Brand, Intellectual Property and Anti-Impersonation Policy

The purpose of this Policy is to protect the integrity of the 6membership service, prevent misleading affiliation claims and establish fair rules for the use of protected materials.

Brand protection is particularly important because applicants and members may rely on official communications, payment instructions, cards, certificates and verification pages when deciding whether an interaction is authentic.

Protection applies only to the extent that 6membership, 6clement Joshua or another relevant rights holder owns, licenses or is otherwise authorised to control the material.

This Policy applies to visitors, applicants, members, guardians, representatives, administrators, contractors, partners and other persons using or referring to 6membership materials.

It also applies to a person who receives 6membership material from another source and chooses to copy, modify, publish, sell or misuse it.

Accessing the website, submitting an application, paying a membership fee or receiving a membership record does not transfer ownership of the website, brand, software, card design, certificate design or verification system.

Nothing in this Policy is intended to prohibit a use that applicable law expressly permits without authorisation.

The person relying on an exception remains responsible for ensuring that the use falls within that exception and does not create a misleading affiliation or impersonation.

The Membership Terms govern the membership relationship.

The verification policy governs card and certificate use.

The Acceptable Use Policy governs misconduct involving the website, brand and other people.

Unless another owner is identified, materials created specifically for the 6membership service are owned by 6clement Joshua or the relevant authorised operator.

Ownership may include copyright, trademark, design, confidential-information, database, contractual and other rights recognised by applicable law.

Some software, icons, fonts, images, payment interfaces and other materials may belong to third parties and be used under licence or another lawful permission.

This Policy does not transfer third-party rights to applicants or members.

Third-party terms may apply to the relevant material or service.

Copyright may protect original text, graphics, photographs, audiovisual works, software, layouts, documentation and other qualifying works.

Copyright protection may arise automatically without registration where applicable law provides.

Registration or notification may nevertheless be used to support evidence and enforcement.

Names, logos, symbols, slogans, tier names and other identifiers may function as trademarks or service identifiers.

Registered trademark rights depend on the applicable registration and renewal framework, while other brand-related remedies may depend on use, reputation, confusion, misrepresentation and the law of the relevant jurisdiction.

This Policy must not be read as a claim that every identifier has been registered in Nigeria or any other territory.

Internal review procedures, security controls, unpublished designs, administrative tools, source code, investigation records and private commercial information may be confidential.

Access to confidential material does not authorise publication, copying or use for an unrelated purpose.

Rights not expressly granted under this Policy or another written agreement remain reserved.

Failure to enforce a right immediately does not permanently waive that right.

Other names, marks and designs may be added as the service develops.

The ™ symbol identifies wording, a sign or presentation claimed and used as a brand or service identifier.

It is not a representation that the mark has been registered in every country or under every classification.

Brand materials may have approved dimensions, spacing, typography, positioning, colours and background treatments.

A permitted user must follow any supplied brand-use guidelines and must not distort the logo or present an altered version as official.

Tier names form part of the service’s membership structure and presentation.

A member may identify the tier currently recorded for that member but may not create a similar unofficial tier, upgrade, certificate or benefit package using 6membership branding.

The 6membership brand must not be presented as a government ministry, agency, diplomatic body, regulatory licence, national identity programme or official state credential.

A card or certificate must not be redesigned to resemble a passport, national identity card, law-enforcement credential or another government document.

A person must not use a name, logo, domain, social handle, badge or design that is identical or confusingly similar in a way likely to make another person believe the activity is officially operated, endorsed or authorised by 6membership.

An active member may state truthfully that they are an active member of 6membership and may identify the current tier recorded for that member.

The statement must not imply that membership creates employment, authority, endorsement, ownership, partnership or an official representative role.

A person may refer to 6membership by name in ordinary text for identification, discussion, reporting, commentary, criticism or review.

The reference should not use official branding more prominently than reasonably necessary.

A person may link to an official public 6membership page provided that the link is not used deceptively and does not embed the page in a way that conceals its source.

A link must not be represented as a referral, partnership or endorsement unless that relationship has been authorised.

Journalists, researchers, reviewers and commentators may make lawful references to the service and use limited material where permitted by law.

A person should distinguish factual statements from opinion and should not fabricate an official response, quotation or endorsement.

A limited screenshot may be used for lawful reporting, support, complaint or review purposes where it does not expose private information, security details or identity documents unnecessarily.

A screenshot must not be altered to create a false payment, approval, card, certificate or verification result.

6membership may grant written permission for a specific campaign, event, integration, publication or partnership.

