Terms of Service

By accessing and using The Couch Critic ("we", "us", or "our"), you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and services, including but not limited to movie and TV show reviews, ratings, watchlists, and community features.

Account Creation

To access certain features of our service, you must create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.

Account Security

You are responsible for safeguarding the password and for maintaining the confidentiality of your account. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party and to take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your account.

Account Termination

We reserve the right to terminate accounts that violate these terms or engage in harmful behavior toward other users or our platform.

Content Guidelines

Users may submit reviews, ratings, and other content. All content must be:

• Original and not infringe on any third-party rights
• Relevant to movies, TV shows, or entertainment
• Free from hate speech, harassment, or discriminatory language
• Not contain spam, promotional content, or commercial solicitations
• Not include personal information of others without consent

Content Ownership

You retain ownership of the content you create, but grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and display your content in connection with our services.

Content Moderation

We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these terms or is deemed inappropriate for our platform.

You agree not to:

• Use the service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
• Harass, abuse, or harm other users
• Submit false or misleading information
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems
• Use automated tools to scrape or collect data from our site
• Impersonate others or create fake accounts
• Distribute malware or other harmful code

The Couch Critic and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by us and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.

Movie and TV show data, including but not limited to titles, descriptions, images, and metadata, are provided through third-party services and remain the property of their respective owners.

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the service, to understand our practices.

We collect and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA where applicable.

Service Availability

We strive to provide uninterrupted access to our service but do not guarantee 100% uptime. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of our service at any time.

Content Accuracy

While we make efforts to ensure the accuracy of movie and TV show information, we cannot guarantee that all data is current, complete, or error-free.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall The Couch Critic be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of our service.

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. We will notify users of significant changes through our website or via email. Continued use of our service after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

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