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SlopSquash Terms of Service

effective September 1, 2026

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1. Acceptance

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a binding agreement between you and William Freire, doing business as Slop Squash, a sole proprietorship operating from New York with a mailing address at 300 West 109th Street, New York, NY 10025, United States ("SlopSquash", "we", "us", "our"). They govern your use of the SlopSquash browser extension, the website at slopsquash.com, the API at api.slopsquash.com, and every related service we provide (together, the "Service").

By installing the extension, creating an account, clicking a button that says you accept these Terms, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER (SECTION 20). THEY AFFECT HOW DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND SLOPSQUASH ARE RESOLVED. YOU MAY OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 20.7.

2. Definitions

"Account" means the account you register with us. "Extension" means the SlopSquash extension for Chrome, Firefox, and any other browser we support. "Content" means text, images, or other material on a third-party web page that the Extension analyzes. "Verdict" means the output of our detection pipeline for a piece of Content: a label (human, uncertain, or ai), a score from 0 to 1, and explanatory notes. "Verdict Cache" means our shared database of Verdicts keyed by a cryptographic hash of the Content. "Free Tier" means use of the Service without a paid plan. "Pro" means the paid features of the Service. "Pro Monthly" and "Pro Lifetime" are the paid plans described in Section 7. "Creator Program" means the referral program governed by the Creator Program Terms. "Third-Party Site" means any website on which the Extension operates, none of which we own or control.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live if higher, to purchase a paid plan or to participate in the Creator Program. By using the Service you represent that you meet these requirements, that you are not barred from using the Service under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, and that you are not on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and "you" includes it.

4. Accounts

4.1 Registration. You may use the Extension's Free Tier without an Account. An Account is required for Pro, community reports, and the Creator Program. You can register with an email address and password or by signing in with Google, GitHub, Twitch, X, or Instagram. You must provide accurate information and keep it current. We may reject registrations from disposable email domains and require email verification before checkout.

4.2 Security. You are responsible for everything that happens under your Account and for keeping your password and session tokens confidential. Tell us at support@slopsquash.com immediately if you suspect unauthorized use. We are not liable for loss caused by unauthorized use of your Account that results from your failure to protect your credentials.

4.3 One person per Account. Accounts are personal. Do not share an Account, sell or transfer it, or create Accounts for other people. We may limit the number of Accounts per person.

4.4 Connecting the Extension. Signing in on the website and visiting the connect page issues a long-lived token to the Extension. That token is tied to your Account; anyone with access to your browser profile can use the Service as you. Sign out of the Extension on shared computers.

5. The Service and its limits

5.1 What the Service does. The Extension scans user-generated Content on supported Third-Party Sites, runs free detectors (on-device writing-pattern analysis, provenance checks such as Google SynthID and Content Credentials, image metadata, and the Verdict Cache), and displays an overlay indicating whether the Content is likely human-written, uncertain, or likely AI-generated. Pro adds a vision-language-model recheck, auto-blocking of Content with an ai Verdict, and per-site rules.

5.2 DETECTION ACCURACY DISCLAIMER. AI-CONTENT DETECTION IS PROBABILISTIC. IT CAN BE WRONG IN BOTH DIRECTIONS: IT CAN FLAG HUMAN-WRITTEN OR HUMAN-MADE CONTENT AS AI-GENERATED (A FALSE POSITIVE), AND IT CAN FAIL TO FLAG AI-GENERATED CONTENT (A FALSE NEGATIVE). VERDICTS, SCORES, AND NOTES ARE OPINIONS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY BY SOFTWARE ABOUT A PIECE OF CONTENT. THEY ARE NOT STATEMENTS OF FACT ABOUT ANY PERSON, ARE NOT VERIFIED BY A HUMAN, AND MUST NOT BE RELIED ON AS PROOF THAT ANY PERSON DID OR DID NOT USE AI. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OR TIMELINESS OF ANY VERDICT. DETECTORS DEPEND ON THIRD-PARTY SIGNALS (SUCH AS SYNTHID AND CONTENT CREDENTIALS) THAT MAY BE ABSENT, STRIPPED, SPOOFED, OR UNAVAILABLE. THE VERDICT CACHE CONTAINS VERDICTS GENERATED AT THE REQUEST OF OTHER USERS AND COMMUNITY REPORTS SUBMITTED BY OTHER USERS, NEITHER OF WHICH WE VERIFY.

