{"service":{"name":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/en/tos","lang":"ENG","sector":"Social","hq":"US","hq_category":"US","is_public":"Public","is_paid":"Optionally paid","date":"19.08.2021"},"document":{"title":"","text":"Twitter Terms of Service\nIf you live outside the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, including if you live in\nthe United States, the Twitter User Agreement comprises these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy,\nthe Twitter Rules and Policies, and all incorporated policies\nIf you live in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, the Twitter User Agreement\ncomprises these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, the Twitter Rules and Policies, and all incorporated\npolicies.\n \n \nTwitter Terms of Service\nIf you live outside the European Union, EFTA States, or the United\nKingdom, including if you live in the United States\nThese Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our services, including our various\nwebsites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and\nour other covered services (https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-services-and-corporate-\naffiliates) that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), and any information, text, links, graphics,\nphotos, audio, videos, or other materials or arrangements of materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on\nthe Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). By using the Services you agree to be bound by these\nTerms.\n \n1. Who May Use the Services\nYou may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with Twitter and are not a person\nbarred from receiving services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. In any case, you must be at least\n13 years old, or in the case of Periscope 16 years old, to use the Services. If you are accepting these Terms\nand using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent\nand warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in\nwhich case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity.\n \n2. Privacy\nOur Privacy Policy (https://www.twitter.com/privacy) describes how we handle the information you provide\nto us when you use our Services. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the\ncollection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this\ninformation to the United States, Ireland, and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Twitter\nand its affiliates.\n \n3. Content on the Services\n\nYou are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content you provide, including compliance with\napplicable laws, rules, and regulations. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing\nwith others.\nAny use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the\nServices is at your own risk. We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness,\ntruthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse\nany opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to\nContent that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings\nthat have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. All Content is the sole responsibility of the person who\noriginated such Content. We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot\ntake responsibility for such Content.\nWe reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, including for example, copyright\nor trademark violations or other intellectual property misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or\nharassment. Information regarding specific policies and the process for reporting or appealing violations can\nbe found in our Help Center (https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-report-violation#specific-\nviolations and https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/suspended-twitter-accounts).\nIf you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please\nreport this by visiting our Copyright reporting form (https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca) or contacting our\ndesignated copyright agent at:\nTwitter, Inc.\nAttn: Copyright Agent\n1355 Market Street, Suite 900\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\nReports: https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca\nEmail: copyright@twitter.com\n(for content on Twitter)\nTwitter, Inc.\nAttn: Copyright Agent - Periscope\n1355 Market Street, Suite 900\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\nReports: https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca\nEmail: copyright@pscp.tv\n(for content on Periscope)\nYour Rights and Grant of Rights in the Content\nYou retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. What’s yours is\nyours — you own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photos and videos are considered part of the\nContent).\n\nBy submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-\nexclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify,\npublish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now\nknown or later developed (for clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and\ntranslating). This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let\nothers do the same. You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to provide, promote, and\nimprove the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies,\norganizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, Retweet, promotion or publication of\nsuch Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such\nadditional uses by Twitter, or other companies, organizations or individuals, is made with no compensation\n\npaid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through\nthe Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for the\nContent and grant of rights herein.\nTwitter has an evolving set of rules for how ecosystem partners can interact with your Content on the\nServices. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with your rights in mind. You understand that we\nmay modify or adapt your Content as it is distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our\npartners and/or make changes to your Content in order to adapt the Content to different media.\nYou represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power\nand/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for any Content that you submit, post or display\non or through the Services. You agree that such Content will not contain material subject to copyright or\nother proprietary rights, unless you have necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post the\nmaterial and to grant Twitter the license described above.