The permission is limited to the approved purpose, duration, territory, material and conditions.

Permission may be withdrawn where its continued use becomes misleading, unsafe or inconsistent with the written arrangement.

A person must not sell, license, manufacture or distribute merchandise, services, events, subscriptions, cards or certificates using 6membership branding without written authorisation.

A person must not register or operate a company, association, foundation, club, campaign, event or other entity using an identical or confusingly similar 6membership or 6clement Joshua identifier without permission.

A person must not use the brand in an advertisement that falsely claims approval, sponsorship, guaranteed membership, investment access, employment, funding, gifts, event entry or another benefit.

A paid advertiser must not suggest that payment to the advertiser is an official 6membership payment.

The official logo must not be modified, recoloured, combined with another emblem or placed inside a different badge and then presented as an official variation.

Parody or commentary must remain clearly distinguishable and must comply with applicable law.

A person must not produce branded clothing, cards, badges, plaques, banners, letterheads, certificates or promotional goods for sale or distribution without authorisation.

A person must not purchase advertisements, keywords or social promotions designed to divert applicants by impersonating the official service or creating a false official application route.

Brand identifiers must not be inserted into metadata, application listings, page titles or hidden technical fields to create misleading search placement or affiliation.

An official card or certificate is issued to evidence the membership status of the identified member.

It may be displayed for that truthful purpose but must not be used as a general commercial licence or authority document.

The card layout, certificate format, badge, QR treatment, verification presentation and associated templates remain protected materials.

Receiving a personalised card does not transfer ownership of the underlying template.

A card or certificate must not be edited to change the name, photograph, tier, Membership ID, dates, status, QR code or any other field.

A corrected record must be issued through the authorised administrative process.

A person must not reproduce blank templates, card generators, certificate files or verification replicas.

A member may retain and display the official personalised copy issued to that member, subject to privacy and status rules.

The current server-side verification record controls over an image, printout or screenshot.

An old saved card must not be represented as currently valid after expiry, suspension, cancellation or revocation.

A card or certificate does not authorise the member to collect application fees, membership payments, donations, investments or other money on behalf of 6membership.

A person relying on a membership claim should use the official live verification route and should not rely solely on an image sent through social media or private messaging.

A person must not pretend to operate, own, manage or officially represent 6membership without authority.

This includes using copied branding, official-sounding language, fake email addresses, false payment instructions or cloned webpages.

A person must not pretend to be 6clement Joshua or create a communication, voice, image, video, profile or document intended to make another person believe it originated from him.

A person must not claim to be an application reviewer, verification officer, administrator, legal representative, security officer or another official role without authorisation.

A person must not use another applicant’s or member’s name, photograph, application reference, Membership ID, card, certificate, email address or identity documents.

A person must not claim to be a guardian, household representative, organisation representative, payer or authorised assistant without the relevant authority.

A person must not operate a fake support, payment, refund, verification, application or complaint channel using confusing branding.

A violation may exist even where the person later describes the conduct as a joke, fan activity or unofficial service if the overall presentation was reasonably likely to deceive another person.

The official public 6membership service is provided through 6membership.com, www.6membership.com and any approved subdomain expressly identified by 6membership.

Applicants should verify the destination before submitting information, opening a secure link or making payment. A similar-looking domain, shortened link or copied page must not be treated as official merely because it uses the 6membership name or logo.

A person must not register, acquire, operate or redirect a domain designed to imitate the official domain or capture users who make a spelling error.

This includes domains using added words such as official, payment, application, refund, verification, support or admin where the presentation creates false affiliation.

A person must not use a confusing email address, spoofed sender identity or display name to send false application, payment, approval, refund, security or membership messages.

A familiar display name or copied email branding is not sufficient proof that a message is authentic. Recipients should rely on the official domain, expected workflow and, where relevant, the authenticated application or verification route.

A person must not create a social profile that is likely to be mistaken for the official service, founder, administrator or support team.

An independent commentary, news or fan account must be labelled clearly and must not copy the complete official appearance.

A confusing domain or profile must not redirect users to an unrelated application, fundraising, payment, investment or data-collection service.

6membership may report an impersonating domain, email account, application listing, advertisement or social profile to the relevant registrar, host, platform, provider or lawful authority.

Membership does not appoint the member as an agent or legal representative of 6membership or 6clement Joshua.

Membership, application approval, event attendance or communication with staff does not create employment, consultancy or contractor status.

Membership does not create partnership, equity, shares, beneficial ownership, voting rights, board rights or control of the service.

Any such relationship requires a separate written agreement and applicable formalities.

