{"service":{"name":"Reddit","url":"https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement#EEA","lang":"ENG","sector":"Social","hq":"US","hq_category":"US","is_public":"Private","is_paid":"Optionally paid","date":"12.09.2021"},"document":{"title":"","text":"1. Your Access to the Services\n2. Privacy\n3. Your Use of the Services\nReddit User Agreement if you live in the EEA, United\nKingdom, or Switzerland\nHello, redditors and people of the Internet! This Reddit User Agreement (“Terms”) applies to your access to\nand use of the websites, mobile apps, widgets, APIs, emails, and other online products and services\n(collectively, the “Services”) provided by Reddit, Inc. (“Reddit,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).\nRemember Reddit is for fun and is intended to be a place for your entertainment, but we still need some basic\nrules. In order to use the Services, you must have accepted these Terms, which are: (a) presented to you\nwhen you create an Account; and (b) available at all times when you access the Services. If you don’t accept\nthem, you may not access or use our Services.\nNo one under 13 is allowed to use or access the Services. We may offer additional Services that require you\nto be older to use them, so please read all notices and any Additional Terms carefully when you access the\nServices.\nBy using the Services, you state that:\nYou are at least 13 years old and over the minimum age required by the laws of your country of\nresidence to access and use the Services;\nYou can form a binding contract with Reddit, or, if you are over 13 but under the age of majority in your\njurisdiction, that your legal guardian has reviewed and agrees to these Terms;\nYou are not barred from using the Services under all applicable laws; and\nYou have not been permanently suspended or removed from the Services.\nIf you are accepting these Terms on behalf of another legal entity, including a business or government entity,\nyou represent that you have full legal authority to bind such entity to these Terms.\nReddit’s Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, and share information about you when you\naccess or use our Services. You understand that through your use of the Services, you consent to the\ncollection and use of this information as set forth in the Privacy Policy.\nSubject to your complete and ongoing compliance with these Terms, Reddit grants you a personal, non-\ntransferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to: (a) install and use a copy of our mobile application\nassociated with the Services that is obtained from a legitimate marketplace on a mobile device owned or\ncontrolled by you; and (b) access and use the Services. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you by\nthese Terms.\nExcept and solely to the extent such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you may not, without\nour written agreement:\nlicense, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services or Content;\nmodify, prepare derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the\nServices or Content; or\naccess the Services or Content in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service,\nexcept as permitted under the Reddit API Terms of Use.\nWe do not guarantee that the Services will always be available or uninterrupted. We are always improving our\nServices. This means we may add or remove features, products, or functionalities; we will try to notify you\nbeforehand, but that won’t always be possible. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the\nServices (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice to you. Any future release, update, or other\n\n4. Your Reddit Account and Account Security\n5. Your Content\n6. Third-Party Content, Advertisements, and Promotions\naddition to functionality of the Services will be subject to these Terms, which may be updated from time to\ntime. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or\ndiscontinuation of the Services or any part thereof.\nTo use certain features of our Services, you may be required to create a Reddit account (an “Account”) and\nprovide us with a username, password, and certain other information about yourself as set forth in the Privacy\nPolicy.\nYou are solely responsible for the information associated with your Account and anything that happens related\nto your Account. You must maintain the security of your Account and immediately notify Reddit if you discover\nor suspect that someone has accessed your Account without your permission. We recommend that you use a\nstrong password that is used only with your Account and enable two-factor authentication.\nYou will not license, sell, or transfer your Account without our prior written approval.\nThe Services may contain information, text, links, graphics, photos, videos, audio, streams, or other materials\n(“Content”), including Content created with or submitted to the Services by you or through your Account\n(“Your Content”). We take no responsibility for and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or\nguarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of Your Content.\nBy submitting Your Content to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and\nauthority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms. Because you alone are\nresponsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability if you post or share Content without all\nnecessary rights.