Customers must apply appropriate human review and judgment before relying on AI-generated outputs for software release, compliance, or decision-making.

5.2 Bias & Fairness

Customers may not use Keploy platform AI features to enable discriminatory practices, violate human rights, or create unfair treatment.

5.3 Transparency

AI-assisted decisions in testing and development must remain transparent and explainable in context.

5.4 Ethics Alignment

Use of Keploy platform AI features must align with Keploy's Code of Business Ethics.

6Third-Party AI Models & Services

  • Some Keploy Quality Engineering Platform and platform AI features may incorporate third-party AI models, APIs, or frameworks.
  • Customers must comply with any applicable third-party acceptable use policies communicated by Keploy or included in Documentation.

7Data Protection & Privacy

7.1Compliance Requirements

Customers must comply with applicable laws (GDPR, CCPA, DPDP Act, HIPAA, etc.).

7.2Prohibited Data Uploads

Unless Expressly Authorized

Customers must not upload or process:
  • Payment card data (PCI DSS)
  • Protected health information (HIPAA)
  • Government-classified or export-controlled data
  • Biometric identifiers or sensitive personal data without explicit consent

8Monitoring, Enforcement & Violations

Keploy may monitor service usage for compliance with this AUP, the AI Terms, and the Agreement.

Consequences of Violations

Violations of this AUP may result in:
  • Warning or notification of non-compliance
  • Suspension or termination of access to services
  • Reporting of unlawful activities to regulators or authorities
  • Legal liability under applicable laws

9Updates to this AUP

Keploy may amend this AUP from time to time to reflect changes in the law and at Keploy's. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email or by means of a notice within the Services prior to the change becoming effective.

Your continued use of the Services after any change in this AUP takes effect will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Keploy Legal Team

For questions regarding this Acceptable Use Policy

legal@keploy.io