API Rate Limits & Fair Use Policy

Effective Date: 2026

Last Updated: 2026

This API Rate Limits & Fair Use Policy explains how Playflick™ Media .ltd may manage API usage, developer access, request limits, fair use, automation, scraping, integrations, app access, abuse prevention, security controls, and system protection for Playflick.com.

This policy should be read together with our Terms of Service, API & Developer Terms, Privacy Policy, Security Policy & Responsible Disclosure, Anti-Spam & Platform Manipulation Policy, User Generated Content Policy, External Links Policy, Embed Policy, Platform Availability & Service Changes Policy, and Data Retention Policy.

1. Who We Are

Operator: Playflick™ Media .ltd

Website: https://playflick.com

Business Address:
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Developer Contact Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us

2. Purpose of This Policy

Playflick may provide APIs, developer tools, app integrations, widgets, embeds, tokens, webhooks, mobile app connections, or other technical interfaces. These tools must be used responsibly.

Rate limits and fair use rules help protect:

Platform stability
User privacy
Account security
Creator content
Payment and payout systems
Advertising systems
Search and recommendation systems
Playflick infrastructure
Other users and developers

3. What Counts as API or Developer Use?

API or developer use may include accessing, sending, receiving, automating, integrating, embedding, syncing, or processing Playflick data or services through technical methods.

This may include:

Official Playflick APIs
Developer apps
Access tokens
API keys
Webhooks
Embeds
Mobile app integrations
Third-party integrations
Automated uploads where permitted
Automated account or content management tools where permitted
Analytics integrations where permitted
Advertising or campaign integrations where permitted

4. Fair Use Requirement

Developers and users must use Playflick APIs and technical systems fairly, lawfully, securely, and in a way that does not harm Playflick, users, creators, advertisers, payment systems, or platform performance.

Fair use means you must not:

Overload Playflick systems
Bypass rate limits
Scrape data without permission
Harvest personal data
Create fake engagement
Automate spam
Bypass privacy settings
Bypass paid content restrictions
Bypass age restrictions
Bypass security controls
Use APIs for malware, phishing, fraud, or abuse

5. Rate Limits

Playflick may apply rate limits to API requests, developer tools, embeds, webhooks, login attempts, uploads, comments, search requests, analytics requests, advertising requests, or other technical activity.

Rate limits may be based on:

API key
Access token
App ID
User account
IP address
Device
Endpoint
Request type
Account status
Developer status
Security risk
Platform load

Playflick may change rate limits at any time for security, performance, abuse prevention, legal, technical, or business reasons.

6. No Right to Unlimited Access

API access is not unlimited unless Playflick expressly states otherwise in writing.

Playflick may limit, throttle, delay, reject, queue, suspend, or block API requests where needed to protect the platform or enforce this policy.

7. Prohibited Rate Limit Evasion

You must not attempt to bypass or evade API limits.

Prohibited evasion includes:

Rotating API keys to avoid limits
Rotating accounts to avoid limits
Rotating IP addresses to avoid limits
Using proxies, VPNs, botnets, or distributed systems to bypass controls
Splitting traffic across multiple apps to hide usage
Creating duplicate developer accounts
Using stolen, leaked, shared, or unauthorised tokens
Ignoring retry instructions or error responses
Reverse engineering private endpoints

8. API Keys and Tokens

API keys, access tokens, refresh tokens, secrets, webhook secrets, and developer credentials must be kept secure.

You must not:

Share API secrets publicly
Commit API keys to public repositories
Expose tokens in client-side code where unsafe
Sell, rent, or transfer API access without permission
Use someone else’s API key without permission
Use leaked, stolen, or compromised credentials
Continue using credentials after access has been revoked

If you believe an API key or token has been compromised, you should rotate or revoke it immediately where possible and contact Playflick if needed.

9. Scraping and Data Harvesting

You must not scrape, crawl, harvest, copy, archive, mass-download, or extract Playflick data without permission.

Prohibited scraping may include collecting:

User profiles
Email addresses
Comments
Videos
Thumbnails
Creator data
Analytics data
Search results
Recommendations
Private or restricted content
Paid content
API responses at scale beyond permitted use

Public availability of content does not mean it may be scraped, copied, trained on, sold, republished, or reused without permission.

10. Automation Rules

Automation may be allowed only where Playflick expressly permits it and where it follows all applicable rules, rate limits, permissions, and user consent requirements.

You must not automate:

Fake views
Fake likes
Fake comments
Fake subscribers
Fake shares
Fake reports
Spam uploads
Mass account creation
Ad clicks or ad impressions
Paid content access abuse
Credential testing
Security probing outside responsible disclosure rules

11. Upload and Content API Use

If Playflick provides upload, content management, or creator API tools, you must use them responsibly.