\n \n4. Using the Services\nPlease review the Twitter Rules and Policies (and, for Periscope, the Periscope Community\nGuidelines at https://www.pscp.tv/content), which are part of the User Agreement and outline what is\nprohibited on the Services. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable\nlaws, rules and regulations.\nOur Services evolve constantly. As such, the Services may change from time to time, at our discretion. We\nmay stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services or any features within the Services to you or to\nusers generally. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time.\nWe may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, limit distribution or visibility of any\nContent on the service, suspend or terminate users, and reclaim usernames without liability to you. Twitter\nmay offer certain services or features for a fee; by paying for or using one of these services, you agree to any\nadditional terms applicable to that service.\nIn consideration for Twitter granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Twitter and its\nthird-party providers and partners may place advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of\nContent or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others. You also agree not to misuse\nour Services, for example, by interfering with them or accessing them using a method other than the interface\nand the instructions that we provide. You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the\nServices: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Twitter’s computer systems, or the\ntechnical delivery systems of Twitter’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or\nnetwork or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to\naccess or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently\navailable, published interfaces that are provided by Twitter (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and\nconditions), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Twitter (NOTE:\ncrawling the Services is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, however,\nscraping the Services without the prior consent of Twitter is expressly prohibited); (iv) forge any TCP/IP\npacket header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to\nsend altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to\ndo so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading,\nflooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as\nto interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services. We also reserve the right to access, read,\npreserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law,\nregulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential\nviolations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to\nuser support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Twitter, its users and the public. Twitter\ndoes not disclose personally-identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy\nPolicy.\n\nIf you use developer features of the Services, including but not limited to Twitter for\nWebsites (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites), Twitter\nCards (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/cards/overview/abouts-cards), Public\nAPI (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs), or Sign in with\nTwitter (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/guides/log-in-with-twitter), you agree to\nour Developer Agreement (https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/agreement) and Developer\nPolicy (https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/policy). If you want to reproduce, modify, create\nderivative works, distribute, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use the\nServices or Content on the Services, you must use the interfaces and instructions we provide, except as\npermitted through the Twitter Services, these Terms, or the terms provided\non https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms. If you are a security researcher, you are required to\ncomply with the rules of the Twitter Vulnerability Reporting Program (https://hackerone.com/twitter). The\nrequirements set out in the preceding paragraph may not apply to those participating in Twitter’s\nVulnerability Reporting Program.\nIf you use advertising features of the Services, you must agree to our Twitter Master Services\nAgreement (https://ads.twitter.com/terms).\nIf you use Super Hearts, Coins, or Stars on Periscope, you must agree to our Super Hearts\nTerms (https://legal.twitter.com/en/periscope/super/terms.html).\nYour Account\nYou may need to create an account to use some of our Services. You are responsible for safeguarding your\naccount, so use a strong password and limit its use to this account. We cannot and will not be liable for any\nloss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.\n\nYou can control most communications from the Services. We may need to provide you with certain\ncommunications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are\nconsidered part of the Services and your account, and you may not be able to opt-out from receiving them. If\nyou added your phone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number, you\nmust update your account information to help prevent us from communicating with anyone who acquires\nyour old number.\nYour License to Use the Services\nTwitter gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the\nsoftware provided to you as part of the Services. This license has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and\nenjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Twitter, in the manner permitted by these Terms.\n\nThe Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and other\ncountries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the Twitter name or any of the Twitter trademarks,\nlogos, domain names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights. All right, title, and\ninterest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive\nproperty of Twitter and its licensors. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding\nTwitter, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or\nsuggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.\nEnding These Terms\nYou may end your legal agreement with Twitter at any time by deactivating your accounts and discontinuing\nyour use of the Services. See https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-deactivate-twitter-\naccount (and for Periscope, https://help.pscp.tv/customer/portal/articles/2460220) for instructions on how to\ndeactivate your account and the Privacy Policy for more information on what happens to your information.