Policies & Guidelines

1Who this agreement is with

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of povs.in ("POVS", the "Platform", "we", "us", or "our"), including its website, applications, features, content, and related services.

By accessing or using POVS, creating an account, posting content, commenting, voting, liking, or otherwise interacting with the Platform, you agree to these Terms and our other applicable policies.

2What POVS is

POVS is a topic-based discussion platform designed to bring different viewpoints together in one place. Users can participate in discussions and express their point of view on topics published on the Platform.

Discussions may be organized into the following viewpoints:

Favor Against International

Users may contribute posts, comments, votes, likes, and other permitted interactions depending on the features available on the Platform.

POVS is a platform for user-generated discussion. The presence of a topic, viewpoint, post, comment, vote, or other content on POVS does not mean that POVS agrees with, supports, verifies, or endorses that content.

3Eligibility

• You must meet the minimum age required to use the Platform under applicable law.
• You must be legally capable of agreeing to these Terms.
• You must provide information that is accurate and not misleading when creating an account.
• You must not create an account for someone else without authorization.
• You must not use the Platform if your account has previously been suspended or terminated for serious violations, unless we have expressly permitted you to return.

4Your account

• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and login credentials.
• You are responsible for activity performed through your account.
• You must notify us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.
• You must not impersonate another person, organization, or public figure.
• You must not create or operate accounts for the purpose of manipulating discussions, votes, likes, or engagement.

Public topics and other publicly available content may be viewable without an account. Certain features, including posting, commenting, voting, or liking, may require you to sign in.

5Your content

You retain ownership of the original content you create and post on POVS, subject to the rights you grant to us under these Terms.

By submitting content to POVS, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, process, display, distribute, and technically modify that content as reasonably necessary to operate, maintain, improve, and promote the Platform.

This license does not transfer ownership of your content to POVS. The license continues for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above and as required to maintain legitimate records, backups, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcement of our policies.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the necessary rights, permissions, and authority to publish anything you upload, including text, photographs, videos, graphics, links, and other material.

6Acceptable use

You agree to use POVS responsibly and only for lawful purposes. You must not use the Platform to:

• Break or attempt to circumvent applicable laws or regulations.
• Harass, threaten, intimidate, or target another person or group.
• Publish private or confidential information about another person without authorization.
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.
• Upload malware, malicious code, harmful files, or other security threats.
• Conduct scams, fraud, phishing, or deceptive schemes.
• Create fake accounts or coordinate accounts to manipulate discussions or engagement.
• Artificially increase votes, likes, views, comments, or other engagement.
• Use automated systems, bots, scripts, or other methods to abuse Platform functionality.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, databases, or Platform infrastructure.
• Use POVS to distribute content that violates our Community Guidelines or applicable law.

7Voting, likes and engagement

Votes, likes, views, comments, and other engagement indicators represent activity on the Platform. They should not automatically be interpreted as scientific polling, professional research, verified public opinion, or statistically representative survey results.

POVS may detect, remove, adjust, or exclude engagement that appears to result from bots, fake accounts, coordinated manipulation, automated activity, or other artificial means.

We do not guarantee that engagement counts will always be perfectly accurate, complete, or free from manipulation.

8User discussions and opinions

POVS is designed to allow people to express different opinions. Users may disagree with one another, and disagreement alone does not make content a violation.

However, disagreement does not permit threats, harassment, hate, targeted abuse, doxxing, fraud, or other prohibited conduct. Content may be removed or restricted when it violates our Community Guidelines, these Terms, or applicable law.

9Content moderation

We may use automated systems, user reports, human review, and other reasonable methods to identify content or activity that may violate these Terms or our Community Guidelines.

Depending on the circumstances, we may remove, restrict, label, reduce the visibility of, or otherwise take action against content or accounts.

We may also take action against accounts involved in spam, fraud, coordinated manipulation, security abuse, or repeated violations.

10Intellectual property

The Platform, including its software, design, branding, logos, interface, graphics, original text, and other materials provided by POVS, is owned by or licensed to POVS and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Except as expressly permitted by us or applicable law, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, sell, reverse engineer, or commercially exploit substantial portions of the Platform or its proprietary materials.

If you believe content on POVS infringes your intellectual property rights, you may submit a complaint through our Copyright & IP process.

11Account suspension or termination

You may stop using POVS or request deletion of your account at any time, subject to our Account & Data Deletion process.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate an account when we reasonably believe that the account or its activity:

• Violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines.
• Creates a security, legal, or safety risk.
• Is involved in fraud, spam, manipulation, or abuse.
• Attempts to circumvent a previous restriction or suspension.
• Is required to be restricted or terminated by applicable law or a valid legal process.

Depending on the circumstances, we may provide notice before or after taking action. Where appropriate, users may have an opportunity to appeal a moderation or account decision.

12Third-party services and links

POVS may use third-party services for functions such as hosting, authentication, analytics, communication, security, or other Platform operations. Third-party services may have their own terms and privacy policies.

POVS may also contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the content, security, availability, or practices of third-party services.

13Platform availability

We aim to keep POVS available and reliable, but we do not guarantee that the Platform will always be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or available at every time or location.

We may temporarily suspend or modify parts of the Platform for maintenance, security, upgrades, technical issues, emergencies, infrastructure changes, or other operational reasons. We will generally seek to restore affected services within a reasonable period where practical, but we do not guarantee that the Platform or any particular feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

14Disclaimers

POVS is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. We do not guarantee that the Platform will always operate without interruption, delay, errors, defects, security vulnerabilities, or other technical problems, or that any particular feature will remain available.

POVS does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability, timeliness, legality, or usefulness of user-generated content. User-generated content represents the views and opinions of the person who submitted it and not necessarily those of POVS. You are responsible for evaluating information, opinions, claims, links, recommendations, and other content before relying on them.

The appearance of content, topics, accounts, opinions, votes, comments, links, organizations, or other information on the Platform does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, verification, sponsorship, or approval by POVS.

POVS does not guarantee that content available through the Platform will always remain available or that content will not be lost, modified, restricted, removed, or become inaccessible.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any warranty, right, remedy, or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

15Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, POVS and its operators, directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, and service providers will not be responsible for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or similar losses arising from or relating to your access to, use of, or inability to use the Platform.

This may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, losses relating to loss of data, profits, revenue, business opportunities, goodwill, interruption of activities, or reliance on information or content available through the Platform.

