Terms & Conditions Toggle navigation العربية English Bosanski 中文 Français Türkçe Español AL JAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK Terms & Conditions These Terms and Conditions apply whenever you use a website (a “site”) mobile application, connected TV, or other service (each a “Service”) that is owned and operated by Al Jazeera Media Network (“Al Jazeera”). Please read the below Terms and Conditions carefully as they govern the use of this Service and any products and services available on or provided through this Service, except to the extent that such products or services are governed by more specific terms. In these Terms and Conditions, references to the “Service” are taken to include all such products and services, except where stated otherwise. 1. User Obligation By using, viewing, and/or visiting this Service, you have indicated your acknowledgement and assent to these Terms and Conditions and any other terms and conditions which may be introduced by Al Jazeera via this Service from time to time. Your access, viewing, use, participation and/or downloading materials from the Service, indicates your agreement to abide by these Terms and Conditions. Al Jazeera reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online and it is your responsibility to refer to and comply with these Terms and Conditions upon accessing the Service. We recommend that you print a copy of these Terms and Conditions for future reference. If you do not agree to any of these Terms and Conditions, please cease from the use of this Service, and any associated products or services governed by these Terms and Conditions, immediately. Irrespective of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, if any conflict exists between these Terms and Conditions and any rules and/or specific terms applicable to specific products or services, then the latter shall prevail with respect to those products or services. 2. Terms of Use Use of this Service is only permitted for lawful purposes and in a manner which is not in breach of any applicable law and which does not infringe any rights of, or restrict the use and lawful enjoyment of, this Service by any third party. Such restrictions shall include, but are not limited to, harassment, defamatory conduct, obscene or abusive content, offensive language, distress to third parties and any other conduct which may be deemed inappropriate in Al Jazeera’s sole and absolute discretion. This Service is intended for a general audience and are not specifically directed at children. You hereby warrant that, as applicable: (i) you are 18 years of age or older; or (ii) you are over the applicable minimum age specified for the use of the Service (if lower than 18); or (iii) you possess all required approvals and consents including legal guardian or parental consent for the use of this Service. Al Jazeera may assign any or all of its rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions to any party, in Al Jazeera’s sole and absolute discretion. If this happens, Al Jazeera will take reasonable steps to: (i) update these Terms and Conditions to provide notice of such changes, and (ii) ensure that such assignment will not adversely affect your legal rights. Irrespective of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, if any conflict exists between these Terms and Conditions and any rules and/or specific terms applicable to specific products or services, then the latter shall prevail with respect to those products or services. 3. User Content Submission Elements of this Service may allow for user information or any other data to be transmitted or posted on the Service (hereinafter referred to as “User Submissions”). These include personal information, photographs, videos, audio materials, comments, recommendations, profile pictures, biographic details, games, puzzles, quizzes, viewing/usage history and statistics, written scripts, articles, opinions or any other form of material. If you upload any User Submissions, you agree that they shall be subject to the following conditions: 3.1 By submitting any User Submissions to this Service, you grant Al Jazeera a non-revocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, alter, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, or delete any or all parts of the User Submission in its own sole and absolute discretion and on any platform or media whatsoever. You hereby waive any and all moral rights, and any equivalent or similar rights, that may subsist in or apply in relation to any User Submissions. This licence and waiver shall not be limited by period or territory. 3.2 User Submissions may be used by Al Jazeera for any purpose including, but not limited to reproduction, broadcasting, transmission, editing, cutting, reformation, adapting, posting, or any other use as per the sole and absolute discretion of Al Jazeera. 3.3 You shall at all times abide by all guidelines or policies issued by Al Jazeera from time to time, governing the submission, use, or interaction with User Submissions. You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and any claims, complaints, allegations of infringement, damages, third party rights, or legal action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, the use and submission of your User Submissions. 3.4 By submitting any User Submission, you hereby affirm, represent and warrant that you have the right to submit such User Submissions, and that you have obtained all necessary clearances, licences, consents, rights and permissions to use and authorise Al Jazeera to use your User Submissions. 3.5 You undertake that you will not submit or disclose to or via this Service any User Submission, or any other material or information, that is protected by or subject to any copyright, trade secret or any third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless all necessary rights, permissions and authorisations have been obtained from all necessary licences, permissions and authorisations from all relevant rights owners to submit the User Submission, material, and/or information and grant the licence indicated herein to Al Jazeera. 