Simpli City Dating App Terms of Service and Disclaimer
Chapter 1: Preamble
1. Welcome to Simpli City services. This agreement is a legal agreement between you and us (hereinafter referred to as "this Platform", "we"). To protect users' legitimate rights and interests, regulate usage behavior, clarify boundaries of rights and responsibilities, and foster a healthy, safe, civilized, and orderly social environment, this Platform formulates these "Terms of Service and Disclaimer" (hereinafter referred to as "this Agreement") in accordance with current laws, regulations, and industry standards.
2. This Agreement has contractual effect and becomes legally binding between the user and this Platform from the moment the user clicks "Agree" or uses this Platform's services. Please read and fully understand this Agreement carefully before registering, logging in, or using this Platform, especially content significantly affecting your rights and interests, such as disclaimer clauses, user obligations, and dispute resolution.
3. If you have any objections to the content of this Agreement, please stop registering and using this Platform immediately; if you continue using this Platform, it shall be deemed that you have fully understood and unconditionally accepted the constraints of this Agreement.
1.1 Effectiveness and Updates of the Agreement
1. This Agreement takes effect from the date you accept and use this Platform's services and is legally binding.
2. This Platform has the right to modify this Agreement from time to time based on operational needs, changes in laws and regulations, regulatory requirements, and other factors. The modified agreement will be announced to users through platform announcements, pop-up prompts, message notifications, etc.
3. The modified agreement takes effect from the date of announcement and replaces the previous version. The user's continued use of this Platform shall be deemed acceptance of the revised agreement; if the user does not agree with the revised content, they should stop using the Platform immediately.
1.2 Scope of Application of the Agreement
1. This Agreement applies to all registered users, using users, and natural persons accessing this Platform in other ways.
2. The term "user" in this Agreement includes but is not limited to registered users, unregistered trial users, and paid users who purchase value-added services.
3. If this Platform separately formulates special rules or sub-agreements (such as the Privacy Policy, Paid Services Agreement, Activity Rules), such rules have the same effect as this Agreement; in case of conflict, the special rules shall prevail.
1.3 Risk Warning
1. This Platform only provides users with information display, matchmaking, and communication tools and does not directly participate in users' actual interaction behaviors.
2. Interactions between users (including but not limited to text chats, voice, video, offline meetings, etc.) are personal autonomous actions and are unrelated to this Platform. Risks and responsibilities arising from the user's use of this Platform shall be borne by the user themselves.
3. Instant meeting functions such as "Instant Date" involve high uncertainty and potential risks; users should exercise extreme caution. This Platform assumes no responsibility for any personal, property, or reputational damages arising from the use of such functions.
Chapter 2: User Eligibility and Registration
2.1 User Eligibility
1. Users must be at least 18 years old and possess full civil capacity. Minors and persons without civil capacity may not use this Platform.
2. Users should be natural persons capable of independently bearing legal responsibility. If the user does not possess the corresponding qualifications, all legal consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by the user themselves and their guardian.
3. This Platform has the right to require users to provide identity documents, contact information, and other materials to verify their identity when necessary.
2.2 Registration Information
1. Users should provide true, legal, and valid information during registration, including but not limited to name (or nickname), gender, age, location, and contact information.
2. Users guarantee the authenticity and timeliness of the information and shall update it promptly if it changes.
3. Users may not impersonate or misuse others' identity information or forge false information. Otherwise, this Platform has the right to suspend or cancel the relevant account at any time and reserves the right to pursue legal liability.
2.3 Account and Password Management
1. After completing registration, the user will obtain a unique account and password. This account is owned by this Platform, and the user only enjoys the right to use it.
2. Users shall properly keep their account and password and shall not transfer, rent, lend, or gift it to others in any form.
3. Consequences resulting from improper user custody, such as account theft, information leakage, and property loss, shall be borne by the user themselves.
4. If the user discovers any account abnormalities or security vulnerabilities, they shall immediately notify this Platform to take timely measures.
2.4 Account Restrictions and Handling
1. If the user violates this Agreement, laws and regulations, or disrupts platform order, this Platform has the right to take measures such as warnings, function restrictions, account freezing, and cancellation.
2. If a user does not log in or use the account for 365 consecutive days, this Platform has the right to cancel or reclaim the account.
