Terms and Conditions

Dear user,
Please note that our Terms and Conditions are amended to reflect the contents of our announcement made on 19/10/2023. As such, users will have to respect the contents of the announcement, which officially prevail over the Terms and Conditions in the event of contradiction, effective immediately.

Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions

By using or visiting www.onlyrule34.com (hereinafter “Rule34”), or any content, functionality, and services offered on or through Rule34, whether as a guest or a registered user, or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms and Conditions when this option is made available to you, you signify your agreement to these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, and incorporated herein by reference.

These Terms and Conditions apply to all users, including users who are also contributors of Content, of any of Rule34 web pages, interactive features, embeddable player, uploader, and other applications, widgets, blogs, social networks, social network “tabs,” or other online or wireless offerings that post a link to these Terms and Conditions, whether accessed via computer, mobile device, or other technology, manner, or means.

“Content” includes the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features, textual content, and other materials you may view, upload, publish, submit, make available, display, communicate or post on, or transmit to other users or other person or access through Rule34.

If you do not agree to any of these Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy, please do not access or use Rule34.

You consent to entering these Terms and Conditions electronically and storing records related to these Terms and Conditions in electronic form.

Ability to Accept Terms and Conditions

You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in the jurisdiction you are accessing Rule34 from and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties outlined in these Terms and Conditions, and to abide by and comply with these Terms and Conditions. If you are under 18 or the applicable age of majority, please do not use Rule34. You also represent that the jurisdiction from which you access Rule34 does not prohibit the receiving or viewing of sexually explicit content.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms and Conditions for any changes. Your use of Rule34 following any amendment of these Terms and Conditions will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms.

The updated version of the Terms and Conditions supersedes any prior versions immediately upon being posted, and the prior version(s) shall have no continuing legal effect. You should periodically review the most up-to-date version of the Terms and Conditions found on Rule34.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions

Rule34 allows for uploading, sharing, and general viewing of various types of adult-oriented content by users, registered and unregistered, who desire to share and view visual depictions of adult-oriented content, including sexually explicit images. In addition, Rule34 contains texts, messages, files, data, information, images, photos, video files, recordings, materials, code, or content of any kind and other materials posted or uploaded by users.

Rule34 may contain links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by Rule34 or its operator. Rule34 has no control over and assumes no responsibility for any third-party sites’ content, privacy policies, or practices. In addition, Rule34 will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using Rule34, you expressly relieve us from all liability arising from your use of any third-party sites. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave Rule34 and to read the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of other sites that you visit.

Rule34 is for your personal use and shall not be used for any commercial endeavor except those specifically endorsed or approved by Rule34.

Rule34 is for adult-oriented content. Other categories of content may be rejected or deleted at our sole discretion. We may, at our sole discretion and at any time, remove any content on Rule34.

You understand and acknowledge that when using Rule34, you will be exposed to content from various sources. Rule34 is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to inaccurate content, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Rule34 with respect to that, and agree to indemnify and hold Rule34, its site operator, its parent corporation, its respective affiliates, licensors, service providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of Rule34.

Communication Preferences

By using Rule34, you expressly and specifically consent to receive electronic communications from us relating to your account. These communications may involve sending emails to your email address provided during registration or posting communications on Rule34 (for example, through the members’ area on Rule34 upon login to ensure receipt in the event you have unsubscribed from email communications), or in the “Account Settings” or “Public Profile” page and may include notices about your account (such as password changes, confirmation emails, and other information) and are part of your relationship with us. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing. You should maintain copies of electronic communications by printing a paper copy or saving an electronic copy. You also expressly and specifically consent to receive certain other communications from us, such as newsletters about new features and content, special offers, promotional announcements, and customer surveys via email or other methods. If you no longer want to receive certain communications, you will need to use the unsubscribe mechanism set out in the applicable communication.

Accessing Rule34 and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend Rule34 and any service or material we provide on Rule34, at our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of Rule34 is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of Rule34, or entire Rule34, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

• making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to Rule34, and
• ensuring that all persons who access Rule34 through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and Conditions and comply with them.

To access Rule34 or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of Rule34 that all the information you provide on Rule34 is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with Rule34 or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on Rule34, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take concerning your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose or are provided with a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user name or password. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to Rule34 or portions of Rule34 using your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other security breach by contacting us at admin@onlyrule34.com. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others cannot view or record your password or other personal information. Although Rule34 will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Rule34 or others due to such unauthorized use.

If you interact with third-party service providers or with us, and you provide information, you agree that all information that you provide will be accurate, complete, and current. You will review all policies and agreements applicable to the use of third-party services. If you use Rule34 over mobile devices, you hereby acknowledge that your carrier’s normal rates and fees, such as excess broadband fees, will still apply.

We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifiers, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time at our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

You acknowledge that Rule34 reserves the right to charge fees for its services and Rule34 access and to change its fees at its sole discretion.

Limited, Conditional License to Use Our Intellectual Property

Rule34 and our associated logos and names are our trademarks and service marks. Other trademarks, service marks, names, and logos used on or through Rule34, such as trademarks, service marks, names, or logos associated with third-party content providers, are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners. You are granted no right or license concerning any of the trademarks mentioned earlier, service marks, or logos.

The inclusion of images or text containing the trademarks or service marks or the name or likeness of any person, including any celebrity, does not constitute an endorsement, expressed or implied, by any such person, of Rule34 or vice versa.

