1. Purpose
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") defines the standards of conduct required of all users — including individuals, institutions, employers, direct consumer purchasers, partners, and their respective staff and administrators — when accessing or using any platform, service, or digital environment operated by EASEC European Accreditation SL ("EASEC").
EASEC's platforms and services are designed to support the lawful assessment, certification, and professional development of competencies for educational and professional purposes. The integrity of EASEC's certification standard, the trust placed in its credentials by employers and institutions worldwide, and the rights of assessed individuals depend on all users upholding the standards described in this Policy. This AUP forms part of EASEC's legal framework and should be read together with EASEC's Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and any applicable service agreement.
2. Scope
This Policy applies to all access to and use of:
- www.easec.eu and all EASEC subdomains
- The cert.easec.eu institutional administration panel and personal EASEC Wallet accounts
- The work.easec.eu talent platform
- The awards.easec.eu programme
- Any EASEC assessment, reporting, or credential management system
- Any EASEC API, integration, or LTI connection
- Communications sent through or in connection with EASEC platforms
- B2C direct purchases made through www.easec.eu
3. Assessment Integrity
The validity of EASEC certifications depends on the integrity of the assessment process. The following requirements are mandatory for all users administering or participating in EASEC assessments:
3.1 Individual Completion
Every EASEC assessment must be completed by the individual to whom it has been assigned. It is strictly prohibited to:
- Complete an assessment on behalf of another person
- Allow another person to complete an assessment on your behalf
- Share assessment questions, answer keys, or response strategies with other individuals
- Use artificial intelligence tools, automated systems, language models, or any form of assistance not explicitly permitted by EASEC during any part of the assessment process, including the psychometric instrument and the EASEC AI Engine situational assessment dimension
3.2 EASEC AI Engine Dimension — Specific Integrity Requirements
The EASEC AI Engine situational assessment dimension requires open-text responses that genuinely reflect the individual's own reasoning and judgment. The following conduct during the AI Engine dimension is expressly prohibited:
- Using any AI language model, chatbot, automated writing tool, or content generation system to produce, revise, or augment the open-text situational response
- Copying responses from external sources, other individuals, or previously seen or shared scenarios
- Consulting any person (in person, remotely, by message, or by any other means) during the response period
- Using prepared scripts, templates, or pre-written responses
3.3 Honest and Accurate Responses
Assessment responses — both psychometric instrument items and AI Engine open-text responses — must reflect the genuine, autonomous competency of the individual completing the assessment. Deliberately providing false, inflated, or strategically manipulated responses constitutes a breach of this Policy and invalidates the resulting certification.
3.4 Controlled Assessment Environment
Institutions and employers administering EASEC assessments must ensure that the assessment environment supports individual, autonomous, and honest completion. EASEC reserves the right to invalidate certifications where evidence of environmental compromise is presented.
4. Credential Integrity
4.1 Authentic Use Only
All EASEC credentials must be used and presented in an authentic and accurate manner. Users must not:
- Alter, modify, or falsify any EASEC credential in any way
- Present an expired EASEC credential as currently valid
- Present a credential issued to one individual as belonging to another
- Create, distribute, or use any counterfeit or unauthorised EASEC credential
- Claim EASEC certification for a competency or at a level not reflected in a verified, current EASEC credential
- Misrepresent the nature of the EASEC AI Engine interpretive analysis as a formal certification or official assessment outcome
4.2 Verification Obligation
All EASEC credentials can and should be verified through the official verification portal at https://cert.easec.eu/certificates/verify. Any person or organisation that receives or relies upon an EASEC credential should verify it through this portal. EASEC accepts no responsibility for decisions made based on unverified credentials.
5. Brand and Intellectual Property Use
5.1 Authorised Use Only
The EASEC name, logo, certification seals, professional certification titles (CTC, CGEC, SWMHC, CHET, CPM, CAIC, CCTF, CHRPC, CLP, CESG), EASEC AI Engine designation, and all associated intellectual property may be used only by entities holding a valid, current agreement with EASEC expressly authorising such use, strictly in accordance with the EASEC Brand Guidelines Manual.
