Terms of Use

1. Who can use HIMO

You must be at least 18 years old. We ask for your date of birth when you create a profile and reject any account under 18 at the server. Lying about your age is a serious violation and leads to account deletion.

You may only create an account for yourself, with your own email address, and you are responsible for keeping your password private. Accounts may not be sold, lent or transferred.

2. Zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive behaviour

HIMO is for real connections. We do not tolerate objectionable content or abusive users. You must not post, send or use HIMO to:

• Post nudity, images of genitals, pornographic images or language — including in private messages when the recipient has not asked for it.
• Offer, arrange or seek sex for money, escort services, "paid dating" or any exchange of money or gifts for sexual activity.
• Harass, threaten, bully, insult or discriminate against anyone, publish someone's personal information, or keep contacting a person who has said no.
• Screenshot, save or pass on photos from someone else's private album. Private albums are shared on trust: taking someone's photos out of the app is a serious violation and can get your account permanently closed.
• Impersonate others, use photos that are not yours, create fake profiles, scam, ask for money, advertise or send bulk messages.
• Involve anyone under 18 in any way.
• Post violent or hateful content, content that encourages self-harm, drug content, or anything illegal in Vietnam or where you live.
• Interfere with the service: scraping, automation, collecting other users' data, or circumventing safety features.

3. Moderation and enforcement

Profile photos and post photos are reviewed by an automated system (Sightengine) before anyone else can see them; violating photos are rejected. We also review content manually: when it is reported, and — when reasonably necessary for safety, support, fraud prevention or enforcing these terms — any content stored on HIMO, including private messages and private albums, by authorized staff as described in the Privacy Policy (section 3).

Every user can report a profile, post, comment or message from inside the app and block anyone. We aim to review reports within 24 hours and handle reports about safety first: violating content is removed and the violating account may be suspended or deleted without notice.

We may remove any content and suspend or terminate an account when we believe these terms have been violated, other users are at risk, or a competent authority requires it.

Photos in a private album go through the same automated review as post photos, and anyone you open the album to can report an individual photo. A private album is not an exception to the rules above.

4. Your content

You keep ownership of the photos, text and other content you post. You grant HIMO the right to store, process, display and transmit that content to the users you allow to see it, solely to operate the service. This right ends when you delete the content or your account, except for technical backups that are overwritten on a schedule.

You confirm you have the right to post the content and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights.

5. Location and privacy

HIMO uses your location to sort the grid by distance. For the grid, your location is rounded on the server to a cell of about 550 m and the real coordinates are not stored; the distance shown is computed between rounded cells (under 500 m it only shows "< 500 m"); you can hide your distance or go incognito at any time. A location you choose to send in a conversation is different: it is stored exactly, with that message, as the Privacy Policy explains. See the Privacy Policy for details.

The "Going somewhere?" feature only lets you LOOK at the grid in another city from a fixed list. Your real location does not change, you do not appear in that city, and people there do not see you.

When you tap "Send location" in a conversation, you are deliberately sharing exactly where you are with the people in it. Only do this with people you trust. You can take it back at any time.

6. Paid plans (when available)

Some features may be offered through paid subscriptions bought via the App Store or Google Play. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in Apple's or Google's subscription settings; price and duration are shown before purchase; refunds follow the policy of the store where you bought. No payment is ever taken outside these two stores.

7. Meeting safely

HIMO does not run background checks on users. Protect yourself: meet in public places, tell someone you trust, never send money to someone you just met, and report anything suspicious to us.

8. Limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is". To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect damages arising from using HIMO, from content posted by other users, or from meetings in real life. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law.

9. Termination

You can delete your account at any time in Settings → Delete account, or through the account-deletion page on our website. Deletion is real: your profile, photos, posts, messages and views are deleted; see the Privacy Policy for timing and exceptions.

10. Changes and governing law

We may update these terms; the new version takes effect when published in the app and on our website, with its date. Continuing to use HIMO afterwards means you accept the new version. These terms are governed by the laws of Vietnam.

Contact: support@himosocial.com.