A member must not describe themselves as an official ambassador, executive, director, coordinator or representative unless that separate role has been granted in writing.

A member must not promise application approval, funding, employment, refunds, event access, travel, accommodation, gifts or commercial opportunities on behalf of 6membership.

An authorised partner may describe the relationship only within the scope and duration of the written agreement.

Termination or expiry of the relationship ends the right to present the affiliation as current.

A testimonial must reflect the speaker’s genuine experience and must not be fabricated, materially altered or attributed to a person without authority.

An endorsement must not imply a wider partnership or guarantee than the actual arrangement supports.

A person must not create, sell, distribute or use a fake 6membership card, certificate, badge or verification result.

A person must not create or alter a receipt, Flutterwave reference, transaction record, bank notification, refund notice, debit alert, browser result or payment screenshot.

Payment status is confirmed through the independently verified server-side transaction record. 6membership should verify the expected transaction status, amount, currency, transaction reference and relevant payer or application relationship before granting payment-dependent value.

A browser redirect, screenshot, debit alert or unverified webhook payload does not by itself prove successful payment. Flutterwave webhook events used to change a material status must be authenticated and processed idempotently so a repeated event does not create duplicate value, refunds or administrative actions.

Refund communications must distinguish internal approval, submission to Flutterwave, provider processing and final succeeded or failed status rather than presenting those stages as the same event.

A person must not fabricate or alter an approval, decline, incomplete-application notice, review message or administrator observation.

A QR code, verification link or secure link must not be replaced with a destination that collects payment, identity information or credentials through an unauthorised service.

Blank card templates, certificate generators, approval-message templates and verification replicas must not be distributed for unauthorised use.

A person who knows or reasonably should know that a record is counterfeit must not use it to obtain access, money, status or another benefit.

A member who identifies an error must request an official correction rather than editing the issued record personally.

An applicant or member retains the intellectual-property rights they lawfully own in photographs, documents, text and other submitted materials.

Submitting material does not automatically assign ownership to 6membership.

The submitting person must own the material or have sufficient permission to provide it for the stated application or membership purpose.

A guardian or representative must also possess authority to submit material relating to the represented person.

A person must not submit a stolen photograph, copied identity design, unlicensed commercial image, forged document or other material that unlawfully infringes another person’s rights.

A person must not include another person’s private information, photograph, signature or document unless the inclusion is necessary and authorised.

6membership may restrict, reject or remove submitted material where there is a credible concern involving infringement, impersonation, privacy, fraud, exploitation or unlawful content.

Removal from active use does not necessarily require immediate deletion of evidence needed for investigation or legal obligations.

Submission for an application, card or verification purpose does not automatically authorise use in advertising, public campaigns, promotional testimonials or unrelated media.

A private applicant photograph or document also does not become generally public merely because a limited card or verification derivative may be used for an approved membership purpose. Any public field must remain subject to the separate verification and privacy rules.

The submitting person is responsible for ensuring that the material is authentic, relevant and not materially misleading.

The applicant or member grants 6membership a non-exclusive, royalty-free and purpose-limited permission to host, store, reproduce, format and review submitted material only to the extent reasonably required to operate the relevant application or membership process.

The permission may be exercised through approved service providers only for their assigned functions and does not transfer ownership or create a general right to commercialise the material independently.

Submitted materials may be processed only for legitimate purposes connected with the application, membership, verification, security, administration and legal recordkeeping framework.

The permission does not authorise unrelated commercial exploitation, advertising or public use.

The permission allows approved service providers to process the material for their assigned hosting, storage, email, security, payment or other operational role.

Where a provider acts only on 6membership instructions, it must not use the material independently for unrelated purposes. Where a provider independently determines part of its processing under applicable law, that independent role is governed by the provider disclosures and the Third-Party Service Providers List.

Where an application is approved, 6membership may resize, crop, compress or otherwise format an approved photograph and related information to create the card, certificate and verification display.

The original private upload must not be exposed publicly merely because a derivative is required.

The operational licence continues only while the material is reasonably required for the application, membership, verification, recordkeeping, dispute, security or legal purpose.

It ends for ordinary active use when the relevant purpose ends. Any remaining archival or evidential copy must have a separate lawful retention basis, restricted use and the retention controls stated in the Data Retention, Deletion and Records Policy.

A person may request withdrawal of an optional content permission or deletion of personal information where applicable.

The request may not require removal of material that must remain for contract evidence, payment records, fraud prevention, legal obligations or claims.

Submitted application photographs, documents and private materials will not be used to train a general-purpose artificial-intelligence model merely because they were submitted to 6membership.

