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Acceptable Use Policy

THESE TERMS

Please read the following terms of this policy carefully before using friendmts.com (Site), which Site is owned and operated by Friend MTS Limited, a limited company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 03513618, with registered office is at 177 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, England, WC2H 8JR (FMTS, we, us, our). This policy sets out the content standards that apply when you engage with this Site in any way. It should be read alongside our Site terms of use.

PROHIBITED USES

You may not use our Site:

  • if you are under 18
  • in any way that breaches any applicable local, national, international law or regulation. 
  • in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way. 
  • to bully, intimidate or humiliate any person. 
  • to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards. 
  • to transmit, or procure the sending or, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam). 
  • to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
  • In any way that involves child sexual exploitation or abuse. 
  • to upload terrorist content. 

You also agree:

  • not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, or re-sell any part of our Site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of use 
  • not to access without authority, interfere with, damage, or disrupt:
  1. any part of our Site;
  2. any equipment or network on which our Site is stored;
  3. any software used in the provision of our Site; or
  4. any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
CONTENT STANDARDS

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to the Site (Contribution). These content standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter, and they apply to each and any part of a Contribution as well as to its whole. Friend MTS Limited (FMTS) will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches these content standards.  

A Contribution:

  • must be factually accurate;
  • may only contain opinions if these are genuinely held;
  • must comply with the laws applicable in the country/ies from which it is shared and to which the Site is delivered.  

A Contribution must not:

  • be defamatory of any person.
  • be obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory.
  • bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
  • encourage, promote or provide instructions.
  • encourage, promote or provide instructions for suicide.
  • encourage promote or provide instructions for an eating disorder or behaviours associated with an eating disorder.
  • promote sexually explicit material.
  • include child sexual abuse material.
  • incite violence or hatred against particular groups.
  • promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • include content that would be considered a criminal offence under laws relating to terrorism, child sexual abuse material, racism or xenophobia. 
  • infringe any copyright, database right, or trade mark or any other person.
  • include video content that has been or would be likely to be given an R18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification 9BBFC). 
  • include video content not suitable for BBFC classification. 
  • include material that might impair the physical, mental, or moral development of any persons under 18. 
  • be likely to deceive any person.
  • breach any legal duty owed to a third party.
  • contain or consist of any content that is illegal or in breach of any regulations, or which promotes any activity or content that is illegal or in breach of any regulations. 
  • be in contempt of court.
  • be threatening, abuse, or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
  • be likely to harass, upset embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person. 
  • give the impression that the Contribution emanates from FMTS or its group, if this is not the case. 
  • Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse. 
  • contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect  encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts or terrorism.
  • contain any advertising or promote any services or links to other sites.  
BREACH OF THIS POLICY

When we consider that a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take action as we deem appropriate. Failure to comply with this policy is a material breach of our Site terms of use, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • immediate, temporary, or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site.
  • immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to the Site.
  • issue of a warning to you. 
  • legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach. 
  • further legal action against you.
  • disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.