Policies and Community Guidelines

Community Guidelines

• Usage and content policies: Rules for using Meetup
• Meetup groups and events policies
• Meetup social media community standards
• Organizer and leadership standards: Best organizer practices
• Meetup member restrictions

Agreements

• Privacy Policy
• Cookie Policy
• Is the Terms of Service an agreement between Organizers and members?
• Payment Policies
• Terms of Service
• Terms of Service (3/28/17)

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Report A Member

• Block someone from contacting me
• Remove or ban a member
• Report spam or inappropriate content
• Harassment and bullying offline
• An organizer won't let me join their group

Report an organizer, group, or event

• Unhappy with an organizer
• An organizer didn't show up
• Reporting a Meetup group
• Meetup organizer is stepped down

Profile, group, and photo visibility

• Profile and event questions
• About General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Meetup group content visibility settings
• Account privacy and message settings
• Visibility on Google
• How to remove a photo

Intellectual Property Infringement

• Intellectual Property Dispute Policies
• Meetup Trademark Guidelines
• Report infringement
• Counter-notice instructions
• Content ownership
• What's the difference between copyright and trademark?

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Illegal Activity and Law Enforcement Resources

• Report unsafe or illegal activity

Liability and Waivers

• Organizer liability at a Meetup event
• Legal resources for using Meetup
• Organizer liability waivers
• Meetup and offline responsibility