POVS is not responsible for the independent conduct, statements, actions, omissions, or content of other users, or for failures of independent third-party services such as internet, hosting, authentication, communication, or external services, except where liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.

16Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to the Platform, new features or services, applicable law, regulatory requirements, security requirements, or our business practices.

When changes are material, we may provide appropriate notice through the Platform, your account, email, or other reasonable means where appropriate. The updated version will be published on this page with its effective date.

You should periodically review these Terms so that you remain aware of the rules applicable to your use of POVS.

Your continued use of POVS after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you do not agree with the revised Terms, you should stop using the Platform and, where applicable, close or delete your account.

17Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the applicable laws of India, subject to any mandatory rights or protections that apply to you under the laws of your place of residence.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of POVS will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts having appropriate jurisdiction under applicable law.

Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a user from exercising any mandatory legal right to bring a claim before a court, authority, tribunal, or other forum where applicable law provides such a right.

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by applicable law.

18Contact

If you have questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding these Terms, please contact POVS through the official contact details provided in the Platform Information or Grievance & Contact section of this page.

Depending on the nature of your request, you may be directed to a specific process for privacy requests, content reports, account deletion, intellectual-property complaints, or other matters.

When contacting POVS, please provide sufficient information for us to understand your request and identify the relevant account, content, or issue where applicable. Do not include passwords, authentication codes, or other unnecessary sensitive information.

1Who this policy applies to

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of povs.in ("POVS", the "Platform", "we", "us", or "our"), including our website, applications, features, services, and other interactions with the Platform. By using POVS, you acknowledge that your information may be processed as described in this Policy.

2Information we collect

Category	Examples	Why we collect it
Account information	Name, email address, phone number, username, profile information and authentication information	Create, maintain and secure your account
User content	Topics, posts, comments, votes, likes, profile information and other content you submit	Provide the discussion and community features of POVS
Location information	Approximate location or country-level information associated with a session or posting activity	Support relevant Platform features, including viewpoint or location-based classification where applicable
Device and technical information	IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages viewed, timestamps and technical logs	Security, troubleshooting, performance, abuse prevention and service operation
Usage information	Interactions with topics, posts, comments, votes, likes and other Platform features	Understand Platform usage, improve features and detect misuse
Communications	Messages or information you provide when contacting support or reporting content	Respond to requests, investigate reports and provide support

3Information you provide

We collect information that you voluntarily provide when you register, create or update your profile, publish content, participate in discussions, submit reports, contact support, request account deletion, or otherwise interact with POVS.

You should avoid posting sensitive personal information about yourself or other people unless it is necessary, lawful and appropriate for the discussion. You are responsible for the information you choose to publish publicly.

4Information collected automatically

When you use POVS, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as your IP address, device and browser information, pages or features accessed, timestamps, referring information, approximate location, and security or diagnostic logs.

This information helps us operate the Platform, maintain security, identify abuse, understand performance, troubleshoot technical problems, and improve the user experience.

5How we use your information

• To create, authenticate and maintain your account.
• To provide topics, discussions, posts, comments, voting, likes and other Platform features.
• To display and organize content according to the features and settings of POVS.
• To personalize or improve your experience and recommend relevant topics or content.
• To detect spam, fraud, abuse, fake accounts and coordinated manipulation.
• To protect the security, integrity and availability of the Platform.
• To respond to support requests, reports, complaints and appeals.
• To communicate with you about your account, security matters, service changes and important policy updates.
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes and lawful government requests.
• To establish, exercise or defend legal rights and protect POVS, users and third parties.

6Public information and user-generated content

POVS is a discussion platform. Content that you choose to post publicly may be visible to other users and may potentially be accessible through search engines, shared links, screenshots or other third-party services.

Do not publish information that you expect to remain private. Your public profile information, topics, posts, comments and certain engagement activity may be displayed to other users depending on the features and settings available on POVS.

7Location information

Some POVS features may use approximate location or country-level information to support Platform functionality, including location-related discussion or viewpoint classification.

POVS does not intend to publicly display your precise device location as part of an ordinary post. Where location information is displayed, we aim to use a broader location indicator rather than exposing precise coordinates.

If your location is used for a specific feature, the applicable feature or settings may provide additional information about how that location is determined and used.

8Cookies and similar technologies

POVS may use cookies, local storage, session technologies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, maintain security, remember preferences, operate features, understand usage and improve the Platform.

Essential technologies may be required for core Platform functionality. Non-essential technologies, where used, may be controlled through available Platform or browser settings. See our Cookies section for additional information.

9How we share information

We do not sell your personal information as a commercial data product. We may share information when reasonably necessary to operate POVS, provide services, protect users, comply with law, or enforce our rights and policies.

• Service providers: We may use trusted providers for hosting, infrastructure, security, analytics, email delivery, authentication, storage and other operational services.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose information when required by applicable law, regulation, court order, legal process or valid government request.
• Safety and protection: We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, threats, violations or other activities that may harm POVS, users or third parties.
• Business changes: Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.
• With your direction: We may share information when you specifically request or authorize us to do so.

10Service providers and third parties

Some parts of POVS may depend on third-party technology or services. These providers may process information on our behalf to perform specific functions. We expect applicable service providers to use information only for authorized purposes and to maintain appropriate safeguards.

Third-party websites, links or services that you access through POVS may have their own privacy policies and practices. POVS is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third parties.

11Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse. These measures may include access controls, authentication protections, security monitoring, encryption where appropriate, backups and other safeguards.

No internet-based service can guarantee absolute security. You are also responsible for protecting your account credentials and should notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access.

12Data retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Platform, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, enforce agreements, maintain security, and protect our legitimate interests.

When information is no longer reasonably required for these purposes, we may delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

13Account deletion and data deletion

You may request deletion of your POVS account through the available account settings or our Account & Data Deletion process.

Deleting an account does not necessarily mean that every copy of every piece of information is immediately removed. Certain information may remain for a limited period in backups, security records, legal records, dispute records, or where retention is required or permitted by applicable law.

Public content associated with a deleted account may be handled according to our deletion process, legal obligations, moderation records, and the technical requirements of the Platform.

14Your privacy rights and choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which can include the right to access, correct, update, delete, restrict, object to or otherwise control certain processing of your information.

You may also have rights relating to data portability, consent withdrawal, or complaints to a relevant data protection authority where applicable.

