Terms of Service

Duet provides online social networking service. This agreement includes Duet's policy for acceptable use of the Duet services and content posted on the Duet website and app, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Duet services and Duet's Terms of Service. In order to participate in certain services provided by Duet, you (the user) may be notified that you are required to download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions. Duet hereby specifically reminds you to carefully read these Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as the "agreement") and all the schedules hereof, to ensure that you fully understand all provisions of the agreement before you register yourself as a user. The additional terms and conditions applicable to the services provided by Duet in which you choose to participate, those are hereby incorporated into this agreement. You may receive a copy of this agreement by emailing us at: support@duetapp.net, Subject: Terms of Use Agreement.

Duet may modify this agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon being posted on Duet's official website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this agreement when you use the services provided by Duet after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important for you to review this agreement regularly and ensure you are updated as to any changes. Duet reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including private messages) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Duet Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. Duet exclusively reserves the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of Duet services if Duet determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to Duet and/or it's members. Duet also reserves the right to change, alter or remove part of or all your added personal information. With duetapp.net using URL's as links to members personal profiles, Duet reserves the right to alter or remove this at any time without further notification.

Duet may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit information or any information prohibited under Section 7 of this Agreement (posted by any members of Duet, for instance, in their profiles), and Duet assumes no responsibility or liability for.

1. Eligibility

To create an account on Duet, you must provide us with at least your name, email address and/or mobile number, and a password and agree to Duet's user agreement, which governs how Duet treats your information. You may provide additional information during the registration flow (for example, your gender, age, job title, company, hobbies and etc.) to create your profile and to receive more customized services on Duet.

In order to enable a few features on Duet, you may use Duet's address book or 'contacts' importer (or other similar features) to upload your phone address book into Duet's services. Any information that you upload or sync with Duet's services is covered by the user agreement. You can remove your address book and any other synced information at any time. By using Duet's services, you agree that Duet may collect, use and share your information in accordance with Duet's Terms of Service, as revised from time to time. By continuing to use Duet's services after any changes to this Terms of Service, with or without notice from us, you agree to the revised Terms of Service. By using the Duet services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 18 years of age or older and reached the age of adulthood under your national laws; and (d) your use of the services provided by Duet does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your membership may be terminated without warning, if Duet believes that you are under 18 years of age or fail to reach the age of adulthood under your national laws. In providing the services, Duet collects, stores and uses the following information related to you:

information made available to Duet by you when you create an account or use services provided by Duet, such as your name, telephone number, email address and credit card details;
information made available by you while using services provided by Duet, including information shared by you with others through services provided by Duet and information you store using services provided by Duet;
Shared information made available by others using services provided by Duet about you, such as information contained in posts made by them and information exchanged between you and others using services provided by Duet; and
information collected by Duet as you use services, such as certain Location Data, Log Data and public information.

In providing services, Duet collects, stores and uses the 'Location Data'. Location Data is information that is collected regarding your location (when you use a location-enabled service), including:

the location of your device when you use services provided by Duet, such as from the GPS, Wi-Fi, compass, accelerometer or other sensors in your device;
the IP address of the device or internet service you use to access services provided by Duet,
other information made available by you or others that gives an indication as to where you are or have been located, such as account information that indicates where you are located and shared information posted by you or others indicating your location, such as any geotag information that is embedded in any photos made available by you to Duet; and
if you have provided Duet with your location data previously and would like us to delete such existing location data, you may be able to do so via services provided by Duet.

Duet collects, stores and uses "Log Data", which is technical information automatically collected by Duet during use of services provided by Duet, whether through the use of cookies (as explained in more detail in the Cookies Policy) or otherwise, including:

technical information such as your mobile carrier, configuration information made available by your web browser or other programs you use to access services provided by Duet, your IP address and your device's version and identification number,
information about what you have searched for and looked at while using services provided by Duet, such as web search terms used, social media profiles visited and details of other information and content accessed or requested by you in using services provided by Duet;
information about apps and softwares used by you,
information about communications by you while using services provided by Duet, such as the people you've communicated with and the time, data and duration of your communications; and
metadata, which means information related to items you have made available through services provided by Duet, such as the date, time or location that a shared photograph or video was taken or posted.

This agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the services provided by Duet by registering as a member. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the member's account settings page. Duet may terminate your membership at any time, without warning. Even after membership is terminated, this agreement will remain in effect, including sections 5-17.

