Last Modified: 17th August 2021
Acceptance of the Terms
Thank you for using Blocify! The Blocify mobile application, website and other services (collectively, the "Services") are owned and operated by Blocify Ltd, a limited liability company based in the United Kingdom ("Company," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms of Use ("Terms") are a legally binding contract and govern your interaction with the Services. We may occasionally update these Terms at our sole discretion and all changes made are effective immediately. By using the Services, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms.
1.1 You acknowledge and agree that any personal information that you provide or is collected in connection with the Services will be treated according to our Privacy Policy.
2.1 By using the Services, you agree that you meet all of the following eligibility requirements. If you do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Services.
2.2 Eligibility requirements:
2.2.1 To access the Services, you will be asked to register and provide personal information. You agree that all information that you provide during registration is correct, current and complete.
2.2.2 We reserve the right to remove any user account or associated details, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at our sole discretion.
2.2.3 You must be at least 13 years old to register with or use the Services. Children between the ages of 13 and 17 inclusive are required to have the consent of a parent or guardian.
2.2.4 If you provide or are provided with information as part of our security procedures or registration process, you must treat such information as confidential, and must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person or entity with access to the Services using your account or associated details. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised access to, or use of, your account or its associated details, or any other security breach.
2.2.5 You may register only once. By registering you agree that you are not yet a registered user of the Services or that you have deleted any previous account.
3.1 You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
3.2 You agree not to use the Services:
3.2.1 In any way that violates any applicable local or international laws or regulations (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from other countries).
3.2.2 In any way that exploits, harms or attempts to exploit or harm children in any way including, but not limited to, exposing them to inappropriate content or asking for personally identifiable information.
3.2.3 To transmit any advertising or promotional material not associated with the Services, including any "junk mail", "chain letters", "spam" or similar.
3.2.4 In any manner that could damage or impair the Services, or interfere with any other party's use of the Services.
3.3 You agree not to:
3.3.1 Manipulate the Services with automated means, including, without limitation, scraping data from the Services.
3.3.2 Use any manual process to copy or monitor any material on the Services without our prior written consent.
3.3.3 Circumvent any technology used by the Services, its licensors, or any associated third party for any reason, including without limitation, to carry out any unauthorised activity; interfere with the intellectual property rights of the Company; disrupt the Services; or take, download, or appropriate the personal data of other users without permission.
3.3.4 Introduce any malicious or technologically harmful material including, but not limited to, viruses, malware, trojans, or worms.
3.3.5 Attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Services.
3.3.6 Attack the Services via a denial-of-service attack, a distributed denial-of-service attack, or any other means.
3.3.7 Attempt to damage or impair the Services, or interfere with any other party's use of the Services.
4.1 These Terms are effective from either: (1) the date that you first access the Services; or (2) the date that you first submit any information to the Company; whichever is earlier. The Terms will remain effective until terminated in accordance with these Terms. Subject to clause 4.3, below, (which sets out those Terms that will continue to be effective after termination) all Terms will cease to be effective on termination. These Terms will terminate either: (1) if the Services are permanently discontinued; or (2) if your account is terminated.
4.2 We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services or any part or portion thereof, at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without notice to you. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services, or any part or portion thereof. Nothing in these Terms will be construed as obligating the Company to maintain or support the Services, or any part or portion thereof.
4.3 We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without notice, for any reason whatsoever. Upon termination of these Terms, your right to use the Services will immediately cease. Notwithstanding the above, all disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, Company rights of ownership and Company licenses will survive any termination.
5.1 The Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material own the Services and their contents, features, and functionality. The Services are protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual proprietary or property rights laws.
5.2 You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material provided through the Services. These Terms permit you to use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use only, except as expressly permitted in these Terms.
5.3 You acknowledge and agree that we own all right, title, and interest (including without limitation any and all copyrights, trademarks and service marks, trade dress, design rights, and other intellectual-property and proprietary rights) in and to the Services, as well as our names and trademarks. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company.
5.4 You agree to not copy or modify any materials from the Services, delete, interfere with, or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices of the Services, or access or use for any commercial purposes, except as permitted in these Terms, any part of the Services.
6.1 The Services may contain message boards, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, online magazines, blogs, requests for submissions, associated social networking components, competition platforms and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials including, but not limited to data, text, files, geo locations, sound, photos, videos, graphics, artwork, ideas, communications, designs, opinions, status updates, and physical activity (collectively, "User Contributions"). All User Contributions posted on or through the Interactive Services must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms.