To exercise an available privacy right, contact us using the details provided on the Grievance & Contact or Platform Information section. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

15Children and age restrictions

POVS is not intended for children below the minimum age permitted for use of the Platform under applicable law. Where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent for users below a particular age, such requirements must be satisfied before using the Platform.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where collection is prohibited by law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to POVS inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

16International users and transfers

POVS may be accessed by users from different countries. Depending on where you live and where our service providers operate, your information may be processed or stored in locations outside your country of residence.

Where required by applicable law, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers and processing of personal information.

17Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Platform, our data practices, legal requirements, security measures, or other operational needs. Material changes may be communicated through the Platform or other reasonable means.

The updated Policy will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of POVS after the effective date of an updated Policy will be subject to the revised Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.

18Contact and privacy complaints

If you have a question, concern, privacy request, or complaint regarding how POVS handles your information, please contact us using the details provided in the Grievance & Contact or Platform Information section.

1The spirit of POVS

POVS is designed to bring different points of view together around the same topic. FavorAgainstInternational sections are intended for genuine participation and meaningful discussion. Users are encouraged to express disagreement respectfully, explain their reasoning, and allow others to express different opinions.

2Post in the right section

• Choose the viewpoint that genuinely represents your position when posting.
• Do not deliberately post an opposing viewpoint simply to manipulate the balance, discussion, or outcome of a topic.
• Use the International section only when your contribution genuinely represents a perspective from outside the primary country context of the discussion.
• Do not use viewpoint sections to post unrelated material, promotional spam, repeated content, or misleading material.
• If you believe a topic or viewpoint has been categorized incorrectly, use the available reporting or feedback mechanism rather than intentionally manipulating the discussion.

3Respect other people

POVS encourages disagreement, debate, criticism, and different opinions. You may strongly disagree with another user's position, but discussions must remain within reasonable standards of respectful participation.

• Do not harass, threaten, intimidate, stalk, or repeatedly target another person.
• Do not encourage others to attack, threaten, or abuse an individual or group.
• Do not use personal attacks as a substitute for discussing the topic.
• Do not deliberately provoke or repeatedly antagonize another user after being asked to stop.
• Do not impersonate another person, organization, or public figure.

4Hate and discriminatory content

POVS does not permit content that promotes hatred, dehumanization, or serious abuse against people or groups based on protected or sensitive characteristics.

• Do not promote violence or serious harm against a protected group.
• Do not describe people as less than human or inherently inferior because of a protected characteristic.
• Do not encourage exclusion, abuse, or discrimination through hateful or dehumanizing content.
• Discussion of sensitive subjects is permitted when it is relevant to a genuine topic and does not cross into prohibited hateful conduct.

5Threats and dangerous conduct

Content involving credible threats, encouragement of violence, instructions intended to facilitate serious harm, or attempts to organize dangerous activity may be removed and may result in immediate account restrictions.

If content presents an immediate or serious safety concern, POVS may take additional action, including preservation or disclosure of information where required or permitted by applicable law.

6Harassment and bullying

• Targeted harassment is not permitted.
• Repeated unwanted contact or abuse may result in restrictions even when individual messages appear minor.
• Coordinating multiple accounts to target or overwhelm another person is prohibited.
• Encouraging a community to attack, report, shame, or intimidate a person may be treated as coordinated harassment.
• Criticism of public figures, organizations, businesses, products, policies, or ideas is generally allowed when expressed without prohibited threats or targeted abuse.

7Privacy and doxxing

Do not publish another person's private or sensitive information without a legitimate reason and appropriate authorization. This includes information such as private phone numbers, home addresses, passwords, financial information, private communications, identity documents, or precise location information.

Publishing information that could place someone at risk, encouraging others to expose private information, or using personal information to intimidate or harm someone may result in immediate action.

8Sexual and explicit content

• Sexually explicit content is not permitted where prohibited by our Platform rules or applicable law.
• Sexual content involving minors is strictly prohibited.
• Content that sexualizes, exploits, or endangers minors is prohibited regardless of whether it is presented as real, fictional, edited, or generated.
• Do not use POVS to facilitate sexual exploitation, trafficking, or abuse.

Where content involving minors may constitute illegal material, POVS may take immediate action and make appropriate reports where required by law.

9Misinformation and misleading content

POVS is a discussion platform and does not guarantee that user-generated information is accurate. Users should consider the source and context of information before relying on it.

However, deliberately deceptive content that creates a significant risk of harm, impersonates authoritative sources, manipulates important public information, or falsely presents fabricated material as verified fact may be restricted or removed.

Particular attention may be given to misleading claims involving public safety, emergencies, elections, health, financial harm, or other situations where false information could reasonably cause significant harm.

10Spam, scams and fraud

• Do not use POVS to distribute phishing links, malware, fraudulent offers, fake investment opportunities, or deceptive schemes.
• Do not repeatedly publish substantially identical content across topics.
• Do not use discussions primarily to advertise unrelated products or services without authorization.
• Do not impersonate a legitimate company, government body, organization, or individual to obtain information or money.
• Do not manipulate users into providing passwords, authentication codes, financial information, or other sensitive information.

11Fake accounts and coordinated activity

POVS is intended for genuine participation. Users must not create or operate accounts primarily to artificially influence discussions or engagement.

• No bot networks or automated accounts designed to manipulate topics.
• No purchasing or selling votes, likes, comments, followers, or other artificial engagement.
• No coordinated use of multiple accounts to create a false impression of public support or opposition.
• No account farming or mass registration for manipulation.
• No attempts to bypass account restrictions through replacement or duplicate accounts.

12Manipulation of votes and engagement

Votes, likes, views, comments, and other engagement should represent genuine user activity. Organizing or participating in activity intended to artificially change the apparent outcome of a topic is prohibited.

POVS may remove artificial engagement, adjust displayed counts, restrict participating accounts, or take other appropriate action when manipulation is detected or reasonably suspected.

13Illegal or harmful activities

You may not use POVS to facilitate criminal activity, fraud, exploitation, trafficking, unauthorized access, malware distribution, serious physical harm, or other unlawful conduct.

Content may be removed or accounts restricted where required by law or where necessary to protect users, the Platform, or third parties.

14Intellectual property

Only post material that you have the right to publish. Do not upload copyrighted, trademarked, confidential, or otherwise protected material when you do not have the necessary permission or legal basis.

If you believe your intellectual property has been used improperly on POVS, use the Copyright & IP complaint process.

