ProxyField Acceptable Use Policy
ProxyField allows collecting public web data, price and SEO monitoring, ad verification, testing, market research and similar lawful work, on public pages only and following each site's terms; spam, malware, attacks, fraud and access to data behind logins you are not entitled to are forbidden, for every account from the Easy Trial (1 GB for $2.95) to a 1 TB order. Like other residential proxy providers, we stop abuse with layered controls, because no single one is foolproof: written rules, restricted site categories, verification for flagged accounts and every reseller, a person reviewing automated flags, and abuse reports traced from IP and time to the account, acknowledged within 1 business day.
How residential proxy providers stop abuse, and where it falls short
Residential proxy providers stop people from abusing their networks with five kinds of control, usually combined:
| Control | What it does | Its limit |
|---|---|---|
| Written rules (an acceptable use policy) | Names the forbidden uses and the consequences | Only works if it is enforced |
| Restricted destinations | Keeps traffic away from site categories where abuse does most harm | No list covers every target |
| Customer checks (KYC) | Asks who the customer is, for every buyer or only for risky accounts and resellers | A verified customer can still misuse access |
| Automated flags | Spots patterns that look like abuse | Flags need a person to review them before an account is closed |
| Complaint handling | Takes reports from site owners and networks, traces the IP and time to an account, and acts | Needs the records still to exist when the report arrives |
No single control is foolproof, which is why the controls are layered. The risk is real: Google Threat Intelligence Group reported that in a single seven-day period in January 2026 it observed over 550 threat groups using one residential proxy network's exit nodes to hide their activity, including password spray attacks and access to victims' SaaS environments (Google Threat Intelligence Group, January 29, 2026). Password guessing, credential stuffing and access to data behind logins you are not entitled to are all forbidden here (section 2).
ProxyField uses all five: the rules in section 2, restricted categories in section 3, verification for flagged accounts and every reseller, a person reviewing automated flags, and the report process in section 6, traceable for as long as connection metadata is kept (up to 30 days).
Two ways to run customer checks
Providers choose when to verify a customer. Each design catches different abuse, and each needs the other four controls behind it:
| Design | What it catches | What it misses | What covers the gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verify every customer before access (identity or business details and a stated use case) | False identities and declared bad uses at sign-up | A verified customer who misuses access later; a use case that is stated but not followed | Automated flags and complaint handling after sign-up |
| Verify on signs of abuse, and every reseller before wholesale access (ProxyField) | Accounts whose traffic or abuse reports show misuse; resellers, who pass access on to their own customers | A first misuse before it is flagged or reported | Written rules, restricted categories, flags reviewed by a person and traced reports, all from the first gigabyte |
ProxyField's ordinary purchases, including crypto, need no identity verification: you sign up with an email address and buy. A report still reaches the account behind an IP whether or not it was verified. When and how we verify: proxy KYC at ProxyField.
How ProxyField stops abuse on its network
| Layer | What we do | The figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Written rules | The forbidden uses in section 2, including spam tools | 8 forbidden categories |
| 2. Public pages only | Every target: public pages only, follow the site's terms | applies to every account |
| 3. Restricted site categories | Some categories are restricted to protect the network, including financial and government services (section 3) | every account, every product |
| 4. Verification where the risk is | Accounts that show signs of abuse may be asked to verify; every reseller is verified, because a reseller passes access on to its own customers and answers for their use | every reseller, before wholesale access |
| 5. Traceable reports | Each report is traced from the IP and time to the account that used it; connection metadata is kept for up to 30 days | report acknowledged within 1 business day |
| 6. Enforcement | Warning, limits on traffic or targets, suspension or closure; serious cases closed at once; a person reviews automated flags before a closure | account owner has 48 hours to reply; decision usually within 3 business days |
What we keep to trace a report: we don't record the content of your traffic or the pages you visit. We keep only the service data we need to count your traffic, keep the network running and handle abuse reports, and connection metadata is kept for up to 30 days. A report sent after that window may no longer be traceable to an account, so report within days, not weeks.