\n\nWe may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time\nfor any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms\nor the Twitter Rules and Policies or Periscope Community Guidelines, (ii) you create risk or possible legal\nexposure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct, (iv) your account should be\nremoved due to prolonged inactivity; or (v) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially\nviable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or\nthe next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. In all such cases, the\nTerms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the\nfollowing sections shall continue to apply: 2, 3, 5, and 6. If you believe your account was terminated in error\nyou can file an appeal following the steps found in our Help Center (https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?\nsubtopic=suspended). For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms survive the deactivation or termination of\nyour account.\n \n5. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability\nThe Services are Available \"AS-IS\"\nYour access to and use of the Services or any Content are at your own risk. You understand and agree that the\nServices are provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The “Twitter Entities” refers to\nTwitter, its parents, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives,\npartners, and licensors. Without limiting the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable\nlaw, THE TWITTER ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER\nEXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR\nNON-INFRINGEMENT. The Twitter Entities make no warranty or representation and disclaim all\nresponsibility and liability for: (i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability\nof the Services or any Content; (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results\nfrom your access to or use of the Services or any Content; (iii) the deletion of, or the failure to store or to\ntransmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services; and (iv) whether the Services\nwill meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or\ninformation, whether oral or written, obtained from the Twitter Entities or through the Services, will create\nany warranty or representation not expressly made herein.\n\nLimitation of Liability\nTO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TWITTER ENTITIES\nSHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR\nPUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED\nDIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE\nLOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR\nUSE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE\nSERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL\nCONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE\nSERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS\nOR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE TWITTER ENTITIES\nEXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU\nPAID TWITTER, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE\nCLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF\nLIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING\nNEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE TWITTER ENTITIES HAVE BEEN\nINFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET\nFORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.\n\n \n\n6. General\nWe may revise these Terms from time to time. The changes will not be retroactive, and the most current\nversion of the Terms, which will always be at twitter.com/tos, will govern our relationship with you. We will\ntry to notify you of material revisions, for example via a service notification or an email to the email\nassociated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become\neffective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.\n\nThe laws of the State of California, excluding its choice of law provisions, will govern these Terms and any\ndispute that arises between you and Twitter. All disputes related to these Terms or the Services will be\nbrought solely in the federal or state courts located in San Francisco County, California, United States, and\nyou consent to personal jurisdiction and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum.\n\nIf you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Services in your official\ncapacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those\nclauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action related\nthereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws)\nand, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of\nCalifornia (excluding choice of law).\nIn the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will\nbe limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will\nremain in full force and effect. Twitter’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be\ndeemed a waiver of such right or provision.\nThese Terms are an agreement between you and Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco,\nCA 94103 U.S.A. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.\nEffective: August 19, 2021\n\nArchive of Previous Terms\n \n \n \nTwitter Terms of Service\nIf you live in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom\nThese Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our services, including our various\nwebsites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and our\nother covered services (https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-services-and-corporate-\naffiliates) that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), and any information, text, links, graphics,\nphotos, audio, videos, or other materials or arrangements of materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on\nthe Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). By using the Services you agree to be bound by these\nTerms.\n \n1. Who May Use the Services\n\nYou may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with Twitter and are not a person\nbarred from receiving services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. In any case, you must be at least\n13 years old, or in the case of Periscope 16 years old, to use the Services. If you are accepting these Terms\nand using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent\nand warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in\nwhich case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity.\n \n2. Privacy\nOur Privacy Policy (https://www.twitter.com/privacy) describes how we handle the information you provide\nto us when you use our Services. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the\ncollection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this\ninformation to the United States, Ireland, and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Twitter\nand its affiliates.\n \n3. Content on the Services\nYou are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content you provide, including compliance with\napplicable laws, rules, and regulations. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing\nwith others.\nAny use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the\nServices is at your own risk. We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness,\ntruthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse\nany opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to\nContent that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings\nthat have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. All Content is the sole responsibility of the person who\noriginated such Content. We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot\ntake responsibility for such Content.\nWe reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, including for example, copyright\nor trademark violations or other intellectual property misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or\nharassment. Information regarding specific policies and the process for reporting or appealing violations can\nbe found in our Help Center (https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-report-violation#specific-\nviolations and https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/suspended-twitter-accounts).\nIf you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please\nreport this by visiting our Copyright reporting form (https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca) or contacting our\ndesignated copyright agent at:\nTwitter, Inc.\n\nAttn: Copyright Agent\n\n1355 Market Street, Suite 900\n\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\n\nReports: https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca\n\nEmail: copyright@twitter.com\n\n(for content on Twitter)\nTwitter, Inc.\n\nAttn: Copyright Agent - Periscope\n\n1355 Market Street, Suite 900\n\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\n\n\nReports: https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca\nEmail: copyright@pscp.tv\n(for content on Periscope)\nYour Rights and Grant of Rights in the Content\nYou retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. What’s yours is\nyours — you own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photos and videos are considered part of the\nContent).\nBy submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-\nexclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify,\npublish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now\nknown or later developed (for clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and\ntranslating). This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let\nothers do the same. You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to provide, promote, and\nimprove the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies,\norganizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, Retweet, promotion or publication of\nsuch Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such\nadditional uses by Twitter, or other companies, organizations or individuals, is made with no compensation\npaid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through\nthe Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for the\nContent and grant of rights herein.\nTwitter has an evolving set of rules for how ecosystem partners can interact with your Content on the\nServices. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with your rights in mind. You understand that we\nmay modify or adapt your Content as it is distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our\npartners and/or make changes to your Content in order to adapt the Content to different media.\nYou represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power\nand/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for any Content that you submit, post or display\non or through the Services. You agree that such Content will not contain material subject to copyright or\nother proprietary rights, unless you have necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post the\nmaterial and to grant Twitter the license described above.\n \n4. Using the Services\nPlease review the Twitter Rules and Policies (and, for Periscope, the Periscope Community\nGuidelines at https://pscp.tv/content), which are part of the User Agreement and outline what is prohibited on\nthe Services. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules\nand regulations.\nOur Services evolve constantly. As such, the Services may change from time to time, at our discretion. We\nmay stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services or any features within the Services to you or to\nusers generally. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time.\nWe may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, limit distribution or visibility of any\nContent on the service, suspend or terminate users, and reclaim usernames without liability to you. Twitter\nmay offer certain services or features for a fee; by paying for or using one of these services, you agree to any\nadditional terms applicable to that service.\nIn consideration for Twitter granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Twitter and its\nthird-party providers and partners may place advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of\nContent or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others. You also agree not to misuse\n\nour Services, for example, by interfering with them or accessing them using a method other than the interface\nand the instructions that we provide. You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the\nServices: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Twitter’s computer systems, or the\ntechnical delivery systems of Twitter’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or\nnetwork or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to\naccess or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently\navailable, published interfaces that are provided by Twitter (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and\nconditions), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Twitter (NOTE:\ncrawling the Services is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, however,\nscraping the Services without the prior consent of Twitter is expressly prohibited); (iv) forge any TCP/IP\npacket header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to\nsend altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to\ndo so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading,\nflooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as\nto interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services. We also reserve the right to access, read,\npreserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law,\nregulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential\nviolations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to\nuser support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Twitter, its users and the public. Twitter\ndoes not disclose personally-identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy\nPolicy.