1. Introduction
Welcome to multippl!
Our mission is to create a Mixed Ethnicity World where we can engage with our cultures, celebrate our ethnicities and explore our heritage.
These Terms and Conditions of Use (these "Terms") apply to your access to and use of the website (our "Services") provided by multippl ("multippl", "we", "us", "our"). By clicking your consent ("Register", "Sign in") or by using our Services, you agree to be bound by (i) these terms, (ii) our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Guidelines, each of which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement and (iii) any terms disclosed and agreed to by you in the future (collectively, this "Agreement").
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use your information, and our Guidelines outline your responsibilities when using our Services.
If you do not accept and agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement, please do not use the Service.
We may update these Terms at any time.
If changes are made, you will be notified by revising the date at the bottom of the page and, in some cases, we may notify you via a statement on our website or provide you with a notification. If you continue to access and/or use our Services after changes have been made to our Terms, that indicates your agreement to be legally bounded by the updated and/or amended Terms.
2. Use of our Service
We want our Service to be as educational, entertaining and inspiring as possible by creating a community of likeminded people, but we also want it to be a safe, secure, and in accordance with legal regulation. We therefore ask you to meet a few requirements in order to be part of the multippl community:
Who Can Use multippl
If you meet these requirements you may wish to register for an account to access some or all of our Services. You may sign in using a third-party login, including Google or Facebook. If you choose to use your Facebook or Google login, you authorise us to access and use certain account information, including but not limited to your profile.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials you use to sign up for multippl. Please safeguard your password to the account and we recommend that you do not share these details with others.
How You Can't Use multippl
We don’t like users misbehaving in the multippl community. You can report any abuse or complain about Member Content by contacting us, outlining the abuse and/or complaint. We reserve the right to investigate any possible violations of these Terms, and we may, in our sole discretion, immediately terminate any user’s right to use of the App without prior notice.
We don’t control any of the things our users say or do, so you are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the App.
You understand that multippl does not currently conduct criminal background checks on its users. Multippl also does not inquire into the backgrounds of its users of attempt to verify the statement of its users. Multippl reserves the right to conduct any criminal background check or other screenings (such as sex offender registration searches) at any time and to use available public records for any purpose.
Permissions You Give To Us
We enable users to submit contributions (including without limitation any text, photographs, graphics, video, or audio material) to our Services (user Contributions) that we will Publish.
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to submit user Contributions or make contact with other users of our Service, you must comply with the standards set out in the Guidelines. You promise that any user Contribution complies with the Guidelines and you will fully reimburse us for any costs arising from breach of your promise.
You retain your rights to any content you submit, post or display on or through the Services.
Unless agreed in writing, by Contributing content on or through the Services, you irrevocably and unconditionally grant multippl a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable licence to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, reformat, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, transmit, distribute, perform, play, broadcast, commercialise and otherwise make available to the public such user Contribution (whether in whole or in part or copies of the same) in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future.
Multippl needs this license because you own your content and multippl therefore cannot display it without your permission.
This licence is also needed to distribute your content across our Services to grant to each user of our Services a non-exclusive licence to view, hear, read, stream, download, link to and otherwise access your user Contributions to our Services through our Services.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
All content Published on multippl remain the copyright of multippl. No part of this content may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the proper written permission of multippl.
Content on the Services may be protected by others' intellectual property rights. Please do not copy, upload, download, or share content unless you have the right to do so.
All information, data, text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, domain, pictures, videos, podcasts are therefore protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights and other intellectual property rights and are owned by or licensed to us.
multippl reserves the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing the intellectual property rights or others, and to terminate accounts of repeat infringers.
If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, we may change it if we believe it is appropriate or necessary. For example, if it impersonates someone or infringes someone's intellectual property.
4. Modifying our Services and Termination
We are always striving to kaizen (improve) the Service and bring users additional functionality that you will find engaging and useful. This means we may add new features or enhancements from time to time as well as remove some features. If these actions do not materially affect your rights or obligations, we may not notify you prior to the change. If any change requires Service maintenance, we will let you know beforehand.
You may terminate your account at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions in your "Account".
Multippl reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time with or without notice if we believe you have violated this Agreement.
5. Disclaimers and Indemnity by You
multippl aims to give you superb Services but there are some things that we cannot guarantee. Your use of our Services is at your sole risk. You understand that multippl provides the Service and any content posted or shared by users are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without any representation or warranties of any kind, implied or expressed, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
In addition, multippl does not represent or warrant that our Services will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that our Services or the servers that make them available are free of bugs or viruses. No advice or information obtained from multippl or through the Service will create any warranty or representation not expressly made in this paragraph.
multippl may provide information about third-party services, events, activities, products, or we may allow third parties to make their content readily available on or through our Services (collectively, "Third-Party Content"). We do not control or endorse, and we make no representations or warranties regarding, Third-Party Content, including, without limitation, any error, omission, or inaccuracy therein. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services is accessed at your own discretion and risk. Any Terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with any dealings on any third-party sites are solely between you and the relevant provider of that site and/or any relevant service.
6. Limitation of Liability
We accept no liability in respect of any user Contributions submitted by any of our users as well as Third-Party Content. Your use of our Services, and the content and/or any user Contributions is entirely at your own risk.
Our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and under no circumstances will multippl, its affiliates, employees, licensors or service providers, be liable for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, punitive, or enhanced damages, including, without limitation and whether incurred directly or indirectly, loss of data, income, profit or goodwill, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties arising out of your access to or use of the site, content or any user Contributions.
If you become dissatisfied in any way with the Services, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop your use of the Services.
7. Governing Law and Disputes
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Any disputes you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or you use of our Services, will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
8. Severability
If any part or parts of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which the terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid, or enforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining Terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
9. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend (if requested by us) and hold multippl and our officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the "multippl Parties") harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, investigations, liabilities, judgments, settlements and expenses, including legal fees, that directly or indirectly arise from or are otherwise directly or indirectly related to your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any law or rights, your access to or use of the Service, your Content, or your breach of these terms.
10. Changes
We may update these Terms from time to time. The most current version of the Terms will always be at multippl.com/terms. If changes are made you will be notified by revising the date at the bottom of the page and, in some cases, we may notify you via a statement on our website or provide you with a notification. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Services after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, please stop using our Services.
Effective Date
The Terms were last updated 1 August 2021