15Off-topic and low-quality content

• Keep posts relevant to the topic where you publish them.
• Do not intentionally flood a discussion with repetitive or meaningless content.
• Do not use unrelated links solely to redirect users to another service.
• Do not deliberately disrupt a discussion through repeated irrelevant posts or comments.

POVS may remove or limit visibility of content that substantially disrupts the usefulness of a topic even when it does not violate another specific rule.

16Reporting violations

If you believe a post, comment, account, or other activity violates these Guidelines, use the available Content Reporting feature. Provide enough information for our team to understand the concern.

Reports are reviewed based on the content and circumstances involved. A large number of reports does not automatically mean that content will be removed, and a small number of reports does not automatically mean that content is acceptable.

17Moderation decisions

Depending on the nature and severity of a violation, POVS may remove content, limit visibility, add restrictions, temporarily restrict posting or interaction, suspend an account, permanently terminate an account, or take other appropriate action.

We may consider factors such as severity, intent, history of violations, potential harm, repeated behavior, attempts to evade enforcement, and applicable legal requirements.

18Appeals

If you believe an enforcement decision was made in error, you may use the available appeal or contact process. Where an appeal process is available, provide the relevant post, account, decision, and reason you believe the decision should be reconsidered.

POVS may uphold, modify, or reverse an enforcement decision after review. The availability and scope of an appeal may depend on the type and severity of the action.

19Policy enforcement

These Guidelines apply to content and behavior across POVS, including posts, comments, profiles, messages or other features where applicable. We may update these Guidelines as the Platform develops, new risks emerge, or legal requirements change.

Our goal is not to prevent disagreement. Our goal is to maintain a platform where people can express different viewpoints without turning discussion into harassment, manipulation, abuse, or harm.

1Why reporting matters

POVS is built for open discussion and different points of view. The reporting system allows users to alert us when a post, comment, account, or other activity may violate our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, applicable law, or create a significant safety or security concern.

Reporting does not mean that the reported content will automatically be removed. Each report is reviewed based on the available information, the relevant policy, and the circumstances involved.

2What you can report

• Harassment, threats, bullying, or targeted abuse.
• Hate or discriminatory content.
• Sexually explicit or exploitative content.
• Content involving or sexualizing minors.
• Doxxing or unauthorized disclosure of private information.
• Scams, fraud, phishing, malware, or deceptive activity.
• Spam or repeated unwanted content.
• Fake accounts or impersonation.
• Manipulation of votes, likes, views, comments, or other engagement.
• Content that may infringe copyright or other intellectual property rights.
• Content that may violate applicable law.
• Other activity that appears to violate the POVS Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.

3How to report content

Where a reporting option is available, select the Report option associated with the relevant post, comment, account, or other content and choose the reason that best describes your concern.

Provide additional information when requested. A clear explanation can help our team understand the issue and make an appropriate decision.

For account-related or other issues where an in-platform report is not available, use the contact method provided in the Grievance & Contact section.

4Information to include in a report

A useful report may include the following information where relevant:

• The URL or location of the reported content.
• The username or account involved.
• The reason you believe the content violates a policy.
• Relevant context that may not be obvious from the content itself.
• Information about an immediate safety concern, if one exists.
• For intellectual property complaints, the information requested under our Copyright & IP process.

Do not include unnecessary personal information about yourself or another person in a report.

5What happens after you report

After a report is submitted, it may be reviewed using automated tools, human review, or a combination of both. The review process may vary depending on the type, severity, volume, and complexity of reports.

• The content may remain available while a review is conducted.
• Content may be temporarily restricted or removed when appropriate.
• The reported account may be reviewed for related or repeated violations.
• Engagement associated with manipulated activity may be excluded or adjusted.
• Additional information may be requested where necessary.
• Where required or permitted by law, information may be preserved or shared with appropriate authorities.

6Urgent safety reports

If reported content involves an immediate or serious threat to a person's safety, credible threats of violence, exploitation of minors, or another serious emergency, we may prioritize the report and take appropriate action based on the circumstances.

POVS is not an emergency service. If you or another person is in immediate physical danger, contact the appropriate emergency services or local authorities.

7Reports involving minors

Content that sexualizes, exploits, or endangers minors is strictly prohibited. Reports involving such content may receive priority review and may result in immediate restrictions or other action.

Where required or permitted by applicable law, POVS may preserve relevant information and report suspected illegal activity to appropriate authorities or designated organizations.

8Copyright and intellectual property reports

If you believe that content on POVS infringes your copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, use the dedicated Copyright & IP complaint process rather than the ordinary community report where that process is available.

Intellectual property complaints may require information identifying the protected work, the allegedly infringing content, your contact information, and other information necessary to evaluate the claim.

9False or abusive reporting

Reporting tools must not be used to harass users, silence legitimate viewpoints, manipulate discussions, or repeatedly submit knowingly false complaints.

Submitting a report in good faith that does not ultimately result in enforcement is not itself a violation. However, deliberate abuse of the reporting system may result in restrictions on reporting privileges or other account action.

10How reports are evaluated

POVS does not determine violations solely by the number of reports received. A single report may be sufficient for action when the content clearly violates a policy, while multiple reports may not result in removal when the content does not violate our rules.

We may consider the context, severity, intent, potential harm, previous behavior, whether the content is part of a larger pattern, and applicable legal requirements.

11Confidentiality of reports

We will handle reports according to our Privacy Policy and applicable law. We may limit disclosure of information about the person who submitted a report where reasonably possible, but we cannot guarantee complete anonymity in every situation.

Information may be disclosed where necessary to investigate a complaint, respond to legal requirements, protect users, investigate abuse, or comply with a lawful request.

12Action against reported content

Depending on the circumstances, POVS may take one or more of the following actions:

• No action when the content does not violate applicable rules.
• Remove the reported post, comment, or other content.
• Limit the visibility or distribution of content.
• Add an informational or policy-related notice where appropriate.
• Remove artificial engagement associated with the content.
• Restrict specific Platform features.
• Temporarily suspend the account.
• Permanently terminate the account in serious or repeated cases.
• Preserve or disclose information when legally required or otherwise permitted.

13Notification of decisions

Where appropriate and technically possible, POVS may notify the relevant user when action has been taken against their content or account. The level of detail provided may depend on security, privacy, legal, and operational considerations.

We may not disclose certain information about another user's account or enforcement history because of privacy and security considerations.