6.2 You warrant that your User Contributions do not contain any confidential information belonging to another person or entity, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, recipes, formulas, programmes, codes, or copyrighted material such as literature, music, or art. By providing any User Contribution on or through the Interactive Services, you grant us, our affiliates, and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, disclose to third parties and otherwise exploit any such material for any purpose. You acknowledge and agree that:
6.2.1 We have the right to arrange the posting of User Contributions in any way we desire at our sole discretion.
6.2.2 We have no obligation to provide you with any credit when using your User Contributions, but in the event we choose to provide you with credit, the size and placement of the credit is at our sole discretion.
6.2.3 Any "moral rights" in your User Contributions have been waived.
6.2.4 You are not entitled to any compensation or other payment from us in connection with use of your User Content.
6.3 Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any User Contributions, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Contributions, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted through the Interactive Services. You agree to waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies you may have against us regarding any other party's User Contributions. Without limiting the foregoing, we and our designees have the right to remove any User Contributions that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable because the Company, in its sole discretion, considers that it might be offensive to any person. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any User Contributions available in connection with the Services, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such User Contributions.
6.4 You represent and warrant that:
6.4.1 You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions;
6.4.2 The User Contributions do not and will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party;
6.4.3 You have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns;
6.4.4 All of your User Contributions comply with these Terms.
6.5 You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.
7.1 These Content Standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of the Interactive Services. User Contributions must comply in their entirety with all applicable local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:
7.1.1 Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, could give rise to any criminal or civil liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms and our Privacy Policy, or is otherwise objectionable.
7.1.2 Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age, or similar.
7.1.3 Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act.
7.1.4 Violate legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others.
7.1.5 Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
7.1.6 Be reasonably likely to deceive any person or entity.
7.1.7 Unreasonably cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, or be reasonably likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
7.1.8 Be used to impersonate any person, or misrepresent the identity or affiliation with any person or organisation.
7.1.9 Give the impression that the User which created the Contribution emanates from or are endorsed by the Company or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
7.1.10 Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.
8.1 We reserve the right to:
8.1.1 Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any reason whatsoever at our sole discretion.
8.1.2 Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Services.
8.1.3 Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including without limitation, if we believe that such User Contribution:
8.1.3.1 Violates the Terms, including the User Content Standards.
8.1.3.2 Infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity.
8.1.3.3 Threatens the personal safety of users of the Services or the public.
8.1.3.4 Could create liability for the Company.
8.1.4 Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
8.1.5 Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Services for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms.
8.1.6 Fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone using or registered with the Services.
8.2 You agree to waive any claims which may result from any action taken in accordance with this Section 8 by the Company or its affiliates, licensees or service providers, including, but not limited to, in the following circumstances:
8.2.1 During or as a result of its investigations; or
8.2.2 As a consequence of investigations by such parties or law enforcement authorities.
8.3 We will not tolerate objectionable content that violates our Content Standards and will make good faith efforts to act on any report received regarding such content within twenty four (24) hours of receipt by reviewing and/or removing any content that violates our Content Standards, terminating or suspending access of the applicable user who provided such content and/or taking any other appropriate enforcement action.
8.4 We do not attempt to review any material or content before it is posted on the Services, and may be unable to ensure prompt removal of all objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we are not liable for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We are not liable or responsible to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
9.1 The Services may include content provided by third parties, including, without limitation, materials provided by other users, bloggers, and third-party licensors, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to this content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
9.2 The information presented on or through the Services is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information or its suitability for you. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We assume no liability or responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Services, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
10.1 The Services may contain links to other materials and resources provided by third parties. These links are provided for your convenience only, and the Company accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party materials or resources linked to the Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such materials or resources.
11.1 If you believe that any User Contributions (or any other part of the Services) infringes your copyright, please provide us with a written notice that includes the following:
11.1.1 Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed.
11.1.2 Identification of the material on the Services that you believe infringes your copyright.
11.1.3 A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material at issue is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
11.1.4 A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the copyright at issue (or that you are authorised to act on behalf of that owner).
11.1.5 Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
11.1.6 Your physical or electronic signature.
11.2 Upon receiving notice of a claimed copyright infringement, we will remove the allegedly infringing material under the following procedures.
