ShareThis Publisher Terms of Use

DATED 2017-09-28 · VERSION 20171101_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20170601_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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11Welcome to ShareThis! We offer You ShareThis applications, products, tools and services provided that you agree to the following terms. Please review them carefully.
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33YOUR AFFIRMATIVE ACT OF ACCESSING, USING OR REGISTERING FOR ANY SHARETHIS SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS (Terms or Agreement). YOU AGREE THAT THESE TERMS HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS AN AGREEMENT SIGNED IN WRITING. You may not sign-up or use the ShareThis Applications or services (described below) if you do not agree.
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5**Date updates posted: August 11, 2016**
5**Updated: September 28, 2017**
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77**Effective Date: August 22, 2016**
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1111**About ShareThis Applications and Websites**
3737ShareThis Applications are available only to (a) individuals who are legally capable of entering into contracts and (b) persons thirteen (13) years of age or older, and (c) corporations and other legal entities authorized to form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If You are not eligible, You may not access or use the ShareThis Applications. We may refuse to offer the ShareThis Applications to any person and may change our criteria for eligibility, at any time, in our sole discretion. We retain the right to terminate Your account and Your rights to use the Service for any reason, including but not limited to, if We believe that any registration data You provide is or becomes untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or if We believe in our discretion that You are in violation of this Agreement.
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3939**Your responsibilities**
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4141You must use the ShareThis publisher site to get a ShareThis Icon tool and/or code located at http://www.sharethis.com/get-sharing-tools or from one of ShareThis authorized distributors (e.g., [https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/)). You may not copy code from another site, other than your own Web site (Site), using the ShareThis Applications. You agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
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43You acknowledge that We offer the ShareThis Applications in the United States and that (a) We have not designed or customized the ShareThis Applications for use in any specific country or jurisdiction (Territory), and (b) You may not distribute or make available for use the ShareThis Applications in any Territory where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. You are solely responsible for compliance with local laws as applicable when You use the ShareThis Applications, including providing appropriate notice regarding third party advertising cookies. We may use the data collected through the ShareThis Applications to target advertising and for other purposes outlined in Our Privacy Notice toward consumers and/or authorize others to do the same. You are solely responsible for (c) all resources needed to develop and operate your Site and for all materials that appear on the Site and (d) any information, text, postings, images, audio, video and all other materials (Content) posted on your Site(s) and the conduct of your users. You must back up, at your own expense, any data and files that You desire to keep.
43You acknowledge that We offer the ShareThis Applications from the United States and that You may not distribute or make available for use the ShareThis Applications in any Territory where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. You are solely responsible for compliance with local laws as applicable when You use the ShareThis Applications, including providing appropriate notice regarding third party advertising cookies. We may use the data collected through the ShareThis Applications to target advertising and for other purposes outlined in Our Privacy Notice toward consumers and/or authorize others to do the same. You are solely responsible for (c) all resources needed to develop and operate your Site and for all materials that appear on the Site and (d) any information, text, postings, images, audio, video and all other materials (Content) posted on your Site(s) and the conduct of your users. You must back up, at your own expense, any data and files that You desire to keep.
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4545**Ownership rights**
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4747The content and software offered by or through the ShareThis Applications and Websites (including, but not limited to, all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof) are owned by Us, our suppliers and/or third parties who post or make available such materials. The ShareThis Application and Websites are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. We and our licensors reserve all rights not specifically granted to You.
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4949**As regards the ShareThis Applications and Websites, You may not:**