TERMS OF SERVICE

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User,” “you,” or “your”) and gil.bar (“Company,” “we,” us,” or “our”) governing access to and use of the gil.bar website, platform, and application programming interface (“API”) (collectively, the “Service”).

By accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must immediately discontinue use of the Service.

1. Eligibility

The Service is available to individuals and entities capable of forming legally binding agreements under applicable law. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements and that your use complies with all applicable laws and regulations.

2. Description of Services

The Company provides a URL shortening platform that enables Users to create shortened links and access associated analytics. While the Service is currently offered free of charge, the Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or introduce fees at its sole discretion.

The Company does not guarantee uninterrupted availability, uptime, performance levels, or error-free operation.

3. Acceptable Use Policy

Users agree not to use the Service to create, distribute, or promote links that contain, facilitate, or relate to:

  • Pornographic, sexually explicit, or adult material
  • Phishing, fraud, impersonation, or deceptive practices
  • Malware, ransomware, spyware, viruses, or malicious code
  • Violent, unlawful, or harmful content
  • Hateful, discriminatory, defamatory, or abusive material
  • Illegal drugs, weapons, or unlawful goods and services
  • Infringement of intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other proprietary rights
  • Unauthorized collection, harvesting, or distribution of personal data
  • Double redirection or cloaking intended to conceal final destinations
  • Pages lacking meaningful or legitimate content

The Company reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, whether content violates this policy.

4. API Usage and Technical Restrictions

Use of the API must comply with fair usage standards and technical documentation provided by the Company.

Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:

  • Repeated shortening of identical URLs to manipulate metrics
  • Generating excessive volumes of inactive or non-functional links
  • Automated abuse, scraping, or system exploitation
  • Reverse engineering, decompiling, or attempting to extract source code
  • Actions that disrupt, overload, or impair the Service

The Company may suspend, throttle, restrict, or permanently terminate API access without prior notice.

5. Monitoring and Enforcement

The Company reserves the right to monitor, review, analyze, suspend, disable, or delete any link or access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, to ensure compliance with these Terms and to protect the integrity of the platform.

6. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in and to the Service, including but not limited to software, trademarks, branding, logos, and documentation, are owned by or licensed to the Company.

Users are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service solely in accordance with these Terms.

7. User Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that:

  • You own or have the legal right to share and distribute all content associated with your shortened links;
  • Your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation;
  • You will not use the Service for unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful purposes.

8. Privacy and Data Protection

The Company may collect, process, and store technical and usage data related to shortened links, including click metrics, device data, referral information, and geographic indicators.

All data processing is conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and the Company’s Privacy Policy.

The Company does not claim ownership of User content but reserves the right to process link data as necessary to operate and improve the Service.

9. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR AVAILABILITY.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE FROM HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY’S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD $100), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

  • Your use or misuse of the Service;
  • Your violation of these Terms;
  • Your infringement of any third-party rights.

12. Suspension and Termination

The Company may suspend or terminate access to the Service immediately and without notice if it reasonably believes a User has violated these Terms or applicable laws.

Termination does not limit the Company’s rights or remedies at law or in equity.

13. Modifications to the Service or Terms

The Company reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, at any time.

These Terms may be updated periodically. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Insert Jurisdiction], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in [Insert Jurisdiction].

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

16. Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the User and the Company regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, or representations.