Rule34 and certain materials available on or through Rule34 may be content we own, have authored, created, purchased, or licensed (collectively, our “Works”). Our Works may be protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other laws, and we reserve and retain all rights in our Works and Rule34.

We hereby grant you a conditional, royalty-free, limited, revocable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to access Rule34 and our Works solely for your personal use in connection with using Rule34.

We grant you a conditional and limited license to access, view, and display Rule34 and our Works, and to create and display transient copies of Rule34 and our Works as necessary to view them, conditioned upon your agreement to display Rule34 whole and intact as presented by Rule34 host, complete with any advertising, to not interfere with the display of any advertising, and not to use ad blocking software of any kind. This limited license is further conditioned upon your agreement not to use any information obtained from or through Rule34 to block or interfere with the display of any advertising on Rule34 or to implement, modify, or update any software or filter lists that block or interfere with the display of any advertising on Rule34. Interference with the display of any advertising on Rule34, use of ad-blocking software to block or disable any advertising while viewing Rule34, or use of information obtained from or through Rule34 to update any ad blocking software or filter lists, is prohibited, violates the conditions of your limited license to view Rule34 and our Works and constitutes copyright infringement.

You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, communicate to the public, make available, adapt, publicly perform, link to, or publicly display Rule34 and our Works or any adaptations thereof unless expressly set forth herein. Such conduct would exceed the scope of your license and constitute copyright infringement.

Rule34 may provide an “Embeddable Player” feature, which you may incorporate into your own website for use in accessing the Content on Rule34. You may not modify, build upon or block any portion or functionality of the Embeddable Player in any way, including but not limited to links back to Rule34.

The above-described license is conditioned on your compliance with these Terms and Conditions, including, specifically, your agreement to view Rule34 whole and intact as presented by Rule34 host, complete with any advertising, and shall terminate upon termination of these Terms and Conditions. Any license you have obtained will be automatically rescinded and terminated if you breach any provision of these Terms and Conditions. In order to protect our rights, some Content made available on Rule34 may be controlled by digital rights management technologies, which will restrict how you may use the Content. You must not circumvent, remove, delete, disable, alter, or otherwise interfere with any digital rights management technology. Such conduct is prohibited by law.

If Rule34 allows you to download or otherwise copy our Works, you are not buying or being gifted copies thereof. Instead, you are licensing a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to possess and use the copies for personal, non-commercial use, subject to specific Terms and Conditions (the “Download License”). Under this Download License, you may not thereafter reproduce, distribute, communicate to the public, make available, adapt, publicly perform, or publicly display Rule34 and our Works or any adaptations thereof unless expressly set forth herein. Such conduct would exceed the scope of your Download License and constitute copyright infringement. You will delete or otherwise dispose of all copies of Works in your possession at the expiration of your Download License or the termination of these Terms and Conditions.

Content Posted by Users

As Rule34’s account holder, you may submit Content to Rule34 and other websites linked to Rule34, including videos, images, and user comments. You understand that Rule34 does not guarantee any confidentiality concerning any Content you submit.

You shall be solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences of posting, uploading, publishing, transmitting, or otherwise making available your Content on Rule34. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any Content you submit or contribute. You, not us, have full responsibility for such Content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We do not control the Content you submit or contribute, and we do not make any guarantee whatsoever related to Content submitted or contributed by users. Although we sometimes review Content submitted or contributed by users, we are not obligated to do so. Under no circumstances will we be liable or responsible in any way for any claim related to Content submitted or contributed by users.

You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish the Content you submit. You license to Rule34 all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights in and to such Content for publication on Rule34 pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.

You further agree that Content you submit to Rule34 will not contain third party copyrighted material or material that is subject to other third-party proprietary rights unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant to Rule34 all of the license rights granted herein.

You agree and understand that Rule34 (and its successors and affiliates) may use your Content for promotional or commercial purposes and render the services according to these Terms and Services. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your Content. By submitting Content to Rule34, you hereby grant Rule34’s operators an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, broadcast, market, create derivative works of, adapt, translate, publicly display, communicate, or perform, make available or otherwise use all of the Content, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of Rule34 (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also waive to the full extent permitted by law any and all claims against us related to moral rights in the Content. In no circumstances will we be liable to you for any exploitation of any Content that you post. You also hereby grant each user of Rule34 a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access your Content through Rule34 and to use, reproduce, display, communicate, and perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of Rule34 and under these Terms and Conditions. The above licenses granted by you in video Content you submit to Rule34 terminate within a commercially reasonable time after removing or deleting your Content from Rule34. However, you understand and agree that Rule34 may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of your videos that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in user comments you submit are perpetual and irrevocable.

Rule34 does not endorse any Content submitted by any user or other licensor or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein. Rule34 expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content. Rule34 does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on Rule34. Rule34 will remove all Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. Rule34 reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice.

All Content you submit must comply with the Content standards set out in these Terms and Conditions.

If any of the Content that you post to or through Rule34 contains ideas, suggestions, documents, or proposals to us, we will have no obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, concerning such Content, and we shall be entitled to use, exploit, or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Content at our sole discretion without any obligation to you whatsoever ( i.e., you will not be entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from us under any circumstances).

In the process of posting Content to Rule34, you may be asked to provide some personally identifying information, such as your name, address, email address, password, and other documentation. You may also be asked to provide such information to use certain features of Rule34.

