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Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: 2 March 2026

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") sets out what you may and may not do with Lighthouse ("we", "us", or "our"). This AUP forms part of our Terms of Service.

We designed Lighthouse for legitimate competitive intelligence, market monitoring, and business research. Use it for those purposes — don't use it to harm others or break the law.

Permitted Uses

You may use Lighthouse to:

  • Monitor publicly available websites, RSS feeds, and online sources for business intelligence purposes
  • Track competitor activity, industry news, regulatory updates, and market developments
  • Generate AI-powered briefings and summaries for internal business use
  • Share briefings within your organisation

Prohibited Uses

You must not use Lighthouse to:

Illegal activity

  • Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation
  • Engage in unlawful surveillance, stalking, or harassment of individuals
  • Misappropriate trade secrets or engage in industrial espionage beyond what is permitted by law
  • Circumvent access controls on private or restricted systems

Harmful scraping

  • Scrape sources in a manner that violates those sources' terms of service, robots.txt directives, or applicable law
  • Overload, disrupt, or degrade the performance of any website or service
  • Collect personal information about private individuals without their consent
  • Attempt to access non-public areas of websites or systems

Misuse of the platform

  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the source code of Lighthouse
  • Use Lighthouse to build a competing product or service
  • Resell, sublicense, or provide access to Lighthouse to third parties without our written consent
  • Circumvent credit limits, billing controls, or rate limits
  • Create multiple accounts to obtain additional free credits

Harmful content

  • Configure Beacons to monitor individuals for harassment, discrimination, or targeting purposes
  • Use briefings or AI-generated content to spread disinformation
  • Use the service in connection with activities that could cause physical, financial, or reputational harm to third parties

Source Monitoring Guidelines

When configuring sources for your Beacons, you are responsible for ensuring your use of those sources complies with their terms. As a guide:

  • Public websites: monitoring publicly visible content is generally acceptable; do not attempt to access login-protected or paywalled content
  • RSS feeds: monitoring RSS feeds is explicitly permitted by their publishers and is always acceptable
  • Competitor websites: monitoring competitor public-facing content for pricing, product updates, and announcements is legitimate competitive intelligence
  • Social media: some platforms restrict automated access — check the platform's terms before adding social sources

We may disable sources that generate excessive requests or that we believe are being accessed unlawfully.

Enforcement

We reserve the right to:

  • Investigate suspected violations of this AUP
  • Suspend or terminate accounts that breach this AUP, with or without prior notice
  • Report illegal activity to relevant authorities
  • Seek legal remedies for breaches that cause us harm

Serious or repeated violations will result in permanent account termination without refund.

Reporting Abuse

If you become aware of activity on Lighthouse that violates this AUP, please contact us at:

support@lighthouse.fyi

We take all reports seriously and will investigate promptly.

Contact

support@lighthouse.fyi