Legal & service terms

Terms of Service

These Terms govern your use of the TomatoTerm application, accounts, content, paid services, and related features.

1. Acceptance and Definitions

1.1 Agreement to the Terms

These Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (the User) and the APP developer/operator (hereinafter referred to as “us”, “we”, or “our”) governing your use of this mobile application (the “APP”) and related services. By downloading, installing, registering, logging in, or using any functions of the APP, you fully read, understand, and unconditionally accept all provisions of these Terms and agree to be bound by these Terms, the accompanying Privacy Policy, and Refund Policy.

1.2 Minors and disagreement

If you are a minor, you may use the APP services only with the knowledge and consent of your legal guardian, who shall be fully responsible for your use of the APP. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must immediately uninstall the APP and cease all use of our services.

1.3 Updates to the Terms

We reserve the right to revise and update these Terms at any time. Revised Terms shall take effect immediately upon publication via in-app announcements, official website postings, or other reasonable notification methods. Your continued use of the APP services after the update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

1.4 Definitions

“Services” refers to all functions, content, interactive features, and derivative services provided by the APP; “User Content” refers to all texts, images, videos, data, and other materials uploaded, posted, or stored by users during APP usage; “Third-Party Services” refers to external services integrated into the APP, including but not limited to third-party SDKs, payment channels, advertising services, and data analysis services.

2. Account Registration and Usage Rules

2.1 Registration information and account security

Certain APP functions require user registration and login. You agree to provide true, accurate, and complete registration information and update it promptly if any changes occur. You are solely responsible for the security of your account, password, verification codes, and other login credentials. All operations performed under your account shall be deemed as your personal actions.

2.2 Account transfers and unauthorized access

You shall not lend, rent, sell, or transfer your APP account, nor register bulk malicious accounts or access others’ accounts without authorization. If you detect abnormal login or account theft risks, you shall promptly change your password and contact our customer support. We shall not be liable for any account loss, theft, data leakage, or resulting losses caused by non-system failures on our side.

2.3 Prohibited behavior

When using our APP services, you shall comply with the laws and regulations of your jurisdiction, platform rules, and these Terms. The following prohibited behaviors are strictly forbidden:

  1. Publishing or disseminating illegal, vulgar, violent, infringing, false, or fraudulent content;
  2. Using the APP for brushing orders, arbitrage, fraud, illegal traffic diversion, commercial marketing, or other improper profit-making activities;
  3. Cracking, modifying, reverse-engineering, or imitating the APP program, attacking our servers, stealing system data, or interfering with the normal operation of the platform;
  4. Misusing APP functions, crawling platform data in bulk, artificially boosting traffic, or improperly obtaining platform benefits;
  5. Infringing upon the intellectual property rights, reputation rights, privacy rights, or other legitimate rights and interests of us or any third party.

2.4 Enforcement

For any user violations, we reserve the right to take disciplinary measures including but not limited to warnings, content deletion, function restriction, account suspension, and permanent account termination, as well as the right to pursue legal liabilities for serious violations.

3. Service License and Intellectual Property Rights

3.1 Limited license

We grant you a limited, personal, non-commercial, non-transferable license to use the APP services solely on your personal devices. Without our prior written authorization, you shall not use the APP for commercial purposes, secondary development, or public distribution.

3.2 Our intellectual property

All intellectual property rights of the APP, including but not limited to source code, interface design, texts, images, icons, videos, algorithms, functional architecture, trademarks, and logos, are exclusively owned by us. No individual or entity may copy, repost, modify, distribute, commercially use, or imitate the APP without our written permission, and we will pursue legal liabilities for any infringement.

3.3 User Content

You retain the intellectual property rights of original content you post on the APP. You hereby grant us a perpetual, free, worldwide license to use, display, and edit such content for the purposes of operation, promotion, and service optimization, without any additional compensation payable to you.

5. Service Modification, Interruption and Termination

5.1 Changes to services

We reserve the right to optimize, adjust, add, or delete APP functions and services at any time based on product iteration, operational needs, and compliance requirements, without prior individual notice to users.

5.2 Temporary interruptions

We shall not be liable for any user losses caused by temporary service interruption or suspension due to system upgrades, server maintenance, network failures, force majeure, or third-party service abnormalities, and we will resume services as soon as possible.

5.3 Termination

We may unilaterally terminate service provision and cancel your account without any compensation if you seriously violate relevant rules or laws, or if we discontinue the operation of the APP.

6. Disclaimer

6.1 Services provided “as is”

The APP services are provided on an “as is” basis. We do not warrant that the services will be completely error-free, uninterrupted, or flawlessly meet all user expectations.

6.2 Use at your own risk

You voluntarily use the APP and bear all risks arising from usage, including but not limited to device failures, network anomalies, data loss, and third-party content risks. We are not responsible for any losses caused by your improper operation, device faults, or network problems.

6.3 Third-Party Services

Third-party services, content, and external links integrated in the APP are independently operated by third parties. We do not guarantee the legality, security, or accuracy of third-party services, and any disputes arising from your use of third-party services shall be resolved independently with the third party.

6.4 Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, we shall not be liable for any indirect losses, lost profits, or goodwill damages incurred by you.

7. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

7.1 Governing law

The formation, validity, interpretation, and dispute resolution of these Terms shall be governed by the laws of our registered jurisdiction, while complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable privacy regulations for overseas users.

7.2 Dispute resolution

Any disputes arising out of these Terms shall be settled through friendly negotiation. If negotiation fails, disputes shall be submitted to the competent authority of our registered location for resolution.