We will keep a record of the information you provide, including your personally identifiable information. That information may be linked in our records to other information you provide, including Content. We will not provide your name or additional personally-identifying information to our advertisers or business partners without your permission. Please note that some of the information you provide in registering for and using Rule34, including the name used in registering for and using Rule34 or other personally identifying information, may be displayed to other members of Rule34 and may become public. In addition, we may disclose the personally identifying information and documentation you provide in some limited circumstances, including but not limited to responses to subpoenas or requests by law enforcement or as required by taxing authorities.

Use of Rule34

You agree that you will only use Rule34 and our services for the lawful purposes expressly permitted and contemplated by these Terms and Conditions. You may not use Rule34 and our services for any other purposes, including but not limited to commercial purposes, without our express written consent.

You agree that you will view Rule34 and its content unaltered and unmodified. You acknowledge and understand that you are prohibited from modifying Rule34 or eliminating any of the content of Rule34, including ads. By using Rule34, you expressly agree to accept advertising served on and through Rule34 and to refrain from using ad-blocking software when visiting Rule34.

Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of Rule34 and as permitted under these Terms and Conditions. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by Rule34 for that Content. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of Rule34’s operator or the respective licensors of the Content. Rule34 and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to Rule34 and the Content.

Prohibited Uses

You agree that you will not use or attempt to use any method, device, software, or routine to harm others or interfere with the functioning of Rule34, or use and monitor any information in or related to Rule34 for any unauthorized purpose.

In addition to the general restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of Content. Any determination regarding breach of any of the following is final. Please review the following list of prohibited uses carefully before using Rule34. Expressly, you agree not to use Rule34 to:

• violate any law or encourage or provide instructions to another to do so;
• act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to use Rule34, including without limitation by engaging in conduct that is harmful, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, intimidating, violent, or encouraging of violence to people or animals, harassing, stalking, invasive of another’s privacy, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
• post any Content that depicts any person under 18 years of age (or older in any other location in which 18 is not the minimum age of majority) whether real or simulated;
• post any Content for which you have not maintained written documentation sufficient to confirm that all subjects of your posts are, in fact, over 18 years of age (or older in any other location in which 18 is not the minimum age of majority);
• post any Content depicting underage sexual activity, non-consensual sexual activity, revenge porn, blackmail, intimidation, snuff, torture, death, violence, incest, racial slurs, or hate speech (either orally or via the written word);
• post any Content that contains falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Rule34 or any third party;
• post any Content that is obscene, illegal, unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, libelous, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate;
• post any Content containing unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam, junk mail, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation;
• post any Content containing sweepstakes, contests, or lotteries, or otherwise related to gambling;
• post any Content containing copyrighted materials, or materials protected by other intellectual property laws, that you do not own or for which you have not obtained all necessary written permissions and releases;
• post any Content which impersonates another person or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person;
• use Rule34 (or post any Content that) in any way that promotes or facilitates prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, human trafficking, or sex trafficking;
• use Rule34 to arrange any in-person meetings for purposes of sexual activity for hire;
• deploy programs, software, or applications designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, including by engaging in any denial of service attack or similar conduct;
• deploy or use programs, software or applications designed to harm, interfere with the operation of, or access in an unauthorized manner, services, networks, servers, or other infrastructure;
• exceed your authorized access to any portion of Rule34;
• remove, delete, alter, circumvent, avoid, or bypass any digital rights management technology, encryption or security tools used anywhere on Rule34 or in connection with our services;
• collect or store personal data about anyone;
• alter or modify without permission any part of Rule34 or its content, including ads;
• obtain or attempt to access or otherwise obtain any Content or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through Rule34;
• exploit errors in design, features that are not documented, or bugs to gain access that would otherwise not be available.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• use Rule34 in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of Rule34, including their ability to engage in real-time activities through Rule34;
• use any robot, spider, or other automatic devices, process, or means to access Rule34 for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on Rule34 without our prior written consent;
• use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on Rule34 or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent;
• use any information obtained from or through Rule34 to block or interfere with the display of any advertising on Rule34, or to implement, modify or update any software or filter lists that block or interfere with the display of any advertising on Rule34;
• use any device, bots, scripts, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of Rule34 or that shortcut or alter Rule34 functions to run or appear in ways that are not intended by Rule34’s design;
• introduce or upload any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files or any other similar software, program, or material which is malicious or technologically harmful or that may damage the operation of another’s property or of Rule34 or our services;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of Rule34, the server on which Rule34 is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to Rule34;
• remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from Rule34 or any of the materials contained therein;
• attack Rule34 via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
• otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of Rule34.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right but not the obligation to:

• remove or refuse to post any Content you submit or contribute to Rule34 for any or no reason at our sole discretion;
• monitor any communication occurring on or through Rule34 to confirm compliance with these Terms and Conditions, the security of Rule34, or any legal obligation;
• take any action concerning any Content posted by you that we deem necessary or appropriate at our sole discretion, including if we believe that such Content violates these Terms and Conditions, infringes any intellectual property right or other rights of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of Rule34 or the public, or could create liability for us;
• disclose your personally-identifying information or other information about you to any third party who claims that Content posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights, or their right to privacy;
• take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of Rule34;
• terminate or suspend your access to all or part of Rule34 for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms and Conditions.

Without limiting the preceding, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any Content on or through Rule34. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD US HARMLESS AND OUR SITE OPERATORS, ITS PARENT CORPORATION, ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY US OR ANY OF THE PRECEDING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER US, SUCH PARTIES, OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Rule34 takes a decisive stand against any form of child exploitation or human trafficking. If we discover that any Content involves underage individuals, or any form of force, fraud, or coercion, we will remove the Content and submit a report to the proper law enforcement authorities. If you become aware of any such Content, you agree to report it to Rule34 by contacting admin@onlyrule34.com.

