{"service":{"name":"Quora","url":"https://www.quora.com/about/tos","lang":"ENG","sector":"Social","hq":"US","hq_category":"US","is_public":"Private","is_paid":"Free","date":"11.12.2020"},"document":{"title":"","text":"Terms of Service\nAn Introduction to Quora’s Terms of Service\nWelcome to Quora! Here is a quick summary of the highlights of our Terms of Service:\nWe are pleased that you want to join the Quora platform and encourage you to read the full Terms of\nService.\nQuora Terms of Service\nLast Updated: August 26, 2021\nWelcome to Quora! Quora is a platform to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from\nothers and better understand the world.\nThese terms of service (“Terms of Service”) set forth the agreement (“Agreement”) between you and\nQuora, Inc. (“Quora” “we” or “us”). It governs your use of the products and services we offer through\nour websites and applications (collectively the “Quora Platform”).\nPlease make sure to read it, because, by using the Quora Platform, you consent to these terms.\nOur mission is to share and grow the world’s knowledge. The Quora platform offers a\nplace to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality\nanswers. This empowers people to learn from each other and to better understand the world.\nYou own the content that you post; you also grant us and other users of the Quora platform\ncertain rights and license to use it. The details of these licenses are described in section 3(c)\nbelow.\nYou are responsible for the content that you post. This includes ensuring that you have the\nrights needed for you to post that content and that your content does not violate the legal\nrights of another party or any applicable laws.\nYou can repost a small portion of any answer or post posted on Quora elsewhere,\nprovided that you attribute such content back to the Quora platform and respect the rights of\nthe original poster, including any “not for reproduction” designation, and do not use\nautomated tools.\nWe do not endorse or verify content posted by users. Our content and materials are\nprovided to you “as is,” without any guarantees. You are solely responsible for your own use\nof the Quora platform. Posts from lawyers, doctors, and other professionals should not be\ntreated as a substitute for professional advice for your specific situation.\nYou agree to follow the rules of our platform. When you use the Quora platform, you also\nagree to our Terms of Service, acknowledge our\n, and agree to follow\nour\n,\n, and\n.\nPrivacy Policy\nAcceptable Use Policy Copyright Policy\nTrademark Policy\nWe offer tools for you to give feedback and report complaints. If you think someone has\nviolated your intellectual property rights, other laws, or Quora's policies, you can initiate a\nreport at the\nor by using our\n.\ncontact us portal\nin-product reporting tool\n1. The Mission of the Quora Platform\nQuora's mission is to share and grow the world’s knowledge. The Quora Platform is a\nplace to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality\nanswers. This empowers people to learn from each other and to better understand the world.\n2. Using the Quora Platform\n\na. Who Can Use It. Use of the Quora Platform by anyone under 13 years of age is\nprohibited. You represent that you are at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction\nwhere you live or, if you are not, your parent or legal guardian must consent to these\nTerms of Service and affirm that they accept this Agreement on your behalf and bear\nresponsibility for your use. If you are accepting these Terms of Service on behalf of\nsomeone else or an entity, you confirm that you have the legal authority to bind that\nperson or entity to this Agreement.\nb. Registration. When you set up a profile on the Quora Platform, you will be asked to\nprovide certain information about yourself. You agree to provide us accurate\ninformation when you create your account on the Quora Platform. We will treat\ninformation you provide as part of registration in accordance with our\n.\nYou should take care in maintaining the confidentiality of your password.\nPrivacy Policy\nc. Privacy Policy. Our privacy practices are set forth in our\n. Your use of\nthe Quora Platform is subject to our\n.\nPrivacy Policy\nPrivacy Policy\nd. Acceptable Use Policy. In your interaction with others on the Quora Platform, you\nagree to follow the\nat all times.\nAcceptable Use Policy\ne. Termination. You may close your account at any time by going to account settings\nand disabling your account. We may terminate or suspend your Quora account if you\nviolate any Quora policy or for any other reason.\nf. Changes to the Quora Platform. We are always trying to improve your experience on\nthe Quora Platform. We may need to add or change features and may do so without\nnotice to you.\ng. Feedback. We welcome your feedback and suggestions about how to improve the\nQuora Platform. Feel free to submit feedback at\n. By submitting\nfeedback, you agree to grant us the right, at our discretion, to use, disclose and\notherwise exploit the feedback, in whole or part, freely and without compensation to\nyou.