ClosedAppTesting's terms of service
These terms govern use of the website https://www.closedapptesting.com. To use the website, you must agree to these terms with ClosedAppTesting, the company that runs the website.
The company may offer other products and services, under different terms. These terms apply only to use of the website.
Important Terms
These terms include a number of important provisions that affect your rights and responsibilities, such as the disclaimers in Disclaimers, limits on the company’s liability to you in Limits on Liability, your agreement to cover the company for damages caused by your misuse of the website in Responsibility for Your Use, and an agreement to arbitrate disputes in Disputes.
Your Permission to Use the Website
Subject to these terms, the company gives you permission to use the website. That permission isn’t exclusive to you, and you can’t transfer it to anyone else. Others need to agree to these terms for themselves to use the website.
Conditions for Use of the Website
Your permission to use the website is subject to the following conditions:
You may no longer use the website if the company contacts you directly to say that you may not.
You must use the website in accordance with Acceptable Use and Content Standards.
Acceptable Use
You may not break the law using the website.
You may not use or try to use another’s account on the website without their specific permission.
You may not buy, sell, or otherwise trade in user names or other unique identifiers on the website.
You may not automate access to the website, or monitor the website, such as with a web crawler, browser plug-in or add-on, or other computer program that is not a web browser. You may crawl the website to index it for a publicly available search engine.
You may not falsely imply that you’re affiliated with or endorsed by the company.
You may not hyperlink to images or other non-hypertext content on the website.
You may not show any part of the website on other websites with using iframes.
You may not disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access restrictions of the website.
You may not strain infrastructure of the website with an unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose an unreasonable load on information systems underlying the website.
You may not encourage or help anyone in violation of these terms.
You may not impersonate others through the website.
Content Standards
You may not submit content to the website that is illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful to others. This includes content that is harassing, inappropriate, or abusive.
You may not submit content to the website that violates the law, infringes anyone’s intellectual property rights, violates anyone’s privacy, or breaches agreements you have with others.
You may not use the website to disclose information that you don’t have the right to disclose, like others’ confidential information.
Enforcement
The company may investigate and prosecute violations of these terms to the fullest legal extent. The company may notify and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting violations of the law and these terms.
The company reserves the right to change, redact, and delete content on the website for any reason. If you believe someone has submitted content to the website in violation of these terms, please contact us immediately.
Your Account
You must create and log into an account to use some features of the website.
To create an account, you must provide some information about yourself. If you create an account, you agree to provide, at a minimum, a valid e-mail address, and to keep that address up-to-date.
You agree to be responsible for all action taken using your account, whether authorized by you or not, until you either close your account or notify the company that your account has been compromised. You agree to notify the company immediately if you suspect your account has been compromised. You agree to select a secure password for your account, and keep it secret.
The company may restrict, suspend, or close your account on the website according to its policy for handling copyright-related takedown requests, or if the company reasonably believes that you’ve breached these terms.
Your Responsibility
You agree to indemnify the company from legal claims by others related to your breach of these terms, or breach of these terms by others using your account on the website. Both you and the company agree to notify the other side of any legal claims for which you might have to indemnify the company as soon as possible. If the company fails to notify you of a legal claim promptly, you won’t have to indemnify the company for damages that you could have defended against or mitigated with prompt notice. You agree to allow the company to control investigation, defense, and settlement of legal claims for which you would have to indemnify the company, and to cooperate with those efforts. The company agrees not to agree to any settlement that admits fault for you or imposes obligations on you without your prior agreement.
Limits on Liability
The company will not be liable to you for breach-of-contract damages company personnel could not have reasonably foreseen when you agreed to these terms. As far as the law allows, the company’s total liability to you for claims of any kind that are related to the website or content on the website will be limited to $50.
Account bans disclaimer
We want to make it clear that while we strive to provide a reliable and effective service, we cannot assume responsibility for any account bans or penalties imposed by Google or any other platform as a result of using our service. Our tools and services are designed to assist users in navigating the closed testing phase for mobile applications, but ultimately, the responsibility for adhering to platform policies and guidelines lies with the user.
Key points to consider:
- Platform Guidelines: Users are expected to familiarize themselves with and abide by the terms of service, policies, and guidelines set forth by Google and any other relevant platforms. This includes but is not limited to Google Play Developer Program Policies, Google Play Content Policies, and Google Play Developer Distribution Agreement.
- Risk Assessment: While we make every effort to ensure our service complies with platform guidelines, users should understand that there is inherent risk associated with any third-party tool or service. It is the user's responsibility to assess and mitigate these risks accordingly.
- Transparency: We are committed to transparency and will promptly address any concerns or issues raised by users regarding compliance with platform guidelines. However, we cannot guarantee immunity from account bans or penalties.
- Continuous Improvement: We continuously monitor changes to platform policies and guidelines to ensure that our service remains compliant. However, users should be aware that platform policies may change without notice, and it is their responsibility to stay informed of any updates.
How to Minimize Risk:
To minimize the risk of account bans or penalties, we recommend the following:
- Stay informed: Regularly review platform policies and guidelines to ensure compliance.
- Exercise caution: Use our service responsibly and avoid engaging in any activities that may violate platform policies.
- Seek guidance: If you have any questions or concerns about compliance, don't hesitate to reach out to us for clarification and guidance.
By using our service, you acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with the use of third-party tools and services and agree to hold us harmless from any account bans or penalties imposed by Google or any other platform.
Feedback
The company welcomes your feedback and suggestions for the website. See the Contact section below for ways to get in touch with us. You agree that the company will be free to act on feedback and suggestions you provide, and that the company won’t have to notify you that your feedback was used, get your permission to use it, or pay you. You agree not to submit feedback or suggestions that you believe might be confidential or proprietary, to you or others.
Termination
Either you or the company may end the agreement written out in these terms at any time. When our agreement ends, your permission to use the website also ends.
Contact
You may notify the company under these terms, and send questions to the company, at [email protected]. The company may notify you under these terms using the e-mail address you provide for your account on the website, or by posting a message to the homepage of the website or your account page.
Changes
The company last updated these terms on Feb 21, 2024, and may update these terms again. The company will post all updates to the website. For updates that contain substantial changes, the company agrees to e-mail you, if you’ve created an account and provided a valid e-mail address. The company may also announce updates with special messages or alerts on the website. Once you get notice of an update to these terms, you must agree to the new terms in order to keep using the website.