At Locals, we prioritise the safety and well-being of our community. This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) sets the ground rules and provides guidelines for every user of Locals (“Locals”, “we”, “us”, “our”) - Сreators, Members and visitors alike. This AUP Policy must be read in conjunction with the Locals Terms  of  Service and Locals Moderation Policy. If you break the rules stipulated in this policy, we may remove content, freeze or reverse payments, suspend or terminate accounts, and/or alert the relevant authorities.

Please review the following guidelines carefully.

All capitalized terms used in this AUP have the meanings assigned to them in the Locals Terms of Use.

<aside> 💡 How to report prohibited content and Locals’s process for review If you come across any users displaying suspicious behaviour or violating our community guidelines, please, report it immediately by contacting us or using the report link located in the Activity footer or profile menu. We will promptly investigate and take appropriate action.

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I. Scope and Key Principles

  1. Legality first – All activity on Locals Services must comply with the law wherever you and your audience are located.
  2. Payment integrity – We must meet the risk standards of our partners and our third parties that support our business; therefore, certain activities are outright prohibited when using our services, and others are allowed only with written pre‑approval.
  3. Age requirement – Users must not engage in, solicit, or facilitate contact with minors for harmful purposes. All Locals Users confirm they are 18+ and agree to refrain from interacting with underage individuals on the Locals services.
  4. Creator responsibility – Creators are liable for everything posted, sold, or streamed from their accounts and (or) Clubs they lead.
  5. No facilitation – You may not process payments or host content for undisclosed third parties or products/services you have not declared to Locals.
  6. User Safety any suspicions of violations of this policy identified either via our own content monitoring process or reported by the Users will be thoroughly investigated, and all necessary measures will be taken by us without undue delay.
  7. Sanctions restrictions – Locals Services cannot be used by persons located in, resident in, or a citizen of jurisdictions/territories, subject to various sanctions regimes, including, but not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
  8. Mutual respect - we expect users to treat each other with respect and communicate in line with general conduct rules.

II. General Conduct Rules

Users should refer to the non-exhaustive list of unacceptable behaviour below as a guiding principle and should not engage into the following activities: