1. Terms and Conditions - O2 Community - O2 Ireland

1. Terms and Conditions - O2 Community
1.1. The O2 Community is a site operated by Telefonica Ireland Limited (trading as “O2”)
having its registered office and principle place of business at 28-29 Sir John Rogerson's
Quay, Dublin 2.
1.2. O2 provides the O2 Community as a service to its customers only to help them
exchange information and comment on O2 services.
1.3. These terms and conditions are in addition to the general terms of use of O2
wireless services General Terms and the rules of use set out in the O2 Community
Guidelines
1.4. By registering to use and contribute comments, questions, suggestions, ideas,
answers, images and other material (Content) to any section of the O2 Community you
agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, the General Terms, the O2 Community
Guidelines, the O2 Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy and such other terms and
conditions and policies as O2 in its absolute discretion may have in place from time to
time.
2. Minors
2.1. The O2 Community is restricted to persons aged 13 years or over. By accepting
these terms and conditions you confirm that you are aged 13 years or over. O2 reserves
the right at any time to verify the eligibility of participants in the O2 Community.
3. Content Standards
3.1. You must not submit any Content to the O2 Community that does not comply with
these terms and conditions and/or the General Terms and/or the O2 Community
Guidelines.
3.2. In addition, you must not submit to the O2 Community any Content which is
deemed by O2 (in its sole discretion) to be:-
3.2.1. in breach of any law or encourage a contravention of any law;
3.2.2. racist, sexist or homophobic;
3.2.3. pornographic, obscene, profane, vulgar, or contains swearing (including words
which use * or any other symbol instead of a letter contained in a word);
3.2.4. defamatory of any person, entity or organisation whether directly or by
implication;
3.2.5. abusive, threatening or otherwise likely to be harmful to those persons that use or
are likely to use the O2 Community;
3.2.6. in breach of the technical requirements of the O2 Community;
3.2.7. otherwise offensive;
3.2.8. infringing of the rights (including but not limited to the intellectual property rights)
of any person;

3.2.9. relating to the conduct of a business;
3.2.10. advertising, or soliciting business whether directly or indirectly;
3.2.11. impersonating, or attempting to impersonate another person, whether or not
that person is a member of the O2 Community;
3.2.12. infringing the privacy of an individual or company, including (but not limited to)
posting location and/or contact details of another person;
3.2.13. encouraging, promoting or facilitating or in any way whatsoever relating to the
illegal use of software.
3.2.14. encouraging, promoting or facilitating or in any way whatsoever relating to the
illegal breach of these terms and conditions.
4. Moderation
4.1. The O2 Community is moderated and to enable moderation all Content must be in
English only.
4.2. O2 may review the Content submitted by you to the O2 Community for suitability
and for compliance with these terms and conditions and the General Terms and the O2
Community Guidelines whether prior to or after the Content has been posted on the O2
Community.
4.3. O2 expressly reserves in its absolute and sole discretion the right to reject or accept
Content at any time and for any reason. Further, O2 may at any time and for any reason
whatsoever and without notice or liability to you:-
4.3.1. remove Content from the O2 Community whether permanently or temporarily;
4.3.2. destroy any Content; and
4.3.3. terminate your access to the O2 Community whether permanently or temporarily.
4.4. Before posting Content which contains an image of another person(s); an image of
property owned by another person; and/ or reference to another person sufficient to
identify them (either alone, or in combination with any other Content), you must obtain
that other person's consent prior to posting the Content on the O2 Community. O2
reserves the right at any time to request any such evidence of consent as it sees fit and,
without prejudice to clause 4.3 above, to withhold posting of Content until satisfactory
evidence of consent to posting is forthcoming.
4.5. O2 reserves the right to report to the relevant authorities any Content which it
believes to be illegal.
5. Ownership and Licence of Content
5.1. O2 does not claim ownership of any Content that you may submit or make available
via the O2 Community. You shall continue to own all rights in such Content and have the
right to use such Content in any way that you choose.

5.2. By submitting to or making available any Content on the O2 Community, you grant
O2 a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license
to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, make available to the public (on the O2 Community or elsewhere), and
exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to the Content worldwide and/or
to incorporate your Content in other works in any media now known or later developed
for the full term of any rights that may exist in the Content as O2 may require.
5.3. By submitting or making available any Content to the O2 Community, you hereby
waive all moral rights in that Content.
5.4. O2 may at any time without notice to the you, grant the same or other rights in
respect of your Content to third parties without payment to you and to sell, distribute or
otherwise publish your Content outside of the O2 Community.
6. "Ask the Expert"
6.1. "Ask the Expert" is an online message board which forms part of the O2 Community
on which Community members can post questions to valued members of the O2
Community who have been selected to act by O2 as Experts. Those Experts will then
post responses to those questions asked by members.
6.2. You must be a registered member of the O2 Community to ask a question to an
Expert. You can ask a question to an Expert by going to Ask the Expert and following the
instructions on the webpage.
6.3. The "Ask the Expert" message board is not moderated by O2. O2 reserves the right
to promptly remove or disable access to any Content on the "Ask the Expert" message
board at any time and for any reason, without notice and without liability to you.
6.4. All Content posted by Experts on the "Ask the Expert" message board is provided
solely as suggestions and is not intended to be relied upon. All Content posted by
Experts is provided "as is" and without any warranties (express or implied),
representations, conditions or guarantees of any kind.
6.5. O2 is not liable or responsible in any way for any action taken by you or any
member or user of the O2 Community or any other person as a result of having read or
been told about any Content posted by Experts. O2 disclaims, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, all liability arising from any action taken in reliance on such Content by
you or any member or user of the O2 Community or by any other person.
6.6. O2 selects O2 Community members to act as Experts at its sole discretion. You will
be sent an email from O2 inviting you to become an Expert.
6.7. By agreeing to become an Expert, you agree:
6.7.1. to adhere to these terms and conditions, the General Terms the O2 Community
Guidelines, the O2 Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy
6.7.2. not to post any Content which may reduce or diminish the reputation of O2, O2's
brands and trademarks, and O2's products and/or services;
6.7.3. not to represent yourself as having any authority from O2 to act on behalf of O2
or to bind O2 in any way; and

6.8. All Content posted by Experts must:
6.8.1. comply with the Content standards set out at clause 3 above .
6.8.2. be accurate;
6.8.3. be honest and truthful;
6.8.4. be relevant;
6.8.5. be clear;
6.8.6. be original (this means that you cannot copy or re-use content from other
websites or other material, unless you have express authority to do so);
6.8.7. not contain confidential and/or proprietary information; and
6.8.8. be solely their own personal opinions and do not represent opinions of O2
6.9. O2 will not pay or compensate you for being an Expert.
6.10. Experts will be invited to join as Experts by O2 and all Content posted by Experts
will be deemed Content for the purpose of these terms and conditions and will be
moderated in accordance with clause 4 above
7. Severability
7.1. If any provision of these terms and conditions is held invalid by any law, rule, order
or regulation of any government, or by the final determination of any court of a
competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other
provisions not held to be invalid.
8. Privacy Policy and Data Protection Consent
8.1. Information which you provide to O2 as part of the O2 Community (including the
Ask the Expert Feature and O2 Ideas) and other information which you may supply to O2
is subject to the Privacy Policy.
8.2. The current version of the Privacy Policy shall be deemed incorporated into these
terms and conditions.
9. General
9.1. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
Irish Law. Both you and O2 hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish
courts.
9.2. O2 reserves the right to review and revise its terms and conditions from time to
time without giving you prior notice and by using the O2 Community subsequent to any
revision of our terms and conditions, you hereby agree to be bound by such changes.