Terms & conditions

These terms & conditions outline the rules and guidelines of contributing to the platform and are meant to help ensure a constructive dialogue.

Your ideas to further improve the platform are welcome and can be sent to support@govocal.com.

Who can participate?

Anyone is able to view public projects via the platform. If you’d like to contribute content (e.g., submit input or react), you will need to register and create an account. You can register using your e-mail address; for some platforms, it may also be possible to sign in using an existing Facebook or Google account. If you use either of these services, your name, email address and profile photo will be shared with and added to your platform account.

Please note that the creation of your account does not give you ownership. Platform administrators can refuse, suspend or delete accounts for reasons such as not adhering to the terms and conditions outlined on this page.

The general conditions for your account are the following:

• You may create one account

  An individual may not create and maintain multiple accounts. The account details you provide must be accurate and this account cannot be transferred to someone else without permission from a platform administrator.

• Your account cannot be used for commercial promotion

  An account may not be used for the sole purpose of advertising, marketing a product or service, etc.

• You are responsible for keeping your account information secure and confidential

  You are the only person who should use your account and have access to your account’s password and login details. To improve your account security, we advise using a password with a combination of numbers, lowercase letters and uppercase letters. We are not responsible for any loss or damage incurred to your account and cannot be held responsible for its theft (e.g., via phishing). Note that we will never ask you for your log-in details such as your password.

  Your activity on the platform

  To ensure safe and productive participation, there are some restrictions on the type of content that may be published on this platform. Any content you post on the platform must be free of:

  • Private data

    Confidential data and personal information about others, such as telephone numbers and addresses may not be posted without their express authorization and consent.

  • Spam / malware / phishing / viruses / worms / Trojans

    Malicious content or links that are meant violate others’ privacy or to damage or disrupt others’ browsers or computers.

  • Threats, insults and other inappropriate content

    Personal attacks and insults, threatening behavior or language, discriminatory comments, profanity and other offensive language.

  • Advertising and commercial activity

    Content posted with the sole purpose of advertising a commercial service or product.

  • Copyrighted material

    Content that infringes upon intellectual property rights (e.g., copyrighted images).

  • Illegal activities

    Content that in any way promotes illegal activities.

  Submissions and other content that includes any of the above may be edited, deleted or otherwise prevented from being posted, and the account may be temporarily blocked or permanently deleted. New or additional accounts created to avoid temporary or permanent suspension may also be monitored and deleted.

  Applicable laws

  The use of an account may not infringe upon applicable laws. This includes any violation of privacy legislation, intellectual property rights, the criminal code, etc.

  We cannot be held liable in any way for content posted on the platform that does not adhere to the above rules and laws. Violations can be reported to support@govocal.com and may result in the relevant messages being deleted and/or the underlying account being suspended or permanently revoked.

  It is possible that content posted on the platform can contain harmful files or links. By downloading files or accessing hyperlinks via the platform, you assume the risk and responsibility for any damage that may incur.

  Property rights

  This platform is protected by intellectual property rights related to its content, source code, databases, etc. Any original content that you post on the platform may be visible to the public and falls under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) Public License, which allows your content to be shared or adapted with attribution. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, modify or transmit the platform and any of its contents that do not fall under the public domain without permission.