Terms of Use

1. Overview and Purpose of MiClique

MiClique is a microblogging and social networking platform. It is designed to let people publish write-ups, short updates, photos, videos and links; follow other accounts; discover topics; react to posts; and have public conversations at scale. MiClique is not a financial product and does not provide banking, investment, lending, savings, or payment features. Our objective is to provide a safe, expressive, and reliable environment for social expression.

This social platform is dynamic, and so we will continue to enhance, refine, or retire features to maintain safety and performance, comply with extant laws, and improve user experience. When we take enforcement steps (such as content removal, visibility limits, or account restrictions) we do so to protect users, reduce harm, and preserve the integrity of the platform.

2. Services Provided

2.1 Accounts and Profiles

We provide account registration and profile pages where you can choose a display name, handle, photo, and personal information data or bio. Your profile, followers, following list, and public posts are generally visible to others unless we offer and you use additional audience controls. You agree to maintain accurate registration information and to secure your credentials, including any multi-factor authentication.

2.2 Posting and Publishing

We provide tools to compose and publish short-form posts (microblogs) and attach media such as photos and videos. Formatting, length limits, and file types may evolve. We may transcode, compress, or reformat your media to optimize performance across devices, networks, and product surfaces. By uploading media, you confirm you hold the necessary rights and approvals to do so.

2.3 Interactions and Social Features

You may interact through reactions, comments, reposts/shares, quote-posts, mentions, and hashtags. We may display public metrics (for example, counts of views, reactions, comments, and shares). To reduce spam and abuse, we may impose rate limits or other friction or control measures on certain actions, or adjust the visibility of particular content or accounts.

2.4 Discovery, Feeds, and Recommendations

We provide personalized and non-personalized feeds, search, and recommendations that help you discover content and accounts. Recommendations may be influenced by your activity, the accounts you follow, interactions on the platform, and other signals. We may label content or accounts (e.g., “promoted,” “sensitive,” “age-restricted”) and may downrank or annotate content that could mislead or harm.

2.5 Notifications and Communications

We may send in-product and out-of-product notifications (email, push, SMS where applicable) about activity, recommendations, security alerts, or updates to our terms and policies. You can adjust notification preferences in settings, but certain service or security notices may be mandatory.

2.6 Direct Messaging (If Enabled)

If direct messaging is enabled in your region or on your account, you may exchange private messages with other users. We may apply automated or human review for safety, spam prevention, or abuse detection, consistent with applicable law. You are strongly advised to respect the privacy and preferences of recipients; do not send unwanted or harassing messages.

2.7 Media Processing, Subtitles, and Accessibility

We may automatically generate thumbnails, previews, subtitles, transcripts, or alternative text to improve accessibility and discovery. Automated outputs may contain errors; you are responsible for reviewing and correcting them where accuracy matters.

2.8 Safety, Reporting, and Appeals

We provide in-app mechanisms to report content or behavior that you believe violates these Terms or the law. We use a combination of automated systems and human review to address reports, including removal, visibility limits, feature restrictions, or account action. Where feasible and lawful, we provide notice and an opportunity to appeal decisions through channels we designate.

2.9 Creator, Business, and Verification Features

From time to time, we may offer features for creators or businesses (for example, verification badges, branded-content tools, profile categories, or promotional utilities). These features may require additional terms, eligibility criteria, fees, or documentation. Where they conflict, the additional terms will govern for that feature.

2.10 Advertising and Sponsored Content

We may display advertisements or sponsored content within the Services. Ads may appear adjacent to, before, after, or within content. We may tailor ad delivery based on your activity and settings. We do not sell information that directly identifies you to advertisers. You agree that MiClique may show ads alongside your content and profile without paying you, unless we expressly agree otherwise.

2.11 Third-Party Links, Embeds, and Integrations

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, content, or integrations. Those resources are not under our control, and their terms and privacy practices are their own. Accessing them is at your discretion and risk.

2.12 APIs and Developer Access

We may provide APIs or other programmatic interfaces. Use of such tools requires separate credentials and compliance with additional developer terms and technical policies. We may revoke or modify access at any time to protect users and the platform.

2.13 Trials, Betas, and Experimental Features

We may make experimental or beta features available. Such features are offered “as is,” may be withdrawn without notice, and may not be suitable for production use. Your feedback is voluntary; we may use it without restriction or obligation.

2.14 Service Availability and Changes

We aim for high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted operation. Maintenance windows, outages, force-majeure events, third-party failures, or legal/regulatory reasons may affect availability. We reserve the right to change, limit, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time.

3. Eligibility and Account Rules

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Services. If you are under the legal age of majority in your location, you may use the Services only with consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. You must not use the Services if we have previously disabled your account for policy violations unless we explicitly authorize otherwise. Impersonation, misleading identity claims, and misrepresentation of affiliations are prohibited.

4. Privacy and Data

Your use of MiClique is subject to our Privacy Policy, which describes the categories of data we collect, how we use and share data, the bases on which we process data, retention and deletion practices, and the choices available to you. By using the Services, you acknowledge that we will process your information in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Where required by law, we will seek your consent for certain processing and will provide controls to manage personalization and communications.

5. Your Content: Ownership, License, and Use

You remain the owner of the content you create and share on MiClique (“User Content”). To operate and improve the Services, you grant MiClique a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to host, store, cache, index, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, perform, translate, create derivative works from, and distribute your User Content in any media or distribution methods now known or later developed, solely for the purposes of providing, operating, protecting, promoting, and improving the Services, and developing new features.

This license continues for as long as your content remains on our systems; it ends when the content is deleted from our active systems, subject to technical and legal retention described below. You authorize us to make your content available to other users consistent with your settings and to allow them to use your content as the Services permit (for example, viewing, sharing, quoting).