A materially different use would require a separate lawful assessment, notice and any required permission.

6membership users must respect copyright, trademark, design, personality, publicity, privacy and contractual rights belonging to other persons.

Material supplied under a third-party licence must be used within the licence conditions.

Access through the website does not grant the visitor a broader right than the relevant licence permits.

Open-source components remain subject to their applicable licences.

Nothing in this Policy overrides rights or obligations granted under an applicable open-source licence.

References to a payment, hosting, email, infrastructure or other provider identify the relevant service relationship and do not transfer ownership of that provider’s brand.

A provider relationship must not be exaggerated into a sponsorship or endorsement.

A licensed asset or integration may be replaced or removed where a licence expires, a provider changes or continued use becomes inappropriate.

The inclusion of third-party material does not mean that 6membership owns every underlying right.

Where ownership is disputed, the material may be restricted while the dispute is assessed.

A person must not use artificial intelligence, image generation, face replacement, voice cloning, lip synchronisation or another synthetic-media technique to impersonate 6clement Joshua, an administrator, applicant, member or partner.

Synthetic content must not be used to create a false statement, testimonial, partnership, payment instruction, application decision or endorsement.

AI tools must not be used to create or alter membership cards, certificates, QR codes, approval notices or verification results.

Where synthetic content is used lawfully for commentary, education or creativity, it should be labelled clearly where a reasonable viewer could otherwise mistake it for an authentic official communication.

6membership may use technical or manual methods to investigate suspected synthetic impersonation.

An automated indicator must not be treated as conclusive proof without appropriate review.

A materially new internal use of artificial intelligence involving applicant content, identity verification, biometric characteristics, children or significant decisions requires an appropriate legal, privacy, accuracy, security, necessity, proportionality and fairness assessment before production use.

Where the proposed processing is likely to result in high risk to individuals, 6membership must complete the applicable data-protection impact assessment and implement required safeguards before deployment.

Public verification is intended to allow a person to check a specific membership claim.

It is not an unrestricted directory or source for compiling member profiles.

A person must not use bots, scripts, crawlers, enumeration, sequential identifiers or other automated methods to collect membership records, photographs, statuses or contact information in bulk without authorisation.

Public verification should be designed for a specific credential check and not as a searchable member directory. Rate limits, resistant identifiers, generic negative responses and other anti-enumeration safeguards may be used to reduce systematic discovery of members.

A person must not reproduce, mirror or republish a substantial collection of application, membership, card, certificate or verification information.

Rate limits, access controls, authentication, expiring links, robots instructions and other safeguards must not be bypassed to obtain protected material.

A public page may use indexing restrictions where necessary to protect member information or unpublished legal content.

A person must not intentionally republish restricted information to defeat those controls.

Good-faith security research must avoid unnecessary access to personal information, service disruption, extortion, public disclosure of exploitable details and retention of copied records.

A researcher should report the concern through the authorised security channel.

This section does not prohibit indexing, quotation, research or another activity that applicable law expressly permits.

A lawful-use claim does not permit impersonation, security circumvention or unnecessary collection of personal information.

6membership accepts reports concerning suspected infringement, impersonation, counterfeit records and misleading use of its brand or another person’s identity.

The report should contain enough specific information and evidence for the disputed material or account to be located and assessed.

A report should identify the claimant, the protected material or person, the disputed use, its location, available evidence and the action requested.

A claimant asserting ownership should explain the basis of ownership or authority to act.

The report should provide specific URLs, account names, message headers, screenshots or other identifiers sufficient to locate the disputed material.

A general statement that something exists online may be insufficient for action.

The reporting person should confirm that the report is made honestly and that the information supplied is accurate to the best of their knowledge.

A person must not knowingly submit a false infringement or impersonation report to silence criticism, interfere with a competitor, harass another person or obtain confidential information.

A report involving active payment fraud, credential theft, child exploitation, threats or immediate harm should be identified as urgent and sent through the security channel.

Submitting a report does not guarantee removal, suspension, disclosure, payment or a finding of legal infringement.

The available evidence, platform control, applicable law and competing rights must be assessed.

6membership may review whether the report identifies material within its control, provides sufficient evidence and raises a credible issue under this Policy or applicable law.

Material, a card, verification result, application or account may be restricted temporarily where continued availability creates a credible fraud, impersonation, security or rights risk.

Temporary restriction is not necessarily a final determination of ownership or liability.

Where appropriate and lawful, the affected person may receive notice identifying the disputed material, applicable rule and method for responding.

Notice may be delayed or limited where disclosure would create a security risk, compromise an investigation or violate law.