To maintain our services in a manner we deem appropriate for our venue and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Rule34 may, but will not have any obligation to, review, monitor, display, reject, refuse to post, store, maintain, accept, or remove any Content posted (including, without limitation, private messages, public comments, public group chat messages, private group chat messages, or private instant messages) by you. At our sole discretion, we may delete, move, re-format, remove, or refuse to post or otherwise make use of Content without notice or any liability to you or any third party connected with our operation of Rule34 appropriately. Without limitation, we may do so to address Content that comes to our attention that we believe is offensive, obscene, violent, harassing, threatening, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate, or to enforce the rights of third parties or these Terms and Conditions or any applicable additional terms, including, without limitation, the Content restrictions set forth herein.

However, we do not undertake to review Content before it is posted on Rule34 and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable Content after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or Content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for the performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Account Termination Policy

Rule34 operates a clear copyright policy concerning any Content alleged to infringe the copyright of a third party. Details of that policy can be found in our DMCA notice. If you believe that any Content violates your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. As part of our Copyright Policy, Rule34 will terminate user access to Rule34 if, under appropriate circumstances, a user has been determined to be a repeat infringer.

If you violate the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure for us, we can terminate access to Rule34 or stop providing all or part of Rule34 to you.

Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property

Rule34 operates a clear copyright policy concerning any Content alleged to infringe the copyright of a third party. Details of that policy can be found in our DMCA notice. If you believe that any Content violates your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. As part of our Copyright Policy, Rule34 will terminate user access to Rule34 if, under appropriate circumstances, a user has been determined to be a repeat infringer.

Rule34 is not in a position to mediate trademark disputes between users and trademark owners. Accordingly, we encourage trademark owners to resolve any dispute directly with the user in question or seek any resolution in court or other judicial means. If you’re sure you want to report content on Rule34 that you believe infringes your trademark, you can do so by contacting www.onlyrule34.com/support/. Rule34 is willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints and remove the content in clear infringement cases. Only the trademark owner or their authorized representative may file a report of trademark infringement. Please note that we regularly provide:

• The rights owner’s name.
• Your email address.
• The details of your report to the person who posted the content you are reporting.

This person may contact you with the information you provide.

Abuse Reporting

Rule34 does not permit any form of revenge porn, blackmail, or intimidation. Violations of this policy can be reported through the following link: www.onlyrule34.com/support/.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through Rule34 is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to Rule34 or anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Rule34 includes Content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers, third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and reporting services. All statements or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by us, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect our opinion. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

Changes to Rule34

We may update the content on Rule34 from time to time, but the content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on Rule34 may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Information about You and Your Visits to Rule34

All information we collect on Rule34 is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using Rule34, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms of the Privacy Policy and that you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Collection and Use of Your Usage Information by Advertisers and Others

Rule34 allows others to display advertisements using Rule34. These third parties use technology to deliver advertisements you see using Rule34 directly to your browser. In doing so, they may automatically receive your IP, or “Internet Protocol”, address. Others that place advertising using Rule34 may have the ability to use cookies or web beacons to collect information, including information about your usage of Rule34. We do not control the processes that advertisers use to collect information. However, IP addresses, cookies, and web beacons alone generally cannot be used to identify individuals, only machines. Therefore, advertisers and others whose advertisements or content may be provided through the service generally will not know who you are unless you provide additional information to them, by responding to an advertisement, by entering into an agreement with them, or by some other means.

Linking to Rule34 and Social Media Features

You may link to Rule34, provided you do so in a fair and legal way that does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. Still, you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

Rule34 may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

• link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on Rule34;
• send emails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on Rule34;
• cause limited portions of content on Rule34 to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us and solely concerning the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional Terms and Conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

• cause Rule34 or portions of Rule34 to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site,
• otherwise take any action concerning the materials on Rule34 that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms and Conditions.

The sites from which you are linking, or on which you make certain content accessible, must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You agree to cooperate with us in immediately causing any unauthorized framing or linking to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice at our sole discretion.

Links from Rule34

If Rule34 contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the contents, privacy policies, or practices of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any third-party site, applications, software, content, or advertising does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to Rule34, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of use for such sites. Further, you agree to release us from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, content, service, or software accessed through Rule34.

Your communications or dealings with, or participation in promotions of, sponsors, advertisers, or other third parties found through Rule34, are solely between you and such third parties. You agree that Rule34 shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred due to any dealings with such sponsors, third parties, or advertisers or as the result of their presence on Rule34.

Permitted Disclosures of Personal Information

Rule34 generally does not collect personally identifiable information (data such as your name, email address, password, and the content of your communications) unless you submit or communicate Content through Rule34 or register with us to use certain features of Rule34. Rule34 will not disclose any personally identifiable information it collects or obtains except:

• As described in these Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy.
• After obtaining your permission to a specific use or disclosure.
• If Rule34 is required to do so to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a court order, search warrant, subpoena, civil discovery request, or statutory requirement) and may at our sole discretion advise you of such process or request.
• As required to protect Rule34’s property, safety, or operations, or the property or safety of others.
• To a person that acquires Rule34, or the assets of Rule34’s operator in connection with which such information has been collected or used.
• As otherwise required by law.

