Acceptable Use Policy

  1. Purpose
    This Acceptable Use Policy forms part of the Terms of Service and protects Auctralytix, its users, data providers and third parties from misuse.


  2. Prohibited security and technical conduct
    You must not: gain unauthorised access; probe, scan or test vulnerabilities without written permission; bypass authentication or quotas; introduce malware; interfere with service availability; perform denial-of-service activity; or use automated means that materially degrade the Service.


  3. Scraping, extraction and redistribution
    You must not systematically scrape, bulk-download, mirror, republish, sublicense, resell or create a competing commercial database from Auctralytix outputs or licensed market data, except where expressly authorised in writing.


  4. Regulatory misuse
    You must not present Auctralytix output to third parties as FCA-authorised advice, a personal recommendation, an approved financial promotion, a trade signal or a guaranteed strategy. You must not use the Service to create or distribute investment promotions, recommendations or solicitations in breach of financial-services or advertising law.


  5. Prompt manipulation and prohibited outputs
    You must not deliberately attempt to defeat compliance controls in order to force the system to produce buy/sell instructions, target prices, stop levels, probability scores, directional recommendations or other content that the Service is designed to exclude.


  6. Intellectual property and third-party rights
    You must not infringe copyright, database rights, trademarks, contractual market-data rights, privacy rights or other third-party rights.


  7. Unlawful or harmful use
    The Service must not be used for fraud, market manipulation, deceptive conduct, unlawful financial activity, money laundering, sanctions evasion, harassment or other unlawful purposes.


  8. Enforcement
    We may investigate suspected misuse, preserve relevant evidence, restrict or suspend access, revoke invite codes, terminate accounts and report unlawful conduct where legally required or reasonably necessary.

    Document preparation and professional support

    Document preparation support. This document has been prepared with legal and compliance consultancy support from Admiral Strategic Consulting Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 16088287, registered office: 95 Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Feltham, England, TW13 6QA. Specialist legal matters may be referred to independent qualified solicitors and other professional advisers through the relevant professional network where appropriate. This attribution does not constitute FCA authorisation, regulatory approval or certification by a solicitor.

    Key legal and regulatory references

    The following references inform this draft. They are not an exhaustive statement of law and should be checked again immediately before launch.

    • Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 21 (restriction on unauthorised financial promotions).

    • Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, article 53 (advising on investments).

    • FCA PERG 2.7, PERG 8.2-8.4, PERG 8.22, PERG 8.24 and PERG 8.26 (perimeter, financial promotions, internet communications and advising on investments).

    • FCA FG23/3 and FCA cryptoasset financial-promotion materials, insofar as any communication could amount to a promotion of qualifying cryptoassets.

    • Consumer Rights Act 2015, including statutory requirements concerning digital content and services and fairness of consumer terms.

    • Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, including pre-contract information and cancellation rights for distance contracts.

    • Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Part 4, Chapter 1 (unfair commercial practices).

    • Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, regulation 6 (service-provider information requirements).

    • Future subscription-contract rules under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 are expected to come into force in Spring 2027; implementation should be re-reviewed before that date.

    Version control

    Effective date: 12 August 2026. This document supersedes earlier Auctralytix versions of the same subject.