Universal terms of service agreement

PLEASE READ THIS REGISTRY LEGAL NOTICE CAREFULLY, AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

This Registry Universal Terms of Use (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between Registry Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company or its affiliates (“GoDaddy Registry”) and you, and is made effective as of the date of your use of this website (“Site”) or of the Services (as described below). This Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions of your use of the Site. It also contains additional provisions applicable to the use, in the European Union (“EU”), of the Site and/or of Registry and DNS products and services purchased, accessed through or found at this Site (individually and collectively, the “Services”). Additional services agreements and policies, including the Privacy Policy, apply to certain Services and are in addition to (not in lieu of) this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between section 7 of this Agreement (“EU DSA Supplemental Terms of Service”) and any other agreements or policies applicable to the Site and/or the Services, section 7 shall prevail.

If you do not agree to this Agreement, please discontinue use of this Site or the Services. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and GoDaddy Registry with respect to access to, and use of, the Site or the Services on the same subject matter.

The terms “we”, “us” or “our” shall refer to GoDaddy Registry. The terms “you”, “your”, “User” or “customer” shall refer to any individual or entity who accepts this Agreement, has access to your account or uses the Services. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

Intellectual Property Rights. All content, unless otherwise indicated, is protected by law including, but not limited to, United States copyright, trade secret, and trademark law, as well as other state, national, and international laws and regulations. GoDaddy Registry does not grant any express or implied rights to the user under any patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret information. The content from this Site may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including facsimile transmission, photocopying, recording, or use of information storage or retrieval systems, without express written permission from the copyright owner. Accordingly, any unauthorized use of the Site or the content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, trade secret laws, or laws relating to privacy and publicity.
Except for User Content, the content on this Site, including without limitation the text, software, scripts, source code, API, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos and interactive features and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“GoDaddy Registry Content”), are owned by or licensed to GoDaddy Registry in perpetuity, and are subject to copyright, trademark, and/or patent protection in the United States and foreign countries, and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws. GoDaddy Registry Content is provided to you “as is”, “as available” and “with all faults” for your information and personal, non-commercial use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever without the express prior written consent of GoDaddy Registry. No right or license under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other proprietary right or license is granted by this Agreement. GoDaddy Registry reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the GoDaddy Registry Content, this Site, and this Agreement do not transfer ownership of any of these rights.
General Rules of Conduct. You acknowledge and agree that:
1. Your use of this Site and of the Services, including any content you submit, will comply with this Agreement, any applicable services agreement or policy that may apply and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations.
2. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any materials, including creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, photographs, concepts or other information or communications, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like you transmit or provide to GoDaddy Registry or through the Services via electronic mail or otherwise (collectively the “User Content”).
3. You agree that all User Content you submit to GoDaddy Registry is owned by you, and you hereby grant to GoDaddy Registry the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display User Content and to incorporate any User Content in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, including, but not limited to, the right to publish User Content or use User Content on the GoDaddy Registry Site or in advertising of any type, with no obligation to pay you any consideration. GoDaddy Registry will not be required to treat any User Content as confidential, and GoDaddy Registry may use User Content in its business (including, without limitation, for products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or any other consideration of any kind or as a result of any similarities that may appear in GoDaddy Registry’s future operations. User Content does not include any personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number(s), and credit card information, all of which is subject to the privacy standards set forth in our Privacy Policy, which is expressly incorporated into these Terms of Service. GoDaddy Registry reserves the right to remove any content submitted to the Site or through the Services at any time for any reason.
4. You will not collect or harvest (or permit anyone else to collect or harvest) any User Content (as defined below) or any non-public or personally identifiable information about another user or any other person or entity without their express prior written consent.
5. You will not use this Site or the Services in a manner (as determined by GoDaddy Registry in its sole and absolute discretion) that:
  1. Infringes on the intellectual property rights of another user or any other person or entity;
  2. Violates the privacy or publicity rights of another user or any other person or entity, or breaches any duty of confidentiality that you owe to another user or any other person or entity;
  3. Interferes with the operation of this Site or the Services;
  4. Contains or installs any viruses, worms, bugs, Trojan horses or other code, files or programs designed to, or capable of, disrupting, damaging or limiting the functionality of any software or hardware; or
  5. Contains false or deceptive language, or unsubstantiated or comparative claims, regarding GoDaddy Registry or GoDaddy Registry’s Services.
  1. 1. Rules of conduct. Users are prohibited from providing, publishing or transmitting content which is incompatible with or violates this Agreement (including without limitation section 2) or any applicable laws in the EU or in any EU country (“Unauthorized Content”).
    2. Content moderation overview. GoDaddy Registry may voluntarily take action against any Unauthorized Content, in accordance with section 6 above. GoDaddy Registry may also receive orders from EU authorities and, in some limited instances, notices from individuals or entities, reporting the presence of alleged illegal content on (or transmitted through) the Site or the Services. GoDaddy Registry will process these orders and notices and take action based on the information provided. These actions may entail the restrictions mentioned in paragraph (c) below, or any other restrictions required by the relevant authority.
    3. Restrictions. GoDaddy Registry may, at any time and, depending on the nature of the violation, without prior notice, remove or otherwise act against any Unauthorized Content that any user provided on (or through) this Site or any Service. In practice, GoDaddy Registry may not always have the technical ability to remove specific items of content, save for content provided on the Site. Therefore, in certain exceptional circumstances (mainly under a court order), GoDaddy Registry may have to disable access to a whole Service involving illegal content (e.g., disabling a domain name corresponding to a website hosting illegal content). GoDaddy Registry may also terminate any user’s access to the Site or to any Service if they provide Unauthorized Content, as specified in this Agreement (including without limitation sections 2(j)and 6).
    4. Measures and tools for review. Notices and orders are subject to human review. Actions taken in response to notices and/or orders which relate to the provision of content by users of the Service or visitors of the Site is subject to human review. Some automation may be used to route tickets.
    5. Right to terminate the use of the Services. You have the right to terminate the use of the Services as specified in each bilateral agreement applicable to the relevant Service.
    6. DSA Point of Contact. If you have any questions or queries about this section 7 or any other DSA-related matters, you can contact us by email at the following address: dsainquiries@registry.godaddy
    Legal Department
    GoDaddy Registry
    100 S Mill Ave Ste 1600
    Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
    legal@registry.godaddy