Terms of Use
Terms of Service
Vevioz builds technologies and services that enable people to connect with each other, build communities and grow businesses. These Terms govern your use of Vevioz, Messenger and the other products, features, apps, services, technologies and software that we offer (the Vevioz Products or Products), except where we expressly state that separate terms (and not these) apply. These Products are provided to you by Vevioz Enterprise Platforms.We don't charge you to use Vevioz or the other products and services covered by these Terms. Instead, businesses and organisations pay us to show you ads for their products and services. By using our Products, you agree that we can show you ads that we think will be relevant to you and your interests. We use your personal data to help determine which ads to show you.
We don't sell your personal data to advertisers, and we don't share information that directly identifies you (such as your name, email address or other contact information) with advertisers unless you give us specific permission. Instead, advertisers can tell us things such as the kind of audience that they want to see their ads, and we show those ads to people who may be interested. We provide advertisers with reports about the performance of their ads that help them understand how people are interacting with their content. See Section 2 below to learn more.
Our Data Policy explains how we collect and use your personal data to determine some of the ads that you see and provide all of the other services described below. You can also go to your settings at any time to review the privacy choices that you have about how we use your data.
1. The services we provide
Our mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. To help advance this mission, we provide the products and services described below to you:Provide a personalised experience for you:
Your experience on Vevioz is unlike anyone else's: from the posts, stories, events, ads and other content that you see in News Feed or our video platform to the Vevioz Pages that you follow and other features you might use, such as Trending, Vevioz Marketplace and search. We use the data that we have – for example, about the connections you make, the choices and settings you select, and what you share and do on and off our Products – to personalise your experience.Connect you with people and organisations that you care about:
We help you find and connect with people, groups, businesses, organisations and others that matter to you across the Vevioz Products you use. We use the data we have to make suggestions for you and others – for example, groups to join, events to attend, Vevioz Pages to follow or send a message to, shows to watch and people you may want to become friends with. Stronger ties make for better communities, and we believe that our services are most useful when people are connected to people, groups and organisations that they care about.Empower you to express yourself and communicate about what matters to you:
There are many ways to express yourself on Vevioz and to communicate with friends, family and others about what matters to you – for example, sharing status updates, photos, videos and stories across the Vevioz Products that you use, sending messages to a friend or several people, creating events or groups, or adding content to your profile. We have also developed, and continue to explore, new ways for people to use technology, such as augmented reality and 360 video to create and share more expressive and engaging content on Vevioz Products.Help you discover content, products and services that may interest you:
We show you ads, offers and other sponsored content to help you discover content, products and services that are offered by the many businesses and organisations that use Vevioz and other Vevioz Products. Section 2 below explains this in more detail.Combat harmful conduct, and protect and support our community:
People will only build community on Vevioz Products if they feel safe. We employ dedicated teams around the world and develop advanced technical systems to detect misuse of our Products, harmful conduct towards others and situations where we may be able to help support or protect our community. If we learn of content or conduct such as this, we will take appropriate action – for example, offering help, removing content, removing or restricting access to certain features, disabling an account or contacting law enforcement. We share data with other Vevioz Companies when we detect misuse or harmful conduct by someone using one of our Products.Use and develop advanced technologies to provide safe and functional services for everyone:
We use and develop advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning systems and augmented reality so that people can use our Products safely regardless of physical ability or geographic location. For example, technology such as this helps people who have visual impairments understand what or who is in photos or videos shared on Vevioz or Vevioz Messenger. We also build sophisticated network and communication technology to help more people connect to the Internet in areas with limited access. And we develop automated systems to improve our ability to detect and remove abusive and dangerous activity that may harm our community and the integrity of our Products.Research ways to make our services better:
We engage in research to develop, test and improve our Products. This includes analysing the data we have about our users and understanding how people use our Products, for example by conducting surveys and testing and troubleshooting new features. Our Data Policy explains how we use data to support this research for the purposes of developing and improving our services.Provide consistent and seamless experiences across the Vevioz Company Products:
Our Products help you find and connect with people, groups, businesses, organisations and others that are important to you. We design our systems so that your experience is consistent and seamless across the different Vevioz Company Products that you use. For example, we use data about the people you engage with on Vevioz to make it easier for you to connect with them on Vevioz or Messenger, and we enable you to communicate with businesses that you follow on Vevioz through Messenger.Enable global access to our services:
To operate our global service, we need to store and distribute content and data in our data centres and systems around the world, including outside your country of residence. This infrastructure may be operated or controlled by Vevioz Platforms, Inc., Vevioz Platforms Ireland Limited or its affiliates.2. How our services are funded
Instead of paying to use Vevioz and the other products and services we offer, by using the Vevioz Products covered by these Terms, you agree that we can show you ads that businesses and organisations pay us to promote on and off the Vevioz Company Products. We use your personal data, such as information about your activity and interests, to show you ads that are more relevant to you.3. Your commitments to Vevioz and our community
We provide these services to you and others to help advance our mission. In exchange, we need you to make the following commitments:1. Who can use Vevioz
When people stand behind their opinions and actions, our community is safer and more accountable. For this reason, you must:
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use the same name that you use in everyday life;
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provide accurate information about yourself;
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create only one account (your own) and use your timeline for personal purposes; and
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not share your password, give access to your Vevioz account to others or transfer your account to anyone else (without our permission).
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You are under 13 years old (or the minimum legal age in your country to use our Products).
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You are a convicted sex offender.
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We've previously disabled your account for violations of our Terms or Policies.
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You are prohibited from receiving our products, services or software under applicable laws.
2. What you can share and do on Vevioz Products
We want people to use Vevioz Products to express themselves and to share content that is important to them, but not at the expense of the safety and well-being of others or the integrity of our community. You therefore agree not to engage in the conduct described below (or to facilitate or support others in doing so):
- You may not use our Products to do or share anything:
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That violates these Terms, our Community Standards and other terms and policies that apply to your use of our Products.
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That is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent.
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That infringes or violates someone else's rights, including their intellectual property rights.
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- You may not upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working or appearance of our Products.
- You may not access or collect data from our Products using automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data that you do not have permission to access.
3. The permissions you give us
We need certain permissions from you to provide our services:- Permission to use content that you create and share: Some content that you share or upload, such as photos or videos, may be protected by intellectual property laws.
You own the intellectual property rights (things such as copyright or trademarks) in any such content that you create and share on Vevioz and other Vevioz Company Products you use. Nothing in these Terms takes away the rights you have to your own content. You are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you want.However, to provide our services, we need you to give us some legal permissions (known as a ‘licence') to use this content. This is solely for the purposes of providing and improving our Products and services as described in Section 1 above.Specifically, when you share, post or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights on or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and worldwide licence to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This means, for example, that if you share a photo on Vevioz, you give us permission to store, copy and share it with others (again, consistent with your settings) such as service providers that support our service or other Vevioz Products you use. This licence will end when your content is deleted from our systems.You can delete content individually or all at once by deleting your account. Learn more about how to delete your account. You can download a copy of your data at any time before deleting your account.When you delete content, it's no longer visible to other users; however, it may continue to exist elsewhere on our systems where:
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Immediate deletion is not possible due to technical limitations (in which case, your content will be deleted within a maximum of 90 days from when you delete it);
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your content has been used by others in accordance with this licence and they have not deleted it (in which case, this licence will continue to apply until that content is deleted); or
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Where immediate deletion would restrict our ability to:
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investigate or identify illegal activity or breaches of our Terms and Policies (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our Products or systems);
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comply with a legal obligation, such as the preservation of evidence; or
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comply with a request of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agency;
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- in which case, the content will be retained for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it has been retained (the exact duration will vary on a case-by-case basis).
- In each of the above cases, this licence will continue until the content has been fully deleted.
