Risk-based enforcement
Purpose and responsibility
This policy applies to every account, organization, deal, product, commitment, message, file, integration, and service-agent interaction on ImporterDeals. It supplements the Terms of Service.
You are responsible for your users, content, goods, counterparties, destinations, end uses, and activity. Permission to access a feature does not mean a transaction is lawful or approved.
Honest identity and representation
You may not:
- impersonate a person or organization, conceal beneficial ownership, or misstate your authority;
- submit forged, altered, stolen, misleading, or expired verification and commercial documents;
- misrepresent product origin, manufacturer, specifications, certifications, condition, quantity, title, price, lead time, or availability;
- create accounts or organizations to evade a restriction, review, debt, sanction, or prior enforcement action; or
- claim that ImporterDeals endorses, guarantees, certifies, or represents you beyond an explicit platform statement.
Prohibited goods and services
You may not list, request, finance, coordinate, or facilitate goods or services that are unlawful in the relevant jurisdictions or that fall within the categories below without our prior written approval where approval is legally possible.
Weapons and harm
Weapons, ammunition, explosives, weapon components, torture goods, or items intended for chemical, biological, nuclear, missile, or other prohibited military use.
Illegal or controlled trade
Illegal drugs, controlled substances, illicit tobacco, counterfeit currency, stolen property, smuggled goods, or products requiring an authorization the participant does not hold.
Counterfeit and abusive goods
Counterfeit, pirated, adulterated, fraudulently labeled, recalled, unsafe, or intellectual-property-infringing goods.
Exploitation
Goods or services tied to forced labor, child labor, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, illegal wildlife trade, or serious environmental crime.
High-risk regulated goods
Hazardous materials, medical products, food, chemicals, surveillance tools, or dual-use items offered without required licenses, handling, documentation, or platform approval.
Financial abuse
Money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, tax evasion, deceptive investment activity, or transactions designed to disguise ownership, source, destination, or purpose of funds.
This list is not exhaustive. We may prohibit additional categories based on law, payment-provider rules, safety, sanctions exposure, or platform risk.
Sanctions and trade controls
Do not use the platform if the transaction would involve a prohibited person, entity, vessel, bank, territory, end user, end use, export, reexport, import, transfer, facilitation, or circumvention under applicable sanctions or trade-control law.
- Screen relevant participants and ownership, not only the account holder.
- Determine product classification, licensing, destination, transshipment, end-user, and end-use requirements.
- Do not split, reroute, relabel, undervalue, or obscure a transaction to avoid a restriction or reporting duty.
- Keep records and provide accurate supporting information when lawfully requested.
Group-buying integrity
You may not manipulate marketplace activity, including by:
- making sham, coordinated, duplicate, or self-dealing commitments to create false MOQ progress or demand;
- publishing bait pricing, hidden mandatory charges, fabricated scarcity, false deadlines, or unavailable supply;
- withdrawing, refusing payment, or changing material terms in bad faith after a binding commitment;
- interfering with allocation, refund, review, moderation, verification, or audit records;
- coordinating bids, prices, customers, territories, output, or commercially sensitive information in violation of competition law; or
- using platform information to spam, harass, discriminate, retaliate, or unfairly disadvantage another participant.
Systems and security
You may not:
- probe, scan, exploit, disrupt, overload, bypass, or gain unauthorized access to an account, system, network, control, rate limit, or data;
- upload malware, destructive code, credential theft tools, or content designed to compromise a device or service;
- scrape, crawl, harvest, mirror, or automate access except through an interface or written permission we provide;
- reverse engineer or attempt to derive non-public source code except where that restriction is prohibited by law; or
- share credentials, defeat authentication, conceal security incidents, or test vulnerabilities without prior written authorization.
Report suspected vulnerabilities privately to the legal contact listed below. Do not access, retain, alter, or disclose data beyond what is necessary to make the report.
Content, data, and communications
Do not submit unlawful, deceptive, threatening, hateful, defamatory, invasive, sexually exploitative, or rights-infringing content. Do not disclose trade secrets, personal data, payment data, or confidential records unless you are authorized and the disclosure is necessary for the relevant workflow.
Notifications, messaging, and contact data may not be used for unsolicited bulk marketing, phishing, credential collection, surveillance, or purposes unrelated to legitimate B2B activity.
Review, enforcement, and reporting
We may use automated signals and human review to identify risk. We may request information, limit visibility, pause workflows, reject or remove content, reverse platform actions where possible, notify affected providers, suspend or terminate access, preserve evidence, or report conduct to authorities.
Enforcement decisions consider context, severity, history, cooperation, legal obligations, and risk to others. Urgent protective action may occur before we provide notice or an opportunity to respond.
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