Acceptable Use Policy


OCEAN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THIS POLICY – PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY

This Policy applies to your use of Ocean and all Content on Ocean and forms part of your agreement with us. This Policy sets out what is and is not permitted on Ocean.

In this Policy, defined terms have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use for all Users.

1. Do not use Ocean except for your own personal use and do not sell, rent, transfer, or share your account or any Content obtained from your use of Ocean to or with anyone else.

2. Only use Ocean in a manner and for a purpose that is lawful.

3. Do not upload, post, display, or publish Content on Ocean that is illegal, fraudulent, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, threatening or harassing, or which encourages or promotes violence or any illegal activity.

4. Do not use Ocean in any way which may exploit, harm, or attempt to exploit or harm any individual, for example by exposing them to inappropriate Content or committing or attempting to commit any individual that lacks legal capacity to enter into a legally binding contractual relationship without the execution of a Parental Consent.

5. Do not upload, post, display, or publish Content on Ocean that:

5.a. shows, promotes, advertises or refers to:

5.a.i. drugs or drug paraphernalia;
5a.ii. self-harm or suicide;
5.a.iii. sexual content or the depiction of sexual behavior, explicitly or implicitly. 

5.b. contains sexual content of any kind or the depiction of sexual behavior, explicitly or implicitly.

5.c. contains, promotes, advertises or refers to an intention to vilify, humiliate, dehumanize, attack, threaten, or incite hatred, fear of, or violence against, a group or individual based on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, caste, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, serious disease, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic;

5.d. contains or refers to anyone else’s personal data or private or confidential information (for example, telephone numbers, location information (including street addresses and GPS coordinates), names, identity documents, email addresses, log-in credentials for Ocean including passwords and security questions, financial information including bank account and credit card details, biometric data, and medical records) without that person’s express written consent;

5.e. gives the impression that it comes from or is approved, licensed or endorsed by us or any other person or company;

5.f. causes or is calculated to cause inconvenience, or anxiety to anyone else or which is likely to upset, embarrass, or cause serious offence to anyone else;

5.g. is used or is intended to be used to extract money or another benefit from anyone else in exchange for removal of the Content; and/or

5.h. involves or promotes third-party commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, product placements, advertising, or job posting or employment ads without our prior express consent.

6. Do not use Ocean to stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten or intimidate anyone else.

7. Do not use Ocean to engage in misleading or deceptive conduct, or conduct that is likely to mislead or deceive any other User.

8. Respect the intellectual property rights of Creators, including by not recording, reproducing, sharing, communicating to the public or otherwise distributing their Content without authorization.

9. Do not do anything that violates our or someone else’s rights, including intellectual property rights (examples of which are copyright, trademarks, confidential information, and goodwill), personality rights, unfair competition, privacy, and data protection rights.

10. Do not impersonate us, one of our employees, another User, or any other person or company or falsely state or suggest any affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship between you and us or any other person or company.

11. Do not provide false account registration information or make unauthorized use of anyone else’s information or Content.

12. Do not post or cause to be posted any Content which is spam, which has the intention or effect of artificially increasing any Creator’s views or interactions, or which is otherwise inauthentic, repetitive, misleading or low quality.

13. Do not transmit, stream, or otherwise send any pre-recorded audio or video material during a live stream or otherwise attempt to pass off recorded material as a live stream.

14. Do not use other media or methods (for example the use of codewords or signals) to communicate anything which violates this Policy.

15. Do not reproduce, print, distribute, attempt to download, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any Content, except as permitted under the Terms of Service.

16. Do not knowingly introduce any viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material into Content which is or may be malicious or technologically harmful.

17. Do not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover or derive the source code of Ocean.

18. Do not use Ocean in a way that could adversely affect our systems or security or interfere with any other User’s use of Ocean, including their ability to engage in real-time activities through Ocean.

19. Do not use any automated program, tool or process (such as web crawlers, robots, bots, spiders, and automated scripts) to access Ocean or any server, network or system associated with Ocean, or to extract, scrape, collect, harvest or gather Content or information from Ocean.

20. Do not use Ocean’ name, logo or any related or similar names, logos, product and service names, designs, or slogans other than in the limited ways which are expressly permitted in the Terms of Service or with our prior written agreement.

Breaches of this Policy may lead to your account being suspended or terminated, and access to your earnings being revoked, as set out in the Terms of Service.