Terms of Use for the "OK Dating" Service

The Company grants you the right to use the Service by providing remote access to it via the Internet on the terms and conditions that are the subject of these Terms of Use of the Service (hereinafter referred to as the Terms).

1. Terms Used
   1. The Service is a service designed for the Users’ dating. This term is used to collectively refer to the following software that provides login and other use of the Service by the User: OK Dating Mini App and Mobile Apps.
   2. Company -- VK Limited Liability Company, located at: 125167, Moscow, Leningradsky Prospekt, 39, building 79, OGRN 1027739850962, INN 7743001840, which is the copyright holder and administrator of the Service.
   3. OK Dating Mini App -- software hosted on the application platform within the Odnoklassniki social network at https://ok.ru/app/dating, including a widget through which the User can interact with the Service's functionalities from the Applications tab.
   4. Mobile Apps are software placed in application stores, including Google Play, App Store etc., providing the User with access to the Service.
   5. Site -- the Odnoklassniki social network, hosted on the website on the Internet at https://ok.ru/, including its mobile applications, on the platform of which the Mini Application.
   6. VK ID is a tool of the VK Ecosystem owned by V Kontakte LLC (OGRN 1079847035179, location address: 191024, St. Petersburg, Khersonskaya St., 12-14, bldg. A, office 1-H), which enables registration and/or authorization of the User in the services, autofill of the User’s data, and also performs the functions of creating and maintaining the User’s account in the VK Ecosystem.
2. General Provisions
   1. These Terms specify the terms of use of the Service, as well as the rights and obligations of its Users and the Company.
   2. These Terms are a legally binding agreement between the User and the Company, the subject of which is the provision of the right to use the Service and its functionality by the Company to the User.
   3. Before registering in the Service, the User shall read these Terms, Privacy Policy and the Service License Agreement available at: https://dating.ok.ru/legal/ru/privacy and https://dating.ok.ru/legal/ru/license, as well as other applicable documents depending on the registration/login procedure chosen by the User. Registration of the User in the Service means full and unconditional acceptance by the User of these documents under article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
   4. These Terms may be unilaterally amended and/or supplemented by the Company without any explicit notice. These Terms are an open and publicly accessible document, posted at https://dating.ok.ru/legal/terms. The Company recommends that Users regularly check the conditions of these Terms for changes and/or additions. Continued use of the Service by the User after changes and/or additions to these Terms means the User's acceptance and agreement with such changes and/or additions.
   5. The Service is one of the services of the VK Ecosystem (https://vk.com/vk_ecosystem_services). Registration and/or authorization in the Service is performed using the VK ID tool and means agreement with the User Agreement of the VK Ecosystem which is available on the Internet at: https://id.vk.com/terms and Privacy Policy of the VK Ecosystem which is available on the Internet at: https://id.vk.com/privacy.
   6. The VK ID tool, provided by V Kontakte LLC (OGRN 1079847035179, location address: 191024, St. Petersburg, ul. Khersonskaya, 12-14, lit. A, pom. 1-N), allows for the registration and/or logging in of the User in services, performs the functions of creating and maintaining the User's account in the VK Ecosystem, provides the User with the functionality of unified secure account data management in the VK Ecosystem and connects or disconnects the necessary Services in the User's account in the VK Ecosystem, as well as auto-fills User data in the Services of the VK Ecosystem, as well as in other Services/Sites/information resources of third parties where the VK ID tool is used, for the purpose of executing agreements with the User of the VK Ecosystem.
   7. Registration for and/or logging in to the Service using the VK ID tool means agreement with the User Agreement of the VK Ecosystem, which is publicly available on the Internet at https://id.vk.com/terms and the Privacy Policy of the VK Ecosystem, which is publicly available on the Internet at https://id.vk.com/privacy, and the Terms and Privacy Policy of the "OK Dating" Service.
3. Status of the "OK Dating" Service and License Terms
   1. The rights to the Service belong to the Company. The latter provides access to the Service to all interested parties in accordance with these Terms and current legislation of the Russian Federation.
   2. Under the terms and conditions of these Terms, the Company (licensor) grants the User (licensee) the right to use the Service on the terms of a simple non-exclusive license, within the limits specified in these Terms. The User’s actions performed in the selected software shall be deemed to be performed in other software as well, unless otherwise provided by the functions of the software.
   3. The right to use the standard features of the Service is granted to the User free of charge.
   4. The right to use additional functional features and options is provided for a fee, unless another method of obtaining it is provided by the Company. The provision of additional functional features for the Service is regulated in the License Agreement, posted at https://dating.ok.ru/legal/license.
   5. The territory of the rights of use is where access to the Service is possible.
4. Registration for the Service and User Status
   1. User registration is free and voluntary.
   2. When registering for and using the Service, the User is required to provide the Company with the necessary accurate and current information to form the User's profile, including name, date of birth and gender. The Service registration form may request additional information from the User.
   3. The User is responsible for the accuracy, currentness, completeness and compliance with legislation of the Russian Federation of the information provided during registration and further use.
   4. The User’s personal data shall be processed under the laws of the Russian Federation. The terms and conditions of processing of the Users’ personal data are specified in the Privacy Policy of the Service available at: https://dating.ok.ru/legal/ru/privacy.
   5. After registration, the User has the right to independently use and determine the content of the profile for personal purposes.
   6. The company does not participate in forming the User's profile. By posting information in the User's profile on the Service, including their personal data, the User understands and agrees that the specified information may be accessible to other Users of the Service.
5. Service User Responsibilities
   1. When using the Service, the User must:
      • comply with the provisions of current legislation of the Russian Federation, these Terms and Applicable documents;
      • provide accurate, complete and current data during registration and use of the Service, and keep them updated;
      • not allow other Users to manage the User's profile;
      • not post information and objects (including links to them) in the profile that may violate the rights, interests of others and current legislation of the Russian Federation;
      • keep confidential and not provide to other Users and third parties personal data (including, but not limited to, home addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, passport data and banking information) and information about the private life of other Users and third parties obtained as a result of communication with other Users and other use of the Service without obtaining appropriate prior permission from the latter.
   2. In the event of doubts about the legality of certain actions, the Company recommends refraining from performing them.
   3. The User is prohibited from:
      1. registering as a User on behalf of or instead of another person ("fake profile");
      2. distort information about themselves and their age, place photos of others in their account, as well as any objects that do not have the actual image of the User and may mislead other Users about the identity of the User;
      3. uploading, storing, publishing, distributing and providing access to or otherwise using any information that:

