Last Updated: November 4, 2022
Welcome to use HiTV!
Thanks for using our products and/or services (hereinafter referred to as “HiTV Services”, “our services” or “services”). HiTV Services are provided by China Science And Technology International Co., Limited (hereinafter referred to as “HiTV” or “we”) with registered address at RM4,16/F, HO KING COMM CTR, 2-16 FAYUEN ST, MONGKOK KOWLOON，HONG KONG.
HiTV Services refer to relevant products, services and/or functions of HiTV, including but not limited to software, websites and services (including off-site services, such as the advertising services and plug-ins “applied or shared through our service” etc.), to be used only in specific countries/regions. HiTV platform refers to the website and/or mobile/TV application of HiTV Services or other platform operated, managed or owned by HiTV (hereinafter referred to as “our platform” or “platform”).
Usage of our services will be deemed as acknowledgment and consent to this Agreement. If you do not agree to any clause of the Agreement, you shall avoid or cease using HiTV Services immediately.
This Agreement consists of two parts: (i) the General Terms; (ii) the Special Terms which are set out in the Country/Region Schedule. Please note that the Special Terms, forming part of the Agreement, contain clauses which are specific to the relevant country/region in which the HiTV Services are being made available. For the avoidance of doubt, the application of the provisions stated in the Country/ Region Schedule shall apply specifically only to the users who are accessing HiTV Services in the relevant country/region. If there is any inconsistency between the General Terms and the Special Terms, the Special Terms shall prevail.
The operation tips, Q&A guidelines, user help on our platform or rules, procedures and policies published on our platform or as may be delivered to you through notifications from time to time shall form part of the rules for your use of HiTV Services and shall form part of this Agreement.
General Terms
1. Our Services
1.1 We attach great importance to the protection of minors. Please read this Agreement under the guidance of guardian and use HiTV Services with the explicit consent of guardian. We reserve the right to request proof of guardian’s consent as deemed necessary.
1.2 We use various technologies to provide you with an optimal viewing experience. The quality of content may be affected by, among other factors, the format of the content, the devices used, the speed and/or bandwidth of your internet service; and may also be affected by your membership (such as VIP membership interest).
1.3 You acknowledge and agree that the availability of content may vary due to the country/region you are in and/or the service interest you may enjoy (such as VIP membership interest), and may be altered from time to time.
1.4 A special VIP membership service agreement will be made for the VIP services provided by us. Please read it carefully and purchase the VIP services only after you've read and agreed to all of its contents. (For more information, please refer to the "Membership Services" section)
2. Use of Our Services
2.1 HiTV Account
2.1.1 You can create an account to access certain features and services of the platform. You can directly register on the platform to create an account, or you can also register through your account with certain authorized third parties (such as Facebook/Google). If you log in using authorization by any third-party account, you need to follow both these Terms and relevant rules of the corresponding third party concerning the usage of the account.
2.1.2 To ensure a smooth use of our services, you acknowledge and agree that you must abide by the following rules while using your HiTV account:
(1) When registering an account for HiTV Services, you must provide us with complete, authentic, accurate and up-to-date personal information. You shall not use other persons’ identity, email address, mobile phone number etc. for your account registration. If any of the information changes, you should update your account promptly. The registration information such as the account name, profile photo and profile submitted by you shall not include any illegal or inappropriate information;
(2) Except that registering through the authorized third-party account, you shall only register through the channel officially provided by us. You shall refrain from obtaining an HiTV account via, including but not limited to purchasing, renting, borrowing, sharing, maliciously utilizing or destroying our registration system and/or other unauthorized channels;
(3) You only have limited rights to use the account and your account can only be used for personal and non-commercial purposes;
(4) You should keep, use and maintain your account number and password in a proper and secure manner, and shall not transfer, lend, rent, sell, share or authorize in any way other person to use the account; you are responsible for all actions conducted under and/or via the account owned by you.
2.1.3 If you are found to have conducted the following acts, we have the right to suspend or permanently terminate, cancel or withdraw your account, interrupt or end the provision of further HiTV Services to you without bearing any responsibilities:
(1) You applied so;
(2) You breached the clause of this Agreement;
(3) Required by relevant laws and regulations and regulatory policies;
(4) Your account has not been used for 180 consecutive days;
(5) Where we have reason to believe that your usage has damaged (or may cause possible damage to) the lawful rights and interests of HiTV and/or others.
2.1.4 To protect the account security, we may verify your identity in a variety of ways periodically, including but not limited to short message or email verification, etc. If you are unable to complete the verification or refuse to verify or it is reasonable to suspect that your account has been stolen or your account activities are abnormal, we may suspend HiTV Services or take further actions we deem appropriate.
2.1.5 If your account number (or password) is lost for which you are not liable, and you need to retrieve it, you shall provide the corresponding information and proof as required by us, following the retrieving process officially provided by us. If the provided materials are not authentic or do not meet the requirements, which will fail our security verification, you may not be able to retrieve your account, and you shall bear the risks and losses arising therefrom.
2.1.6 Account Cancellation
You can cancel your account. You can apply for cancellation using the online cancellation function of HiTV or email to [email protected] to cancel your account, except as otherwise provided by applicable laws and/or regulations or as otherwise agreed upon in this Agreement.
Please be noted that, once you cancel your account successfully:
(1) You will not be able to use your canceled HiTV account;
(2) You will be deemed to have automatically waived all of your rights and/or interests associated by using HiTV Services (including the existing rights but not be consumed, the expectation interests, etc.) and we will not be able to help you retrieve any content, information, data or record related to your account, except as otherwise provided by applicable laws and regulations and/or regulatory requirements;
(3) Your canceled account is permanently unrecoverable.
Except as otherwise agreed herein, your account needs to meet all of the following conditions if you voluntarily cancel your account:
(1) This account shall be owned by you and registered via HiTV products;
(2) There are no ongoing deals or balance available in the account;
(3) There are no unsettled disputes (including but not limited to complaints, reports, litigation, arbitration, state authority investigations, etc.);
(4) Meet any other requirements to protect your account security and interests of your account.
Please be noted that your deletion of your account does not mean that you are released or exempted from any liabilities resulting from your use of the account.