3. After an account is canceled or reclaimed, data associated with the account (including friend relationships, chat records, points, benefits, etc.) may be cleared and cannot be recovered.
Chapter 3: Service Content and Restrictions
3.1 Service Scope
This Platform provides users with functions including but not limited to the following:
1. Online browsing of user profiles and display pages;
2. Algorithm-based matching recommendation services;
3. Instant messaging, voice calls, video interaction;
4. "People Nearby" search based on positioning function;
5. Virtual gift giving, membership value-added services, promotion exposure;
6. Tools for organizing or participating in online and offline activities;
7. "Instant Date" function for quick booking and immediate meeting (use with caution).
3.2 Special Terms for Instant Date Function
1. "Instant Date" refers to the function where users initiate instant invitations and quickly meet offline through this Platform.
2. This function is only available to adults aged 18 and above, used on a voluntary, equal, and legal basis.
3. This Platform only provides information matching tools and does not intervene in, supervise, or guarantee meeting arrangements between users.
4. Users should fully recognize the risks involved in offline meetings, including but not limited to: property loss, personal injury, fraud, and public security disputes.
5. This Platform specially declares: Any consequences arising from the use of this function shall be borne by the user themselves, and this Platform assumes no joint liability.
3.3 Value-Added Services and Charges
1. Some functions of this Platform are free services, while others are paid value-added services.
2. Users can purchase services such as virtual items, membership rights, and promotion exposure according to their needs.
3. Unless otherwise stipulated by law or explicitly agreed by the Platform, paid services are non-refundable once purchased.
4. This Platform has the right to adjust charging standards based on operational conditions and will announce them within the Platform.
3.4 Service Restrictions
1. Users may not use this Platform to engage in any illegal activities, including but not limited to fraud, gambling, pyramid schemes, pornography transactions, drug trafficking, and terrorist activities.
2. For users who have not undergone real-name verification, this Platform has the right to restrict some of their functions (such as offline meeting invitations).
3. This Platform does not guarantee that the services can operate continuously and without interruption at all times; services may be interrupted or delayed due to technical, network, force majeure, or other reasons.
Chapter 4: User Conduct Standards
4.1 Basic Requirements
1. When using this Platform's services, users shall abide by the constitution and laws and shall not use this Platform to endanger national security, leak state secrets, or infringe upon national and social public interests.
2. Users shall comply with social ethics and network morality during use and shall not publish, transmit, or spread any illegal, unwholesome, or infringing information.
3. Users shall not use this Platform to interfere with the normal operational order of the platform or engage in behaviors that damage the legitimate rights and interests of this Platform or third parties.
4.2 Information Publishing Standards
Information such as materials, text, pictures, voice, and video published by users through this Platform shall meet the following requirements:
1. Content must be true, legal, and healthy, and shall not contain false, fraudulent, exaggerated, or misleading information;
2. Shall not contain obscene, pornographic, gambling, violent,恐怖, superstitious, defamatory, insulting, or other illegal content;
3. Shall not infringe upon others' legitimate rights and interests such as intellectual property rights, privacy rights, reputation rights, and portrait rights;
4. Shall not contain advertising or promotional information unless written permission is obtained from this Platform;
5. Shall not use technical means to batch publish spam information or maliciously screen flooding.
4.3 Interaction Conduct Standards
1. Interactions between users shall follow the principles of equality, voluntariness, honesty, and courtesy.
2. Users shall not harass, intimidate, stalk, insult, or discriminate against other users in any way.
3. Users shall not leak or spread other users' private materials or chat content without the other party's explicit consent.
4. Users shall not implement illegal activities such as fraud, sexual transactions, or illegal intermediation under the guise of "dating".
5. When using instant meeting functions such as "Instant Date", users shall consciously abide by public order and social morality and shall not commit any illegal acts or crimes.
4.4 Technical and Security Standards
1. Users shall not attack this Platform's system in any form, including but not limited to: implanting viruses, Trojans, malicious code; conducting DDoS attacks, SQL injection, malicious crawler scraping.
2. Users shall not unauthorizedly use plug-ins, bot programs, simulation operation tools, or other abnormal means to obtain data or conduct interactions.
