Acceptable Use Policy
Overview
The Acceptable Use Policy of The Publiks Group, a division of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC, provides a listing, range, and illustrative examples of activities you legally agree to not conduct, engage in, facilitate, or otherwise support — out of respect for persons, for the Codes and Policies, for applicable law and regulation as well as for Publiks and the Founder. Such activities and their equivalent are to be understood by you as unacceptable.
Therefore, persons engaged in activity involving, relating, referring, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks are expected to uphold the principles delineated below.
Your Agreement
— With respect to the Agreement you enter into with Publiks via the Acceptable Use Policy, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
Your Consent to The Policy
— With respect to your ability to agree and consent to the Acceptable Use Policy, you represent and warrant the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent, as delineated and described in the Codes and Policies — for the specific purpose of consenting to this Policy, the Agreement and the Codes and Policies.
Your Abiding by The Policies
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to the Acceptable Use Policy, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by the Acceptable Use Policy and the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time, and in its entirety without modification.
Your Understanding of Acceptable Uses
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Acceptable Use Policy, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of acceptable and unacceptable use, including communities standards, as defined by Publiks in these Codes and Polices and as further delineated below, to be respected and not violated, in any way, by you, which shall, at minimum, entail the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Your Commitment to Understandings
— You also represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the aforementioned attestation, your commitment to this understanding of acceptable and unacceptable use shall entail the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Your Duty to the Policy
— With respect to your duty to the Acceptable Use Policy, you represent and warrant that you understand and shall adhere to such duty by way of the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Your Accordance with Ethics
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
Your Accordance with Mission
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the founding mission and purposes of Publiks and The Ikoku Group, without incompatibility, as described and delineated in the Codes and Policies and the Founder’s Agreement.
Further Considerations
Your Knowledge and Agreement
Publiks strongly recommend you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so ask that you read, understand, and regularly visit this section and other communications regarding the Acceptable Use Policy, as well as the Codes and Policies. Publiks take your continued visiting and use of the Products and Services, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Duty to Organizational Integrity
And you further legally accept and agree that no application, interpretation, judgment, or other compliance, proceeding, or reading from, of, with, or otherwise relating to the Founding Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent code, policy, or other document or material shall, in any way, entail any abrogation, diminishment, interference, or violation pertaining to any of the terms, conditions, principles, requirements, rights — including the attendant properties and protections — of company and organizational integrity.
Your Questions and Feedback
Please contact policies@publiks.org with any feedback, issues, or questions — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Ikoku.
Your Reporting of Violations
If you detect, notice, become aware of, or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of the Codes and Policies, please contact policies@publiks.org with any details you have — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
The Definitions
As with all official documents, materials, policies, and statements of Publiks, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies section. Please do continue with the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality via further reading below.
Cautions and Prohibitions
Overview
Publiks expect all persons to act responsibly, respectfully and lawfully where Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, including the Sites, are concerned. Therefore, you agree not to misuse or harm any area, office, part, section, or property of Publiks, including its names and reputations, or help any other person to do so, in ways that include but are not limited to the following:
No Unauthorized Relationship or Representation
You will not understand or represent yourself to be in any official capacity with or relationship to Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, or the Products and Services, except such official capacity or relationship that is explicitly approved, reviewed, authorized and described by written contract and instrument signed and sealed of the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, as described in the Codes and Policies — with such instrument containing explicit description of the specifying access, actions, activities, communications, operations, participations, visits, and other uses expressly reviewed, approved and authorized for the purposes of said capacity or relationship.
No Unauthorized Access, Activity, Operations
— With respect to any and all of your access, activities and operations in, within, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Unauthorized Allocation or Affiliation
— With respect to any and all affiliation, allocation, and activity and representation subsequent to any arrangement or agreement with, in, within, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Abuse, Hacking or Disruption
— With respect to abuse, hacking or disruption of any areas, parts of sections of Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Spamming or Phishing
You will not send spam or other unsolicited communications, promotions, or advertisements. And you will not send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information, including without limitation phishing or spoofing (and Publiks reserve the right to determine what constitutes any of the aforementioned).
No Deception or Impersonation
You will not do anything that is false, fraudulent, inaccurate or deceiving. Nor will you impersonate another person, company or entity. And you will not engage in misleading or unethical marketing or advertising.
No Theft
— With respect to theft or its equivalent in relation to Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Rights Infringement
— With respect to infringement, misappropriation or violation of rights in relation to Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Discrimination or Harassment
— With respect to discrimination and harassment in relation to Publiks, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in the Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.
No Nudity or Pornography
— You will not engage in any activity or operation, or add or post any content, information or material in, within, with, for, on behalf of or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, or in any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, especially the Products and Services, including any networks or systems Publiks provide access to, that constitutes nudity or pornography (and TPubliks reserve the right to determine what constitutes nudity and pornography).
— And you furthermore will not engage in any activity or operation, or add or post any content, information or material in, within, with, for, on behalf of or otherwise pertaining to The Ikoku Group, or in any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of The Ikoku Group, especially the Products and Services, including any networks or systems The Ikoku Group provides access to, that advocates, constitutes or facilitates sex or human trafficking or forced, indentured or slave labor.
No Violation of Laws
You will not use Publiks or any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of Publiks, especially the Products and Services, in violation of any applicable export controls, laws, regulations or sanctions. And you will not do anything that otherwise violates any applicable law or regulations, including without limitation any applicable laws and regulations regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
Prompt Notification
You will not do anything that prevents Publiks — especially the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku — from becoming fully aware and informed of any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy and the Codes and Polices. And you will notify Publiks — especially the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku — via the proper reporting channels if you become aware of any violation of the above.
Associated Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, including its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that the Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Mission Statement, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Uses Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.
Founding and Mission
Statement on Founding and Mission of Publiks (HTML)
Founding Code of Ethics
Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML)
The Acceptable Uses Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
Also at the Division
Publiks and its parent company, The Ikoku Group, are dedicated to developing, providing and safekeeping ideas and solutions — with the mission to foster care and creativity, culture and communities, ethics and innovation in lives and societies. And so in accordance with the above, Publiks and The Ikoku Group provide the following:
A Company of and about Ethics
A company and division whose ethics and policies are carefully crafted, then adhered to by a range of individuals and entities working in varied relation to Publiks and The Ikoku Group to establish, develop and operate a private company dedicated to fostering care and creativity, ethics and innovation.
Built with Integrity and Respect in Mind
A company and division who take as their basis the most robust conceptions of humanity, integrity and respect as well as independence and fundamental freedoms, liberties and rights — up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for — as they carry out and embody their founding and core mission and purposes.
Areas of Focus Chosen for Mission and Work
And a company and division whose areas of focus have been expressly chosen to ensure attention to issues of enduring concern to the Founder — and so committed to providing products, services, sites and spaces that remain safe, secure and respectful places to do work, to teach and learn, to form, inform and, where needed, transform local and global communities.