2.2 Offline Viewing
2.2.1 We know that you may not always have internet connection. We may give you the option to temporarily download certain content so that you can watch it while you are offline (“Temporary Downloads”). Temporary Downloads may be limited by the following factors: (i) the memory storage of your device; (ii) how long Temporary Downloads will remain available to you; (iii) the limitation by the geographic location of HiTV Services; (iv) the limitation by the copyright holders; (v) the service interest you may enjoy (such as VIP membership interest); (vi) miscellaneous factors. Specific available content refers to the one that you can actually download and view offline.
2.2.2 Please note that download of such video content requires Internet access, please ensure a smooth connection during download. You will need to bear any expense for upward and downward network communication and/or any flow fee generated during such download.
2.2.3 You acknowledge and understand that the Temporary Downloads can only be downloaded and watched using HiTV APP on your device. You shall refrain from separating the Temporary Downloads from the HiTV APP in any way, or sharing or providing such for any third party. If you violate these rules, we may suspend HiTV Services or take further measures (including but not limited to withdrawing your account or clearing your VIP membership interest).
2.3 You may share the content of HiTV Services to third-party platforms via HiTV account within the range we allow and the scope available by our technology and the permission of relevant copyright.
2.4 In order to protect the security of your account and prevent the theft of the account or malicious sharing of the account, you understand and agree that HiTV can limit the number of device terminals that can be logged in to the same account at the same time. Generally, an account can only be used on the same device, specific rules of limitation refer to the notes on relevant pages or the limitations actually imposed. HiTV has the right to change the aforementioned restriction rules, and the specific rules of HiTV shall prevail. If there is a conflict between the publicity rules or it does not conform to the HiTV actual restrictions, the restrictive behavior actually performed by HiTV shall prevail. If you violate the aforesaid restrictions or log in across different or multiple terminals, we may, depending on the actual conditions, verify your identity in one or several manner(s) (SMS, email, etc.). If you fail such verification, we may refuse to provide further services for your account and/or take further measures.
3. User Behavior
3.1 You should access and use HiTV Services upon abiding by this Agreement and relevant applicable laws and regulations. You can only use HiTV Services for personal and non-commercial purposes. The written consent of HiTV is required otherwise for commercial use. You agree that you will not conduct or use HiTV Services to conduct the following activities (nor providing facilitation or support for others in conducting such). Or otherwise you shall bear all responsibilities and consequences incurred therefrom, and where any loss and/or adverse impact is inflicted upon us, you shall compensate us in full and eliminate such adverse impact:
3.1.1 Harming minors and/or other persons in any way;
3.1.2 Engaging in activities, violations or crimes infringing upon the lawful rights and interests of HiTV and others, including providing assistance thereto;
3.1.3 Obtaining the services, contents or data (including the personal information of other users) of HiTV platform, personally or by an agent, in any way (including but not limited to, any automatic software such as robotic software, spider software and crawler software, script and software) and due to whatever cause, without the prior explicit written approval from HiTV;
3.1.4 Evading, removing, altering, obstructing, damaging or otherwise interrupting the security measures of HiTV for its services;
3.1.5 Displaying the service content of HiTV in part or whole in any public occasion, with or without charge, without explicit authorization from HiTV (except when the aforesaid behavior does not constitute an infringement);
3.1.6 Using HiTV Services in an improper way or in ways violating the principle of honesty and creditability (such as using the loopholes of rules and system, abusing membership identity, black industry, speculation and other manners that go against the original purpose of HiTV Services);
3.1.7 Faking contents (including title) in any way to make people believe that they are transferred by us;
3.1.8 Uploading, posting, emailing or otherwise transmitting software virus, political propaganda, commercial solicitation (such as advertising letters and promotional materials), chain letter, bulk mail or other form of “spam”, and contents that infringing upon the patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights and/or unauthorized contents;
3.1.9 The content you produced, uploaded, copied, posted, transmitted or disseminated via HiTV shall not:
(1) Contain any advertising information, including but not limited to the title and introduction of advertisement, except for the one otherwise authorized by HiTV in written;
(2) Contain any content violating the lawful rights and interests of HiTV or others, relevant laws and regulations and the Agreement.
3.1.10 You shall be solely and remain completely responsible for all contents you produced, uploaded, copied, posted, transmitted, disseminated or used HiTV Services to produce, upload, post and disseminate, including but not limited to symbol, text, picture, audio and video, etc. Meanwhile:
3.1.11 Regarding contents violating this Agreement or applicable laws and regulations, infringing upon the lawful rights and interests of others or which we have reason to believe that have damaged the creditability and security of us or others, we have the right to, among others, direct deletion, blocking or deactivation, without prior notification;
3.1.12 We background records may be used as evidence for your violation of relevant laws and regulations, Agreement or infringement, or as proof for solving disputes.
4. Membership Service
The content of this section is between you and China Science And Technology International Co., Limited (hereinafter referred to as "HiTV" or "We"), regarding you becoming a VIP member of HiTV (hereinafter referred to as "VIP Memvership") and using the VIP Membership services provided by us (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").
Your use of the Service will be deemed as your reading and understanding the entire Agreement, agreeing to the entire Agreement, and being bound by this Agreement.
4.1 Service Description
4.1.1 HiTV VIP Member refers to the natural person who has completed all procedures of becoming a HiTV VIP Member and enjoys the Service of VIP Membership provided by us within the validity period of the membership under the premise of abiding by this Agreement. As a VIP Member, you are entitled to varying rights and interests of VIP Membership depending on your type of membership. Please be aware that there are many types of VIP membership and relevant VIP rights and interests may vary accordingly. Specific available rights and interests of the VIP membership shall be subject to the description on corresponding description page of membership rights and interests. If the name of the membership rights and interests under this Agreement is inconsistent with the description on the page, it will not affect the content of the membership rights and interests you actually enjoy.
4.1.2 You know and agree that we may send you promotion information or other relevant business information by email, website inbox email, SMS, website announcements or other means.
