Messaging Terms of Use

Scope

1.1. These Messaging Terms apply to every message you send through the Platform, including text, photos, videos, files, voice notes, and shared Ads or Vases (together, "Messages").

1.2. By sending a Message, you agree to these Messaging Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use messaging.

Permitted Use

2.1. Messaging is provided for genuine conversations between users, such as asking about a product or service, arranging a purchase, collaborating with a brand or creator, or following up on content seen on the Platform.

2.2. You must treat the people you message with courtesy and respect their decision not to reply or to stop a conversation.

Prohibited Use

3.1. You must not use messaging to:

• Send spam, including unsolicited bulk or repeated Messages, chain Messages, or promotions to people who have not asked for them.
• Scam or defraud anyone, including through fake listings, advance-payment or overpayment schemes, or fake payment confirmations, or by asking for passwords, one-time codes, PINs, or bank details.
• Send malicious links, malware, or links designed to obtain personal information.
• Harass, threaten, bully, intimidate, or stalk anyone, or send hate speech.
• Send sexual content or nudity, or any content involving minors.
• Impersonate another person, a brand, or the Administrator's staff.
• Offer or arrange illegal goods or services.
• Share another person's private information without their permission.
• Use bots, scripts, or other automated tools to send Messages.
• Contact someone who has blocked you, including from another Account.

3.2. The list above is not exhaustive. Any Message that breaches the Objectionable Content and Abusive Users clause of the Terms of Service also breaches these Messaging Terms.

Staying Safe

4.1. Take care with people you have not dealt with before. Agree payment and delivery on terms you trust, be wary of anyone who pressures you to act quickly or to move the conversation off the Platform, and never share passwords, one-time codes, or bank details in a Message.

4.2. The Administrator's staff will never ask for your password or one-time codes in a Message.

Reporting and Blocking

5.1. In the adsVase app, you can report a Message by pressing and holding it and choosing Report, or report the sender from the menu in the conversation's info panel. You can also write to support@adsvase.com. Reports reach our moderation team and are handled as described in the Terms of Service.

5.2. You can block any user from the same menu. A blocked user can no longer message you.

Enforcement

6.1. If we believe you have breached these Messaging Terms, we may, at our sole discretion and without prior notice:

• Remove Messages.
• Limit or remove your ability to send Messages.
• Suspend, terminate, or permanently block your Account.
• Block new Accounts created to get around an earlier suspension or block.

6.2. Where the law requires it, we may share information about Messages with law enforcement or other competent authorities, as described in our Privacy Policy.

How Messages Are Handled

7.1. Messages are stored on our servers so they can be delivered and kept in your conversation history.

7.2. When a Message or an Account is reported, or where we need to enforce these Messaging Terms or the Terms of Service or comply with the law, our moderation team may review the Messages involved.

Our Role

8.1. The Administrator is not a party to any deal, payment, or delivery you arrange with another user through messaging, and we do not verify every Account. You are responsible for the Messages you send and for your decisions about the people you deal with. The disclaimers and limitations of liability in the Terms of Service apply to messaging.

Changes and Contact

9.1. We may update these Messaging Terms from time to time. We will tell you about material changes through the Platform. Continuing to use messaging after a change means you accept the updated Messaging Terms.

9.2. Questions about these Messaging Terms can be sent to support@adsvase.com or through the contact page.