Any and all use of RingCentral Services is subject to and conditioned upon compliance with the following Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”). If you have an Agreement with RingCentral, this AUP is incorporated into and made a part of your Agreement with RingCentral.
This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all RingCentral Services. Please carefully review the following to determine if the Services you have purchased are subject to additional, service-specific prohibitions.
A. The Services (including any device, system, network, or account used in connection with the Services, or the RingCentral Network) shall NOT be used to:
- Illegal activity. Violate any applicable Law or regulation applicable to the use of the Services. You shall, at all times, during the receipt of Services comply with all applicable Laws including but not limited to the provisions of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, Information Technology Act, 2000 and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997.
- Resale Prohibited. Engage in resale activities. Customer shall not sell, resell, sublicense, assign, license, or sublicense the Service or any component thereof or use or offer the same on a service-bureau or time-sharing basis.
- NO HIGH RISK USE. Engage in high risk use of the Services. The Services may not be available in the event of a loss of power or internet connectivity, or network congestion. The Services are not designed, intended, or recommended for use in any situation where, in the normal course of use, service disruption could result in personal injury or death (“high-risk use”). High-risk use is prohibited except to the extent you have fail-safe alternatives in place at all times.
- Infringing activity. Infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate RingCentral’s or anyone’s rights (including intellectual property, privacy, personality, publicity, or otherwise; or display or use RingCentral’s marks without consent or in violation of applicable Law, Agreement or RingCentral policies).
- Minors. Exploit or harm minors (e.g., expose them to inappropriate content; ask for personally identifiable information without parental consent).
- Malicious activity. Transmit any material that contains viruses, time or logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, malware, spyware, or any other programs that may be harmful or dangerous.
- Objectionable activity. Act in an indecent, offensive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, fraudulent, malicious, disruptive, tortious, or other objectionable manner.
- Misrepresenting origin and/or identity. Mislead recipients as to Customer’s identity. Create a false caller ID (e.g., ID spoofing), forge addresses or headers, or fraudulently undertake other technical measures to misrepresent the origin or identity of the sender.
- Harvest information; spam; bulk messages. Without consent: harvest or collect information about third parties or End Users, or send bulk communications.
- Excessive or unauthorized use. Use any device, system, network, account, plan, or the Services in an unauthorized manner or in excess of reasonable business use (e.g. interfere, inhibit, compromise, or otherwise harm the Services or the RingCentral Network (regardless of intent or knowledge)). You shall not use the Services for any purpose other than the purpose specified in the relevant Order Forms without prior written approval of RingCentral. Any use of the Services in violation of the foregoing shall be deemed to be unauthorised and / or maybe illegal, as the case may be.
- Circumvent compliance or security. Take advantage of, bypass, exploit, defeat, disable, or otherwise circumvent limitations of the Services, security mechanisms, or compliance with this AUP or any law.
- Interception. Intercept, capture, sniff, monitor, modify, emulate, decrypt, or redirect any communication or data for any purpose.
B. In addition to the prohibitions described in (A) above, Global RingEX Select Services, (including any device, system, network, or account used in connection with the Services, or the RingCentral Network) shall not be used to:
- Auto-dialling; trunking; traffic pumping. Perform auto-dialling or “predictive dialling”; trunk or forward your RingCentral phone or fax number to other numbers that handle multiple simultaneous calls or to a private branch exchange (PBX) or a key system; traffic pumping or access stimulation of calls through the Services or the RingCentral Network.
The list above is not exhaustive or exclusive. Except as otherwise provided, terms defined in the Agreement have the same meanings when used in this AUP.
RingCentral shall have the right to act immediately and without notice to suspend or terminate the Services if, in RingCentral’s sole discretion, Customer’s or its End Users’ use of the Services violates the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy. RingCentral may also block certain content without notice if so required by applicable Laws.
Customer may cancel any services purchased under this Agreement with written notice to RingCentral within thirty (30) days of the date in which the purchase becomes effective. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement between the Parties, in the event of a timely cancelation, Customer shall not owe any fees or charges for the services being cancelled in respect of any period subsequent to the date of such written notice (except those arising from continued Usage), and shall be entitled to a pro-rata refund of any prepaid and unused fees for the services subject to the cancelation. All purchases are final after 30 days.