These Terms of Use are an agreement between you and Seek The Ways that set the rules for your interactions with the Seek The Ways website. Seek The Ways is the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) online place to facilitate access to information and services in a way that is safe, culturally appropriate, and accessible to adolescent boys in the Pacific.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By using Seek The Ways, you agree that you have read, understood, and accepted the terms and conditions contained below. If you do not agree to any of these terms and conditions, please do not use Seek The Ways.
Seek The Ways is targeted at boys from ages 12 and older. If you are under 16 years old, we encourage you to discuss your use and engagement on Seek The Ways with your parents or guardians and make sure that they approve to your use of Seek The Ways.
These Terms of Use are subject to change, so please make sure you check out the Seek The Ways Terms of Use on the website from time to time. The date of the most recent revisions will appear at the bottom of this page. If you continue to use Seek The Ways, this means that you accept any changes to or revisions of these Terms of Use.
Your privacy is very important to us – please also read our Privacy Policy, which will walk you through how Seek The Ways site collects, stores, and uses the information that you provide to us. By using Seek The Ways, you are confirming to us that you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy.
Rules of Usage
Seek The Ways is a website that is open to and welcomes adolescent boys from around the Pacific. Due to the diversity of our users, Seek The Ways aims to create an environment where any boy feels comfortable, no matter their nationality, gender, cultural background, religion, sexual orientation or politics.
Seek The Ways' core values are empathy, respect, and positive expressions of masculinities.
Among other prohibited categories, you may not use Seek the Ways to:
- Promote bigotry, discrimination, hatred or violence against any person or group;
- Threaten, harasses or intimidate any other person, whether that person is a Seek The Ways user or not;
- Use foul language or personal attacks;
- Use sexually explicit or other graphically violent material;
- Engage in dishonest or deceptive behavior;
- Imitate, impersonate or pretend to be somebody else;
- Incite or provide instructions on how to commit any illegal or unlawful activity;
- Ask for or expose any person’s personally identifying information, contact information, or passwords without that person’s express consent;
- Spam other users with promotional offers or content not related to Seek The Ways’s mission or post viruses or malware;
- Violate or attempt to violate the security of the website.
You agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in your country when you use Seek The Ways.
Content
Seek The Ways is a way to get access to localised information about manhood, health, relationships, and online safety. The service is provided for free for personal and private use. Everything on the Seek The Ways website is for you and your peers but not for commercial use.
Please do not use Seek The Ways for medical advice. In case of any individual health issues, consult a medical professional.
Except for any user-generated content, UNICEF owns and retains all rights in and to the code, the design, functionality, and architecture of the Seek the Ways website, and any software, support materials or content provided through this site (collectively the “Seek the Ways IP”). Except for any rights explicitly granted under these Terms of Use, you are not granted any rights in and to any Seek the Ways IP. If you want to use Seek The Ways IP in a way that is not allowed by these Terms of Use, you must first contact the Seek The Ways team and get permission.
Unless mentioned otherwise on the website, all the materials provided by the Seek The Ways website are licensed under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0): With this license, others can download and share the original work, but they cannot change it in any way or use it commercially. They must credit the original creator. When you use any of Seek The Ways materials, please use the following attribution: “The content was developed by UNICEF for Seek The Ways. Visit www.seektheways.org” If you still have questions, please feel free to visit the Creative Commons FAQ page, where you will find more information.
Please note that the Seek The Ways website and support materials may contain images, sounds and videos that are trademarked by third parties. Nothing in these Terms of Use or the Creative Commons license limits or reduces a third party’s intellectual property rights. You may not use these materials to label, promote, or endorse any product or service. You are solely responsible for any violation of a third party’s intellectual property rights caused by your misuse of these materials.
Seek The Ways and UNICEF names and emblems/logos are the exclusive property of UNICEF. They are protected under international and national laws. Unauthorized use is prohibited. They may not be copied or reproduced in any way without the prior written permission of UNICEF. Requests for permission should be sent to us at FJI-Pacific-Child-Protection@unicef.org.
External links and resources
Seek The Ways may link to other websites and resources that are not under Seek The Ways and or UNICEF's control. The inclusion of such links was done after vetting by the UNICEF team and implies an endorsement or approval by Seek The Ways of the content.
When you click on links on the Seek the Ways website, some of them may lead you to other places on the internet, so please keep that in mind and click carefully. We cannot guarantee that they are always accurate or reliable. Also note that these other sites are subject to their own terms of use. UNICEF does not assume any responsibility for content on such other sites.
UNICEF does not assume any responsibility or liability in respect of such websites, including, for example, responsibility or liability for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made on those web sites.
Content on Seek The Ways has been written by a team of child protection (CP) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) experts. All videos by external sources were vetted by UNICEF.
All content that Seek The Ways provides or is submitted by other users on this site is provided “as is”. This simply means that we cannot guarantee that everything you find on this site will be completely accurate or error-free. Content on Seek The Ways is periodically added to, changed, improved, or updated without notice. Make sure you use content on the Seek The Ways website thoughtfully and responsibly.
Disclaimer
The Seek The Ways website may be updated and changed from time to time to provide updated information, links or provide new functionality and reflect changes to our users' needs.
It is not guaranteed that the Seek The Ways website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the website for operational or other reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
You agree that you are solely responsible for any issues that you may encounter that result from your use of the Seek The Ways website. Under no circumstances can UNICEF be held responsible for any damages or injuries you may have related to your use of the Seek The Ways website and its content.
You agree to indemnify, at your own expense, UNICEF, its officials, employees, consultants and agents, against any claims, including your costs and expenses, by any third party, resulting from your use of the Seek The Ways website.
The mention of names of specific companies or products on the Seek the Ways website does not imply any intention to infringe proprietary rights, nor should it be interpreted as an endorsement or recommendation on the part of UNICEF.
The use of particular designations of countries or territories or maps on this site does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of such countries or territories, of their authorities and institutions or of the delimitation of their boundaries.
Under the 'Find Services' section of our website, Seek The Ways compiles and presents a variety of services. These services are shared with UNICEF based on the existing in-country referral pathways and vetted by local UNICEF country offices. These listed services are third-party entities, independent from UNICEF, and any engagement with these services is strictly between the user and the respective service provider.
While we strive to facilitate access to resources and services, UNICEF does not endorse, verify, or otherwise certify the reliability, quality, safety, or legality of these services. As such, UNICEF does not assume responsibility or liability for any service provided, the actions of any service providers, or the outcomes of any service engagements.
The user is solely responsible for their own due diligence and judgments concerning the suitability, risk, or safety of any service listed. Any disputes, issues, damages, or losses that may occur as a result of your interactions with these services fall outside of UNICEF's purview and liability.
Changes to Terms of Use
UNICEF amends these terms of use from time to time. Every time you wish to use Seek The Ways, please check these terms of use to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
Contact us
If you have any questions about Seek the Ways , please contact us at FJI-Pacific-Child-Protection@unicef.org.