What Kongregate's terms say

Bad 10

• You waive your right to a class action

  You waive your right to a class action.

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• You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  Note: This provision only applies to non-EU residents and to claims under US $10000.

• Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

• Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

• You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

• Third-party cookies are used for statistics

• Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user or US $100

• Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

• Third-party cookies are used for advertising

• Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

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• This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

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• The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk

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• Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

  Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

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• No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

  The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  Created by Docbot version v3

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• This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially

• You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

• Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

• Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

• The court of law governing the terms is in location X

  The court of law governing the terms is in Sweden

• Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

• Third parties are involved in operating the service

• Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header

• First-party cookies are used

• The service can stop being provided at any time

• There is a date of the last update of the agreements

• You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

• The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

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• Information is provided about how your personal data is used

• The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection

  The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection (Sweden)

• Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

• The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

• The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

• Logs are deleted after a finite period of time

  Logs are deleted after 30 days

• Contact information from a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is provided

• You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

• This service is COPPA compliant

Serious 2

• Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

  The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice

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• Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason

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• Your content can be licensed to third parties

• Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

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• You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

• You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

• This service is only available to users over a certain age

  This service is only available to users over 18 years old

• Minors must have the authorization of their legal guardians to use the service

• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

• You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

• Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

• Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

• The service suspends your account after inactivity for a certain or uncertain time

  The service suspends your account after 3 years of inactivity

• The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

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• You can delete your content from this service

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• Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

• You maintain ownership of your content

• The service has non-exclusive use of your content

• You have the right to leave this service at any time

• You can retrieve an archive of your data

• You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

• Copyright license limited for the purposes of that same service but transferable and sublicenseable