4.1.3 Special instructions on additional payment for single video pay-per-view
4.1.3.1 Within the validity period of your VIP membership, you can watch the VIP exclusive video content on our HiTV platform, but some videos can only be watched after you make an additional payment. For this part of videos, we provide a single video pay-per-view service for VIP Membership, that is, a VIP Member can watch it after paying the pay-per-view fee. For the content requiring to pay the pay-per-view fee, we will clearly mark it and give you tips and instructions on the relevant page. Please read them carefully before purchasing and choose at your discretion whether to purchase or not. The pay-per-view fees vary from one different video content to another. Please be sure to confirm the video content you need and the corresponding pay-per-view fee before paying.
4.1.3.2 You know and agree that the content of pay-per-view will have a corresponding validity period. The validity period starts from your successful payment. We will clearly mark the specific validity period on the relevant page, and you can view the remaining validity period after your successful payment. Once you have paid successfully, it means that you accept the limitation of such validity period. It is recommended that you use it in time. After the expiration of the validity period, no matter whether you have finished watching the relevant video content or not, the fees you have paid will not be refunded, reimbursed/compensated in any form.
4.1.3.3 You know and agree that we have the right to provide some or all of the video content you paid for pay-per-view to other users free of charge after a period of time according to the copyright situation and the needs of its own operation policy.
4.1.4 Change of Service
4.1.4.1 You understand that HiTV is entitled to adjust part or all of the rights and interests of VIP membership and/or the Service (including but not limited to changing, adding, reducing or optimizing the rights and interests of membership and/or the type of Service, membership package and charging standard, modifying membership names and/or specific rules concerning the rights and interests of membership, adding or changing the contents and/or rules for additional payment, or adjusting or optimizing the functions of certain products) due to changes of relevant laws and regulations, as well as regulatory policies, operation policies, user demands and other reasons. Regarding the aforesaid adjustments, HiTV will notify you on the service page or through other reasonable means. Please check and read these carefully and promptly. Meanwhile, we will also try to reduce the effects of such adjustments on your existing membership to the minimum.
4.1.4.2 You understand that the broadcasting schedule and plan of relevant videos which are part of the VIP Membership Service shall be determined by HiTV based on its operation policies. Specific arrangements shall be according to the notice displayed on the video page. Specifically, the broadcasting schedule, payment plan and the free-viewing time for members or non-members of certain paid videos shall also be determined by HiTV based on the requirements of the copyright holder or its operation policy. Meanwhile, HiTV is entitled to make certain adjustments concerning the broadcasting arrangements of relevant videos based on the changes of relevant laws and regulations and regulatory policies, change of copyright status, its own operation policy, and user demands, including but not limited to adjusting the broadcasting schedule, pausing the update or taking down certain videos. Once certain videos are taken down, you may not be able to watch them even if you have downloaded or buffered them to your device.
4.2 Membership and Subscription
4.2.1 You shall be responsible for keeping your VIP membership account, account information and account password properly. You should take all necessary and effective measures to protect your account information and password. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, we shall not be liable for the disclosure of account information (including your account password) not caused by us, and/or any loss caused by your improper use or custody of account. However, we will provide you with necessary assistance within a reasonable range according to law.
4.3 Charge and Cancellation
4.3.1 Charging methods and standards
4.3.1.1 The Service of VIP Membership is a paid service. As a VIP Member, you should provide one or several payment methods for us. The payment method supported by our product may be updated from time to time and the methods actually supported may vary for different terminals, and be subject to the payment method displayed on the payment page when you pay the subscription fee. You understand and agree that if you use the third-party payment service to pay the subscription fee, you will also be bound by the policies, terms and conditions of the third-party payment service. For some payment methods, the bank or payment institution may charge you specific fees, such as cross-border transaction fees or other processing fees related to your payment method. The amount may vary according to the payment method you use. The specific charging date and amount are subject to those specified on your bill page. The specific fees are charged by the bank or payment institution, which has nothing to do with us. Please consult your card issuing bank or payment institution for details.
4.3.1.2 You know and agree that the subscription fee of the Service will be different due to the different policies of your country/region and the different channel rates of the equipment used. We have the right to determine at our sole discretion the subscription fee applicable to different devices in your country/region. When you subscribe to the Service of VIP Membership, you agree to pay the subscription fee of different standards applicable in your country/region due to regional differences and terminal equipment differences. The specific subscription fee are subject to the payment page when you pay the subscription fee.
4.3.1.3 You shall refrain from malicious usage of VPN and other methods for cross-region subscription in order to enjoy membership discounts which are not available in your region. If relevant VIP services become unavailable due to such malicious usage, you shall bear all corresponding responsibilities, and we may also decide whether to temporarily or permanently suspend your account depending on the severity of the infraction.
4.3.1.4 We have the right to carry out the subscription discount activities for the VIP Membership service according to own operation strategy. You know and agree that the discount/promotion price you enjoy is only applicable to the period of discount/promotion that we inform you. After the end of the discount/promotion period, the price of the Service is subject to the subscription fee publicized.
4.3.2 Refund of Subscription Fee
4.3.2.1 You guarantee that you have the right to use your payment account to pay the subscription fee, and such use does not infringe the rights of any third party. You may only enjoy the Service if you (a) have successfully paid your subscription fee in full and (b) have met all other applicable requirements for registering as a VIP Member.
4.3.2.2 You understand and agree that, the Service of VIP Membership is a kind of network virtual products. The subscription fee is the price of the network virtual product corresponding to the membership service you subscribe to, instead of prepayment or deposit, down payment, debit card and other returnable products or property rights. Once the subscription of your VIP membership is opened, it is not transferable, and once your subscription fee is paid successfully, it will not be refunded (except in the case of a breach of contract on our part leading to your complete inability to use the product due to major defects in the Service of VIP Membership, otherwise agreed in this Agreement, refund required by laws and regulations, or after we so decide). We hereby remind you in particular that before you subscribe to the Service of VIP Membership (including automatic renewal service), please carefully check your subscription account information, subscribed content of the Service, price, service term and other information, and we will not be responsible for any mistake in bill statement or deduction. If you do not operate properly or do not understand or fully understand the billing method and other factors, resulting in a wrong subscription bill, wrong selection of subscribed type or content of the Service and other circumstances, which damage your rights and interests or cause losses, you shall be responsible for it and we will not make any reimbursement or compensation.
