Squarespace Terms of Service

DATED 2013-08-05 · VERSION 20130901_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20130601_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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1_Last updated: May 20, 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.
6565l. You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything that might jeopardize the security of your account. You will not attempt to or actually access the Services or Materials by any means other than through the interfaces provided by Squarespace.
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6767m. You will not attempt to or actually override any security component included in or underlying the Materials or Services.
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6969n. You will not attempt or engage in any action that directly or indirectly interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on Squarespace's infrastructure.
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71o. You will not publish, Content, or links to Content, that is:
71o. You will not publish Content, or links to Content, that is:
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7373i. Pornographic, sexually explicit, or violent.
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7575ii. Illegal (including stolen copyrighted material and material that infringes or has the potential to infringe the intellectual property rights of another).
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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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81p. 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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8183Squarespace 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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8385**9. Selling Through Squarespace**
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8587Some 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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