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Terms of use

Joy terms of use

Joy is a web service.

Joy is a  service that allows its users to sign up to community services and communicate with each other. The Joy service may only be used in accordance with these terms of use.  We reserve the right to change these terms of use if required. 

Rights of Content

The users themselves retain the right to all text, pictures and other content that they create in the service. The users allow others to utilise the content in accordance with the nature of the service and furthermore allow Joy to file information and data and make changes that are necessary for the service. Users permit Joy to commercialise their content elsewhere such as on other organisations Directories.  The responsibility of the content lies with the user, who has produced it for Joy. The service provider has the right to remove any material when it deems it necessary.

Disclaimer

No guarantees of the functioning of the Joy service are given. The users are themselves responsible for their actions in the service and they should estimate the reliability of other users before dealing with them. Joy can under no circumstances be liable for damage that is caused to the user. The user may not store any information or data in the service, and expect it to remain there.

The Removal of a User

Joy has the right to remove any users from the Joy platform and terminate their right of use of the service without any specific reason and without being liable for compensation.

Applicable Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction that is applicable in this service and these terms of use is that of UK, unless something else is required by binding law.

Joy acceptable use policy


1.       Introduction

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

(a)      the use of the website at [thejoyapp.com], any successor website, and the services available on that website or any successor website (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 Pungo Ltd t/a Joy (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.

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 right;

(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 complaint.

4.       Factual accuracy

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

4.2      Statements of fact contained in Content and relating to persons (legal or natural) must be true.

5.       Negligent advice

5.1      Content must not consist of or contain any legal, financial, investment, taxation, accountancy, medical or other professional advice, and you must not use the Services to provide any legal, financial, investment, taxation, accountancy, medical or other professional advisory services.

5.2      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.

5.       Etiquette

5.1      Content must be appropriate, civil and tasteful, and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour on the internet.

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

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

5.4      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.

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

5.6      You must not unnecessarily flood the Services with material relating to a particular subject or subject area, whether alone or in conjunction with others.

5.7      You must ensure that Content does not duplicate other content available through the Services.

5.8      You must ensure that Content is appropriately categorised.

5.9      You should use appropriate and informative titles for all Content.

5.10    You must at all times be courteous and polite to other users of the Services.

6.       Marketing and spam

6.1      You must not without our written permission use the Services for any purpose relating to the marketing, advertising, promotion, sale or supply of any product, service or commercial offering.

6.2      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.

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

6.4      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.

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

7.       Regulated businesses

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

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

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

8.       Monitoring

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

9.       Data mining

9.1      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.

10.     Hyperlinks

10.1    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.

11.     Harmful software

11.1    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.

11.2    The Content must not contain or consist of, and you must not promote, distribute or execute by means of the Services, any software, programs, routines, applications or technologies that will or may have a material negative effect upon the performance of a computer or introduce material security risks to a computer.