Acceptable Use Policy

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Last updated: 10 June 2026.

This policy covers what you may and may not do with Worksop Workspace's network, Wi-Fi, and IT facilities. It applies to anyone connecting any device (laptop, phone, tablet) to our network: members, day pass users, visitors, and staff.

The principles are simple. Use the network for normal lawful work, be reasonable with bandwidth, and do not put other people at risk.

1. What you can use the network for

Normal work: email, web, video calls, cloud apps, document editing, code, design, AI tools.
Streaming on a break is fine in moderation.
Personal browsing is fine.

2. What you can't use the network for

Anything illegal under UK law. This includes accessing or sharing child sexual abuse material, terrorism content, copyrighted material without licence, fraud, hacking, or anything that breaches the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Harassment, threats, or abuse directed at other members, staff, or anyone else.
Heavy peer to peer or torrenting traffic. Even where the content is legal, the bandwidth pattern is disruptive, so please do not.
Crypto mining on our network or power.
Attempting to access other people's devices (port scanning, packet sniffing, ARP spoofing, anything in that family). The network has client isolation enabled, so please leave it alone.
Bypassing or attempting to bypass any filtering, monitoring, or security controls.
Sustained high bandwidth uploads (large dataset transfers, continuous video uploads) without telling us first. We may need to schedule them outside peak hours.

3. Devices

You are responsible for the devices you bring in. Keep them patched and free of malware.
We may ask you to disconnect a device if it is flooding the network, broadcasting suspect traffic, or otherwise causing problems.
Please do not plug unknown devices into our switches or routers. Wi-Fi only unless we have agreed otherwise.

4. Wi-Fi credentials

The member Wi-Fi password is given to members. Please do not share it outside the space. Anyone you bring in uses the free visitor network, not the member network.
We rotate the password periodically and after any incident. We will tell you the new one.

5. Monitoring

We do not log your browsing, read your traffic, or do deep packet inspection. We do not want to.
We do record connection level data (which devices connected, when, for how long, and how much bandwidth) for operational reasons.
If we have a credible reason to believe the network is being used illegally (a police request, a court order, or evidence of obvious abuse) we will cooperate with lawful requests.

6. Email, file storage, and your data

Worksop Workspace does not provide member email accounts or file storage. Your work, files, and accounts are yours and your responsibility.

7. AI tools

You can use any AI tool you like on the network for your own work. Be aware that anything you upload to a third party AI tool leaves the building and is governed by that provider's terms, which is your responsibility, not ours.

8. What happens if you break this policy

A first minor incident: a conversation.
Repeated minor incidents or any deliberate breach: a written warning and possible temporary disconnection.
Serious or unlawful use: immediate disconnection, membership termination, and, depending on what happened, a report to the police.

Decisions on what counts as serious are Connor's, applied consistently in line with our Terms of business and Complaints policy.

Short version: use it for work, stay within the law, and be considerate with bandwidth. If in doubt, ask.