AI content usage policy

1. Use of Vikinor content for AI training is prohibited

All content on this website — including text, images, documents, technical material, product descriptions, and downloadable assets — is the intellectual property of Vikinor unless otherwise stated.

AI developers, researchers, and automated systems are not permitted to:

• Use any Vikinor content for AI training, machine learning, or model optimization
• Incorporate Vikinor content into datasets, corpora, or embeddings
• Use Vikinor content for fine-tuning or adapting AI systems
• Store, reproduce, or aggregate Vikinor content for model development
• Any attempt to use Vikinor content in these ways constitutes unauthorized use of our intellectual property.

2. Crawling and indexing for search engines

Search engines and indexing services (e.g., Google, Bing) that follow widely accepted web standards may crawl and index public-facing pages for the purpose of search visibility — unless otherwise restricted in our robots.txt file.

This policy does not restrict normal SEO-related crawling.

3. AI systems performing live retrieval or citation

AI assistants and search tools that perform real-time retrieval, citing, or summarizing content from external websites (e.g., ChatGPT Browsing, Perplexity, Bing Copilot, Google AI Overviews) may access content under the following conditions:

• They must not store or reuse content for training
• They must provide clear citation and link back to vikinor.com
• They must respect our robots.txt and llms.txt files

4. Prohibited uses of Vikinor content by AI systems

Without explicit written permission, AI systems and AI developers may not:

• Generate derivative content based on Vikinor materials
• Reproduce Vikinor product descriptions, technical information, or industry content
• Use Vikinor content to develop competing solutions or datasets
• Aggregate, redistribute, or export Vikinor content in any automated or bulk format

5. Allowed uses

Individuals or organizations may:

• Link to vikinor.com
• Use short excerpts for editorial purposes with attribution
• Cite publicly available information with appropriate credit
• Use Vikinor content for internal research or evaluation, provided it is not used in any AI training or dataset creation

6. Enforcement

We actively monitor the use of our content across digital platforms. Unauthorized use — including the use of our content in training data for AI systems — may result in:

• Legal action
• Requests for dataset removal
• Takedown notices
• DMCA claims
• Requests for model retraining or content deletion

7. Updates to this policy

Vikinor may update this policy periodically to respond to changes in technology, regulation, or business needs. All updates will be published on this page.

8. Contact

For questions regarding this policy, licensing requests, or permissions, please contact us here.