Acceptable Use Policy

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Kat is Bridgepointe’s Brand Management & Creative Lead with 15 years of experience in marketing for various industries such as retail, hospitality, and travel. With a BFA in graphic design, she has a heavy hand in the Bridgepointe brand and multimedia efforts.

Prohibitions on Use

The prohibitions below have been established by BPT to comply with applicable law, ensure reliable and enjoyable service for all users of the Business Tools, ensure security and privacy of BPT’s (and any third-party’s) network and systems, maintain BPT’s reputation, and preserve the privacy and security of each user’s personal information at all times.

The Business Tools may only be used for lawful purposes in the sale and marketing of BPT Offerings and in compliance with this AUP and the Agreement. Agents are prohibited from using the Business Tools as follows:

In any manner that violates any federal, state, international, or local law or regulation;
In a manner that materially interferes with BPT’s activities or overall business or harms any of our customers, employees, affiliates, agents, officers, or directors;
To threaten, bypass, or destroy any security mechanism used with or incorporated in the Business Tools;
To disparage, denigrate, insult, or otherwise make pejorative statements about BPT and/or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, partners, brand, products, or service;
To transmit any content or information that is offensive, lewd, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, harassing, tortious, abusive, illegal, prejudice, discriminatory, or otherwise inappropriate or objectionable;
To transmit any “spam,” “junk mail,” or other deceptive or unsolicited bulk or commercial email that violates applicable law;
To harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way;
To modify, sub-license, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, sell, disassemble, or decompile any portion of the Business Tools or its functionality;
To transmit any content, data, or material that infringes the intellectual property rights or other personal rights (including privacy) of any third parties;
To use the Business Tools in connection harassing communications;
To transmit any content, data, or material that contains viruses, spyware, spiders, robots, worms, Trojan horses, logic bombs, or any other type of malicious or deleterious programs;
To use the Business Tools to collect information about other users of the Business Tools, including phone numbers or email addresses, without any such individual’s prior explicit consent or otherwise under false pretenses of any kind;
In any manner that violates any other applicable policy maintained by BPT, including without limitation BPT’s Privacy Policy, Online Agent Terms and Conditions, Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy, or Code of Conduct;
In any manner that can reasonably be considered harmful to BPT’s goodwill, public image, and overall reputation;
To divulge any of BPT’s (or any affiliate’s) proprietary or confidential information;
In any manner that promotes any illegal activity;
To sell or market products other than the BPT Offerings to any party; or
To knowingly receive, use, re-use, upload or download any material which:

- Contains material that may reasonably be considered obscene, defamatory, offensive, abusive, hateful, inflammatory, harassing, violent, or otherwise objectionable;
- Promotes pornographic or other sexually explicit material, discrimination, or violence, based on race, religion, nationality, sex, gender, disability, age, or sexual orientation;
- Is likely to deceive any person acting reasonably under the circumstances; and/or
- Impersonates any person.

Monitoring and Enforcement

BPT regularly monitors Agent use of the Business Tools to confirm compliance with the terms of this AUP and any other applicable BPT Policy. BPT maintains the right to monitor all such usage by any means BPT deems appropriate at any time in its sole discretion and deletes any material BPT deems illegal, inappropriate, or violative of any BPT or applicable third-party policy. If BPT discovers a violation, it will take whatever action it deems reasonably necessary or appropriate to address such behavior. This may include disclosing the user’s personal information to a third party claiming that such user violated his or her rights (such as his or her intellectual property or privacy rights). It may also include taking legal action (including making a referral to law enforcement). It may include immediately suspending or terminating Agent’s access to the Business Tools. AGENT HEREBY WAIVES AND HOLDS HARMLESS BPT, ALONG WITH BPT’S EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF, ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER BPT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Modifications and Updates to this AUP

BPT reserves the right to modify and update this AUP at any time in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise provided by BPT, updates will be effective upon the date indicated at the top of this AUP. The updated version of the AUP will supersede all prior versions. Note that BPT‘s failure to enforce this policy in any instance and for whatever reason shall not be construed as a waiver of its right to do so at any other time.

Account Security

Each user of the Business Tools is responsible for any misuse of his or her account, even if the inappropriate activity was actually committed by someone other than the account holder (i.e., his or her family member or friend, for example). Therefore, each user must take all reasonable steps to protect his or her account from unauthorized access. In addition, no user may access his or her account to breach the security of any other user’s account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another server or network. As such, each user must ensure the security of his or her password at all times, including without limitation, by not sharing it with others for any reason. Additionally, passwords should be hard to guess and changed on a regular basis.

Questions and Reporting Violations

Agents and any user who believes a violation of this AUP or any other BPT policy has taken place may report the alleged violation to BPT through its Ethics Reporting Hotline which can be reached at 833-214-2442 or online at: https://report.syntrio.com/_StandardCustomURL/LHILandingPage.asp

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact BPT at legal@bpt3.net.