Terms of Service

Effective date: 31 October 2025

GayDate.Fun (“we”, “us”, “our”) is an adults-only (18+) online community for gay men operated from Australia. By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility & accounts

• 18+ only. We may ask for age assurance as required by law.
• One account per person; keep your password secure.
• We may refuse, suspend, or terminate accounts that breach these Terms or law.

2. Your content & conduct

• You’re responsible for what you post or send. Share only what you’re comfortable with others seeing or saving.
• Prohibited: harassment, hate speech, threats, doxxing; illegal content; explicit public nudity; non-consensual intimate images; spam/commercial solicitation; sex-work promotion; impersonation; IP infringement; scraping, hacking or misuse.
• Use Report and Block to address abuse. We may moderate or remove content and restrict accounts to protect users and comply with the Online Safety Act 2021.

3. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data under the Privacy Act 1988 (APPs). It forms part of these Terms.

4. Safety

You are solely responsible for your interactions on and off the Service. Meet in public, tell a friend, and use in-app tools to report/block. We may cooperate with authorities where required.

5. Intellectual property

Your content: You retain ownership and grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, revocable licence to host, display and transmit your content solely to operate the Service. You can delete your content at any time.

Our IP: The Service (code, design, logos, trademarks) is our property or our licensors’. Don’t copy or reverse-engineer except as allowed by law.

6. Payments, subscriptions & refunds

• Paid features (e.g., boosts/premium) are optional and clearly disclosed.
• Subscriptions renew until cancelled; cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period.
• Refunds: Provided as required by the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). If a paid feature fails or isn’t supplied with due care and skill, contact support for a remedy. We don’t refund change-of-mind unless required by law.

7. Acceptable use & technical restrictions

• No malware, security bypass, excessive load, or data harvesting.
• No automated scraping/bots without written permission.
• We may rate-limit or block traffic to protect the platform.

8. Third-party services

We use vendors (hosting/CDN, payments, SMS/email, security). Their terms may apply. We aren’t responsible for third-party sites you visit via profiles or ads.

9. Disclaimers & liability

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. We don’t promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. Nothing here limits rights you have under the ACL. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for indirect or consequential loss; our aggregate liability is limited to amounts you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (if any). This does not limit ACL remedies.

10. Termination

You may delete your account at any time in Settings. We may suspend or terminate for breaches of these Terms or law. Sections on IP, payments, liability and disputes survive termination.

11. Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Courts of New South Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction. Before filing, please contact legal@gaydate.fun to attempt resolution.

12. Changes

We may update these Terms. We’ll post updates with a new effective date; material changes may be notified in-app/email. Continued use means acceptance.

13. Contact

• Support: support@gaydate.fun
• Safety/Abuse: abuse@gaydate.fun
• Legal/Privacy: legal@gaydate.fun