Rules and protection
Safe harbour
If you follow this policy, we will treat your research as authorised, we will not bring a claim against you for it, and we will not refer you to law enforcement for it.
If a third party brings a claim about research you carried out in line with this policy, we will make it known that the activity was authorised by us.
This protection covers only systems Neoteric operates, and only research that stays inside the rules below. It cannot waive anyone else's rights, and it cannot override the law of [[GOVERNING_LAW_JURISDICTION]].
The Acceptable Use Policy tells customers not to probe or test the service without a written testing agreement. For the assets listed above, and for research that follows this policy, this page is that authorisation. The two documents need to be brought into line with each other, and that is our job rather than yours.
This section has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer. Until it has, read it as a statement of how we intend to behave rather than as a legal guarantee.
If you are unsure whether something is permitted, ask at [[SECURITY_CONTACT_EMAIL]] before you do it. We would rather answer a question than argue about a test afterwards.
What not to do
Do not run denial of service tests, load tests, or anything else that degrades the service for other people.
Do not social engineer or phish our staff, our customers, or our suppliers.
Do not access, change, or delete data belonging to anyone else. If you can prove access, stop at the proof.
Do not exfiltrate data. Do not download, copy, or keep anything you find. Delete any copy as soon as it is no longer needed to demonstrate the issue, and tell us that you have.
Do not attempt physical access to premises or hardware.
Do not run automated scanning at a volume that affects availability.
Do not make a report conditional on payment. That is extortion, not disclosure, and it ends the safe harbour immediately.
Do not publish before the disclosure terms below have been met.
Disclosure
We prefer coordinated disclosure. Please give us [[DISCLOSURE_WINDOW]] from the date of your report before publishing anything about it.
If we need longer than that, we will tell you why and propose a date rather than going quiet. If we cannot fix an issue, we will say so and agree a position with you.
We will not ask you to stay silent indefinitely.
Recognition
Whether Neoteric offers any reward for a report is at [[BOUNTY_POSITION]]. Nothing on this page should be read as a promise of payment.
We are glad to credit you by name once an issue is fixed, if that is what you want. Tell us how you would like to be named. We will not publish your name without your agreement.
Where acknowledgements will be listed is at [[RECOGNITION_PAGE]]. No such page exists today.
About this policy
This policy is published by [[LEGAL_ENTITY_NAME]]. It does not create a contract between us.
We may update it. The version that applies to your report is the one published on this page at the time you send it.