1.1 These terms of use (“Terms”) apply to your use of the SQUORO platform, whether accessed via the SQUORO application or via a website operated by us from time to time (the “Platform”). The Platform is made available by DRVE LDA. having its registered office at Rua dos Miosotis 34, 2820-542 Aroeira, and these Terms form a binding legal agreement between you, as a user of the Platform, and us. Please read these Terms (and our Privacy & Cookie Policy, which forms part of these Terms and includes our use of cookies) carefully before you start to use the Platform, as these Terms will apply to your use of the Platform. By accessing, browsing, registering with and using the Platform you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these Terms in their entirety and all other applicable laws. If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety you must stop using the Platform.
2.1. We hereby grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, right to use the Platform and all content, functionality and features on it (the “Materials”) for your own lawful use, provided always that such use is subject to, and in accordance with, these Terms. The Platform and the Materials are made available to you on a limited licence basis, and all rights and title in and to the Platform and Materials not expressly granted under these Terms are expressly reserved to us and/or the applicable licensor.
2.2. You must not remove or alter any copyright and other proprietary notices contained within the Platform.
2.3. If you fail to comply with any term of these Terms, we may (without prejudice to any other rights we may have) suspend provision of the Platform or any applicable Account (as defined below), access or service provided by us to you and/or terminate it immediately. We will try to give you reasonable notice of such suspension or termination, but you acknowledge that this may not always be possible. We reserve the right to disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably consider necessary, and to take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate. We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these Terms.
2.4. We do not guarantee that the Platform, or the Materials will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Platform is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or part of the Platform without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Platform is unavailable at any time or for any period.
2.5. You shall compensate and keep us and our respective directors, officers, employees and third parties fully protected against all claims, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by us arising out of and/or related to or in connection with your User Content, and/or any breach by you of any of these Terms, including any use of the Platform other than in accordance with these Terms.
3.1. By submitting material using the Platform, you agree that such material may be distributed, reproduced, modified, transmitted, re-used, re-posted or used for commercial purposes by third parties.
3.2. We do not claim ownership of any material submitted by you using the Platform, whether in the form of comments, videos or other content (“User Content”), and you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Content. However, subject to Clause 4.3, in submitting any User Content to us via or in connection with the Platform, you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right (but not an obligation) to use your User Content on our websites (including our social media pages), on the Platform and in other promotional materials. If, by clicking “CREATE” or otherwise, you submit any User Content by a third party (including without limitation one of our partners), you further grant to that third party a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right (but not an obligation) to use your User Content on that third party’s websites (including their social media pages) and in other promotional materials. Your User Content will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and by submitting any User Content to the Platform, you agree to waive and not to enforce any moral or analogous rights you may have in that User Content.
3.3. Where your User Content includes a comment, we may use and publish your username, location and the date of your comment in connection with your profile. Any other personal information you submit to us will be treated in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy.
3.4. You agree not to submit any User Content protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, or other intellectual property or proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the respective right. You warrant that your User. Content:
(a) does not contain or condone sexually explicit material or violence, or condone discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
(b) is not threatening, abusive or intimidating, or provided with an intent to harass, upset, alarm or embarrass any other person or cause needless anxiety;
(c) does not infringe anyone else’s rights, including any intellectual property rights or right of confidentiality or privacy; You should not submit content which includes music, unless you have written the music yourself or have a licence from the person who wrote and recorded the music, or identifiable brands or logos.
(d) complies with all applicable laws;
(e) does not contain any material which is defamatory, invades the privacy of any person, is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
(f) does not breach any legal duty you owe to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
(g) does not misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, or falsely give the impression that your User Content comes from someone else;
(h) contain any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or other forms of solicitation or advertisement commercial or otherwise;
(i) does not advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act (e.g. criminal acts, copyright infringement, computer misuse, etc.); and
(j) does not feature any individual who has not expressly consented to their image and/or voice being featured on the Platform, nor any individual under the age of 14 without the consent of that individual’s parent or guardian;and you agree that you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of this warranty.
3.5. We may monitor, edit or remove any User Content for violation of the letter or spirit of these Terms, or for any other lawful reason. However, we have no obligation to look for, edit or remove any User Content for any reason including, without limitation, violation of these Terms. We reserve the right to remove any User Content at any time for any reason, at our sole discretion.
3.6. The views expressed in User Content are the opinions of those users and do not represent our views, opinions, beliefs or values. We will not be responsible for the content or accuracy of any User Content.
