Terms&Conditions

The short version #

• You can read, share links and use the site for yourself for free. Be 16 or older.
• Be decent in the comments. We remove anything that breaks the Community Guidelines.
• Our writing, design and brand belong to us. Quote us, link to us and credit us. Do not copy or scrape us.
• If you buy something, the Terms of Sale & Subscriptions and our refund rules apply.
• Nothing here takes away rights your local law gives you.

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1. Who you are agreeing with #

Enby Meaning™ is run by two companies, and each has a different job.

• Enby Meaning Limited, a New Zealand company, Suite 15130, Level 1, 6 Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037, New Zealand. It runs the publication worldwide, owns the brand, the content and the website, and is the company you agree with when you use the site.
• Enby Meaning LLC, a US company, c/o Northwest Registered Agent LLC, 7901 4th St N, STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, USA. It looks after customers and payments, and it is the company that sells to you if you buy anything. The Terms of Sale & Subscriptions explain that.

In these terms, "Enby Meaning", "we" and "us" mean both companies unless we say otherwise.

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2. Agreeing to these terms and changes to them #

By using enbymeaning.com or any service we run, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

We may change these terms. We will put the new date at the top. For changes that matter, we will also tell newsletter subscribers by email or put a notice on the site. If you keep using the site after a change, you accept the new terms.

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3. Who can use the site #

You must be 16 or older to use the site, comment, subscribe or send us anything through it. You must be 18 or older, or the age of majority where you live, to buy anything.

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4. Using the site properly #

Use the site only for lawful purposes and in line with these terms. Please do not:

• break the law, or help anyone else to;
• try to get into parts of the site or our accounts you are not meant to reach, test its security, or interfere with how it works;
• use bots, scrapers or other automated tools to copy the site, or to collect its content or readers' details in bulk;
• copy our content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning systems without our written permission;
• send malware, spam or unrequested promotions;
• pretend to be someone else, or misstate who you are or who you work for;
• click our ads or affiliate links in order to generate fake clicks, sales or revenue;
• harass, threaten or out other people. The Community Guidelines cover comments in more detail.

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5. Our content and brand #

Enby Meaning Limited owns, or has the licence to, everything we publish: articles, images, design, code, the glossary and the Enby Meaning™ name and logo. Enby Meaning is a registered trademark in New Zealand.

• You may read it, share links to it and use it for personal, non-commercial purposes.
• You may quote short passages with a clear credit and a link back to the original.
• You may not republish, sell, scrape or reuse our work any other way without our written permission.

Our Licensing Terms give more detail on reuse. Write to us if you want to use something in a way these terms do not cover.

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6. What you send us #

Comments and other content you post. You keep ownership of what you post. When you post a comment, or send us something to be shown on the site, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to display it on the site and in connected channels for as long as it stays up, and to moderate or remove it. You are responsible for what you post. Post only what you wrote or have the right to share, and keep it lawful.

Reviews. If you leave a review, make it honest and based on your own experience. Do not post a review for money or for a reward you have not disclosed.

Ideas and suggestions. If you send us an idea, a suggestion or feedback, we may use it without paying you or crediting you.

Tips, pitches and corrections. We handle these as our Privacy Policy describes. If we commission or publish your work as a contributor, a separate written agreement covers it.

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7. Copyright complaints #

We respect copyright. If you believe something on the site infringes your copyright, email our designated agent at legal@enbymeaning.com with:

1. your name and contact details;
2. a description of the work you say has been infringed;
3. the address of the page where it appears on our site;
4. a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law;
5. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner; and
6. your signature (typed is fine).

We may remove the content and tell the person who posted it. They can reply with a counter-notice that includes the same identifying details, a statement under penalty of perjury that the content was removed by mistake, and their consent to the jurisdiction of the US federal court for their address. If the person who sent the original notice does not tell us they have started a court action, we may restore the content 10 to 14 business days after a valid counter-notice. We close the accounts of repeat infringers.

We also use images, such as album covers and film stills, to review and criticise the work they come from, and we credit the owners. If you own one and want it credited or removed, use the same address.

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8. Links, embeds and third parties #

The site links to and embeds other sites, such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. We do not control them, and we are not responsible for their content or how they handle your data. Linking to something is not an endorsement.

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9. Ads, affiliate links and sponsors #

The site carries display ads, affiliate links and sponsored content, and we label each. Our Disclosures page explains how. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for what they say. We do not control them and do not endorse what they sell.

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10. Buying from us and supporting us #

If you buy something or pay to support us, Enby Meaning LLC is the seller. Our Terms of Sale & Subscriptions apply to the purchase, and our Refunds, Returns & Shipping page explains refunds. If those documents and these terms disagree about a purchase, the Terms of Sale & Subscriptions win.

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11. Privacy #

Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and why. We run the site from New Zealand and the United States, and our providers mostly store data in the United States.

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12. Moderation, suspension and ending access #

We may remove any comment or content, and suspend or block anyone, at our discretion, including for deadnaming, misgendering, hate speech, harassment, threats, spam or anything unlawful. You can stop using the site at any time. Sections that are meant to continue after that, such as those about our content, liability and disputes, will continue.

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13. Changes to the site #

We may change, pause or remove any part of the site at any time. We will try to keep it running, but we are not responsible if it is unavailable or if something on it is wrong. We may correct errors and update information without notice.

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14. What the site is, and is not #

The site is provided "as is" and "as available", to the extent the law allows. It is general information and commentary, not professional advice. Our Disclaimers page has the detail.

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15. Limits on our responsibility #

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, lost profits or lost data arising from your use of the site. Also to the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything connected with the site is limited to the larger of what you paid us in the six months before the claim and US$100.

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16. What we cannot exclude #

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow us to exclude.

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17. Your local consumer rights #

If you live in New Zealand, the European Union, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you keep the consumer rights your local law gives you and a contract cannot remove. These include rights under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 and Fair Trading Act 1986, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, and EU consumer law. Nothing in these terms limits those rights, and you may bring a claim in the courts where you live.

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18. If you break these terms #

If you use the site in a way that harms us or another person, you agree, to the extent the law allows, to cover the reasonable losses that result, including claims about content you posted. This does not apply where your local law says it cannot.

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19. Governing law and disputes #

If something goes wrong, write to us first at legal@enbymeaning.com. We will try to sort it out with you within 30 days.

• If your dispute is with Enby Meaning Limited, or about the site generally, New Zealand law applies and the New Zealand courts can hear it.
• If your dispute is with Enby Meaning LLC, or about a purchase from it, Florida law applies and the courts in Florida can hear it.
• If you live in the EU, the UK or Switzerland, you can also bring a claim in the courts of your home country, and the consumer protections of your country still apply.

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20. Electronic communications #

By using the site or emailing us, you agree that we may contact you electronically, and that emails and notices on the site meet any legal requirement for written notice.

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21. General #

• These terms, with the documents they refer to, are the whole agreement between you and us about the site.
• If a court finds part of these terms unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
• If we do not enforce a term straight away, we have not given it up.
• You may not transfer your rights under these terms. We may transfer ours, for example if we sell the business.
• No one else has the right to enforce these terms.

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22. Contact #

Questions about these terms: legal@enbymeaning.com, or legal@enbymeaning.co.nz for New Zealand matters.

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