Legal · Bundle 2
Acceptable use — seven clauses, no automation, ToS-aligned.
What a TTPA will do under your LinkedIn account, what a TTPA will not do, and the nine industries we do not engage with. The operating-model boundary in writing, published before you sign so it is not a surprise after the deposit clears.
Last updated 2026-04-30.
Quick snapshot.
- Operating model
- Manual operation by a named operator via Remote Desktop Access. No automation tooling, no scrapers, no third-party API use.
- LinkedIn ToS alignment
- Clause §3 below quotes LinkedIn User Agreement §8.2 verbatim. Manual operation by a named operator is not "automation" in the LinkedIn ToS sense.
- Buyer warranties
- Account in good standing · no prior automation in last 90 days · not under enforcement · data-protection-compliant lists.
- Prohibited industries
- Nine categories listed in clause §5: recruiting agencies, MLM, retail crypto, adult, gambling, cannabis, firearms, political campaigns, sub-AUD-400K-revenue.
- Breach consequence
- Immediate termination + no refund of prepaid period + Buyer-IP returned within 30 days.
Seven clauses — read every one.
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§1 What TTPA will do.
A named, senior, full-time Trusted Personal Assistant (TTPA) operates Buyer's LinkedIn account for 8 hours/day × 20 days/month under Tier 1-3 (or per Service Order under Tier 4). All actions are taken via Remote Desktop Access into a dedicated Toptronic-owned laptop, signed in to Buyer's LinkedIn account with credentials held in a Buyer-controlled LastPass tenant per /legal/subprocessors/. The TTPA performs: voice-matched content authoring (drafts approved by Buyer before posting); 1st-degree connection growth within LinkedIn's daily limits; InMail sequences calibrated to Buyer's tone radar; Sales Navigator catalog operation per /services/sales-navigator/; weekly editorial review with Buyer.
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§2 What TTPA will not do.
No automation tools (no Phantombuster, no Dripify, no Linked Helper, no Apollo browser extensions). No bot-style scripted outreach. No bulk InMail without per-recipient personalisation. No screen-scraping of LinkedIn-private data. No third-party LinkedIn API use (LinkedIn does not offer such APIs to TTPA). No account-sharing across Buyers. One TTPA serves one Buyer per session window; back-up TTPAs are named on the same engagement, not borrowed from another Buyer's pool. No use of Buyer-supplied lists in violation of /legal/dpa/ or applicable data-protection law.
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§3 LinkedIn Terms of Service alignment.
TTPA's operating model (manual operation by a named operator via Remote Desktop Access) is fully aligned with LinkedIn's User Agreement at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement §8.2 (Don'ts). Specifically, the TTPA does not "use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services." Manual operation by a named operator is not "automation" within the meaning of LinkedIn ToS §8.2. Toptronic monitors LinkedIn ToS amendments quarterly per Ops Handoff §5; any change that affects operating-model alignment triggers a Buyer notice within 5 business days.
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§4 Buyer-side compliance warranties.
Buyer warrants that, at engagement start: (a) Buyer's LinkedIn account is in good standing (not suspended, restricted, or under appeal); (b) Buyer has not deployed any automation tooling on the account in the 90 days before engagement start that LinkedIn might attribute to the TTPA's session; (c) Buyer is not subject to a current LinkedIn enforcement action; (d) all data Buyer provides for outreach lists complies with applicable data-protection law (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) where applicable; Australian Privacy Principles where applicable; HK PDPO where applicable).
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§5 Prohibited buyer industries (ICP exclusion).
Toptronic does not engage Buyers in the following industries due to LinkedIn-ToS friction, regulatory risk, or ICP-fit reasons: high-volume recruiting agencies, multi-level-marketing businesses, retail-crypto trading or speculative-token issuance, adult content, gambling/sports-betting, recreational cannabis, civilian firearms retail, active-political-campaigning entities, and pre-revenue businesses with annual revenue below AUD 400,000 (the latter is an ICP-fit screen. TTPA pricing requires the Buyer to have meaningful LinkedIn-attributed revenue at risk). Specific edge cases are reviewed by Toptronic management on a case-by-case basis at engagement scoping.
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§6 Termination for AUP breach.
A material breach of this AUP (including any deployment of unauthorised automation tooling, any concealment of a prior LinkedIn enforcement action, or any false warranty under §4) entitles Toptronic to immediate termination of the Service. On AUP termination: (a) no refund of the prepaid period (the breach voids the refund schedule at /legal/refund/); (b) Buyer-provided IP shall be returned within 30 days; (c) the Mutual NDA at /legal/nda/ survives termination per its own §2.
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§7 Reporting AUP concerns.
AUP concerns (whether raised by Buyer, by a third party, or by LinkedIn) should be reported to
[email protected]. Toptronic acknowledges receipt within 1 business day and completes investigation within 5 business days. Outcomes (including any corrective action) are documented in writing to the reporting party where lawful.
Prohibited industries — nine categories.
The exclusion list below is part of clause §5. Categories (not named businesses) to keep the policy categorical rather than accusatory. Edge cases reviewed by Toptronic management at engagement scoping.
| Category | Why excluded |
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| High-volume recruiting agencies | LinkedIn ToS friction (heavy InMail-volume thresholds + Recruiter SKU overlap) |
| Multi-level marketing | Reputational risk to Toptronic and to the TTPA's named operating account |
| Retail crypto / speculative tokens | Regulatory uncertainty across HK / AU / EU / US: too many forum-state risks |
| Adult content | Brand-incompatibility with the AICD/IoD-grade Buyer audience |
| Gambling / sports-betting | Jurisdictional licensing complexity across Tier-A geographies |
| Recreational cannabis | Federal-state mismatch in the US; payment-processor restrictions at Airwallex |
| Civilian firearms retail | Payment-processor restrictions at Airwallex; brand-incompatibility |
| Active political campaigns | Election-period content rules vary by jurisdiction; Toptronic does not specialise here |
| Pre-revenue businesses < AUD 400K/yr | ICP-fit screen: TTPA pricing requires meaningful LinkedIn-attributed revenue at risk |
Reporting an AUP concern.
AUP concerns (whether raised by a Buyer, a third party, or by LinkedIn itself) should be reported to [email protected]. We acknowledge receipt within 1 business day and complete the investigation within 5 business days. Outcomes (including any corrective action) are documented in writing to the reporting party where lawful. Cross-references: /legal/terms/ §10 (incorporation by reference); /legal/refund/ (refund consequences on AUP breach).