Terms of Use for Yandex Maps Service

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1. General Provisions

1.1. YANDEX LLC (hereinafter referred to as "Yandex") invites an Internet user (hereinafter referred to as the "User") to use Yandex Maps available at: http://maps.yandex.com.tr (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

1.2. These Terms form an annex to the User Agreement for Yandex Services and define how to use the Service. In all matters not covered herein, relations between Yandex and the User with regard to the Service shall be governed by the User Agreement for Yandex Services (https://yandex.com.tr/legal/rules), License to Use Yandex Search Engine (https://yandex.com.tr/legal/termsofuse) and Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com.tr/legal/confidential).

1.3. By starting to use the Service/its certain functions, the User is deemed to have accepted these Terms and terms of all of the above documents, in full, without any reservations and exceptions. If the User disagrees with any of the provisions of the said documents, the User may not use the Service. The Service is available to Users who have legal capacity in accordance with applicable law. If the User does not have legal capacity under applicable law, the User may not use the Service.

1.4. Yandex may amend these Terms providing a notice on relevant amendments at the URL specified in this paragraph. Revised Terms shall come into effect once posted online at the specified URL, unless otherwise stipulated in revised Terms. The current version of the Terms is always available at: https://yandex.com.tr/legal/maps_termsofuse.

1.5. If Yandex has made any amendments to these Terms according to the procedure specified in Clause 1.4 hereof, and the User disagrees with these amendments, the User shall stop using the Service.

1.6. The Service enables the User to gain free access to updated mapping and other reference information. All currently available functions of the Service along with any developments and/or newly added options are subject to these Terms.

1.7. By using the Service, the User consents to receiving informational notices necessary for service provision and essential updates. The User may unsubscribe from the notices by using relevant functions of the Service.

2. Use of the Service. Certain Functions of the Service

2.1. The Service functionally enables the User to add, at his or her choice and discretion, user information, including signs, marks, inscriptions, messages, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the "User Objects") on the maps. Insertion of the User Objects does not modify source data and is only acceptable to ensure service usability. The User may create, store and make freely available online links to the User Objects. Other users of the Service may also distribute links to the User Objects.

2.2. The User shall fully and solely bear all risks and responsibility for choosing the location of the User Objects, compliance with the laws, the contents, integrity, accuracy and reliability of descriptions of added User Objects. Yandex shall bear no responsibility for the designation and description of any User Object, shall not confirm or disprove the legislative compliance, accuracy and reliability of the description of any User Object. Yandex reserves the right, without notice and at its discretion, to delete any User Object or a set of User Objects, if the information in its description conflicts with the applicable laws, contains abusive language, and in other cases when the designation and/or the description of the User Objects and/or the distribution of a link to the User Objects violates these Terms, the terms of use of other Yandex services or provisions of the documents specified in cl. 1.2 hereof, and to protect interests of Yandex, service users, and other third parties.

2.3. The Service functionally enables the User to receive the code of a map as it stands for the time the code is received to insert it in his or her website, blog, and mobile application. This function is available to the User only within websites or mobile applications freely and readily available to the general public. The function cannot be used for projects requiring payment or otherwise limiting access for third parties. The sign-up requirement shall not be deemed limiting access under this clause.

2.4. The Service functionally enables the User to automatically plot routes on the maps showing an optional route from the point of departure to the destination indicated by the User (hereinafter referred to as the "Route"). The routing does not modify source data and is only acceptable to make the Service convenient for the User.

The User shall independently and entirely bear all risks and responsibility for choosing the Route and following the chosen Route. Yandex does not guarantee the correctness, optimality, relevance and/or compliance of the Routes with traffic rules and shall not be responsible for the User's choice of the Route and the consequences of following it. The User shall take all measures of care and caution before choosing any Route and during its use.

2.5. The Service may contain information about the current level of traffic congestion, a short-term forecast of congestion, as well as information about the average traffic congestion during the day (hereinafter referred to as “Yandex Traffic Service”).

The information available in Yandex Traffic Service is obtained based on an analysis of anonymized data and shall be for reference only.

The color display of the road congestion level used in the Service shall not be an indication of the status of the road, the possibility of its free use, actual functioning and passability, and shall be only an indicator of an approximate degree of its congestion in the current period of time (green stands for “open”, yellow for “medium congestion”, and red for “high congestion”).