The affected person may provide evidence of ownership, licence, permission, lawful use, independent creation, identity or another relevant basis.

An unsupported denial may be insufficient where the reported material is facially counterfeit or clearly impersonating.

Restricted material may be restored where the report is withdrawn, the evidence supports lawful use, the dispute is resolved or continued restriction is no longer justified.

6membership is not a court and may be unable to determine a complex dispute involving authorship, licence scope, trademark priority, employment ownership or contractual assignment.

The parties may be required to obtain an agreement, court order or other authoritative resolution.

Repeated substantiated infringement, impersonation or counterfeit activity may result in stronger restrictions, membership revocation or termination of access.

Enforcement should reflect the seriousness, intent, harm, repetition, evidence and ability to correct the violation.

A minor accidental misuse may be handled differently from organised impersonation or payment fraud.

Where a credible violation is identified, 6membership may take one or more proportionate protective, administrative, technical or legal actions.

The selected action will depend on the evidence, seriousness, urgency, risk of continued harm and whether the conduct can be corrected safely.

A card or certificate connected with impersonation, transfer, alteration or fraud may be marked restricted, invalid, stolen, revoked or cancelled.

The live verification status should reflect the administrative action.

Misuse of the brand or another person’s identity may result in an incomplete flag, request for more information, under-review status, decline, suspension or another authorised membership action under the applicable process.

A material administrative action should record the reason, actor, timestamp, previous status and new status. A custom observation may explain the decision but must not create a status or remedy that the authoritative backend has not recorded.

The person should receive an appropriate reason and available complaint route where lawful and safe.

A claimant, member or supporter must not threaten, harass, expose private information or organise unlawful retaliation against an alleged infringer.

Reports should be handled through lawful platform, administrative and legal channels.

6membership may seek remedies available under applicable law or a separate written agreement.

This Policy does not automatically make a person liable for every claimed cost without the required legal or contractual basis.

Enforcement must not be used to suppress a genuine consumer complaint, lawful criticism, privacy request, regulatory report or another protected activity merely because it refers to the brand.

Records may include reports, disputed materials, URLs, account identifiers, screenshots, message headers, application references, Membership IDs, payment references, status changes and administrative observations.

Records may be processed to investigate infringement, prevent impersonation, protect users, respond to disputes, preserve evidence and comply with legal obligations.

Access should be limited to authorised legal, security, privacy, application and administrative personnel whose role requires it.

Records may be retained only for the period reasonably necessary to investigate the matter, enforce rights, administer a membership, resolve complaints, satisfy a time-bound legal obligation or address a legal claim.

For Nigerian personal-data processing, where the original processing purpose has been accomplished and no separate law provides a time-bound retention obligation, continued storage must follow the post-purpose limits and safeguards described in the Data Retention, Deletion and Records Policy, including the applicable six-calendar-month rule.

Unnecessary duplicate material should be deleted, irreversibly de-identified or restricted when it is no longer required. A desire to preserve material in case it becomes useful later is not by itself a sufficient retention ground.

Relevant information may be disclosed to service providers, platforms, registrars, professional advisers, rights holders, courts or competent authorities where lawful and necessary.

Disclosure should be limited to the relevant purpose.

Security logs, hashes, message identifiers and other technical evidence may be retained to assess authenticity and preserve record integrity.

Where ordinary deletion is paused for litigation, an authority request or another legal claim, the hold should identify the relevant scope, reason, responsible person and review date rather than preserving unrelated material indefinitely.

Applicable privacy rights may apply to personal information within a report or investigation.

Access or deletion may be limited where disclosure would expose another person, compromise security, prejudice an investigation or remove evidence required by law.

A person seeking permission to use the name, logo, card design, certificate design or other protected material should request written approval before use.

A rights holder or authorised representative may report suspected infringement and provide the information described in this Policy.

Fake websites, payment requests, staff profiles, cards, certificates, approvals and social accounts should be reported promptly through the security channel.

An applicant or member may challenge an administrative action based on alleged brand misuse, infringement or impersonation.

The complaint should identify the disputed action and provide supporting evidence.

Nothing in this Policy prevents a person from contacting a competent court, intellectual-property authority, consumer authority, platform, registrar, law-enforcement body or other appropriate institution.

Receiving, reviewing or responding to a report does not automatically amount to an admission of infringement, liability, ownership or control over third-party material.

This Policy may be updated to reflect new brands, registrations, verification formats, technology, service providers, artificial-intelligence risks, enforcement procedures or legal requirements.

A material update will be handled under the central policy-update framework.