6. Your Responsibilities and Rights of Others

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to post your User Content and to grant the foregoing license; that your content and conduct comply with applicable law and these Terms; and that you will not infringe or violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any person. Where your content includes music, footage, artwork, or other third-party materials, you are responsible for obtaining the required permissions and paying any royalties.

If you believe your rights are infringed on the Services, contact us with sufficient detail for us to identify the content and verify your claim.

7. Deleting Content and Account Deletion

You may delete individual posts or delete or deactivate your account. Deletion generally removes content from public view promptly; however, complete removal from active systems, caches, and backups may take additional time. We may preserve certain information where required by law, for the protection of users, to prevent abuse, for dispute resolution, or to comply with valid legal process. If other users have quoted, shared, or otherwise used your content as permitted by our features, those copies may remain.

8. Acceptable Use; Prohibited Conduct

MiClique is a place for lawful and respectful expression. You may not use the Services to engage in or promote:

• Any illegal activity or threats/incitement of violence
• Terrorism or violent extremism
• Harassment, bullying, or hate
• Sexual exploitation of minors or grooming
• Non-consensual intimate imagery
• Doxxing or invasion of privacy
• Platform manipulation, fake engagement, or undisclosed coordination
• Spamming or deceptive marketing
• Fraudulent or misleading schemes
• Distribution of malware or attempts to bypass security

You must not collect information from the Services by automated means (including scraping or crawling) without our written permission, nor may you misuse reporting, appeals, or user-safety tools. We may take any enforcement action we deem reasonably necessary to address violations, risks, or harm.

9. Child Safety

The Services are not intended for children under 13, and we maintain a zero-tolerance policy for child sexual exploitation or endangerment. We may report suspected violations to relevant authorities and will take immediate enforcement action, including content removal and account termination.

10. MiClique's Intellectual Property

The Services, including their design, software, databases, and trademarks, are owned by MiClique or our licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use our apps and website to access the Services. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source code, except where such restrictions are prohibited by law. If you provide suggestions or feedback, we may use them without restriction or obligation.

11. Third-Party Content and Services

Content posted by users or third parties remains their responsibility. We do not endorse, guarantee, or assume liability for third-party content, products, services, or websites linked from the Services. Your dealings with third parties are solely between you and them.

12. Personalization, Ads, and Commercial Content

To help support and improve the Services, we may display ads or sponsored content. Ad delivery may be informed by your activity and settings. We work with partners under appropriate safeguards and do not sell information that directly identifies you to advertisers. By using the Services, you agree that advertising may appear in connection with your experience.

13. Developers, APIs, and Additional Terms

If you access developer tools or special features (such as verification, branded content, or promotional tools), additional terms may apply. Those terms become part of this agreement for you and govern in the event of conflict while you use the relevant features.

14. Service Changes, Availability, and Suspension

We continuously refine the Services and may add, change, or withdraw features or impose reasonable limits on usage and storage. We may suspend or terminate access to all or part of the Services if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, pose a safety or legal risk, or where continuing to provide the Services is no longer feasible, lawful, or commercially viable. Where feasible and lawful, we will provide notice and a channel for appeal.

15. Disclaimers

The Services are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties express, implied, or statutory including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that content will be accurate, complete, or free of harmful components. You may encounter content you find offensive or harmful; you agree to use available settings and reporting tools to manage your experience.

16. Liability

16.1 Limitation of Damages

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, MiClique and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, partners, suppliers, and licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, revenues, goodwill, data, or business interruption, arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.

16.2 Aggregate Cap

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services shall not exceed the greater of ₦50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) or the amount you paid directly to us for the specific Service during the six (6) months preceding the event giving rise to liability.

16.3 Specific Exclusions

Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have no liability for:

• User-generated content or third-party conduct;
• Loss or corruption of data or content, provided we have taken reasonable technical and organizational measures;
• Unauthorized access to accounts resulting from your failure to maintain appropriate security of credentials or devices;
• Delays, failures, or outages attributable to telecommunications or hosting providers, power failures, or other systems outside our reasonable control;
• Errors in automated outputs (for example, subtitles, transcripts, thumbnails) where reasonable efforts are made to improve quality; or
• Any reliance you place on content, metrics, or annotations presented within the Services.

16.4 Carve-Outs

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, such as liability for fraud, willful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by negligence to the extent such limitation is prohibited.

16.5 Basis of the Bargain

You acknowledge that the disclaimers and limitations in this Section reflect a reasonable and negotiated allocation of risk and form an essential basis of the bargain between you and us; the Services would not be provided without these limitations.

16.6 Time Limit to Bring Claims

Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the Services or these Terms must be commenced within three (3) months after the claim accrues; otherwise, such claim or cause of action is permanently barred, to the extent permitted by law.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MiClique and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, partners, suppliers, and licensors from and against any claims, demands, actions, investigations, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your User Content; (b) your use of the Services; (c) your violation of these Terms or applicable law; or (d) your infringement or violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity.

18. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You and MiClique irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Lagos State, Nigeria. Either party may seek interim or injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its rights pending final resolution.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the Services, our practices, or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the Effective Date and provide reasonable notice (for example, by in-app notice or email). Your continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must discontinue use and may request account deletion.

20. Miscellaneous Provisions

These Terms, together with any policies or additional terms referenced or presented to you for specific features, constitute the entire agreement between you and MiClique regarding the Services and supersede any prior agreements on the subject. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and will be construed to give effect to the parties' intent. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver.

You may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign our rights and obligations in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law. Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The English version of these Terms controls to the extent of any inconsistency with translations. Sections that by their nature should survive (including the licenses you grant to us, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, governing law, dispute resolution, and miscellaneous provisions) survive termination of this agreement.

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