\nIf you use developer features of the Services, including but not limited to Twitter for\nWebsites (https://developer.twitter.com/docs/twitter-for-websites), Twitter\nCards (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/cards/overview/abouts-cards), Public\nAPI (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs), or Sign in with\nTwitter (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/authentication/guides/log-in-with-twitter), you agree to\nour Developer Agreement (https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/agreement) and Developer\nPolicy (https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/policy). If you want to reproduce, modify, create\nderivative works, distribute, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use the\nServices or Content on the Services, you must use the interfaces and instructions we provide, except as\npermitted through the Twitter Services, these Terms, or the terms provided\non https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms. If you are a security researcher, you are required to\ncomply with the rules of the Twitter Vulnerability Reporting Program (https://hackerone.com/twitter).  The\nrequirements set out in the preceding paragraph may not apply to those participating in Twitter’s\nVulnerability Reporting Program.\nIf you use advertising features of the Services, you must agree to our Twitter Master Services\nAgreement (https://ads.twitter.com/terms).\nIf you use Super Hearts, Coins, or Stars on Periscope, you agree to our Super Hearts\nTerms (https://legal.twitter.com/en/periscope/super/terms.html).\nYour Account\nYou may need to create an account to use some of our Services. You are responsible for safeguarding your\naccount, so use a strong password and limit its use to this account. We cannot and will not be liable for any\nloss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.\n\nYou can control most communications from the Services. We may need to provide you with certain\ncommunications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are\nconsidered part of the Services and your account, and you may not be able to opt-out from receiving them. If\nyou added your phone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number, you\nmust update your account information to help prevent us from communicating with anyone who acquires\nyour old number.\n\nYour License to Use the Services\nTwitter gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the\nsoftware provided to you as part of the Services. This license has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and\nenjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Twitter, in the manner permitted by these Terms.\n\nThe Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and other\ncountries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the Twitter name or any of the Twitter trademarks,\nlogos, domain names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights. All right, title, and\ninterest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive\nproperty of Twitter and its licensors. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding\nTwitter, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or\nsuggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.\nEnding These Terms\nYou may end your legal agreement with Twitter at any time by deactivating your accounts and discontinuing\nyour use of the Services. See https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-deactivate-twitter-\naccount (and for Periscope, https://help.pscp.tv/customer/portal/articles/2460220) for instructions on how to\ndeactivate your account and the Privacy Policy for more information on what happens to your information.\nWe may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time\nfor any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms\nor the Twitter Rules and Policies or Periscope Community Guidelines, (ii) you create risk or possible legal\nexposure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct, (iv) your account should be\nremoved due to prolonged inactivity; or (v) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially\nviable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or\nthe next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. In all such cases, the\nTerms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the\nfollowing sections shall continue to apply: 2, 3, 5, and 6. If you believe your account was terminated in error\nyou can file an appeal following the steps found in our Help Center (https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?\nsubtopic=suspended). For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms survive the deactivation or termination of\nyour account.\n \n5. Limitations of Liability\nBy using the Services you agree that Twitter, its parents, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors,\nemployees, agents representatives, partners and licensors, liability is limited to the maximum extent\npermissible in your country of residence.\n\n \n6. General\nWe may revise these Terms from time to time. The changes will not be retroactive, and the most\ncurrent version of the Terms, which will always be at twitter.com/tos, will govern our relationship\nwith you. Other than for changes addressing new functions or made for legal reasons, we will\nnotify you 30 days in advance of making effective changes to these Terms that impact the rights\nor obligations of any party to these Terms, for example via a service notification or an email to the\nemail associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those\nrevisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.\n\nIn the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that\nprovision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining\nprovisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. Twitter’s failure to enforce any right or\nprovision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.\nThese Terms are an agreement between you and Twitter International Company, (Co. number\n503351, VAT number IE9803175Q), an Irish company with its registered office at One Cumberland\nPlace, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland. If you have any questions about these Terms,\nplease contact us.