3.7. If you choose to do so, you may use the Platform to add your User Content to a feed on third party social networking websites. The Platform may also automatically update your profile on such websites with details of your activities using the Platform (such as when you upload User Content), where you have agreed for it to do so by adjusting your Account settings. Adding content or updating your profile on third party social networking websites will involve placing cookies on your device (please see our Privacy & Cookie Policy for more details). You can change your preferences with regard to feeds into third party social network websites at any time by changing your Account settings in the Platform. Please note that when content is added to a third party social networking site using the Platform, then the terms and conditions governing the use of that site may also apply to that content, in addition to these Terms.
4.1. We are not liable for any User Content available on the Platform. Where you have a good reason to believe that any User Content is in breach of these Terms, is infringing your rights, or is otherwise illegal, you should notify us by clicking on the “Report as Inappropriate Content” button.
4.2. Where we receive notification that Content does not comply with these Terms, we will endeavour to investigate promptly. Whilst we are investigating, we reserve the right to remove the affected User Content immediately from the Platform.
4.3. If you wish to take down any of your User Content from the Platform at any time, you should notify us by emailing us at info@squoro.com setting out details of the Content you wish to be taken down and where it can be found (“Notified Content”). We will endeavour to respond promptly and to take down the Notified Content from the Platform. Please note that once you have posted User Content, it may be shared and reposted by users on other websites (such as social media channels). Given the nature of the internet and social media channels, if your User Content has been posted elsewhere online, other users may have shared, commented on, or re-posted your Content. Whilst we will endeavour to take down any Notified Content from the Platform, we give no guarantee that the Notified Content will be taken down from other websites or platforms.
5.1. To register with the Platform you must be at least 14 years old.
5.2. If you create a profile to register an account with the Platform (your “Account”) you may comment on, and post content to the Platform. You must provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested in the registration form. You must not seek to pass yourself off as another user. Access to your Account is controlled by username and password.
5.3. Your username and password are personal to you as an individual registered user, and shall not be used by anyone else for any purpose in connection with the Platform. You must not do anything that would assist anyone who is not registered to gain access to your Account.
5.4. You must not maliciously create additional Accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the Platform, or other users.
5.5. You may terminate your Account with us at any time by notifying us [to terminate your account email support@squoro.com and your request will be dealt with in 3 working days]. If you terminate your Account, please note that any User Content you have posted to the Platform will still be visible to others on the Platform, and we may continue to display such User Content.
6.1. In using the Platform, you may be asked to provide personal information about yourself. This information includes your username, date of birth and email address, in order to register an Account and use the features of the Platform, including posting comments and videos.
6.2. Our Privacy & Cookie Policy sets out important information on how we collect, use, disclose and manage that personal information. Please read it carefully.
7.1. The Platform and Materials are provided "as is" and without warranties or representations of any kind either expressed or implied. To the greatest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties of satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose and that content, information displayed in or on the Platform is accurate, complete up-to-date and/or does not infringe the rights of any third party. We do not warrant the Materials or any part thereof will be uninterrupted or error-free. Unless expressly stated otherwise in these Terms and to the extent permitted by law, we do not give any other representation, warranty or recourse, express or implied and we hereby exclude all terms, representations and warranties that might otherwise be implied into this Terms.
7.2. Save in respect of any liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence, we shall not be liable for any damages, loss or injury arising in connection with these Terms, the Materials and/or your use of, or any inability to use, the Platform or the Materials, howsoever caused and whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise.
7.3. While we use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Platform is free from viruses and other malicious content, neither we nor any other party involved in producing or delivering the Platform assumes any responsibility, nor shall be liable for any damage to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, the Platform or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from the Platform (including without limitation the Materials). Except where required by applicable law, we shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage they suffer as a result of viruses or other malicious or harmful content that they access from or via the Platform.
7.4. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on the Platform. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
8.1. We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms, or to the functionality, features, feature or content of the Platform at any time. Changes to these Terms will be announced on the main page of the Platform. Please be sure to visit it regularly, as these changes will be binding on you.
9.1. These Terms are personal to you and us and may not be enforced by any third party, whether pursuant to the Contracts (rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
10.1. These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the Malta and any matter or dispute arising in connection with them or in connection with the Platform shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Malta. All contracts formed by these Terms shall be construed in English.
10.2. You are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws relating to the use of or otherwise connected with the Platform. To the extent that the Platform or any activity contemplated by it would infringe any law of a jurisdiction other than Malta, then you are prohibited from such access or use of the Platform or any attempt to carry on any such offending activity and this provision shall override all other provisions of these Terms.
1.1. SQUORO is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy & Cookie Policy is intended to inform you how we gather, define, and utilise your Information (as defined below). This policy is intended to assist you in making informed decisions when using the Platform and our products and services. Please take a minute to read and understand the policy.
