HowNow's Terms of Service

The T&Cs and Legal Stuff about how you use the platform

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Written by Lulu Dermeche
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1.Introduction

1.1 This acceptable use policy (the "Policy") sets out the rules governing:

(a)the use of HowNow Digital Learning Platform and any related services provided by HowNow (Wonderush Limited) (the "Services"); and

(b)the transmission, storage and processing of content by you, or by any person on your behalf, using the Services ("Content").

1.2 References in this Policy to "you" are to any customer for the Services and any individual user of the Services (and "your" should be construed accordingly); and references in this Policy to "us" are to HowNow (Wonderush Limited) (and "we" and "our" should be construed accordingly).

1.3 By using the Services, you agree to the rules set out in this Policy.

1.4 We will ask for your express agreement to the terms of this Policy before you upload or submit any Content or otherwise use the Services.

1.5 You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Services; and by using the Services, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.

2.General usage rules

2.1 You must not use the Services in any way that causes or may cause, damage to the Services or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Services.

2.2 You must not use the Services:

(a)in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, deceptive or harmful; or

(b)in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, deceptive or harmful purpose or activity.

2.3 You must ensure that all Content complies with the provisions of this Policy.

3.Unlawful Content

3.1 Content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any person's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).

3.2 Content, and the use of Content by us in any manner licensed or otherwise authorised by you, must not:

(a)be libellous or maliciously false;

(b)be obscene or indecent;

(c)infringe any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right, right in passing off, or other intellectual property rights;

(d)infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection legislation;

(e)constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement;

(f)constitute an incitement to commit a crime, instructions for the commission of a crime or the promotion of criminal activity;

(g)be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order;

(h)constitute a breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;

(i)be blasphemous;

(j)constitute a breach of official secrets legislation; or

(k)constitute a breach of any contractual obligation owed to any person.

3.3 You must ensure that Content is not and has never been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaints.

4.Graphic material

4.1 Content must be appropriate for all persons who have access to or are likely to access the Content in question.

4.2 Content must not depict violence in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner.

4.3 Content must not be pornographic or sexually explicit.

5.Factual accuracy

5.1 Content must not be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading.

5.2 Statements of fact contained in Content and relating to persons (legal or natural) must be true; and statements of opinion contained in Content and relating to persons (legal or natural) must be reasonable, be honestly held and indicate the basis of the opinion.

6.Negligent advice

6.1 Content must not consist of or contain any advice, instructions or other information that may be acted upon and could, if acted upon, cause death, illness or personal injury, damage to property, or any other loss or damage.

7. Etiquette

7.1 Content must be appropriate, civil and tasteful, and in accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour within the organisation.

7.2 Content must not be offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory.

7.3 Content must not be liable to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

7.4 You must not use the Services to send any hostile communication or any communication intended to insult, including such communications directed at a particular person or group of people.

7.5 You must not use the Services for the purpose of deliberately upsetting or offending others.

8.Marketing and spam

8.1 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to the marketing, advertising, promotion, sale or supply of any product, service or commercial offering.

8.2 Content must not constitute or contain spam, and you must not use the Services to store or transmit spam - which for these purposes shall include all unlawful marketing communications and unsolicited commercial communications.

8.3 You must not send any spam or other marketing communications to any person using any email address[ or other contact details made available through the Services or that you find using the Services.

8.4 You must not use the Services to promote, host or operate any chain letters, Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, matrix programs, multi-level marketing schemes, "get rich quick" schemes or similar letters, schemes or programs.

8.5 You must not use the Services in any way which is liable to result in the blacklisting of any of our IP addresses.

9.Regulated businesses

9.1 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to gambling, gaming, betting, lotteries, sweepstakes, prize competitions or any gambling-related activity.

9.2 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to [the offering for sale, sale or distribution of drugs or pharmaceuticals].

9.3 You must not use the Services for any purpose relating to [the offering for sale, sale or distribution of knives, guns or other weapons].

10.Monitoring

10.1 You acknowledge that we may actively monitor the Content and the use of the Services.

11.Data mining

11.1 You must not conduct any systematic or automated data scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting, or other systematic or automated data collection activity, by means of or in relation to the Services.

12.Hyperlinks

12.1 You must not link to any material using or by means of the Services that would if it were made available through the Services, breach the provisions of this Policy.

13.Harmful software

13.1 The Content must not contain or consist of, and you must not promote, distribute or execute by means of the Services, any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or other harmful or malicious software, programs, routines, applications or technologies.

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