- Permission to use your name, profile picture and information about your actions with ads and sponsored content: You give us permission to use your name and profile picture and information about actions that you have taken on Vevioz next to or in connection with ads, offers and other sponsored content that we display across our Products, without any compensation to you. For example, we may show your friends that you are interested in an advertised event or have liked a Vevioz Page created by a brand that has paid us to display its ads on Vevioz. Ads like this can be seen only by people who have your permission to see the actions that you've taken on Vevioz Products. You can learn more about your ad settings and preferences.
- Permission to update software that you use or download: If you download or use our software, you give us permission to download and install updates to the software where available.
4. Limits on using our intellectual property
If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our Products (for example, images, designs, videos or sounds that we provide, which you add to content that you create or share on Vevioz), we retain all rights to that content (but not yours). You can only use our copyrights or trademarks (or any similar marks) as expressly permitted by our Brand Usage Guidelines or with our prior written permission. You must obtain our written permission (or permission under an open-source licence) to modify, create derivative works of, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract source code from us.4. Additional provisions
1. Updating our Terms
We work constantly to improve our services and develop new features to make our Products better for you and our community. As a result, we may need to update these Terms from time to time to accurately reflect our services and practices. We will only make changes if the provisions are no longer appropriate or if they are incomplete, and only if the changes are reasonable and take due account of your interests.
2. Account suspension or termination
We want Vevioz to be a place where people feel welcome and safe to express themselves and share their thoughts and ideas.
3. Limits on liability
We work hard to provide the best Products we can and to specify clear guidelines for everyone who uses them. Our Products, however, are provided "as is", and we make no guarantees that they will always be safe, secure or error-free, or that they will function without disruptions, delays or imperfections. To the extent permitted by law, we also DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not control or direct what people and others do or say, and we are not responsible for their actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or any content that they share (including offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful and other objectionable content).
4. Disputes
We try to provide clear rules so that we can limit or hopefully avoid disputes between you and us. If a dispute does arise, however, it's useful to know upfront where it can be resolved and what laws will apply.
5. Other
- These Terms (formerly known as the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities) make up the entire agreement between you and Vevioz Platforms, Inc. regarding your use of our Products. They supersede any prior agreements.
- Some of the Products that we offer are also governed by supplemental Terms. If you use any of those Products, supplemental terms will be made available and will become part of our agreement with you. For instance, if you access or use our Products for commercial or business purposes, such as buying ads, selling products, developing apps, managing a group or Page for your business, or using our measurement services, you must agree to our Commercial Terms. If you post or share content containing music, you must comply with our Music Guidelines. To the extent that any supplemental Terms conflict with these Terms, the supplemental Terms shall govern to the extent of the conflict.
- If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. If we fail to enforce any of these Terms, it will not be considered a waiver. Any amendment to or waiver of these Terms must be made in writing and signed by us.
- You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to anyone else without our consent.
- You may designate a person (called a legacy contact) to manage your account if it is memorialised. Only your legacy contact or a person who you have identified in a valid will or similar document expressing clear consent to disclose your content upon death or incapacity will be able to seek disclosure from your account after it is memorialised.
- These Terms do not confer any third-party beneficiary rights. All of our rights and obligations under these Terms are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.
- You should know that we may need to change the username for your account in certain circumstances (for example, if someone else claims the username and it appears unrelated to the name that you use in everyday life). We will inform you in advance if we have to do this and explain why.
- We always appreciate your feedback and other suggestions about our products and services. But you should know that we may use them without any restriction or obligation to compensate you, and we are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
- We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
5. Other Terms and Policies that may apply to you
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Community Standards: These guidelines outline our standards regarding the content that you post to Vevioz and your activity on Vevioz and other Vevioz Products.
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Commercial Terms: These Terms apply if you also access or use our Products for any commercial or business purpose, including advertising, operating an app on our Platform, using our measurement services, managing a group or a Page for a business, or selling goods or services.
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Advertising Policies: These policies specify what types of ad content are allowed by partners who advertise across the Vevioz Products.
