Terms & Conditions

Acceptance of terms

Use by you of this Website and any other websites operated by MoMo and its group companies, together with all associated servers (“Servers”) and all of the functions on or in or available from this Website or any other MoMo or the Servers (including, without limitation all chat forums, bulletin boards or other forms of communication) is subject to the following terms and conditions and any other terms and conditions contained on, in or available through a MoMo Site.

General code of conduct

The MoMo community is  for  all developers, however, we want to make sure that the MoMo community offers a positive experience for all developers. Therefore these general guidelines have been established. Should there be any questions or issues, please let us know via a mail to support(at)momodever.com.

Be friendly.

Users must treat one another with respect. Users will not post any racist, insulting, sexist, discriminatory, threatening or otherwise insulting comments, and will not use coarse language, make inappropriate jokes or otherwise harass other users. In instances where inappropriate language is used such persons shall be immediately removed from the MOMO community without further recourse.

Stay legal

Users may not post any pornographic or otherwise offensive material, share illegal or copyrighted content, attempt to distribute illegal substances, distribute viruses or other malicious material which gives you access to the computers or systems of other users, or generally anything that is considered illegal by your country of residence. This conduct shall not be tolerated and will be reported to the relevant authorities.

Stay on topic

Please do not change the subject of a discussion to something not intended by the original poster. Any off-topic posting or “hijacking” of threads will result in content being removed and ultimately can cause users to be denied access to the community.

No commercial use

Users may not use the forum for (commercial) activities such as the advertising or sale of products or services. The sending of commercial messages (spam), the offering of (interactive) games or the advertising of other chat forums or websites is banned.

No sharing of private information

Please refrain from sharing personal information (telephone numbers, email addresses, etc.) of yourself, other people or companies. MTN shall not be responsible for use or misuse of any personal information shared on the platform.  

No multiple accounts

It is not allowed to own multiple accounts on this community. If the Community Team detects double accounts all secondary accounts will be banned.

Moderator actions

The MoMo Community Team reserves the right to change or remove content or to restrict access to individual users, should it be regarded as necessary. It is not allowed to discuss any Moderation actions in public, should you disagree with an action taken then please contact a Moderator or the Community Manager via private message.

Be careful.

All users on this community are here to help, however, nobody, particularly MTN cannot be held responsible for any negative consequences resulting out of information derived from this community.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information that is stored on your computer as a file. Cookies enable us to recognize your computer on a subsequent visit. Cookies do not store personal information. We need your permission to use cookies, and your access to the community shall be deemed as acceptance of Cookie policy set out below.

How we use cookies

Information we obtain from cookies are used to analyze our MoMo community. We use this data to adjust the community to your personal preferences. Finally, when sending information about our products and services, we can take your previous interest for certain pages into account.

Cookie setting

You choose which cookies you want to allow. You can do so by clicking on the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of any page, adjust your preferences and submit. You will then be asked to choose your settings again. There are 3 settings: Basic, Normal and Complete.

• Basic: Functional
• Normal: Functional + analytics
• Complete: Functional + analytics + social media + embedded videos

Refuse cookies

Don't you want to use cookies at all? Visit the help pages of your browser to turn off or reject cookies. Be aware, it is possible that not everything works or is displayed correctly when refusing cookies.

Tracking / Analytics

We collect browsing data from you to continuously improve your experience. We will not spam you nor sell it to other parties.

Disclaimers

MOMO DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. MOMO CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY FILES OR OTHER DATA YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. MOMO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. MOMO DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY MOMO SERVICES. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY LINKED SITES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST MOMO FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

The above disclaimer applies to any damages, liability or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action.

MoMo reserves the right to do any of the following, at any time, without notice: (1) to modify, suspend or terminate operation of or access to the Site, or any portion of the Site, for any reason; (2) to modify or change the Site, or any portion of the Site, and any applicable policies or terms; and (3) to interrupt the operation of the Site, or any portion of the Site, as necessary to perform routine or non-routine maintenance, error correction, or other changes.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold MoMo, its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against MoMo by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site.

Governing Law; Dispute Resolution

You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Site, including all disputes, will be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. You agree to the personal jurisdiction of the High Court of South Africa. 

GENERAL

These terms and conditions (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and MoMo concerning your use of this Website or any other MoMo or Server and supersede any previous arrangement, agreement, undertaking or proposal, written or oral between you and MoMo in relation to such matters. MoMo reserves the right to update these terms and conditions from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective as soon as it is uploaded on to this Website. No other variation to these terms and conditions shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised representative on behalf of MoMo. MoMo’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by MoMo in writing.