If Rule34 is required to respond to or comply with any of these information requests, we reserve the right to charge you with the cost of responding to or complying with such information request, including, but not limited to, costs of research, copies, media storage, mail, and document delivery, as well as any applicable legal fees.

Rule34 will have access to all information you have submitted or created for as long as reasonably required to comply with or investigate any information requests or protect Rule34. To enforce these Terms and Conditions, protect intellectual property rights, comply with legal processes and the law, and protect Rule34, you agree to allow Rule34 to access your information.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Rule34, its site operator, its parent corporation, its respective affiliates, licensors, service providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, damages, judgments, awards, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from:

• Your use of and access to Rule34.
• Your violation of any term of these Terms and Conditions.
• Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right.
• Any claim that your Content caused damage to a third party.

This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and Conditions and your use of Rule34. You agree that we shall have the sole right and obligation to control the legal defense against any such claims, demands, or litigation, including the right to select counsel of our choice and to compromise or settle any such claims, demands, or litigation.

Disclaimers

YOU USE Rule34 AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE PROVIDE Rule34 “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE. “TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Rule34, ITS SITE OPERATOR, AND ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO Rule34, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF Rule34. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF Rule34’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITES LINKED TO Rule34 OR THAT Rule34 WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES. Rule34 DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES OR ANY HYPERLINKED SERVICES OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND Rule34 WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH Rule34 SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL Rule34, ITS SITE OPERATOR, AND ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM Rule34, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH Rule34 OR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA Rule34 OR OUR SERVICES, AND/OR (VI) INTERACTIONS YOU HAVE WITH THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR THIRD-PARTY SITES, FOUND ON OR THROUGH Rule34, AND ANY OTHER TERMS, CONDITIONS, POLICIES, WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DEALINGS, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT Rule34 OR ITS SITE OPERTOR ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE PRECEDING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Rule34 SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY CONTENT UPLOADED TO Rule34 MAY BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED, REPUBLISHED, AND DISTRIBUTED – POTENTIALLY IN VIOLATION OF YOUR RIGHTS OR THIS AGREEMENT – AND THAT YOU ASSUME SUCH RISKS AS A MATERIAL PART OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

YOU AGREE NOT TO FILE ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING LIABILITY LIMITATIONS.

Any claim by you that may arise in connection with these Terms and Conditions will be compensable by monetary damages, and you will in no event be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

REGARDLESS OF ANY STATUTE OR LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR Rule34 MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Your Comments and Concerns

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to Rule34 should be directed to admin@onlyrule34.com.

Assignment

These Terms and Conditions, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you but may be assigned by us without restriction.

Miscellaneous

These Terms and Conditions, your use of Rule34, and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by Bulgaria's laws, without regard to conflict of law rules. Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall constitute an agreement to the application of any other nation’s laws to Rule34. You agree that Rule34 shall be deemed passive that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than the Netherlands. The sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any action or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms and Services shall be in an appropriate court located in Vidin, Bulgaria. You hereby submit to the jurisdiction and venue of said Courts.

No waiver by us of any term or condition outlined in these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition. Any failure by us to assert a right or provision under these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

The Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy, our Copyright Policy, and any documents they expressly incorporate by reference constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us with respect to Rule34.

We may terminate these Terms and Conditions for any or no reason at any time by notifying you through a notice on Rule34, by email, or by any other method of communication. Any such termination will be without prejudice to our rights, remedies, claims, or defenses hereunder. Upon termination of the Terms and Conditions, you will no longer have a right to access your account or your Content. We will not have any obligation to assist you in migrating your data or your Content, and we may not keep any backup of any of your Content. We undertake no responsibility for deleting your Content under these Terms and Conditions. Note that, even if your Content is deleted from our active servers, it may remain in our archives (but we have no obligation to archive or backup your Content) and subject to the licenses outlined in these Terms and Conditions.

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Rule34 (hereinafter “we,” “us” or “our”) operates the website www.onlyrule34.com (hereinafter “”) and is the controller of the information collected or provided via Rule34.

Please read this privacy policy carefully, as your access to and use of Rule34 signifies that you have read and understood all terms within this privacy policy. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please see “Contact Information” below for information on contacting us.

Scope

This privacy policy applies to information we collect:

• on Rule34 and your email communications with Rule34,
• through mobile applications that provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and Rule34, or
• when you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this privacy policy.

The Data We Collect About You

We may collect different kinds of personal data about you, depending on whether you chose to create an account with us.

Persons who visit Rule34 without logging in or registering (“unregistered users”):

• Contact Information: We collect the email address or any other information you voluntarily provide to us at your direction for a specific function, such as a contest or survey.
• Website activity data: We collect information about how you use Rule34, and interact with our content and advertisements, including the pages you visit on Rule34, search history, and the referring web page from which you arrived on Rule34. We collect browser and operating system information, devices you use to access Rule34, and your time zone setting. We also collect online identifiers. Specifically, we collect internet protocol (IP) address information, and we set cookies as explained below in the section on Cookies and Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

Persons who choose to create an account on Rule34 (“registered users”):

• We collect from registered users the same categories of information described above for unregistered users.
• Contact Information: We collect a username, or a similar identifier, and an email address.
• User Submitted Personal Information: We collect the information you submit to personalize your account or for a specific function, for example, date of birth, age, gender, your interests, preferences, feedback, survey responses, your preferences in receiving marketing from us, and our third parties, and your communication preferences, as well as any other information which you voluntarily provide to us at your direction for a specific function.
• User Contributions including Audio/Video Information: We provide areas on Rule34 where you can post information about yourself and others, communicate with others, upload content (e.g., pictures, video files, etc.), and post comments or reviews of content found on Rule34.

Please use caution in providing user contributions. By providing user contributions, you are making that content and information publicly available. User contributions can be read, collected, used, and disclosed by others. We cannot control who accesses your user contributions or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post or submit. User contributions are governed by the Rule34 terms of use found in our Terms and Conditions.

We may use your data to produce and share aggregated insights that do not directly or indirectly identify you and are not associated with you. Such aggregate information is not personal information.

Rule34 is not directed to persons under the age of 18 or the applicable age of majority in the jurisdiction from which Rule34 is accessed (“minors”). We prohibit minors from using Rule34. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a minor who has provided us with personal information, please contact us at admin@onlyrule34.com to have that minor’s personal information deleted.

The Sources from Which We Collect Personal Information

We collect Personal Information in the following ways:

• Directly from you: We collect the categories of information listed above directly from you.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As explained in the section below on Cookies and Automatic Data Collection Technologies, we set cookies and other automatic techniques to collect website activity data when you visit Rule34 or other websites owned by our corporate group.

Purposes for Which We Use Your Personal Information

We use personal information for the purposes described below.

• Provision of services: We use identifiers, website activity data, and, additionally, for registered users only, contact information and user contributions to present Rule34 and its contents to you, including any interactive features on Rule34, to provide you with information, or services that you request from us, and to verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests and sweepstakes.
• Customer management (Registered Users Only): We use identifiers and contact information to manage a registered user’s account, to provide customer support and notices to the registered user about their account, and notices about changes to Rule34 or any services we offer or provide through it.
• Customization of content and marketing (Unregistered Users and Registered Users Only): We use identifiers and contact information, website activity data, user-submitted personal information, and user contributions to analyze your use of, or interest in, Rule34 content, in order to develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on Rule34.
• Analytics: We use identifiers and website activity data to determine whether users of Rule34 are unique or whether the same user is using Rule34 on multiple occasions and to monitor aggregate metrics such as the total number of visitors, pages viewed, or demographic patterns.
• Functionality and security: We may use any of the data categories we collect to diagnose or fix technology problems and detect, prevent, and respond to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement.
• Compliance: We may use any of the data categories we collect to enforce our Terms and Conditions and comply with our legal obligations.
• We will use the contact information and user-submitted personal information in any other way we may describe when you provide the information (e.g., for a contest); or any other purpose with your consent provided separately from this privacy policy.

Our Legal Bases Under EU Law

We have the following legal bases under EU law for processing your personal data for the purposes described under Section Purposes for Which We Use Your Personal Information:

• We process personal data to provide the services, customer management, certain customization of content (e.g., based on your selected preferences, favorites, and ratings), and functionality and security because the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract. Specifically, it is necessary to provide the services you have requested or to provide Rule34 and services in a manner consistent with our Terms and Conditions and any other contract that you have with us.
• We process personal data to customize advertising, marketing, and analytics for our legitimate interests.
• We process personal data for functionality and security because it is necessary for our legitimate interests. In some instances, the processing is required for us to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
• We process personal information in specific circumstances where you have provided your consent to such processing.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We disclose personal information:

• To the public: When you submit user contributions, including audio/video content, you are using Rule34 and services to make that information public.
• Within our corporate group: We may disclose any of the categories of personal information to our corporate group members (including affiliates and related entities) to the extent this is necessary for our purposes listed in the sections above.
• Service providers: We disclose the categories of personal information we collect to our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include risk and fraud detection and mitigation, customer service, marketing and advertising, customization of content, analytics, security, hosting Rule34, or supporting Rule34’s functionality. These service providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purposes.
• Legal successors: We may disclose all of the categories of personal information we collect to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, acquisition or sale, or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding.
• To comply with the law or protect our rights or the rights of third parties: We access, preserve, and share your personal information with regulators, law enforcement, or others where we reasonably believe such disclosure is needed to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, (b) enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address illegal or suspected illegal activities, security or technical issues, (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; or (e) to maintain and protect the security and integrity of Rule34 or our infrastructure. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us at our sole discretion.

Cookies and Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with Rule34, we use automatic data collection technologies to collect website activity data.

We use cookies, which are small text files stored in your web browser or downloaded to your device when you visit a website.

We currently use the following types of cookies, which are set by the Rule34 domains or by other domains we own or control:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of Rule34. These include, for example, cookies that enable a user to log in to Rule34 and to check if a user is allowed access to a particular service or content.
• Functionality cookies: These cookies help us to personalize and enhance your online experience on Rule34. This type of cookie allows us to recognize you when you return to Rule34 and to remember, for example, your choice of language.
• Analytics cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of users and see how users use and explore Rule34. These cookies help us improve Rule34, for example, by ensuring that all users can find what they are looking for easily.
• Targeting and Advertising cookies: These cookies record visits of a user on Rule34, the pages a user visits, and the links a user follows to enable us to make Rule34 more relevant to the user’s interests and help us serve ads that might be of interest to the user. Targeting and advertising cookies are used for unregistered users and registered users.
• Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie expires the moment you close your browser. A persistent cookie will remain until it expires or you delete your cookies.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please note that some parts of Rule34 may then be inaccessible or not function properly if you disable or refuse cookies.

Do Not Track: Our systems do not recognize browser “Do Not Track” signals.