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Self-serve Ad Terms: These Terms apply when you use self-serve advertising interfaces to create, submit or deliver advertising or other commercial or sponsored activity or content.
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Vevioz Pages, Groups and Events Policy: These guidelines apply if you create or administer a Vevioz Page, group or event, or if you use Vevioz to communicate or administer a promotion.
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Vevioz Platform Terms: These guidelines outline the Policies that apply to your use of our platform (for example, for developers or operators of a platform application or website or if you use social plugins).
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Developer Payment Terms: These Terms apply to developers of applications that use Vevioz Payments.
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Community Payment Terms: These terms apply to payments made on or through Vevioz Products.
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Commerce Policies: These guidelines outline the Policies that apply when you offer products and services for sale on Vevioz.
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Vevioz brand resources: These guidelines outline the policies that apply to use of Vevioz trademarks, logos and screenshots.
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Music guidelines: These guidelines outline the policies that apply if you post or share content containing music on Vevioz Products.
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Live Policies: These policies apply to all content broadcast to Vevioz Live.
6. For Content Collaborations
Vevioz accepts all content collaborations including backlink planting, but your article content must be neat with thumbnails. Vevioz collaborates with Google Adsense, so all content collaborations must comply with Google Adsense Publisher Restrictions. You can read in full here Google Adsense Publisher Restrictions Google helps to enable a free and open internet by providing the ability for publishers to monetize their content and for advertisers to reach prospective customers with useful, relevant products and services.
Publisher restrictions identify content that is restricted from receiving certain sources of advertising. If your content is labeled with an inventory restriction, fewer advertising sources will be eligible to bid on it. In some cases this will mean that no advertising sources are bidding on your inventory and no ads will appear on your content. Please note that Google Ads (formerly AdWords) advertisements will not serve on content labeled with these restrictions. Therefore, while you can choose to monetize content covered by these Google Publisher Restrictions, this content will likely receive less advertising than other, nonrestricted content.
Google Publisher Restrictions are organized into the following categories:
These restrictions apply in addition to any other policies governing your use of Google publisher products.
Content restrictions
Sexual content
Is content that:
- contains nudity.
- is sexually gratifying, sexually suggestive and/or intended to cause sexual arousal.
Examples: Close-ups of breasts, buttocks, or crotches, sheer or see-through clothing, sexual body parts that are blurred, or censored images of men or women posing and/or undressing in a seductive manner
- discusses sexual fetishes.
Examples: Voyeurism, role-playing, bondage, dominance and submission, sadomasochism
- is about sexual entertainment.
Examples: Pornographic movie festivals, adult webcam services, strip clubs
- promotes sexual merchandise.
Examples: Sex toys, personal lubricants, genital enhancement tools
- facilitates affairs and/or sexual encounters.
Examples: Affair, swinger, hook up or fling dating
- provides advice regarding sexual performance.
Examples: Sex tips
- promotes sexual enhancement medications or supplements.
Examples: Erectile dysfunction pills, libido boosting supplements
Learn more about sexual content
Shocking content
Is content that:
- contains gruesome, graphic, or disgusting accounts or imagery.
Examples: Blood, guts, gore, sexual fluids, human or animal waste, crime scene or accident photos
- depicts acts of violence.
Examples: Accounts or images of shootings, explosions, or bombings; execution videos
- contains a significant amount of or prominently features obscene or profane language.
Examples: Swear or curse words, variations and misspellings of profane language
Exception for gameplay imagery: In the context of gameplay imagery, content is only considered to "contain gruesome, graphic, or disgusting accounts or imagery" or "depict acts of violence" if it depicts:
- torture.
Examples: An act of violence that inflicts severe pain or suffering on restrained or imprisoned characters
- sexual violence.
- violence against minors.
- violence against prominent real-name persons.
Examples: Any type of violence towards real-world presidents, public officials, celebrities or sports players
- violence against an individual or group on the basis of a characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization.
