Effective as from February 2016 Last updated 15th November 2020
This online personal service is a way for adults to meet each other (the "Service"). The Service is provided by MeetLocals.nl.
This legal agreement is made between You and MeetLocals.nl, a company registered in the Netherlands under 82569797 that governs your use of the services provided by MeetLocals.nl. This Agreement applies to all of Our sites that are offering the Service. Please read this Agreement carefully before registering for the Service. By registering for the Service, You become a member (a "Member"), and You agree to be bound by the terms of use of this Agreement for as long as You continue to be a Member. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE SERVICE. THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES MADE BY US, AT ANY TIME, EFFECTIVE UPON NOTICE TO YOU, WHICH NOTICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED UPON OUR POSTING OF THE CURRENT VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT ON THE SERVICE.
In this Agreement the following words have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) You will use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. You will not include in Your profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URL's or email addresses, other than where You are specifically asked for such information in the Confidential Personal Information section of the Service. You will not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other members to buy or sell any products or services through the Service. You will not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other members. You are solely responsible for Your interactions with other members. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor and/or mediate disputes between You and other members.
(2) You are solely responsible for the content or information You publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other members. You will not post on the Service, or transmit to other members or to Us or Our employees, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). You will not include in Your profile any offensive anatomical or sexual references, or offensive sexually suggestive or connotative language, and You will not post any photos containing nudity or personal information. We reserve the right, but We have no obligation, to reject any profile or photo that does not comply with the prohibitions set forth in this section and, to the extent that We determine, in Our sole discretion, to do so, You shall not be entitled to a refund of any unused subscription payments that We have received from You.
(3) Email communications sent from Us or through Us are designed to make your online personals experience enjoyable. By becoming a member, You specifically agree to accept and consent to receiving email communications initiated from Us or through Us including, without limitation: message notification emails, Your Match emails, emails informing you about events and parties We organize, emails informing You of promotions We run and emails informing You of changes to the Service. Should You not wish to receive any of Our email communications, please do not register with Us for the Service.
(4) You agree that We have no responsibility or liability for the deletion, corruption or failure to store any messages or other content maintained or transmitted by Our Service. You acknowledge that features, parameters or other services We provide may change at any time. You acknowledge that We reserve the right to sign out, terminate, delete or purge Your account from the Service if it is inactive. "Inactive" means that you have not signed in to the Service for a particular period of time, as determined by Us, in Our sole discretion (currently, we consider an account to be Inactive after 12 months).
(5) Our customer service employees are here to make your online experience enjoyable by providing assistance and guidance to You. When speaking to Our customer service employees on the phone or communicating with them by any other means, You undertake not to be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing or racially offensive. Should any of Our customer service employees feel, at any given point, threatened or offended by Your conduct, We reserve the right to immediately terminate Your membership and You shall not be entitled to the refund of any subscription payments We have received from You.
(6) Interactions with Other Users. You are responsible for your use of the Services. This includes all risks associated with any online or offline interactions with others, including dating. There is no substitute for acting with caution when communicating with any stranger who wants to meet you.
MeetLocals.nl is not responsible for the conduct of its users or their compatibility with you. You agree that MeetLocals.nl is under no obligation to screen its users, inquire into the background of its users or attempt to verify information provided by its users. You agree that not all users are available for matching and that MeetLocals.nl may create test profiles or accounts to monitor the operation of the Services.
We are entitled to investigate and terminate Your membership if You have misused the Service, or behaved in a way which could be regarded as inappropriate, unlawful or illegal. The following is a partial, but not exhaustive, list of the types of actions that are illegal or prohibited under this Agreement:
(a)
You will not impersonate any person or entity.
(b) You will not "stalk" or otherwise harass any person.
(c) You will not express or imply that any statements You make are
endorsed by Us, without Our specific prior written consent.
(d) You will not use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval
application, or other manual or automatic device or process to
retrieve, index, "data mine," or, in any way reproduce or
circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the
Service or its contents.
(e) You will not post, distribute or reproduce, in any way, any
copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information
without obtaining the prior consent of the owner of such
proprietary rights.
(f) You will not remove any copyright, trademark or other
proprietary rights notices contained in the Service.
(g) You will not interfere with or disrupt any Service or any
site, servers or networks connected to any Service or site.
(h) You will not post, email or otherwise transmit any material
that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files
or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment.
(i) You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted
through the Service.
(j) You will not "frame" or "mirror" any part of the Service,
without Our specific prior written consent.
(k) You will not use meta tags or code or other devices containing
any reference to Us or the Service or the site connected to the
Service in order to direct any person to any other web site for
any purpose.
(l) You will not modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell,
reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any
portion of the Service or any software used on or for the Service
or cause or enable others to do so.
(m) You will not use the Service for any illegal purposes, including, without limitation, prostitution and/or solicitation.
(n) You will not make false statements, attempt or use personal, financial or other information that you are not authorized to use
(o) You will not collect or store personal data about other users or members without their consent, or upload, post, email or transmit any other users or members private information or data or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing.
We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in our sole discretion against anyone who violates this Section 6 or any other provision of these Terms, including, without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service, terminating the violator's access to the Site and contacting and disclosing information to the relevant authorities.
(I) Your breach of this Agreement; (II) any allegation that any materials that You submit to Us or transmit to the Service infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; and/or (III) Your activities in connection with the Service. This indemnity shall be applicable without regard to the negligence of any party, including any indemnified person.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, BUT WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION, TO MONITOR THE MATERIALS POSTED IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE SERVICE. WE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY SUCH MATERIAL THAT, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, VIOLATES, OR IS ALLEGED TO VIOLATE, THE LAW OR THIS AGREEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS RIGHT, YOU REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE MATERIALS YOU POST IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE SERVICE AND IN YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL MESSAGES. EMAILS SENT BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL BE TREATED BY US AS PRIVATE TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Although each member must agree to Our terms of use, We cannot guarantee that each member is at least the required minimum age, nor do we accept responsibility or liability for any content, communication or other use or access of the Service by persons under the age of 18 in violation of this Agreement. Also, it is possible that other members or users (including unauthorized users, or "hackers") may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the Service and that You may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is remotely possible for others to obtain personal information about You due to Your use of the Service, and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure You. We are not responsible for the use of any personal information that You disclose on the Service. Please carefully select the type of information that You post on the Service or release to others. WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF OTHER MEMBERS OR USERS (INCLUDING UNAUTHORIZED USERS), WHETHER SUCH ACTS OR OMISSIONS OCCUR DURING THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE.