Acceptable Use Policy
MySummitKeep Platform — Effective Date: April 1, 2026
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) governs your use of the MySummitKeep platform and services (the “Service”) provided by MySummitKeep LLC. This AUP is incorporated into and forms part of the Terms of Service. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Service.
1. General Conduct
You agree to use the Service responsibly and in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Scouting America policies. You shall not use the Service in any manner that:
- Violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
- Violates the rights of any individual, including privacy, publicity, intellectual property, or contractual rights.
- Is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
- Exploits or harms minors in any way, including the collection of personal information from minors in violation of COPPA.
- Sends unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, spam, or bulk communications.
2. Prohibited Activities
The following activities are strictly prohibited when using the Service:
2.1 Security Violations
- Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or any related system or network.
- Attempting to breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures.
- Accessing data not intended for your use or logging into an account you are not authorized to access.
- Attempting to interfere with the Service’s availability, including denial-of-service attacks.
2.2 Data Misuse
- Collecting, harvesting, or assembling personally identifiable information of other users without consent.
- Using the Service to store or process data unrelated to Scouting America unit management.
- Sharing, selling, or distributing scout personal data, health records, or other sensitive information outside of the Service’s intended functionality.
- Circumventing or attempting to circumvent the role-based access controls of the Service.
2.3 Content Violations
- Uploading, transmitting, or storing any content that contains malware, viruses, worms, trojan horses, or any malicious code.
- Uploading content that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right.
- Uploading or distributing any content that is illegal, including content depicting child exploitation or abuse.
2.4 Service Integrity
- Reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise attempting to derive the source code or underlying algorithms of the Service.
- Using the Service in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service.
- Using automated scripts, bots, or other means to access or interact with the Service without prior written approval.
- Creating multiple accounts to circumvent account limits or restrictions.
3. Youth Protection
Given that the Service is designed for youth organizations, the following additional requirements apply:
- All users must comply with Scouting America’s Youth Protection Training requirements and policies when using the Service for communications involving minors.
- The Service shall not be used to facilitate one-on-one private electronic communications between an adult leader and a youth member outside of approved program contexts.
- Users shall not upload or share any inappropriate content involving minors.
- Parents and guardians must have access to view communications and records pertaining to their children, consistent with the Service’s role-based access controls.
4. Enforcement
We reserve the right to investigate suspected violations of this AUP. We may, at our sole discretion:
- Issue warnings for minor or first-time violations.
- Temporarily suspend access to the Service pending investigation.
- Permanently terminate accounts for serious or repeated violations.
- Report illegal activities to appropriate law enforcement authorities.
- Remove or disable access to any content that violates this AUP.
We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of enforcement actions, except where doing so would compromise an investigation or endanger any individual.
5. Reporting Violations
If you become aware of any violation of this AUP, please report it to us at support@mysummitkeep.com. We take all reports seriously and will investigate promptly.
6. Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to modify this AUP at any time. Material changes will be communicated through the Service or by email. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised AUP.