1. Introduction
1.1. Mission
The mission of Scattered Secrets is to make the internet a safer place. We do this by collecting breached account data and providing this data the accounts’ verified owners. This allows the account owners to increase the security level of their accounts and thereby to prevent future breaches.
1.2. Agreement
You agree that by registering, accessing or using our services, you are entering into a legally binding agreement (even if you are using our Services on behalf of a company). This "Agreement" includes this Terms of Service and the Privacy Notice. If you do not agree to this Agreement, do NOT register and do not access or otherwise use any of our Services. Registered users of our Services are "Members" and unregistered users are "Visitors". This Agreement applies to both.
2. Obligations
2.1. Service Eligibility
To use the Services, you agree that:
2.2. Your Membership
As between you and others, your account belongs to you. You agree to:
2.3 Payment
If you purchase any of our paid Services, you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes. Failure to pay these fees may result in the termination of your subscription. Also:
2.4. Notices and Service Messages
You agree that we may provide notices to you in the following ways:
3. Rights and Limits
3.1. Service Availability
We may change, suspend or end any Service, or change and modify prices prospectively in our discretion. To the extent allowed under law, these changes may be effective upon notice provided to you.
3.2. Limits
Scattered Secrets reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections. Scattered Secrets reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if Scattered Secrets believes that you may be in breach of this Agreement or law or are misusing the Services (e.g. violating any DOs and DON'Ts).
4. Disclaimer and Limit of Liability
4.1. Warranty and liability
WE TRY TO KEEP SCATTERED SECRETS UP, BUG-FREE, AND SAFE, BUT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ARE PROVIDING SCATTERED SECRETS AS IS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT SCATTERED SECRETS WILL ALWAYS BE SAFE, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT SCATTERED SECRETS WILL ALWAYS FUNCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTIONS, DELAYS OR IMPERFECTIONS. SCATTERED SECRETS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR DATA OF THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STATEMENT OR SCATTERED SECRETS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS STATEMENT OR SCATTERED SECRETS WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, SCATTERED SECRETS'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
5. Termination
Scattered Secrets or You may terminate this Agreement at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services. The following shall survive termination:
6. Dispute Resolution
All legal relationships between you and Scattered Secrets are governed by Dutch law. All disputes related to legal relationships between you and Scattered Secrets to which this User Agreement apply will fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court in the district of Amsterdam.
7. General Terms
If a court with authority over this Agreement finds any part of it not enforceable, you and us agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you and us agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Agreement. To the extent allowed by law, the English version of this Agreement is binding and other translations are for convenience only. This Agreement (including additional terms that may be provided by us when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
If we don't act to enforce a breach of this Agreement, that does not mean that Scattered Secrets has waived its right to enforce this Agreement. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that Scattered Secrets may assign this Agreement to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement.
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Agreement and will provide you notice if we do and we agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you don't agree to these changes, you must stop using the Services. You agree that the only way to provide us legal notice is via email address legal [at] scatteredsecrets.com.
8. Scattered Secrets "DOs" and "DON’Ts"
8.1. DOs. You agree that you will:
8.2. DON'Ts. You agree that you will not:
8. Last update
This Terms of Service agreement was last updated on 31 August 2018.