Effective Date: 25.02.2025
Welcome to Hopes of Countries! By accessing and using our website (hopesofcountries.org), you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions. Please read them carefully before participating in our project.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By using this website, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, please refrain from using our website.
2. Purpose of the Website
Hopes of Countries is a global project that gathers written hopes from nonprofit organizations in 100 countries to be preserved for 100 years. The website serves as a platform for collecting, sharing, and displaying these messages while fostering international collaboration.
3. User Conduct
By using our website, you agree to:
- Respect all users and contributors.
- Submit only original and lawful content.
- Refrain from engaging in harassment, discrimination, or offensive behavior.
- Avoid posting misleading or false information.
- Follow all applicable international and national laws.
4. Prohibited Content
We do not allow:
- Nudity or sexually explicit content.
- Hate speech, violent threats, or discriminatory language.
- Swearing, offensive language, or inflammatory remarks.
- Misinformation or conspiracy theories, including flat-earth content.
- Unauthorized promotion of commercial services.
Violating these rules may result in a ban from the platform.
5. Intellectual Property
All content submitted by participants remains their intellectual property, but by contributing, you grant Hopes of Countries a perpetual, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to use, modify, and display your submissions for promotional and archival purposes.
6. Data Sharing and Privacy
- All submitted writings and associated data will be shared with project participants and publicly available on the website.
- We do not sell or trade user data but may share it with affiliated partners for research and collaboration purposes.
- By using the website, you consent to the collection and public display of your submitted content.
7. Partnering Organizations
Each country can have only one selected nonprofit organization participating in the project. Additionally, supporters and global institutions such as UNESCO and the European Union may collaborate with the project.
8. Account Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to users who violate these terms. Decisions regarding bans or removals are final.
9. Changes to the Terms
We may update these terms as necessary. Users will be notified of significant changes, and continued use of the website after modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
10. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by international law and relevant national laws where applicable.
For any inquiries, please contact us at info@hopesofcountries.org
Thank you for being part of Hopes of Countries and contributing to a brighter future for our world!