Source: https://www.tooting.ch/terms
Timestamp: 2019-02-16 14:15:32
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tooting.ch Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - Tooting.ch
Terms of Service Last Updated: February 3, 2019
Here are the important things you need to know about accessing and using the tooting.ch (https://tooting.ch/) website and service (collectively, "Service"). These are our terms of service ("Terms"). Please read them carefully.
If you access or use the Service, it means you agree to be bound by all of the terms below. So, before you use the Service, please read all of the terms. If you don't agree to all of the terms below, please do not use the Service. Also, if a term does not make sense to you, please let us know by e-mailing admin@tooting.ch.
From time to time, we may provide you with links to third party websites or services that we do not own or control. Your use of the Service may also include the use of applications that are developed or owned by a third party. Your use of such third party applications, websites, and services is governed by that party’s own terms of service or privacy policies. We encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any third party application, website or service that you visit or use. Note that while tooting.ch itself does not work directly with advertisers, third party applications may contain advertising or marketing materials provided by such third parties.
When you create an account you also agree to maintain the security of your password and accept all risks of unauthorized access to your account data and any other information you provide to tooting.ch.
If you discover or suspect any Service security breaches, please let us know as soon as possible. For security holes in the Mastodon software itself, please contact the developers directly.
Since Mastodon is a distributed social network, it is possible, depending on the visibility rules set to your content, that your content has been distributed to other Mastodon instances. When you delete your content, we will request those other instances to also delete the content. Our responsibility on the content being deleted from those other instances ends here. If for some reason, some other instance does not delete the content, we cannot be held responsible.
In order to make tooting.ch a great place for all of us, please do not post, link and otherwise make available on or through the Service any of the following:
No human rights protection for hate speech
Incitement to hatred directly and indirectly places victims in a state of fear and anguish, thus creating a breeding ground for physical and violent aggression. Such calls are not protected on the Internet either, because the network is not a lawless area. Bloggers, social media users or persons expressing themselves in comment forums are certainly protected by freedom of expression (art. 10 ECHR). However, this right may be restricted in all matters relating to the prevention of crime, the protection of health and morals or the protection of the rights of others.
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Swiss Federal Constitution stipulate that fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression (art. 16 and 17 of the Constitution), may be restricted under certain conditions (art. 36 of the Constitution). With regard to comments on the Internet, there are criminal barriers in Swiss legislation in particular. Thus, defamation (art. 173 ff. of the Swiss Criminal Code), public provocation to crime or violence (art. 259 of the Criminal Code) and racial discrimination (art. 261bis of the Criminal Code) are prohibited. In addition, the Civil Code provides protection against aggressive messages, in particular in the event of a violation of personality (art. 28 of the Criminal Code).
Hate speech on the Internet is punishable in Switzerland.
Bloggers are, as a rule, responsible as authors for their texts or comments published on the Internet. However, many bloggers use a pseudonym and therefore surf the Internet anonymously. If it is not possible to determine the identity of a blogger, the editor responsible for the media is punishable under art. 28 of the Criminal Code. If there is no editor, the person responsible for the publication is punishable. Similarly, where there is a failure to prevent a punishable publication, art. 322 of the Criminal Code applies. Discriminatory statements (art. 261bis para. 4 of the Criminal Code) are considered serious violations of freedom of expression, so that not only bloggers are held responsible but also all those who participated in the publication.
This Service runs on a Mastodon social network server. This source code is licensed under an AGPLv3 license which means you are allowed to and even encouraged to take the source code, modify it and use it.
For full details about the Mastodon server see here.
tooting.ch makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for third party websites accessible by hyperlink from the Service or websites linking to the Service. When you leave the Service, you should be aware that these Terms and our policies no longer govern.
In no event will tooting.ch be liable to you or any third party for any special, indirect, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Service or any other service and/or content included on or otherwise made available to you through the Service, regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or are aware of the possibility of such damages. This section will be given full effect even if any remedy specified in this agreement is deemed to have failed of its essential purpose.
The validity of these Terms and the rights, obligations, and relations of the parties under these Terms will be construed and determined under and in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with tooting.ch, or in any way relating to your use of the tooting.ch website or Service, resides in the courts of Switzerland and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Switzerland in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving tooting.ch. You further agree that you and tooting.ch will not commence against the other a class action, class arbitration or other representative action or proceeding.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and tooting.ch regarding the use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and tooting.ch relating to your use of the Service.
We love feedback. Please let us know what you think of the Service, these Terms and, in general, tooting.ch. When you provide us with any feedback, comments or suggestions about the Service, these Terms and, in general, tooting.ch, you irrevocably assign to us all of your right, title and interest in and to your feedback, comments and suggestions.
Questions or comments about the Service may be directed to us at the email address admin@tooting.ch.
Privacy Policy Last Updated: February 3, 2019
Our privacy policy applies to information we collect when you use or access our website located at https://tooting.ch/ and social networking services, or just interact with us. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Whenever we make changes to this privacy policy, the changes are effective six (6) weeks after we post the revised privacy policy to our website (as indicated by revising the date at the top of our privacy policy). We encourage you to review our privacy policy whenever you access our services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.
Communicate with you about tooting.ch-related news and information;
To enforce applicable user agreements or policies, including our terms of service; and to protect tooting.ch, our users or the public from harm or illegal activities;
In connection with any merger, sale of tooting.ch assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company or individual; and
tooting.ch takes reasonable measures to help protect personal information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.