Acceptable Use Policy
Last updated: October 2026
Rules for using auto-apply credits and the auto-apply feature on 4dayweek.io, incorporated by reference into our Terms of Service.
This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) governs use of the auto-apply feature and the purchase of auto-apply credits. It is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Service. By purchasing credits or enabling auto-apply, you agree to the terms below.
Table of Contents
1. Scope
This AUP applies to the auto-apply feature (the "Auto-apply" button on supported job pages), the purchase and consumption of auto-apply credits, and any related use of our server-side submission infrastructure. It supplements and does not replace our Terms of Service. In the event of conflict, this AUP prevails for matters it addresses.
2. How auto-apply works
When you click "Auto-apply" on a supported job, our server-side system fills in and submits the employer's own application form on your behalf, using:
- Your saved profile (name, email, location, work history)
- Your uploaded resume
- Your answers to the form's questions. Where our AI drafts wording for an open-ended question, the draft is labelled as such and is not sent unless you approve it
- Any additional fields the target application form requires and we support
Each successful submission consumes one credit from your balance. If a submission fails for reasons on our side (captcha, form change, network timeout), no credit is consumed. We do not store the credentials of any third-party platform — we submit as an independent applicant using the data you have already shared with us.
3. Supported jobs
The auto-apply button is only shown on jobs we can actually submit applications to. You will never spend a credit on a job we cannot support. Supported categories currently include:
- Jobs whose application form is hosted on 4dayweek.io (we control the submission pipeline end-to-end)
- Jobs hosted on select Applicant Tracking Systems (currently Greenhouse; we will add others as we build integrations), where we complete the employer's own application form on your behalf
Explicitly not supported at this time (the auto-apply button is hidden on these): LinkedIn Easy Apply, Indeed, Workday-hosted career sites, and any other platform whose terms of service prohibit or do not clearly permit third-party automated submission. We may expand or retract the supported list at our discretion, typically with prior notice on the pricing page.
4. Third-party TOS risk
Even on supported jobs, third-party platforms operate under their own terms of service. You acknowledge:
- Some employers' terms may require the applicant to personally complete the application form. You represent that, for any job you auto-apply to, you have the authority and intent to be treated as the applicant.
- Third-party platforms may change their terms or technical measures without notice, which could render our auto-apply integration partially or fully unavailable for certain jobs.
- 4dayweek.io disclaims liability for any third-party account restrictions, account bans, application rejections, or other adverse outcomes arising from legitimate use of auto-apply within this AUP.
5. Prohibited uses of auto-apply
You agree not to use auto-apply (or purchase credits with intent) to:
- Apply to jobs you have no intent, ability, or authority to accept if offered
- Impersonate another person, or submit false or materially misleading personal details (name, experience, qualifications, right-to-work status)
- Submit applications on behalf of third parties (e.g. running auto-apply against a single account for multiple candidates) unless you are that third party's authorised agent and have their documented consent
- Apply to positions in a manner designed to harass, spam, or deliberately pollute an employer's hiring pipeline
- Circumvent, attempt to circumvent, or probe our rate limits, detection systems, or credit-accounting mechanisms
- Use auto-apply to conduct competitive intelligence gathering, pricing research, or any activity not consistent with bona fide job-seeking
- Attempt to extract, scrape, or enumerate our supported-jobs list, ATS integration details, or answer-drafting prompts
- Combine auto-apply with automated tooling that submits additional applications to the same employer via channels we do not control (doing so multiplies spam signals attributable to us)
6. Rate limits
Regardless of your credit balance, auto-apply is rate-limited: we limit how many applications you can start in a short period, and we may also cap daily volume per account, per employer and overall. These limits exist to protect both you (avoiding bursts that could harm your reputation on destination platforms) and employers' systems. We may adjust them based on user behaviour, observed fraud patterns, or employer requests.
Credits not consumed because of a limit remain in your balance indefinitely and will be available later.
7. Enforcement and revocation
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to:
- Suspend or throttle auto-apply access for an account under investigation
- Revoke remaining credit balances when we determine a material violation of this AUP has occurred. Revocation is logged in our audit trail with the reason and the acting administrator. Revoked credits are not eligible for refund under the refund policy in Section 8.5 of the Terms of Service.
- Terminate the account entirely for repeated or serious violations, subject to the termination provisions in Section 15 of the Terms of Service
- Report activity to the affected third-party platform or to law enforcement where we reasonably believe fraud, impersonation, or other illegal activity is involved
We will typically contact you before taking revocation action unless the nature of the violation makes prior notice impractical (e.g. active abuse in progress). You may appeal any enforcement action by contacting us at the address in Section 9.
8. Data handling during auto-apply
Data submitted to third-party application forms (your profile, resume, cover letter) is transmitted to the target employer's ATS at the moment of submission. After submission, that data becomes subject to the receiving employer's own privacy practices — we no longer control what they do with it. A record of the application (the job, the date and its status) is kept in your 4dayweek.io application history (see Section 7 of the Privacy Policy for retention period).
Where our AI drafts wording for an open-ended question, it does so from your profile and the job description, and shows you the draft to edit. The prompt and completion are not retained long-term beyond our standard AI-service caching window.
9. Contact
Questions about this Acceptable Use Policy, disputes about enforcement decisions, or reports of abuse should be directed to support@4dayweek.io. We aim to respond within 2 business days.