3. Users shall not reverse engineer, decrypt, modify, or tamper with this Platform's source code, architecture, or database.
4. Users shall not damage this Platform's security mechanisms or bypass technical protection measures in any way.
4.5 Violation Handling Measures
If a user violates the above standards, this Platform has the right to take one or more of the following measures depending on the severity of the circumstances:
1. Warning, reminder, requiring correction;
2. Deleting violating content, restricting some functions;
3. Freezing the account, suspending usage;
4. Permanently banning the account and canceling it;
5. Transferring suspected illegal activities to competent authorities such as public security and cyberspace administration.
Chapter 5: Privacy Policy and Personal Information Protection
5.1 General Principles
This Platform values the protection of users' personal information and will take reasonable measures to protect users' privacy and data security in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
5.2 Information Collection Scope
During user registration and use of this Platform, the information collected by this Platform may include but is not limited to:
1. Information actively provided by the user: nickname, avatar, gender, age, contact information, interest preferences;
2. Information generated during use: chat records, voice and video call records, usage logs, payment records;
3. Device and system information: IP address, device model, operating system, location information.
5.3 Purpose of Information Use
1. For providing, improving, and optimizing various services of this Platform;
2. For identity verification, security monitoring, risk prevention;
3. For pushing matches, recommending content, and activity notifications to users;
4. For complying with laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements.
5.4 Information Storage and Protection
1. This Platform will store user information on servers within the territory, and the storage period in principle shall not exceed the reasonable time required to achieve the purposes.
2. This Platform adopts technical means such as encryption, isolation, and access control to protect user data from unauthorized access, tampering, or leakage.
3. If information leakage, damage, or loss occurs, this Platform will take remedial measures promptly in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and notify users.
5.5 Information Sharing and Disclosure
Except for the following circumstances, this Platform will not share, transfer, or publicly disclose user information to third parties:
1. Obtaining the user's prior explicit consent or authorization;
2. Required to be provided based on laws, regulations, judicial authorities, or regulatory agencies;
3. Necessary for fulfilling this Platform's obligations or the user's contract;
4. In cases of company merger, acquisition, reorganization, etc., user information may be transferred as an asset, but this Platform will require the new holder to continue protecting user information.
5.6 User Rights
Users enjoy the following rights regarding their personal information:
1. The right to query, correct, and delete their own information;
2. The right to withdraw consent for information processing;
3. After account cancellation, this Platform will delete or anonymize user information within a reasonable period, unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations.
Chapter 6: Risk Warning and Disclaimer
6.1 Platform Positioning
1. This Platform only provides users with information display and communication tools and does not provide any guarantees regarding interactions between users.
2. The Platform does not provide services of the nature of matchmaking, guarantees, or endorsements.
3. Users should fully recognize the risks involved in online dating and offline meetings.
6.2 User Assumes Risks
1. If a user suffers property loss due to believing others' false information, encountering fraud, or being deceived, the user shall bear the responsibility themselves.
2. If a user suffers personal safety or property damage during meetings with others, this Platform assumes no responsibility.
3. This Platform is not responsible for losses caused by the user's own faults (such as leaking passwords, trusting strangers easily, private transactions).
6.3 Special Risk Warning
1. The "Instant Date" function involves immediacy and uncertainty; users must remain vigilant and carefully choose meeting partners and locations.
2. This Platform strongly recommends that users: choose public places for first meetings, inform friends or relatives, and avoid meeting in secluded environments or alone.
3. Any behaviors involving property loans, investments, brush ordering, purchasing on behalf of others, etc., are highly prone to fraud; users must refuse them.
4. If users cause harm due to ignoring risk warnings, the responsibility shall be borne by the users themselves.
6.4 Platform Disclaimer Circumstances
This Platform shall not bear any responsibility under the following circumstances:
1. Service interruption or loss caused by force majeure (natural disasters, war, policy changes, network interruption, etc.);
2. Losses caused by users violating this Agreement or illegal/violating operations;
3. Losses caused by disputes, conflicts, fraud, injury, or criminal acts between users and others;
4. Service interruption caused by third-party (e.g., telecom operators, network service providers) failures.
6.5 Disputes and Reporting
1. If users discover others engaging in illegal or violating behaviors while using this Platform, they have the right to report it to the Platform.
