Fair Use Policy
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Welcome to NobleNames to find the perfect Noble Name for your child.
1.2. These terms of use (the “Terms”) tell you the terms on which you may use the NobleNames website at https://noblenames.co.uk (the “Site”), and the products, services and content available from them. They also apply to any purchases you make on our Site. In these Terms we refer collectively to the Site and the content, products, and services available from them as “NobleNames”. 1.3. YOUR ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO PARAGRAPHS:
● THE AUTO-RENEWAL TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS (PARAGRAPH 9.6)
● YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL NOBLENAMES OR A PURCHASE DURING THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD (PARAGRAPH 10)
● OUR COMMUNITY RULES (PARAGRAPH 12)
● OUR RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO NOBLENAMES AND TO STOP PROVIDING IT (PARAGRAPHS 15 AND 16)
● OUR RIGHTS TO RESTRICT OR STOP YOUR ACCESS TO NOBLENAMES (PARAGRAPHS 17 AND 18)
● OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU (PARAGRAPH 24).
1.4. These Terms should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1.5. There will also be other terms or rules that apply to your use of a particular product or service on NobleNames, which we will let you know about before you purchase or use the relevant product or service. These additional terms will form part of these Terms, unless they are third party terms which create a direct contract between you and a third party.
2. ABOUT US
2.1. NobleNames is provided to you by Noble Names Project (“us”, “we”, or “our”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 0000000.
3. CONTACT US
3.1. Our email address is salam@noblenames.co.uk
3.2. Please contact us using the above contact details if you have a question or complaint about NobleNames, including any of its content. We will try to answer your inquiry or resolve any complaint as soon as possible.
3.4. For users residing in the EU, you have additional rights under the Digital Services Act to: (i) access third party out-of-court dispute settlement processes;
(ii) seek remedies from the courts in the EU member state in which you live; and
(iii) lodge a complaint with your local EU regulatory authority.
3.5. Please also contact us if you have any suggestions for improvements or additions that you would like to see on NobleNames.
4. HOW WE WILL CONTACT YOU
4.1. We will mainly contact you by the email connected to your account.
4.2. We will use the email provided when creating your account. As such, you must notify us as soon as possible if any of your details change.
5. TERMS OF USE
5.1. Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use NobleNames. By using NobleNames in any way, you confirm that you accept these Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use NobleNames. You might want to print a copy for your own records.
5.2. These Terms will always be available on our website. It’s important that you regularly check this page to see if any changes have been made and that you review the Terms whenever we update them, or you use NobleNames.
6. CHANGES TO TERMS OF USE
6.1. We may make changes to these Terms from time to time without asking for your express consent. In certain circumstances where the changes are significant, we’ll send an email to you notifying you of a change. You should regularly check this page for notice of any changes – we want our users to be as informed as possible. Although, if you have a paid subscription to NobleNames, any changes will only become effective when your current subscription period ends (which is usually the date of your next payment following the change).
6.2. If you do not agree with any changes that we make to these Terms, you can let us know and we will close your account in accordance with paragraph 19 below.
6.3. If you continue to use NobleNames following any change to these Terms, you will be accepting and agreeing the changes. If you do not agree to them, you should not use NobleNames.
7. CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO NOBLENAMES
7.1. To use NobleNames:
7.1.1. you must be aged 18 years old or over and you confirm this by providing your age group during registration;
7.1.2. you must not be barred from using NobleNames either by us previously or under the laws of the country where you live, or any other laws that apply to your use of NobleNames;
7.1.3. you must not have ever been convicted of a hate crime, terrorism, violent or sexually related criminal offence; and
7.1.4. you must register as a member of NobleNames by creating an account (an “Account”).
7.2. You may only access NobleNames for individual, personal and non-commercial use.
7.3. Your access to NobleNames and any information, and suggested names accepted displayed on NobleNames (together, “Content”) is permitted in accordance with, and subject to your compliance with, these Terms and in particular our Community Rules at paragraph 12 below.
7.4. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to access NobleNames.
