Terms of Use

We agree to provide you with the Hydraulisc Service. The Service includes all of the Hydraulisc products, features, applications, services, technologies and software that we provide to advance Hydraulisc's mission: To build an inter-connected social newtork that brings you closer to the people and things that you love. The Service is made up of the following aspects:

We don't use your data for advertisements. As such, advertisements across Hydraulisc Network Platforms are usually irrelevant.

Additionally, you may see branded content on Hydraulisc posted by account holders who promote products or services based on a commercial relationship with the business partner mentioned in their content. You can learn more about this here.

All Hydraulisc Network Platforms are funded by donations made by it's users, and revenue generated by advertisements shown across the Hydraulisc Network Platforms.

You can learn about how we collect and use your information in our Privacy Policy.

Providing our Service requires collecting and using your information. The Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share information across the Hydraulisc Network Products. It also explains the many ways in which you can control your information, including in the Hydraulisc privacy and security settings.

In return for our commitment to provide the Service, we require you to make the below commitments to us.

Who can use Hydraulisc. We want our Service to be as open and inclusive as possible, but we also want it to be safe, secure and in accordance with the law. So, we need you to commit to a few restrictions in order to be part of the Hydraulisc community.

• You must be at least 14 years old.
• You must not be prohibited from receiving any aspect of our Service under applicable laws or engaging in payments-related Services if you are on an applicable denied party listing.
• We must not have previously disabled your account for violation of law or any of our policies.
• You must not be a convicted sex offender.

• You can't impersonate others or provide inaccurate information.

  You don't have to disclose your identity on Hydraulisc, but you must provide us with accurate and up-to-date information (including registration information), which may include providing personal data. Also, you may not impersonate someone or something you aren't, and you can't create an account for someone else unless you have their express permission.

• You can't do anything unlawful, misleading or fraudulent or for an illegal or unauthorised purpose.
• You can't violate (or help or encourage others to violate) these Terms or our policies, including in particular the Hydraulisc Community Guidelines, Hydraulisc Network Terms and Developer Policies and Music Guidelines.

  If you post branded content, you must comply with our Branded Content Policies in addition to our Hydraulisc Community Guidelines, which require you to use our branded content tool. Learn how to report conduct or content here.

• You can't do anything to interfere with or impair the intended operation of the Service.

  This includes misusing any reporting, dispute or appeals channel, such as by making fraudulent or groundless reports or appeals.

• You can't attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unauthorised ways.

  This includes creating accounts or collecting information in an automated way without our express permission.

• You can't sell, license or purchase any account or data obtained from us or our Service.

  This includes attempts to buy, sell or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username or handle); solicit, collect or use login credentials or badges of other users; or request or collect Hydraulisc usernames, handles, passwords or misappropriate access tokens.

• You can't post someone else's private or confidential information without permission or do anything that violates someone else's rights, including intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counterfeit or pirated goods).

  You may use someone else's works under exceptions or limitations to copyright and related rights under applicable law. You represent that you own or have obtained all necessary rights to the content you post or share. Learn more, including how to report content that you think infringes your intellectual property rights, here.

• You can't modify, translate, create derivative works of or reverse-engineer our products or their components.
• You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent.

• We do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a licence to use it.

  Nothing changes about your rights in your content. We do not claim ownership of your content that you post on or through the Service and you are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you choose. However, we need certain legal permissions from you (known as a "licence") to provide the Service. When you share, post or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (such as photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide licence to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This licence will end when your content is deleted from our systems. You can delete content individually or all at once by deleting your account. To learn more about how we use information, and how to control or delete your content, review the Privacy Policy and visit this Hydraulisc Help Article.

• Permission to use your username, profile picture and information about your relationships and actions with accounts, ads (if we show you ads on Hydraulisc Products) and sponsored content.

  You give us permission to show your username, profile picture and information about your actions (such as loves) or relationships (such as follows) next to or in connection with accounts, ads, and other sponsored content that you follow or engage with that are displayed on Hydraulisc Network Products, without any compensation to you. For example, we may show that you liked a sponsored post created by a brand that has paid us to display its ads on Hydraulisc Products. As with actions on other content and follows of other accounts, actions on sponsored content and follows of sponsored accounts can only be seen by people who have permission to see that content or follow.

• You agree that we can download and install updates to the Service on your device.

• 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 infringes someone's intellectual property or impersonates another user).

• If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our Service (for example, images, designs, videos or sounds we provide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our content (but not yours).

• You can only use our intellectual property and trademarks or similar marks as expressly permitted by our Branding Guidelines or with our prior written permission.

• We can remove or restrict any content or information that you share on the Service if we believe that it violates these Terms of Use, our policies (including our Hydraulisc Guidelines) or we are required to do so by law. We can refuse to provide or stop providing all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your access to the Hydraulisc Network Products) immediately to protect our community or services, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate these Terms of Use or our policies (including our Hydraulisc Guidelines), if you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights or where we are required to do so by law. We can also terminate or change the Service, remove or block content or information shared on our Service, or stop providing all or part of the Service if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts on us. In some cases when we remove content, we'll let you know and explain any options that you have to request another review, unless you seriously or repeatedly violate these Terms, or if doing so may expose us or others to legal liability; harm our community of users; compromise or interfere with the integrity or operation of any of our services, systems or products; where we are restricted due to technical limitations; or where we are prohibited from doing so for legal reasons. Learn more about our Complaints Handling Process here. If you believe that your account has been terminated in error, or you want to disable or permanently delete your account, consult this Hydraulisc Help Article. When you request to delete content or your account, the deletion process will automatically begin no more than 30 days after your request. It may take up to 90 days to delete content after the deletion process has begun. While the deletion process for such content is being undertaken, the content is no longer visible to other users, but remains subject to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. After the content has been deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems.
• Content will not be deleted within 90 days of the account deletion or content deletion process beginning in the following situations:
  • where your content has been used by others in accordance with this licence and they have not deleted it (in which case this licence will continue to apply until that content has been deleted); or
  • where deletion within 90 days is not possible due to technical limitations of our systems, in which case, we will complete the deletion as soon as technically feasible; or
  • where deletion would restrict our ability to:
    • investigate or identify illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our products or systems);
    • protect the safety and security of our products, systems and users;
    • comply with a legal obligation, such as the preservation of evidence; or
    • comply with a request of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agency;
  • in which case, the content will be retained for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it has been retained (the exact duration will vary on a case-by-case basis).
• If you delete or we disable your account, these Terms shall terminate as an agreement between you and us, but this section and the section below called "Our agreement and what happens if we disagree" will still apply even after your account has been terminated, disabled or deleted.