2. Privacy of Personal Information

Other than as permitted under this Terms of Service or as otherwise consented to by you, Duet will not transfer your personal information to any other third parties for any purposes. Duet and its affiliate companies may share your personal information within its group of companies and with joint venture partners and third party service providers, contractors and agents (such as communication service providers who send emails or push notifications on Duet's behalf, mapping services providers who assist Duet and you with location data, analytics partners who assist Duet's business, and advertising partners on services provided by Duet). In addition, Duet may allow such third parties to collect your personal information across services provided by Duet. In each case, Duet permits sharing and/or collection for the purposes of: (i) providing Duet's services to you; (ii) assisting Duet in carrying out the purposes set out under the “How we use your information” section above; (iii) carrying out Duet's obligations and enforcing Duet's rights under the Terms of Service; and/or (iv) Duet's business, including making Duet improve its services. These third parties may be located, and use and store your Personal Information, outside of jurisdiction for these purposes. Where Duet permits any third parties to collect and use your personal information in accordance with the above paragraph, Duet will make reasonable efforts to ensure that such third parties only use your personal information: (i) in compliance with Duet's Terms of service; and (ii) subject to any other instructions given to them, including any appropriate confidentiality and security measures that are implemented by Duet.

You agree that Duet or its affiliate companies may be required to retain, preserve or disclose your personal information: (i) in order to comply with applicable laws or regulations; (ii) in order to comply with a court order, subpoena or other legal process; (iii) in response to a request by a government authority, law enforcement agency or similar body (whether situated in your jurisdiction or elsewhere); or (iv) where Duet believes it is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulations. You also agree that Duet or its affiliate companies may need to disclose your personal information in order to enforce the Terms of service or to, protect Duet's rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of Duet's affiliate companies or other members of services provided by Duet.

3. Password

When you sign up to become a member, you will also be asked to choose a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify Duet via support@duetapp.net immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.

4. Non-commercial Use by Members

The services provided by Duet are for the personal use of members only, and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by Duet. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the services provided by Duet, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the Duet website is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from member profiles without notice and may result in termination of membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the services provided by Duet.

5. Proprietary Rights in Content on Duet

By displaying or publishing (posting) any content on or through the services provided by Duet, you hereby grant to Duet a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such content solely on and through the services provided by Duet.
You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the content posted by you on or through the services provided by Duet or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of content by you on or through the services provided by Duet does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any content posted by you to or through the services provided by Duet.
The services provided by Duet contain content generated by Duet which is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Duet owns and retains all rights in the content generated by Duet and the services provided by Duet. Duet hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-sub-licensable license to reproduce and display the content generated by Duet (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Duet website and using the services provided by Duet. Any liability raising from your inappropriate use of Duet's content shall be borne by you.
The services provided by Duet contain content of members and other Duet licensors. Except for content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any content appearing on or through the services provided by Duet.

6. Content Posted

Duet may delete any content that in the sole judgment of Duet violates this agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. Duet assumes no responsibility for monitoring the services provided by Duet for inappropriate content or conduct. If at any time Duet chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the services provided by Duet, Duet nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any such content.
You are solely responsible for the content that you post on or through any of the services provided by Duet, and any material or information that you transmit to other members and for your interactions with other members. Duet does not endorse and has no control over the content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by Duet prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Duet. Duet makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the content or to the accuracy and reliability of the content or any material or information that you transmit to other members.

7. Content/Activity Prohibited

The following is a partial list of the kind of content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the services provided by Duet. Duet reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Duet's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the services provided by Duet, terminating the membership of such violators and filing a lawsuit for Duet's loss, if any, caused thereby. Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to content that, in the sole discretion of Duet:

promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
violates any patents;
harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses;
promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, “spimming” or “spamming”;
contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other members;
involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent; or
uses sexually suggestive imagery or any other unfair, misleading or deceptive content intended to draw traffic to the profile such as pictures of celebrities.

The following is a partial list of the kind of activities that are illegal or prohibited on the Duet platform and through your use of the services provided by Duet. Duet reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Duet's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting them to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activities include, but is not limited to:

criminal or tortuous activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, sending of malicious or harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
advertising to, or solicitation of, any member to buy or sell any products or services through the use of services provided by Duet, transmission of any chain letters or junk email to other members. It is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the services provided by Duet in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our members from such advertising or solicitation, Duet reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a member may send to other members in any 24-hour period to a number which Duet deems appropriate in its sole discretion. If this agreement is breached and unsolicited bulk email, instant messages or other unsolicited communications of any kind through the use of Duet services is propagated, it is to be acknowledged that it will have caused substantial harm to Duet, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay Duet us$50 for each such unsolicited email or other unsolicited communication you send through the use of Duet services. Provided that the amount is not sufficient to cover Duet's losses, you shall be liable for the difference;
covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any Duet page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the services provided by Duet or the networks or services connected to the services provided by Duet;
attempting to impersonate another member or person;
for band profiles, copying the code for your Duet player and embedding it into other profiles or asking other members to embed it into their profiles;
using the account, username, or password of another member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
using any information obtained from the services provided by Duet in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
isplaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the services provided by Duet on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, selecting a profile with a commercial purpose as one of your 'Top 8' friends, or sending private messages with a commercial purpose; or
using the services provided by Duet in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

8. Copyright Policy

You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. According to Duet's policies, this would lead to termination of your membership privileges of if you repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others upon receipt of proper notification to Duet by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Duet Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information by sending it to support@duetapp.net: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the services provided by Duet; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (vi) a statement made by you, under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

9. Member Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members of Duet. Duet reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other members.

