Legal & Fair Usage Terms
Terms of Service & Fair Use Policy
Effective Date: October 2026 • Designed to be transparent, fair, and community-first.
1. 100% Free Forever Commitment (Zero Profit Intent)
VerifySecurely was created with a 0% profit model to empower independent developers, students, bootstrapped founders, and low-budget startups. We do not require credit card details, we do not charge hidden fees, and we do not monetize your users' email addresses.
2. Zero-Leakage & Privacy Guarantee
- Ephemeral Storage: All generated 6-digit OTP verification codes are cryptographically hashed (SHA-256) and automatically discarded after 10 minutes or upon successful verification.
- No HTML or Header Exposure: The plain verification code is NEVER transmitted in response headers, cookies, or client-side JSON bodies.
- Credential Encryption: Your Gmail SMTP App Passwords are encrypted at rest using bank-grade AES-256-GCM cipher and are never logged or exposed in plain text.
3. Fair Use & Prohibited Activities (Zero Tolerance)
To keep this service free and reputable for everyone, any malicious use will result in instant and permanent API key revocation:
- You may NOT use this API to spam, harass, or send unsolicited emails to individuals.
- You may NOT use this API for phishing, scam portals, or credential-harvesting websites.
- You may NOT attempt to reverse engineer or flood our gateway with denial-of-service (DDoS) requests.
4. Bring Your Own Mail (BYOM) Responsibility
Emails are dispatched through your own linked Gmail SMTP using Google App Passwords. VerifySecurely provides 100% free and unlimited verification routing with zero platform fees, acting solely as a secure cryptographic token and verification bridge.