14Appealing a moderation decision

If you believe your content was removed, restricted, or otherwise actioned incorrectly, you may use the available appeal mechanism or contact POVS through the appropriate support or grievance channel.

When submitting an appeal, identify the affected content or account and explain why you believe the decision should be reconsidered. Appeals may be reviewed by a different reviewer where reasonably possible.

15Reporting illegal content

POVS may restrict, remove, preserve, or otherwise handle content that appears to violate applicable law or valid legal requirements. We may cooperate with lawful requests from courts, regulators, law enforcement agencies, or other authorized authorities.

Nothing in this reporting process prevents a person from exercising rights available under applicable law.

16Report responsibly

Please use the reporting system responsibly and provide accurate information to the best of your knowledge. Do not attempt to investigate, threaten, expose, or retaliate against another user because you have reported their content.

1Purpose of this grievance process

POVS provides this channel for users and other affected persons to raise concerns about content, accounts, privacy, Platform functionality, moderation decisions, policy violations, or other matters relating to the Platform.

Before submitting a grievance, where available, we encourage you to use the relevant in-platform reporting or support option. This helps us identify the specific content, account, or issue more quickly.

2What you can contact us about

• Content that you believe violates the POVS Community Guidelines.
• Content or activity that you believe violates applicable law.
• Harassment, threats, abuse, impersonation, scams, spam, or other harmful activity.
• Privacy or personal-data concerns.
• Requests relating to your account or personal information.
• Requests for account or data deletion.
• Appeals relating to moderation or account restrictions.
• Copyright or other intellectual-property concerns.
• Technical or Platform-related issues.
• Other complaints concerning the operation of POVS.

3How to submit a grievance

Where a suitable in-platform option exists, use the relevant reporting, support, or appeal feature. For matters that cannot reasonably be handled through the Platform, contact us using the official contact details published on the Platform Information section.

When contacting us, provide enough information for us to understand and investigate the issue. Depending on the nature of your complaint, this may include your name, account information, the relevant URL or content, a description of the issue, dates or timestamps, and the action you are requesting.

4Information required for a complaint

A clear complaint should explain what happened, where it happened, why you believe it is a problem, and what resolution you are requesting.

• Identify the affected account, post, comment, topic, or Platform feature where applicable.
• Provide a direct URL or other identifying information when available.
• Explain the policy, right, or concern involved.
• Provide relevant evidence or context when reasonably necessary.
• Tell us if the matter involves an urgent safety concern.
• For legal or intellectual-property complaints, provide the information reasonably necessary to evaluate the claim.

5Grievance review

We will review grievances based on the information available to us, the applicable POVS policies, the circumstances of the complaint, and applicable law.

Depending on the issue, we may investigate the relevant content or account, request additional information, review technical records, consult appropriate internal teams, or take other reasonable steps to understand the complaint.

6Possible outcomes

Depending on the circumstances, a grievance may result in:

• No action where the complaint does not identify a policy or legal violation.
• Removal or restriction of content.
• Correction or modification of Platform information where appropriate.
• Account or feature restrictions.
• Reversal or modification of a previous moderation decision.
• Referral to another appropriate team or process.
• Further investigation or request for additional information.
• Preservation or disclosure of information where required or permitted by law.

7Moderation appeals

If your content or account has been restricted and you believe the decision was incorrect, you may use the available appeal mechanism or contact us through the appropriate grievance channel.

Appeals should identify the affected content or account and explain why you believe the original decision should be reconsidered. Where reasonably possible, appeals may be reviewed separately from the original moderation decision.

8Privacy complaints

If you have concerns about how POVS collects, uses, stores, shares, or otherwise processes your personal information, you may contact us through the official contact details provided on the Platform Information section.

Depending on applicable law, you may also have the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or other action concerning your personal information. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

9Account and data deletion requests

Requests to delete your POVS account or personal information should normally be submitted through the Account & Data Deletion process where available.

Deletion requests may be subject to verification and applicable legal, security, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, and record-retention requirements.

10Copyright and intellectual property complaints

Copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property complaints should be submitted through the dedicated Copyright & IP process where available. Providing complete and accurate information can help us evaluate the complaint more efficiently.

11Safety and urgent concerns

If a grievance involves an immediate or serious risk to a person's safety, clearly identify the urgency when contacting us. We may prioritize serious safety-related matters based on the circumstances.

POVS is not an emergency response service. If there is an immediate threat to life or physical safety, contact the appropriate emergency services or local authorities.

12Response and processing

We aim to review complaints within a reasonable period appropriate to their nature and complexity. Response times may vary depending on the volume of requests, the information provided, technical investigation requirements, legal requirements, and the seriousness of the issue.

Some matters may require additional time where we need to verify information, investigate abuse, consult another team, or comply with a legal process.

13Identity verification

For certain requests, particularly requests involving account ownership, personal information, account deletion, or legal rights, we may ask you to provide reasonable information to verify your identity or authority to make the request.

We will seek to avoid collecting unnecessary information for verification and will handle verification information according to our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

14Confidentiality and privacy

Information submitted through a grievance may contain personal or sensitive information. We will handle such information according to our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

We may disclose information when necessary to investigate a complaint, protect users, respond to lawful requests, enforce our policies, or comply with legal obligations.

15Abuse of the grievance process

Users should submit grievances honestly and in good faith. Repeated knowingly false complaints, threats, harassment of support personnel, or deliberate abuse of grievance mechanisms may result in restrictions on support or other appropriate account action.

A complaint that is ultimately not upheld is not considered abusive merely because the outcome differs from what the complainant requested.

16Official contact

POVS's current official contact details are provided in the Platform Information section. Users should rely on those published details rather than contact information obtained from unofficial sources.

17Changes to the grievance process

POVS may update its grievance and contact procedures as the Platform develops, new reporting or support features become available, or applicable legal requirements change. The current process will be published on this page.

1Your right to delete your account

You may request deletion of your POVS account. Account deletion is intended to remove or disable your account and initiate deletion of personal information associated with the account, subject to the limitations described in this section and our Privacy Policy.

Deleting your account is different from simply signing out or removing the POVS application from your device. Signing out does not delete your account or the information associated with it.

2How to request account deletion

Where an account deletion option is available within POVS, use the account settings and follow the displayed instructions. If an in-platform deletion option is not available, you may submit a deletion request through the official contact method provided in the Grievance & Contact or Platform Information section.

A deletion request should identify the account you want to delete and provide enough information for us to verify that you are authorized to make the request.