5.2 Prohibited Brand Uses
The following uses of EASEC brand elements are expressly prohibited:
- Using any EASEC seal, logo, designation, or professional certification title on materials not covered by a valid EASEC agreement
- Using EASEC brand elements in paid advertising without prior written authorisation
- Using the Programme Accreditation Seal in connection with programmes that have not achieved the minimum 80% framework alignment required for accreditation
- Using the EASEC AI Engine name or designation to describe or market any third-party AI product or service
- Modifying, distorting, recolouring, or otherwise altering any EASEC brand element
- Using any EASEC brand element after the expiry or termination of the relevant agreement
6. Platform Use Standards
6.1 Authorised Access
Users may only access EASEC platforms using their own authorised credentials. Sharing login credentials, attempting to bypass authentication, or accessing areas of the platform without authorisation is prohibited.
6.2 Prohibited Technical Conduct
- Introducing viruses, malware, or any other harmful code into EASEC systems
- Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any EASEC system without prior written authorisation
- Attempting to intercept, decrypt, or access any data transmitted through EASEC platforms
- Using automated bots, scrapers, or crawlers to access or extract EASEC platform content without prior written permission
- Attempting to reverse-engineer EASEC assessment instruments, scoring algorithms, AI Engine architecture, or source code
6.3 Data and Privacy
- Users must not upload or introduce personal data of third parties into EASEC platforms without a lawful basis and appropriate consents
- Institutions and employers must not introduce personal data of minors without valid parental or guardian consent as required by applicable national law
- Users must not attempt to access or extract personal data of other EASEC users beyond what is necessary for their authorised use
- Users must not attempt to access, extract, or replicate the EASEC AI Engine's situational scenarios, analytical outputs, or internal competency indicators outside of the authorised assessment interface
7. Communication Standards
All communications through EASEC platforms must be accurate, honest, and not misleading. Harassment, abuse, threats, or discriminatory language is prohibited. Users must not impersonate EASEC, any EASEC representative, any institution, or any other user. Users must not use EASEC channels for spam or unsolicited commercial communications.
8. Responsibilities of Institutional Administrators
Individuals designated as platform administrators by an institution or employer bear specific additional responsibilities:
- Ensuring all users within their organisation who access EASEC platforms are aware of and comply with this Acceptable Use Policy
- Managing platform licences, user access, and assessment assignments in accordance with the applicable institutional agreement
- Ensuring that assessments are dispatched only to individuals who have provided the necessary consent, including consent to AI Engine processing for assessments incorporating the EASEC AI Engine dimension
- Revoking platform access promptly for any user who leaves the organisation or whose access is no longer required
- Reporting any suspected breach of this Policy, security incident, or misuse of EASEC credentials to EASEC at support@easec.eu without undue delay
9. Reporting Violations
EASEC encourages all users to report suspected violations of this Policy, fraudulent credentials, misuse of EASEC brand elements, or any conduct threatening the integrity of the EASEC certification standard.
Reports may be submitted to:
- Email: info@easec.eu
- Support: support@easec.eu
10. Consequences of Violations
Violations of this Acceptable Use Policy may result in any or all of the following, at EASEC's sole discretion:
- Immediate suspension or permanent termination of platform access
- Invalidation of affected certifications, including any certification where the AI Engine dimension was completed in violation of Section 3.2
- Termination of any applicable service or institutional agreement
- Recovery of the multi-year discount applied under any multi-year agreement (where applicable)
- Notification of the relevant institution, employer, or authority
- Civil or criminal legal action where the violation constitutes fraud, intellectual property infringement, data protection breach, or other unlawful conduct
11. Modifications to This Policy
EASEC may update this Acceptable Use Policy at any time. Material changes will be communicated by updating the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, by direct notification to registered institutional contacts. Continued use of EASEC services following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.
12. Contact
For enquiries or to report a violation:
EASEC European Accreditation SL
C. de la Travesía, Poblados Marítimos, 46024 València, Valencia, Spain
info@easec.eu · support@easec.eu