TERMS OF SERVICE
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Welcome to Shtty.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Shtty mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.
1. About Shtty
The Service is provided by:
RASKENLUND AS BJØNNVEIEN 23, 3962 STATHELLE, NORWAY its@shtty.app
Shtty is a private social networking platform designed to allow users to share moments and interact within invite-based groups.
2. Eligibility
You may only use the Service if:
- You meet the minimum age required under applicable law in your jurisdiction.
- You are legally capable of entering into a binding agreement.
- You are not prohibited from using the Service under applicable laws.
We may require age verification or additional information where reasonably necessary.
3. User Accounts
To use certain features, you must create an account.
You agree to:
- Provide accurate information.
- Keep your account information updated.
- Maintain the security of your account credentials.
- Notify us promptly of unauthorized access to your account.
You are responsible for all activity occurring through your account.
You may not sell, transfer, lease, or share your account with another person.
4. User Content
"User Content" includes any content you upload, submit, post, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Service, including photographs, captions, profile information, and other materials.
You retain ownership of your User Content.
You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of sharing it.
You represent and warrant that:
- You own the content you submit or have all necessary rights to share it.
- Your content does not violate any law.
- Your content does not infringe intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any person or entity.
- Your content complies with these Terms and our Community Guidelines.
5. License Granted to Shtty
By submitting User Content through the Service, you grant Shtty a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, display, and distribute your User Content solely for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving, securing, moderating, and providing the Service.
This license ends when the content is deleted from our systems, except where retention is required for legal, security, moderation, backup, or operational purposes.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Violate any law or regulation.
- Impersonate another person or entity.
- Harass, threaten, abuse, or intimidate others.
- Upload illegal, fraudulent, deceptive, or harmful content.
- Upload content that infringes intellectual property rights.
- Upload sexually explicit content.
- Upload content depicting extreme violence or gore.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service.
- Interfere with the operation or security of the Service.
- Use bots, scrapers, or automated systems without authorization.
- Circumvent moderation, safety, or security systems.
We may remove content or restrict accounts that violate these rules.
7. Content Moderation
To help maintain a safe environment, Shtty may review, monitor, screen, remove, restrict, or disable content.
Moderation may involve:
- Automated systems
- Human review
- User reports
- Safety investigations
We reserve the right to remove any content or take enforcement action where we reasonably believe it violates these Terms, our policies, applicable law, or poses a risk to users or the Service.
We are not obligated to publish, review, or remove any specific content.
8. User Reports and Enforcement
Users may report content, groups, or accounts.
Where appropriate, we may:
- Remove content
- Restrict visibility
- Suspend accounts
- Permanently ban users
- Refer matters to law enforcement
Enforcement decisions may be made at our sole discretion, subject to applicable law.
9. Intellectual Property
The Service, including its software, branding, design, logos, text, graphics, and functionality, is owned by Shtty or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws.
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, distribute, sell, or license any part of the Service.
10. Third-Party Services
The Service may integrate with or rely on third-party services, including authentication providers, cloud infrastructure providers, analytics providers, content moderation providers, advertising providers, and subscription and payment providers (such as Apple, Google, and RevenueCat).
We are not responsible for third-party services or their content, policies, or practices.
Your use of third-party services may be subject to separate terms and policies.
11. Availability of the Service
We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
We may modify, suspend, discontinue, or restrict any part of the Service at any time without liability.
12. Account Suspension and Termination
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account at any time if we reasonably believe:
- You violated these Terms.
- You violated applicable law.
- You created risk for users or the Service.
- Your account was involved in abuse, fraud, or security concerns.
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time.
Termination does not affect rights or obligations that arose before termination.
13. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHTTY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, AND ACCURACY.
We do not guarantee that content available through the Service will be accurate, complete, or reliable.
14. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHTTY, RASKENLUND AS, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF EUR 100 OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO USE THE SERVICE DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
Some jurisdictions do not permit certain limitations, and portions of this section may not apply to you.
15. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Shtty, RASKENLUND AS, its affiliates, officers, employees, and service providers from claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses arising from your use of the Service, your User Content, your violation of these Terms, your violation of applicable law, or your infringement of another person's rights.
16. Changes to the Service
We may add, remove, modify, or discontinue features at any time.
Shtty Premium and advertising are covered by Sections 17 and 18 below. Other future features may be subject to separate terms.
17. Shtty Premium Subscriptions
Shtty Premium is an optional paid subscription that removes advertising from the Service. The core Service remains available without a subscription.
Title, length, and price
The name of the subscription, its billing period (currently monthly), and its price are shown on the Shtty Premium screen in the app before you subscribe. Prices are shown in your local currency and include applicable taxes where the store requires it. Prices may differ between countries.
Payment
Subscriptions are purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play and are subject to their terms. Payment is charged to your Apple ID or Google account when you confirm the purchase. We do not receive or store your payment card details.
Automatic renewal
Your subscription renews automatically for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
Managing and cancelling
You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings (iPhone: Settings > your name > Subscriptions) or in Google Play (Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions). Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period, and you keep access until then. Deleting the app or your Shtty account does not cancel your subscription.
Free trials and offers
If we offer a free trial or introductory price, its length and terms are shown before you subscribe. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription, where the store applies that rule.
Price changes
We may change the price of Shtty Premium. We will notify you as required by Apple, Google, and applicable law. A new price applies from your next renewal. If a price change requires your consent and you do not give it, your subscription will end at the end of the current period.
Refunds
Apple and Google process the payment and decide refund requests under their own policies, so refund requests must be made to them. Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory consumer rights you have under applicable law, including any statutory right of withdrawal.
Restoring purchases
Your subscription belongs to your Apple ID or Google account. If you reinstall the app or sign in on a new device, use "restore purchases" on the Shtty Premium screen.
Changes or discontinuation
We may change what Shtty Premium includes. If we discontinue Shtty Premium, you will not be charged for any period after it ends.
18. Advertising
The Service may show advertising to users who are 18 or older, based on the date of birth in their account, and who do not have an active Shtty Premium subscription. We do not show advertising to users under 18.
Ads are provided by third parties (currently Google AdMob). We do not endorse advertisers and are not responsible for their content, products, or services. Any dealings between you and an advertiser are solely between you and them. You can report an inappropriate ad to its@shtty.app.
Our Privacy Policy explains what information advertising partners collect and the choices you have.
19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time.
When required by law, we will provide notice of material changes.
Continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
20. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of Norway, excluding conflict of law principles.
Any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Norway, unless applicable law provides otherwise.
21. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to:
its@shtty.app RASKENLUND AS BJØNNVEIEN 23, 3962 STATHELLE, NORWAY