Terms of Service

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements and that you are not barred from using the Service under any applicable law.

Puzzle Party lets people solve crossword puzzles together in shared rooms. The Service is provided for personal, non-commercial entertainment. We may add, change, suspend, or remove features, puzzles, or rooms at any time, with or without notice, and we are not liable for doing so.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service. You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to:

• • use the Service for any unlawful, infringing, harassing, or abusive purpose;
• • enter into a shared grid or transmit through the Service any content that is unlawful, defamatory, hateful, obscene, infringing, or that contains personal data of others;
• • copy, scrape, reproduce, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from the puzzles, clues, software, or other content of the Service except as expressly permitted;
• • reverse engineer, decompile, probe, or circumvent any security or rate-limiting measure;
• • use bots, scrapers, or automated means to access the Service, or impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure; or
• • impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone.

We may investigate and take any action we deem appropriate, including removing content, ending rooms, and restricting access, for any violation of these Terms.

“User Content” means anything you submit through the Service, such as a display name or the letters you type into a shared grid. You retain whatever rights you have in your User Content. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to host, store, transmit, display, and use User Content as needed to operate, secure, and improve the Service. You represent that you have the rights necessary to grant this license and that your User Content does not violate these Terms or any law. You are solely responsible for your User Content, and we are not obligated to store or return it.

The Service, including its software, design, puzzles, clues, text, graphics, and the look and feel, is owned by Puzzle Party or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for the limited license above, no rights are granted to you. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

“Puzzle Party,” our logos, and our product names are trademarks of Puzzle Party. You may not use them without our prior written permission, and you may not use any mark in a way that is likely to cause confusion or that disparages Puzzle Party. Nominative references (for example, to describe interoperability or to report on the Service) are permitted only to the extent allowed by law and must not imply sponsorship or endorsement. Nothing on the Service should be construed as granting any license to use any trademark without our written permission.

We respect intellectual-property rights and expect users to do the same. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to legal@puzzleparty.xyz that includes: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (c) identification of the allegedly infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to locate it; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to act on the owner's behalf. We may remove allegedly infringing material and terminate repeat infringers. The party submitting a notice agrees to be subject to the counter-notice and put-back procedures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice may result in liability for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

We are committed to providing a Service that is usable by as many people as possible and we work in good faith toward conformance with recognized accessibility guidelines, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), as part of an ongoing process. Accessibility is a continuing effort and we do not warrant that every part of the Service is, or will at all times be, fully conformant. If you encounter a barrier or have difficulty accessing any part of the Service, please contact us at accessibility@puzzleparty.xyz so we can promptly work with you to provide the information, feature, or assistance you need. We ask that you give us a reasonable opportunity to address any concern before pursuing any claim. This statement is a description of our good-faith efforts and is not an admission that the Service does not conform to any standard or legal requirement.

The Service relies on third-party providers (for example, hosting and real-time infrastructure) and may contain links to third-party sites. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, their availability, or their content, and your use of them is at your own risk and subject to their terms.

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that any content or game state will be preserved or accurate. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you use the Service at your own risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event will Puzzle Party or its owners, operators, contributors, or suppliers be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us to use the Service in the twelve months before the claim or one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you; in that case our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Puzzle Party and its owners, operators, and suppliers from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your User Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or any law or third-party right.

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights.

Informal resolution first. Before starting any arbitration or proceeding, you agree to first contact us at legal@puzzleparty.xyz and give us 60 days to resolve the dispute informally and in good faith.

Binding arbitration.Except as provided below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by a recognized arbitration provider under its consumer or commercial rules then in effect, rather than in court. The arbitration will be conducted in the State of New York, or remotely where available, before a single arbitrator. The arbitrator's award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section.

Class-action and jury-trial waiver.All claims must be brought in your individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. You and Puzzle Party waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action.

Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in court to protect its intellectual-property rights or to stop unauthorized use of the Service. If the class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be severed and may proceed in court, while all other claims remain in arbitration.

Any claim arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arose; otherwise it is permanently barred, to the extent permitted by law.

If a party brings a claim relating to the Service or these Terms that a court or arbitrator determines to be frivolous, brought in bad faith, or pursued for an improper purpose (such as harassment), the prevailing party is entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the rules governing the proceeding.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including if we believe you have violated these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and the miscellaneous provisions — will survive.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration agreement in Section 13, you agree that the exclusive venue for any dispute not subject to arbitration will be the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above. Material changes may be communicated through the Service. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Puzzle Party regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them freely. There are no third-party beneficiaries.

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at legal@puzzleparty.xyz.