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The terms of service allow Ghost Foundation to terminate your account and access to the service at any time, for any reason, without notice, and without providing a refund for prior payments (risk_flags-1). You also waive rights to your content (risk_flags-2) and must indemnify Ghost Foundation for any liabilities arising from your content (risk_flags-3). Ghost Foundation retains the sole discretion to remove content or terminate access (risk_flags-4). Payments for upgrades are explicitly stated as non-refundable (cancellation_renewal-2), and generally, all sales are final with no refunds (cancellation_renewal-3). Your service upgrades will automatically renew unless you cancel them before the subscription period ends (cancellation_renewal-1). The terms can be modified at any time without notice, and continued use signifies acceptance (gotchas-3). Users are solely responsible for backing up their content (gotchas-1) and are entirely responsible for their content and any harm it causes (gotchas-2).
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High-Risk Flags
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These findings are material, hard-to-reverse harms clearly stated in the excerpts: money you cannot easily recover, lasting privacy exposure, loss of account access, weakened dispute rights, or broad ownership/control of user content.
high95% confidence
Account termination without notice or cause, no refund
Ghost Foundation may terminate your access to the Service at any time, for any reason, without notice, and without an obligation to provide a refund for prior payments.
Why it matters: Your account, content, and access to the service can be terminated at any time without reason or prior notice. You will also not receive a refund for any amounts already paid.
Ghost Foundation will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Users agree to waive any rights they may have against Ghost Foundation related to the use of their content in connection with providing the services.
Why it matters: You waive potential rights you might have against Ghost Foundation regarding how your content is used within the services.
You understand and agree to waive any rights you may have against Ghost Foundation, our assignees, sublicensees, and their assignees, in relation to the use of Your Content in connection with the provision of the Services.
Users agree to indemnify Ghost Foundation against liabilities, costs, expenses, damages, and losses arising from their content, including claims of intellectual property infringement.
Why it matters: You are required to protect Ghost Foundation from all costs and damages, including legal fees, related to your content or any breach of the agreement, even for claims alleging intellectual property infringement.
You hereby agree to indemnify Ghost Foundation and its contractors, licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by Ghost Foundation arising out of or in connection with any breach of the warranties contained in this Agreement, your breach or negligent performance or non-performance of this Agreement, the enforcement of this Agreement, and any
Sole discretion for content removal and account access
Ghost Foundation has the right, at its sole and unfettered discretion, to refuse or remove any content and to terminate or deny access to services for any individual or entity at any time and for any reason.
These findings are related to how a service uses, shares, or processes your data and its impact on your privacy. This includes rights granted to the company for user-generated content.
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Broad License to User Content
Users grant Ghost Foundation a perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, sublicensable, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish their content for displaying, distributing, and promoting their site.
Why it matters: Ghost Foundation receives a broad, permanent, and irrevocable license to use, modify, and publish your content globally for promotional and operational purposes related to your site.
By submitting Your Content to Ghost Foundation's Services, you grant Ghost Foundation a perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, sublicensable, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish Your Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your site.
If you delete your content, Ghost Foundation will use reasonable efforts to remove it, but acknowledges that caching or references to your content may not be immediately unavailable.
Why it matters: Even after deleting your content, cached versions or references to it might remain accessible for some time, meaning it may not disappear immediately.
If you delete Your Content, Ghost Foundation will use reasonable efforts to remove it from your site, but you acknowledge that caching or references to Your Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Ghost Foundation may disclose your identity to any third party who claims that your content violates their intellectual property rights or rights to privacy.
Why it matters: If someone claims your content violates their intellectual property or privacy rights, Ghost Foundation may reveal your identity to them.
Disclose your identity to any third party claiming that Your Content constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their rights to privacy;
These findings relate to how your subscription or service can be cancelled or renewed, including terms around automatic renewals, refunds, and notice periods.
medium85% confidence
Automatic Renewal of Upgrades
Upgrade subscriptions automatically renew unless you notify Ghost Foundation of cancellation before the subscription period ends. You authorize the collection of renewal fees using payment information on file.
Why it matters: Your service upgrades will automatically renew, and the company will charge your payment method on file unless you cancel before the current subscription period concludes.
Unless you notify Ghost Foundation before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel an Upgrade, your Upgrade subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such Upgrade (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you.
Why it matters: Most purchases of products or services are final, and refunds are not typically offered.
Unless indicated otherwise at the explicit discretion of Ghost Foundation, all sales are final and no refunds are provided for any products or services provided.
Users are entirely responsible for the content they generate and any harm resulting from it, with Ghost Foundation assuming no liability.
Why it matters: You are fully liable for any harm or consequences that arise from the content you create and post, and Ghost Foundation explicitly disclaims responsibility for such content.
You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, Your Content. We take no responsibility and shall assume no liability for Your Content.
Ghost Foundation reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of the Agreement, and continued use constitutes acceptance of these changes.
Why it matters: The terms of service can be changed at any time without explicit notice, and your continued use implies agreement to these changes.
Ghost Foundation reserves the right, at its sole and unfettered discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes.
Changes, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Protections
1 finding
These findings are explicit, source-backed consumer benefits including commitments for data deletion, non-collection, clear refund windows, advance notice, user controls, and data minimization.
Protection95% confidence
Age Limitation for Service Use
The Website and Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
Why it helps: This clause prevents individuals under the age of 13 from using the service, which can help protect younger users' privacy and online safety.
The Website and Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.