1. About Arbitrater

Arbitrater is an online platform that allows football fans to discuss matches, debate refereeing decisions, participate in polls and ratings, and engage with football-related content and community features.

Arbitrater is an independent platform and is not affiliated with the Premier League, FIFA, UEFA, PGMOL or any other football association, competition, club, referee organisation or governing body unless expressly stated.

2. Acceptance of these Terms

By accessing or using Arbitrater, you agree to comply with these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Community Guidelines.

If you do not agree with these terms, you must not use the platform.

3. Eligibility and accounts

Arbitrater is intended for users aged 18 and above. By accessing or using the platform, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. If you are under 18, you must not use the platform.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activity carried out through your account.

You agree not to:

• Create multiple accounts for deceptive or manipulative purposes
• Impersonate another person or organisation
• Provide false or misleading account information
• Share your account access credentials with others

4. Community conduct

Use of Arbitrater is subject to our Community Guidelines.

You must not use the platform to harass, threaten, intimidate or target referees, players, clubs, officials or other users.

Arbitrater reserves the right to moderate, restrict or remove content and accounts in order to protect users, referees, officials and the integrity of the platform.

5. User-generated content

You retain ownership of content you post to Arbitrater, but by submitting content you grant Arbitrater a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, display, reproduce and distribute that content in connection with operating and promoting the platform.

You are solely responsible for the content you submit and for ensuring that it complies with applicable laws and these Terms.

Arbitrater does not endorse user opinions, comments or ratings and is not responsible for user-generated content published on the platform.

6. Ratings, statistics and fan sentiment

Arbitrater may display referee ratings, fan polls, sentiment metrics, statistical summaries and other aggregated community data.

These features are intended for entertainment, discussion and community engagement purposes only.

Platform-generated statistics and community sentiment indicators do not constitute factual allegations, professional evaluations or official determinations regarding any individual or organisation.

Arbitrater may use aggregated, anonymised data derived from ratings, votes and platform activity — including breakdowns by decision type, match context and supporter affiliation — for commercial purposes, including licensing such insights to third parties. This data is always processed in anonymised, aggregated form and does not identify individual users. Personal information is never sold.

7. Platform integrity and prohibited activity

You must not attempt to interfere with or manipulate the operation of Arbitrater.

Prohibited activity includes:

• Automated voting, botting or scraping
• Artificially manipulating ratings or engagement
• Coordinated campaigns to manipulate votes or ratings, whether organised on or off the platform
• Attempting to gain unauthorised access to systems or accounts
• Distributing malware or malicious code
• Copying, extracting or commercially exploiting platform data without permission

8. Intellectual property and platform content

All content, features, design elements, data, software, trademarks and other materials forming part of the Arbitrater platform (excluding user-generated content) are owned by or licensed to Arbitrater and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may not reproduce, distribute, commercially exploit, scrape, repackage or otherwise use platform content — including ratings data, aggregated statistics and community sentiment metrics — without the prior written permission of Arbitrater.

Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights in the platform content beyond what is necessary to use Arbitrater for its intended personal, non-commercial purpose.

9. Moderation and enforcement

Arbitrater reserves the right to investigate potential violations of these Terms or our Community Guidelines.

We may remove content, suspend accounts, reverse manipulated votes, restrict platform access or take other moderation measures at our discretion.

Use of Arbitrater does not guarantee the right to publish or maintain content on the platform.

10. Advertising, promotions and future services

Arbitrater may display advertising, sponsored content, affiliate links, promotional partnerships or premium platform features.

Certain features or promotions may be subject to additional terms, age restrictions or geographic limitations.

11. Availability of the platform

Arbitrater is provided on an "as available" basis.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, error-free functionality, permanent availability of content or compatibility with all devices or services.

We may modify, suspend or discontinue parts of the platform at any time.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Arbitrater and its operators shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, reputational or economic losses arising from use of the platform.

Users access and rely on platform content, ratings and discussions at their own discretion and risk.

13. Governing law

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable in the United Arab Emirates.

Any disputes arising in connection with these Terms or use of the platform shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms affects any statutory rights you may have under the laws of your country of residence.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect platform changes, legal requirements or operational developments.

Continued use of Arbitrater after updated Terms are published constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us.