3Identity verification

We may need to verify your identity or account ownership before completing a deletion request. This is intended to prevent unauthorized persons from deleting another user's account or accessing information during the deletion process.

We will seek to use reasonable verification methods and avoid requesting unnecessary information. Verification information will be handled according to our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

4What happens after a deletion request

Once a valid deletion request is received and verified, we may begin the account deletion process. Depending on the Platform's technical architecture, deletion may occur in stages rather than instantly.

• Your account may be disabled or made inaccessible.
• Your profile information may be removed or anonymized where appropriate.
• Personal information that is no longer required may be deleted.
• Your access to account-based Platform features may end.
• Content associated with your account may be removed, anonymized, or otherwise handled according to the Platform's deletion process.
• Some information may remain temporarily in backups, logs, security systems, or other technical systems until it is securely overwritten or deleted.

5Deletion of posts and comments

Deleting an account does not necessarily mean that every post, comment, vote, or other contribution will disappear immediately from every system or location.

Where technically and legally appropriate, POVS may delete, anonymize, or disassociate user-generated content from the deleted account. Certain content or records may need to be retained for legal, security, moderation, dispute-resolution, fraud-prevention, or other legitimate purposes.

6Information we may retain

Some information may be retained after account deletion where reasonably necessary or required for:

• Compliance with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or lawful requests.
• Fraud prevention, security investigations, abuse prevention, or detection of malicious activity.
• Enforcement of our Terms of Service and other Platform policies.
• Resolving disputes, complaints, appeals, or legal claims.
• Maintaining required business, financial, tax, or accounting records.
• Protecting the rights, safety, security, and property of POVS, users, or third parties.
• Maintaining limited records necessary to prevent a previously restricted user from immediately returning through the same abusive activity.

Where retention is required, we will seek to limit retained information to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

7Backups and technical copies

Information may continue to exist for a limited period in encrypted backups, disaster-recovery systems, security logs, or other technical systems that are not designed for immediate individual deletion.

Such information will generally be isolated from ordinary use and deleted or overwritten according to applicable retention and backup procedures.

8Deletion and legal obligations

A request to delete personal information does not override a legal obligation requiring POVS to retain particular information. Where applicable law requires retention, we may retain the relevant information for the required period and restrict its use to the purposes for which it must be retained.

9Deletion of public content

POVS is a discussion platform and content may have been viewed, shared, quoted, cached, or otherwise copied by other users or third parties before deletion.

Deleting content from POVS does not give POVS control over copies that another person may have made outside the Platform. Search engines, third-party services, screenshots, archives, or other external systems may also retain copies independently.

10Account deletion is generally permanent

Once an account deletion process has been completed, the account may not be recoverable. You should download or otherwise preserve any information you are legally entitled to retain before requesting deletion if you may need it later.

Creating a new account after deletion will generally create a separate account and will not restore the deleted account or its previous settings, history, or content.

11Deletion requests and active investigations

If an account or its activity is involved in an active security investigation, fraud investigation, legal dispute, moderation appeal, or other matter requiring preservation of information, certain information may be retained until the relevant matter is resolved or the applicable retention period expires.

This does not necessarily prevent us from deleting other information that is not required for the relevant purpose.

12Requests for specific personal information

Depending on applicable law, you may be able to request deletion of specific personal information without deleting your entire POVS account. You may also have rights to access, correct, update, restrict, or otherwise control certain information.

Such requests can be submitted through the applicable privacy or grievance channel described in our Privacy Policy and Grievance & Contact section.

13Deletion requests made on behalf of another person

If you are requesting deletion on behalf of another person, you may need to demonstrate that you have legal authority to make the request. POVS may request reasonable evidence of that authority before processing the request.

14What you should not send

Do not include passwords, authentication codes, payment credentials, or other unnecessary sensitive information in an account deletion request. We will request additional information only where reasonably necessary to verify the request or process it securely.

15After deletion

After your account has been deleted, you may lose access to your profile, posts, comments, votes, likes, saved information, preferences, and other account-related features, depending on how the relevant data is handled by POVS.

Some records may remain in anonymized or aggregated form where they can no longer reasonably be associated with you and are necessary for legitimate operational, analytical, security, or reporting purposes.

16If you change your mind

If POVS provides a cancellation period before permanent deletion, you may be able to cancel the request during that period. Once permanent deletion has begun or has been completed, restoration may not be possible.

17Questions about deletion

If you have questions about account deletion, personal-data deletion, retained information, or the status of a deletion request, contact us through the official details provided in the Grievance & Contact or Platform Information section.

18Changes to the deletion process

POVS may update its account and data deletion process as Platform functionality, security procedures, technical systems, or applicable legal requirements change. The current process will be described on this page and through the relevant account settings where applicable.

1Our approach to intellectual property

POVS respects copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual-property rights. Users are responsible for ensuring that the content they publish on POVS does not unlawfully infringe the rights of another person or organization.

If you believe content available on POVS infringes your intellectual-property rights, you may submit a complaint through the process described below.

2What you can report

• Copyright infringement involving text, photographs, artwork, videos, audio, software, or other protected works.
• Unauthorized use of trademarks or branding where the use may infringe applicable rights.
• Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, display, or other use of protected material.
• Other intellectual-property violations that you have the legal authority to report.

3Who may submit a complaint

A complaint should normally be submitted by the intellectual-property owner or by a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

If you are submitting a complaint for another person or organization, you may be asked to provide reasonable evidence that you are authorized to represent the rights holder.

4How to submit a complaint

Where a dedicated intellectual-property reporting option is available on POVS, use that mechanism. If no in-platform option is available, submit the complaint using the official contact details provided in the Platform Information or Grievance & Contact section.

Mark the communication clearly as an Intellectual Property Complaint so that it can be directed to the appropriate review process.

5Information required for a copyright complaint

To help us evaluate a copyright complaint, provide sufficient information to identify the protected work and the material you believe infringes it.

• Your full name and contact information.
• A description of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
• Information showing that you own the copyright or are authorized to act for the owner.
• The URL or other specific location of the allegedly infringing material on POVS.
• An explanation of why you believe the material infringes your rights.
• Any additional information reasonably necessary to evaluate the complaint.

6Declaration of accuracy and authority

By submitting an intellectual-property complaint, you should provide information that is accurate to the best of your knowledge and have a legitimate basis for making the complaint.

Knowingly submitting false, misleading, or abusive complaints may result in restrictions on the reporting mechanism or other appropriate action.

