Acceptable Use Policy US

PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEBSITE.

What is in these terms?

This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our website, www.joonbyrd.com (Website), correspond with us via the Website, make contact with other users on the Website, link to the Website, or interact with the Website in any other way. It should be read alongside our Website Terms and Conditions.

Prohibited uses

You may not use the Website:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or reuse any material which does not comply with our content standards, as set out below.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
• In any way that involves child sexual exploitation or abuse.
• To upload, post, store, transmit, display, copy, distribute, promote, make available or otherwise communicate to the public:
  • Terrorist content;
  • any content that is offensive, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, racist, sexually explicit, ethnically or culturally offensive, indecent, that promotes violence, terrorism, or illegal acts, incites hatred on grounds of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation, or is otherwise objectionable in Joonbyrd’s sole and reasonable discretion;
  • any nude or sexually suggestive photographs;
  • any information, content or other material that violates, plagiarizes, misappropriates or infringes the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark rights, rights of privacy or publicity, confidential information or any other right;
  • any content that violates, breaches or is contrary to any law, rule, regulation, court order or is otherwise  illegal or unlawful in Joonbyrd’s sole and reasonable opinion;
  • any material of any kind that contains any virus, Trojan horse, spyware, adware, malware, bot, time bomb, worm, or other harmful or malicious component, which will or might overburden, impair or disrupt the Website or servers or networks forming part of, or connected to, the Website, or which does or might restrict or inhibit any other user's use and enjoyment of the Website;
  • any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional messages, spam or any other form of solicitation; or
  • impersonates another person or contains photographs, images, or audio of another person without that person’s permission or, if the person is a minor, the minor’s legal guardian.

You may not violate, circumvent or attempt to violate or circumvent any data security measures employed by Joonbyrd; access or attempt to access data or materials which are not intended for your use; log into, or attempt to log into, a server or account which you are not authorized to access; attempt to scan or test the vulnerability of Joonbyrd’s servers, system or network or attempt to breach Joonbyrd’s data security or authentication procedures; attempt to interfere with the Website by any means including, without limitation, hacking Joonbyrd's servers or systems, submitting a virus, overloading, mail-bombing or crashing. Without limitation to any other rights or remedies of Joonbyrd under these terms, Joonbyrd reserves the right to investigate any situation that appears to involve any of the above, and may report such matters to, and cooperate with, appropriate law enforcement authorities in prosecuting any users who have participated in any such violations.

You also agree:

• Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or resell any part of the Website in contravention of the provisions of the Website Terms and Conditions;
• Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
• Any part of the Website;
• Any equipment or network on which the Website is stored;
• Any software used in the provision of the Website; or
• Any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party. 

Content Standards

These Content Standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to the Website, or when you correspond with us via the Website (Contribution).

The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

Joonbyrd Limited will determine, at its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.

A Contribution:

• Must be accurate (where it states facts).
• Must not constitute medical advice.
• Only contain opinions that are genuinely held.
• Must comply with the law applicable in any country from which it is posted and to which the website is targeted.

A Contribution must not:

• Be defamatory of any person.
• Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
• Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
• Encourage, promote or provide instructions for deliberate self-harm.
• Encourage, promote or provide instructions for suicide.
• Encourage, promote or provide instructions for an eating disorder or behaviours associated with an eating disorder.
• Promote sexually explicit material.
• Include child sexual abuse material.
• Incite violence or hatred against particular groups.
• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
• Include content that would be considered a criminal offence under laws relating to terrorism, child sexual abuse material, racism or xenophobia.
• Infringe any copyright, database right, trademark, or any other intellectual property right of any other person.
• Otherwise give rise to liability for you or Joonbyrd.
• Include material that might impair the physical, mental or moral development of persons under the age of 18.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
• Contain illegal content or promote any illegal content or activity.
• Be in contempt of court.
• Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
• Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from Joonbyrd Limited or Dr Alexis Granite, or of any director or employee of Joonbyrd Limited (who may vary from time to time) if this is not the case.
• Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
• Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
• Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.
• Violate any agreement between you and Joonbyrd or any third party.

Breach of this policy

When we consider that a breach of this Acceptable Use Policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. 

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of our Website Terms and Conditions upon which you are permitted to use the Website, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

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

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