\nquora.com/contact\n3. Your Content\na. Definition of Your Content. The Quora Platform enables you to add posts, texts,\nphotos, videos, links, and other files and information about yourself to share with\nothers. All material that you upload, publish or display to others via the Quora Platform\nwill be referred to collectively as “Your Content.” You acknowledge and agree that, as\npart of using the Quora Platform, Your Content may be viewed by the general public.\nb. Ownership. You, or your licensors, as applicable, retain ownership of the\ncopyright and other intellectual property in Your Content, subject to the non-\nexclusive rights granted below.\nc. License and Permission to Use Your Content.\ni. By submitting, posting, or displaying Your Content on the Quora Platform, you\ngrant Quora and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty\nfree, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), license\nto use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, create derivative works from,\npublish, transmit, store, display and distribute, translate, communicate and\nmake available to the public, and otherwise use Your Content in connection\nwith the operation or use of the Quora Platform or the promotion, advertising\nor marketing of the Quora Platform or our business partners, in any and all\nmedia or distribution methods (now known or later developed), including via\nmeans of automated distribution, such as through an application programming\ninterface (also known as an “API”). You agree that this license includes the\nright for Quora to make Your Content available to other companies,\norganizations, business partners, or individuals who collaborate with Quora for\nthe syndication, broadcast, communication and making available to the public,\n\ndistribution or publication of Your Content on the Quora Platform or through\nother media or distribution methods. This license also includes the right for\nother users of the Quora Platform to use, copy, reproduce, adapt, modify,\ncreate derivative works from, publish, transmit, display, and distribute,\ntranslate, communicate and make available to the public Your Content, subject\nto our Terms of Service. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of\nService, this license will not confer the right for you to use automated\ntechnology to copy or post questions and answers or to aggregate questions\nand answers for the purpose of making derivative works. If you do not wish to\nallow your answers to be translated by other users, you can globally opt out of\ntranslation in your profile settings or you can designate certain answers not for\ntranslation.\nii. Once you post an answer to a question, you may edit or delete your answer at\nany time from public display on\n, except in the case of\nanonymously posted answers. However, we may not be able to control removal\nof the answer from display on syndicated channels or other previously\ndistributed methods outside of\n. Quora may remove\nsuspected spam from your answers. Once you post a question, it may be\nedited or deleted by other users or by Quora at any time. Any edits and\nchanges made by you may be visible to other users. The right for Quora to\ncopy, display, transmit, publish, perform, distribute, store, modify, and\notherwise use any question you post, and sublicense those rights to others, is\nperpetual and irrevocable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, except as\notherwise specified in this Agreement.\nhttps://www.quora.com\nhttps://www.quora.com\niii. You acknowledge and agree that Quora may preserve Your Content and may\nalso disclose Your Content and related information if required to do so by law\nor in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably\nnecessary to: (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government\nrequests; (b) enforce these Terms of Service; (c) respond to claims that any of\nYour Content violates the rights of third parties; (d) detect, prevent, or\notherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or (e) protect the rights,\nproperty, or personal safety of Quora, its users, or the public.\niv. You understand that we may modify, adapt, or create derivative works from\nYour Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer\nnetworks, devices, service providers, and in various media. We also may\nremove or refuse to publish Your Content, in whole or part, at any time.\nv. You further give us the permission and authority to act as your nonexclusive\nagent to take enforcement action against any unauthorized use by third parties\nof any of Your Content outside of the Quora Platform or in violation of our\nTerms of Service.\nd. Your Responsibilities for Your Content. By posting Your Content on the Quora\nPlatform, you represent and warrant to us that: i) you have the ownership rights, or\nyou have obtained all necessary licenses or permissions to use Your Content and\ngrant us the rights to use Your Content as provided for under this Agreement, and ii)\nthat posting Your Content violates no intellectual property or personal right of others\nor any applicable law or regulation, including any laws or regulations requiring\ndisclosure that you have been compensated for Your Content. You accept full\nresponsibility for avoiding infringement of the intellectual property or personal rights\nof others or violation of laws and regulations in connection with Your Content. You are\nresponsible for ensuring that Your Content does not violate Quora’s\n,\n,\n, other published Quora policy, or any\napplicable law or regulation. You agree to pay all royalties, fees, and any other monies\nowed to any person by reason of Your Content.