Acceptable use policy

tix-sms.com exists so that you can receive a verification code without giving your own phone number: to protect your privacy, to test a sign-up flow, or to keep accounts separate. That is the whole use case.

You may use a rented number to:

• verify an account that you create and use yourself, on a site or app that allows it;
• test your own product's SMS verification;
• keep your personal number out of services you do not trust with it.

You may not use the Service, directly or through someone else, to:

• commit fraud, theft or any crime, or help someone do so;
• impersonate a person or an organisation, or take over an account that is not yours;
• harass, threaten, stalk or deceive anyone;
• send spam or unsolicited messages, or build accounts for that purpose;
• bypass security measures, bans, rate limits or identity checks of a third party in breach of its terms, or evade sanctions and legal restrictions;
• create or trade accounts in bulk for resale, or resell numbers to people who would do any of the above;
• interfere with the Service itself: probing, scraping, overloading, or trying to see how it works behind the screen;
• anything else that is illegal where you are or where the number is.

We can suspend or close the account without notice, cancel active rentals, and keep the remaining balance to cover the harm. We cooperate with lawful requests from authorities about accounts used for abuse.

If a number from tix-sms.com was used against you or your company, write to support@tix-sms.com with the number and the time of the message. We look at every report.

We may update this policy; the date and version at the top tell you when.