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·We're in this thing together. The actions individual Members take can have a big impact on our system as a whole. That's why all Mailchimp Members must follow this Acceptable Use Policy in their use of Mailchimp and any other Mailchimp Add-ons or products we may offer, like Websites, Ads, Mandrill, TinyLetter and Stores (collectively, the "Service"). If you violate this policy, we may suspend or terminate your account or access to the Service. We may also suspend or terminate accounts according to our Standard Terms of Use where we see behavior, content, or other factors that pose a threat to our platform. If a term is capitalized in this Acceptable Use Policy but isn't defined, it has the meaning given to it in our Standard Terms of Use.

·Prohibited Content

·Please don't use Mailchimp to distribute anything offensive, to promote anything illegal, or to harass anyone. You may not use the Service to create, send, display, advertise, or sell (as applicable): Illegal goods or services

• ·Emails that violate the CAN-SPAM Act in the U.S. or other anti-spam laws Pornography/sexually explicit content
• ·Campaigns promoting or supporting terrorism or violent extremism
• ·Counterfeit products or products that infringe the intellectual property rights of others, including trademark, copyright, design or patent rights
• ·Products claiming to prevent, treat, or cure COVID-19 that are not approved or authorized for emergency use by regulatory or public health agencies, such as the FDA in the U.S.
• ·Products that are in demand due to COVID-19 with excessive pricing, price gouging, or deceptive pricing practices or in demand due to COVID-19 and prohibited by applicable law

·Some industries have higher-than-average abuse complaints, which can jeopardize deliverability. In order to maintain the reliability of our platform, we may not allow businesses that offer these types of services, products, or content:

• ·Escort services, mail-order bride/spouse finders, international marriage brokers, and other similar sites and services
• ·Hookup, swinger, or sexual encounter sites or services Pharmaceutical products
• ·Work-at-home scams, make money online schemes, and lead generation opportunities Gambling services or products Multi-level marketing Affiliate marketing
• ·Credit repair and get-out-of-debt opportunities List brokers or list rental services
• ·Selling "Likes" or followers for a social media platform
• ·Cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies, and any digital assets related to an Initial Coin Offering

·There may be additional industries, products, and content that we do not allow for select features and functionalities.

·Content Subject to Additional Scrutiny

·We've also found that certain types of content may cause higher-than-average abuse rates. For that reason, we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content:

• ·Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content Daily horoscope reports Mortgages and loans
• ·Nutritional, herbal, and vitamin supplements Adult entertainment/novelty items
• ·Online dating services and applications (dating sites or services with a sexual emphasis or sexually explicit content - including images depicting nudity - are not permitted) Real estate
• ·Services that support programmatically sending mail on behalf of third parties without creating or reviewing the content
• ·Products in demand due to COVID-19 and regulated by applicable law

·If we identify abuse at our sole discretion, we may suspend, throttle, or disable the account or access to the Service.

·Prohibited Actions

·We work hard to maintain the positive reputation of our platform, but we count on our Members to pitch in too. You may not:

