SIG SAUER SERVICES USER GUIDELINES AND CONTENT STANDARDS

SIG SAUER User Guidelines ("User Guidelines") apply when using SIG SAUER's applications and services that reference these User Guidelines (the "Services") including accessing any type of material or content made available through those Services ("Content"). These User Guidelines are designed to ensure the Services stay enjoyable for everyone. In addition to these User Guidelines, content must adhere to the SIG SAUER Platform Rules ("Platform Rules").

We may update these User Guidelines and Content Standards from time to time - you can find the latest version on our website.

Violating the User Guidelines or Content Standards may result in removal of any content or material you've contributed to the Services and/or termination or suspension of your account. We try to make the Services broadly available to everyone, but we reserve the right to limit your use of our Services if we've previously terminated your account on any of our Services.

User Guidelines

The following is not permitted for any reason whatsoever in relation to the Services and the material or content made available through the Services, or any part thereof:

1. using the Services in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries);
2. using the Services for the purposes of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
3. using the Services to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out herein;
4. reverse-engineering, decompiling, disassembling, modifying, or creating derivative works, except where such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law. If applicable law allows you to decompile any part of the Services or Content where required in order to obtain the information necessary to create an independent program that can be operated with the Services or with another program, the information you obtain from such activities (a) may only be used for the foregoing objective, (b) may not be disclosed or communicated without SIG SAUER's prior written consent to any third party to whom it is not necessary to disclose or communicate in order to achieve that objective, and (c) may not be used to create any software or service that is substantially similar in its expression to any part of the Services or the Content;
5. copying, reproducing, redistributing, "ripping," recording, transferring, performing, framing, linking to or displaying to the public, broadcasting, or making available to the public, or any other use which is not expressly permitted under the Terms of Use or applicable law, or which otherwise infringes intellectual property rights;
6. importing or copying any local files that you do not have the legal right to import or copy in this way;
7. transferring copies of cached Content from an authorized Device to any other Device via any means;
8. "crawling" or "scraping", whether manually or by automated means, or otherwise using any automated means (including bots, scrapers, and spiders), to view, access or collect information;
9. selling, renting, sublicensing, leasing or other monetization except as expressly permitted under the Terms of Use;
10. selling a user account, or otherwise accepting or offering to accept any compensation, financial or otherwise, to influence the name of an account or the content included on an account; or
11. artificially increasing follow counts, artificially promoting Content, or other manipulation including by (i) using any bot, script or other automated process, (ii) providing or accepting any form of compensation (financial or otherwise), or (iii) any other means;
12. circumventing any technology used by SIG SAUER, its licensors, or any third party, including any territorial or other content access restrictions applied by SIG SAUER or its licensors;
13. circumventing or blocking advertisements or creating or distributing tools designed to block advertisements;
14. removing or altering any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property notices (including for the purpose of disguising or changing any indications of ownership or source);
15. deleting or altering any part of the Services or Content except as expressly permitted under the Agreements or, in the case of Content made available by another user, with such user's express consent; or
16. providing your password to any other person or using any other person's username and password.

Please respect SIG SAUER, the owners of the material and content on the Services, and other users of the Services. Don't engage in any activity, post any User Contributions, or register or use a username, which is or includes material that:

1. is illegal, or intended to promote or commit an illegal act of any kind, including violations of intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or proprietary rights of SIG SAUER or a third party, or would violate any agreement to which you are a party, such as, by way of example and not limitation, an exclusive publishing agreement;
2. includes your password or purposely includes any other user's password or purposely includes personal data of third parties or is intended to solicit such personal data;
3. exposes confidential or proprietary information of a third party or personal information about yourself that is not intended to be broadcast to people around the world;
4. includes malicious content such as malware, Trojan horses, or viruses, or otherwise interferes with any user's access to the Services;
5. impersonates or misrepresents your affiliation with SIG SAUER (including, for instance, by using SIG SAUER's copyrighted content, using the SIG SAUER logo without permission, or otherwise using SIG SAUER trademarks in a confusing manner), another user, person, or entity, or is otherwise fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading;
6. involves the transmission of unsolicited mass mailings or other forms of spam, junk mail, chain letters, or similar;
7. unauthorized commercial or sales activities, such as advertising, promotions, contests, sweepstakes, gambling, bookmaking, or pyramid schemes;
8. unauthorized linking to, referencing, or otherwise promoting commercial products or services, except as expressly authorized by SIG SAUER;
9. interferes with or in any way disrupts the Services, tampers with, breaches, or attempts to probe, scan, or test for vulnerabilities in the Services or SIG SAUER's computer systems, network, usage rules, or any of SIG SAUER's security components, authentication measures or any other protection measures applicable to the Services, the Content or any part thereof;
10. conflicts with the Terms of Use or any other terms or other policies applicable to your use of any of the Services; or
11. has been removed from any of our Services for a breach of our terms or policies, such as a prohibited track, episode or show. This includes content being created or repurposed to reconstitute or serve the same objective as previously removed Content.

Content Standards

These Content Standards apply to any and all User Contributions.  User Contributions must comply in their entirety with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. User Contributions must also comply with the rules set forth below.

What are the Rules?

It is important to be aware of what types of content are not allowed on the Services.  SIG SAUER does not allow dangerous, deceptive, sensitive, or illegal content to be posted on the Services. The examples below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive.

