This Acceptable Use Policy explains what you may and may not do when you use Partyhat. It applies to everyone who uses the Services, including Brands, Brand representatives, and Participants. It restates rules from our Terms of Service, and capitalized terms have the meanings given there. If this Policy and the Terms differ, the Terms control. Our Code of Conduct explains the principles behind these rules.
1. Rules for everyone
You will not, and will not allow anyone else to:
- Copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, sublicense, or create derivative works of the Services.
- Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise try to derive the source code of the Services, except where the law expressly allows it.
- Remove, change, or hide any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice in the Services.
- Access the Services with bots, scrapers, crawlers, or other automated means, except through interfaces we expressly provide for that purpose.
- Interfere with or disrupt the Services, get around any security or access control, or probe, scan, or test our systems for vulnerabilities.
- Use the Services to build a competing product, or publish benchmarks of the Services without our written consent.
- Upload or transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code.
- Impersonate any person or organization, or misrepresent your identity, age, or affiliation.
- Use the Services to harass, threaten, defame, or harm anyone, or to post or request content that is unlawful, false, misleading, infringing, hateful, sexually explicit, or that violates anyone's privacy or publicity rights.
- Break any applicable law, including the Federal Trade Commission Act, the FTC's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (16 C.F.R. Part 255), the FTC's Trade Regulation Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials (16 C.F.R. Part 465), and consumer protection, privacy, and anti-spam laws.
- Break the terms, community guidelines, or policies of any Third-Party Platform.
2. Prohibited Campaigns
Partyhat may not be used for Campaigns that promote or relate to:
- political candidates, parties, ballot measures, elections, or political or issue advocacy;
- adult or sexually explicit products, services, or content;
- cannabis, CBD, or other controlled substances;
- gambling, betting, sweepstakes casinos, or games of chance;
- firearms, ammunition, or weapons; or
- cryptocurrencies, digital assets, tokens, NFTs, or related trading or investment products.
We may add categories to this list, and we may decline or remove any Campaign.
3. Rules for Brands
Brands will not, directly or indirectly:
- Offer, give, or promise money, products, gift cards, discounts, perks, or anything else of value to any Participant in connection with any Campaign or Action.
- Require, request, or make anything depend on a Participant expressing a particular opinion, including positive reviews or ratings, or suppress or discourage negative reviews or opinions.
- Ask any Participant to review, rate, or comment on a product or service they have not actually used or experienced.
- Supply verbatim text for any review or rating, write, edit, or approve any Suggestion, or ask any Participant to post statements they do not genuinely believe.
- Ask any Participant to make false or misleading statements about competitors.
- Try to get Participants' contact information, or contact Participants outside the Services about a Campaign, except through a Participant's public social media presence in the ordinary course.
- Run a Campaign in a prohibited category (Section 2).
Brands are also responsible for keeping their claims truthful and substantiated, for giving Participants clear disclosure instructions, and for complying with endorsement and consumer protection law (Terms, Sections 14.2 and 14.3). Brands use Participant Data only to manage their own Campaigns, and never sell it, share it, or use it for profiling or targeted advertising (Terms, Section 14.6).
4. Rules for Participants
Participants will:
- Use genuine accounts. Take every Action from an account run by a real person or organization that you have the right to use. Never use automated bots, fake accounts, or accounts you are not authorized to use, such as purchased or hijacked accounts.
- Say what you believe. Post only content that reflects your own honest opinions, beliefs, findings, and experiences. Never post anything you do not genuinely believe.
- Review only what you have used. Review or rate a product or service only if you have actually used or experienced it, and follow the review policies of the site where you post.
- Disclose connections. Clearly disclose any material connection to a Brand, such as being an employee, family member, or business partner, whenever the law or a Third-Party Platform requires it, and follow the Brand's disclosure instructions. If you are unsure whether a disclosure is required, disclose.
- Accept nothing of value. Never request, accept, or receive money, products, gift cards, discounts, perks, or anything else of value from any Brand, or anyone acting for one, in connection with a Campaign or Action. Decline any such offer and report it to support@partyhat.ai.
- Follow platform rules. Comply with the terms and policies of every Third-Party Platform you use.
5. Enforcement
If we reasonably believe someone has broken this Policy, the Terms, or the law, we may remove Campaigns or other content, decline Campaigns, and suspend or terminate accounts (Terms, Section 10.2).
6. Reporting
To report a possible violation, contact support@partyhat.ai. For legal matters, contact legal@partyhat.ai.