A set of regulations which users must agree to follow in order to use a service.
Terms of Use is often named Terms of Service and sometimes Terms and Conditions, as well as Disclaimer, mostly when addressing website usage.
Questions tagged [terms-of-service]
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What does Firebase "use exclusively for purposes related to my trade, business, craft or profession" mean?
I'm creating a project in Firebase and it's asking me to confirm this statement:
☐ I confirm that I will use Firebase exclusively for purposes relating
to my trade, business, craft, or profession
(Firebase terms)
What does it mean? What am I not…
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Can I resell my Amazon gift card?
I bought an Amazon gift card, and I would like to sell it to my friend.
However Amazon Gift Card Terms and Conditions §2 states:
Gift Cards cannot be reloaded, resold, transferred for value or
redeemed for cash, except to the extent required by…
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What does this "Forfeiture of the right of withdrawal" section mean in a Terms of Service agreement?
My client has asked me to sign up for toggl.com so they can do their taxes. However, I saw this alarming section in the Terms of Service and am now unsure as to whether it is a good idea to sign up:
Forfeiture of the right of withdrawal
4.1 The…
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#SOreadytohelp - international giveaway without terms and conditions?
Currently StackOverflow is celebrating their 10 millionth question. They are randomly distributing a total of 400 t-shirts among participants, over a period of one month. Participation is done by either tweeting under a certain hashtag, or putting…
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What can a website Terms of Service require?
I heard of a study where participants were asked to sign up for a fake social media platform with absurd terms (such as giving up your first-born child). I was curious as to what can actually be put into a ToS. For example, can I put in a clause…
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Is it allowed to use the Spotify Web API for commercial projects?
I have a simple question concerning the Spotify Web API.
Is it legal to retrieve data from this service as a base for my app which then should be commercial?
Without going too much into detail: I use the information to present the user an extra…
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Can you legally be removed from a public website with terms of use, without being told which terms of use you violated?
Recently I got my account closed in Facebook. 5 days ago, I received an email which said someone posted copyrighted material in a group I'm administrator of, and that "it was a serious violation of terms of use". I couldnt even see what the user I…
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Use of a VPN to access website when not expressly prohibited in the terms and conditions of the licence/account
Often no mention, direct or indirect, is made regarding the use VPNs, proxy servers, or other online privacy measures whilst accessing the websites of certain online bookmakers.
However, in the forums of these websites and and sometimes in other…
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What are the legal requirements for displaying a Terms & Conditions link on a website?
Are there any legal requirements regarding the display of a Terms & Conditions link? Does it need to be out of flow (popup, banner), or actioned ("I agree" checkbox)? Any specifications on font size compared to surrounding font, like there is on…
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Building a site like socialbade illegal?
There are plenty of sites that seem to grab/crawl public profiles form Instagram, e.g. Socialblade, Instastatistics, or Likeometer.
What I read from Instagram’s TOC is that this is violating these TOCs, esp.
You must not access Instagram's private…
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Can a company make a late payment charge that is greater than the maximum permitted by law?
A reasonably large online services provider includes the following in their Terms of Use (my emphasis).
If Your credit card is declined, You agree to pay Us the fees within
thirty (30) days of notification from Us, and pay (at Our discretion)
a…
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Can you legally bet online on somebody's behalf with their written consent?
Is it legal to bet on behalf of somebody else on an online bookmaker? For example, would it be legal to get written consent from a friend, use their ID, etc. to create an account with that online bookmaker and place bets? Somebody told me that I…
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What is the Google "Company" TOS for, compared to the Google Chrome TOS?
So I see Google's TOS, and Google Chrome's TOS. First off, does the "Google's TOS" actually mean it's for the Google company as a whole, or is this just for the search engine? They mention user accounts, which is part of their core to the ecosystem…
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Why wont music streaming services like Spotify, Soundclound, Napster allow their API to be used in games?
I've been searching around for a music streaming service that can be integrated and used in a rhythm game, but I've found that all I've looked at so far (Spotify, Soundcloud, Napster) explicitly state that I cannot use their service in a game.
Could…
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Should offline users of an online video game be forced to accept ToS?
In the context of a video game that has online and offline play.
An account is needed to play online, but no account is required to play offline.
Assuming the user must accept some terms while signing up, is it necessary to show a legal document for…
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