Use of Google Analytics. We use Google as a service provider to collect and analyze information about how users use Rule34, including collecting website activity data through first-party cookies set by our domains and third-party cookies set by Google. Because we activated IP anonymization for Google Analytics, Google will anonymize the last octet of a particular IP address and will not store your full IP address. Google will use the information only to provide Google Analytics services to us and will not use this information for other purposes. The data collected by Google Analytics may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States pursuant to standard contractual clauses approved by the EU. You can learn more about how Google uses data here, and you can opt-out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page.

Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on Rule34, are provided or served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use Rule34. Unless expressly stated otherwise, Rule34 does not provide any personal information to these third parties. However, they may collect information, including your IP address, advertisements you click, time zone setting and location, and information about your browser, operating system, and devices you use to access Rule34. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based advertising or other targeted content. They may track users across different websites and over time.

You can set your browser to refuse all third-party cookies or alert you when they are being sent.

Your Choices About How We Collect, Use, and Disclose Your Personal Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us.

• You can choose not to provide us with certain personal information, but that may result in you being unable to use certain features of Rule34 because such information may be required in order for you to register as a member; participate in a contest, promotion, survey, or sweepstakes; or ask a question.
• As explained in the section Cookies and Automatic Data Collection Technologies, you may set your browser to refuse some or all cookies. In addition, you may opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page.
• You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us using the opt-out link provided in our emails. If you are a Registered User, we may continue to send you other types of email communications, such as emails about your account or orders, administrative notices, and surveys.
• You may use your account settings to delete your user contributions and audio/video information.
• You may also delete your account with us at any time. If you do so, your profile will no longer be accessible by you. If you later choose to have an account with us, you will have to sign up for a new account as none of the information you previously provided or saved within your account will have been saved.

Your Rights Related to Your Personal Information

You have certain rights regarding the personal information we collect, use or disclose and that is related to you, including the right:

• to receive information on the personal information we hold about you and how such personal information is used (right to access);
• to correct inaccurate personal information concerning you (right to data rectification);
• to delete/erase your personal information (right to deletion, “right to be forgotten”);
• to receive the personal information provided by you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit the personal information to another data controller (right to data portability);
• to object to the use of your personal information where such use is based on our legitimate interests or public interests (right to object);
• in some cases, to restrict our use of your personal information (right to restriction of processing); and
• to withdraw your consent at any time where our processing is based on consent.

You may exercise your right to access and deletion by sending us an email at admin@onlyrule34.com to exercise your above rights in accordance with the applicable legal requirements and limitations. If you are located in the European Economic Area or the UK, you have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Please note that unless you have created an account with us, we may not have sufficient information to identify you and therefore may not be in a position to respond to your request. Additionally, in some cases, in order to adequately verify your identity or your authorization to make the request, we may require you to provide additional information.

Note that some requests to delete certain personal information will require the deletion of your user account as the provision of user accounts are inextricably linked to the use of certain personal information (e.g., your email address).

California Rights and Choices

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides you certain rights concerning your personal information:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information about our collection of your personal information over the past 12 months, including the specific pieces of information we collected.
• Right to Request Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions outlined in the CCPA.
• Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of Your Rights: We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the CCPA.

To exercise the rights described above, please use the buttons at the bottom of this page or email us at admin@onlyrule34.com with the email subject line “CCPA Request.” In either case, you will need to provide the following information to verify your identity and enable us to locate your information in our systems: your username and email address that you used to create an account with us, as well as any other information which we may reasonably request in order for us to verify your identity. We may require you to verify that you have access to your account or email account that you used to register with us.

You can designate an agent to make a request by executing a notarized power of attorney to have that person act on your behalf and providing that person with the information listed above that allows us to verify your identity and locate your information. Alternatively, you will need to directly confirm your identity with us using the methods described above, sign an authorization for the agent to act on your behalf, and provide us with confirmation that you have done so.

We disclose specific categories of California residents’ personal information for our business purposes, as described in the section above, titled Disclosure of Your Personal Information.

We do not sell California residents’ personal information.

Notice to Nevada Residents/Your Nevada Privacy Right

We do not exchange Nevada residents’ personal information for money with anyone to license or sell the personal information to other parties.

Transfers of Your Personal Information to Other Countries

Where the laws of your country allow you to do so, by using Rule34, you consent to the transfer of information that we collect about you, including personal information, to other countries in which we, members of our corporate group (including affiliates and related entities) or our service providers are located. When we transfer personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or other regions with comprehensive data protection laws, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with the applicable laws. Where relevant, our transfers outside the EEA are made pursuant to standard contractual clauses approved for use by the European Union.

Retention of Personal Information

We will only retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider several factors, including what personal data we are processing, the risk of harm from unauthorized disclosure, why we are processing your personal data, and whether we can achieve this outcome by another means without having to process it.

Where we no longer need to process your personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will delete your personal information from our systems.

Where permissible, we will also delete your personal information upon your request, as explained above in the section “Your Rights Related to Your Personal Information.”

Third-Party Links and Sites

If you click on a link to a third-party site, you will be taken to websites we do not control. This policy does not apply to the privacy practices of these websites. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third-party practices.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may modify or revise our privacy policy from time to time. If we change anything in our privacy policy, the change date will be reflected in the “last modified date.” We may attempt to notify you of any material changes as required by law. Please also periodically review the most up-to-date version of our privacy policy, which will be posted at this location, so you are aware of any changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our information-handling practices, please contact us at admin@onlyrule34.com.

