- 31 Jan 2023
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Acceptable Use Policy
- Updated on 31 Jan 2023
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1. THIS POLICY
This Acceptable Use Policy (the “Policy”) sets out the rules governing the use of our web services
available at www.nexudus.com, including the Nexudus platform (collectively, the “Service”) and any
content that you may submit to the Service (“Content”).
By using the Service, you agree to the rules set out in this Policy.
1. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
You must not use the Service in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Service or
impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Service, or any of the areas of, or services on, the
Service.
You must not use the Service:
(a) in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful; or
(b) in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
2. UNLAWFUL AND ILLEGAL MATERIAL
You must not use the Service to store, host, copy, distribute, display, publish, transmit or send Content
that is illegal or unlawful, or that will or may infringe a third party’s legal rights, or that could give rise to
legal action whether against you or us or a third party (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any
applicable law).
Content (and its publication on the Service) must not:
(a) be libellous or maliciously false;
(b) be obscene or indecent;
(c) infringe any copyright, moral rights, database rights, trademark rights, design rights, rights in
passing off, or other intellectual property rights;
(d) infringe any rights of confidence, rights of privacy, or rights under data protection legislation;
(e) constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement;
(f) constitute an incitement to commit a crime;
(g) be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order;
(h) be in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;
(i) be blasphemous;
(j) be in breach of official secrets legislation; or
(k) be in breach of any contractual obligation owed to any person.
You must not submit any Content that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal
proceedings or other similar complaints.
3. GRAPHIC MATERIAL
Content must not depict violence in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner.
Content must not be pornographic or sexually explicit, or consist of or include explicit, graphic or
gratuitous material of a sexual nature.
4. HARMFUL SOFTWARE
You must not use the Service to promote or distribute any viruses, Trojans, worms, root-kits, spyware,
adware or any other harmful software, programs, routines, applications or technologies.
5. GAMBLING
You must not use the Service for any purpose related to gambling, gaming, betting, lotteries,
sweepstakes, prize competitions or any gambling-related activity.
6. NETIQUETTE
Content must be appropriate, civil, tasteful and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette and
behaviour on the internet.
Content must not be offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, or menacing, hateful,
discriminatory or inflammatory.
Content should not cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
Do not flame or conduct flame wars on the Service (“flaming” is the sending hostile messages intended to
insult, in particular where the message is directed at a particular person or group of people).
Do not troll on the Service (‘trolling’ is the practice of deliberately upsetting or offending other users).
You must not flood the Service with Content focusing upon one particular subject or subject area, whether
alone or in coordination with other users.
You must at all times be courteous and polite to other Service users.
7. HYPERLINKS
You must not link to any website or web page containing material that would, were it posted on the
Service, breach the preceding terms of this Policy above.
8. BREACHES OF THIS POLICY
We reserve the right to edit or remove any Content in our sole discretion for any reason, without notice or
explanation.
Without prejudice to this general right and our other legal rights, if you breach this Policy in any way, or if
we reasonably suspect that you have breached this Policy in any way, we may:
(a) delete or edit any of your Content;
(b) send you one or more formal warnings;
(c) temporarily suspend your access to a part or all of the Service;
(d) permanently prohibit you from using a part or all of the Service; and/or
(e) report any illegal activities to the public authorities.
9. BANNED USERS
Where we suspend or prohibit your access to the Service or a part of the Service, you must not take any
action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition (including without limitation using a different account).
10. MONITORING
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Policy, we do not actively monitor Content.
11. REPORT ABUSE
If you become aware of any material on the Service that contravenes this Policy, please notify us by
email.