Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) applies to everyone who uses GHive. It is part of the Terms of Service. We may update it as new abuse patterns emerge.

1. Prohibited activities

You must not use the Platform, or any rented compute, to:

• Develop, host, or distribute malware, ransomware, spyware, rootkits, botnets, or command-and-control infrastructure.
• Gain unauthorised access to any system, network or account (hacking, intrusion, exploitation), or scan/penetration-test systems you do not own or have written authorisation to test.
• Crack, brute-force, or harvest credentials, passwords, keys, tokens, hashes, or CAPTCHAs.
• Operate phishing, spoofing, fraud, or social-engineering infrastructure.
• Launch denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS), flooding, amplification, or other network-abuse attacks.
• Send spam or unsolicited bulk messaging, or distribute content in violation of anti-spam laws.
• Infringe intellectual property — including training on, generating, storing or distributing material that violates copyright, trademark, or trade-secret rights.
• Produce or distribute illegal content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), content that incites violence or terrorism, or content illegal in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Generate non-consensual, deceptive, or harmful synthetic media (e.g. deepfakes for fraud, impersonation, or abuse).
• Mine cryptocurrency or run blockchain proof-of-work, or disguise such use as another workload. Mining is not permitted on GHive, and rentals detected mining are ended automatically.
• Resell, sublet or re-host a rental, including by running another compute marketplace’s host or provider software in it, or otherwise let people who have not agreed to these terms use a Host’s machine through your account. Rentals detected doing so are ended automatically, and a rental may be unable to run a container engine (such as Docker) of its own.
• Trade on, or run bots that send signals or orders to, any forex, binary-option or fixed-time trading platform that is not authorised in India, including any entity on the Reserve Bank of India’s Alert List. Research and backtesting, and trading through SEBI-registered intermediaries, are permitted.
• Damage, tamper with, surveil, persist on, or escape the isolation of a Host machine, or interfere with other tenants, the relay, or the control plane.
• Circumvent metering, billing, rate limits, security controls, or access restrictions.
• Impersonate another person, or publish information you know to be false or misleading in a way that deceives people.
• Threaten the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order, or incite an offence.
• Harm children in any way, or violate anyone’s privacy, including their bodily privacy.
• Break any law for the time being in force in India.

2. Image and video generation

These rules apply to everything you submit to or receive from our image and video generation service, whether through the website or the API: your prompts, any picture you upload, and the images and videos generated for you. You must not use it to create, request, or attempt to create:

• Nudity or sexual content of anyone, real or fictional, in any style. GHive does not generate adult content.
• Any sexual or sexualised content involving a minor, or anyone who appears to be one, in any style, including drawings and animation. We have zero tolerance for this and report it to the authorities.
• Nude, sexual, or intimate images or videos of a real, identifiable person without their consent, including by uploading their photograph.
• Deceptive depictions of real people: content made to look genuine that shows a real person saying or doing something they did not, for fraud, harassment, defamation, or to mislead voters or the public.
• Content that promotes terrorism, incites violence, or harasses a person or group, or extreme gore.
• Content using pictures you have no right to use, or that infringes someone else’s copyright or trademark.

You must not try to get around these rules, for example by rewording or encoding a refused prompt. We screen prompts automatically and may refuse one without explanation; a refused prompt is never charged. We may review generated content and prompts to enforce this policy. You are responsible for how you use and share what you generate, including disclosing that it is AI-generated where the law or the platform you post it on requires it.

3. Host responsibilities

• Only list machines you own or are authorised to rent out.
• Do not access, copy, read, or interfere with Renter workloads or data.
• Do not misrepresent hardware or manipulate benchmarks/availability.
• Keep your machine secure, lawful, and adequately powered/cooled.

4. Lawful & authorised security testing

Legitimate security research and penetration testing are permitted only against systems you own or for which you hold explicit written authorisation, and never in a way that harms third parties or the Platform. You are responsible for staying within the law.

5. Enforcement

When we believe this AUP has been violated, we may, at our discretion and without prior notice:

• Throttle, suspend, or terminate Instances or accounts;
• Withhold funds connected to the violation;
• Preserve and disclose information to law enforcement or affected parties where required or appropriate;
• Take any action needed to protect users, Hosts, third parties, and the Platform.

Serious violations (e.g. CSAM, active attacks) may be reported to authorities immediately. Account holders remain responsible for activity conducted through their accounts.

6. Reporting abuse

To report suspected abuse, security incidents, or content violations, contact support@ghive.co.in. We acknowledge a report within 24 hours and resolve it within 15 days. A report of intimate or sexual images of a person shared without their consent is acted on within 24 hours. You can also reach our Grievance Officer, named in the Privacy Policy.