Terms of Service

The service

The Internet Square is an online city where people can create a public citizen profile, take part in city features, view community and advertising rankings, and—where available—buy a citizen residency or submit a paid billboard campaign.

A city profile, rank, points total, online status, public billboard placement, or future reward is not a promise of traffic, revenue, employment, reach, a particular ranking, or any other result. We may improve, pause, remove, or change features where reasonably necessary.

Accounts & citizens

You are responsible for your account, password, and information published through your citizen. Keep your city name, avatar, messages, and activity lawful and respectful. You must not impersonate another person, company, or brand.

Citizen profiles, points, levels, rankings, and city access are personal to the account. Unless a feature expressly says otherwise, they are not transferable, cannot be exchanged for cash, and have no guaranteed monetary value.

You must be old enough to enter into a binding agreement where you live. If you act for a company or organisation, you confirm that you are allowed to act for it.

Monthly citizenship, lifetime access & billboard campaigns

Paid city access and billboard campaigns are shown with their current price and conditions before checkout. Payment processing is provided by Stripe; The Internet Square does not receive or store full payment-card details.

A monthly citizen plan gives access for its paid period, subject to the billing terms shown at checkout. A lifetime city pass remains active according to the plan description. A cancelled or expired monthly plan no longer keeps a citizen active in the city.

Billboard campaigns are submitted for moderation before becoming public. Payment does not guarantee approval, a particular placement, uninterrupted display, clicks, sales, or a fixed ranking. We may remove or refuse a campaign that is unlawful, misleading, unsafe, infringing, or against these terms. Statutory consumer rights remain unaffected.

Community and advertising rules

Do not use the city, messages, profile, campaign, or destination link for anything unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, hateful, harassing, sexually explicit, violent, malicious, or infringing. Do not upload malware, phishing destinations, unauthorised copyrighted material, or content that violates another person’s privacy or rights.

For every submitted ad, you confirm that you own it or have permission to use the creative, name, destination, and other material. You must keep the linked destination accurate and safe.

Your content and public identity

You keep ownership of content you create. By publishing a city name, avatar choices, messages, or campaign materials, you give us the limited permission needed to host, adapt for technical display, moderate, and show that content within The Internet Square while it is available through the service.

Your city name, selected citizen appearance, public points rank, and approved ads may be visible to other visitors. Avoid putting private or sensitive information into public fields or messages.

Availability, changes & contact

The service may sometimes be unavailable, delayed, or contain errors. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded. We may update these terms when features, law, safety needs, or the way the service operates change.

Questions, complaints, and notices can be sent using the contact information on the Imprint. The business contact details are being finalised before public commercial launch.