3.6 You further undertake not to submit any User Submission, material, or information, that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libellous, political, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially offensive, considered as a criminal offence, gives rise to a civil liability, encourages criminal action or violates the law, culture or internationally acceptable norms and codes of ethics. 3.7 Al Jazeera shall have sole and absolute discretion regarding the use, publication and/or display of User Submissions, and under no circumstances is Al Jazeera obliged to publish, display or include in this Service or any other platform or service, all or part of any User Submission. Irrespective of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, if any conflict exists between these Terms and Conditions and any rules and/or specific terms applicable to specific products or services, then the latter shall prevail with respect to those products or services. 4. Privacy and Data Protection To find out what personal data we collect, use, share, and how we use it, please visit our privacy notice at Al Jazeera Privacy Notice. 5. Access to the Service Al Jazeera makes no representation that materials in this Service are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the State of Qatar and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. If you access this Service from a location outside of the State of Qatar, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You are responsible for the payment of any fees and/or any taxes applicable to your access to, or use of, the Service or any portion thereof. Any applicable fees shall be determined by Al Jazeera in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to applicable law. Al Jazeera may suspend, terminate, withdraw, restrict, or modify the availability or functionality of all or any part of the Service without notice and for any or no reason. The causes of such suspension, termination, withdrawal, restriction, or modification, may include, without limitation, failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions, failure to comply with any policies or guidelines issued by Al Jazeera regarding the use of any Service, attempting to make unauthorized changes to a Service, attempting to access or obtain all or any part of a Service without satisfying the applicable requirements, attempting to circumvent any security measures on any service, or the submission of inaccurate or inappropriate User Submissions. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Service through your internet connection are aware of, and comply with, these Terms and Conditions and all other applicable Al Jazeera policies or guidelines regarding your use of the Service. If you are granted credentials to enable you to access any portion of the Service, you must treat such credentials as confidential and keep them secure. You must not disclose such credentials to any third party. Al Jazeera may disable your access to any or all portions of the Service, and/or revoke your credentials, at any time and without prior notice, if it appears to Al Jazeera that you have failed to comply with your obligations under these Terms and Conditions. 6. Copyright and Other Intellectual Property The names, images and logos identifying Al Jazeera, or any of its associated companies or third parties and their products and services are the exclusive property of Al Jazeera, its associated companies and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by any means, licence or right under any copyright, trade mark, or other intellectual property rights (or any equivalent or similar rights) of Al Jazeera, its associated companies or any other third party. All copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights (or any equivalent or similar rights) in this Service (including the design, arrangement and look and feel) and all material or content supplied as part of the Service shall remain at all times the property of Al Jazeera or Al Jazeera’s licensors. In accessing the Service you agree that you do so only for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not authorise, encourage, permit or assist in any way any third party to copy, reproduce, download, post, store, distribute, transmit, broadcast, commercially exploit or modify in any way, or otherwise infringe any intellectual property rights (or any equivalent or similar rights) in any material or content accessible on or through the Service without the express prior written permission of an authorised officer of Al Jazeera. You shall not authorise, encourage, permit or assist any unauthorised copying, text or data mining, or web scraping, in relation to the Service, including: (i) any “spider”, “scraper”, “bot” or other automated technology, mechanism or process in order to access, copy, view or record any portion of the Service or any information, content or User Submissions accessed via the Service; and (ii) any automated technology, mechanism or process in order to analyse any portion of the Service or any information, content or User Submissions accessed via the Service for the purpose of identifying trends, correlations or patterns. 7. Third Party Materials Al Jazeera is not responsible for the availability or content of any third party materials, websites, apps or links you access through this site. If you decide to visit any third party materials, websites, apps or links accessible from the Service, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against flaws, viruses, or other destructive elements that may exist in such thir…