What a good acceptable use policy says
Before you trust a proxy provider, check that its acceptable use policy covers these eight points. The last column shows where this policy covers each one.
| What to look for | Why it matters | Where this policy covers it |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Concrete forbidden uses, not just "no misuse" | You know where the line is before you run a job | Section 2: 8 categories with examples |
| 2. A rule on targets | Tells you which pages you may collect | Sections 1 and 4: public pages only, follow the site's terms |
| 3. Named restricted site categories | Shows the provider protects the network, not only itself | Section 3: financial and government services |
| 4. Who answers for the account | Credentials shared or leaked are your responsibility | Section 4 |
| 5. Resale rules | Shows who else may be on the network | Section 2 and the reseller program: resellers are verified |
| 6. How to report abuse, and how fast | A report process with times can be held to account | Section 6: acknowledged within 1 business day |
| 7. Enforcement steps, from warning to closure | Tells you what happens before your account is closed | Section 7: a person reviews automated flags |
| 8. What is logged, and for how long | Tells you what exists to trace a report, and what is not recorded | How ProxyField stops abuse: no content of your traffic or the pages you visit; connection metadata kept for up to 30 days |
Red flags in a proxy provider's policy:
- It says only "use the service legally", with no examples.
- It promises that nothing is ever recorded, yet reserves broad rights to monitor or disclose data.
- It has no abuse contact, no steps and no timelines.
- It can close your account with no warning step and no review by a person.
- It does not say whether reselling or sharing an account is allowed.
ProxyField's numbers to hold us to: every report acknowledged within 1 business day, 48 hours for the account owner to reply, a decision usually within 3 business days, and connection metadata kept for up to 30 days.
1. What you may use ProxyField for
ProxyField is for collecting public web data, price and SEO monitoring, ad verification, testing, market research, managing your own or your clients' social media and marketplace accounts (one IP per account), and similar lawful work. Public pages only, and follow the site's terms.
| Use | Allowed | More |
|---|---|---|
| Web scraping and public data collection | Yes, public pages, following the site's terms | proxies for web scraping |
| SEO and search result monitoring | Yes: rankings across countries and cities | SEO proxies |
| Price monitoring | Yes | proxies for price monitoring |
| Ad verification | Yes: how ads and landing pages appear in each market | |
| Social media and marketplace account management | Your own or your clients' accounts, one sticky or ISP IP per account | social media proxies |
| Regional content and website checks, testing your own tools from a region | Yes |
Creating fake accounts, fake engagement and evading bans to commit fraud stay forbidden whatever the use case (section 2). Managing clients' accounts is a service you run for them; it does not let you resell proxy access, which goes only through the reseller program.
2. What is forbidden
| Forbidden | Examples | Why | Allowed instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spam and mail ports | Sending spam, opening mail ports to send email through the network | Spam gets IPs blocklisted for every customer | Checking how your own landing pages and web content appear in other countries |
| Spam tools | GSA Search Engine Ranker, and ScrapeBox used for spam | They post links and comments in bulk to other people's sites | SEO and search result monitoring: rankings across countries and cities |
| Malware | Spreading, hosting or controlling malicious software | Harms the people behind the targets | Testing your own tools from a selected region |
| Attacks | DDoS, password guessing and credential stuffing, scanning systems without permission | Attacks on systems, not data collection | Regional checks of your own website |
| Fraud | Phishing, ad and click fraud, fake accounts or fake engagement, ban evasion for fraud | Deceives platforms, advertisers and users | Ad verification; managing your own or your clients' real accounts, one IP per account |
| Unauthorized access | Reaching data behind logins you are not entitled to | Public pages only | Collecting public pages, following the site's terms |
| Intellectual property infringement | Using the network to infringe copyrights, trademarks or other rights | Breaks the rights of others | Price monitoring and market research on public data |
| Anything illegal; unauthorized resale | Any use that breaks the law that applies to you or to the target; reselling outside our reseller program | Resellers are verified and answer for their customers | Reselling through the reseller program, by application |
Mail deliverability tests, including inbox placement tests that send mail, are not allowed either: mail ports are closed.
3. Restricted sites
Some site categories are restricted to protect the network, including financial and government services. If you are not sure whether a target falls into a restricted category, ask the 24/7 live chat before you run the job.
4. Your responsibilities
- Do lawful work only. Follow the law that applies to you and to each target, including data-protection law whenever the data relates to people.
- Public pages only, and follow the site's terms.
- Keep your credentials confidential. What is done with them is done on your account.
- Resellers are verified before wholesale access and answer for their customers' use.
- Answer within 48 hours if we ask about an abuse report.
5. How we prevent abuse on the network
- Every abuse report is traced: we match the IP and time to the account that used it.
- Accounts that show signs of abuse may be asked for verification, and every reseller is verified before wholesale access.
- Restricted site categories (section 3) apply to every account.
- Automated flags are reviewed by a person before an account is closed.
6. Reporting abuse
Report abuse at [email protected]. Include the date, time and time zone, the source IP, the target and any logs you have.
- We acknowledge every report within 1 business day.
- We check it and trace the IP and time to the account that used it.
- We ask the account owner to explain; they have 48 hours to reply.