2. After receiving a report, the Platform will review and handle it according to laws, regulations, and this Agreement.
3. Disputes or conflicts between users should be resolved by the parties involved through negotiation; if illegal activities are involved, they should report to the police or seek judicial recourse promptly.
Chapter 7: Intellectual Property
7.1 Platform Rights
1. All content provided by this Platform, including but not limited to text, pictures, icons, video, audio, interface design, layout framework, source code, and database, is protected by copyright law, trademark law, patent law, anti-unfair competition law, and international treaties.
2. Unless otherwise provided by law or separately permitted in writing, the copyright, patent rights, trademark rights, and trade secret rights of the aforementioned content belong to this Platform or its affiliated companies.
3. Without the written permission of this Platform, any unit or individual may not unauthorizedly reproduce, disseminate, adapt, display, mirror, scrape, or use the content of this Platform in other ways.
7.2 User Rights and Restrictions
1. The intellectual property rights of content such as text, pictures, and video published by users on this Platform belong to the user themselves.
2. Users agree to grant this Platform a global, free, irrevocable license for reasonable purposes such as display, promotion, backup, and archiving.
3. Users guarantee that the content they publish on this Platform does not infringe upon third-party rights. If disputes arise due to infringement, the responsibility shall be borne by the user and is unrelated to this Platform.
4. If content uploaded or published by a user is complained about by others or is determined to be infringing, this Platform has the right to delete or block the relevant content and may take restrictive measures against the relevant account.
7.3 Intellectual Property Protection Mechanism
1. This Platform respects intellectual property rights. If any unit or individual believes that the content of this Platform infringes their rights, they can submit a notice of claim to this Platform in writing.
2. The notice of claim should include: the name/designation and contact information of the rights holder, the specific address of the infringing content, proof of ownership, and a statement demanding deletion or blocking.
3. After receiving a qualified notice, this Platform will process it promptly and, if necessary, convey it to the allegedly infringing user.
Chapter 8: Service Interruption and Termination
8.1 Service Interruption
1. This Platform has the right to interrupt part or all of the services due to system maintenance, upgrades, adjustments, etc.
2. This Platform will notify users in advance whenever possible, but may interrupt immediately without notice in emergencies.
3. For reasonable losses caused to users by service interruption, this Platform will strive to minimize the impact but shall not bear additional compensation liability.
8.2 Service Termination
Under the following circumstances, this Platform has the right to terminate part or all of the services to the user at any time:
1. The user violates the conduct standards of this Agreement, and the circumstances are serious;
2. The user provides false information or impersonates others;
3. The user uses this Platform to engage in illegal criminal activities;
4. The user has not used the account for a long time (no login for 365 consecutive days);
5. Termination is necessary based on laws, regulations, or regulatory requirements;
6. Other situations where this Platform deems it necessary to terminate services.
8.3 Account Cancellation
1. Users have the right to apply for account cancellation under conditions that comply with the Platform's regulations.
2. After account cancellation, data associated with the account will be cleared or anonymized and cannot be recovered.
3. Account cancellation does not affect liability for actions prior to cancellation; users are still liable for their actions before cancellation.
8.4 Consequences of Termination
1. If a user's service is terminated due to violation of this Agreement, this Platform has the right to retain relevant evidence and may transfer it to law enforcement agencies depending on the situation.
2. After a user terminates the use of services, this Platform has the right to retain the data generated by the user during their use of the Platform for legal and compliant purposes.
3. Once an account is canceled, the user will be unable to continue using any functions or services of the Platform.
Chapter 9: Liability Limitation
9.1 General Liability Limitation
1. This Platform will make its best efforts to provide safe, stable, and reliable services but does not guarantee that the services are completely error-free or uninterrupted.
2. Users understand and agree that any direct or indirect losses arising from the use of this Platform shall be borne by the users themselves. This Platform shall only bear limited liability within the scope prescribed by law.
9.2 Information Authenticity Responsibility
1. This Platform does not conduct comprehensive review of the materials and content provided by users and does not guarantee their authenticity, accuracy, or completeness.