5.3 Usage limits. Each tier has daily limits on server-side detection and recheck calls, published in the plan comparison on the website. When you exceed a limit, requests are declined until the rolling window resets. Signed-out use is limited per IP address. We may adjust limits to protect the Service, and will give 30 days notice of reductions to paid tiers except where needed to prevent abuse.

5.4 Availability and changes. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time. Where reasonably possible we will give notice of material reductions to Pro features. We are not liable for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance, except that if we discontinue Pro entirely, Section 7.2 (Pro Lifetime) and Section 7.6 (refunds) describe what happens.

5.5 Beta features. We may label features as beta, preview, or experimental. Those features are provided as-is, may change or be withdrawn without notice, and are excluded from any service commitments.

6. Plans

We offer three plans. Prices are in US dollars and are set out on the pricing page and in Section 7. The plan comparison on the website describes the features of each plan at the time of purchase; the Free Tier may change as described in Section 8.

Plan Price Billing
Free $0 None
Pro Monthly $3.00 per month Recurring monthly subscription, automatically renews
Pro Lifetime $39.00 One-time payment

7. Subscriptions and billing

7.1 Pro Monthly automatic renewal. Pro Monthly is a subscription. By purchasing it you authorize us, through our payment processor Stripe, to charge your chosen payment method $3.00 (plus any applicable taxes) on the date of purchase and again each month on the same calendar day (or the last day of the month if shorter) until you cancel. The subscription renews automatically at the then-current price for successive one-month terms. There is no minimum term beyond the current month. You will receive an email receipt for each charge. Your affirmative consent to these renewal terms is collected on the checkout page before you are charged, and we send an acknowledgment of the terms, the cancellation policy, and how to cancel to your email after purchase.

7.2 Pro Lifetime. Pro Lifetime is a single payment of $39.00 (plus any applicable taxes) that grants Pro features for the lifetime of the SlopSquash product and service. "Lifetime" means the period during which SlopSquash continues to offer the Pro service to the public. It does not mean the lifetime of the purchaser, and it is not a guarantee that the Service will exist for any particular period. If we discontinue the Service or the Pro tier entirely, Pro Lifetime ends with it. Pro Lifetime includes Pro features we add in the future and is not transferable to another Account.

7.3 Prices and taxes. Prices are in US dollars and exclude taxes unless stated otherwise. Sales tax, VAT, GST, or similar taxes may be added at checkout depending on your location and will be shown before you pay. Your bank may charge foreign transaction or currency conversion fees; those are not our charges.

7.4 Price changes. We may change the price of Pro Monthly. We will notify you by email at least 30 days before a new price applies to your subscription, and the new price will apply only to renewals after that notice period. If you do not agree, cancel before the renewal date; continuing past the renewal date means you accept the new price. Pro Lifetime is priced at the time of purchase and is not affected by later price changes.

7.5 Cancellation. You may cancel Pro Monthly at any time from your account page or the Stripe customer portal linked there, without contacting support. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You keep Pro until then and are not charged again. We do not provide refunds or credits for partial months. Uninstalling the Extension does not cancel a subscription; you must cancel through the account page or the portal, or by emailing support@slopsquash.com.

7.6 Refunds. Your first purchase of Pro (either plan) is covered by a 14-day money-back guarantee: email support@slopsquash.com within 14 days of that first payment and we will refund it in full. Refunds after the 14-day window, and refunds of any subsequent payment, are at our sole discretion. Refunds are returned to the original payment method. When a refund is issued, Pro access ends immediately. Nothing in this Section limits any refund right you have under mandatory consumer law where you live, including the right of withdrawal in the EEA and UK, which you waive for digital content only to the extent you asked us to start providing Pro immediately.

7.7 Payment failures. If a renewal payment fails, Stripe will retry it. Your Pro access continues during a grace period of three days after the failed renewal; if payment still fails, your subscription lapses to the Free Tier until payment succeeds. We apply a cool-down after repeated declines to protect your payment method and ours.