         a. contains threats, discredits, insults, defames honor and dignity or business reputation, or violates the privacy of other Users or third parties;

         b. violates the rights of others, including minors;

         c. is vulgar or obscene, or contains pornographic images and texts or scenes of a sexual nature;

         d. contains scenes of animal cruelty;

         e. contains descriptions of means and methods of suicide or any incitement to commit it;

         f. promotes and/or incites racial, religious, ethnic hatred or conflict, or promotes fascism or the ideology of racial superiority;

         g. contains extremist materials;

         h. promotes criminal activity or contains advice, instructions, or guidance on committing criminal acts;

         i. contains information with restricted access, including, but not limited to, state and commercial secrets and information about the private life of third parties;

         j. contains advertising or describes the attractiveness of drug use, information on drug distribution, methods of their manufacture and advice on use;

         k. potentially leads to illegal actions by misleading Users or abusing their trust;

         l. contains appeals of political and/or propagandistic character;

         m. violates other rights and interests of citizens and legal entities or the requirements of legislation of the Russian Federation.

      4. illegally upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access to or otherwise use the intellectual property of Users and third parties;
      5. use software and perform actions aimed at disrupting the normal functioning of the Service or User profiles;
      6. upload, store, publish, distribute and provide access to or otherwise use viruses, trojans and other malicious software;
      7. use automated scripts (programs, bots and crawlers) to collect information on the Service and/or interact with Users or the Service without the Company's explicit permission;
      8. engage in illegal collection and processing of personal data of others;
      9. use the Service in any way other than through the interface provided by the Company;
      10. reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade and resell access to the use of the Service;
      11. in any form and by any means request and/or extort money and/or other material values from other Users of the Service;
      12. duplicate their own profile and create more than one User profile;
      13. fraudulently attempt to gain access to VIP Subscription or Additional Service options provided by the License Agreement, as well as other functional capabilities of the Service;
      14. send mass and (or) similar in content offers to follow a link on the Internet, join a group or subscribe to a page in a social network to other Users at the beginning of chatting, move the communication with the User to other communication channels and services;
      15. send other Users at the beginning of their correspondence offers of a mass and/or similar nature to follow a link, join a group or follow a profile on social media, and/or move the conversation with the User to other communication channels and services.
   4. The User is personally responsible for any information they post in their profile or communicate to other Users, as well as for any interactions with other Users carried out at their own risk.
   5. If the User disagrees with these Terms or their updates, the User must cease using the Service by deleting their profile in the manner prescribed by the Service.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
   1. Exclusive rights to Content posted on the Service
      1. The Company, Service Users, and other rights holders have exclusive rights to all objects posted on the Service, including design elements, text, graphic images, illustrations, scripts, programs and other objects and their collections (hereinafter referred to as "Content") of.
      2. Except as stipulated by these Terms and current legislation of the Russian Federation, no Content may be copied (reproduced), processed, distributed, displayed in a frame, published, downloaded, transmitted, sold, or otherwise used in whole or in part without the prior permission of the rights holder, except when the rights holder has explicitly expressed consent to the free use of the Content by any person. Reproduction, copying, collection, systematization, storage and transfer of Content for the purpose of creating a database for commercial and/or non-commercial purposes and/or use of Content in whole or in part, regardless of the method of use, without the consent of the Company is not permitted.
      3. By posting Content legally owned by the User on the Service, the User agrees that the Company has the right to grant other users the right to use the Content exclusively within the functionality provided by the Service, by viewing the Content solely for personal non-commercial use.
      4. The use of Content by the User, access to which is obtained solely for personal non-commercial use, is permitted provided that all authorship marks (copyrights) or other authorship notices are preserved and the author's name and the work are preserved unchanged.
      5. The User also grants the Company the right to use the Content posted on the Service and legally owned by them free of charge for the purpose of ensuring the Company's operation of the Service to the extent determined by the functionality and architecture of the Service, and displaying the Content in the Company's promotional materials, including within the interface images of the Service, and by making such promotional materials publicly available. This right is granted for the duration of the Content's placement on the Service and extends to countries worldwide. Expiration of the Content's placement on the Service and/or of the exclusive right does not entail the need to withdraw the Company's promotional materials displaying the Content (including their removal from the Internet). The Company has the right to transfer the rights specified herein to third parties. The User agrees that the Company has the right to use the functional and technical capabilities of the Service providing display of the Content posted by the User, intended for the purposes of displaying the Content, at its discretion, including for the purposes of displaying advertising information.