4.3.3 Change of Charging Standard and Method
The subscription fee (including subscription fee of automatic renewal), payment method and charging cycle of the Service of VIP Membership (including automatic renewal), 'pay-per-view' and other related services are independently determined and may be adjusted by us after comprehensive consideration of the company’s operating costs, operation strategies, taxes, payment fees and other factors (adjustment includes but not limited to promotion, and price increase) and will be showed to you on the relevant product service promotion and payment page. Where the price of relevant subscription fee changes, you shall refer to the current and valid price shown on the platform during purchase or renewal.
4.3.4 Automatic Renewal
4.3.4.1 Automatic renewal service refers to that when you purchase the Service of VIP Membership, you authorize us to entrust the payment channel (such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc.) to deduct the fee of the next charging cycle from the balance of your binding account when the service term of membership is about to expire and within a certain period of time after the expiration without verifying the member account password, payment password, SMS verification code and other information. You need to ensure that the balance in the above account is sufficient. If the deduction fails for any reason, the service term of membership will be terminated. After the service term expires, if you renew it successfully, the service term will be automatically extended. The above deduction entrustment is valid for a long time and is not limited by the number of times, unless you or we act expressly to cancel such automatic renewal.
4.3.4.2 You can choose to pay the subscription fee by different subscription cycles according to the charging cycle displayed in our product (hereinafter referred to as “Charging Cycle”).
4.3.4.3 If you want to update your payment account, you can log in to your HiTV VIP account for relevant operations. Please be aware that the payment methods supported by different terminals may differ. Use a terminal which actually supports the necessary payment method for your update. If you are using a third-party payment account, the replacement of the payment account shall be subjected to the requirements or agreements of such third party. After updating the payment account, you authorize us to continue to charge you according to the updated payment information.
4.3.4.4 Please be aware that we are entitled to adjust the price of HiTV membership (including the automatic renewal service). If we have adjusted the subscription fee for your automatic renewal, we will notify you in one or more reasonable ways including through public notice and an email sent to your inbox. If you disagree with such adjustment, you may cancel the automatic renewal service as per this Agreement, and your membership will expire on the day your current membership service term is due. If you choose not to cancel the service, the payment channel will charge the Service fee for the next and subsequent Charging Cycle(s) according to the adjusted price. Meanwhile, please be aware that due to the restrictions imposed by the withholding rules of the payment channel, if you canceled automatic renewal within 24 hours before your current Charging Cycle expired, the payment channel may still charge the Service fee for the next Charging Cycle according to the adjusted price before it stops. If such charge is successful, your membership term will expire on the day the next Charging Cycle is due.
4.3.5 You can cancel the automatic renewal by contacting the customer service or by yourself at HiTV. If you pay through a third party (such as Apple) and want to cancel your automatic renewal, you can do so through a third-party account. After the completion of the above cancellation operation, your automatic renewal will automatically terminate at the end of the current Charging Cycle. We also have the right to cancel the automatic renewal before the end of your current Charging Cycle, but we will inform you in advance in an appropriate way. You know and agree that there may be a delay in the display of automatic renewal status update, which is subject to your renewal status displayed in HiTV. And the deduction instruction that you have entrusted us to renew automatically is still valid before you successfully cancel it. We will not refund or compensate the fees deducted before the cancellation operation is completed based on such deduction instruction.
4.3.6 Service Term
The service term of your VIP membership refers to the one you selected and paid the corresponding membership fee for. You can log in to the page of our product for further inquiry. Such term will not be extended due to non-usage or any pause or rewinding of video. Once the term has expired, we will stop your VIP membership services. But if you enabled automatic renewal service and have successfully renewed before the expiration, the service term will be extended based on the original terms.
Please understand that due to the particularity of Internet services, the VIP service term includes the reasonable time required for handling relevant malfunctions, server maintenance, adjustments, updates, or any third-party infringement. We will try to reduce the impacts caused from any such issues to the minimum.
4.4 Service Instructions
4.4.1 The Service and video content (including all its components) are protected by copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights. If you have a valid VIP membership, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right and license to use the Service and access the video content. At no time shall you use the video content, the Service or VIP Membership for commercial purposes or other purposes that may infringe the legitimate rights and interests of us and/or our affiliated companies and/or third parties. More specifically, the Service and video content are for your personal use only.
4.4.2 You know and agree that we provide multiple types and levels of VIP Member. Depending on the country/region you are in, your VIP Membership may differ. Certain types of VIP Member are only available in specific countries/regions. The membership rights and interests of different types of VIP Member are different, and the membership rights and interests of different grades may also be different. The rights and interests of your VIP Membership will be different according to the types or grades of VIP Membership you purchase. You can choose to open the type of membership suitable for you according to the actual needs. Our product will further explain the type, grade and content of the rights and interests of your VIP Membership.
4.4.3 The specific applicable equipment terminal for HiTV VIP Member account shall be subject to the actual provision. In order to prevent the occurrence of malicious account sharing or account theft, you understand and agree that there’s a limit posed on the number of device terminals using the same VIP account at the same time. If you violate the restriction on the number of device terminals, we may take corresponding measures depending on the actual conditions. These measures include log-in restriction, usage restriction, suspension, or termination of HiTV VIP Membership services.
4.4.4 We have the right to change the restrictions on the number of equipment for different types of VIP Membership, subject to the published rules or the actual restrictions made by the platform.
4.4.5 Your VIP Membership is limited to your own use and cannot be transferred between different HiTV accounts during the term of the Service. You are not allowed to give, borrow, rent, transfer or sell your HiTV account, including but not limited to VIP Member account, unless agreed to by us. You are not allowed to obtain HiTV VIP Membership by stealing or other illegal means, or obtain or purchase HiTV VIP Membership through unauthorized or other illegal channels.
4.4.6 You know that due to the different software versions, device functions, operating systems and other third-party reasons, the specific rights and interests of your VIP Membership, video content or the Service may be different. We recommend that you solve such problems by upgrading the application or operating system, using other devices or directly contacting us through the contact information provided in this Agreement.