7.8 Chargebacks. If you dispute a charge with your bank or card issuer instead of contacting us, we may suspend your Account while the dispute is investigated and may terminate it if the dispute is resolved against you. Any commission owed to a creator on the disputed payment is reversed. Contact support@slopsquash.com first; most billing problems can be fixed within a day.

7.9 Referral discounts and codes. A referral link or creator code gives an eligible new customer 30% off the first month of Pro Monthly only. It does not apply to Pro Lifetime, to renewals, or to accounts that have previously paid. Discounts are applied automatically at checkout when eligible and cannot be combined. We may cancel a discount obtained through self-referral or other abuse.

7.10 Entitlement. Whether your Account is Pro is determined solely by our records of a completed Pro Lifetime purchase, an active Pro Monthly subscription, or a courtesy grant by our staff. Client-side settings or modified extension builds cannot grant Pro.

8. Free tier changes

The Free Tier is provided at no charge and we may change it at any time, including adding or removing detectors, changing daily limits, changing supported sites, or requiring an Account for some features. We will try to give notice of significant reductions on the website or in the Extension. Nothing in these Terms obligates us to continue providing any Free Tier feature.

9. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to help anyone else to:

9.1 use a Verdict to harass, threaten, defame, stalk, discipline, deplatform, or discriminate against any person, or to make or support an employment, academic, housing, credit, insurance, or similar decision about any person, or to publish or otherwise assert as fact that a specific person used AI based on a Verdict;

9.2 access the API other than through the Extension or the website, or scrape, crawl, bulk-query, or mirror the API, the Verdict Cache, or the website, including by scripted or automated means;

9.3 attempt to reverse engineer, enumerate, or reconstruct the Verdict Cache, including by submitting hashes or content in bulk to discover what has been analyzed, or attempt to link any cache entry, report, or Verdict to any individual user;

9.4 circumvent, disable, or interfere with rate limits, usage limits, tier gating, authentication, or any security feature, or use a modified build of the Extension to obtain features you have not paid for;

9.5 share, sell, or transfer Accounts, session tokens, or extension tokens, or use another person's Account without permission;

9.6 submit community reports you do not believe to be accurate, coordinate mass reporting, or use reports to manipulate a Verdict for any purpose other than honest correction;

9.7 deliberately submit Content for analysis in order to cause personal data, unlawful material, or malicious payloads to be processed or stored by the Service;

9.8 use the Service to violate the terms of any Third-Party Site, or use the Extension on any site where doing so is unlawful in your jurisdiction;

9.9 probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service without our written permission, or introduce malware or interfere with the Service or any user's use of it;

9.10 use the Service to build or train a competing detection product, or to benchmark the Service for publication without our written consent;

9.11 remove or alter any proprietary notice in the Extension or website, or misrepresent your affiliation with SlopSquash; or

9.12 use the Service in any way that violates applicable law, including privacy, anti-discrimination, and export laws.

We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or terminate Accounts, purge cache entries or reports, and cooperate with law enforcement as we consider appropriate.

10. The Extension and Third-Party Sites

10.1 Overlay only. The Extension runs inside your browser and draws an overlay on top of pages you visit. It does not modify any Third-Party Site's servers, content, or accounts, and it does not act on any Third-Party Site on your behalf. Hiding Content with auto-block affects only what your browser displays to you.

10.2 No affiliation. SlopSquash is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp. (X, formerly Twitter), Reddit, Inc., Google LLC or YouTube, Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook, Instagram, Threads), LinkedIn Corporation, Bluesky Social, Y Combinator (Hacker News), or any other Third-Party Site or its operator. All trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to identify the sites on which the Extension operates.

10.3 Your responsibility. You are responsible for complying with the terms of every Third-Party Site you use. Some sites restrict automated processing of their content or the use of browser extensions; it is your responsibility to know and comply with those terms. Third-Party Sites change frequently, and the Extension may stop working on a site, or misidentify elements on it, without notice.