\nYou retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Reddit the following license to use\nthat Content:\nWhen Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free,\nperpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt,\nprepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username,\nvoice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or\nlater developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available\nfor syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who\npartner with Reddit. You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you\nirrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.\nAny ideas, suggestions, and feedback about Reddit or our Services that you provide to us are entirely\nvoluntary, and you agree that Reddit may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation\nor obligation to you.\nAlthough we reserve the right to review, screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we do not necessarily review all\nof it at the time it’s submitted to the Services. However, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove Your\nContent at any time and for any reason, including for violating these Terms, violating our Content Policy, or if\nyou otherwise create or are likely to create liability for us.\nThe Services may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services, which may be posted by\nadvertisers, our affiliates, our partners, or other users (“Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content is not\nunder our control, and we are not responsible for any third party’s websites, products, or services. Your use of\nThird-Party Content is at your own risk, and you should make any investigation you feel necessary before\nproceeding with any transaction in connection with such Third-Party Content.\nThe Services may also contain sponsored Third-Party Content or advertisements. The type, degree, and\ntargeting of advertisements are subject to change, and you acknowledge and agree that we may place\nadvertisements in connection with the display of any Content or information on the Services, including Your\n\n7. Things You Cannot Do\n8. Moderators\nContent.\nIf you choose to use the Services to conduct a promotion, including a contest or sweepstakes (“Promotion”),\nyou alone are responsible for conducting the Promotion in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations,\nincluding but not limited to creating official rules, offer terms, eligibility requirements, and compliance with\napplicable laws, rules, and regulations which govern the Promotion (such as licenses, registrations, bonds,\nand regulatory approval). Your Promotion must state that the Promotion is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or\nassociated with Reddit, and the rules for your Promotion must require each entrant or participant to release\nReddit from any liability related to the Promotion. You acknowledge and agree that we will not assist you in\nany way with your promotion, and you agree to conduct your Promotion at your own risk.\nWhen using or accessing Reddit, you must comply with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules, and\nregulations. Please review the Content Policy (and, where applicable, the Broadcasting Content Policy), which\nare incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms and contain Reddit’s rules about\nprohibited content and conduct. In addition to what is prohibited in the Content Policy, you may not do any of\nthe following:\nUse the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disable, disrupt, overburden, or otherwise\nimpair the Services;\nGain access to (or attempt to gain access to) another user’s Account or any non-public portions of the\nServices, including the computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Services;\nUpload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Services any viruses, worms, malicious code, or other\nsoftware intended to interfere with the Services, including its security-related features;\nUse the Services to violate applicable law or infringe any person’s or entity's intellectual property rights\nor any other proprietary rights;\nAccess, search, or collect data from the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) except as\npermitted in these Terms or in a separate agreement with Reddit (we conditionally grant permission to\ncrawl the Services in accordance with the parameters set forth in our robots.txt file, but scraping the\nServices without Reddit’s prior consent is prohibited); or\nUse the Services in any manner that we reasonably believe to be an abuse of or fraud on Reddit or any\npayment system.\nWe encourage you to report content or conduct that you believe violates these Terms or our Content Policy.\nWe also support the responsible reporting of security vulnerabilities. To report a security issue, please\nemail security@reddit.com.\nModerating a subreddit is an unofficial, voluntary position that may be available to users of the Services. We\nare not responsible for actions taken by the moderators. We reserve the right to revoke or limit a user’s ability\nto moderate at any time and for any reason or no reason, including for a breach of these Terms.