Terms of Service

Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the BeforeYouClick website and its content (the "Service"), operated by BeforeYouClick ("we", "us"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

What BeforeYouClick is (and is not)

BeforeYouClick helps you understand the legal documents of popular services — such as Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and Community Standards — before you agree to them. We analyze publicly available documents and present each as a plain-language summary, a risk grade, and a list of notable clauses.

Eligibility and acceptable use

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service. When using BeforeYouClick, you agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms
• Scrape, harvest, or bulk-download the Service or its content, or access it through automated means, except as permitted by our robots.txt
• Attempt to disrupt, overload, probe, or circumvent the security or rate limits of the Service
• Reverse engineer, resell, or create a competing product from our analyses or catalog
• Misrepresent our grades or summaries as legal advice, or as the official position of the companies we analyze
• Where any content-submission feature is offered, submit URLs or content you have no right to submit, or that are unlawful, infringing, or malicious

No warranty; “as is”

The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant that the analyses, grades, or summaries are accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose, or that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. Any reliance you place on the Service is at your own risk.

Intellectual property

The BeforeYouClick name, logo, site design, and our original content — including our plain-language summaries, risk grades, and clause classifications — are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Our grades and summaries are our editorial opinion and interpretation.

The Service quotes limited excerpts of third parties' publicly available legal documents for the purpose of commentary, criticism, education, and analysis. We believe this use is protected (for example, as fair use or fair dealing). All trademarks, service names, and document text of the companies we analyze remain the property of their respective owners; their appearance on BeforeYouClick does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, those companies.

Notice and takedown

If you are a rights holder (or their agent) and believe content on BeforeYouClick infringes your rights or should not appear, contact us at [email protected] with enough detail to identify the material and your rights in it, and we will review and, where appropriate, remove or correct it promptly. This is also our designated channel for copyright (DMCA-style) notices and counter-notices.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, BeforeYouClick and its operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss arising from your reliance on any grade, summary, or other content on the Service — for example, agreeing or declining to agree to a third party's terms. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law (such as certain consumer rights).

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless BeforeYouClick and its operators from any claims, losses, or expenses arising out of your misuse of the Service or your breach of these Terms.

Third-party services and links

The Service links to and relies on third-party services (for example the websites we analyze, and the sub-processors listed in our Privacy Policy). We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third-party site or service, and your use of them is governed by their own terms.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we update the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the Service after a revised version takes effect means you accept the changes. If you do not agree, please stop using the Service.

Governing law and disputes

We prefer to resolve any dispute informally first, so please contact us at [email protected] before taking other steps. Nothing in these Terms limits the mandatory rights or protections that the law of your country of residence gives you, and where that law so provides, you may bring proceedings before your local courts. We will update this section to designate a governing law and venue once BeforeYouClick's operating entity is formally established.

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