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Terms of Service

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Last Updated: January 1, 2024

Introduction and Acceptance

Welcome to ReviewService Review Platform ("ReviewService," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of our website, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our Services.

Important: These Terms contain important information about your legal rights, remedies, and obligations, including limitations of liability and dispute resolution procedures.

Our Services

ReviewService provides online shopping safety and retailer verification services, including:

Trust Assessment Services

  • • Retailer trust score calculations
  • • Security verification tools
  • • Safety assessment reports
  • • Fraud protection guidance

Community Features

  • • User review submission and publication
  • • Retailer comparison tools
  • • Shopping safety education
  • • Newsletter and alert services

Our Services are provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional financial, legal, or investment advice.

User Accounts and Registration

Account Creation

To access certain features of our Services, you may need to create an account. When creating an account, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate, current, and complete information
  • Maintain and update your account information
  • Keep your login credentials secure and confidential
  • Notify us immediately of any unauthorized account access

Account Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these account security requirements.

Acceptable Use Policy

Permitted Uses

You may use our Services to:

  • Research and verify online retailer trustworthiness
  • Submit honest and factual reviews about your shopping experiences
  • Access shopping safety resources and educational content
  • Use trust verification tools for personal shopping decisions

Prohibited Activities

You agree NOT to:

  • Submit false, misleading, or fraudulent reviews or information
  • Attempt to manipulate trust scores or system algorithms
  • Use automated tools or bots to access our Services
  • Reverse engineer, modify, or create derivative works of our Services
  • Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights
  • Upload malicious software or attempt to gain unauthorized access
  • Harass, threaten, or defame other users or retailers
  • Use our Services for commercial purposes without authorization

User-Generated Content

Content Standards

When submitting reviews, comments, or other content ("User Content"), you agree that such content will:

  • Be truthful, accurate, and based on personal experience
  • Not contain offensive, defamatory, or inappropriate language
  • Not violate any intellectual property or privacy rights
  • Be relevant to the retailer or service being reviewed

Content License

By submitting User Content, you grant ReviewService a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display your content in connection with our Services. You retain ownership of your content, but you give us permission to use it to operate and improve our platform.

Content Moderation

We reserve the right to review, edit, or remove any User Content that violates these Terms or our community standards. We may also suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly violate our policies.

Intellectual Property Rights

Our Rights

The Services, including all content, features, and functionality, are owned by ReviewService and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used without our express written permission.

Limited License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use our Services for personal, non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms.

Disclaimers and Limitations

Service Disclaimer

OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF:

  • Trust scores or safety assessments
  • User reviews or retailer information
  • Third-party website security or legitimacy
  • Availability or functionality of our Services

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRUSTEDSHOPS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL LOSSES FROM SHOPPING DECISIONS BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENTS.

Termination

Either party may terminate these Terms at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to our Services immediately, without prior notice, for any breach of these Terms or for any other reason at our sole discretion.

Upon termination, your right to access and use our Services will cease immediately. All provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including intellectual property rights, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of our Services shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.

Arbitration Agreement

By agreeing to these Terms, you waive your right to a jury trial and agree to resolve disputes through individual arbitration. Class action lawsuits and class arbitrations are not permitted.

Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time by posting the updated version on our website. Material changes will be effective 30 days after posting, unless you agree to the changes sooner. We will notify you of significant changes via email or through our Services.

Your continued use of our Services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to any changes, you must stop using our Services.

Miscellaneous

Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and ReviewService regarding the Services.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Waiver: Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms without restriction.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:

Email: legal@reviewservice.com

Phone: 1-800-TRUSTED (1-800-878-7833)

Mail: ReviewService Legal Department
123 Safety Street
Legal City, LC 12345

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