Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason
Explanation: This service can edit any content on the service for whatever the reason and at their sole discretion.
Service fines users for Terms of Service violations
Explanation: Service fines users for violating provisions in the Terms of Service
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you
Explanation: The Agreements can be updated at any time, including in a way that negatively affects user rights, without notifying before or after the changes.
Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason
Explanation: At any time, your account can be terminated without explanation and without warning by the service.
You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
Explanation: If you wish to bring legal action against a service about a past incident, you may not be able to do so if the Terms you agreed to implied a limited amount of time. As a result it may be worthy to carefully read that section of the Terms to know exactly how much time you might have before your right to take legal action expires.
A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account
Explanation: The service may still use your content and display it after you stopped using it by closing your account. The case applies to terms requiring users to grant them a perpetual license over that content.
Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes
Explanation: The service may use your personal data for marketing, such as sending you personalised offerings.
Your content can be licensed to third parties
Explanation: By posting content through the Services, users grant them a transferable and/or sublicensable right, which allows user content to be licensed to third parties.
Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage.
Explanation: The Service infers your acceptance from your continued usage, instead of prompting you to read the new Terms and asking for direct consent. This doesn’t apply to services that have no way to seek consent from users through their contact details or an account.
You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels
Explanation: These types of cookies/pixels send information to social media sites when you interact with the service.
This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
Explanation: Your personal data is or may be given to third parties essential to the service’s operation. This could be an external spam detection service for an internet forum.
You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes
Explanation: Binding Arbitration is a dispute resolution method involving a neutral third party which will render a decision instead of going to court. Since the arbitrator can decide the outgoing of a dispute without evidences or a legal basis, it is preferable that users decide whether they want or not their dispute to be resolved this way.
The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
Explanation: The service has a different behavior towards users protected by the GDPR.
If you are the target of a copyright holder's take down notice, this service gives you the opportunity to defend yourself
Explanation: You have the right to send a counter-notice to the service if you believe the content that was removed wasn't infringing any copyright.
You have the right to leave this service at any time
Explanation: You can stop using the service and/or cancel or delete your account at any time for any reason. Moreover, the termination is reasonably fast and simple.
A free help desk is provided
Explanation: The service can be easily contacted for questions or provides a support center at no extra cost.
The service has non-exclusive use of your content
Explanation: The service can pay for your content and you are allowed to make it commercially available to other services/parties.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service
The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs
Explanation: The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs, including tangible (e.g. profits) and intangible losses (e.g. data), resulting from the use or inability to use the service or any other matter relating to the service.
This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites
Explanation: The service rejects any responsibility for the contents of other websites to which it links.
You are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses that may incur by downloading materials
Explanation: Users are responsible for any harm to their computer system or loss of data they may incur through the download of materials from the service.
Harming minors in any ways is prohibited
Explanation: This service prohibits harming minor in any ways. Since both “minor” and “in any ways” are vague and can be cited to restrict possibly any actions, the case is not classified as “good”.
The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs
Explanation: The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs, including tangible (e.g. profits) and intangible losses (e.g. data), resulting from the use or inability to use the service or any other matter relating to the service.
This service has a no refund policy with some exceptions
Explanation: Payments can be refunded if some requirements are fulfilled.
They may stop providing the service at any time
Explanation: They may discontinue the services without prior notice, at any time, for any or no reason. They usually assume no liability for losses and damages resulting from this suspension.
This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents
The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service
Explanation: The service provider expressly does not claim to provide uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service.
You must create an account to use this service
Explanation: You must provide the service with your information in order to use it
The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
Explanation: This service does not provide any guarantees as to its usability or fitness for the users' purposes. Users agree to use it at their own risk, accepting any possible bugs, malfunctions or harm to their devices.
You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content
Explanation: This service prohibits users from submitting content of a variety of types. This can include content that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, libelous, sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or discriminatory in any other way.
The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
Explanation: This service does not provide any guarantees as to its usability or fitness for the users' purposes. Users agree to use it at their own risk, accepting any possible bugs, malfunctions or harm to their devices.
This service is only available to users over a certain age
Explanation: The Services are intended for users who are at least a certain age. If you are younger than the age required then you are prohibited from using the Service.
The posting of pornographic content is prohibited
Explanation: Users are not allowed to post any content of pornographic nature. This includes adult content, things that are sexually explicit, or obscene.
If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content may be removed
Explanation: The content you have published on the service may be removed if it infringes copyright.
You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes
Explanation: The user agrees not to commit any unlawful acts through the use of the website, including the posting of illegal content or messaging.
The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided
Explanation: This service makes no warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of any information that is given on its website or the results that may be obtained from the use of the service.
Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim
Explanation: If content that you own is copied or made accessible through the service in a way that constitutes an intellectual property right infringement, you can report it following the instructions given in the agreements.
Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder
Explanation: Should any portion of the Terms of Service be unenforceable or invalid, that portion will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the remainder of the TOS will remain valid and enforceable.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account
Explanation: You are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your password and for maintaining the security of your account. Any activity occurring under your account is your responsibility, whether authorized by you or not.
You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security
Explanation: The service asks the user to notify them immediately of any unauthorized use or security breaches.
You agree to comply with the law of the service's country
Explanation: By using the service, you agree to comply with the applicable laws of the service's jurisdiction, regardless of your location.
The court of law governing the terms is in location X
Explanation: The Terms are governed by the applicable laws of a jurisdiction (specified in the title of each point by replacing the "X").
The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers
Explanation: Weight used to be 50.
This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements
Explanation: This service provider informs its users that the services, information, products, or other materials provided on its website may not meet the users' expectations or requirements.
Third parties are involved in operating the service
Explanation: This service can edit any content on the service for whatever the reason and at their sole discretion.