8. CREATING AN ACCOUNT
8.1. You can create an Account through your email address or your Google account. If you choose to use a third party account like Google, we will access personal information about you from the third party provider, such as your email address, name, and date of birth. Further information about the use of third party accounts is provided in our Privacy Policy.
8.2. If using email to create an Account:
8.2.1. you must be the sole owner and operator of the email you provide; and prove it with verification.
8.3. If using a third party account to create or verify an Account:
8.3.1. the third party must have verified that you are aged 18 years old or over;
8.3.2. you must be the only user of your third party account; and
8.3.3. you must have provided correct, current and complete information about yourself when initially opening the third party account.
8.4. You must provide us with accurate, complete, and up-to-date information when opening your Account, and you agree to update such information to keep it that way. If you don’t, we may suspend or terminate your Account.
8.5. You will be responsible for any use of NobleNames through your Account. You agree that you will not disclose your Account login information to anyone and will notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your Account. If you believe that your Account is no longer secure, then you must immediately notify us at salam@noblenames.co.uk. In order to protect your account, there is 2FA for non Google Accounts and all data is encrypted.
8.6. You may not create an Account for anyone else or create an Account in a name other than your own.
9. PURCHASES
9.1. We may make products and services available through NobleNames for a fee (a “NobleNames Product”) on the Website. All users are registered for a free account by default.
9.2. Order process. To make a purchase to upgrade your service, you must click on the ‘Subscription’ button to place an order and select Couple Plan or Family Plan. If you choose to make a purchase, you acknowledge and agree that additional terms, disclosed to you at the point of purchase, may apply, and that such additional terms are incorporated herein by reference.
9.3. Prices. Prices for NobleNames Products will be set out on the website. They also include VAT at the applicable rate or any similar tax. Prices may change at any time. Such changes will not affect existing orders unless there is a pricing error. A one off administration charge is applicable when you start a new subscription upgrading from a free plan for set up and activation of your subscription. The one off charge is non-refundable even if you choose to cancel your subscription. The one off subscription charge is not applicable to subscription renewals.
9.4. Payment. Payments are made via Stripe. All credit card and debit card payments need to be authorised by the relevant card issuer. We will take payment from your card when you place your order.
9.5. For a Couple Plan or Family Plan, the subscription will automatically renew on the date you upgraded from your free plan. You will be charged the subscription fee stated on the site on the start date of your subscription.
9.6. By purchasing a subscription, you authorise us to take recurring payments through your chosen Payment Method. Your subscription continues until cancelled by you or we terminate your access to or use of NobleNames or your subscription in accordance with these Terms. You will be notified that your subscription is coming up to renewal 7 days before the renewal date. The notification will also contain details of the price payable for the renewal, including whether the price increases in your next Subscription Period. You will then have the option to opt-out of your next Subscription Period until 14 days after the date of your renewal to cancel your subscription in order to avoid being charged for the renewed subscription term.
9.7. Cancellation. You may cancel your subscription or product order at any time, but please note that, for a subscription, cancellation will only take effect at the end of the then-current Subscription Period, and you will not receive a refund for the subscription fee paid for that Subscription Period. You can use any of the applicable methods set out at paragraph 10.3 to effect your cancellation. Our suspension of your access to the site, your deletion of your account may not automatically cancel your subscription.
10. YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL NOBLENAMES OR A PURCHASE DURING THE COOLING-OFF PERIOD
10.1. Except in the circumstances listed in the next paragraph, if you are located in the UK or EU, you have the right to change your mind and cancel your NobleNames order (or your NobleNames Membership) within 14 days from the date of your order confirmation or account opening email.
10.3. To cancel your order, you can use the Stripe dashboard or cancel in the or through the Website.
10.4. You have to pay for services you received before you change your mind. If you bought a Couple and Family Plan, we don’t refund you for the time you were receiving it before you told us you’d changed your mind.
11. USER CONTENT
11.1. NobleNames members can use NobleNames to store names in ‘love’ and ‘favourite’ on NobleNames, including Suggested Names.
11.2. Any Suggested Names you add falls into non-exclusive licence to be used and remain part of the platform for the community to use and you receive eternal benefit for it.
