We see a world where everyone can enjoy and feel safe using our Services. To help us achieve this together, here are a few guidelines on how to use the Services responsibly.
By accessing or using the Services, you agree not to engage in any prohibited activities, unless you have a separate written agreement with us or the law requires it.
Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Legal and Ethical Compliance
A. Illegal and Unlawful Activities
Please do not use the Services for any illegal purposes. Engaging in activities that violate privacy, consumer protection, or any other applicable laws is strictly prohibited.
B. Violation of Third-Party Rights
Avoid any actions that infringe upon or encourage others to violate third-party rights, such as copying or using someone else’s intellectual property without permission.
C. Fraudulent Activities and Misrepresentation
Avoid engaging in any misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent activities, such as impersonating others, falsely claiming affiliations, phishing, or tricking people into giving you their personal or financial information. This includes account cloning and subscription fraud.
D. Legal Prohibition
If laws prevent you from using our Services, you are obligated not to use them.
2. Security and Access Control
E. Security and Access Interference
Do not interfere with the security features or access controls of the Services.
This includes:
a. disabling or bypassing features that prevent or limit the use or copying of content;
b. decompiling, reverse engineering, or attempting to discover the source code of any part of the Services, unless explicitly allowed by law.
F. Unauthorized Access and Distribution
Do not sell, resell, or transfer the access granted under these Terms, or any right or ability to view, access, or use the Services.
G. Unauthorized Account Access
Refrain from accessing the accounts of other users on the Services without authorisation.
H. Attempted and Assisted Prohibited Uses
You must not attempt any of the prohibited activities described here, help others engage in these activities, or allow others to do so.
I. Unauthorised Device Use
The Services must not be used on stolen or lost devices.
J. Avoiding Payment Schemes
Do not use or help others use unethical or fraudulent schemes or methods to avoid paying for the Services, whether in full or in part.
3. Service Integrity and Performance
K. Service Disruption and Interference
Avoid disrupting or interfering with the normal operation of the Services or allowing unauthorised access.
This includes:
a. uploading or spreading viruses, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, or any other harmful software;
b. compromising the security or performance of the Services, or adversely impacting network service levels or legitimate data flows;
c. using applications that automatically consume excessive capacity of the Services;
d. running unattended programs or automatic data feeds that degrade the functionality of the Services;
e. misusing the Services by sending spam, abusive messages, or unsolicited mass automated communications;
L. Unauthorised Interference with Equipment
Do not access, change, or interfere with our communications equipment or information, or that of our suppliers, customers, or end users. This includes any attempt to help someone else do so. You must not rearrange, tamper with, or make unauthorised connections to any wireless telephone equipment.
M. Restricting Others’ Access
Avoid restricting or preventing anyone else from using the Services with their own product.
N. Unauthorized Monitoring and Analysis
You must avoid accessing or using the Services to monitor its availability, performance, or functionality, or for benchmarking or competitive purposes.
4. Content and Data Restrictions
O. Objectionable and Harmful Content
Please do not post, transmit, or make available through the Services any content that:
a. threatens, harasses, degrades, or intimidates others, or otherwise fails to respect their rights and dignity;
b. is hateful or discriminatory based on race, colour, sex, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
c. invades another person’s privacy;
d. is unlawful, defamatory, libellous, fraudulent, or otherwise harmful;
e. is obscene, indecent, pornographic, or otherwise objectionable;
f. is harmful to or exploits minors in any way;
g. misrepresents your affiliation with any person or entity;
h. contains advertising or solicitation to users who have requested not to be contacted about other services, products, or commercial interests;
i. is protected by Intellectual Property rights or any other proprietary rights without the express written consent of the owner.
P. User Data Collection
Do not harvest or collect information about users of the Services, including attempting to decipher transmissions to or from the servers running the Services.
Q. Unauthorised Exploitation and Distribution
Refrain from copying, reproducing, modifying, adapting, translating, or creating derivative works of the Services. You must also avoid displaying, performing, broadcasting, publishing, selling, reselling, renting, leasing, licensing, loaning, timesharing, archiving, distributing, transmitting, or otherwise exploiting any part of the Services or making them available to any third party, unless expressly authorised in these Terms.
You may only download or store your own or other users’ submissions or intellectual property if you have the necessary authorisations or releases.
R. Automated Tools and Data Mining
Avoid using any robot, spider, agent, script, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic tool to retrieve, index, “scrape,” “data mine,” or gather any part of the Services. Additionally, do not reproduce or bypass the navigational structure or presentation of the Services, except as allowed by website access mechanisms like robots.txt.
5. Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights
S. Removing Proprietary Notices
You must not remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from the Services.
T. Unauthorized Framing and Mirroring
Avoid framing or mirroring any portion of the Services, or incorporating any aspect of the Services into another product or service.
We kindly ask that you refrain from using the Services in any way that we reasonably determine, at our sole discretion, to be fraudulent, harmful, or in violation of these Terms or our policies.
Your cooperation in upholding these standards is essential in creating a space where trust and respect thrive.