Acceptable Use and Community Guidelines

Effective Date: March 2, 2026

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1. Keep Reports Accurate and Useful

• Submit reports that reflect what you observed or reasonably believe occurred.
• Provide clear descriptions, location context, dates, and relevant details whenever possible.
• Do not submit jokes, fabricated encounters, spam, misleading information, or intentionally false reports.

2. No Harmful or Illegal Content

• No threats, harassment, intimidation, or incitement of violence.
• No posting of personal, confidential, or identifying information about others.
• No instructions or encouragement involving trespassing, vandalism, poaching, or other unlawful activity.

3. Protect Data Integrity

• Do not attempt to manipulate sightings, clusters, hotspots, or analysis results through false submissions.
• Do not automate submissions or interfere with Atlas performance.
• Do not attempt unauthorized access to administrative, restricted, or protected system areas.
• Do not create duplicate accounts for the purpose of influencing Atlas data.

Accounts found to be submitting intentionally false reports, duplicate reports, automated reports, or attempts to distort Atlas datasets may be suspended or permanently removed without refund.

4. Moderation and Data Control

All submissions may be reviewed before appearing in the Atlas. We may delay publication, request clarification, edit for clarity, reclassify, or remove content to protect dataset quality, system integrity, user safety, and research value.

Access to this platform may be limited, suspended, or terminated for repeated abuse, manipulation attempts, fraud, or violations of these guidelines.

5. Research Use

This platform is intended for research, investigative, educational, and informational use.

User submissions contribute to pattern analysis and may be incorporated into future research, reporting, data products, statistical summaries, or analytical models.

The Atlas provides investigative analysis and pattern visualization tools derived from historical reports, environmental modeling, public records, and user-submitted data. Atlas outputs should not be interpreted as verified wildlife tracking, confirmed biological evidence, or guaranteed activity predictions.

6. Geographic and Location Data

Approximate locations may be generalized, rounded, delayed, or adjusted to protect sensitive areas, private property, user privacy, ongoing investigations, and overall data integrity.

Exact coordinates submitted by users may not always be displayed publicly.