\nAcceptable Use\nPolicy Copyright Policy Trademark Policy\n4. Our Content and Materials\n\na. Definition of Our Content and Materials. All intellectual property in or related to the\nQuora Platform (specifically including, but not limited to our software, the Quora\nmarks, the Quora logo, but excluding Your Content) is the property of Quora, Inc., or\nits subsidiaries and affiliates, or content posted by other Quora users licensed to us\n(collectively “Our Content and Materials”).\nb. Data. All data Quora collects (“Data”) about use of the Quora Platform by you or\nothers is the property of Quora, Inc., its subsidiaries, and affiliates. For clarity, Data\ndoes not include Your Content and is separate from Our Content and Materials.\nc. Our License to You.\ni. We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive license to use and access Our\nContent and Materials and Data as made available to you on the Quora\nPlatform in connection with your use of the Quora Platform, subject to the\nterms and conditions of this Agreement.\nii. Quora gives you a worldwide, royalty-free, revocable, personal, non-\nassignable and non-exclusive license to re-post a small portion of any answer\nor post posted by other Quora users anywhere on the web, subject to these\nTerms and Conditions and provided that: (a) the content in question was\nadded to the Quora Platform after April 22, 2010; (b) the user who created the\ncontent has not explicitly marked the content as not for reproduction on the\nQuora Platform; (c) you do not modify the content; (d) you attribute Quora by\nname in readable text and with a human and machine-followable link (an HTML\n<a> anchor tag) linking back to the page displaying the original source of the\ncontent on\non every page that contains such content; (e)\nupon request, either by Quora or a user, you remove the user's name from\ncontent which the user has subsequently made anonymous; (f) upon request,\neither by Quora or by a user who contributed to the content, you make a\nreasonable effort to update a particular piece of content to the latest version\non the Quora Platform; and (g) upon request, either by Quora or by a user who\ncontributed to the content, you make a reasonable attempt to delete content\nthat has been deleted or marked as not for reproduction on the Quora\nPlatform; and (h) you do not use any automated tools to aggregate or create\nderivative works. In exercising these rights, you may not implicitly or explicitly\nassert any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by Quora, or any\nQuora user, without separate, express prior written permission from us.\nhttps://quora.com\niii. We may terminate our license to you at any time for any reason. We have the\nright but not the obligation to refuse to distribute any content on the Quora\nPlatform or to remove content. Except for the rights and license granted in\nthese Terms of Service, we reserve all other rights and grant no other rights or\nlicenses, implied or otherwise.\nd. Permitted uses. If you operate a search engine, web crawler, bot, scraping tool, data\nmining tool, bulk downloading tool, wget utility, or similar data gathering or extraction\ntool, you may access the Quora Platform, subject to the following additional rules: i)\nyou must use a descriptive user agent header; ii) you must follow robots.txt at all\ntimes; iii) your access must not adversely affect any aspect of the Quora Platform’s\nfunctioning; and iv) you must make it clear how to contact you, either in your user\nagent string, or on your website if you have one. You represent and warrant that you\nwill not use any automated tools such as artificial intelligence or machine learning i) to\ncreate derivative works of Our Content and Materials; ii) to create any service\ncompetitive to the Quora Platform; or iii) for other commercial purposes except as\nexpressly permitted by these Terms of Service or the written consent of Quora.\ne. No Endorsement or Verification. Please note that the Quora Platform contains\naccess to third-party content, products and services, and it offers interactions with\nthird parties. Participation or availability on the Quora Platform does not amount to\n\nendorsement or verification by us. We make no warranties or representations about\nthe accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any content posted on the Quora\nPlatform by anyone.\nf. Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that Our Content and Materials remain the\nproperty of Quora's users or Quora. The content, information and services made\navailable on the Quora Platform are protected by U.S. and international copyright,\ntrademark, and other laws, and you acknowledge that these rights are valid and\nenforceable.