7Copyright exceptions and lawful use

Not every use of copyrighted material constitutes infringement. Depending on applicable law, certain uses may be permitted through exceptions, limitations, licenses, permissions, commentary, criticism, quotation, education, parody, fair dealing, fair use, or other lawful bases.

POVS may consider the information provided by the complainant and the circumstances available to us, but we do not act as a court and cannot determine every legal dispute between users or rights holders.

8Review of complaints

After receiving a sufficiently detailed complaint, POVS may review the reported material, the information provided by the complainant, relevant account or Platform information, and any applicable policies or legal requirements.

We may contact the person who uploaded the content for additional information or clarification where appropriate.

9Possible actions

Depending on the circumstances, POVS may:

• Remove or restrict access to the reported content.
• Limit the visibility or distribution of the content.
• Request additional information from the complainant or uploader.
• Notify the uploader about the complaint.
• Take action against an account where there is a pattern of infringement or policy violations.
• Restore content where a complaint is withdrawn, resolved, or determined not to justify continued restriction.
• Take other appropriate action consistent with applicable law and Platform policies.

10Counter-notices and disputes

If your content has been removed or restricted because of an intellectual-property complaint and you believe the action was incorrect, you may contact POVS through the official grievance or intellectual-property channel and explain the basis for your objection.

Where applicable law provides a formal counter-notice or dispute process, POVS may provide or follow that process as required.

11Repeat infringement

Accounts that repeatedly publish content that infringes the intellectual-property rights of others may be subject to additional restrictions, suspension, or termination, depending on the circumstances and applicable law.

Repeated infringement may include multiple substantiated complaints involving the same account or a demonstrated pattern of deliberate infringement.

12Trademark complaints

If you believe a POVS user is using your trademark or branding in a way that unlawfully infringes your rights, provide information identifying the relevant trademark, your rights in the mark, the allegedly infringing use, and the location of the content.

Trademark disputes can involve questions of jurisdiction, authorization, nominative use, commentary, parody, fair use, or other lawful uses. POVS may request additional information before taking action.

13Content you do not own

If you are not the rights holder or authorized representative, do not submit a complaint claiming ownership of another person's intellectual property. Instead, where appropriate, encourage the rights holder to submit the complaint directly.

14Privacy and complaint information

Information provided as part of an intellectual-property complaint may be shared with relevant parties when reasonably necessary to investigate or resolve the complaint, or when required by applicable law.

We will handle personal information submitted through this process according to our Privacy Policy and applicable legal requirements.

15Legal requests

POVS may comply with valid court orders, government requests, law-enforcement requests, or other legally binding requirements relating to intellectual-property disputes or allegedly infringing content.

16Third-party content and external copies

Removing content from POVS does not necessarily remove copies that may exist outside the Platform. Users or third parties may have downloaded, copied, shared, indexed, archived, or otherwise reproduced content before it was removed.

POVS does not control independent third-party websites, search engines, social networks, archives, or other external services.

17Good-faith cooperation

We encourage rights holders and users to provide complete, accurate, and relevant information when communicating with POVS about intellectual-property disputes. Clear information helps us evaluate complaints efficiently and reduces the risk of incorrect action.

18Questions about intellectual property

For questions concerning a copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property matter on POVS, use the official contact details provided in the Platform Information or Grievance & Contact section.

1About POVS

POVS is a discussion-focused social platform available through povs.in. The Platform is designed around topics and viewpoints, allowing users to participate in discussions and express whether they are in Favor, Against, or contributing an International perspective where applicable.

2Platform purpose

POVS is intended to provide a structured environment for people to share opinions, discuss topics, discover different perspectives, and participate in community conversations.

The Platform does not represent that every opinion, statement, claim, post, comment, vote, or other user-generated contribution is accurate, verified, or endorsed by POVS.

3Platform operator

The legal entity or person responsible for operating POVS should be identified here using the exact registered or official business information.

4Official website

The official POVS website is povs.in. Users should verify that they are interacting with the official Platform before providing account credentials, personal information, payment information, or other sensitive information.

5Official communication

Official contact details should be published here and kept consistent across the Platform's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Grievance & Contact process, Account & Data Deletion process, and Copyright & IP process.

6Support and complaints

Users can use the appropriate reporting, grievance, privacy, deletion, or intellectual-property mechanism depending on the nature of their request.

• Content concerns: Use the Content Reporting process.
• Moderation concerns: Use the applicable appeal or Grievance & Contact process.
• Privacy concerns: Contact POVS through the privacy or grievance channel.
• Account deletion: Use the Account & Data Deletion process.
• Copyright or IP concerns: Use the Copyright & IP process.
• General matters: Use the official general contact channel.

7Policies and platform rules

The operation of POVS is governed by several policies that should be read together:

• Terms of Service — the rules governing use of the Platform.
• Privacy Policy — how personal information is collected, used, stored, and handled.
• Community Guidelines — standards for content and user behavior.
• Content Reporting — how users can report potentially harmful or prohibited content.
• Grievance & Contact — how users can raise complaints and concerns.
• Account & Data Deletion — how users can request account and data deletion.
• Copyright & IP — how intellectual-property complaints are handled.
• Cookies — information about cookies and similar technologies.

8User-generated content

Much of the material displayed on POVS may be submitted by users. Users are responsible for the content they publish and for complying with applicable laws and Platform policies.

POVS may moderate, restrict, remove, or otherwise take action regarding content or accounts when required by the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, applicable law, security requirements, or other legitimate Platform considerations.

9Opinions are not endorsements

The presence of a particular opinion, viewpoint, topic, vote, comment, or other user contribution on POVS does not mean that POVS agrees with, verifies, recommends, or endorses that position.

POVS is intended to provide a space for discussion and different perspectives. Users should evaluate information independently and consider the source and context before relying on user-generated content.

10Third-party services

POVS may rely on third-party providers for services such as hosting, infrastructure, authentication, security, communication, analytics, storage, or other technical functions.

Third-party services may have their own terms and privacy policies. Where appropriate, information about relevant third-party processing is described in the Privacy Policy.

11Security and responsible use

Users should protect their account credentials and avoid sharing passwords, authentication codes, or other security information. Suspected account compromise, security vulnerabilities, scams, or other serious Platform security concerns should be reported through the appropriate official channel.

