ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

This acceptable use policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our websites.

Your use of our Websites means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our terms and conditions and the privacy and cookie policies.

Prohibited uses

The Websites may only be used by you for lawful purposes and may not, in any way or event, be used:

In any way that is unlawful (under local, national or international law) 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 send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not lawfully belong to you;

To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam);

To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of the Websites, or any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms and conditions;

Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

• any part of our site;
• any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
• any software used in the provision of our site; or
• any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Prohibited uses

We may from time to time provide on the Websites interactive services, including, but not limited to product reviews and customer feedback. Any interactive service will be provided with information as to the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is in use (including whether it is human or technical).

When contributing to the Websites through an interactive service you must ensure that your contributions must.

Be accurate (where they state facts);

Be genuinely held (where they state opinions);

Comply with all applicable law in the Philippines and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions by you to the Websites must not:

Contain any material which is defamatory of any person;

Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory;

Contain any sexually explicit material;

Contain, condone or promote violence;

Contain, condone or promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;

Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person;

Be likely to deceive or defraud any person;

Be unlawful (locally, nationally or internationally) in any way, or be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.

Contain, condone or promote any illegal activity;

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;

Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;

Give the impression that they emanate from us or any of our partners, if this is not the case.

Copyright

Any material you upload to the Websites will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and in uploading such material you allow us the have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to the Websites constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

Linking to our site

You may add a link to the home page of our Websites to any website owned or controlled by you, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. Any such link must not suggest, in either an explicit or implied manner, any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in this acceptable use policy.

The Websites must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the Websites other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without the need to give a reason and without notice.

If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please contact us.

Links from our site

Links on the Websites to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Suspension and termination

We will determine, at our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of the Websites. When a breach of this 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 the terms and conditions upon which you are permitted to use the Websites, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

Issue of a warning to you;

Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Websites;

Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site;

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.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Changes to the acceptable use policy

We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.