Acceptable Use Policy

NOT FOR EDITING

Effective Date: January 23, 2025

(prior versions available here)

Your use of the ClickHouse website, including any publicly available services on the website, and the ClickHouse Cloud service (collectively, the "Services") is subject to this Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"). By using any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with this AUP. Violations of this AUP may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Services, and/or other legal actions. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the applicable terms of use and/or agreement between you and ClickHouse (in each case, the "Agreement").

1. Prohibited Activities. You may not use the Services to:

• 1.1 Engage in, promote, or facilitate any activity that is illegal, including, but not limited to, (i) the violation of data privacy laws, export control and sanctions laws, or intellectual property laws, or (ii) phishing, spoofing, or other fraudulent or deceptive activities;
• 1.2 Store or distribute any information, material or data that (i) is harassing, threatening, infringing, libelous, unlawful, or obscene, (ii) violates the privacy rights of any third party, or (iii) contains viruses, malware, spyware, or any other malicious or harmful code;
• 1.3 Interfere with, disrupt, or compromise the security, integrity or performance of the Services or the data contained therein by (i) accessing, tampering with, or using non-public areas of the Services, ClickHouse’s systems, or the technical delivery systems of its providers, (ii) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach security or authentication measures, or (iii) knowingly overburdening or disrupting the normal functioning of the Services through excessive usage or other abusive actions;
• 1.4 Use automated means (e.g., bots, scrapers) to access the Services or scrape, harvest or extract data from the Services, without the express, prior written consent of ClickHouse; or
• 1.5 Use the Services to assist in the creation or development of any competitive product or services, or for any other competitive purposes.

2. Benchmarking. Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, you may perform benchmark, evaluation or comparative tests of the Services (each, a "Benchmark"), provided, however, that if you publish any Benchmark, or direct and/or permit any third party to publish any Benchmark (whether performed by you or a third party), you (i) must also disclose (or require such third party to disclose, as applicable) to ClickHouse and include in any public disclosure of the results of any such Benchmark, all information necessary to replicate such Benchmark and (ii) agree that ClickHouse may perform and disclose, and/or direct and permit third parties to perform and disclose, the results of Benchmarks of your products or services, to the extent they are in any way competitive with the Services, notwithstanding any restrictions on Benchmarks in the terms and conditions that govern the use of your products or services, and provided that ClickHouse or any applicable third party must also disclose all information necessary to replicate any such Benchmark.

3. Enforcement. ClickHouse reserves the right to investigate any violation of this AUP and take appropriate action to prevent further violations, including, but not limited to, throttling usage, removing data and/or content, suspending or terminating access, pursuing legal remedies and reporting unlawful activities to appropriate authorities.

4. Amendments. ClickHouse reserves the right to update or modify this AUP at any time. Changes will be effective upon posting the updated AUP to https://clickhouse.com/legal/agreements/acceptable-use-policy. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of the revised AUP.

5. Contact Information. If you have questions or concerns regarding this AUP, please contact us at [email protected].