\n5. Integrated Service Provider. You may enable another online service provider, such as a\nsocial networking service (“Integrated Service Provider”), to be directly integrated into your\naccount on the Quora Platform. By enabling an integrated service, you are allowing us to pass\nto, and receive from, the Integrated Service Provider your log-in information and other user\ndata. For more information about Quora’s use, storage, and disclosure of information related\nto you and your use of integrated services within Quora, please see our\n. Note\nthat your use of any Integrated Service Provider and its own handling of your data and\ninformation is governed solely by their terms of use, privacy policies, and other policies.\nPrivacy Policy\n6. More About Certain Offerings on the Quora Platform\na. Digests. When you sign up for the Quora Platform, the service includes receipt of\ndigests of content that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receipt of the\ndigests, and adjust other communication settings, by going to “Email and Notification”\nsettings in your account profile, as further described in our\n.\nPrivacy Policy\nb. Advertisements. The Quora Platform may include advertisements, which may be\ntargeted to content or information on the Quora Platform, queries made through the\nQuora Platform, or other information, in an effort to make them relevant to you. The\ntypes and extent of advertising by Quora are subject to change. In consideration for\nQuora granting you access to and use of the Quora Platform, you agree that Quora\nand its third-party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Quora\nPlatform. If you wish to become an advertiser, you will be required to enter into\nseparate and supplemental terms with us about providing advertising services on the\nQuora Platform.\nc. Spaces. Spaces is a feature that allows a user to curate content and form\ncommunities around shared interests and tastes.\nd. Subscriptions. Certain content in Spaces or from other areas of the Quora Platform\nmay be available only by subscription, subject to supplemental terms and conditions.\ne. Legal, Medical & Other Professional Contributors. Some users who post content\nare members of legal, medical, and other licensed professions (collectively,\n“Professional Contributors”). Content posted by Professional Contributors should not\nbe relied on as a substitute for advice from a professional that is appropriate for your\nspecific situation. Quora has provided certain disclaimer template language that\nProfessional Contributors may edit and incorporate in their answers. Ethics rules differ\nby state or location, and it is the responsibility of Professional Contributors to\ndetermine and provide disclaimers appropriate for their profession and the content\nprovided.\nf. Buttons, Links and Widgets. You have permission to use Quora's buttons, links, and\nwidgets, subject to these Terms of Service (including the disclaimers and limitations\nof liability) and provided that: (a) your use of such buttons, links and widgets link only\nto the Quora Platform; (b) you will not modify such buttons, links, or widgets or\nassociated code in any manner; (c) you will not use any such buttons, links, or widgets\nin any manner which implies or suggests that Quora endorses, sponsors, or\nrecommends the website on which such buttons, links and widgets are used; and (d)\nthe use of such buttons, links and widgets, and the website on which such buttons,\nlinks and widgets are used do not violate Quora’s\n.\nAcceptable Use Policy\n\ng. Web resources and third-party services. The Quora Platform may also offer you the\nopportunity to visit links to other websites or to engage with third-party products or\nservices. You assume all risk arising out of your use of such websites or resources.\nh. Services that Require Separate Agreement. Certain features or services may\nrequire that you enter into a separate and supplemental written agreement prior to\nuse.\n7. Reporting Violations of Your Intellectual Property Rights, Quora Policies, or Applicable\nLaws. We have a special process for reporting violations of your intellectual property rights or\nother violations of Quora policies or applicable laws.\na. Copyright Policy and Trademark Policy. We have adopted and implemented\na\nand\n. For more information, including detailed\ninformation about how to submit a request for takedown if you believe content on the\nQuora Platform infringes your intellectual property rights, please read our\nand\n. For your convenience, we provide you the\nfollowing\nand\n, which you should use, as applicable, for fastest processing.\nCopyright Policy\nTrademark Policy\nCopyright\nPolicy\nTrademark Policy\nCopyright Infringement Claim Form\nTrademark Infringement Claim\nForm\nb. Reports of Other Violations. If you believe content on the Quora Platform violates\nQuora’s\nor otherwise violates applicable law (apart from\ncopyright or trademark violations) or other Quora policies, you may submit the\nfollowing\n.\nWe have no obligation to delete content that you personally may find objectionable or\noffensive. We endeavor to respond promptly to requests for content removal,\nconsistent with our policies and applicable law.\nAcceptable Use Policy\nOther Infringement Claim Form\n8. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY\nPLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY SINCE IT LIMITS THE LIABILITY OF QUORA\nENTITIES TO YOU.\n“QUORA ENTITIES” MEANS QUORA, INC., AND ANY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, RELATED\nCOMPANIES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND PARTNERS, AND THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,\nEMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM. EACH PROVISION\nBELOW APPLIES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.\na. WE ARE PROVIDING YOU THE QUORA PLATFORM, ALONG WITH OUR CONTENT\nAND MATERIALS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS, ON AN “AS\nIS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR\nIMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, QUORA ENTITIES EXPRESSLY\nDISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,\nTITLE, ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE\nSERVICE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-\nINFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR\nTRADE USAGE.\nb. QUORA MAKES NO PROMISES WITH RESPECT TO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL\nLIABILITY FOR: (i) CONTENT POSTED BY ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY; (ii) ANY\nTHIRD-PARTY WEBSITE, THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT, OR THIRD-PARTY SERVICE\nLISTED ON OR ACCESSIBLE TO YOU THROUGH THE QUORA PLATFORM, INCLUDING\nAN INTEGRATED SERVICE PROVIDER OR PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTOR; (iii) THE\nQUALITY OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY YOU ENCOUNTER IN CONNECTION\nWITH YOUR USE OF THE QUORA PLATFORM; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE\nOR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT. QUORA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (a) THE\nQUORA PLATFORM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (b) THE QUORA PLATFORM\n\nWILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (c) THE RESULTS OR\nINFORMATION THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN FROM THE USE OF THE QUORA PLATFORM,\nA PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY OTHER USER WILL BE ACCURATE OR\nRELIABLE; OR (d) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR\nOTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED OR PURCHASED BY YOU THROUGH THE QUORA\nPLATFORM WILL BE SATISFACTORY.\nc. YOU AGREE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, QUORA\nENTITIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.\nWITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT\nPERMITTED BY LAW, QUORA ENTITIES SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY\nINDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,\nLOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR LOSS OF\nDATA (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES\nOR SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY\nCONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE QUORA PLATFORM.\nd. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE QUORA PLATFORM IS TO\nSTOP USING THE QUORA PLATFORM.\ne. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, QUORA’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY\nTO YOU FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES THAT YOU SUFFER IN CONNECTION WITH THE\nQUORA PLATFORM OR THIS AGREEMENT IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID TO\nQUORA IN CONNECTION WITH THE QUORA PLATFORM IN THE TWELVE (12)\nMONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.\nf. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR\nEXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES. AS A RESULT, THE\nABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN WHOLE OR IN\nPART, AND THE FOREGOING SECTIONS 8(c), 8(d), AND 8(e) WILL NOT APPLY TO A\nRESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY, TO THE EXTENT DAMAGES TO SUCH NEW JERSEY\nRESIDENT ARE THE RESULT OF QUORA’S NEGLIGENT, FRAUDULENT, RECKLESS, OR\nINTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.\n9. Indemnification\nYou agree to release, indemnify, and defend Quora Entities from all third-party claims and\ncosts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: i) your use of the\nQuora Platform, ii) Your Content, iii) your conduct or interactions with other users of the\nQuora Platform, or iv) your breach of any part of this Agreement. We will promptly notify you\nof any such claim and will provide you (at your expense) with reasonable assistance in\ndefending the claim. You will allow us to participate in the defense and will not settle any such\nclaim without our prior written consent. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume\nthe exclusive defense of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. In that event,\nyou will have no further obligation to defend us in that matter.\n10. Dispute Resolution\nThis Agreement and any action arising out of your use of the Quora Platform will be governed\nby the laws of the State of California without regard to or application of its conflict of law\nprovisions or your state or country of residence. Unless submitted to arbitration as set forth in\nthe following paragraph, all claims, legal proceedings or litigation arising in connection with\nyour use of the Quora Platform will be brought solely in Santa Clara County, California, and\nyou consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive any objection as to\ninconvenient forum.