2.6. The Service may provide the User with the functionality for search and browsing of information on circulation of the public transport (hereinafter referred to as “the “Transport” mode”) on the map of a specific location. The information displayed when using the “Transport” mode is provided by the partners of the Service and/or received from open public sources and is for reference only, Yandex bears no responsibility for accuracy, relevance and reliability of the information provided, including routes and directions of the public transport, transport timetable as well as location of the public transport at a certain point on a map.

2.7. The Service uses items of intellectual property copyrighted to relevant right holders and information provided by its holders. All the right holders and holders of information are listed in cl. 6 hereof.

2.8. The Service may provide the User with the functionality to obtain information about events held in a certain territory, the source of which is third parties. Information provided by third parties is not checked by Yandex for compliance with any requirements (reliability, completeness, legality, etc.). Yandex is not responsible for any information and materials provided by third parties, or for the consequences of their use by the User.

2.9. Depending on the User region, all or some functions of the Service may be unavailable or limited. If the User is explicitly unable to use some functions, then these functions are unavailable (limited) to the User in a certain region. The use of any technical or software methods to bypass these restrictions is prohibited.

3. Use of Yandex Business

3.1. The Service provides the User with the functionality of posting, viewing and searching information about businesses located at the addresses displayed in the Service (hereinafter referred to as “Yandex Business”), including information about the address, name, contact details, operating hours, information about the services provided/goods sold, and User reviews.

The functionality of Yandex Business may differ depending on the region/country where the User is located.

3.2. The businesses' information available in the Service is provided by the owners of the organization (upon confirmation of rights regarding the administration of the organization), users, partners of the Service, and Yandex (by specifying information from open sources or other Yandex services).

The information available in the Service is for reference only. The functionality of the Service and the businesses' information posted therein are not intended to be used for the purpose of establishing legally significant facts, advertising the goods and services of Organizations (except in cases where the owner of the organization uses certain capabilities of the Service), generating accurate statistics, expressing an objective assessment of Yandex regarding the activities of the organization and recommendations regarding requests for their goods and services, concluding transactions on the terms specified in the organization cards, and any other purposes other than providing the User with reference information regarding the organizations and their activities. In order to obtain the most reliable and up-to-date information, the User is advised to additionally clarify the information of interest directly with the representatives of the organization or in other sources of information.

3.3. Users who have completed the authorization procedure using a Yandex service account have the opportunity to create an organization card, confirm their rights in relation to this organization card, or confirm their rights in relation to an organization card previously created in the Service by Users in the manner and on the terms posted at: https://yandex.com.tr/support/business-priority/manage/verify.html, as well as the ability to add/correct/clarify organization' information.

Yandex has the right at any time to request from the person requesting confirmation of rights in relation to the organization card (hereinafter referred to as the Applicant), as well as from the current owner of the organization card, additional information and/or documents confirming the relationship of the Applicant or the owner of the organization card to the activities of the organization and the presence of authority to perform actions in the Service on behalf of the organization.

In case of doubts regarding the legality of the actions of the Applicant/organization card owner in administering the organization card in the Service, Yandex has the right to refuse to confirm the rights to the organization, or at any time restrict access to administering the organization card in the Service. Yandex has the right at any time to contact the organization card owner to update, clarify or confirm the information specified in the card via various communication channels, including SMS and instant messengers, if the organization card owner has indicated a phone number.

3.4. When posting organization's information and content, the organization card owner undertakes to comply with the requirements of the rules published at: https://yandex.com.tr/support/sprav, as well as the requirements of the Regulatory Documents and these Terms. When posting organization' information, in particular, it is prohibited to:

• post knowingly false, outdated, inaccurate, malicious information;
• mislead Users regarding the activities of the organization, the characteristics of the services it provides/goods sold (except for information posted in a review by the User based on the User's subjective opinion), its details, etc.;
• impersonate another person, including illegally acquiring access to the administration of the organization card;
• post content that violates the rights and legitimate interests of Yandex and third parties, including posting content containing intellectual property of third parties without obtaining the consent of the copyright holder;
• post information prohibited for distribution by applicable law as part of the organization's information and content;
• collect and store personal data of Users and third parties without authorization;
• use the Service for any illegal purposes, by illegal means, or perform actions that violate or create a threat of violation of the rights and interests of Users, Yandex and third parties.

3.5. The Service provides Users with the opportunity to publish reviews about the organization. The review must express the User's subjective assessment of the organization's goods/services and/or reliably state the factual circumstances of the case of contacting the organization. Yandex is not responsible for the reliability, relevance, or accuracy of the information contained in the review.

The User is aware and agrees that when publishing a review in the Service, the User's name and avatar specified by them during registration or specified in the User's account settings will be displayed.