4.4.7 You understand and agree that you can only open the Service in the country/region where we provide the Service, and the rights and interests of membership you enjoy after opening the Service are limited to the rights and interests of VIP Membership in the country/region where your VIP account is created. If you change your country/region (whether temporarily or permanently), the rights and interests of your membership may be partially or completely unavailable. You also understand and agree that the video content as part of the Service of VIP Membership service varies from country to country and may change from time to time. The video content available for viewing in each country/region will only be the video content which we have lawful rights to broadcast in that country/region under the Service.
4.4.8 If your VIP Membership is entitled to video download, you may download some of the video content provided by the Service and watch it offline on supported devices ("Offline Movies"), but there may be many restrictions on the downloading and viewing offline of the Offline Movies, such as the number of the Offline Movies allowed to be downloaded by your account, restrictions of the country/region having the copyright of the video content, the number of the devices in which you can save the Offline Movies, and the time limit for you viewing the Offline Movies. In addition, if you surf the Internet in a country/region where you cannot view the Offline Movies online, you may not be able to play the Offline Movies in that country/region. Please note especially that: You can download and watch the video content offline provided by extra pay-per-view service if you are a VIP member or not. However, such download may also be restricted by many factors, including but not limited to the requirements of the copyright owner, service restrictions posed by your country/region, length of time allowed for download of the pay-per-view video, maximum amount or times allowed by your account for downloading offline video, etc. Specifics shall depend on the video content available for actual download and offline viewing during your pay-per-view watching period.
4.4.9 In addition to all other prohibitions contained in this Agreement, you agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations and the entire Agreement. Without our prior written consent, you shall not engage in the following behavior:
● broadcast, copy, download, upload, modify, compile, translate, distribute, develop, transfer, sell, rent, lease, display, disseminate any of our video content;
● synthesize, nest, link any of our video content;
● create derivative works by using the video content provided by us or use the video content for purposes other than your personal non-commercial entertainment;
● interfere or attempt to interfere with the Service, video content or the operation of the server or network connected to the Service in any way;
● avoid, delete, change or stop the video content protection measures in the Service;
● copy, change, alter, delete, adapt, translate, decompile or reverse engineer applications or programs related to the Service or video content;
● use or attempt to use the Service in a way that avoids the cost of use;
● copy, change, alter, delete or damage any trademark, service mark or other intellectual property rights displayed or provided through the Service;
● use any data mining, robotics or similar data collection and extraction tools in the Service, video content or any part thereof, or build any part of the Service or video content.
4.4.10 You understand that the display image quality of the video content provided by the Service may be affected by a variety of factors, including the device you use, your VIP Membership rights and interests, your location, the bandwidth you use and/or the speed of your internet connection, and the restrictions of the video content itself on the image quality (hereinafter referred to as "Viewing Factors"). You further understand that you may need to wait for a while before and when playing video content, and your waiting time will be affected by the Viewing Factors.
4.4.11 You understand that you may obtain relevant vouchers, activation codes or other virtual products provided by us or a third party during your usage of HiTV VIP Membership service. Such virtual products can only be used for the specific purpose or scope as publicized by HiTV product and shall not be returned, exchanged, redeemed for cash or transferred, traded or replaced, and cannot be restored once used. They all have a validity period for their use, which we will remind you accordingly.
4.4.12 Third-party Services
You understand that if you use products and/or services provided by a third party when using HiTV VIP Membership services, such third-party products and/or services do not constitute any part of HiTV VIP Membership services and shall be provided by the third party, who shall bear all corresponding responsibility. We remind you that when using such third-party services, you need to read carefully all applicable service rules. In the event of any conflict or dispute, you shall resolve it such with the third party directly, we will only provide necessary and reasonable assistance as allowed by the law.
4.5 Modification to This Agreement
We have the right to modify this Agreement (including the rights and interests of VIP Membership) from time to time at our sole discretion. In case of any change in the terms of this Agreement, we will publicize such modifications on our product or notify you through your email or other means. The modifications will take into effect fifteen (15) days after the update. Before the modifications take into effect, you can choose not to accept the modifications and cancel the Service. If the modification to this Agreement will result in the increase of your obligations or the decrease of our obligations, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, as your sole remedy, and only if required by law, you can without any charge, fine or cancellation fee refuse to modify and revoke or cancel the Service within fifteen (15) days after the modifications take into effect by sending us a refusal notice. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, if you continue to visit or use the Service after the period of change notice specified above, you will be deemed to fully accept and agree to all the modified entire Agreement, and be bound by the modified Service or subscription publicized or notified to you in our product. We suggest that you often check the terms of this Agreement and regularly check the information published in our product to better protect your rights and interests.
4.6 Suspension and Termination of the Service
4.6.1 The Service may be unavailable due to unforeseen or uncontrollable reasons, including but not limited to government actions, hacker attacks, virus attacks or other factors affecting the normal operation of the public Internet. In such a case, we will inform you as soon as possible. You know and agree that we will not be responsible for any loss caused by this situation and do not need to refund the subscription fee to you.
4.6.2 If you violate or fail to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, we have the right to decide whether to temporarily or permanently cancel your VIP membership at our sole discretion, and your subscription fee will not be refunded.
4.6.3 Without limiting our right to early termination as set forth in 4.6.2, we will cancel your order for the Service upon prior written notice to you to the extent permitted by applicable laws.
4.6.4 Our failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right, and the single or partial exercise of any right under this Agreement shall not exclude the exercise of any other right.
4.7 Privacy Policies
For the processing and protection of your personal information, your control of your personal information and other related content, please refer to the HiTV Privacy Policy .
4.8 Notice
In order to facilitate your access to relevant information regarding HiTV products and relevant information of the Service and this Agreement in time, you agree that we have the right to notify you through any of the following ways: webpage publicity, page prompt, pop-up window, message notice and your contact information (such as email, telephone, SMS, fax number and contact address). Any such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered to you on the sending date. If multiple notification methods are used at the same time, the delivery time shall be the above mentioned method which was used earliest.
