Acceptable Use Policy

This policy is part of the Terms of Service. It says what DarSeek may and may not be used for. Stripe's list of prohibited and restricted businesses (https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses) also applies to every account; if a business is prohibited or needs approval there, it is prohibited or needs approval here.

1. What darseek is for

Requesting payment for lawful goods and services that your own business provides, from a person who asked you for them, in the amount they agreed to pay.

2. Businesses and sales that are not allowed

You may not use DarSeek for, or to collect payment connected with:

• Anything illegal where you or your customer are, or anything that helps someone else break the law.
• Illegal drugs, substances that imitate them, drug paraphernalia, kava, and products containing cannabis or hemp-derived THC; prescription drugs; unsafe or deceptively marketed supplements; tobacco and vaping products.
• Weapons, firearms and their parts, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, replica firearms, and devices that jam signals.
• Adult content or services of any kind, including content made with artificial intelligence, and escort or dating services.
• Gambling, betting, lotteries, sweepstakes, contests with prizes, fantasy sports for money, and auctions where bidding costs money.
• Counterfeit, stolen or unlicensed goods, unlicensed software, and anything that infringes a trademark, copyright or other right.
• Pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing, get-rich-quick schemes, investment opportunities, and coaching or "systems" that promise income.
• Money services of any kind: money transmission, currency exchange, check cashing, money orders, stored value, gift cards for other businesses, cryptocurrency and digital assets, lending, debt collection, debt settlement, credit repair, bail bonds, and buy-now-pay-later or escrow services.
• Professional services that need a license you do not hold, and legal, medical, financial or other services where the law limits who may collect payment or how.
• Travel bookings, airline tickets, timeshares, and other sales paid long before delivery, unless we approve them in writing.
• Charitable donations, crowdfunding or tips collected for others, unless we approve them in writing.
• Government documents or services you are not authorized to provide.
• Toxic, hazardous or radioactive materials.
• Anything that promotes violence, hate, harassment or discrimination against any person or group.

3. Practices that are not allowed

You may not:

• Charge for anything your customer did not agree to, or describe a payment falsely or misleadingly.
• Use fake reviews, false urgency, high-pressure or door-to-door selling, hidden or automatic recurring charges, or any deceptive practice.
• Collect payment for another person or business, split one sale into several requests to avoid limits or review, or move money between people as a favor.
• Create payments without a real sale, test stolen cards, or make payments to yourself.
• Ask a customer to pay again some other way to avoid a dispute, or refund to a different card or account than the one used.
• Send messages to anyone who did not ask you for the work or the payment, to numbers from a list, or after someone has replied STOP; or send marketing, bulk or unsolicited messages.
• Put links, attachments or words in a request that are harmful, phishing, false, defamatory, threatening or unlawful.
• Give false information about yourself or your business, or open an account for someone else.
• Use DarSeek's or Stripe's name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you.
• Scrape, copy or resell the service, test its security, get around its limits, or interfere with it.

4. What you must do

• Before each request, make sure your customer asked for the work or the payment and expects a message from you about it.
• Describe each payment truthfully, in the words your customer will see.
• Keep your business details accurate; your customers see them on the payment page.
• Honor opt-outs, refunds you promised, and your customers' dispute rights.
• Keep records of the work and the agreement behind every payment for at least two years.
• Ask us first if you are unsure whether your business or a sale is allowed.

5. What we may do

If we believe this policy has been broken, we may, with or without notice: decline or stop a request; stop sending messages; pause payment links; limit, suspend or close the account; refuse future accounts for you or your business; report the activity to Stripe, mobile carriers and authorities; and share information as the Privacy Notice allows. Stripe may also take action on your payment account under its own terms.