12Legal and regulatory information

POVS will operate subject to applicable laws and regulations relevant to the Platform and its users. Where legal or regulatory information is required to be disclosed, the relevant information should be maintained in this section or the applicable policy.

Nothing on this page is intended to limit rights or protections that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.

13Policy effective dates

Each major Platform policy should identify its applicable effective date and, where appropriate, its last updated date. Users should refer to the individual policy sections for the current version and applicable changes.

14Official information

POVS will seek to keep the information on this page accurate and up to date. If you identify incorrect or outdated Platform information, please contact us through the official contact channel so that it can be reviewed.

1What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser or device when you visit a website. They can help websites remember information about your session, maintain functionality, improve security, and understand how services are being used.

POVS may also use technologies such as local storage, session storage, pixels, device identifiers, and similar mechanisms where necessary for Platform functionality, security, measurement, or other permitted purposes.

2Why POVS uses cookies

Depending on the features and services implemented on POVS, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

• Keep you signed in and maintain your session.
• Remember selected preferences and settings.
• Maintain security and help detect unauthorized activity.
• Protect accounts and prevent fraud, spam, and abuse.
• Maintain essential Platform functionality.
• Understand how users interact with the Platform.
• Measure performance and identify technical problems.
• Improve the design, features, and reliability of POVS.
• Support communications or other features where technically necessary.

3Types of technologies we may use

Type	Purpose	Typical use
Essential cookies	Core Platform operation	Login sessions, authentication, security, account functionality
Preference technologies	Remember user choices	Settings, language, interface or other preferences
Security technologies	Protect the Platform	Fraud prevention, abuse detection, authentication and security monitoring
Analytics technologies	Understand Platform usage	Performance measurement, feature usage and technical analysis
Functional technologies	Enable specific features	Supporting optional Platform functionality where implemented

4Essential cookies

Some cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for POVS to function correctly. They can support account authentication, session management, security, fraud prevention, and other core features.

Because these technologies may be required for the service you request, disabling them may cause some Platform features to stop working correctly.

5Preference cookies

Where implemented, preference technologies may remember choices such as language, interface preferences, selected settings, or other choices so that you do not have to provide them repeatedly.

6Analytics and measurement

POVS may use analytics or measurement technologies to understand how the Platform is used, identify technical problems, measure performance, and improve features.

Where third-party analytics services are used, their processing may also be subject to their own privacy policies and terms. Relevant third-party processing should be reflected in the Privacy Policy.

7Security and fraud prevention

Cookies, local storage, device information, and similar technologies may be used to identify suspicious activity, protect accounts, prevent automated abuse, detect fraud, and maintain the security of POVS.

These technologies may continue to operate even when optional preference or analytics technologies are disabled if they are necessary to protect the Platform.

8Third-party technologies

Some services integrated into POVS may place or access cookies or similar technologies. These may include services used for authentication, analytics, security, communication, embedded content, or other Platform functionality.

POVS does not control the independent privacy practices of third-party services. Where applicable, information about third-party processing is described in our Privacy Policy.

9Browser controls

Most modern browsers allow you to view, block, delete, or restrict cookies through their settings. You can usually find these controls under privacy, security, site settings, or similar browser options.

Blocking or deleting cookies may affect your ability to sign in or use certain POVS features.

10Device and local storage controls

Some technologies may be stored using browser or device storage rather than traditional cookies. Depending on your browser or device, you may be able to remove or restrict such storage through browser settings, device settings, clearing site data, or similar controls.

11Cookie choices

Where POVS provides a cookie preference or consent mechanism, your available choices will be presented through that mechanism. Essential technologies may remain enabled when they are necessary to provide requested Platform functionality or maintain security.

If POVS does not provide a separate cookie preference interface for a particular technology, you may still have browser or device controls that allow you to restrict or delete stored information.

12Do Not Track and similar signals

Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals or settings intended to communicate user preferences regarding tracking. The way these signals are handled may depend on the technology involved and applicable legal requirements.

Where required by applicable law, POVS will handle recognized privacy signals in accordance with the applicable requirements.

13Cookies and personal information

Some cookies or similar technologies may be associated with information that can identify or distinguish a user or device. When this occurs, the related information will be handled according to our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

14How long cookies remain

Some cookies may be temporary session cookies that expire when you close your browser or end your session. Others may remain for a longer period until they expire or are deleted through your browser or device settings.

The actual duration depends on the technology, its purpose, and the Platform configuration in use at the relevant time.

15Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy when our Platform, technologies, service providers, legal requirements, or data practices change. The updated version will be published on this page with an applicable effective or updated date.

16Questions about cookies

If you have questions about cookies or similar technologies used by POVS, contact us using the official details provided in the Platform Information or Grievance & Contact section.

XProhibited content

POVS strictly prohibits pornography, sexually explicit content, and content primarily intended to sexually arouse or exploit others. Users must not upload, post, share, transmit, request, promote, or distribute such content through the Platform.

Prohibited content includes explicit sexual images, videos, audio, or descriptions; pornography or pornographic material; sexual acts or graphic sexual activity; sexually explicit nudity; sexual exploitation or solicitation; sexual services or sexual solicitation; and content that promotes or facilitates sexual exploitation or abuse.

POVS also strictly prohibits non-consensual intimate images or videos, sexualized content involving another person without their consent, and any content involving the sexual exploitation, abuse, or endangerment of minors. Content involving minors in a sexual or exploitative context is strictly prohibited regardless of whether the person uploading it claims to have permission.

Users must not use POVS to request, offer, sell, exchange, promote, or facilitate sexually explicit material or sexual services.

Content that attempts to evade these rules through links, coded language, cropped images, blurred material, redirects, external websites, or other methods may also be treated as prohibited content where its purpose is to facilitate access to prohibited material.

Limited non-explicit references to sexual health, education, medical information, scientific research, news reporting, or other legitimate public-interest discussions may be permitted where the content is not sexually explicit and is presented in an appropriate context.

POVS may remove or restrict prohibited content without prior notice. Depending on the severity and circumstances, an account may be suspended or permanently terminated. Serious violations may be reported to appropriate authorities where required or permitted by applicable law.

Accounts repeatedly posting prohibited sexual content, attempting to bypass moderation, or using the Platform primarily to distribute such material may be permanently terminated. POVS may also take action against related accounts where reasonably necessary to prevent continued abuse or evasion of enforcement.

Users should report suspected prohibited content through the Content Reporting mechanism. Do not download, redistribute, or further share suspected illegal or exploitative material when making a report.