11.4. We may exercise all copyright and publicity rights in Your Content in all jurisdictions, to their full extent and for the full period for which any such rights exist in that material.
11.5. You must have (and will have) all rights that are necessary to grant us the licence rights in your User Content under these Terms.
12. COMMUNITY RULES
12.1. As a member of NobleNames, you acknowledge and agree to comply with the rules set out in this paragraph 12. Your attention is also drawn to the Behaviour Guidelines and Safety Guidelines on our site.
12.2. You agree that you will:
12.2.1. ensure that any information you post complies with all applicable laws, including privacy laws, pornography and obscene publications laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, and regulatory requirements;
12.2.3. use a legitimate third party social media account to sign up, including using your real name; or use a legitimate email account to sign up, and a real mobile phone number; and
12.2.4. not use terms in your descriptions / profile that are offensive, obscene, pornographic, indecent, malicious, threatening, abusive, depicting harm to humans or animals, defamatory or otherwise unlawful.
12.3.1. act dishonestly or unprofessionally, including posting inappropriate, inaccurate, or objectionable content;
12.3.2. add information that is not intended for, or inaccurate for, a designated field;
12.3.3. create an Account for anyone other than yourself (a real person);
12.3.4. use or attempt to use another member’s Account;
12.3.5. attempt to restrict another user from using or enjoying NobleNames.
12.3.6. harass, abuse, or harm another person;
12.3.7. scrape or copy profiles and information of others through any means (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, and any other technology or manual work);
12.3.8. interfere with, or disrupt, NobleNames or any servers or networks connected to NobleNames, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, malware, spyware or any other code of a destructive, malicious or disruptive nature;
12.3.9. inject content or code or otherwise alter or interfere with the way any page of NobleNames is rendered or displayed in a user’s browser or device;
12.3.10. attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide NobleNames;
12.3.11. act in an unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable manner;
12.3.12. share or disclose information that you do not have the right to share or disclose (such as confidential information of others);
12.3.13. use any Content in any manner that may infringe any of our rights or the rights of a third party;
12.3.14. use the Content in any way that might be violate any applicable law or regulation or breach the Terms;
12.3.15. use any Content in any manner that sexualises, abuses, exploits or endangers children, real or fictional (e.g. anime, media, text, illustrations, or digital images). This includes any visual depictions or discussions of sexually explicit conduct involving a child. For the purposes of these Terms, a child is anyone under the age of 18.
12.3.16. collect or store other users’ personal data; or
12.3.17. encourage or enable any other individual to breach any of these Community Rules.
12.4. Where posting Your Content, you agree that:
12.4.1. it does not promote discrimination, exploitation, terrorism, racism, bestiality, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, or animal;
12.4.2. it is your own original content and does not (and our publication and use of it will not) infringe or interfere with the rights of any third party;
12.4.4. you will not post, link to or otherwise publish content that exploits people in a sexual, violent or otherwise unlawful manner;
12.4.5. you will not upload, store, produce, share, or entice anyone to share child sexual abuse material, even if the intent is to express outrage or raise awareness about this issue.
12.4.7. you will not share any financial information, for example, details of bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo information.
12.4.8. you will not impersonate any person or organisation or represent yourself as any other guest, host or other third party, including by misrepresenting your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications or affiliations with a person or entity;
12.4.9. you will not post, link to or otherwise publish any content that contains software viruses, files or code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of our Site or any computer software or equipment;
12.4.10. you will not post, link to or otherwise publish any content about illegal activities such as making or buying drugs or illegal weapons;
12.4.11. you will not post, link to or otherwise publish content which contains videos, stills, photographs, audio photographs, or images of another person without their permission; and
12.4.12. you will not interfere or violate a third party’s private life, nor interfere with their private communications.
12.5. We are not obligated to monitor access to or use of NobleNames or to review or edit any Content or User Content. However, we reserve the right, without obligation, to monitor, moderate, edit, disable access to or remove User Content (whether moderated or not) which we deem to be in breach of these Terms, including our Community Rules. We use a combination of automated and manual moderating tools to flag content in breach of our Behaviour Guidelines and Community Rules. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to help them prosecute users who break the law.