• ·Send Spam. Spam can be in the form of bulk emails or one to one commercial emails.
• ·You must be able to point to an opt-in form or show other evidence of consent for any commercial or marketing email you send.
• ·Include in your Campaigns, Websites, Ads, or account or sell in your Store any material that wasn't created by you, provided for you to use, or that would violate anyone's rights. That includes text, photos, graphics, and other content.
• ·Use any misleading or incorrect names, addresses, email addresses, subject lines, or other information in the Service or in any Campaigns created, managed, or sent using our Service.
• ·Share your password with any person.
• ·Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the Software.
• ·Use any of the Software to create a competing product.
• ·Send marketing emails that do not contain a Mailchimp unsubscribe mechanism or send emails that use an external unsubscribe process.
• ·Set up multiple accounts for any person or entity in order to send similar content, unless you're part of a franchise or agency.
• ·Import or incorporate any of the following information into any account, audience, emails, or otherwise upload to our servers: Social Security numbers, passwords, security credentials, or sensitive personal information regulated by applicable law.
• ·Send Campaigns that will be delivered to recipients as text, SMS, or MMS messages unless using a feature designed for that purpose.
• ·Upload or send email Campaigns to purchased, rented, third-party, co-reg, publicly available data, or partner lists of any kind.
• ·Send or forward personal mail.
• ·Send content created in Mailchimp through another service.
• ·Host images on our servers for any purpose other than for your use of the Service.
• ·Host Content on our servers for any purpose other than for your use of the Service.
• ·Except as permitted under our Standard Terms of Use, take any action intended to avoid our billing thresholds.
• ·Send bulk emails, meaning emails directed to a number of individuals with the same content, through Transactional (formerly known as Mandrill).
• ·Transactional is designed for transactional email. Please use Mailchimp campaigns for your bulk sending needs.
• ·Send bulk emails, meaning commercial or marketing emails directed to a number of individuals with the same content, through Mailchimp Inbox.
• ·Mailchimp Inbox is designed for one-to-one messages. Please use Mailchimp campaigns for your bulk sending needs.
• ·If you send a message through your Mailchimp Inbox that may be considered a commercial or marketing communication under applicable law, you can use the Opt-out Footer to comply with applicable law and provide your Contacts with the means to unsubscribe from one-to-one messages sent through Inbox.
• ·Sell or offer to sell any counterfeit products or products that infringe the intellectual property rights of others, including trademark, copyright, design or patent rights.

·Best Practices

·As a marketing platform with millions of customers all over the world, we feel it's our responsibility to be extra vigilant in preventing abuse of our services to protect both our customers and their contacts. It's also in our best interest to keep the platform clean because our reputation and deliverability depend on it. For that reason, we provide, and may update from time to time, articles outlining best practices in our knowledge base. For example, we offer guidelines about audience permission and best practices. You may only use Mailchimp in accordance with these best practices, and we may suspend or terminate your account if you violate them.

·Reporting Violations

·If you need to report abuse of our platform, please head over to our Abuse Desk. We take all reports of abuse seriously and will investigate thoroughly. Alternatively, if you believe content that belongs to you is being used through our platform without your permission or Mailchimp users are selling counterfeit or infringing products, please read our Copyright and Trademark Policy for information about how to submit a notice to us.

·Enforcement

·In order to support our efforts to provide a safe and positive platform, Mailchimp uses a combination of automated and human detection review processes to ensure that Members are complying with our Standard Terms of Use and this Acceptable Use Policy. We review account behavior and content that Members create, send, and publish in Mailchimp, including Campaigns and Websites. This includes the use of automated, dynamic vetting and scoring analysis tools to identify and take action, as well as human review to supplement our automated abuse prevention. This gives our approach an effective combination of quality and efficiency.

·When issues do arise, we take swift and appropriate action to address them. If we receive an abuse complaint, we investigate immediately and will suspend the account if the campaign or user account looks suspicious in any way. If our moderators decide to remove content, or suspend or terminate the Member's account, we will notify the Member and explain how to contact us. Our moderators will thoughtfully consider any explanations and supplemental information provided by the Member when deciding whether to take action or reinstate access.

·DSA Contact Point [& Representative]

·For the purposes of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), or if you an EU Member State authority, the European Commission, or the European Board for Digital Services, please email our DSA single point of contact at dsa@mailchimp.com to communicate with Mailchimp regarding our content moderation practices in connection with the DSA. Please ensure that any communications sent to our DSA single point of contact are provided in English (or an English translation is provided). This contact point is reserved for DSA-related queries. If you wish to report violations of this Acceptable Use Policy, please use the contact methods described above.

·Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a Mailchimp has appointed Intuit Ireland Software Limited as its Legal Representative in the European Union in accordance with the DSA:

·Intuit Ireland Software Limited 112-114 St Stephen's Green Suite 416 Dublin 2, D02TD2

·Thanks for taking the time to read our Acceptable Use Policy. Updated September 26, 2025