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Vidu contains 3 main parts:
Vidu – NZ Video Online Sharing, Streaming, and Social Media
Thank you for your interest in vidu.nz
Vidu contains 3 main parts:
Vidu – NZ Video Online Sharing, Streaming, and Social Media
Vidu is NZ online video hosting, sharing, and social media platform. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, properties, and more.
Upload any video from your device and share it online
Import videos easily from YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo.
Vidu can handle each of your videos easily, with very high performance and speed.
With one click, the user can log in to Vidu using Loong.NZ Social Network.
Users can like or dislike videos.
Users can comment on videos.
See what you recently watched, exploer other channels videos by subscribing to their channel, and save video to watch them later.
Users can create their own channel and upload/import unlimited videos.
Users can create videos, vpaid, vast, and images ads from the ad panel.
Beautiful and modern design.
Simply, All kinds of videos are supported! with our powerful FFmpeg system you can upload all types of videos. Plus the system will automatically generate qualities up to 4K.
People engage longer when they see, hear, and interact with each other. With Vidu, pro users can go live anytime, anywhere, from any device…
Users can sell their own videos.
Manage, edit, view your videos with our powerful video studio.
Users can chat together via Vidu.
Vidu is NZ online video hosting, sharing, and social media platform. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, properties, and more.
Your use of the Vidu Service implies your acceptance of these Terms of Use. We ask that You read them carefully.
Vidu (“Vidu”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is an original, video hosting website that enables users to access, view, upload, store, and share videos. The Vidu Service is made up of the Vidu website, any Vidu products, content, channels, data feeds, Ad services, and functionality (“Vidu Service”).
By accessing and/or using the Vidu Service, without being logged into a Vidu Account, You (“You” or “Your” as applicable) will be hereinafter a “Viewer.” As a Viewer, You will only have the ability to access, view, or share videos available on the Vidu Service, but will not be able to benefit from all the other features available on the Vidu Service. A “Vidu Account” means the video content storage space on the Vidu Service which is dedicated to a User (as defined below) on the Vidu Service that can be created by signing up for a Vidu Account via https://vidu.nz.
If You want to be able to upload videos and access some other features of the Vidu Service, You will need to first create a Vidu Account and have Your email address validated at which point You will be a “User”.
Information provided by You to create Your Vidu Account must be accurate and complete. In order for Vidu to verify that the email address You provided is valid, You will receive an email from Vidu asking You to validate Your email address.
By creating a Vidu Account, You agree that You alone will be responsible (to Vidu and to others) for all activity that occurs under Your Vidu Account. The user ID(Email) and password which are necessary to access Your Vidu Account and the features associated with it are Your sole responsibility and it is Your obligation to keep them confidential. You agree to immediately notify Vidu of any unauthorized use of Your User ID, password, or any other breach of Your Vidu Account security.
As a User, You will also have the ability to access some additional features from the Vidu Service and will have the opportunity to monetize Your Content uploaded on Your Vidu Account.
If You are a free User or a Pro, You may notably upload video files (that must be compliant with the Terms) on the Vidu Service. Any and all elements posted through Your Vidu Account on the Vidu Service are deemed to be “Your Content”.
As a free User or a Pro, You are expected to be an active part of the Vidu community. As such, You also acknowledge that if Your Vidu Account remains inactive for a significant period of time, Vidu reserves the right to delete, reclaim or remove Your Vidu Account in its sole discretion with or without prior notice to You.
Any and all individuals or entities accessing the Vidu Service may be referred hereafter as a “Visitor,” regardless of their status (i.e. be they a Viewer, Account Applicant, free User, or Pro).
Whether You are a Viewer, an Account Applicant, a free User or a Pro, either an individual or an entity, You signify Your express and unconditional agreement to these terms of use, and all other policies of Vidu, including but not limited to the Vidu privacy and cookie policies, as accessible at any time from the Vidu website, By using the Vidu Service, You acknowledge that You have read and understood the Terms and agree that Vidu will treat Your use of the Vidu Service as acceptance of the Terms.
Vidu may, in its sole discretion, modify the Terms from time to time, and You agree to be bound by such modifications. Although we may notify You when major changes are made to the Terms, You should periodically review the most up-to-date version which is always accessible from the Vidu website. If You do not agree to the modified Terms or cannot comply with the modified Terms, Your only recourse is to stop using the Vidu Service. Your continued use of the Vidu Service after the effective date of the modified Terms will constitute Your acceptance of the modified Terms.
You shall not use the Vidu Service if You are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Vidu, or You are a person who is either barred or otherwise legally prohibited from receiving or using the Vidu Service.
If You are not an individual (i.e., a corporation or other legal entity), You represent to Vidu that You have all necessary corporate or equivalent authority and power to agree to the Terms which You agree shall be binding on the corporation, partnership, association or other entity in whose name You are using or accessing the Vidu Service.