\nIf you choose to moderate a subreddit:\nYou agree to follow the Moderator Guidelines for Healthy Communities;\nYou agree that when you receive reports related to a subreddit you moderate, you will take appropriate\naction, which may include removing content that violates policy and/or promptly escalating to Reddit for\nreview;\nYou are not, and may not represent that you are, authorized to act on behalf of Reddit;\nYou may not enter into any agreement with a third party on behalf of Reddit, or any subreddits that you\nmoderate, without our written approval;\nYou may not perform moderation actions in return for any form of compensation, consideration, gift, or\nfavor from third parties;\nIf you have access to non-public information as a result of moderating a subreddit, you will use such\ninformation only in connection with your performance as a moderator; and\nYou may create and enforce rules for the subreddits you moderate, provided that such rules do not\nconflict with these Terms, the Content Policy, or the Moderator Guidelines for Healthy Communities.\n\n9. Copyright, Trademark, the DMCA, and Takedowns\n10. Paid Services and Payment Information\n11. Intellectual Property\n12. Indemnity\nReddit reserves the right, but has no obligation, to overturn any action or decision of a moderator if Reddit, in\nits sole discretion, believes that such action or decision is not in the interest of Reddit or the Reddit\ncommunity.\nReddit respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Services do the same. We\nhave a policy that includes the removal of any infringing material from the Services and for the termination, in\nappropriate circumstances, of users of our Services who are repeat infringers. If you believe that anything on\nour Services infringes a copyright or a trademark that you own or control, you may notify Reddit’s Designated\nAgent by filling out our Copyright Report Form or Trademark Report Form, or by contacting:\nCopyright Agent\nReddit, Inc.\n1455 Market Street, Suite 1600\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\ncopyright@reddit.com\nAlso, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Service is infringing,\nyou may be liable to Reddit for certain costs and damages.\nIf we remove Your Content in response to a copyright or trademark notice, we will notify you via Reddit’s\nprivate messaging system. If you believe Your Content was wrongly removed due to a mistake or\nmisidentification in a copyright notice, you can send a counter notification via our Copyright Counter Notice\nForm or to our Copyright Agent (contact information provided above). Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) for\nthe requirements of a proper counter notification.\nThere are no fees for the use of many aspects of the Services. However, some services, including Reddit\nPremium, and Virtual Goods, may be available for purchase (“Paid Services”). In addition to these Terms, by\npurchasing or using Reddit Premium or our Virtual Goods, you further agree to the Reddit Premium and\nVirtual Goods Agreement.\nReddit may change the fees or benefits associated with the Paid Services from time to time with reasonable\nadvance notice of material changes; provided, however, that no advance notice will be required for temporary\npromotions, including temporary reductions in the fees associated with the Paid Services. Notwithstanding the\nforegoing, any price changes or changes to your subscription plans will apply no earlier than 30 days following\nnotice to you.\nYou may submit your debit card, credit card, or other payment information (“Payment Information”) via our\nServices to purchase the Paid Services. We use third-party service providers to process your Payment\nInformation. If you submit your Payment Information, you agree to pay all costs that you incur, and you give us\npermission to charge you when payment is due for an amount that includes these costs and any applicable\ntaxes and fees.\nThe Services are owned and operated by Reddit. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation,\ninformation, data, computer code, products, services, trademarks, and all other elements of the Services\n(“Materials”) provided by Reddit are protected by intellectual property and other laws. All Materials included in\nthe Services are the property of Reddit or its third-party licensors. You acknowledge and agree that you shall\nnot acquire any ownership rights whatsoever by downloading Materials or by purchasing Reddit Premium or\nVirtual Goods. Except as expressly authorized by Reddit, and subject to Reddit’s Brand Guidelines, you may\nnot make use of the Materials. Reddit reserves all rights to the Materials not granted expressly in these Terms.\nExcept to the extent prohibited by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Reddit, its affiliates, and their\nrespective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, third-party service providers, and\n\n13. Limitation of Liability\n14. Changes to these Terms\n15. Additional Terms\n16. Termination\n17. Miscellaneous\nlicensors (the “Reddit Entities”) harmless from and against any claim or demand made by any third party,\nand any related liability, damage, loss, and expense (including costs and attorneys’ fees) due to, arising out\nof, or in connection with: (a) your use of the Services, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of\napplicable laws or regulations, or (d) Your Content. We reserve the right to control the defense of any matter\nfor which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.