Terms of Service

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Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You may not interfere with the Service, reach non-public material, breach security or overload it

You may not interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service, activities on it or connected servers and networks. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information on the Service that were not intentionally made publicly available, either by public display or through a visible link on the Service. You may not violate the Service's security or try to gain unauthorized access to the Service, data or connected systems or networks, through hacking, password timing or any other means. You may not take or attempt any action that, in BLP's sole discretion, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Service or its infrastructure.

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You may neither interfere with nor attempt to interfere with nor otherwise disrupt the proper working of the Service, any activities conducted on or through the Service or any servers or networks connected to the Service.
You may neither obtain nor attempt to obtain through any means any materials or information on the Service that have not been intentionally made publicly available either by public display on the Service or through accessibility by a visible link on the Service.
You shall not violate the security of the Service or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to any server associated with the Service, through hacking, password timing or any other means.
You may neither take nor attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of BLP, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on the Service or the infrastructure of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Whether a load is 'unreasonable or disproportionately large' is decided in BLP's sole discretion.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Scrapers, bots, data mining and other automated access are barred without BLP's express written consent

You may not use or attempt to use any 'scraper', 'robot', 'bot', 'spider', 'data mining', 'computer code' or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Service, data or content on it, or other Service information, without BLP's prior express written consent. You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of other content.

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You shall not use or attempt to use any “scraper,” “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “data mining,” “computer code,” or any other automate device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Service, any data or content found on or accessed through the Service, or any other Service information without the prior express written consent of BLP.
You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any other content.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The only stated exception is BLP's prior express written consent.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say whether ordinary browsers, accessibility tools or search-engine access count as 'automated' devices.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You are responsible for your password and all activity on your account, and must report unauthorized use

You are solely responsible for keeping your password confidential. You must immediately notify BLP by submitting FEEDBACK of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account or breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information. You are fully responsible for all usage and activity on your account, including use by any third party you authorize to use your username and password.

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You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.
You shall immediately notify BLP by submitting FEEDBACK of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information.
You are fully responsible for all usage and activity on your account, including, but not limited to, use of the account by any third party authorized by you to use your username and password.