For the entire period during which Your Content is hosted on the Vidu Service, You grant to Vidu the non-exclusive worldwide rights (unless You geo-block certain territories through Your Vidu Account), to reproduce, represent, stream, replay (including offline display without permanent download), exploit, exhibit, show, market, distribute and to technically modify and compress Your Content as is strictly necessary for the purposes of the viewing and/or streaming of Your Content on the Vidu Service.
By making Your Content accessible on the Vidu Service, You agree to allow any Visitors of the Vidu Service to view and to share Your Content through the Video Player on or through any declination of the Vidu Service, as accessible (online or offline) via any current or future device capable of distributing the Vidu Service by any means of access, including but not restricted to computers, smartphones, tablets, TV devices, IPTV platforms and/or game consoles free-of-charge. Furthermore, You acknowledge that Your Content and/or any videos uploaded onto the Vidu Service when on the Vidu website (https://vidu.nz) and/or when embedded elsewhere may include advertising.
Despite this allowance, Your Content shall always remain Your property. Please note that due to the nature of the Internet and digital media, data transmitted – including Your Content – cannot be protected against risks of misappropriation and/or piracy, for which Vidu shall not be liable. You are responsible for taking all appropriate steps to protect Your data, where applicable.
We grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable right to access and use the Vidu Service, which is conditioned on Your compliance with the Terms.
The material (other than Your Content and the Third-Party Video(s)) included on or accessible through the Vidu Service, such as text, graphics, logos, names, designations, button icons, features, functionalities, images, audio clips, information, data collected from the Vidu Service, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material, is the exclusive property of Vidu and its licensors, and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Vidu Material may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of Vidu or Vidu’s licensors. You agree to not use or exploit the Vidu Material in any manner inconsistent with any of the rights granted or restrictions set forth herein, including, without limitation, prohibitions on downloading, redistribution, alteration, deletion, and deactivation of any content protection mechanisms. You are not allowed to modify, enhance, edit, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or create derivative works based upon or otherwise alter in part or in full any Vidu Material.
All rights not expressly granted in the Terms are reserved to Vidu and its licensors.
In its capacity as a web hosting service provider, Vidu is under no legal obligation to monitor content uploaded on the Vidu Service, nor obligated to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal content but shall forthwith remove or disable access from its Vidu Service to any infringing content once having been notified of its existence. Furthermore, Vidu does not and has no legal obligation to, review or inspect content for possible illegality or infringement prior to its being viewable on the Vidu website.
You acknowledge and agree that the owners of the Video(s) and Vidu in accordance with the terms, Vidu team may from time to time remove Vidu users’ content (including Your Content) from the Vidu Service without notice. You shall nonetheless remain fully liable for Your Content.
You agree that Your use of the Vidu Service shall be at Your sole risk and liability. In this regard, You are solely responsible for Your use of the Vidu Service and more specifically for Your Content (including any personal data that may be incorporated therein) and the protection of Your hardware against any virus or interruption.
You acknowledge and agree that the Vidu Service, in whole or in part (including, without limitation, the look and feel, the thematic channels, and the functionality of the Vidu Service), on and through which Your Content will be distributed, as well as any Third-Party Video(s) are provided “AS IS” and “as available” without warranties of any kind from Vidu or any owners of the Third-Party Video(s). Neither Vidu nor any owners of the Third-Party Video(s) warrant that the Third-Party Video(s) and the Vidu Service, the Vidu Material or any other content, information, materials, or products included on or otherwise made available to You through the Vidu Service are free of viruses or other harmful components. Vidu may enhance, modify and update the Vidu Service at its sole discretion. For the sake of clarity, You shall not be entitled to request any modification to the Vidu Service.
Vidu shall not be held responsible in any case for any malfunctions, inherent in the nature of the Internet, in the access and/or the use of the Vidu Service, or any default of its obligations caused by force majeure or an unintentional cause. Unless otherwise stated herein, Vidu does not grant You any guarantee of any kind, whether expressly or implicitly, in any area, including and in particular any guarantee of fitness for a particular purpose. Furthermore, Vidu is not responsible for any data related to Third-Party Video(s) provided by their relevant owners, such as the video title, description, category, etc.
Nothing herein shall exclude or limit Vidu’s liability for losses that may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law. Subject to this overall provision above, Vidu shall not be liable for:
The limitations on Vidu’s liability defined in this Section shall apply whether or not Vidu has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.
Some jurisdictions limit or do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or damages, so the above disclaimer may not apply to the extent such jurisdiction’s law applies to the Terms.
Do NOT upload content which falls into any of the following Prohibited Content categories.
Vidu restrictions:
Failure to comply with the Terms may result in (i) Your Content being removed and/or (ii) Your Vidu account being deactivated. Vidu reserves the right to report any violation of these provisions to applicable legal authorities and You may be personally liable to criminal sanctions applicable to the content in question, in addition to any applicable civil damages depending on the contentious nature of the content.
Vidu Service is not designed as a video backup service, You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to safeguard Your video files.