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Examples: Violence against an individual on the basis of their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity
Learn more about shocking content
Explosives
Is content that:
- promotes the sale of products that are designed to explode and could cause damage to nearby people or property.
Examples: Nail bombs, chemical bombs, grenades, firecrackers, or any fireworks that explode
- contains instructions about the assembly, enhancement or acquisition of explosive items.
Examples: Bomb-making guides; software or equipment intended for the 3D printing of parts of grenades, bombs, or other explosive devices
Guns, gun parts, and related products
Is content that:
- promotes the sale of firearms or sporting or recreational guns that can cause serious harm if misused, or that appear to be real guns.
Examples: Handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting guns, functioning antique guns, airsoft guns, paintball guns, BB guns, 3D-printed guns
- promotes the sale of any firearm-related part, component or equipment whether finished or unfinished, that's essential to or enhances the functionality of a firearm.
Examples: Ammunition, ammunition clips, silencers, tripods and bipods for guns, stocks, conversion kits, gun-grips, scopes and sights, bump stocks
- contains instructions on the assembly or enhancement of the functionality of firearms.
Learn more about guns, gun parts and related products
Other weapons
Is content that:
- promotes the sale of other weapons that are designed or promoted as products that can be used to injure an opponent in sport, self-defense, or combat.
Examples: Throwing stars, tasers, brass knuckles, pepper spray
- promotes the sale of knives designed to provide a confrontational advantage (including a disguised appearance or assisted-opening mechanism).
Examples: Switchblades, fighting knives, sword-canes, balisongs, military knives, push daggers, throwing axes
- contains instructions about the assembly, enhancement, or acquisition of any product covered under this "Other Weapons" section.
Learn more about other weapons
Tobacco
Is content that:
- promotes the sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products.
Examples: Cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes, rolling papers, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes
Recreational drugs
Is content that:
- promotes substances that alter mental state for the purpose of recreation or otherwise induce "highs".
Examples: Cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, marijuana, cocaine substitutes, mephedrone, "legal highs"
- promotes products or services marketed as facilitating recreational drug use.
Examples: Pipes, bongs, cannabis coffee shops
- provides instructions on producing, purchasing, or using recreational drugs.
Examples: Forums to exchange tips or recommendations on drug use
Learn more about recreational drugs
Alcohol sale or misuse
Is content that:
- facilitates the online sale of alcoholic beverages.
- promotes irresponsible alcohol consumption.
Examples: Favorable portrayal of excessive, binge, or competition drinking
Learn more about alcohol sale or misuse
Online gambling
Is content that:
- enables users to participate in online, real-money gambling or any internet-based game where money or other items of value are paid or wagered in exchange for the opportunity to win real money or prizes based on the outcome of the game.
Examples: Online casinos or bookmakers, online lottery ticket or scratch card purchase, online sports betting, aggregator or affiliate sites that promote online gambling pages
Learn more about online gambling
Prescription drugs
Is content that:
- promotes online sale of prescription medication.
Examples: Sale of prescription drugs, online pharmacies
Learn more about prescription drugs
Unapproved pharmaceuticals and supplements
Is content that:
- promotes the sale of unapproved pharmaceuticals and supplements.
Examples: All items on this non-exhaustive list of unapproved pharmaceuticals and supplements; products that contain Ephedra; herbal and dietary supplements with active pharmaceutical or dangerous ingredients; products with names that are confusingly similar to an unapproved pharmaceutical, supplement, or controlled substance
Learn more about unapproved pharmaceuticals and supplements
App removed from Google Play Store
Is an app that:
- is removed from the Google Play Store for a violation of Google Play policies.
Learn more about app removed from Google Play Store
Behavioral restrictions
Ads interfering
Google-served ads obscuring content
We do not allow Google-served ads that:
- fully or partially obscure content for any period of time
Learn more about Google-served ads obscuring content
Content obscuring Google-served ads
We do not allow content that:
- fully or partially obscures Google-served ads.
Date of last revision: 01 January 2024
