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5 **Gmail Program Policies **
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9 **Updated as of June 28, 2004 **([view changes][3])
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11 To uphold the quality and reputation of Google Gmail, your use of Gmail is subject to these program policies. If you are found to be in violation of our policies at any time, as determined by Google in its sole discretion, we may warn you or suspend or terminate your account.   
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13 Please note that we may change our policies at any time, and pursuant to our Terms of Use, it is your responsibility to keep up-to-date with and adhere to the policies posted here.
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15 **Prohibited Actions** 
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17 In addition to (and/or as some examples of) the violations described in Section 3 of the Terms of Use, users may not:
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19   * Generate or facilitate unsolicited commercial email ("spam"). Such activity includes, but is not limited to   
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22     * sending email in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act or any other applicable anti-spam law
23     * imitating or impersonating another person or his, her or its email address, or creating false accounts for the purpose of sending spam
24     * data mining any web property (including Google) to find email addresses
25     * sending unauthorized mail via open, third-party servers
26     * sending emails to users who have requested to be removed from a mailing list
27     * selling, exchanging or distributing to a third party the email addresses of any person without such person's knowing and continued consent to such disclosure
28     * sending unsolicited emails to significant numbers of email addresses belonging to individuals and/or entities with whom you have no preexisting relationship 
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31   * Send, upload, distribute or disseminate or offer to do the same with respect to any unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content
32   * Intentionally distribute viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, corrupted files, hoaxes, or any other items of a destructive or deceptive nature
33   * Conduct or forward pyramid schemes and the like
34   * Transmit content that may be harmful to minors
35   * Impersonate another person (via the use of an email address or otherwise) or otherwise misrepresent yourself or the source of any email
36   * Illegally transmit another's intellectual property or other proprietary information without such owner's or licensor's permission
37   * Use Gmail to violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others
38   * Promote or encourage illegal activity
39   * Interfere with other Gmail users' enjoyment of the Service
40   * Create multiple user accounts in connection with any violation of the Agreement or create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses
41   * Sell, trade, resell or otherwise exploit for any unauthorized commercial purpose or transfer any Gmail account
42   * Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Gmail Service
43   * Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Gmail Service
44   * Reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Gmail Service
45   * Use the Gmail Service in connection with illegal peer-to-peer file sharing
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49 You must promptly notify Google of any breach of security related to the Services, including but not limited to unauthorized use of your password or account. To help ensure the security of your password or account, please sign out from your account at the end of each session.
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51 **Account Inactivity**
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53 Google will terminate your account in accordance with Section 9 of the Terms of Use if you fail to login to your account for a period of nine months.
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