      6. If the User deletes their Content from the Service, the right mentioned in clauses 6.1.3. and 6.1.5. to use these Terms will be automatically revoked, however, the Company reserves the right, if necessary due to the technical features of the Service, to retain archival copies of the user's Content for the required period.
      7. In addition to their own Content, the User is not entitled to upload or otherwise make publicly available (publish on the Service) Content from third-party websites, databases and other results of intellectual activity without the express consent of the rights holder for such actions.
      8. Any use of the Service or Content, other than as permitted in these Terms or with the express consent of the rights holder for such use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the rights holder.
      9. Unless otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, nothing in these Terms can be considered as a transfer of exclusive rights to the Content.
   2. Liability for infringement of exclusive rights
      1. The User is personally responsible for any Content or other information they upload or otherwise make publicly available (publish) on the Service or through it. The User may not upload, transmit, or publish Content on the Service without the appropriate rights to perform such actions, acquired or transferred to them in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation.
      2. The Company is not obligated to, but may review the Service for prohibited Content and may remove or move (without notice) any Content or users at its discretion, for any reason or without reason, including moving or removing Content without limitation that, in the Company's own opinion violates these Terms, legislation of the Russian Federation, and/or may infringe rights, cause harm, or threaten the safety of other Users or third parties.
      3. No provisions of these Terms grant the User the right to use the Company's trade name, trademarks, domain names, or other distinctive signs. The right to use the Company's trade name, trademarks, domain names and other distinctive signs may only be granted by written agreement from the Company.
7. Operation of the Service and liability for its use
   1. Users are responsible for their own actions related to creating and posting information in their own profile. Violation of these Terms and current legislation of the Russian Federation entails civil, administrative and criminal liability.
   2. The Company reserves the right to change the composition of the Service, its content, functionality, and modify or supplement the scripts, software and other objects used or stored by the Service at any time, with or without prior notice.
   3. The Company may take measures for the automatic recognition and removal of unacceptable content uploaded to the Service using computer software. At the same time, the Company shall not engage in preliminary moderation of User information and shall take actions to protect the rights and interests of individuals and ensure compliance with the requirements of legislation of the Russian Federation only after a request from an interested party to the Company in the prescribed manner.
   4. The Company is not responsible for the User's violation of these Terms and reserves the right, at its own discretion, as well as upon receiving information from other users or third parties about the User's violation of these Terms, to modify (moderate), block, or delete any information published by the User that violates the provisions established by the Terms and legislation, and to suspend, restrict, or terminate the User's access to the Service at any time for any reason without explanation, with or without prior notice. The Company has the right to block and delete the User's profile if the Company finds that, in its opinion, the User poses a threat to the Service and/or its Users.
   5. After the profile is blocked, the User loses access to the use of the Service. The User has the opportunity to appeal the profile block within 90 (ninety) days from the moment of blocking. If the User does not take the opportunity to appeal the profile block or if the profile is not unblocked as a result of the appeal, the User's profile is subject to deletion, which means automatic deletion of all information posted in it, as well as all information entered by the User when using the Service.
   6. The Company makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the Service operates around the clock, but does not guarantee the absence of interruptions related to technical malfunctions and preventive maintenance. The Company is not responsible for temporary faults and interruptions in the operation of the Service and loss of information caused by them. The Company is not responsible for any damage to the User's or anyone else's computer, mobile devices, any other equipment or software caused by or related to downloading materials from the Service or via links posted on the Service.
   7. The Company has the right to manage statistical information related to the operation of the Service. For the purposes of organizing the operation and technical support of the Service and fulfilling these Terms, the Company has the technical ability to access User profiles, which it only implements in cases established herein.