4.9 Law Application and Governing Law
4.9.1 Both parties agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, the entire Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
4.9.2 Any dispute arising from or in connection with the entire Agreement (including but not limited to the implementation of the entire Agreement) shall be settled through friendly negotiation. Either party may also submit the dispute to Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) for arbitration in accordance with the HKIAC Arbitration Rules in force at the time of submission of the notice of arbitration. For the avoidance of doubt, friendly negotiation is not a prerequisite for the submission of the dispute to HKIAC for arbitration. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the parties. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong and the language of arbitration shall be Chinese. In case of any conflict between provisions of other sections of this Agreement and this section, this section shall prevail.
4.10 Miscellaneous
4.10.1 If you have any questions or comments (including questions or complaints) on this Agreement or the use of the Service, please contact us by email [email protected] or through customer contact channels provided by us. We will use our reasonable commercial effort to reply to you as soon as possible after receiving your questions or comments.
4.10.2 In case of any inconsistency between the name of product and/or service (such as type of membership and name of membership right and interest) of this Agreement and those displayed on the relevant service pages, those displayed on the relevant service pages shall prevail.
4.10.3 The term “including” means “including but not limiting to the foregoing”.
4.10.4 The entire Agreement is only applicable to you and you may not transfer your rights or obligations to any person. We can transfer the entire Agreement without sending prior notice to you and obtaining your consent, and after the transfer, the transferee will bear our rights and obligations under the entire Agreement, and we do not need to bear any liability for this Agreement.
4.10.5 Our failure to enforce a right or provision under the entire Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed as a waiver of that right or provision. If any provision (or part thereof) of the entire Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of other provisions (or part thereof) under the entire Agreement. A waiver of our breach of any provision of the entire Agreement does not constitute a waiver of our prior, in-process or subsequent breach of the same or any other provision. If any provision in the entire Agreement is illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be deemed to be severable from the entire Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of other provisions.
4.10.6 This Agreement, HiTV Privacy Policy , pricing, video content, products and service information, and relevant rules on the platform constitute the entire Agreement between you and us on accessing and using the Service and video content, and no one except us can modify it.
5. Uploading and Sharing Your Content
5.1 You fully understand and agree that the platform provided for you to upload, post, share and disseminate information shall only be used by you to upload, post, share, transmit and obtain information. Any content transmitted by or through our platform does not reflect our viewpoints or policies and we therefore shall not be responsible for any liabilities arising therefrom. You should make your own determination on relying on the correctness, completeness or practicability of the contents which provided by other users on our platform and assume all risks arising therefrom, and we shall not be responsible for any liability arising therefrom.
5.2 You acknowledge and agree that, unless otherwise required by applicable laws and/or regulations, we do not store the content uploaded, posted and shared by you and you should have a backup; we will monitor and scrutinize content uploaded on our platform as required by applicable laws and/or regulations. You acknowledge that we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any content, whether it is published or not, unless otherwise required by applicable laws and/or regulations.
5.3 If you upload, publish, share or transmit contents such as picture, text, audio and video on our platform, you will be deemed as its copyright owner or legally authorized person. Except as otherwise agreed to by us, your use of our platform to publish, disseminate and share shall be deemed that you have the right to the content and have agreed, in a permanent, irrevocable and free manner, to grant us a license to exercise all copyright rights of the content except those exclusive to the copyright owner worldwide (including but not limited to the rights of using, disseminating, modifying, operating, copying, publicly executing, publicly displaying or translating the content and the rights of creating derivative works thereof, including the right to transfer and safeguard). If you delete such content, such content will not be shown in your account. However, you acknowledge that the content already downloaded or forwarded by other users or third parties before your deletion may not be affected.
6. Protection of Your Personal Information
HiTV Privacy Policy introduces our collection, processing and protection of your personal information, and your control over such information while you’re using our services, please read it carefully.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 We reserve all rights concerning the contents you are using that are owned by us, or used by authorization and provided in HiTV Services or the ones protected by IPR as gained via HiTV Services, including but not limited to software, interfaces, interactive factors, LOGO, trademarks, logos, graphics, words, texts, sounds, audio, video, portraits, pictures, technologies, materials etc.
7.2 You may not copy, publish, rent, exhibit, show, project, broadcast, disseminate, shoot, adapt, translate, compile, create derivative productions of, provide for sales or usage of (unless explicitly authorized herein) HiTV Services and/or the contained contents or the contents obtained therefrom.
7.3 Software (and its technology) of HiTV Services
7.3.1 You may need to download our software in order to use HiTV Services. For such software, we only grant you revocable, limited, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use. You may download and use the software to access / use HiTV Services for non-commercial purposes only.
7.3.2 To improve user experience and ensure security and conformity of products and services, we may update the software from time to time. We suggest you upgrade your software to the latest version.
7.3.3 You may not copy, modify, publish, sell or rent our services or any part of the software, nor obtain the source code through reverse engineering, decompilation, disassembling, or other similar methods.
8. Advertising and Third-party Links
8.1 You acknowledge and agree that, we reserve the right to display commercial advertisements (including advertising links) or other type of commercial information (including but not limited to display advertisement at any spot of HiTV platform or in the content you uploaded or disseminated) during provision of HiTV Services, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
8.2 HiTV may decide, by its own discretion, the form, time, position and content of advertisement, without any interference of third party, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations.
8.3 You acknowledge and agree that, we may send you product promotion or relevant commercial information via email, e-message or other methods and will at the same time provide ways for you to unsubscribe.
8.4 HiTV Services may provide links to other international Internet sites or resources. We will follow the provisions of applicable laws and regulations to urge advertisers to perform relevant obligations, and you acknowledge and agree that, we have no actual control over such advertisers and advertising contents and that you need to be prudent concerning the authenticity and reliability of such advertisement. You shall be personally responsible for any act between you and the advertiser or advertisement owner and settle relevant dispute of any kind there between. We shall bear no extra responsibilities in this regard unless so required for the advertisement publisher by applicable laws and regulations, and we will provide necessary assistance according to law.
9. Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnification
9.1 Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any statutory rights that you are always entitled to as a user and that you cannot contractually agree to alter or waive. This Agreement and all disclaimers and limitations of our liability contained in this Agreement shall only apply to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable laws and/or regulations.
