Terms

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When using and registering on our website:

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Every place has its own rules. By choosing to come to 15mins, please respect and carefully read the following terms.

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By successfully registering on 15mins, you have agreed to and accepted the following texts and terms.

Please note that this website allows only personal use for non-commercial purposes. Without authorization from 15mins, no one is permitted to use this website as a medium to promote their own products or services or to use it as a commercial platform.

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If national laws and regulations are amended, our membership terms will be adjusted accordingly; please understand. We will clearly notify you here, so please check periodically.

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Regarding Intellectual Property:

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15mins respects intellectual property rights and is committed to protecting all the rights you enjoy. The content you publish (upload) on 15mins and your act of authorizing 15mins to use that content will not adversely affect the intellectual property rights you hold over this content. The copyright of the works you publish (upload) belongs entirely to the creators of those works. However, please do not publish the content you have already posted on 15mins on other websites! To better promote you, your published (uploaded) content, and 15mins, you agree that 15mins may use and disseminate this content on the 15mins site and other products under 15mins. For promotional purposes, you also agree that the above content may be licensed to third parties for use and dissemination.

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Without authorization from 15mins, no individual or organization may copy or use any content on the 15mins site.

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Any trademarks, logos, and other identifiers related to 15mins that appear on the 15mins site may not be used by any individual or organization for any purpose or in any manner without prior written authorization from 15mins.

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Community Management Regulations:​

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The following content is strictly prohibited. If your behavior meets any of the items listed below, we have the right to delete the content you have published (uploaded) on this website or even close your account. For serious violations, we will report to law enforcement agencies:

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1. Using as a username on 15mins any name (or part thereof) of other websites, companies, institutions, or groups in Chinese or English and/or their domain names.

2. Violating any intellectual property laws or regulations by publishing any content on this website that infringes on others' intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights and trademark rights.

3. Disclosing any information containing others' private details: including real names, contact information, home addresses, photos, private messages within the site, chat records, social network accounts, and other such information.

4. Publishing any political views or discussing any topics involving politics.

5. Publishing content and viewpoints intended to defame others or content containing vulgar language.

6. Publishing information that is insulting or threatening to others.

7. Publishing content that contains racial discrimination, including discrimination based on skin color, ethnicity, nationality, age, physical, mental or intellectual disabilities, gender discrimination, and religious or non-religious views.

8. Publishing content that contains commercial advertisements. 15mins strictly prohibits users from posting any information about enterprises, websites, commercial advertisements, recruitment, hiring, or solicitations without permission. We don't mind if you include your travel blog in your personal profile, but any commercial inducements, advertisements, or site promotions are unacceptable. Any unauthorized commercial advertisements, if reported, will be immediately deleted, and we may decide whether to close or delete your account depending on the severity of the situation.

9. Using 15mins to create hype or engage in sensationalism; deliberately posting inflammatory news or content. Replying to or arguing with such individuals only aids their promotion. The best approach is to ignore it or send an email to 15mins@fastmail.com to alert us.

 

Complaints:

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If users need to file a complaint about 15mins products or website administrators, please send an email to 15mins@fastmail.com to inform us.

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Privacy Policy:

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When you register or send emails to us, we will collect your personal information for the purposes of managing the website, sending passwords, communicating about the content you publish, and keeping in touch with you. At any time, you can update your personal information in the "Profile" section of your account settings. Rest assured, we will never disclose your personal information to any third party!

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