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Privacy & Communication
At Skoutli, we're committed in maintaining the privacy of our users. Skoutli is a marketplace that is designed to be mutually beneficial based on shared trust. To keep Skoutli functioning effectively, we know it is important for members to be able to communicate easily with each other. However, to keep everyone in our community safe we have guidelines and policies that cover how you communicate. We don't allow our members to:
- Make offers to rent a listing outside of Skoutli
- Send spam
- Threaten others, or use profanity or hate speech
- Exchange any personal information (except names), including email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information
- Send viruses, malicious code, or software through our messaging service
Some guidelines to follow
- Please carry out all communication and payment on Skoutli
- Please don't ask for or share any contact details before a commitment is made on Skoutli
- Please don't mention (accidentally) where to find your contact details even if you're a business
- Please don't mask your contact details (Example: using at gmail dot com or spell our phone numbers in words)
Using Skoutli for your payments and communications ensures that you're protected under our Terms of Service, refund policies and other safeguards. It also makes it easy for us to find and reference important reservation details whenever you need our help. Paying or communicating outside of Skoutli makes it harder for us to protect your information and puts you at greater risk of fraud and other security vulnerabilities.
Never pay for your reservation outside of Skoutli and if someone asks you to pay for a reservation outside system, please contact us immediately.
Common Questions
Are your messages monitored by Skoutli?
We may monitor messages (together with any attachments) sent between members for fraud, abuse, spam, illegal content, and other policy violations. We keep a copy of all communications which can be used to help in these circumstances. While we understand members may wish to keep communications private, if you contact members through channels other than Skoutli, we can't help if problems arise.
What can I do about a listing owner/user threatens me?
If you ever receive a threat, report it to us immediately. We'll look into it and determine what action is needed, which could include suspending the person's account indefinitely. You should also report threats to local law enforcement.
What if a feedback left by a user is inaccurate or unfair?
On request, we may remove some kinds of feedback if it contains any hate speech or abuse or profanities. We would recommend getting in touch with the member and asking them to revise their feedback.
Insurance
Anyone wishing to make a booking on Skoutli must have their own insurance. A valid certificate of insurance must be submitted prior to the booking date.