\nFor any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) under this Agreement\nwhere the total amount of the award sought is less than $10,000 USD, the party requesting\nrelief may elect to resolve the dispute through binding non-appearance-based arbitration.\nThe party electing such arbitration will initiate the arbitration through an established\n\nalternative dispute resolution (\"ADR\") provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR\nprovider and the parties must comply with the following rules: a) the arbitration shall be\nconducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, as selected\nby the party initiating the arbitration; b) the arbitration will not involve any personal\nappearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and\nc) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction.\n11. General Terms\na. Changes to these Terms of Service. We may amend this Agreement (including any\npolicies, such as the\n,\n,\n,\nand\nthat are incorporated into this Agreement) at any time, in our\nsole discretion. If we amend material terms to this Agreement, such amendment will\nbe effective after we send you notice of the amended agreement. Such notice will be\nin our sole discretion, and the manner of notification could include, for example, via\nemail, posted notice on the Quora Platform, or other manner. You can view the\nAgreement and our main policies at any time\n. Your failure to cancel your\naccount, or cease use of the Quora Platform, after receiving notification of the\namendment, will constitute your acceptance of the amended terms. If you do not\nagree to the amendments or to any of the terms in this Agreement, your only remedy\nis to cancel your account or to cease use of the Quora Platform.\nPrivacy Policy Acceptable Use Policy Copyright Policy\nTrademark Policy\nhere\nb. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. You agree that Quora is operated in the United\nStates and will be deemed to be solely based in California and a passive service for\npurposes of jurisdictional analysis. For any claims for which arbitration is inapplicable,\nyou agree that such claims will be brought in federal or state court in Santa Clara\nCounty, California and governed by laws of the state of California and federal law,\nwithout regard to any conflict of law provisions.\nc. Use Outside of the United States. Quora expressly disclaims any representation or\nwarranty that the Quora Platform complies with all applicable laws and regulations\noutside of the United States. If you use the Quora Platform outside of the United\nStates, you expressly understand and agree that you are responsible for determining\ncompliance with different laws, regulations, or customs that may apply in connection\nwith your use of the Quora Platform.\nd. Export. The Quora Platform is controlled and operated from our United States offices\nin California. Quora software is subject to United States export controls. No software\nfor Quora may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of any\napplicable laws or regulations. You represent that you are not (1) located in a country\nthat is subject to a U.S. government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S.\ngovernment as a “terrorist supporting” country, and (2) listed on any U.S. government\nlist of prohibited or restricted parties.\ne. Applications and Mobile Devices. If you access the Quora Platform through a Quora\napplication, you acknowledge that this Agreement is between you and Quora only, and\nnot with another application service provider or application platform provider (such as\nApple Inc. or Google Inc.), which may provide you the application subject to its own\nterms. To the extent you access the Quora Platform through a mobile device, your\nwireless carrier’s standard charges, data rates, and other fees may apply.\nf. Survival. The following provisions will survive expiration or termination of this\nAgreement: Section 2(e)(Termination), 2(g)(Feedback), Section 3(Your Content),\nSection 4(a)-(b) and (d)-(f)(Our Content and Materials), Section 8 (Disclaimers and\nLimitation of Liability), Section 9 (Indemnification), Sections 10 (Dispute Resolution),\nand Section 11 (General Terms).\ng. Notice for California Users. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California\nweb users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Quora\n\nPlatform is provided by Quora, Inc., located in Mountain View, California. If you have a\nquestion or complaint regarding the Quora Platform, please contact Quora\nat\n. California residents may reach the Department of Consumer\nAffairs Consumer Information Division at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202,\nSacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210\nor Hearing Impaired at TDD (800) 326-2297 or TDD (916) 322-1700.