Terms of Service
Please read these terms carefully before using CountdownShare. By using our service, you agree to these terms.
Last Updated: January 8, 2025
Quick Summary
✅ You Can:
- • Use CountdownShare for free, forever
- • Create unlimited countdown timers
- • Share and embed timers anywhere
- • Use for personal or commercial purposes
❌ You Cannot:
- • Use for illegal or harmful purposes
- • Abuse or overload our systems
- • Claim ownership of our service
- • Reverse engineer our code
1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to CountdownShare! By accessing or using our website at countdownshare.com (the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our Service.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.
2. Description of Service
CountdownShare is a free online tool that allows users to:
- Create countdown timers to specific dates and times
- Create duration-based timers for timed sessions
- Customize timers with themes, colors, and fonts
- Share countdown timers via unique URLs
- Embed countdown timers on external websites
- Generate email-compatible countdown images
The Service is provided free of charge and supported by advertising. We make no guarantees about the Service's availability, accuracy, or reliability.
3. User Responsibilities
When using CountdownShare, you agree to:
- Accuracy: Provide accurate information when creating countdown timers
- Lawful Use: Use the Service only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws
- Respect: Not use the Service to harass, abuse, threaten, or harm others
- Content Responsibility: You are solely responsible for the content (titles, descriptions) you create
- Age Requirement: You must be at least 13 years old to use this Service
4. Prohibited Uses
You may NOT use CountdownShare to:
- Violate any local, state, national, or international law
- Create content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or invasive of privacy
- Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
- Transmit spam, chain letters, or unsolicited mass distribution of content
- Upload viruses, malware, or any code designed to harm or disrupt the Service
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, networks, or user data
- Scrape, spider, or use automated tools to access the Service without permission
- Overload, flood, or perform denial-of-service attacks on our infrastructure
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service
- Remove or modify any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices
Violation of these prohibited uses may result in immediate termination of your access to the Service and potential legal action.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 Our Intellectual Property
The Service, including its design, code, features, functionality, logos, and branding, is owned by CountdownShare and protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works without our written permission.
5.2 Your Content
You retain ownership of the countdown timers you create (titles, descriptions, settings). By creating content on CountdownShare, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, display, and share your countdown timers as necessary to provide the Service.
5.3 Embedded Content
You are free to embed countdown timers on your website, blog, or other platforms. The embed code is provided for this purpose, but you may not misrepresent the timers as your own creation or remove attribution.
6. Third-Party Links and Services
CountdownShare may contain links to third-party websites or services (such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense) that are not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.
You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of any third-party services. We strongly advise you to read the terms and privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE:
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" 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.
CountdownShare makes no warranties or representations about:
- The accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the Service
- That the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free
- That defects will be corrected
- That the Service or servers are free of viruses or harmful components
- The results obtained from using the Service
You use the Service at your own risk. We recommend creating backup copies of important countdown data.
8. Limitation of Liability
LIABILITY LIMITATION:
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COUNTDOWNSHARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
This limitation applies to all claims, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages exceed one hundred dollars ($100 USD) or the amount you paid us in the past twelve months (which is $0 for a free service), whichever is greater.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CountdownShare, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in any way connected with:
- Your access to or use of the Service
- Your violation of these Terms
- Your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property or privacy rights
- Any content you create or share through the Service
10. Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, for any reason including:
- Violation of these Terms of Service
- Abusive behavior or excessive use that impacts service quality
- Suspected fraudulent, illegal, or harmful activity
- At our discretion for operational or business reasons
Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. We may delete your countdown timers and associated data, though we are not obligated to do so.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Delaware, and you hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
If you are a consumer in the European Union, you may also have the right to bring claims in your country of residence.
12. Dispute Resolution
For any dispute or claim arising from these Terms or your use of the Service, you agree to first contact us at hello@countdownshare.com to attempt to resolve the dispute informally.
If we cannot resolve the dispute within 60 days, either party may pursue legal remedies as outlined in the Governing Law section above.
13. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
14. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and CountdownShare regarding the use of the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.
15. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:
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