The review may be deleted and/or not allowed to be posted by the Service based on the results of the moderation procedure or on the basis of a complaint received regarding the discrepancy between the content of the review and the rules of the Service.

The User agrees that the reviews and ratings left by them about organizations may be published and used by Yandex within the Service and other Yandex services, as well as on third-party websites by users of the Yandex Maps API service, without the additional consent of the User. In this case, the User’s reviews of organizations are published and used “as is” with the preservation of the author’s grammar, spelling and punctuation, with the indication of the name under which the review is posted, and the image of his account (avatar).

3.6. Yandex is not a party to the relationship regarding the provision of services by the organization to the User (being organization's client) and is not responsible for the accuracy of the information posted in the organization card for the quality and extent of services provided by the organization and goods sold, as well as for any actions taken by the organization and its representatives when providing services or selling goods to the User.

Users undertake to independently settle all disputes arising in connection with the provision of services by the organization, including sending claims directly to the organization at the contact addresses specified in the organization card, or to other details of the organization known to the User.

In the event of reasonable assumptions about a possible violation of the law by the organization in the Service the User can send an appeal to the Yandex support service, setting out in detail the reason for the appeal and, if possible, attaching documents confirming the factual circumstances set out in the appeal.

4. Intellectual property

4.1. The rights to the Service database containing information about organizations and other information of the Service, as well as the design of the Service as a whole and its individual elements, the rights to the Service software, belong to Yandex and/or right owners and/or data owners specified in cl. 6 of these Terms. By starting to use the Service, the User guarantees that the User does not and will not carry out any actions aimed at bypassing technical means of protection against unauthorized use of the above objects. Any copying, reproduction, processing, distribution, dissemination to the public, bypassing technical protection means, or other use outside the scope of the possibilities provided by the Service, as well as any use of them for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Any information used in the Service is intended for personal non-commercial use only. In this respect, it is prohibited to copy, reproduce, process, distribute, make available to the public (publish) in the Internet, use the Data in any way in the media and/or for commercial purposes without the right holder’s prior written permission, except as expressly stipulated by the functionality of the Service, these Terms, terms of use of other Yandex services or documents specified in cl. 1.2 hereof.

4.2. The User understands and agrees that the information posted by him containing objects of intellectual rights must not violate copyrights, trademark rights and/or other intellectual rights belonging to third parties. The User independently and at his own expense undertakes to settle all claims of third parties related to the posting (editing), distribution of information containing objects of intellectual rights.

4.3. In the event of detection of violations related to the illegal use of intellectual property in the Service, the copyright holder and persons duly authorized by the right holder have the right to send a claim with the mandatory indication of the address of the organization card, content/information that violates the exclusive rights of the applicant, confirmation of the existence of rights in relation to the intellectual property, the rights to which, in the applicant's opinion, are violated in the Service, the authority to apply on behalf of the copyright holder/confirmation of the identity of the copyright holder (in case of personal application). Yandex has the right to request additional information from the applicant in order to consider the received claim.

The received claim can be forwarded to the owner of the organization card for them to send explanations and/or objections regarding the content of the claim and voluntary adoption of measures. In the event of ignoring the requirements of the claim, or failure to provide a substantiated position regarding the legality of using the disputed information in the organization card, Yandex has the right to independently take measures to restrict access to the disputed information or the organization card as a whole.

In the presence of controversial circumstances, in which the decision regarding the legality/illegality of posting information in the Service cannot be made by Yandex independently and requires a decision by an authorized government body, Yandex has the right to refuse to satisfy the requirements of the received claim.

4.4. By uploading any content or information when using the Service, the User grants Yandex the right to use (including, right to adapt and right to sublicense) such content/information and its elements by any means throughout the world without time limitation, free of charge and under the terms of a non-exclusive license. The User assures Yandex that the User has all the necessary rights and powers to grant Yandex the right to use the content/information provided for in this clause, including that the User has provided and/or received all the necessary permissions regarding the use of the intellectual property and/or intangible assets of the User and/or third parties.

The Service information (including the content/information uploaded by Users) may be used by Yandex in other Yandex services and applications, as well as in advertising or marketing materials posted on Yandex resources on the Internet to attract the attention of other users to the content of the Service, to the Service in general, or to other Yandex applications and services, goods, works and services of third parties, both with the indication of the author of the information (as the name of the author, the name (pseudonym) of the User which the User indicated when logged in or in the settings of his/her data in the corresponding section of the Service will be indicated), and without it, without the need for a special permission from the User and without payment of royalties, with the right of Yandex to grant the rights to use information to third parties for use in the specified advertising or marketing materials. In this case, the User acknowledges and agrees that Yandex is not obliged to review the information posted by the Users in the Service. If the User is not entitled to grant Yandex the right to use any information in this way, he/she shall refrain from posting such information.