12.6. We will only review User Content if it is relevant to an issue that we are investigating either as a result of a query from you or another user, if flagged through our content moderation process, as a result of an appeal to an Account suspension, or as a result of a technical problem with NobleNames. You agree that we may access and use Your Content for this purpose.
13. NOTIFICATION
13.1. If you believe that any User Content published on NobleNames is infringes any third party rights (including your own), untrue, offensive, obscene, unlawful, misleading or otherwise fails to comply with these Terms, including these Community Rules or Behaviour Guidelines, you may notify us by emailing us at Salam@noblenames.co.uk or clicking the ‘Contact Us’ button.
13.2. Upon receiving any complaints about User Content, we will review the User Content in question.
14. OUR RIGHTS IN NOBLENAMES
14.1. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in NobleNames, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under the next paragraph.
14.3. You may only view, download and store on any compatible device, print out, use, quote from and cite NobleNames and the User Content for your own personal, non-commercial use and on the condition that you give appropriate acknowledgment to us where appropriate (except where the content is user-generated). Any acknowledgement should include a link to NobleNames (https://NobleNames.co.uk/).
14.4. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
14.5. You may not use NobleNames or any Content for any purpose other than those set out above.
14.6. If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of NobleNames in breach of these Terms, your right to use NobleNames will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
15. CHANGES TO NOBLENAMES
16.1. NobleNames is evolving over time. In particular, we and our members may change its Content at any time.
16.2. We will provide updates, including security updates, to NobleNames to ensure that it always complies with the terms of our contract with you. We might ask you to install these updates.
16.3. We can make changes to NobleNames to:
16.3.1. ensure that they comply with all relevant laws (including consumer laws);
16.3.2. address any changes in law or regulation;
16.3.3. make minor technical adjustments and improvements, for example to address security concerns. These changes will either not affect your use of NobleNames, or the effect will only be minor; or
16.3.4. update digital content (for example, the site), provided that, if you paid for it, the digital content always matches the description of it that we provided to you before you bought it. We might ask you to install these updates.
16.4. In addition, we may also modify NobleNames and NobleNames Products for other reasons for example, so that we can reach a greater number of users, to improve and add to the services available with and for technical or other important operational reasons, and to remove services that do not prove to be popular with our users. Where this is the case, there will be no additional cost to you, and we will inform you of the change by email. We will inform you (either by email or by a direct message within the site) reasonably in advance of:
16.4.1. the features and time of the modification;
16.4.2. your right to close your Account as set out at paragraph 19.
16.5. We will implement these changes by providing you with updates, including security updates, to NobleNames, as necessary.
16. WITHDRAWAL OF NOBLENAMES
We can stop providing NobleNames or any NobleNames Products at any time.
Where we do not believe you to be at fault, we will provide reasonable notice.
17. OUR RIGHT TO RESTRICT, SUSPEND OR END YOUR ACCESS TO NOBLENAMES
18.1. We may restrict, suspend, or close your Account with immediate effect, at any time, if we reasonably believe that you are in breach of these Terms or are otherwise misusing NobleNames in any way. Where we close your Account for a breach of these Terms, you will not be entitled to a refund in respect of the purchase of any NobleNames Products that has not been used.
18.2. Our right to restrict your access or use of NobleNames includes limiting your number of connections and restricting your ability to contact other members through our messaging service.
18.3. We may also close your Account by providing you with notice of termination via email for legitimate business reasons.
18. WE CAN SUSPEND ACCESS TO NOBLENAMES AND NOBLENAMES PRODUCTS
19.1. We can suspend the supply of NobleNames or a NobleNames Product. We do this to:
19.1.1. deal with technical problems or make minor technical changes;
19.1.2. make updates to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements; or
19.1.3. make changes to NobleNames or NobleNames Products (see paragraph 15).
19.2. We will contact you in advance to tell you we’re suspending supply, unless the problem is urgent or an emergency.
19. HOW YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT
20.1. You may close your Account with us at any time by:
20.1.1. sending an email to salam@noblenames.co.uk; or
20.1.2. clicking ‘Delete Account’ in settings on the site and following the termination steps.
