DuckDuckGo Acceptable Use Policy

In using any of DuckDuckGo's Services, you agree not to:

  • Engage in any conduct that is illegal, threatening, deceptive, or defamatory
  • Infringe the intellectual property or other rights of DuckDuckGo or others
  • Invade privacy
  • Exploit or harm children
  • Promote violence
  • Attempt to access, interfere with, or connect to the services and/or any computer without authorization (that is, any form of “hacking”)
  • Frame, inline link, or similarly display any portion of the services within another service
  • Sell or resell any portion of the services
  • Transmit any viruses, code, spam, and/or other content that disrupts, damages, or interferes with computers or related systems
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the services
  • Violate any terms that apply to the particular service
  • Advocate, encourage, or assist anyone to do any of the above

This list is not exhaustive. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access for any users who we deem in violation of the spirit of these conditions.

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