You must not use API tools to:

Mass-upload spam
Upload illegal or infringing content
Bypass moderation
Bypass upload limits
Bypass file type or file size restrictions
Upload malware or harmful files
Generate duplicate or low-quality content at scale
Mislead users with automated metadata

12. Privacy and User Consent

Developers must respect user privacy and obtain any required consent before accessing, processing, storing, sharing, or displaying user data.

Developers must not:

Collect more data than necessary
Use user data for undisclosed purposes
Sell user data without lawful authority
Share user data with unauthorised third parties
Bypass privacy settings
Attempt to identify users from aggregated data where not permitted
Store data longer than necessary
Ignore deletion, revocation, or access removal requests where applicable

13. Paid Content, Subscriptions, and Access Controls

APIs and developer tools must not be used to bypass paid content, rentals, subscriptions, memberships, wallet features, creator paywalls, age restrictions, geographic restrictions, or account restrictions.

You must not use technical tools to:

Access paid content without payment
Share subscriber-only content with unauthorised users
Bypass rental windows
Extract direct video files
Copy or redistribute paid videos
Bypass creator download settings
Interfere with payment, billing, or access systems

14. Advertising API and Campaign Use

If advertising tools or campaign APIs are available, advertisers and developers must use them honestly and lawfully.

You must not use advertising integrations to:

Create misleading campaigns
Generate fake impressions or clicks
Bypass ad review
Promote prohibited products or services
Use hidden redirects or cloaking
Target users unlawfully
Collect personal data without required consent
Manipulate campaign performance or billing

15. Security Testing

Security testing must follow Playflick’s Security Policy & Responsible Disclosure.

API access must not be used for unauthorised security testing, exploitation, vulnerability scanning, credential attacks, denial-of-service testing, data extraction, or attempts to access non-public systems.

Responsible security reports should be submitted through the appropriate contact route and should avoid harm to users, data, creators, advertisers, or Playflick systems.

16. Caching and Storage

Developers may cache or store Playflick data only where permitted and only for as long as necessary for the authorised purpose.

Playflick may require developers to delete, refresh, update, or stop using stored data where:

User consent is withdrawn
Account access is revoked
Content is deleted
Content is restricted
A rights complaint is received
API access is terminated
Data is outdated or inaccurate
Legal or privacy requirements apply

17. AI Training and Dataset Restrictions

You must not use Playflick APIs, embeds, content, metadata, comments, profiles, transcripts, subtitles, thumbnails, audio, or video data to train, fine-tune, test, evaluate, or build AI systems without appropriate permission.

This includes AI systems for:

Video generation
Voice cloning
Image generation
Recommendation models
Facial recognition
Creator profiling
Sentiment analysis at scale
Automated scraping datasets
Large language models

18. Monitoring and Enforcement

Playflick may monitor API usage, developer activity, request patterns, error rates, abuse signals, security signals, token activity, upload behaviour, and integration behaviour to protect the platform.

Enforcement may include:

Rate limiting
Request throttling
Temporary blocking
API key suspension
Token revocation
Developer account suspension
App removal
Endpoint restriction
Data access reduction
Account suspension or termination
Legal action where appropriate

19. Emergency Restrictions

Playflick may immediately restrict, block, or disable API access without advance notice where necessary to protect users, creators, advertisers, payment systems, infrastructure, security, data, or legal compliance.

Emergency restrictions may apply where there is:

Security risk
Data breach risk
System overload
Spam or bot activity
Payment or payout fraud
Scraping or mass extraction
Copyright or legal emergency
Child-safety risk
Platform integrity risk

20. Appeals and Reviews

If your API access, developer app, token, integration, or account was restricted and you believe Playflick made a mistake, you may request a review under our Appeals Policy.

Contact:

Email: hello@playflick.com

Please include:

Your account email
Your developer app name or integration name
The API key or app reference, without exposing secrets publicly
The decision you are appealing
Why you believe the decision was incorrect
Any logs, timestamps, request IDs, or supporting technical context

21. No Service Level Guarantee

API access is provided subject to availability and may change over time.

Playflick does not guarantee that APIs, endpoints, rate limits, data fields, webhooks, tokens, embeds, integrations, or developer tools will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, backwards compatible, or supported forever.

22. Changes to This Policy

We may update this API Rate Limits & Fair Use Policy from time to time.

Changes may reflect new API features, developer tools, abuse patterns, security needs, privacy requirements, platform changes, legal requirements, business decisions, or technical updates.

Your continued use of Playflick APIs, developer tools, embeds, or integrations after changes become effective means you agree to the updated policy.

23. Contact Us

For API access questions, rate limit issues, developer account concerns, integration problems, security reports, appeals, or policy enquiries, contact:

Playflick™ Media .ltd
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Developer Contact Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us
Website: https://playflick.com

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