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Acceptable-use policy (AUP)

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The staff-facing rules for using AI tools: which tools are approved, which data classes may go where, duties to review and disclose outputs, logging, attestation before access and consequences. It is enforced through a sanctioned gateway and discovery, not the handbook alone.

Developed in
ch. 12, Acceptable use of AI by staff
ch. 05, Pattern: Sanctioned AI Gateway
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 12, Governance Program
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

3 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

  • Sanctioned AI gateway

    The single approved route by which staff reach AI tools and model APIs: approved tools behind single sign-on and a gateway that classifies each request by…

  • Shadow AI

    An AI system, model or agent running without registration, including staff use of unapproved AI tools; the failure mode that makes an inventory complete only…

  • Open-weight model

    A model whose trained weights are published for download under a licence that may be permissive, copyleft, use-restricted or custom.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Acceptable-use policy (AUP). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/acceptable-use-policy-aup. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026acceptableusepolicyaup,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Acceptable-use policy (AUP)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/acceptable-use-policy-aup}
}