Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Digital Privacy Watchdog platform at digitalprivacywatchdog.com (the “Platform” or “Service”), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and Digital Privacy Watchdog / Yunnno (“we,” “us,” or “our”).

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Platform. By creating an account, confirming a business visit, or purchasing a subscription, you represent that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

2. Description of Service

Digital Privacy Watchdog is a consumer privacy protection platform that provides the following services:

• Privacy violation database: a searchable database of businesses with documented digital privacy violations, based on automated website scans. Free accounts receive summary-level information; Premium accounts receive full violation detail reports.
• Visit confirmation: registered users may confirm which businesses they have personally visited, enabling personalized privacy monitoring.
• Proximity search: discover businesses with documented violations near your ZIP code.
• Community notes: share privacy-related experiences with other platform members.
• Privacy alerts: weekly email reports summarizing violations associated with businesses in your area or confirmed visits.
• Automated opt-out requests (Premium): we send opt-out and data deletion requests to businesses on your behalf under applicable privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and similar state privacy statutes.
• Monthly privacy reports (Premium): downloadable summary reports documenting your privacy activity and opt-out request status.

Important: Digital Privacy Watchdog is a consumer technology company providing privacy advocacy tools. We are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice. Nothing on this Platform should be construed as legal advice or as creating an attorney-client relationship. Information about privacy violations is provided for educational and awareness purposes only. If you need legal advice, consult a licensed attorney.

3. Eligibility

To use the Platform, you must:

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction
• Not be prohibited from using the Service under applicable law
• Provide accurate and truthful information during registration and use

By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the above eligibility requirements.

4. Account Registration and Responsibilities

4.1 Accurate Information

You must provide accurate, current, and complete information when registering for an account. This includes your legal name, a valid email address, and your ZIP code. Providing false information, including falsely representing your identity or location, is a violation of these Terms and may result in immediate account termination.

4.2 Account Security

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials, including your password. You agree to:

• Use a strong, unique password that you do not use on other websites
• Not share your login credentials with any other person
• Log out of your account at the end of each session on shared or public devices
• Notify us immediately at team@digitalprivacywatchdog.com if you suspect any unauthorized access to your account

You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized account access resulting from your failure to protect your credentials.

4.3 One Account Per Person

Each person may maintain only one registered account. Creating multiple accounts to circumvent limits, abuse the Platform, or for any other purpose is prohibited.

5. Service Tiers

5.1 Free Tier

Free accounts provide access to summary-level violation data, the ability to confirm business visits, proximity search by ZIP code, community notes, and basic weekly privacy alerts. Full violation reports, automated opt-out requests, remediation tracking, and monthly PDF reports are not available on the free tier.

5.2 Premium Tier

Premium subscriptions unlock full violation reports, automated opt-out request delivery, remediation status tracking, and monthly downloadable privacy reports. Premium is a paid monthly subscription billed at the rate displayed at checkout. Premium features are currently listed as coming soon and will be enabled upon launch.

5.3 Feature Availability

We reserve the right to modify, add, or remove features from any service tier at any time. Where changes materially reduce paid tier benefits, we will provide at least 30 days' advance notice to affected subscribers.

6. Subscription and Billing

Premium subscriptions are billed on a monthly recurring basis at the price displayed at the time of purchase. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method on file each billing period until you cancel.

• Cancellation: you may cancel your subscription at any time through your account billing settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will retain Premium access through that date.
• Refunds: we do not offer prorated refunds for partial billing periods except in cases of billing error on our part or as required by applicable law.
• Price changes: we may change subscription pricing with at least 30 days' advance notice. Your continued subscription after the effective date of a price change constitutes acceptance of the new price.
• Payment processing: all payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. We do not store your payment card information. Your use of Stripe's payment services is subject to Stripe's terms of service and privacy policy.

7. Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Platform only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

• Submit false, fabricated, or misleading visit confirmations or any other false information about your interactions with businesses
• Use the Platform to harass, defame, threaten, or harm any individual or business
• Post community notes that contain defamatory, false, or misleading statements of fact about any business or individual
• Attempt to circumvent, disable, or interfere with security features, rate limits, authentication mechanisms, or access controls
• Scrape, copy, download, index, or redistribute the violation database or any Platform content without our prior written permission
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Platform
• Use automated bots, crawlers, or scripts to access the Platform without authorization
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation
• Use the Platform for any commercial purpose other than as expressly permitted by these Terms
• Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation

8. Content Accuracy and Disclaimers

8.1 Automated Scan Data

The violation database is populated from automated website scans conducted by our scanning infrastructure. While we strive for accuracy, violation data reflects the state of a website at the time of scanning and has inherent limitations:

• Data may become outdated if a business has updated its privacy practices since the last scan
• Automated scanning may not detect all privacy violations, or may flag items that are subsequently clarified by additional context
• Scan results represent technical observations about website behavior, not legal determinations of compliance or violation

We reserve the right to remove, correct, or update violation records at any time. Businesses may contact us to report inaccuracies.

8.2 Not Legal Advice

All information provided by the Platform — including violation reports, risk scores, and opt-out request status — is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice. We do not represent that any specific privacy law applies to any specific business, or that you have any particular legal claim against any business. Consult a licensed attorney for legal advice specific to your situation.

8.3 No Warranty

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DIGITAL PRIVACY WATCHDOG, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Digital Privacy Watchdog and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your use of the Platform; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) any content you submit to the Platform; or (d) your violation of any third-party right.

11. Termination

11.1 Termination by Us

We may suspend or permanently terminate your account, with or without notice, if we determine in our sole discretion that you have:

• Violated these Terms
• Submitted false or misleading information
• Engaged in abusive, fraudulent, or illegal activity
• Attempted to circumvent security measures
• Otherwise used the Platform in a manner harmful to other users or to us

If your account is terminated for cause, you are not entitled to a refund of any prepaid subscription fees.

11.2 Termination by You

You may close your account at any time through your account settings. Upon account deletion, your right to use the Service terminates immediately. We will delete your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

11.3 Effect of Termination

Sections 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14 survive termination of these Terms.

12. Intellectual Property

All content, software, design, text, graphics, and other materials on the Platform — excluding user-submitted content — are the intellectual property of Digital Privacy Watchdog or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from Platform content without our prior written consent.

By submitting community notes or other content to the Platform, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, display, and distribute that content in connection with the Service.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

Before initiating any formal proceeding, you agree to contact us at team@digitalprivacywatchdog.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will notify registered users via email and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page at least 14 days before the changes take effect. If you continue to use the Platform after the updated Terms take effect, you accept the revised Terms. If you disagree with any changes, you must stop using the Platform and may close your account.

15. Miscellaneous

• Entire agreement: these Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Digital Privacy Watchdog regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements.
• Severability: if any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force.
• No waiver: our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision.
• Assignment: you may not assign your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights freely.

16. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms of Service should be directed to:

Digital Privacy Watchdog
team@digitalprivacywatchdog.com

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 5 business days.