10. Privacy

Use of the services provided by Duet is also governed by Duet's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this agreement by this reference.

11. Use of Paid Functions

A few of the value-added services of Duet (Duet Premium or Duet Supreme) are for paid use and you need to purchase any paid value-added service by choosing, purchasing and making payment for the same on the page for purchasing the corresponding service. Duet may offer products and services for purchase (“in app purchases”) through iTunes, Google Play, carrier billing, Duet direct billing or other payment platforms authorized by Duet. When making a purchase, you should confirm the category, quantity, duration, automatic renewal term (if optional), etc., of the service to be purchased according to your actual requirements. By making the payment, the same will be confirmed, and you may not request a modification or refund in the absence of just causes specified by law or the Agreement.

After purchasing Duet Premium or Duet Supreme, you may view the user who liked you, give unlimited Likes every day, and have access to other exclusive functions in addition to the functions for ordinary registered users of Duet, and the specific functions shall be subject to the description on the purchase and use page. After completing the registration procedures and paying for corresponding service through the payment method provided by the Duet platform, the user of Duet may use the service of Duet Premium or Duet Supreme. Duet Premium or Duet Supreme shall not be rented, lent, transferred or licensed to any third party for use upon purchase or be activated for yourself or any other person for profit, operation and other non-personal uses.

If you purchase an auto-recurring periodic subscription, your Payment Method will continue to be billed until you cancel the subscription. If you have purchased the value-added service at the unadjusted rates, you will not be affected by the possible price adjustment in the period of validity of the value-added service purchased, and you do not need to pay extra money; however, that you are required to make the payment at the latest list price on the purchase page during next purchase or auto-renewal. If you do not wish your subscription to renew automatically, you may follow the guidelines and steps in [Help - How do I cancel automatic renewal?]. If you fail to cancel auto-renewal at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period, you will be deemed to accept that Duet continues to make the charge in accordance with the agreement and by the auto-renewal cycle you choose. If you stop using Duet within the period of validity of the value-added service, Duet shall not be responsible for refunding the corresponding service fee for the remaining period. Deleting your account on Duet or deleting the Duet application from your device would not cancel your subscription.

If you request an invoice after purchasing any paid feature of Duet, Duet will be responsible for issuing the VAT invoice for the current year in which you request the same with the VAT borne by you and the transportation costs, courier charges and other expenses, if any, shall be borne by you.

12. Disclaimers

Duet is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate content posted on the Duet website or in connection with the services provided by Duet, whether caused by members of Duet or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the services provided by Duet. Profiles created and posted by members on the Duet website may contain links to other websites. Duet is not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Duet. Inclusion of any linked website on the services provided by Duet does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Duet. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. Duet takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Duet Website or through the services provided by Duet, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. Duet is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Duet services. Duet assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any communication between members. Duet is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the services provided by Duet or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the services provided by Duet. Under no circumstances shall Duet be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the services provided by Duet, attendance at an event organized or sponsored by Duet, from any content posted on or through the services provided by Duet, or from the conduct of any members of Duet, whether online or offline. The services provided by Duet are provided “AS-IS” and as available and Duet expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Duet cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the services provided by Duet.

13. Limitation on Liability

In no event shall Duet be liable to you or any third party for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including lost profit damages arising from your use of the services, even if Duet has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Duet's liability to you for any cause whatsoever and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to Duet for the services provided by Duet during the term of membership. Duet shall not be liable to any damages or losses caused by your or a third party's actions or omissions, including but not limited to infringement, such as payment service or internet access service by any third party.

14. Disputes

If there is any dispute about or involving the services provided by Duet, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Either Duet or you may demand that any dispute between Duet and you about or involving the services provided by Duet must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of Hong Kong, provided that the foregoing shall not prevent Duet from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. The award of arbitration shall be final and binding on Duet and you.

15. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Duet, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the services provided by Duet in violation of this agreement and/or arising from a breach of this agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or if any content that you post on the Duet website or through the services provided by Duet causing Duet to be liable to another.

16. Other

This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Duet website, or software, or any of the services provided by Duet and is further affirmed by you becoming a member. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Duet regarding the use of the services provided by Duet. The failure of Duet to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. The copyright of this Terms of Use shall belong to Duet, and Duet reserves the right of interpretation and amendment hereof. Please contact us at: support@duetapp.net with any questions regarding this agreement.