Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy establishes the terms governing your use of the AVATAR FACTORIES platform, hereafter referred to as “we” or “us.” It applies to all users and visitors to our platform [avatarfactories.com]. By utilizing our platform, you acknowledge your acceptance and adherence to the policies outlined in this Acceptable Use Policy, which complements and is part of our primary Terms of Use for the platform.

Prohibited Uses

You are only permitted to use our platform for lawful purposes. Therefore, you may not use our platform:

1. In any way that violates local or international laws or regulations.
2. In an unlawful or fraudulent manner, or with any unlawful or fraudulent intent or effect.
3. To transmit, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or reuse any material that does not conform to our content standards, as articulated in our current terms and conditions, subject to periodic amendments.
4. To knowingly send any data, transmit materials containing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful computer code designed to negatively affect the operation of computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

1. Not to replicate, duplicate, copy, or resell any portion of our platform in violation of the provisions set out in our Terms of Use.
2. Not to access, interfere with, damage, or disrupt our platform, the equipment or network storing our platform, the software utilized in providing our platform, or the equipment, network, or software owned or used by any third party without authorization.

Content Standards

These content standards pertain to all information and materials you post or upload on our platform, collectively referred to as “Contributions.”

Contributions must:

Adhere to Hong Kong law, especially the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486), and the laws of the jurisdiction from which they are posted.
Be placed in the relevant categories.

You are responsible for ensuring that all Contributions are current, authentic, truthful, and accurate. You must possess ownership rights, rights, consents, or licenses necessary to upload and post Contributions to our platform.

Contributions must not:

1. Infringe the intellectual property rights of any individual.
2. Be made in violation of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty, a duty of confidence, or any duty under law.
3. Contain defamatory, obscene, offensive, or inflammatory content, or promote any illegal activity, discrimination, violence, ill-will, or hostility.
4. Threaten or abuse, invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, alarm, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to any other person.
5. Be used to impersonate any person, misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
6. Give the impression that they originate from us when this is not the case.
7. Advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act or contain material of a criminal nature.

We reserve the right to request you to amend or delete Contributions if they contravene this acceptable use policy.

Should you choose to terminate your account with us, you may delete all previous Contributions and retain a copy.

Suspension and Termination

We will determine, at our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our platform. In the event of a policy breach, we may take appropriate action, which may include:

1. Immediate temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our platform.
2. Immediate temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution.
3. Issuance of a warning to you.
4. Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis, including reasonable administrative and legal costs resulting from the breach.
5. Further legal action against you.
6. Disclosure of your information to law enforcement authorities as deemed necessary.

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

Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy

We may amend this acceptable use policy at any time by modifying this page. You are responsible for periodically reviewing this page, as any alterations are legally binding. Some provisions in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our platform.