Treadl Terms of Use
This document is designed to be accessible, understandable, and easy to read without legal and other jargon. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about this document, please get in touch with us by emailing hello@treadl.com.
This document will have slight changes made to it occasionally. Please refer back to it from time to time.
Important: this document refers specifically to the version of Treadl running at treadl.com (and subdomains). We refer to this as "the service" or often simply just "Treadl", "us", "we", etc. Treadl is open-source software and can be run by anyone and be called anything. Other "instances" of "Treadl" should have their own terms of Use in place that are suitable to that instance.
Related Terms
We recommend also reading the following documents to understand our and your obligations on Treadl:
Liability
Treadl does not guarantee constant availability of service access and accepts no liability for downtime or access failure due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control (including any failure by ISP or system provider).
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.
Any information on our services may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. We strive to maintain accuracy as much as possible.
Our services are provided on an “as is”, “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, those of TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE or NON-INFRINGEMENT or any warranty arising from a course of dealing, usage, or trade practice. No advice or written information provided shall create a warranty; nor shall members or visitors to our services rely on any such information or advice.
User Accounts
You must use a suitably complex password (we recommend using a password manager and generating long passwords of 20 characters or more) on your account and ensure your account details are kept safe at all times.
Do not share your account details with anyone, and do not use the same password (or variations) on Treadl that you use for other services.
You are free to use anonymous information (e.g. your username) to sign-up, but your email address must be valid and one you can receive mail to.
User Generated Content
We distribute the content supplied by our users. We try to maintain a safe platform for all of our users, but cannot take responsibility for such content. We are not liable for any damages as a result of such content. Self-policing is a an important feature of platforms like Treadl, so please report any problems with such user-generated content to the email address above or via the dedicated reports and complaints form. We accept no liability or responsibility to any person or organisation as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained by our services.
The services may contain links to other sites on the internet provided by users. Whilst we strive to ensure user content is kept safe and legal (in accordance with our Online Safety Policy) we are not responsible for the accuracy, legality, decency of material or copyright compliance of any such linked websites or services or information provided via any such link.
We reserve the right to permanently ban any user from our services for any reason related to mis-behaviour (including actions taken on Treadl). We will be the sole judge of "behaviour" and we do not offer appeals in those cases. We also reserve the right to remove any content at any time and for any reason, if we assess it to be forbidden content (see below).
The following types of content are forbidden, and may result in user account or content takedowns:
- Non-art and/or non-weaving related content or content otherwise misaligned with our goals of the service.
- Harmful or illegal content (including illegal content as described in the UK Online Safety Act).
- Abusive content (e.g. comments or other information that aims to harm or bring harm to another user). Harm includes emotional harm.
- Harassing content (e.g. soliciting or being overly personal publicly or in comments on others' content).
- Content that aims to mimic or impersonate someone else or another organisation.
Code of Conduct
All users must follow the Treadl code of conduct:
- Do not upload or add content that contains slurs, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise discriminatory content. Do not add or upload content containing any hateful ideologies.
- All uploaded content should be at least in some way related to art and/or weaving.
- Be kind to others, and don't be intentionally difficult or antagonistic. Harassment or threats or personal attacks will not be tolerated in any way.
- Do not post any adult content.
- Do not post any illegal (from the perspective of UK law) or copyrighted content for which you do not own the rights.
- Do not post any content, or interact with the platform, in a way that is designed to bring harm to the platform or to negatively affect other people.
- Do report content from others that you suspect of being harmful, abusive, or illegal.
Moderation and Complaints
The following types of content are subject to approval and will not be available to other users until a Treadl admin has approved them:
- New files (including images and videos) in your projects
- New comments on items in projects
The following types of content are subject to moderation and all changes to these items will be reviewed:
- User profiles
If, as a result of such approval or moderation (we refer to both as "moderation"), we determine that the user profile or other content is harmful, illegal (including illegal content as described in the UK Online Safety Act), or otherwise forbidden or unsuitable, we will delete the content or user account.
Every page, and alongside each piece of user generated content (e.g. comments and project items), includes a link to a dedicated complaints form, with which users or visitors can submit reports or complaints about users or content. For example, complaints can be made if the user profile or content is harmful, illegal, or otherwise forbidden or unsuitable.
Please note that manifestly unfounded complaints will be rejected and no action will be taken.
If, as a result of complaint/report or moderation, we determine that your user profile or the content is unsuitable, or that the user profile or content is associated with a proscribed organisation (under the UK Terrorism Act), it will be immediately deleted from Treadl. Depending on the severity of the content, you may not be notified about this, but we may notify relevant authorities.
If you have a complaint or appeal about our handling of online safety duties or about user or content takedowns, you may submit a complaint or appeal using the same form.
In handling all moderation, complaints, and appeals, we take into account freedom of expression.
For more information about online safety on Treadl, please view our Online Safety Page.