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Last updated on 1 August 2020
These terms of use (the ‘Terms of Use’), our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy will govern your access to and use of the website www.random.org, as well as the websites listed here (together the ‘Site’), including any content, functionality, and services offered by us through the Site, whether as a guest or a member. Some of the services available on the Site are available free of charge, while other services require payment. Where a service requires payment, this will be made clear to you in advance, and your use of such services will be subject to our subscription terms (‘Subscription Terms’) in addition to the terms listed in this paragraph.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you agree that you accept these Terms of Use and you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or the Subscription Terms (where applicable), then you must not use this Site or order services from it.
The Site is operated by Randomness and Integrity Services Limited (‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘RANDOM.ORG’). RANDOM.ORG is registered in Ireland under company number 489434 and has its registered office at Premier Business Centres, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02N767, Ireland. Our VAT number is 9769936F.
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or our entire Site, to certain users who have registered with us (‘Members’).
If you have a log-in or password connected with the Site, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. You alone are responsible for keeping your password secure. You must notify us at the following email address contact@random.org as soon as possible if you know or suspect any unauthorised use of your account, user ID, password, or of any other security breach. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account or password, until you report misuse to us. We have the right to disable any log-in or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.
You must provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself when registering for an account on the Site (‘Registration Data’). You must also update your Registration Data, and any other information you provide to RANDOM.ORG, as necessary to keep it accurate, current and complete.
By continuing to access the Site and/or registering a user account, you confirm that: (a) you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use; (b) you are not a person banned or restricted from access or using the Site; (c) you will comply with all applicable laws; (d) your use of or access to the Site does not violate any applicable law and (e) if you are acting on behalf of a company, that you are authorised to bind that company to these Terms of Use.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to or use of the Site and for ensuring that your device and computer software meets the minimum specifications and is configured correctly. You should use your own virus protection and firewall software. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use, and that they comply with them.
This paragraph only applies to consumers: If you are a consumer user (i.e., using the Site or its Services other than for purposes of your business or trade), you may benefit from certain additional consumer law protections.
All content (excluding User Content, as defined below) on the Site, including but not limited to designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement (together the ‘Site Content’), are the intellectual property of RANDOM.ORG or its licensors, with all rights reserved.
No Site Content may be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without RANDOM.ORG's prior written permission. Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site Content and to download or print one copy of any portion of the Site Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Further rights may be granted on the purchase of any services that we make available on the Site (‘Services’), which are governed by our Subscription Terms. Any use of the Site or the Site Content other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of RANDOM.ORG, is strictly prohibited and will immediately terminate the license granted herein without further notice to you and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including, without limitation, copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Except where expressly stated herein, nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed as granting any intellectual property rights to you, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of Site Content must always be acknowledged.
You may not upload or republish Site Content on any internet, intranet or extranet site or incorporate the information in any other database or compilation, unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance with RANDOM.ORG.
Subject to compliance with these Terms of Use, you may post or link to content or applications or provide comments for others to see on or to the Site (‘User Content’). If you post, link to, or otherwise contribute User Content, you guarantee, represent and warrant to us that:
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload User Content to the Site, or to make contact with other users of the Site, you must comply with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and, in the case of non-consumer users of the Site, you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. Any User Content you upload to the Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such User Content for any purpose.
We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Content posted by you or any other user of the Site.
Any User Content you upload that contains personal information will be governed by our Privacy Notice.
We have the right to remove any User Content you post on the Site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use.
You may use the Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Site:
You also agree:
These content standards apply to any and all User Content which you contribute to the Site, and to your use of any Interactive Services associated with it (‘Contribution(s)’).
These content standards are without prejudice to the generality of these Terms of Use. You must comply with the spirit of the following content standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
Contributions must not:
Any commentary and other materials posted on the Site by third parties are not intended to amount to advice and should not be relied upon. We are not liable for any loss or damage suffered by you, or any third party, arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
We aim to ensure that the Site is accurate at the time of publication, however, the Site or its features may change without notice and we may withdraw or amend the Site (or any part of it) or add or remove any features without notice. We are under no obligation to update the Site and we make no representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that Site Content or the Site is accurate, complete, or up-to-date.
Except as provided under this section, we shall not be liable for: (a) any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special losses arising under or in connection with a Contract, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation or otherwise; or (b) loss of data/ programs, anticipated savings, loss of revenue, profits or goodwill, even if the loss or damages was reasonably foreseeable or we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Subject to the remaining provisions of this section, our maximum aggregate liability to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will not exceed €500.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for:
You agree to indemnify and hold RANDOM.ORG, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, managers, members, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Notice as may be amended by us from time to time. By using the Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. If you are a data controller (within the meaning of the GDPR), you warrant that all information provided by you is shared with us in accordance with applicable law.
If any applicable law or regulation requires it, or if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your access or use of the Site or User Content, we may disclose any information we hold about you including your identity.
Contracts for the supply of Services are governed by our Subscription Terms and these Terms of Use.
By breaching the Prohibited Uses set out in these Terms of Use, you may be guilty of a criminal offence. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement and regulatory authorities, and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing relevant information to them. In addition, where we reasonably believe that a publication by you of results that we provide to you contains any distortion, manipulation, or misrepresentation, we may take such steps as we deem necessary in order to protect us, the integrity of the Site and our other users. Notwithstanding any such steps, in the event of such a breach, your right to use the Site will cease immediately without further notice to you.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programmes, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not publish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You may not link in such a manner as to suggest any form of association or approval on our part, unless you have received our prior written authorisation. You must not frame the Site on any other website, and you must not create a link to any part of the Site other than the home page.
You must not publish a link on the Site from any website that is not owned by you.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice, if you violate these Terms of Use. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use.
If you wish to make any use of material on the Site other than that set out in these Terms of Use, please address your request to contact@random.org.
Where the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You access links to other sites at your own risk.
We may determine, in our sole discretion, whether there has been a breach of these Terms of Use through your use of the Site. When a breach of these Terms of Use has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate in the circumstances.
Failure to comply with these Terms of Use may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
The responses described in this section are not limited, and we may take any other action we deem reasonably appropriate.
The Irish courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland.
If you are acting as a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident. Nothing in these Terms of Use, including the paragraphs above, affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law.
If you are acting as a consumer, you have the right to refer the dispute to the EU's Online Dispute Resolution Platform at http://ec.europa.eu/odr. If you decide to use this service, please use the following email address when asked for the trader's email address when completing the form: contact@random.org
We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page, for example, to reflect changes to the Site, the needs of our customers, our business plans, or changes in law. You must check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. If we make a material change, we will try to provide you with reasonable notice through the Site or by other means. If you do not agree to a change, you may close your account and stop accessing or using the Site. Your continued use or access of the Site after we publish or send a notice about a change means that you accept the change.
You are not permitted to assign, transfer, mortgage, charge or deal in any other manner with any or all of your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use or your user account unless you have received our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms of Use to an affiliate or to a party that buys us without your consent.
By sending us suggestions or other feedback regarding the Site, you agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation or obligation to you.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and RANDOM.ORG regarding your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and RANDOM.ORG relating to your use of the Site. Neither of us relies on, or will have any remedies in respect of, any representation or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms of Use or the Subscription Terms, or the documents referred to in them.
The failure of RANDOM.ORG to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance.
If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed invalid, unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be severed from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.
If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the Subscription Terms, the Subscription Terms shall take precedence to the extent of such conflict.
If you have any concerns or complaints about material which appears on the Site, or Services which you access through the Site, please contact: contact@random.org
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