9.2 You understand and confirm that, unless otherwise agreed herein or required by applicable laws and regulations, HiTV services are provided according to the current status of the existing technologies and conditions. We make no express or implicit promises or warranties with respect to HiTV services (including technology and information) provided, including but not limited to the service content, special function of services or their reliability, availability and whether they meet your requirements, but we promise to continuously improve our service quality and service level. Unless otherwise stipulated by applicable laws and regulations and whether it’s foreseeable, we only bear the responsibility for our services to the maximum extent permitted by law, and shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, derivative or punitive losses and/or damages and loss of profit, business reputation, business opportunity, data or other tangible or intangible losses arising out of the services. We will not be responsible for any defamation, offense or other illegal conduct of any third party, and will not bear any loss suffered by you.
9.3 We may be held liable for the direct liability agreed herein only. Except as otherwise provided herein or stipulated by the applicable laws and/or regulations, in no event will we be held liable hereunder exceeding the total service fees charged by us for HiTV services.
9.4 You agree to defend (at our option), indemnify and hold harmless each of HiTV and its service providers from and against any and all claims or other disputes resulting from or related to:
9.4.1 Your breach of any provision of this Agreement;
9.4.2 Your violation, alleged violation or misappropriation of any intellectual property right;
9.4.3 Claims of any person that your acts damaged the rights and interests of a third party.
You shall use your best efforts to cooperate with us in the defense of any such claim. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.
9.5 You acknowledge and agree that we are obligated to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities, administrative organs or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any contents that are believed to violate this Agreement. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you in connection with any such inquiry; provided, however, that the inquiry in question is not confidential, and further provided that we shall have no duty to disclose such information and therefore shall not be liable to you in connection with any non-disclosure.
You acknowledge and agree that you waive all rights and agree to hold us harmless from any claims resulting from any action taken by us during or as a result of its investigations and/or from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either us or any law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
10 Service Change and Termination
10.1 To the maximum extent permitted by the applicable laws and/or regulations, we have the right to, according to our business development, temporarily or permanently change or terminate HiTV Services (or any part). We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any change or termination of HiTV Services. In the event that your rights and interests are damaged as a result of the change or termination of HiTV Services (or any part thereof), we will make reasonable compensation to you based on the confirmed actual and direct loss upon your application.
10.2 We reserve the right to suspend, terminate, cancel or withdraw your account, or terminate the use of HiTV Services, or change, delete, or transfer the contents that are stored and published by you on our platform based on proper causes, to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable laws and / or regulations, this Agreement, and any other rules of our platform.
10.3 Any obligation which expressly or by their nature should continue after termination, cancellation, or expiration of the Agreement shall survive and remain in effect after such termination, cancellation or expiration.
11 Notifications and Contact Information
11.1 All of our notifications to you hereunder may be done via announcement posted on our websites, email, SMS or any other means by which you could reasonably obtain notice thereof, and such notifications shall be deemed to have been delivered to you at the time of sending. If we send notifications via several means above at the meantime, such notifications delivery time refers to the earliest time of sending.
11.2 If you have any questions relating to this Agreement or matters related to the use of HiTV Services (including inquiries, complaints, etc.), you can contact us (i) by sending an email to [email protected]; (ii) other ways provided by HiTV. We will reply to you as soon as possible upon the receipt of your comments and suggestions.
12 About the Agreement
12.1 We may modify this Agreement from time to time and the modifications to this Agreement will take effect immediately after modification. If these modifications to this Agreement, in our sole discretion, make substantial reduction or significant alteration upon your rights hereunder, we will notify you via announcement posted on our platform, pop-ups, or any other means by which you could reasonably obtain notice before the modifications take effect. Please read the modifications to the Agreement carefully before continuing using HiTV Services. If you still choose to use HiTV Services, it shall be deemed that you have fully read ,acknowledge and agreed to be bind by this Agreement and the modifications.
12.2 You acknowledge and agree that, we reserve the right to transfer our rights and obligations hereunder in whole or in part to our affiliate companies. We reserve the right to transfer our right to claim under this agreement to our affiliate companies. Consequently, such companies will be entitled to demand claims (if applicable in accordance with the laws and/or regulations) as per relevant clauses of rights stipulated hereunder. Other than this, no other person or company shall be a third-party beneficiary of the agreement. You acknowledge and agree that in case of the forgoing transfer, we do not need to provide you any written notice of such transfer. We guarantee that our affiliate companies will continue to perform the obligations hereunder and your rights and interests herein will not be damaged due to such transfer.
12.3 The headings of this Agreement are only provided for convenience and readability and shall not affect the meanings or interpretations of any clause herein.
12.4 In any case any one or more of the clauses contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining clauses shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
12.5 Both parties agreed that this Agreement, as well as the execution and the interpretation of this Agreement, shall be subject to the laws of Hong Kong to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Any disputes that raised out of or related to this Agreement, including but not limited to carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, shall be negotiated by both parties through amicable settlement. In addition, both parties may also submit the dispute to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted. For the avoidance of doubt, amicable settlement via negotiation is not the prerequisite condition of the arbitration mentioned above. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in Chinese.
Country/Region Schedule——Special Terms
Malaysia
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, including:
1) Contain indecent, obscene, false, menacing or offensive;
Contain discriminatory material or comment, which is based on matters of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, or physical or mental handicap; You shall ensure that all content and information provided to us or published on the platform by you is true, complete, accurate and up-to-date and that you have all the necessary authority and right to publish or provide such content and information. You warrant that our use of any such content and information will not infringe the right (including without limitation the intellectual property rights) of any third party.
2) You shall not transmit or post (or cause to be transmitted or posted) through or on the platform and/or services any content and/or information which is or may be unlawful, technologically harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which (i) encourages or may encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; (ii) is offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person; (iii) may give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law; and/or (iv) violates or infringes or may violate or infringe the rights of others.”
Singapore
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, including:
1) material depicting nudity or genitalia in a manner calculated to titillate;
2) material promoting sexual violence or sexual activity involving coercion or non-consent of any kind;
3) material depicting a person or persons clearly engaged in explicit sexual activity;
4) material depicting a person who is, or appears to be, under 16 years of age in sexual activity, in a sexually provocative manner or in any other offensive manner;
5) material advocating homosexuality or lesbianism, or depicts or promotes incest, paedophilia, bestiality and necrophilia;
6) material depicting detailed or relished acts of extreme violence or cruelty;
7) material glorifying, inciting or endorsing ethnic, racial or religious hatred, strife or intolerance.”