\nEffective: August 19, 2021\n","paragraphs":null,"sentences":null},"annotations":[{"general_category":"Limitation of remedy clauses","name":"Limitation of company's liability","legal_ground":"Annex 1(a) Directive 93/13","code":"ltd","score":0,"explanation":"Lawful limitation - any other than unlawful limitation, for example \"Provided that we have acted with professional diligence, we do not accept responsibility for losses not caused by our breach of these Terms\""},{"general_category":"Limitation of remedy clauses","name":"Maximal threshold of company's liability","legal_ground":"Annex 1(a) Directive 93/13","code":"ltd_cap","score":1,"explanation":"There is no max amount of the damages possible to be claimed"},{"general_category":"Limitation of remedy clauses","name":"Limitation period","legal_ground":"art. 119 KC*****","code":"period","score":0,"explanation":"The ToS does not contain a clause described above"},{"general_category":"Limitation of remedy clauses","name":"No promises","legal_ground":"Article 8 Directive 2019/770","code":"as_is","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of as-is clause"},{"general_category":"Limitation of remedy clauses","name":"Indemnification clause","legal_ground":"-","code":"indemn","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of indemnification obligation in ToS."},{"general_category":"Dispute resolution clauses","name":"Choice of law other than user's domicile","legal_ground":"Article 6 Rome I****","code":"c_law","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of choice of law"},{"general_category":"Dispute resolution clauses","name":"Choice of forum other than user's domicile","legal_ground":"Annex 1(q) Directive 93/13","code":"c_forum","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of choice of forum/\"you can bring claims in your place of domicile\""},{"general_category":"Dispute resolution clauses","name":"Mandatory arbitration","legal_ground":"Annex 1(q) Directive 93/13 + art. 385[3] pkt 23 KC","code":"arb","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of mandatory arbitration"},{"general_category":"Dispute resolution clauses","name":"Class action waiver","legal_ground":"-","code":"class","score":1,"explanation":"Lack of class action waiver"},{"general_category":"Unilateral alteration clauses","name":"Unilateral change of contract","legal_ground":"Annex 1(j) Directive 93/13","code":"contr_chg","score":-1,"explanation":"When the company reserves the right to change the contract without a valid reason (the ToS state the company can always change the contract)"},{"general_category":"Unilateral alteration clauses","name":"Unilateral change of future prices","legal_ground":"partially Annex 1(j) Directive 93/13","code":"price_chg","score":1,"explanation":"When the company does not reserve the right to change the future price of services that were not yet supplied or enabled"},{"general_category":"Unilateral alteration clauses","name":"Unilateral change of service by the company","legal_ground":"Article 19 Directive 2019/770","code":"serv_chg","score":-1,"explanation":"When the company reserves the right to change the service without a valid reason (when the ToS state, that the company can always change the service or does not state any requriements at all). A service change is a situation, where a company unilaterally modifies the service, by changing existing design, adding or removing features, modyfing purpose of the service, etc."},{"general_category":"Unilateral alteration clauses","name":"Account deletion and unilateral termination of contract by the company","legal_ground":"Annex 1(g) Directive 93/13***","code":"acc_del","score":-1,"explanation":"When the company reserves the right to delete a user’s account without serious grounds or a notice period. By serious grounds we understood situations, where activity of the user was clearly illegal or violated crucial provisions of ToS. The notice period should be reasonably long, to allow the user preparation for termination of contract."},{"general_category":"Unilateral alteration clauses","name":"Transfer of contractual rights to another subject","legal_ground":"Annex 1(p) Directive 93/13","code":"transfer","score":1,"explanation":"When the ToS allows for contractual rights’ transfer with user’s consent and while the consumer is also granted the ability to transfer contractual rights' or the ToS does not contain any provision allowing for the transfer of rights."},{"general_category":"Right to police the behaviour of users","name":"User content deletion","legal_ground":"partially inferred from Article 6 Directive 2019/770** & Article 17 DSA","code":"cnt_del","score":-1,"explanation":"When a company reserves a right to delete all content put in the service by the user without restrictions"},{"general_category":"Right to police the behaviour of users","name":"Account suspension","legal_ground":"partially inferred from Article 6 Directive 2019/770 & Article 17 DSA","code":"acc_sus","score":-1,"explanation":"When the company reserves the right to suspend a user’s account without serious grounds or a notice period"},{"general_category":"Regulatory requirements","name":"Internal complaint-handling system","legal_ground":"Article 17 DSA","code":"com_sys","score":-1,"explanation":"Lack of internal complaint-handling system that allow the user to file a complain on a decision made by the company concerning user's rights under the contract, before going to court or other institution. Information about a right to present the case to the court or other institution does not count."},{"general_category":"Regulatory requirements","name":"Retrieval of digital content by the user","legal_ground":"Article 16(4) Directive 2019/770","code":"cnt_retr","score":-1,"explanation":"Lack of clause ensuring the right to retrieve the digital content belonging to the the user after contract's termination."},{"general_category":"Various","name":"Excessive user content IP license ","legal_ground":"-","code":"IP","score":-1,"explanation":"ToS contains an IP license to the content put in the service by the user that neither states explicitly that it is needed to perform the service nor explains other purposes for using user's content"},{"general_category":"Various","name":"Discretional power to interpret the ToS","legal_ground":"Annex 1(m) Directive 93/13","code":"discret","score":-1,"explanation":"The company reserves the exclusive right to interpret any term of the contract only by itself"},{"general_category":"Various","name":"Severability clauses ","legal_ground":"-","code":"sever","score":0,"explanation":"The ToS contains provisions that keep the remaining part of the contract in force in case a court declare one or more of its provisions unconstitutional, void, or unenforceable (severability clauses)"},{"general_category":"Various","name":"Right to incorporate user's feedback or suggestions without compensation","legal_ground":"-","code":"suggest","score":0,"explanation":"According to ToS, the company has a right to incorporate into the service user feedback or suggestions without compensation"}]}