Terms of Use

Welcome to Squaredle. These Terms of Use set forth our legal obligations to each other. They apply to your use of our Services. “Squaredle”, “we”, “us” and “our”, as used in these Terms of Use means Squaredle LLC, and any subsidiaries or affiliates it may have.

“Services” means the games, services, apps, and other products that are and may become available through this website, www.squaredle.app (the “Site”, also available at www.squaredle.com).

“You” or “your” means you personally or, if you are under the age of 18, your parent or legal guardian. If you are under the age of 18, your parent or guardian must agree to our terms on your behalf. If you are a parent or guardian of a user under 18, these Terms of Use also apply to you and you are responsible for your child’s activity on the Site and the use of our Services. By using the Services or visiting our Site, you confirm that you are (or your child is) at least 13 years old (if you reside in the United States) and at least 16 years old (if you reside in the European Union or United Kingdom).

“Community Space” means any online community, bulletin board, chat room or similar third-party meeting space initiated or sponsored by Squaredle (e.g., for example Discord, Reddit, Facebook or Twitter).

“Content” means any game available on our Site, as well any ranking, messaging or other content on our Site or available in connection with our Services, and all associated intellectual property .

“Feedback” means any suggestions (including puzzle or game ideas), comments, improvements, information, ideas or other feedback related to the Site or our Services.

Acceptance of terms through use

By accessing the Site or using our Services in any way, you agree to and are bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you are not at least 13 years old (if you reside in the United States) or you are not at least 16 years old (if you reside in the European Union or United Kingdom), you should not access the Site or use our Services. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates, and any Content copied, downloaded or printed from the Site in violation of the Terms of Use must be immediately destroyed. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise these Terms of Use. Please check the Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Proprietary rights

You acknowledge and agree that all Content available on this Site is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and/or other proprietary rights and laws. Third parties whose content appears on the Site own (or have rights in) the copyright in the Content original to them. The look and feel of the Site, including our color combinations, button shapes, and other graphical elements, also are the intellectual property of Squaredle. We retain any intellectual property rights we have in such Content.

Use of our Services

This Site and its Content are provided for your personal entertainment use only and may be used only for lawful purposes. So long as you comply with these Terms of Use, we grant you a non-exclusive, personal and non-assignable license to use the Services. You may not reproduce, copy, modify, reverse engineer, create any derivative works based upon, display, frame, distribute, publish, broadcast, sell, lease, or sublicense any of the Services or any Content, except as expressly authorized herein. Systematic retrieval of data or other Content from the Site or other use of such data and other Content, directly or indirectly, to create or compile a collection, database or directory is prohibited and you agree not to use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods when accessing the Site or using the Services.

You may not post on or transmit on Community Space or via our Site, any Feedback, or other comment or solicitation, or choose a user name, that (i) violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including without limitation copyrights and trademarks, (ii) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, (iii) encourages criminal or otherwise offensive behavior, (iv) gives rise to civil liability or (v) otherwise violates any law. You are responsible for determining whether posting or transmitting any particular content violates any of the provisions above or any laws, though we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove it. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from any content you, including Feedback, upload, post or submit via our Site or other Community Space. You also may not undertake any conduct that, in our judgment, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site, our Services or Community Spaces. You further acknowledge and agree that Squaredle shall have no liability with respect to any Feedback, content or conduct by you or other users on this Site or any Community Space or your use of any such Community Space. The Community Spaces are governed by their own terms and conditions, and you should familiarize yourself with them.

By providing any Feedback via this Site, any Community Space or otherwise, you grant Squaredle a worldwide, perpetual, non-revocable, sublicensable, royalty-free right and license to use, copy, disclose, license, distribute, and exploit it in any format and in any manner without any obligation, payment, or restriction based on intellectual property rights or otherwise, subject, if applicable, to the terms and condition of the Community Space.

Some of the features of the Services require registration. You agree to provide only accurate and complete registration information, and you agree to keep such information current. You may not select and use a username that impersonates another person or entity, belongs to another person, violates the intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or that Squaredle considers to be offensive.

If you opt for Services that require the payment of a subscription fee (e.g., access to our Services free of advertising), you agree to the terms and conditions of that particular subscription, and the terms and conditions of any third-party payment processor we may use. The terms and conditions and/or privacy policy of such third-party payment processor will govern how the personal information you submit to it for payment will be used and protected. You acknowledge and agree that nothing in these Terms of Use conveys to you any ownership or other rights (other than the limited permissions expressly granted to you herein) in the Site or our Services, including any related or underlying documentation, technology, code, know-how, logos, templates, anything delivered as part of support or other services, any updates, modifications, or derivative works. These rights are expressly retained by Squaredle. We reserve the right to update, modify or improve the Site and our Services from time to time.

Monitoring

We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor your use of our Services and any Feedback or other content provided to us via the Site or Community Space to determine compliance with the Terms of Use and any other operating rules that we may establish from time to time. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to remove any Feedback or other content that, in our sole discretion, we believe to be in violation of Terms of Use, otherwise objectionable, or stale.

Third-party websites, etc.

Our Services may allow you to access other websites, apps, services, features or other products developed by third parties (like Community Spaces). You acknowledge and agree that you remain solely responsible your use of such third-party products, and that you further acknowledge and agree that Squaredle shall have no liability with respect to such use. These products are governed by their own terms and conditions, and you should familiarize yourself with them.

Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how your information is collected and used and the choices you have with that information. You consent to Squaredle’s use of your registration information and other information collected on this Site in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER SQUAREDLE NOR ANY OF ITS LICENSORS OR VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES MAKES ANY WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF DEFECTS, VIRUS FREE, AND ABLE TO OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED BASIS; THAT THEY WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; OR THAT ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE ALSO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. TO THE EXTENT SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION, WE LIMIT THE DURATION AND THE REMEDIES OF SUCH WARRANTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER THOSE LAWS.

Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER SQUAREDLE, NOR ANY OF OUR VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES, WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST SAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMANGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE OR FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT SQUAREDLE OR ANY OF OUR VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. ADDITIONALLY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SQUAREDLE BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT, GOODS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY EXTERNAL SITES (INCLUDING ANY COMMUNITY SPACE) LINKED FROM THE SITE.

BESIDES THE TYPES OF LIABILITY WE CANNOT LIMIT BY LAW, OUR LIABILITY HEREUNDER YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE YOU FIRST ASSERT A CLAIM OR (B) $50.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY VISITOR TO OUR SITE OR ANY COMMUNITY SPACE OR USER OF OUR SERVICES.

THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN SQUAREDLE AND YOU.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Squaredle and its officers, directors, managers, agents and employees harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, and costs (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) relating to (a) your access to the Site and use of the Services, (b) any content you provide to us, or (c) your violation of these Terms of Use. We reserve the right, at our expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with Squaredle in asserting any available defenses.

Disputes

Most disputes can be resolved informally. If you have an issue with the Site or Services, you agree to try to resolve it with us informally before pursuing formal legal action by sending notice to hello@squaredle.app.

These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, regardless of conflict of laws rules. For disputes that cannot be resolved informally, the state and federal courts of Cook County, Illinois shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

You agree that you may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated or representative action.

Miscellaneous

This agreement, together with any payment or subscription terms and our Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Squaredle for use of this Site and our Services.

If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of the Site and the Services, with or without notice.

Any part of these Terms of Use that by its nature should survive after termination of the Terms of Use will survive.

If you fail to follow these Terms of Use and we do not immediately act, that does not mean we are waiving any of our rights (such as acting in the future).

You may not assign your rights under these Terms of Use to anyone else without our written consent.

Contact

To contact us, send an email to: hello@squaredle.app.