\nsupport@quora.com\nh. Government End Users. Any Quora software and related documentation are\n“Commercial Items,” as that term is deﬁned at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of\n“Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software\nDocumentation,” as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202\n(as applicable). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through\n227.7202-4 (as applicable), the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial\nComputer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. government end users:\n(i) only as Commercial Items; and (ii) with only those rights as are granted to all other\nend users pursuant to this Agreement.\ni. Assignment. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement (or any of your rights or\nobligations under this Agreement) without our prior written consent; any attempted\nassignment or transfer without complying with the foregoing will be void. We may\nfreely assign or transfer this Agreement. This Agreement inures to the benefit of and is\nbinding upon the parties and their respective legal representatives, successors, and\nassigns.\nj. Electronic Communications. You consent to receive communications from us by\nemail in accordance with this Agreement and applicable law. You acknowledge and\nagree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we\nprovide to you electronically will satisfy any legal requirement that such\ncommunications be in writing.\nk. Entire Agreement/ Severability. This Agreement supersedes all prior terms,\nagreements, discussions and writings regarding the Quora Platform and constitutes\nthe entire agreement between you and us regarding the Quora Platform (except as to\nservices that require separate written agreement with us, in addition to this\nAgreement). If any provision in this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, then that\nprovision will not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of the\nAgreement, which will remain in full force and effect.\nl. Interpretation. In construing or interpreting the terms of this Agreement: (i) the\nheadings in this Agreement are for convenience only, and are not to be considered,\nand (ii) no presumption is to operate in either party’s favor as a result of its counsel’s\nrole in drafting this Agreement.\nm. Notices. All notices permitted or required under this Agreement, unless specified\notherwise in this Agreement, must be sent in writing as follows in order to be valid: (i)\nif to you, by us via email to the address associated with your account, and (ii) if to us,\nby you via legal@\n. Notices will be deemed given (a) if to you, when\nemailed, and (b) if to us, on receipt by us.\nquora.com\nn. Relationship. This Agreement does not create a joint venture, agency, partnership, or\nother form of joint enterprise between you and us. Except as expressly provided\nherein, neither party has the right, power, or authority to create any obligation or duty,\nexpress or implied, on behalf of the other.\no. Waiver. No waiver of any terms will be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such\nterm or any other term. Our failure to assert a right or provision under this Agreement\nwill not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.\np. Further Assurances. You agree to execute a hard copy of this Agreement and any\nother documents, and to take any actions at our expense that we may request to\n\nconfirm and effect the intent of this Agreement and any of your rights or obligations\nunder this Agreement.\nq. Contact. Feel free to contact us through\nwith any questions about\nthese terms. Quora is a Delaware corporation, located at 605 Castro Street, Mountain\nView, CA 94041.\nquora.com/contact\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":"Everyone entitled to the damages connected with using the service may claim them only to a certain amount"},{"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":"Presence of as-is clause. An \"as-is clause\" is a contractual provision that states that the work or product being provided by the developer or service provider is provided in its current condition, without any additional warranties or guarantees, except for those explicitly stated in the agreement. It serves to limit the developer's liability and makes it clear that the client accepts the work as it is."},{"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":"The ToS provides that a law other than the law of the user's habitual residence will apply to disputes arising in connection with the contract"},{"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":"The ToS provides that disputes arising in connection with the contract shall be resolved in a court of a different jurisdiction from that of the user's permanent residence"},{"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 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":0,"explanation":"Lack of discretional power clauses"},{"general_category":"Various","name":"General interpretation clause","legal_ground":"Article 5 Directive 93/13","code":"interpret","score":0,"explanation":"The ToS contains clauses stating that contract must be interpreted in in favor of both parties' intent"},{"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"}]}