Consent provided under this clause is considered to be written.

5. Miscellaneous

5.1. The Service is provided "as is". Yandex does not guarantee that the Service will meet the goals and expectations of the User, or that the Service as a whole or its individual functionalities will operate uninterruptedly or without errors. In particular, Yandex has the right to change the functionalities provided by the Service in whole or in part at any time.

Yandex does not guarantee the safety of the data provided in the Service to any extent and/or for any period of time, including in the event of a change in the display of Data due to the development or change of the Service.

Yandex is not liable for any direct or indirect consequences of any use or inability to use the Service and/or damages caused to the User and/or third parties as a result of any use, non-use or inability to use the Service or its individual components and/or functions, including due to possible errors or failures in their operation, except for cases expressly provided for by law.

5.2. The User independently determines the procedure and purposes of using the Service and is responsible for such use. The User is obliged to refrain from using the Service for illegal purposes, for the purpose of receiving/sending/posting information that violates the requirements of the law, as well as affecting the rights and interests of Yandex, Users and any third parties.

The User is independently responsible, including responsibility to Users and third parties, for actions performed by the User using the functions of the Service, as well as for the compliance of the content of any information received/sent using the Service with the requirements of the current legislation.

5.3. Yandex reserves the right, at its own discretion, to restrict the User’s access to the Service (or to certain functions of the Service, if technologically possible) using his or her account, or to fully block the User’s account in case of repeated violations of these Terms, or to take other measures against the User to ensure that legislative requirements are met or third-party rights and legitimate interests are respected.

5.4. When using the Service, the User can report of inaccurate Data placed in the Service (incorrect name, map positioning, irrelevant data, objects that need to be removed) giving relevant details in a special contact form of the Service. The content of a message sent by the User through this function is publicly available and posted in Yandex Map Editor (https://mapeditor.yandex.com.tr/) under the Terms of Use for Yandex Map Editor (https://yandex.com.tr/legal/pmap_termsofuse) for registered users of such Service to assess whether the reported information is reliable and relevant. When sending a message, the User consents to publish the message form he or she completed. The User undertakes not to specify any information qualified by the applicable laws as sensitive information, including own personal details, personal details of third parties and information prohibited for distribution.

5.5. Yandex is not obliged (but has the right) to moderate, view, edit, or control the information, content and any other data posted within the Service, and cannot guarantee that such information and data posted by the User within the Service does not violate the provisions of these Terms, legal acts, or other documents.

The User who has uploaded information/data in the Service independently and fully bears all risks and responsibility for the content of the information/data provided by them, its compliance with the law, completeness, correctness, and reliability. Yandex is not responsible for the User posting (including for dishonest purposes) information/data that does not correspond to reality, is outdated, or violates the rights and legitimate interests of third parties, and does not confirm or deny the compliance with the law, correctness, or reliability of such information/data.

5.6. The information provided in the Service shall be for reference only. Yandex does not guarantee that the Service, the quality of any product, service, information obtained using the Service, meets/will meet the User's requirements, and that the functions of the Service will be provided on a continuous basis, in a prompt manner, reliably and without errors.

Yandex does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, completeness, or reliability of information that can be obtained via the Service. The information of the Service shall not be intended to be used for any purpose or in any capacity (for example, to establish and/or confirm any facts, as evidence in making legally significant decisions, to provide information and make accurate calculations, research, obtaining exact coordinates and information about official names, determining a position regarding the status of objects or territories, etc.).

5.7. Personal Information provided by the User is processed under the terms of the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com.tr/legal/confidential) for purposes related to the execution of these Terms, providing the User with the functionality of the Service and its individual functions.

5.8. The relations between the User and Yandex regarding the provision of the Service by Yandex are governed by the law of the habitual residence of Yandex. In case of questions, applications or claims, the User has the right to report them through the functionality of a specific Yandex Service. If Yandex and the User fail to reach an agreement, the issue may be resolved in court at the location of Yandex.

6. Information on Right Owners and Data Owners:

The list of the right holders and the owners of the information being used can be found at: https://yandex.com.tr/legal/right_holders.

Date of publication: 26.12.2024

Previous version of the document: https://yandex.com.tr/legal/maps_termsofuse/05112024/