Acceptable Use Policy
Effective date: 7 October 2026
Last updated: 7 October 2026
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) defines prohibited conduct on the Pak Legal Desk platform. It forms part of our Terms & Conditions. Breach of this AUP may result in immediate suspension or permanent termination of your account.
1. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Use the Platform for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law;
- Provide false, misleading, or fraudulent information during registration or in any transaction;
- Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Platform, its servers, or its databases;
- Interfere with or disrupt the Platform’s infrastructure, including by denial-of-service attacks, overloading, or flooding;
- Upload or transmit any malicious code, virus, malware, worm, or harmful content;
- Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from the Platform without written authorisation;
- Use automated systems or bots to access the Platform in ways that exceed normal usage;
- Attempt to bypass, disable, or circumvent security controls or payment mechanisms;
- Harass, threaten, or abuse any other user, advocate, or staff member;
- Publish or transmit any defamatory, obscene, or discriminatory content;
- Infringe the intellectual property rights of others;
- Use the Platform to send unsolicited commercial communications (spam);
- Use the Platform for money laundering, terrorist financing, or any other financial crime;
- Misuse the AI Services to generate harmful, defamatory, or illegal content.
2. Advocate-Specific Prohibited Conduct
Advocates additionally agree not to:
- Solicit professional employment in breach of Rule 135 of the Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976;
- Share fees with unlicensed persons or employ touts in breach of Rule 136;
- Publish testimonials, success rates, or promotional claims on their profile;
- Engage in conduct that brings the Platform or the legal profession into disrepute;
- Offer legal services outside their area of competence.
3. AI Services — Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the AI Services to:
- Generate content that is defamatory, harassing, or unlawful;
- Generate content that infringes intellectual property;
- Generate content impersonating a real person or entity;
- Generate content for the purpose of deception or fraud;
- Bypass content filters or attempt to manipulate the AI’s output maliciously.
4. Consequences of Breach
Depending on the severity and nature of the breach, consequences may include:
- A warning and request to cease the prohibited conduct;
- Temporary suspension of your account;
- Permanent termination of your account without refund;
- Reporting to law enforcement where required;
- Civil or criminal legal action for damages.
5. Reporting Violations
Report violations of this AUP to [email protected]. All reports are treated confidentially.
6. Governing Law
This AUP is governed by the laws of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