Vidu respects your privacy and has developed this Privacy Policy to present our commitment to protecting your privacy and to explain how we collect, use, and share Personal Data from or about you in connection with your use of the Vidu Service.
By using the Vidu site and accepting the User Agreement you also agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you must not use the Vidu site.
We will not use or share your personal information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the personal information we collect by other means or from other sources. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given them in our Terms of Use.
Vidu uses personal information we collect to provide the Service, analyze how the Service is used, diagnose service or technical problems, maintain security, personalize content, remember information to help you efficiently access your account, monitor aggregate metrics such as the total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns, and track User Content and users as necessary to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable laws.
User-Provided Information: information (such as your name, email and postal addresses, telephone number, and region of residence) that you provide by completing forms on Vidu, including if you register as a user of the Services, subscribe to our newsletters, upload or submit any material through Vidu, or request any information; your login and password details, in connection with the account sign-in process; details of any requests or transactions you make through the Services; information about your activity on and interaction with Vidu, such as your IP address and the type of device or browser you use; information that you submit to Vidu in the form of comments, contributions to discussions, or messages to other users; and communications you send to us (for example, when you ask for support, send us questions, or report an issue).
You also provide us information on User Content you post to the Service. Your questions, answers, and other contributions on the Service, and metadata about them (such as when you posted them), are publicly viewable on the Service, along with your name. This information may be searched by search engines and be republished elsewhere on the Web in accordance with our Terms of Use.
The Data collected by us through our Service may be sent to and stored on servers located in data centers primarily located in Australia, or in the United States and Japan.
We collect Personal Data you provide to us when you interact with the Vidu Service, including when you sign up for an account, upload Content, create a playlist or share a playlist with others. For instance, when you register to use the Vidu Service, you may provide your name, email address, birth date, gender, and other similar information. If you are a member of the Vidu Pro, Vidu may also collect your payment information, such as your address, bank account, or online payment system details and authentication information, as well as billing and contact details depending on the payment system you choose. Note that we do not collect your credit card details. Credit Card is processed by Stripe. In addition, Vidu may collect the information you provide to us when you apply to a verified member, such as your driver’s license photocopy.
We may also collect information from or about the computers, phones, tablets, or other devices where you access the Vidu Service, depending on the permissions you have granted. Such information may include your IP address, your device type, the settings of the browser, and the operating system you use (such as type and version of an operating system or its language settings), this information will show on Settings >> Manage Sessions.
If you choose to log in, access, or otherwise connect to the Vidu Service or contact Vidu through a third-party service (e.g. Facebook, Loong NZ), such method being completely optional and subject to your exclusive decision, we may, in order to execute your choice of a log-in or contact method, collect your email, gender, birthday as well as any other information you make public using that service. Depending on the third-party log-in service used and its current implementation policies.
Provide, Improve and Develop the Vidu Service.
Communicate with You.
Show and Adapt Ads.
Pay You.
Identify Your Geographic Location.
Ensure Safety and Security of Vidu Service and its Conformity with Applicable Laws.
This data will not be publicly displayed or revealed to other users: any payment information you provide; your password details; your IP address; your phone number(unless you provide your contact information in your posts); communications you send to us (for example, when you ask for support, send us questions, or report an issue); We don’t give your personal information to any third-party services, except when it’s necessary to provide Vidu Services (like when we partner with payment processors). When we share data with third-party services that support our delivery of the Vidu Services, we require that they protect your personal information to the same standards we do.
We do reserve the right to disclose personal information when we believe that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with the law or law enforcement, to prevent fraud or abuse, or to protect Vidu’s legal rights.
When you create an account, we create a profile page for you on Vidu, containing your account name, and a list of content you have posted. Whenever your account name appears on Vidu (for instance, when you react with someone’s videos), people can click your account name to see your profile. The profile is searchable on Vidu or via search engines like Google. Here are some of the things that will be publicly viewable on your profile, or elsewhere on Vidu: the account name; any information you choose to add to your profile (like a picture, bio, your location, or your role); videos you’ve posted; playlists you’ve created; any reactions you’ve posted on Vidu; if you have “subscribed” a people or a playlist.
We will use the personal information you provide to: identify you when you sign in to your account; enable us to provide you with the Services; send you communications we think you may find useful, but only in accordance with your membership preferences; enable us to contact you regarding any question you make through the Services; analyze the use of the Services and the people visiting to improve our content and Services, and use for other purposes that we may disclose to you when we request your information.
We take securing your data and preserving your privacy very seriously. We never post anything to your Facebook, LinkedIn, or other social accounts without your permission. We do not and will not sell your personal data.
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Service, in which case Vidu may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your account information and membership preferences at any time by logging in to your account.
Creating campaigns is currently open to advertisers over the age of 18 in New Zealand. Agencies, businesses, and other organizations can also use Vidu to promote their brand. People under 18 (or the legal age in your jurisdiction) are not permitted to use Vidu on their own, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for their use of Vidu.
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on this page to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
Frequently asked questions and answers.