What you can and can’t add to Istanbrew with a Filter account, and what we do when something breaks these rules.
What this covers
This policy applies to everything you add with your Filter account, in Istanbrew and every other Filter guide: your name, photo and the line about yourself, the reasons and notes on shops you save, the updates you suggest, and, if you run a shop, your claim and the changes you send us. It sits alongside our Terms of Use.
What’s welcome
Honest, first-hand notes about the places you love or want to try, and accurate updates that keep the guide right. Your lists and notes are private, but please keep them within these rules all the same.
What isn’t allowed
- pretending to be someone else, or claiming a shop or brand you don’t own or work for
- sending updates or changes you know to be false or misleading, including about a competitor
- anything hateful, harassing, threatening, sexual or violent, or that encourages illegal activity
- other people’s personal details, or photos of people who haven’t agreed to them
- photos or text you don’t have the right to use
- advertising, spam, or links added to promote something
- malware, or anything meant to disrupt the guide, the apps or our API
- creating accounts in bulk, sharing an account, or using automation to get around our limits
If you run a shop
Only claim a shop or brand you own or work for, and keep what you tell us accurate. We may ask for proof, such as an email from the shop’s own domain, before we approve a claim. We check every change before it reaches the guide, and we decide what is published: our write-ups and picks stay our own editorial opinion.
What we may do
If something breaks these rules, we may remove it, reject an update or claim, take away a shop’s owner access, or suspend or close the account. Where we can, we’ll tell you what we did and why. If you think we got it wrong, email us and we’ll look again.
Reporting a problem
If you see something that breaks these rules, or someone has claimed your shop, email [email protected].
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the guide changes. The date at the top shows when it last changed.