      The Company is entitled to send information and service push notifications (e.g., about the development of the Service and its functions, about the upcoming expiration of the Subscription and other notifications of the informational nature), as well as messages (by e-mail, SMS messages, etc.) to the User. The User is entitled to independently customize the option of receiving push notifications and messages from the Service through the settings of the Service, Device, third-party applications used by them, as well as through the settings of the browser used by them

   8. The Company has the right to send the User information about the development of the Service and its functionality, including by sending messages to Users (including e-mails, text messages, etc.), as well as containing advertising information about the capabilities of the Service. At the same time, the User has the right to refuse to receive advertising and other information at any time without giving reasons for the refusal in the ways indicated below. The User has the right to refuse to receive advertising messages by changing the settings under this item:
   9. The User has the right to independently manage the receipt of advertising messages from the Service. To stop receiving advertising messages, check the box here
   10. The User also has the right to refuse advertising push notifications from the web version of the Service through the settings of the browser they use.
   11. Limitation of liability of the Company:
       1. The Service and its functionality, including all scripts, applications, Content and composition of the Service, are provided "as is". The Company waives any warranties that the Service or its functionality may or may not be suitable for specific purposes of use. The Company cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from the use of the Service and/or its functionality;
       2. Under no circumstances shall the Company or its representatives be liable to the User or any third parties for any indirect, incidental, unintentional damage, including lost profits or lost data, or damage to honor, dignity, or business reputation, caused in connection with the use of the Service, the content of the Service, or other materials accessed by you or other persons through the Service, even if the Company warned or indicated the possibility of such damage.
       3. The Company or its representatives are not liable to the User for losses incurred by the User in connection with the use of the Service, the content of the Service, or other materials accessed by the User through the Service.
8. Final Provisions
   1. These Terms are governed by and interpreted in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation. Issues not regulated by the Terms are subject to resolution in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation.
   2. In the event of any disputes or disagreements related to execution of these Terms, the User and the Company will make every effort to resolve them through mutual negotiations. If disputes are not resolved through negotiations, they are subject to resolution in the order established by current legislation of the Russian Federation.
   3. These Terms come into effect for the User from the moment they consent to them and are valid for an indefinite period.
   4. If for any reason one or more provisions of these Terms are found to be invalid or unenforceable, this does not affect the validity or applicability of the remaining provisions.
   5. Inquiries, suggestions and claims from individuals and legal entities to the Company in connection with these Terms and all issues related to the operation of the Service and violations of the rights and interests of third parties when using it, as well as for requests from persons authorized by legislation of the Russian Federation, can be sent to the Company's legal address.