20.2. Important: If you have an ongoing paid subscription, you will also need to unsubscribe from NobleNames via Stripe payment account to ensure your Account is fully closed.
20. CONSEQUENCES OF ACCOUNT CLOSURE
21.1. When your Account is closed, your access to NobleNames will cease. You will lose all purchases, matches and swipes when we close your Account, unless you request for your Account to be activated within six months of requesting that your Account be closed by email to salam@noblenames.co.uk.
21.2. We will on request provide you with a copy of Your Content within 30 days of your account closure in a machine-readable format.
21.3. Otherwise, we will cease to use and delete all content stored in your Account and your user details (except where we are required by law to retain such details).
21.4. [Any user details that are retained will be archived after two years in a non-active database in accordance with our Privacy Policy].
21. YOU HAVE RIGHTS IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR PRODUCT
22.1. We will operate NobleNames, provide the NobleNames Products and publish the Content using reasonable skill and care.
22.2. If you think there is something wrong with NobleNames or your NobleNames Product, you must contact our Customer Service Team using the contact details above.
23. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU
24.1. Although we have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the features and functionalities provided on NobleNames are of a reasonably satisfactory standard, certain features may rely on networks and connections that are beyond our control. We shall therefore not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations to you which is caused by events outside our reasonable control.
24.2. We do not guarantee that NobleNames will be compatible with all or any hardware and software which you may use. We do not guarantee that the Services will be available at all times or at any specific time.
24.3. We will never be responsible for any loss or damage that is:
24.3.1. not reasonably foreseeable (this means that it was not obvious that it would happen and nothing you said to us before using the Services meant we should have expected it);
24.3.2. caused by a failure by you to comply with these Terms;
24.3.3. a business loss;
24.3.4. caused by a failure by you to install any update provided with sufficient installation instructions within a reasonable time (provided we have explained the consequences of failing to install the update); or
24.3.5. something you could have avoided by taking reasonable action.
24.4. Our responsibility to you will be limited to the greater of (i) the amount paid, if any, by you to NobleNames for the Services during the 12 months prior to any claim, or (ii) £100. We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
24.5. We are not a party to any agreement or arrangement between members that is arranged through NobleNames.
24.6. We are not responsible for the conduct of any member. We do not check statements made by our users. We do not run or enforce criminal background checks on our members or otherwise inquire into the background of our members. All age, selfie and identity verification processes are conducted on a best efforts basis and NobleNames cannot guarantee their accuracy or correctness.
24. FEEDBACK
25.1. We appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, proposals and suggestions for improvements to NobleNames (“Feedback”). If you choose to submit Feedback, you agree that we are free to use it without any restriction or compensation to you.
25. LINKING TO NOBLENAMES
26.1. You may link to NobleNames, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal, and which does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. In particular, you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
26.2. NobleNames must not be framed on any other site, nor should you establish a link to any part of NobleNames other than the login page.
26.3. If you wish to make any use of the Content other than that set out above, please address your request to salam@noblenames.co.uk.
26.4. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
26. LINKS FROM NOBLENAMES
27.1. NobleNames may contain links to third party websites and services. If you decide to visit any third party site or use a third party service, you do so at your own risk. We provide access only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products, or services on or available from those resources or links displayed on such websites.
27.2. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, or your use of other services, including websites and services which have a link to NobleNames, is subject to that service provider’s or operator’s own terms, rules, and policies. Please read those terms, rules, and policies before proceeding.
27. VIRUSES
While we take all reasonable precautions to keep NobleNames free from viruses, corrupt files and other malicious software, we cannot guarantee this.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your device.
28. LEGAL STUFF
29.1. Each of the clauses of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them (as a whole, or partially) are unlawful, the remaining clauses (or part of them) will remain in full force and effect.
29.2. These Terms are personal to you. You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree to this in writing.
29.3. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under these Terms.
29.4. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these Terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking your contract with us, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date.
29.5. These Terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
29.6. These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law.
29.7. Subject to the following sentence, the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the interpretation and application of these Terms if any dispute arises. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland, Scotland or the European Union, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of the country in which you live.