\nBy using the Services you agree that the Reddit Entities’ liability is limited to the maximum extent permissible\nin your country of residence. Liability will be limited to foreseeable damages arising due to a breach of\nmaterial contractual obligations typical for this type of contract. Reddit isn’t liable for damages that result from\na non-material breach of any other applicable duty of care. This limitation of liability will not apply to any\nstatutory liability that cannot be limited, to liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or\nwillful misconduct, or if and to exclude our responsibility for something we have specifically promised to you.\nWe may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the revised Terms\nand update the Effective Date above. If the changes, in our reasonable discretion, are material, we will notify\nyou by sending an email to the address associated with your Account (if you have chosen to provide an email\naddress) or by otherwise providing you with notice through our Services at least 30 days before the date they\nbecome effective. By continuing to access or use the Services on or after the Effective Date of the revised\nTerms, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop\naccessing and using our Services before the changes become effective.\nBecause we offer a variety of Services, you may be asked to agree to additional terms, policies, guidelines, or\nrules before using a specific product or service offered by Reddit (collectively, “Additional Terms”). All\nAdditional Terms are incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms, and to the extent\nany Additional Terms conflict with these Terms, the Additional Terms govern with respect to your use of the\ncorresponding Services.\nIf you use Reddit Premium or Virtual Goods, you must also agree to the Reddit Premium and Virtual\nGoods Agreement.\nIf you use the self-service platform for advertising, you must also agree to our Reddit Advertising\nPlatform Terms.\nIf you use our public API, you must also agree to our Reddit API Terms of Use.\nIf you use Reddit Gifts, you must agree to the Reddit Gifts User Agreement.\nIf you use Reddit Embeds, you must agree to the Embeds Terms of Use.\nYou may terminate these Terms at any time and for any reason by deleting your Account and discontinuing\nuse of all Services. If you stop using the Services without deactivating your Account, your Account may be\ndeactivated due to prolonged inactivity.\nTo the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we may suspend or terminate your Account, moderator\nstatus, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason, including for violating these\nTerms or our Content Policy.\nThe following sections will survive any termination of these Terms or of your Account: 5 (Your Content), 7\n(Things You Cannot Do), 12 (Indemnity), 13 (Limitation of Liability), 16 (Termination), and 17 (Miscellaneous).\n\n18. Contact Details\nThese Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference\ninto these Terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of\nthe Services. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a\nwaiver of such right or provision. If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the\nunenforceable part will be given effect to the greatest extent possible, and the remaining parts will remain in\nfull force and effect. You may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms without\nReddit’s prior written consent. Reddit may, without restriction, assign any of our rights and obligations under\nthese Terms, at its sole discretion, with 30 days’ prior notice. Your right to terminate these Terms at any time\npursuant to Section 16 remains unaffected.\nThese Terms are a legally-binding agreement between you and Reddit, Inc. If you have any questions about\nthese terms, please contact us.\nReddit, Inc.\n1455 Market Street, Suite 1600\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\nUnited States\nThe following representative is authorized to receive service in Germany on behalf of Reddit, Inc. for\nadministrative and judicial proceedings within the meaning of Section 5(1) of the Network Enforcement Act:\nTaylor Wessing PartG mbB\n- NetzDG-Zustellungen -\nAm Sandtorkai 41\n20457 Hamburg\nGermany\nThis authorization to receive service relates exclusively to service in respect of unlawful content within the\nmeaning of Section 1(3) of the Network Enforcement Act.\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":-1,"explanation":"Unlawful limitation of liablility for damages connected with the use of service, when the company limits its liability for at least one of the following: (a) personal injury or (b) non-performance against consumers or (c) intentionally caused damage"},{"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":0,"explanation":"Indemnification clause is present in ToS. An indemnification clause establishes obligation for one party (the indemnifying party) to compensate the other party (the indemnified party) for specific costs and expenses arising from third-party claims or direct claims."},{"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":0,"explanation":"When the company reserves 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 to another subject without user’s consent"},{"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":"Main parameters used in recommender systems","legal_ground":"Article 29 DSA*","code":"recom","score":-1,"explanation":"Not setting out in the ToS the main parameters used in the fully or partially automated systems used by online platforms to suggest or prioritize information to recipients of the service (recommender system)."},{"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"}]}