Platform Policy
By using the WOOW Platform, you agree to this policy. By "Platform" we mean a set of APIs, SDKs, plugins, code, specifications, documentation, technology, and services (such as content) that enable others, including application developers and website operators, to retrieve data from WOOW or provide data to us. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice, so please check it regularly. Your continued use of the WOOW Platform constitutes acceptance of any changes. You also agree to and are responsible for ensuring that you comply with the WOOW Terms of Use and WOOW Community Guidelines.
We provide the WOOW Platform to support several types of apps and services. First, we provide them to help members of our community share their own content with apps or services. We also support apps and services that help brands and advertisers understand and manage their audience, develop their content strategy, and obtain digital rights. Finally, we provide the WOOW Platform to help broadcasters and publishers discover content, get digital rights to media, and share media using web embeds. The WOOW Platform is not intended for other types of apps or services. For those we do support, the following terms and information also apply:
1. General Terms
- 2. Don't confuse, deceive, defraud, mislead, or harass anyone.
- 3. Be transparent about your identity.
- 4. Don't use the WOOW Platform for any app that constitutes, promotes or is used in connection with spyware, adware, or any other malicious programs or code.
- 5. Follow any instructions we include in our technical documentation.
- 6. Comply with our privacy policy.
- 7. Don't participate in any "like", "share", "comment" or "follower" exchange programs..
- 8. Respect the limits we’ve placed on WOOW functionality and the way WOOW looks and functions. Don't offer experiences that change it.
- 9. Don't attempt to build an ad network on WOOW.
- 10. Don't attempt to identify groups of individuals or create demographic clusters for the purpose of contacting or targeting WOOW members on or off WOOW.
- 11. Protect the information you receive from us against unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. For example, don’t use data obtained from us to provide tools that are used for surveillance.
- 12. Don't transfer any data that you receive from us (including anonymous, aggregate, or derived data) to any ad network, data broker, or other advertising or monetization-related service.
- 13. You can administer a promotion on WOOW if you comply with WOOW’s promotions policies and all applicable laws and regulations.
- 14. Do not facilitate or promote online gambling, online real money games of skill, or online lotteries, get our written permission before using any of our products.
- 15. Don't use an unreasonable amount of bandwidth, or adversely impact the stability of WOOW servers or the behaviour of other apps using the WOOW
- 16. Don't reverse engineer the WOOW APIs or any of WOOW's apps.
- 17. Don't sell, lease, or sublicense the WOOW Platform or any data derived through the Platform.
- 18. Comply with all applicable laws or regulations. Don't provide or promote content that violates any rights of any person, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, or rights of personality. Don't expose WOOW or people who use WOOW to harm or legal liability.
19. Sharing to Videos
- 20. Videos must not include any logos, watermarks, calls-to-action, or other promotional content.
- 21. Additional policies for Videos with Attribution: a. Videos must not be generic (i.e., only enable people to share unique and personal content). b. If a person clicks on your video, ensure you direct them to an experience that enhances the Storytelling video and/or enables them to create their own video.
22. Brand Assets
- 23. Don't use the trademarks of WOOW or its affiliates without written permission, including as authorised by applicable brand guidelines.
24. Things you should know
- 25. WOOW primarily communicates with developers through email. Please ensure that the email addresses associated with your WOOW account are current and that you don't filter out these messages.
- 26. WOOW may rate limit or block apps that make a large number of calls to the API that are not primarily in response to direct user actions.
- 27. Enforcement is both automated and manual, and can include disabling your app, restricting you and your app's access to WOOW Platform, requiring that you delete data, terminating our agreements with you or any other action that we deem appropriate.
- 28. WOOW may change, suspend, or discontinue the availability of any WOOW Platform at any time. In addition, WOOW may impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the WOOW APIs or the WOOW website without notice or liability.
- 29. If WOOW elects to provide you with support or modifications for the WOOW Platform, this support may be terminated at any time without notice to you.
- 30. WOOW doesn't guarantee that the WOOW Platform is free of inaccuracies, errors, bugs, or interruptions, or is reliable, accurate, complete, or otherwise valid.
- 31. Licensed Uses and Restrictions: The WOOW Platform is owned by WOOW and is licensed to you on a worldwide (except as limited below), non-exclusive, non-sublicensable basis in accordance with these terms. Your licence to the WOOW Platform continues until it is terminated by either party. Please note that User Content is owned by users and not by WOOW. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by WOOW.
- 32. You represent and warrant that you own or have secured all rights necessary to display, distribute and deliver all content in your app or website. To the extent your users are able to share content from your app or website on or through WOOW, you represent and warrant that you own or have secured all necessary rights for them to do so in accordance with WOOW's available functionality.
- 33. You represent and warrant that you satisfy all licensing, reporting, and payout obligations to third parties in connection with your app or website.
- 34. You give us all rights necessary to enable your app to work with WOOW, including the right to incorporate information you provide to us into other parts of WOOW, and the right to attribute the source of information using your name and logos.
- 35. You are responsible for restricting access to your content in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including geo-filtering or age-gating access where required.
- 36. You grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use any data, content, and other information made available by you or on your behalf in connection with your use of our Platform. This licence survives even if you stop using the platform feature. You are responsible for obtaining the necessary rights from all applicable rights holders to grant this licence. Any API made available by you or on your behalf in connection with the platform features is deemed part of your app.
- 37. Disclaimer of Any Warranty: WOOW Platform and all data derived through such Platform are provided "as is" with no warranty, express or implied, of any kind and WOOW expressly disclaims any and all warranties and conditions, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, security, title and non-infringement. You are solely responsible for any damage that results from the use of any WOOW Platform and all any data derived through such Platform including, but not limited to, any damage to your computer system or loss of data.
- 38. Limitation of Liability: WOOW shall not, under any circumstances, be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with use of the WOOW Platform and any data derived through such Platform, whether based on breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort (including negligence, product liability or otherwise), or any other pecuniary loss, whether or not WOOW has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Under no circumstances shall WOOW be liable to you for any amount.
- 39. Release and Waiver: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby release and waive all claims against WOOW, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, licensors, co-branders or other partners, and employees from any and all liability for claims, damages (actual and/or consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature, arising from or in any way related to your use of the WOOW Platform and data derived through such Platform. If you are a California resident, you waive your rights under California Civil Code 1542, which states, "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favour at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." You understand that any fact relating to any matter covered by this release may be found to be other than now believed to be true and you accept and assume the risk of such possible differences in fact. In addition, you expressly waive and relinquish any and all rights and benefits which you may have under any other state or federal statute or common law principle of similar effect, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- 40. Hold Harmless and Indemnify: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to hold harmless and indemnify WOOW and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, licensors, co-branders or other partners, and employees from and against any third-party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the WOOW Platform and any data derived through the Platform, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and/or consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature. WOOW shall use good faith efforts to provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.
- 41. Relationship of the Parties: Notwithstanding any provision hereof, for all purposes of the WOOW Platform Terms, you and WOOW shall be and act independently and not as partner, joint venturer, agent, employee or employer of the other. You don't have any authority to assume or create any obligation for or on behalf of WOOW, express or implied, and you must not attempt to bind WOOW to any contract.
- 42. Invalidity of Specific Terms: If any provision of the WOOW Platform Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision and that the other provisions remain in full force and effect.
- 43. No Waiver of Rights by WOOW: WOOW's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the WOOW Platform Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.