Dangerous or Hateful Content

Don’t promote violence, incite hatred, harass or engage in any other behavior that may place people at risk or in fear of serious physical harm or death. What to avoid:

Content that advocates or glorifies serious physical harm towards an individual or group including, but not limited to: encouraging, promoting, or glorifying suicide and self-harm (if you or someone you know is struggling or thinking about self-harm, please see here for ways to get help), inciting or threatening serious physical harm or acts of violence against a specific target or specific group, or posting depictions of violence towards persons or animals.

Content that promotes or supports terrorism or violent extremism including, but not limited to: glorifying or praising violent extremist groups or their members, coordinating, promoting, threatening, or praising an act of violence by or on behalf of violent extremist groups or their members, providing instructions or instructional materials to commit an act of violent extremism, soliciting an individual or group to finance, undertake an act of violent extremism, or become involved in the activities of a violent extremist group

Content that targets an individual or identifiable group for harassment or related abuse including, but not limited to: repeatedly targeting specific individuals with sexual advances; or sharing, threatening to share, or encouraging others to share someone’s private information, including credit card or banking information, National Identity numbers, etc.

Content that incites violence or hatred towards a person or group of people based on race, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, disability or other characteristics including, but not limited to: praising, supporting, or calling for violence against a person or group of people based on the characteristics listed above; dehumanizing statements about a person or group based on the protected characteristics listed above; or promoting or glorifying hate groups and their associated images, and/or symbols.

Content that promotes the sale of regulated or illegal goods including, but not limited to: selling products prohibited by law; selling firearms or ammunition; selling illegal drugs; or selling endangered species or products derived from endangered species.

Content that promotes, solicits, or facilitates child sexual abuse or exploitation including, but not limited to: visual depictions of a minor engaged in a sexual act or lascivious depictions of a nude minor; promoting acts of sexual abuse against a child in exchange for money; encouraging or promoting sexual attraction by adults towards minors; promoting, normalizing, or glorifying child grooming behaviors.

Deceptive Content

Creating great experiences on our Services requires trust that people are who they say they are, that they won’t be scammed, and that no one is trying to manipulate our platform. Don’t use malicious practices to deceive others. What to avoid:

Content that impersonates others in order to deceive including, but not limited to: replicating the same name, image, and/or description as another existing creator; posing as another person, brand, or organization in a misleading manner; Content that promotes manipulated and synthetic media as authentic in ways that pose the risk of harm which includes, but may not be limited to: audio or video recording that comes from a real and valid source that has been altered in a way that changes the meaning or context of the original media and is purported to be true, thus posing a risk of harm to the speaker or other individuals; audio or visual media artificially created through the use of technology that’s purported to be true, such as digitally manufactured sexual audio and video content or content falsely suggesting that someone committed a crime.

Content that attempts to manipulate or interfere with election-related processes including, but not limited to: misrepresentation of procedures in a civic process that could discourage or prevent participation; or misleading content promoted to intimidate or suppress voters from participating in an election.

Content that attempts to take advantage of our user community including, but not limited to: posting, sharing, or providing instructions on implementing malware or related malicious practices that seek to harm or gain unauthorized access to computers, networks, systems, or other technologies; phishing or related attempts to deceptively solicit or collect sensitive information; promoting investment and financial scams like get rich quick and pyramid schemes, or otherwise encouraging others to part with money under false pretenses; or promotion of the use of firearms in unsafe or illegal ways.

Sensitive Content

We have interesting and educational content on our Services, but there are certain things that we don’t allow on our platform. Don’t post excessively violent or graphic content, vulgar content, or sexually explicit content. What to avoid:

Content that promotes graphic or gratuitous depictions of violence, gore, or other shocking imagery including, but not limited to: severely mutilated or dismembered bodies.

Content that includes vulgarities or other slurs including, but not limited to: swear words, slurs, or other language that is commonly considered vulgar. 

Content that contains sexually explicit material including, but not limited to: pornography or visual depictions of genitalia or nudity presented for the purpose of sexual gratification; or advocating or glorifying sexual themes related to rape, incest, or bestiality

Illegal Content

The law is the law. No matter who you are, it is your responsibility to comply with applicable laws and regulations. What to avoid:

Content that violates applicable laws and regulations including, but not limited to: content that does not comply with applicable sanctions and export regulations; or content that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act of any kind.

Content that infringes the intellectual property rights of others including, but not limited to: content posted on or in the Services without obtaining necessary permissions; content that infringes third-party copyrights or trademarks.

What happens to rule breakers?

We take these decisions seriously and keep context in mind when making them. Breaking the rules may result in the violative content being removed from the Services, or temporary or permanent ban of an offending user from all or a portion of the Services.

We have implemented a banned words and phrases feature that automatically detects words and phrases which are commonly considered vulgar or which we have determined would fall under the prohibited categories of content detailed herein.  If we detect that a user contribution contains one of these banned words or phrases, such user contribution will not be allowed to be posted to the Services.

What else do I need to know?

These Content Standards will help ensure that the Services remain an open and safe platform for all. We will continue to evaluate and update this information as needed, so please check back frequently. Depending on which SIG SAUER Services or features you use, you may be subject to additional requirements so please follow those too.

How can I report an issue?

If you believe that any content appearing or hosted on the Services violates these User Guidelines and Content Standards, or any other provision of the Terms of Use, please report your concern to us.  You may report any concerns to us by sending an email to [email protected].

SIG SAUER is committed to taking all reports of content that violates our terms seriously and aims to respond to and resolve any reports within 60 days.