(4) Acceptable Use
You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.
(You must not use data collected from our website or our directory to contact individuals or companies or other organizations (for any reason).
(You must not use data collected from our website or our directory for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).
1. Please read our template editing FAQ (available on our website) before you begin editing.
2. This terms of use (directory) template is designed for use in relation to directory websites. The template is intended for use on websites focused on the United States of America; it can, however, be adapted for use in other jurisdictions – although this should only be done by someone with the requisite familiarity with the relevant law of the other jurisdiction. It is not on its own sufficient for use on websites which collect personal information (which will also require a privacy policy of some kind) or for ecommerce sites (i.e. those involving payment in relation to goods or services - which will also require legal provisions relating specifically to the goods or services that can be bought on the website). Websites with unusual or non-standard features should always use bespoke terms of use. The website terms of use template will need to be edited before it is ready for use. Square brackets in the document indicate the sections which need or are likely to need to be edited. However you should carefully review the whole document to ensure that it meets with your requirements. If you have any doubts, you should seek professional advice.
3. The completed website terms of use should be easily accessible on your website, preferably from every page. Ideally, from a legal perspective, users should be asked to expressly agree to these terms (e.g. by clicking an “I agree” button). This is rarely done in relation to general website terms of use. Users who submit a listing to the directory should accept the terms of use – e.g. by clicking “I accept” on an electronic version of the terms of use. You should retain evidence of the acceptance of the terms by each user.
4. Although this document is designed primarily for directories of websites, it can be adapted for use in relation to other kinds of directories.
5. The scope of the license to use will vary with the site. Consider carefully exactly what your users should be allowed to do with your website and material on your website.
6. Where you have content which is specifically available for redistribution, it is usually a good idea to have a more detailed license setting out the redistribution rights.
7. You can positively identify here the kind of submissions that your directory welcomes. For example, “Your submissions to our directory must relate to Formula 1 racing.”
8. These are some useful exclusions for directories of websites.