- We decide and act, usually within 3 business days, and tell you the outcome where we can.
7. What happens if the rules are broken
| Case | Result |
|---|---|
| Confirmed abuse | A warning, limits on traffic or targets, suspension or closure of the account |
| Malware, fraud, attacks, material exploiting children | Closed at once |
| Account closed for abuse | Loses its remaining traffic; all purchases are final, so nothing is refunded |
| Automated flag | Reviewed by a person before an account is closed |
ProxyField Acceptable Use Policy FAQ
How do residential proxy providers stop people from abusing their networks?
ProxyField, like other residential proxy providers, combines five controls, because no single one is foolproof: written rules, restricted site categories (including financial and government services), customer checks (at ProxyField, for accounts that show signs of abuse and for every reseller; some providers verify every customer up front), a person reviewing automated flags, and reports traced from IP and time to the account. Every report is acknowledged within 1 business day, the account owner has 48 hours to reply, and we decide usually within 3 business days. Connection metadata is kept for up to 30 days, so a report should arrive within that window.
What should a proxy provider's acceptable use policy say before I trust it?
Check for eight things: 1. concrete forbidden uses, not just "no misuse"; 2. a rule on targets, such as public pages only and following each site's terms; 3. named restricted site categories; 4. who answers for the account and its credentials; 5. resale rules; 6. how to report abuse and how fast reports are handled; 7. the enforcement steps, from a warning to closure; 8. what is logged and for how long (ProxyField keeps connection metadata for up to 30 days and does not record the content of your traffic). Be wary of a policy that only says "use the service legally" or has no abuse process; the checklist above maps each point to this policy.
What uses are not allowed on ProxyField proxies?
ProxyField forbids these uses on every account, from the 1 GB Easy Trial at $2.95 up: spam and opening mail ports, spam tools such as GSA Search Engine Ranker or ScrapeBox used for spam, malware, attacks (DDoS, password guessing, scanning without permission), fraud (including phishing, ad and click fraud, fake accounts or engagement), access to data behind logins you are not entitled to, intellectual property infringement, anything illegal, and reselling outside our reseller program. Confirmed abuse leads to a warning, limits, suspension or closure of the account.
Are there restricted websites for ProxyField proxies?
Yes. Some site categories are restricted to protect the network, including financial and government services. If you are not sure whether a site falls into a restricted category, ask the 24/7 live chat before you run the job.
Are there usage restrictions on proxies?
Every reputable provider restricts what its proxies may be used for, in an acceptable use policy, and many also restrict some site categories. ProxyField's limits are about use, not volume: there are no surcharges for countries, requests or threads, concurrent threads are unlimited, and you pay only for the traffic you send.
What prohibited use cases should resellers screen their customers for?
The same ones this policy forbids: spam and spam tools, malware, attacks, fraud including fake accounts and fake engagement, access to data behind logins the user is not entitled to, infringement and anything illegal. Resellers answer for their customers' use, and every reseller is verified before wholesale access. Details are on the reseller program page.
How can I prevent my account from being suspended?
Use the network only for the permitted uses in section 1, on public pages and following each site's terms, stay away from restricted site categories, and keep your credentials private so no one else runs traffic on your account. If we ask about an abuse report, answer within 48 hours; an explanation with your logs is the fastest way to resolve it.
Can I use proxies for email marketing and deliverability testing?
Not for sending: our policy forbids spam and opening mail ports, so sending bulk email through ProxyField is not allowed. Checking how your own landing pages and web content appear in other countries is a permitted use. Mail deliverability tests, including inbox placement tests that send mail, are not allowed either: mail ports are closed.
How do I report abuse coming from a ProxyField IP address?
Report it at [email protected], as in section 6 of this page. Include the date, time and time zone, the source IP, the target and any logs you have; we acknowledge every report within 1 business day and tell you the outcome where we can.
What information should an abuse report include?
Four things let us trace a report to an account: the date and time with its time zone, the source IP, the target (a URL, host or IP) and any logs you have, such as request lines or server log excerpts. Connection metadata is kept for up to 30 days, so report soon after you see the traffic.
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Is managing several social media accounts allowed under this policy?
Yes, for your own or your clients' accounts: we recommend one sticky or ISP IP per account. Creating fake accounts, fake engagement and evading bans to commit fraud are forbidden.
What happens if my account breaks the acceptable use policy?
Depending on how serious it is, a warning, limits on traffic or targets, suspension or closure of the account. Malware, fraud, attacks and material exploiting children lead to immediate closure, and accounts closed for abuse lose their remaining traffic. Automated flags are reviewed by a person before any account is closed.
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