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Terms and Conditions

Last updated: May 10, 2025

Welcome to Been Posted? ("Been Posted?", "we", "our", or "us"). The Service is provided by sole proprietor (FOP) Sharapov Andrii Viktorovych. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of our web application at https://beenposted.online. Please read these Terms carefully before using our Service. Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

1. Introduction

These Terms and Conditions set forth the rules and guidelines for using the Been Posted? service.

2. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using our Service (including signing up for an account or submitting content for checking), you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you do not have permission to access or use the Service. You affirm that you are of legal age to enter into these Terms, or, if not, that you have obtained parental or guardian consent.

3. Service Description

Been Posted? provides a tool designed to help users check if text content they submit is similar to content they have previously stored within the Service. The Service utilizes various techniques, including semantic analysis via third-party AI providers (like OpenAI) and keyword matching, to identify potential similarities. The results are intended as informational aids and may not be perfectly accurate or exhaustive.

4. Accounts

You must register for an account to use the core features of the Service. You agree to provide accurate and complete information during registration and keep it updated. You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials (e.g., password or access via third-party providers like Google). You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account via the dedicated contact form available on the Service. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements. By creating an account, you agree to receive essential communications from us regarding your account, security, and significant updates to the Service or these Terms, either via your registered email address or through in-app notifications.

5. User Content

Your Content: You retain full ownership of the text content you submit to the Service ("User Content").

License Grant: By submitting User Content, you grant Been Posted? a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, reproduce, process, analyze, and display your User Content solely for the purposes of:

  • Operating and providing the similarity checking Service to you.
  • Generating analytical data (summaries, embeddings, topics, etc.) derived from your User Content as described in our Privacy Policy, necessary for the Service's functionality.
  • Securing and maintaining the Service.

This license is required for the Service to function. It terminates when you delete the specific User Content or your entire account via the Service's features.

Responsibility: You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of submitting it. You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to submit the User Content and grant the license described above, and that your User Content does not violate any applicable laws, infringe upon any third-party rights (including copyright, trademark, privacy, or other proprietary rights), or contain any malicious code.

6. Use of the Service & Prohibited Conduct

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

  • Use the Service in any way that violates any applicable national or international law or regulation.
  • Submit User Content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service, the server on which the Service is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Service.
  • Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Service, without our prior written consent.
  • Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying algorithms of the Service.
  • Exceed any usage limits (e.g., number of checks, storage limits) associated with your account tier, as detailed on our Pricing page, without authorization or applicable payment.

7. Fees, Payment, and Subscriptions (If Applicable)

Certain features or usage tiers of the Service may be offered subject to fees ("Paid Services"). By selecting a Paid Service, you agree to pay Been Posted? the subscription or usage fees indicated for that service. All current pricing and payment details are available on our Pricing page. Prices may change from time to time; please refer to the Pricing page for the latest information.

Payment Processing: We use a third-party payment processor (e.g., Paddle) to handle payments. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of the Payment Processor in addition to these Terms. We are not responsible for errors by the Payment Processor.

Billing: You must provide current, complete, and accurate billing information. For subscription-based Paid Services, you authorize us (through our Payment Processor) to charge your chosen payment method on a recurring basis without further authorization from you, until you cancel your subscription or terminate your account in accordance with these Terms and the specific terms of the subscription.

Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time exclusively through your account settings/profile page within the Service. Cancellation will typically take effect at the end of the current billing period. Fees paid are generally non-refundable, except where required by law or explicitly stated otherwise.

Refunds: Refunds are only available during the trial period and only if no paid service has been used. Once you use any paid service, you agree that all fees are non-refundable, except where required by law. For full details, please see our Refund Policy. By accepting these Terms, you acknowledge and accept this no-refund policy for paid services.

8. Third-Party Services (AI Providers)

The Service utilizes third-party AI services (such as OpenAI) to process User Content for similarity analysis. Your use of the Service constitutes acknowledgment and acceptance that your User Content will be shared with these providers as described in our Privacy Policy, solely for the purpose of providing the Service's features. We rely on the security and privacy practices of these providers, but cannot guarantee them.

9. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding User Content), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Been Posted? and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Our trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent.

10. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you breach these Terms or for any other reason at our sole discretion.

You may terminate your account at any time by using the account deletion feature within the Service. Upon termination by either party, your right to use the Service will cease immediately, and we will delete your User Content and account data as described in our Privacy Policy. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Been Posted? does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that the results of the similarity checks will be completely accurate or reliable. You use the Service at your own risk.

12. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Been Posted?, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Been Posted? and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, by you or any person using your account and password; b) a breach of these Terms, or c) User Content submitted on the Service.

14. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

15. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide reasonable notice prior to any new terms taking effect, which may include posting a notice within the Service, sending a notification to your registered email address (if provided and kept updated), and/or updating the "Last updated" date on this page. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our Service after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

16. Contact Information

For any questions about these Terms, your rights, or other legal/privacy matters, please use the contact form available on our website. We do not provide a direct email address; all inquiries must be submitted via the contact form.