Squarespace Terms of Service

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1_Last updated: August 5, 2013_
1_Last updated: October 8, 2013_
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33This Terms of Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is an agreement between you (the "User") and Squarespace, Inc. ("Squarespace", "we", or "us"). We provide Users with access to certain Materials (as defined below) to help our customers create and manage websites by providing general and personalized content, website hosting services, communication tools and forums, mobile applications, and ecommerce tools and services (collectively, the "Services") directly and through the website and associated domains of http://www.squarespace.com (the "Site"). We've tried really hard to keep this Agreement as readable and straightforward as possible. If you have suggestions that can help us improve it or any questions about this Agreement, please [email us](http://www.squarespace.com/contact) and let us know. This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and your obligations to us. This Agreement is the entire Agreement between us. By using the Site in any way you are agreeing to comply with these terms, our [Privacy Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy) and any other legal notices or conditions or guidelines posted on the Site which we may update without notice and encourage you to check out here at any time.
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55**1. What We Own**
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77All material and services available on the Site, and all material and services provided by or through Squarespace, its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, agents, licensors or other commercial partners including, but not limited to, software, all informational text, software documentation, design of and "look and feel," layout, photographs, graphics, audio, video, messages, interactive and instant messaging, design and functions, files, documents, images, or other materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted as well as all derivative works thereof (collectively, the "Materials"), are owned by us or other parties that have licensed their material or provided services to us, and are protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property laws. All Squarespace trademarks and service marks, logos, slogans and taglines are the property of Squarespace. All other trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans and taglines are the property of their respective owners. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, nothing should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans or taglines displayed on Squarespace without our express written permission, or the express written permission of such third-party that may own the trademark, service mark, logo, slogan or tagline.
7777iii. Reasonably likely to cause harm, or that could be reasonably considered as slanderous or libelous.
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7979iv. Breaches another's privacy.
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8181p. You will not publish Content that is spam, is machine- or randomly-generated, and/or contains unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing), or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing).
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83q. You verify that your country of residence is the same as your billing address.
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8385Squarespace may determine in its sole discretion whether or not an account is in violation of any of these policies. Violation of any of these policies may result in user information tracking with such information being stored to identify the offending user. Offending users may be permanently restricted from holding an account or using the Services. If Squarespace reasonably determines that your account is being used for illegal or fraudulent activity then your account may be immediately terminated and your financial data erased. We may also report you to law enforcement officials in the appropriate jurisdictions.
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8587**9. Selling Through Squarespace**
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8789Some of our Services and Materials may offer you the opportunity to sell or purchase goods and services through sites hosted or designed by Squarespace (such goods and services, "Commerical Products"). We are merely providing the platform for buyers and sellers to negotiate and complete transactions for these Commercial Products. When a buyer purchases Commercial Products, payments will be processed through our third party payment service provider. Buyers of Commerical Products will be provided a notice when entering their payment information directing them to the third party payment service provider's terms of service and privacy policy. These payment services are governed solely by the third party provider's terms of service and privacy policy. We are not responsible for the actions of these third party service providers. In addition to the other rules and requirements described in this Agreement, you must follow the rules listed below when offering, selling or purchasing Commercial Products.
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113115e. If you registered for a trial use of the Services ("Trial Period"), you must decide to purchase the Services within the Trial Period in order to retain any Content that you have posted or uploaded during the Trial Period. If you do not purchase the Services by the end of the Trial Period, your Content will no longer be available to you. To be very clear, after using the Services during the Trial Period, if you decide not to purchase the full version of the Services, you will not be able to access or retrieve any of the data you added/created during the Trial Period
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115117f. If you purchase any Services that we offer for a Fee, you agree to Squarespace, or our third party service providers, storing your payment card information. You expressly agree that we are authorized to charge you (i) a monthly Fee for any applicable Services billed on a monthly basis, (ii) any other Fees for Services you may purchase, and (iii) any applicable taxes in connection with your use of the Services to the payment card you provide and to reimburse us for all collection costs and interest for any overdue amounts. If the payment card you provide expires and you do not provide new payment card information or cancel your account, you authorize us to continue billing you and you agree to remain responsible for any uncollected Fees.
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117119**11. Taxes**
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119You take full responsibility for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with Services, including any sales tax related to the purchase or sale of Commercial Products. Squarespace shall not be liable for any taxes or other fees to be paid in accordance with or related to the Commercial Products. When purchasing or selling Commercial Products, it is your responsibility to determine whether or not sales taxes apply to a transaction and to collect, report and remit the correct amounts to the appropriate authority. Any tools provided as Materials or in connection with the Services indicating estimated taxes due are for illustration purposes only.
121You take full responsibility for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with Services, including any sales tax related to the purchase or sale of Commercial Products. Except for collecting EU VAT and remitting it to the EU, Squarespace shall not be liable for any taxes or other fees to be paid in accordance with or related to the Commercial Products. When purchasing or selling Commercial Products, it is your responsibility to determine whether or not sales taxes apply to a transaction and to collect, report and remit the correct amounts to the appropriate authority. Any tools provided as Materials or in connection with the Services indicating estimated taxes due are for illustration purposes only. You take full responsibility for all taxes and fees of any nature associated with Services, including any sales tax related to the purchase or sale of Commercial Products. Squarespace is required to collect Value Added Tax of the European Union ("EU VAT") from non-taxable EU customers, therefore, EU VAT shall be charged to these customers on top of our Fees
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121123**12. Termination**
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123125a. Services may be terminated by us, without cause, at any time.
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125127b. Services may be terminated by you, without cause, by following the cancellation procedures set forth in Section 10(c).