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation law in the European Union effective May 25, 2018, Rule34 users can request a copy of their personal data and get Rule34 to delete their personal data.

DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement

Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement

We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) or any other applicable intellectual property legislation or laws. Responses may include removing, blocking, or disabling access to material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity, terminating the user’s access to www.onlyrule34.com (“”), or all of the previous.

If you believe any material accessible on Rule34 infringes your copyright, you may submit a copyright infringement notification (see below, “Filing a DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement” for instructions on filing such a notice). These requests should only be submitted by the copyright owner or an agent authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

If we remove or disable access to material in response to such a notice, we will take reasonable steps to notify the user that uploaded the affected content material that we have removed or disabled access to so that the user has the opportunity to submit a counter-notification (see below, “Counter-Notification Procedures” for instructions on filing a counter-notification). It is our policy to document all notices of alleged infringement on which we act.

All copyright infringement notifications and counter-notifications must be written in English. Any attempted notices written in foreign languages or using foreign characters may, at our discretion, be deemed non-compliant and disregarded.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you choose to request the removal of content by submitting an infringement notification, please remember that you are initiating a legal process. Do not make false claims. Misuse of this process may result in the suspension of your account or other legal consequences.

You may notify Rule34 of alleged copyright infringement via our form found at www.onlyrule34.com/support/.

We also accept free-form copyright infringement notifications. In that case, in accordance with the DMCA, the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works, a representative list of such works.
• Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material. If your complaint does not contain the specific URL of the video you believe infringes your rights, we may be unable to locate and remove it. General information about the video, such as a channel URL or username, is typically not adequate. Please include the URL(s) of the exact video(s).
• Adequate information by which we, and the uploader(s) of any video(s) you remove, can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address).
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
• Complete complaints require the physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a representative authorized to act on their behalf. To satisfy this requirement, you may type your full legal name to act as your signature at the bottom of your complaint.

Our designated Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Notices is:

• First Name Last Name
• Company Name
• Address
• City, State ZIP Code
• Email: Email

Please do not send other inquiries or requests to our designated copyright agent. Absent prior express permission, our designated copyright agent is not authorized to accept or waive service of formal legal process, and any agency relationship beyond that required to receive valid DMCA Notices or Counter-Notices (as defined below) is expressly disclaimed.

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on www.onlyrule34.com is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

The copyright owner’s name will be published on Rule34 in place of disabled content. This will become part of the public record of your DMCA Notice, along with your description of the work(s) allegedly infringed. All the information provided in a DMCA Notice, the actual DMCA Notice (including your personal information), or both may be forwarded to the uploader of the allegedly infringing content. By submitting a DMCA Notice, you consent to have your information revealed in this way.

Counter-Notification Procedures

If you have received a DMCA Notice and believe that material you posted on Rule34 was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us (a “Counter-Notice”). Counter notifications must be submitted by the video’s original uploader or an agent authorized to act on their behalf.

• First Name Last Name
• Company Name
• Address
• City, State ZIP Code
• Email: Email

Please do not send other inquiries or requests to our designated copyright agent. Absent prior express permission, our designated copyright agent is not authorized to accept or waive service of formal legal process, and any agency relationship beyond that required to receive valid DMCA Notices or Counter-Notices (as defined below) is expressly disclaimed.

Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following:

• Your name, address, phone number, and physical or electronic signature;
• Identification of the allegedly infringing content and its location before removal or access to it was disabled;
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith that the content was removed by mistake or misidentification; and
• A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal District Court for the judicial district in which you are located (or if you are outside the U.S., for any judicial district in which the operator of Rule34 may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who originally provided us with the DMCA Notice or an agent of such person.

We will not respond to counter-notifications that do not meet the requirements above.

After we receive your Counter-Notice, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original DMCA Notice and inform that party that the removed material may be restored after 10 business days but no later than 14 business days from the date we received your Counter-Notice, unless our Designated Agent first receives notice from the party who filed the original DMCA Notice informing us that such party has filed a court action to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the material in question.

Please note that when we forward your Counter-Notice, it will include your personal information. By submitting a counter-notification, you consent to having your information revealed in this way.

We will not forward the counter-notification to any party other than the original claimant to law enforcement or parties that help us enforce and protect our rights.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on Rule34 was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Repeat Infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating or disabling, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, the accounts of users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. At our sole discretion, we may limit access to Rule34, terminate or disable the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

Content Removal

Report Abusive or Illegal Content

Rule34 takes all content removal requests seriously, and our dedicated support team works around the clock to quickly process and remove content that violates our Terms and Conditions.

Your report is completely confidential. When you report content, the user who posted the content will not see your name or any information about you.

Please access the link provided below should you be the victim of or come across content that you have personal knowledge of as constituting:

• Non-consensual production or distribution of your image (including but not limited to such things as revenge porn, blackmail, exploitation);
• Content that reveals personally identifiable information (including but not limited to such things as name, address, phone number, IP address); OR
• Otherwise abusive or illegal content.

Before continuing, we’d like you to know about some of the other avenues available that may be more appropriate, depending on the situation:

• You may not like everything you see on Rule34. For content that you think is inappropriate or may violate our Terms and Conditions, we invite our Rule34 community to use our content-flagging feature.
• For all other content removal requests related to copyright infringement, please contact abuses@onlyrule34.com.
• Your opinion is valuable! We listen and consider feedback from all users. To provide feedback, please reach out to our dedicated support team.