Restricted territories

uploadthefile.com is not available in the places listed on this page. This page is the complete list. It is the same list our systems use to refuse requests, so the two cannot differ. The operator of the Service is named in the Legal notice.

1. Where the Service is restricted

We refuse every request that our systems locate in one of these places. The refusal covers the whole Service: our websites, the API, the browser extension and the Published Pages we host, on every domain, including custom domains.

Sanctions laws that bind us or our providers

Legal risk to the Service in that location

A place that is not listed is not restricted by us. Other laws may still limit what you may do there.

2. Why we restrict these places

Sanctions laws that bind us or our providers. Sanctions programmes restrict dealings with these places. We and the providers we rely on for hosting, payment and other functions must comply with them. The terms of those providers also forbid use of their services from places under comprehensive sanctions.

Legal risk to the Service in that location. In some places the law exposes the operators of a service, or the people who manage it, to criminal liability for content that users host, in a way we cannot manage. We have decided not to offer the Service there. This is our decision about risk. It is not a statement about the people who live there, and it is not a finding that any of them has done anything wrong.

The Service also refuses use by, or for, a person named on a sanctions list. The Terms say so. That rule applies wherever the person is. We apply it to people, not to places, and it is separate from this list.

3. What happens when you are in a restricted place

• We answer with HTTP status 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons) and a short page that states the reason class and links to this page.
• You cannot sign in to, or use, an Account.
• You cannot upload files or create pages.
• We do not serve Published Pages to you, including pages on custom domains.

The refusal happens before we authenticate you or load any page content. We decide by the location of your IP address. That location is approximate. If we cannot determine it, or if you reach us through Tor, we do not refuse the request. That is not permission to use the Service from a restricted place. The Terms still forbid it.

For the two Ukrainian regions we refuse the whole region as our location data reports it. A person elsewhere in the same region can be refused by mistake.

4. No workarounds

You must not access or use the Service from a restricted place, or for a person located there. You must not use a virtual private network, a proxy or any other means to appear to be elsewhere for that purpose. See the Terms and the Acceptable Use Policy. If we reasonably believe you have done so, we may suspend or close your Account, refuse payment, and report as the law requires.

Separately, we may withhold an individual Published Page from visitors in a particular country where a person at uploadthefile.com has decided that its content is unlawful there. That is a decision about one page. It is not part of this list.

5. If we have got your location wrong

If you are not in a restricted place and we refused you, write to contact@uploadthefile.com. Tell us the time of the request and the page you saw. If you are in a restricted place, we cannot make an exception.

To report an error in this list, use the same address. Notices of illegal content go to our report form.

6. Change log

We review this list at least every six months, and whenever a provider changes its terms. Each change is recorded here, newest first.