1.2. This Privacy & Cookie Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms of Use.
1.3. Capitalised terms in this Privacy & Cookie Policy shall where the context admits or requires have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use.
2.1. All your Information shall be held and used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act") where applicable.
2.2. When you visit our Platform you may provide us with your name, user name; date of birth; gender; mobile number; social media log-in details; IP address and email address and, if you are accessing the Platform with an iOS device, certain information about that device (together, the "Information"). You may provide us with this Information in a number of ways:
(a) by downloading the SQUORO mobile application;
(b) by supplying us with the Information, as listed above, on an individual basis when creating an account, updating your profile, subscribing to receive updates from us or posting User Content in applicable sections of the Platform;
(c) when you enter a competition or promotion of ours featured on the Platform;
(d) if you choose to correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses;
(e) if you advise us of any preferences through your Account;
(f) by providing Information to us in any optional surveys and opinion polls that we use for research purposes; and
(g) by using the Platform, from which we may obtain details of your visits to the Platform including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access.
2.3. We may collect information about your device or computer, including (where available) your IP address, operating system and browser type and the geographical location of your computer, for system administration. This is statistical data about browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you as an individual.
2.4. is the data controller of your Information for the purposes of the Act, and shall ensure that your Information is processed and held in accordance with the Act.
2.5. We use your Information in the following ways:
(a) to identify your Account with, and as the submitter of, any User Content you submit;
(b) to ensure that content from our Platform is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device or computer;
(c) to contact you in accordance with your authorisation as expressed when you create an Account with us, post User Content to our Platform, or correspond with us;
(d) to send you our newsletter by email from time to time;
(e) to allow you to participate in any interactive features of our Platform, when you choose to do so; and
(f) to notify you about any changes to our Platform.
2.6. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Site to another website (such as a social networking site), our Privacy & Cookie Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which are linked to ours is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read those rules and policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
2.7. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example we may inform them that 500 people in a certain area have clicked on their advertisement on any given day).
2.8. In limited circumstances we may pass your Information to other third party organisations:
(a) if we buy or sell any business or assets in which case we may disclose your Information to the seller or buyer of such business or assets;
(b) if we are under a duty to disclose or share your Information to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements or protect the rights, property, or safety of our users, or others; and
(c) where we have obtained your prior consent.
2.9. Please note that by posting any Information in any publicly accessible area of the Platform such as in comments, or if you submit any User Content in response to a challenge set by a third party (including without limitation one of our partners), such Information may be viewed and collected by third parties over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the use of Information by such third parties. Please therefore exercise all due care and consideration before disclosing any Information that will be accessible on public areas. We strongly recommend you keep postings anonymous and avoid disclosing Information that may be used to identify you.
3.1. By continuing to use our Platform, you are deemed to consent to our use of the cookies described in this Privacy & Cookie Policy.
3.2. Like many other commercial websites, our Platform uses a standard technology called “cookies” and web server logs to collect information about how our Platform is being used. Most of our cookies expire within 30 days, although our analytics cookies may persist for between 2 and 10 years.
3.3. We use “analytics” cookies which, in conjunction with our server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Platform and work out which parts of the Platform are most popular. This helps us to constantly improve our Platform and better serve our users. We do not generally store any personal information that you provide to us in an analytics cookie.
3.4. We use ‘session’ cookies which enable you to carry information across pages of the Website and avoid having to re-enter information. Session cookies enable us to compile statistics that help us to understand how the Website is being used and to improve its structure. We also use ‘persistent’ cookies which remain in the cookies file of your browser for longer and help us to recognise you as a unique visitor to the Website, tailoring the content of certain areas of the Website to offer you content that match your preferred interests.
3.5. We may also host third party social-media cookies to personalise your interaction with third party social media platforms, for example for Facebook and Twitter. These cookies enable you to choose to interact with content on the Website via your personal social media accounts, and allow you to share content across media through the use of “sharing” buttons.
3.6. You can refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website and may not be able to take advantage of all the functionality. For a guide to disabling cookies in your browser please visit www.allaboutcookies.org .
3.7. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
4.1. You may request access to all your Information that we collect and hold about you, by emailing: hello@squoro.com.
4.2. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at hello@squoro.com. .
5.1. By using our Platform you consent to our collection and use of your Information as described in this Privacy & Cookie Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Platform to keep you aware of what Information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
6.1. Your Information may be processed by staff operating in Singapore and Germany, such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, managing update services and analysing statistical data about browsing actions and patterns. By submitting your Information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy & Cookie Policy.
7.1. We maintain the highest standards of security, however the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Information, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.
7.2. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
8.1. Any changes we may make to our Privacy & Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
9.1. Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy & Cookie Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@squoro.com.
For all support requests or to get in touch with our team email us at support@squoro.com