Vietnam
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, including:
1) Posting and releasing information against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with contents that: (a) distort, defame and deny the people's government; (b) fabricate and cause panic among people; and (c) cause psychological warfare;
2) Posting and releasing information with content which: (a) causes division among classes of people, among the people with the people's government, the people's armed forces, political organizations, political - social organizations; (b) causes hatred, discrimination, divisions, ethnic separatism, infringement of equal rights of ethnic communities in Vietnam; (c) causes divisions between religious people and non-religious people, between the followers of different religions, division between religious believers with the people's government, political organizations, political - social organizations and insults religious beliefs; and (d) undermines the implementation of policies on international solidarity;
3) Posting and releasing information inciting war against the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
4) Distorting history; denying the revolutionary achievements; and offending the nation and national heroes;
5) Discloses information included in the list of state secrets, privacy and confidentiality of individuals;
6) Providing information advocating bad practices or superstitions; providing information about mysteries that cause confusion in society, adversely affecting the order and social safety and health of the community; Inciting violence; propagandizing depraved lifestyles; meticulously describing lewd acts or criminal behavior; providing information which does not match the habits and customs of Vietnam;
7) Providing false information, distorting, slandering or hurting the prestige of organizations, agencies, honor and dignity of individuals; or attributing guilt without a judgment from a court;
8) Providing information which affects the normal physical and spiritual development of children;
9) Printing, releasing, transmitting and broadcasting journalistic products, works or content in the journalistic works that has been suspended from release, revoked, confiscated, banned from circulation, removed, or destroyed, or content that has been corrected by the press agency;
10) Obstructing the printing, distribution, transmission and broadcasting of journalistic products or information products with legal journalistic characteristics to the public; and
11) Threatening or intimidating life, hurting the honor and dignity of journalists or reporters; or destroying or seizing vehicles, documents and obstructing journalists or reporters from professional activities in accordance with the regulations of law.”
Thailand
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, including:
1) distorted or false content which is likely to cause damage to the general public with malicious intent;
2) false content which is likely to cause damage to the national security, public safety, national economic stability, or infrastructure for the public benefit, or cause panic to the general public;
3) content that constitutes a criminal offence relating to the national security, terrorism, the royal family, and the relationship with foreign nations as prescribed under the Penal Code;
4) content that constitutes a criminal offence under the law relating to intellectual property;
5) content, in its character, which is contrary to Thai public order or the good morals;
6) content that could impair religion, especially Buddhism;
7) content that promote consumption of narcotic drugs or alcoholic beverages;
8) obscene or pornographic content, including child pornographic;
9) content or false content that could cause defamation, or creates hatred to the royal family;
10) news or any information that could be harmful to the national security;
11) criticism to the NCPO’s operation in bad faith, or any false information which could impair the NCPO’s credibility;
12) voices, photos, and videos in relation to the confidential operation of government agencies;
13) information which could cause controversy or polarization in the country;
14) information that invite or assemble people in order to oppose NPCO’s officials, or people associated with the NCPO;
15) information that could be a threat to commit an act of violence against other people, or cause panic or fear to the general public.”
Indonesia
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, including:
1) encouraging the general public to commit violence and gambling and abuse of narcotics, psychotropic substances and other addictive substances;
2) highlight pornography.
3) provoking conflicts between groups, between tribes, races and / or groups
4) defamation, harassment, and / or tarnish religious values.
5) encouraging the general public to act against the law.
6) degrading human dignity.”
11.About the Agreement: Clause 11.2 shall not apply and is hereby deleted in its entirety.
Canada
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content about harassment and cyberbullying, hate speech, impersonation, the promotion of firearms, nudity and sexual content, violent or graphic content, dangerous content, spam, the sale of illegal or regulated goods, violent criminal organizations, suicide or self-harm, and any content that links to or promotes third-party services that artificially inflate views, likes, subscribers, or other metrics is also prohibited. We strongly encourage educators to contact the owner of content before using it in classroom.
Users are prohibited from producing, uploading, copying, transmitting and disseminating any child pornography, any content showing a minor participating in dangerous activity or encouraging minors to engage in dangerous activities, any content that could cause minor participants or viewers emotional distress, such as exposing minors to mature themes, simulating parental abuse or coercing minors or violence, any content that misleads viewers by appearing to be family content, but contains sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences, or any content that targets individuals for abuse or humiliation, reveals personal information, such as email addresses or bank account numbers, records someone without their consent, sexually harasses, or encourages others to bullying or harassment.”
U.S.A
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users are prohibited from uploading, posting or linking to (i) any material that is inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, obscene, vulgar, libelous, racially or ethnically hateful, objectionable, or unlawful (or promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities or communications that could reasonably cause damage, loss, harm, or injury to any individual or group); (ii) anything that promotes or distributes pyramid schemes or chain letters, (iii) anything that could potentially exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or information, or otherwise exposing them to materials or information which in any way could cause damage, injury, or harm of any kind, or (iv) other disruptive, illegal or immoral communications of any kind.
Users are prohibited from abusing, defaming, harassing, stalking, threatening, intimidating, or otherwise violating the rights of others.”
Philippines
3.Rules of Service Use: The following shall be added after the second sentence of Clause 3.1.9:
“3.1.10 Users may not produce, upload, copy, transmit and disseminate prohibited content, such as:
1) Those which tend to incite subversion, insurrection, rebellion or sedition against the State, or otherwise threaten the economic and/or political stability of the State;
2) Those which tend to undermine the faith and confidence of the people in their government and/or the duly constituted authorities;
3) Those which glorify criminals or condone crimes;
4) Those which serve no other purpose but to satisfy the market for violence or pornography;
5) Those which tend to abet the traffic in and use of prohibited drugs;
6) Those which are libelous or defamatory to the good name and reputation of any person, whether living or dead; and
7) Those which may constitute contempt of court or of any quasi-judicial tribunal, or pertain to matter which are sub-judice in nature.”