Squarespace Terms of Service

DATED 2022-04-11 · VERSION 20220501_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20210302_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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1**Effective Date: February 19, 2021**
1**Effective Date: April 11, 2022**
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33> This page explains our terms of service, which contain important information about your legal rights. When you use Squarespace, you're agreeing to these terms. To help make them easier to understand, we've also included annotations in these gray boxes. The annotations aren't part of the official terms and have no legal effect, but are intended to help you follow the text.
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55Hello and welcome to Squarespace's Terms of Service!
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77These Terms of Service ("Terms") cover your use of and access to the sites, templates, products, applications, tools, services and features (collectively, the "Services") provided by Squarespace (as defined below), including without limitation during free trials, on the websites and associated domains of [www.squarespace.com](https://www.squarespace.com/), [www.acuityscheduling.com](http://www.acuityscheduling.com/), [www.stori.es](http://www.stori.es/) and [www.unfold.com](http://www.unfold.com/) and on Squarespace web, mobile and other applications.
2525**1.3. Sixteen And Older.** The Services are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 16. By using the Services, you represent that you're at least 16. If you're under the age of 18, depending on where you live, you may need to have your parent or guardian's consent to this Agreement and they may need to enter into this Agreement on your behalf.
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2727**2. Your Content**
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2929> When you upload content to Squarespace, you still own it. You do, however, give us permission to use it in ways necessary to provide, improve, promote and protect our services. For example, when you upload a photo, you give us the right to save it and display it on your site or story at your direction. We also may promote or feature your site or story, but you can opt out if you don't want us to do that.
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31**2.1. Your User Content Stays Yours.** Users of the Services (whether you or others) may provide us with content, including without limitation text, photos, images, music, audio, videos, fonts, logos, stickers, code and any other materials ("User Content"). Your User Content stays yours, except for the limited rights that enable us to provide, improve, promote and protect the Services as described in this Agreement. User Content includes without limitation content you post to Your Sites or content you include in Your Videos. "Your Sites" means the sites (including scheduling pages, Bio Sites or Unfold stories hosted on the Services) you create or publish using the Services. "Your Videos" means the videos or similar materials you create using the Services and includes without limitation your Unfold stories.
31**2.1. Your User Content Stays Yours.** Users of the Services (whether you or others) may provide us with content, including without limitation text, photos, images, music, audio, videos, fonts, logos, stickers, code, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and associated content, and any other materials ("User Content"). Your User Content stays yours, except for the limited rights that enable us to provide, improve, promote and protect the Services as described in this Agreement. User Content includes without limitation content you post to Your Sites or content you include in Your Videos. "Your Sites" means the sites (including scheduling pages, Bio Sites or Unfold stories hosted on the Services) you create or publish using the Services. "Your Videos" means the videos or similar materials you create using the Services and includes without limitation your Unfold stories.
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3333**2.2. Your License To Us.** When you provide User Content via the Services, you grant Squarespace (including our third party hosting providers acting on our behalf) a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right and license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that User Content works better with the Services), communicate, publish, publicly display, publicly perform and distribute User Content for the limited purposes of allowing us to provide, improve, promote and protect the Services. This Section does not affect any rights you may have under applicable data protection laws.
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3535**2.3. Featuring Your Site.** We may choose to feature Your Sites (but not your scheduling pages) or names, trademarks, service marks or logos included on Your Sites. You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to use any version of Your Sites, or any portion of Your Sites, including without limitation names, trademarks, service marks or logos on Your Sites, for the limited purpose of Squarespace marketing and promotional activities. For example, we may feature Your Sites on our Templates page, on the Customers sections of our sites or on our social media accounts. You waive any claims against us relating to any moral rights, artists' rights or any other similar rights worldwide that you may have in or to Your Sites or names, trademarks, service marks or logos on Your Sites and any right of inspection or approval of any such use. You can opt out of being featured through your Account or, in the case of Unfold, by contacting hello@unfold.com. This Section does not affect any rights you may have under applicable data protection laws.
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3737**3. Your Responsibilities**