Acceptable Use Policy

• Fraud, misrepresentation or attempts to deceive verifiers.
• Issuing fake, forged or unauthorised credentials.
• Unauthorised access to accounts, tenants or institutional data.
• Automated abuse of the verification portal or APIs (scraping, mass enumeration, credential stuffing).
• API misuse: circumventing rate limits, sharing keys, reselling access without authorisation.
• Uploading malware, malicious payloads or actively harmful content.
• Tampering with, altering or attempting to alter issued credentials.
• Identity theft or impersonation of individuals or institutions.
• Reverse engineering, decompilation or unauthorised probing of the Platform.
• Any activity that is illegal under Ugandan law or the law of the user's jurisdiction.
• Platform abuse: harassment, spam, or interference with other users.

Depending on severity and history, we may take one or more of the following actions:

• Warn the responsible user or Institution.
• Throttle, restrict or revoke API access.
• Suspend or terminate accounts or Institution tenants.
• Preserve records for investigation.
• Cooperate with law enforcement where legally required.

To report suspected abuse or a fraudulent credential, contact security@verify.ug.