--- title: Security & IP Policy | RGM® url: https://realgrowthmatters.com/security/ updated: 2026-06-10 source_html: https://realgrowthmatters.com/security/ --- ## What's allowed Permitted ### Read, learn, and apply Read every article, use every calculator, take every training module. That's what this is for. Apply the concepts in your own business. Permitted ### Quote with attribution Quote up to 200 words from any article with a clear citation back to the source URL on this site. For longer excerpts, reach out — we usually say yes. Permitted ### Search engine and AI crawler indexing Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu, OpenAI (GPTBot), Anthropic (ClaudeBot), Perplexity, Google-Extended, CCBot, and other major AI/search crawlers have full access. We want to be cited. Permitted ### Link to anything Link to any page. Embed an excerpt with attribution. Reference a tool in a tweet, blog post, or LinkedIn article. We appreciate links. ## What's prohibited Prohibited ### Bulk scraping or mass downloading Automated harvesting of pages, content, datasets, or media — by any means, for any purpose other than search engine indexing — is prohibited. This includes Screaming Frog, AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, Diffbot in unauthorized modes, and any custom scraper. Prohibited ### Competitive auditing without authorization Crawling this site to feed competitor analysis tools, audit our SEO patterns for replication, extract our schema/structured data for training, or build a derivative competing property is prohibited under our Terms of Use. Prohibited ### Republication without permission Reposting articles in full, mirroring tools on another domain, repackaging content as your own — all prohibited. Excerpt-with-attribution is fine. Wholesale republication is not. Prohibited ### Image and asset use without license Images, diagrams, illustrations, visual designs, and other assets are © RGM® and not available for download or reuse without written licensing. The watermark overlay on images is technical confirmation; the legal restriction stands regardless. Prohibited ### AI training without explicit consent While we allow general-purpose AI crawlers for citation and answer-engine purposes, we do not consent to use of this site's content for fine-tuning derivative AI models that compete with RGM's services or republish RGM's content. If you operate an AI model and want to discuss licensed access, contact us. ## Our technical protections We use a layered defensive approach: - **robots.txt allow-list / disallow-list.** Explicit policy in covering 50+ known crawlers. - **Server-side rate limiting and bot detection.** Cloudflare-grade rate limits per IP, behavioral fingerprinting, and automated challenge for suspicious patterns. - **Client-side copy-citation.** Text copied from any page is automatically appended with source URL and copyright notice on the user's clipboard. - **Print attribution.** Every printed page carries source URL, retrieval date, and copyright notice in print headers/footers. - **Image overlay watermarks.** Visual + technical watermark on all proprietary imagery. - **Headless browser detection.** Browsers driven by Selenium, Puppeteer, Playwright in default configuration are flagged for review. - **Schema and structured data sealing.** Our schema.org markup includes copyright metadata that survives crawling. **None of this is foolproof.** Skilled bad actors can circumvent any client-side protection. These controls exist primarily to make casual scraping costly enough that it isn't worth doing, and to give us clear legal grounds when abuse occurs. The legal and reputational consequences for documented violation are the real enforcement layer. ## Requesting licensing, citation guidance, or partnership If you want to license content for training, syndicate articles, request permission for republication, ask about an agency partnership, or discuss a custom data feed — reach out at [hello@realgrowthmatters.com](mailto:hello@realgrowthmatters.com). We say yes more often than people expect. ## Reporting a violation If you encounter site content being scraped, mirrored, or republished without permission, please let us know at [legal@realgrowthmatters.com](mailto:legal@realgrowthmatters.com). We pursue documented violations. ## Vulnerability disclosure If you find a security issue on the site, please report it responsibly to [security@realgrowthmatters.com](mailto:security@realgrowthmatters.com). We acknowledge within 48 hours and credit researchers who follow responsible disclosure. **Final note.** RGM exists to make growth marketing more rigorous. We publish openly because the field benefits from shared frameworks. We protect aggressively because mass scraping degrades the quality of the open web. These two stances are compatible.