Purpose
This Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") governs your use of QuietDiff. Violation of this Policy may result in immediate suspension or termination of your account.
Prohibited Activities
You may not use QuietDiff to:
1. Overload or Harm Websites
- Configure monitors with check intervals below the minimum allowed for your plan
- Monitor the same domain with excessive frequency that constitutes a denial-of-service attack
- Use the Service to scrape content for commercial resale or redistribution
2. Access Restricted Content
- Monitor websites you do not have authorization to access
- Use stolen, shared, or unauthorized credentials
- Attempt to bypass authentication, paywalls, or access controls
- Monitor content behind login pages without explicit permission from the site owner
3. Illegal or Harmful Content
- Monitor websites hosting illegal content (e.g., piracy, fraud, child exploitation)
- Use the Service to facilitate any illegal activity
- Monitor competitor websites with intent to harm their business through automated attacks
4. Abuse the Service
- Share your account credentials with unauthorized users
- Resell or redistribute the Service without authorization
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code
- Use the Service to compete with or replicate QuietDiff
- Generate artificial load to test Service limits or cause degradation
5. Violate Third-Party Rights
- Monitor content in violation of copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights
- Collect personal data without consent in violation of privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
- Violate any website's Terms of Service by monitoring it
Rate Limits and Fair Use
QuietDiff may enforce per-domain rate limits to ensure fair use and respect website resources:
- Minimum check interval: 5 minutes (Pro/Agency plans), daily (Free), hourly (Starter)
- The Service may automatically throttle checks if a website responds with rate-limit errors
- Repeated violations of a website's rate limits may result in monitor suspension
Reporting Abuse
Website owners who believe their site is being monitored abusively may contact us at:
abuse@quietdiff.com
Include: the URL being monitored, evidence of abuse (excessive requests, Terms violations), and proof of website ownership. We will investigate and take appropriate action within 48 hours.
Opt-Out for Website Owners
Website owners may request that their domain be blocked from monitoring by all QuietDiff users. Send a request from an official company email address to abuse@quietdiff.com with proof of ownership. We honor legitimate opt-out requests within 48 hours.
Enforcement
Violations of this Policy may result in:
- Warning notice and mandatory policy acknowledgement
- Temporary suspension of specific monitors
- Account suspension or termination without refund
- Reporting to law enforcement if illegal activity is detected
Responsible Use Guidelines
We encourage users to:
- Use the minimum check frequency necessary for your use case
- Monitor only websites where you have a legitimate interest
- Respect website Terms of Service and rate limits
- Contact website owners for permission when monitoring non-public data
- Report any suspicious or abusive activity you observe
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy at any time. Material changes will be announced via email. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.