Terms of Service

YOU MUST READ AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS before you may access or view this site. These Terms of Service are really quite simple and so there is no excuse for your not reading them completely.
1. This site contains adult materials in the form of text, pictures and videos. Therefore you certify that you are at least 18 years old or of the age of majority where you live and that it is legal in your area for you to view such materials. You may not share these materials with anyone under the age of 18.
2. This site about fantasies only. Therefore you may not post any content involving REAL DEATH in any way. No exceptions.
3. You may not publish any content involving children or people who appear to be younger than 18. No exceptions. DarkFetishNet.com (DFN) staff will make a determination if any content even APPEARS TO BE UNDERAGE, regardless of poster's intent, it will be removed without warning.
4. You may not publish photographs of a private nature (including those taken from a social networking site) without the express consent of the person(s) depicted. This means that DFN staff may require convincing proof of the pictured person’s consent to publication. Such content will be removed if this consent cannot be verified.
5. You may not harass other users of this service in any way. This includes repeatedly messaging other users who have asked not to be contacted. It also includes threatening or abusive comments or other behavior.
6. You are solely responsible for all of the content you post and for ensuring that it does not violate any law. This includes publication of copyrighted materials and infringement of the copyright law. Such material will be removed immediately upon request of the material’s proper owners.
7. The operators of DFN have access to ALL activity that occurs here, and DO NOT promise to grant you privacy.
8. Law enforcement – DFN CAN and WILL cooperate with law enforcement when there is reason to believe crimes are being committed here. In a related fashion, there are likely to be actual law enforcement officers browsing DFN for their personal enjoyment AND on the lookout for criminal activity. You SHOULD ASSUME that that is the case.
9. Multiple profiles is not allowed on the site. If admins identify multiple profiles belonging to the same person we will remove or disable any but the 'oldest' profile.
10. DFN is intended to comply fully to the laws of the United States of America.
11. You may not post any content that promotes or glorifies a view of racial or political bias without the fantasy and/or sexual elements. Content on DFN should be related to a sexual fetish and the fantasies surrounding them. Any content that violates this rule, at the Moderators' discretion, will be removed and users will be warned. Ignoring this rule and moderator warnings will result in action, up to and including bans.
12. VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS MAY RESULT IN YOUR ACCOUNT BEING SUSPENDED OR REMOVED AND GETTING PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THE SITE.

DFN Administration reserves the right to:
1. Change these Terms of Service at any time, effective upon posting.
2. Provide users both free and premium services and to change the features of any service at any time.
3. Change the price of premium services at any time.
4. Modify the appearance and functionality of the site for all or particular user groups.
5. Edit or delete any materials published by users if they would be in violation of these Terms of Service or applicable law, or would be likely to harm the DFN site or any third parties. No abuse will be tolerated.
6. Law enforcement – DFN CAN and WILL cooperate with law enforcement when there is reason to believe crimes are being committed here. In a related fashion, there are likely to be actual law enforcement officers browsing DFN for their personal enjoyment AND on the lookout for criminal activity. You SHOULD ASSUME that that is the case.
7. Although DFN is moderated by our staff, we depend primarily on users to report violations or abuse. Therefore the administrators and owners of DFN cannot be held responsible for:

a. Content, authenticity or accuracy of materials published by the users.
b. Infliction of any harm, damage, or loss of information through the use of this service.
c. Psychological or physical harm that arises from viewing these materials.
d. Loss of privacy resulting from use of this site.
e. The operators of this site accept no liability related to losses from business ventures on DFN. This is a site for people to socialize, not transact business. People can and do sometimes conduct business transactions inspired by contacts made here, but please do not conduct such transactions ON the site.
f. The operators of DFN do not accept responsibility for verifying the gender or gender identity of DFN users. Many users of DFN enjoy an online identity different than their biological assignment. Some are open about this, and some are not.