11.3 We may give notice to the user who submitted the material in dispute by means of a general notice on the Services or through the use of any e-mail or other contact information that the user may have provided to us. If you receive such a notice, and you believe that material has been mistakenly removed from the Services, you may provide us with a written counter-notice, which must include the following:
11.3.1 Identification of the material on the Services that was removed, with specific detail to allow us to locate where the material appeared on the Services.
11.3.2 A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
11.3.3 Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
11.3.4 Your physical or electronic signature.
11.4 Please address and send all copyright notices and counter-notices to copyright@blocify.app
12.1 The Services may offer competition features from time to time which allow you or other third parties to host sweepstakes and skill-based competitions (each a "Competition"). To the extent that you use the Services to organise a competition, we are not responsible for preparing or providing any of the terms or conditions for such competition, and you are solely responsible for providing such competition in accordance with applicable laws or regulations. To the extent that you use the Services to participate in any competition, we are not responsible for ensuring that the competition host offers the competition in accordance with its terms or conditions or applicable laws or regulations.
13.1 The Services are designed for recreational and entertainment purposes only. You should consult a medical professional before beginning a new athletic activity. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your healthcare professional because of information you may have obtained while using the Services. Do not use the Services if your physician or health care provider advises against it. If you experience faintness, dizziness, pain, shortness of breath, or similar symptoms at any time while exercising, you should stop immediately.
13.2 You should not rely on information provided through the Services as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Nothing stated or posted or otherwise available using the Services is intended to be, and must not be taken to be, the practice of medical or counseling care. For purposes of this agreement, the practice of medicine and counseling includes, without limitation, providing health care treatment, instructions, diagnosis, prognosis or advice.
14.1 You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Services will be free of viruses or other malicious code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for device protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Services for any reconstruction of any lost data. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by an attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Services or any services or items obtained through the Services or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any services linked to it.
14.2 Your use of the Services, its content and any services or items obtained through the Services is at your own risk. The Services, its content and any services or items obtained through the Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Neither the Company nor any person or entity associated with the Company makes any warranty or representation with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, quality, accuracy or availability of the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor anyone associated with the Company represents or warrants that the Services, its content or any services or items obtained through the Services will be accurate, reliable, error-free or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that our Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or other harmful components or that the Services or any services or items obtained through the Services will otherwise meet your needs or expectations.
14.3 You agree that any athletic activities you engage in associated with the use of the Services carry certain inherent and significant risks of property damage, bodily injury or death and that you voluntarily assume all known and unknown risks associated with these activities even if caused in whole or part by the action, inaction or negligence of the Company or its associated third parties, providers, or other entities.
14.4 You agree to release the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, representatives, employees, partners and licensors (the "Released Parties") from any and all liability connected with your athletic activities, and agree not to take legal action or otherwise against the released parties for any claims, actions, injuries, damages, or losses associated with your athletic activities.
14.5 You agree that in no event shall the Released Parties be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with:
14.5.1 Your use or misuse of the Services.
14.5.2 Your dealings with third party service providers or advertisers available through the Services.
14.5.3 Any delay or inability to use the Services experienced by you.
14.5.4 Any information, software, products, services or content obtained through the Services, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of damages.
14.5.5 Damages that you or any other person may suffer, directly or indirectly, for any cause whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the provision of the Services, including damages for loss of data, opportunity, reputation, revenue or profit.
14.6 The Company hereby disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for particular purpose.
15.1 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, your participation in Competitions, any use of content, services and products on the Services other than as expressly authorised in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from the Services.
16.1 The owner of the Services is based in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. We provide the Services for use only by persons located in the United Kingdom. We make no claims that the Services or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United Kingdom. Access to the Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Services from outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
17.1 All matters relating to the Services, these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Northern Ireland without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
17.2 Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the courts of Northern Ireland, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your state or country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
18.1 These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to matters set forth in these Terms and supersede any prior or contemporaneous understanding or agreement; and there are no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms. These Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of any assignees or successors in title of you or us. Section and paragraph headings in these Terms are used for convenience and reference only and in no way define, limit, extend or otherwise describe the scope or intent of these Terms and may not affect the meaning or interpretation of these Terms. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be reformed and construed consistently with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of these Terms; and in any event, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of the provisions of these Terms is a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor does any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
These Services are provided by Blocify Ltd.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to: contact@blocify.app