2. Users should judge the credibility of the information themselves and bear the risks of using such information.
3. This Platform is not responsible for losses caused by users believing false information.
9.3 Third-Party Liability Limitation
1. Third-party services or websites that users encounter due to using this Platform are unrelated to this Platform.
2. This Platform makes no guarantees regarding the content, advertisements, products, or services of third parties. Disputes between users and third parties should be resolved by the parties involved.
9.4 Offline Activity Liability
1. Users' participation in offline activities (including but not limited to "Instant Dates", "gatherings", "parties") through this Platform are personal actions of the users, and this Platform assumes no organizational responsibility.
2. Accidents, personal injuries, or property losses occurring during users' offline activities shall be borne by the users themselves.
3. If the activity is organized officially by the Platform, the Platform shall only bear reasonable safety assurance obligations within the scope prescribed by law.
9.5 Economic Loss Liability Limitation
1. If users incur economic losses during the use of the Platform, such as through recharging or purchasing services, they should first contact Platform customer service for negotiation and resolution.
2. This Platform will not compensate for losses caused by force majeure factors or users' own faults.
3. The total compensation by this Platform for user losses shall not exceed the service fees paid by the user to this Platform in the recent three months.
Chapter 10: Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
10.1 Governing Law
1. The conclusion, execution, interpretation, and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China (excluding the laws of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions).
2. For matters not explicitly stipulated by law, reference shall be made to prevailing industry standards and commercial practices.
10.2 Jurisdiction Court
1. Disputes arising from the performance of this Agreement shall first be resolved through friendly negotiation between the user and this Platform.
2. If negotiation fails, either party may file a lawsuit with the competent people's court in the location of this Platform.
3. The user agrees that the court in the Platform's location is the sole court of jurisdiction.
10.3 International Use
1. If users use this Platform from outside the territory, they shall comply with local laws and regulations.
2. Any consequences arising from the user's violation of foreign laws and regulations shall be borne by the user themselves and are unrelated to this Platform.
Chapter 11: Supplementary Provisions
11.1 Integrity of the Agreement
1. This Agreement, together with various rules and special terms formulated by this Platform, constitutes the complete usage agreement.
2. If part of the terms of this Agreement are deemed invalid, it does not affect the validity of the other terms.
11.2 Interpretation Right of the Agreement
1. The final interpretation right of this Agreement belongs to this Platform.
2. Within the limits permitted by law, this Platform has the right to revise and interpret this Agreement.
11.3 Effectiveness and Termination of the Agreement
1. This Agreement takes effect from the date the user clicks "Agree" or actually uses this Platform's services.
2. User account cancellation or cessation of using this Platform shall be deemed as termination of this Agreement, but the user remains liable for actions before termination.
11.4 Notification and Delivery
1. Notices issued by this Platform to users will be delivered through platform announcements, pop-up prompts,站内信, email, SMS, etc.
2. Such notices are deemed delivered to the user upon release or sending.
3. User notifications or complaints must be submitted through the contact methods designated by this Platform to be effective.
11.5 Other Agreements
1. The failure or delay by this Platform to exercise any right under this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of that right.
2. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reading only and do not affect the meaning or interpretation of the clauses.
3. The text of this Agreement is the English version. In case of conflicts between multiple language versions, the English version shall prevail.
Disclaimer Summary (Reiterated)
1. This Platform only provides information display and communication tools and does not participate in users' real-world interaction activities.
2. Any risks arising from the user's use of this Platform, including but not limited to property loss, personal injury, and reputational damage, shall be borne by the user themselves.
3. Functions such as "Instant Date" are high-risk instant dating functions; this Platform reminds users again to use them cautiously and never put themselves in dangerous environments.
4. This Platform assumes no responsibility for losses caused by force majeure, third-party reasons, or users' own faults.
5. Once the user uses this Platform, it is deemed that they have known and voluntarily accepted the above risk warnings and disclaimer.
Concluding Remarks
1. The full text of this Agreement is self-contained, covering user registration, account management, service content, user conduct standards, privacy policy, risk warnings, intellectual property, service interruption and termination, liability limitation, governing law and dispute resolution, supplementary provisions, etc.
2. Before using this Platform, users must carefully read and fully understand all terms of this Agreement; if you have any questions, you should immediately stop using it and contact Platform customer service for consultation. If the user continues to use, it shall be deemed recognition and acceptance of all terms of this Agreement.