10.4 Third-party services. The Service uses third-party providers, including Cloudflare (hosting, content delivery, Workers AI, email), Stripe (payments), Google, GitHub, Twitch, X, and Meta Platforms (Instagram) (sign-in), and Google, Twitch, X, and Meta Platforms (creator channel verification). Your use of those providers' services is subject to their terms where they apply directly to you, such as Stripe's terms when you enter payment details on Stripe-hosted pages.

11. User content, reports, and the Verdict Cache

11.1 Content you submit. When the Extension sends Content to the API, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to process that Content to produce a Verdict, to store a cryptographic hash of it and the Verdict in the Verdict Cache, and, for Pro Recheck, to submit it to a machine learning model for analysis. We do not store the text of Content in the Verdict Cache and we do not claim ownership of any Content. You represent that your use of the Extension on the Content does not violate any law or third-party right.

11.2 Community reports. When you report Content as AI or human, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use your report, in aggregate with others, in Verdicts and in improving the Service. Individual reports are never displayed to other users. Reports are deleted when you delete your Account, as described in the Privacy Policy.

11.3 Creator applications and other submissions. Material you submit through the creator portal, support, or feedback channels is governed by Section 12.4 (feedback) and the Creator Program Terms as applicable.

11.4 The Verdict Cache is shared. Verdicts generated at your request, including Pro Rechecks, are stored anonymously and served to every user. You have no right to require the removal of a Verdict merely because you requested it. We may purge, correct, or regenerate cache entries at any time.

11.5 Removal requests. If you believe a cache entry contains a URL that identifies you or infringes your rights, contact privacy@slopsquash.com (personal data) or dmca@slopsquash.com (copyright), and we will review it.

12. Intellectual property

12.1 Our property. The Service, including the Extension, website, API, detection methods, models, prompts, heuristics, the Verdict Cache, designs, text, graphics, and the SlopSquash name and logo, is owned by SlopSquash or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other laws. These Terms grant you no ownership interest.

12.2 License to you. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Extension on browsers you control and to use the website and API through the Extension and website, for your personal, non-commercial use, or for internal business use if you use it at work. Any open-source components included in the Extension are licensed under their own terms, which are included with the Extension and control to the extent of any conflict.

12.3 Restrictions. Except as expressly permitted by these Terms or by applicable law that cannot be excluded by contract, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, sublicense, or create derivative works of any part of the Service, or decompile or reverse engineer the API or detection service. This restriction does not apply to reading the source of the Extension as installed in your browser, which is inherent in how extensions work, but it does prohibit distributing modified builds.

12.4 Feedback. If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use them for any purpose without obligation to you.

12.5 Trademarks. "SlopSquash" and our logo are our trademarks. You may not use them without our written permission, except as expressly allowed by the Creator Program Terms.

13. Creator Program

Participation in the Creator Program is subject to the Creator Program Terms, which supplement these Terms. If the Creator Program Terms conflict with these Terms on a matter concerning the Creator Program, the Creator Program Terms control.

We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe material accessible through the Service (for example, a creator profile page or an image URL stored in the Verdict Cache) infringes your copyright, send a notice that complies with 17 U.S.C. section 512(c)(3) to our designated agent:

  • Designated Agent: William Freire
  • Email: dmca@slopsquash.com
  • Mail: William Freire, doing business as Slop Squash, Attn: DMCA Agent, 300 West 109th Street, New York, NY 10025, United States

Your notice must include: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for them; (b) identification of the copyrighted work; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information sufficient to locate it; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

If material you submitted was removed in response to a notice, you may send a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. section 512(g) to the same address. We terminate the Accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Note that the Extension displays Verdicts about Content hosted on Third-Party Sites; we do not host that Content, and notices about it should go to the site that hosts it.

15. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy describes what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights over it. By using the Service you acknowledge the Privacy Policy. In particular, the Extension sends the text of Content it analyzes and image URLs to our API unless you enable on-device-only mode; Verdicts are cached anonymously and shared; and we never see your card number.

16. Termination

16.1 By you. You may stop using the Service at any time by uninstalling the Extension. You may delete your Account from the Account page or by emailing privacy@slopsquash.com, as described in the Privacy Policy. Deleting your Account cancels any Pro Monthly subscription (effective immediately, without refund of the current period except under Section 7.6) and forfeits Pro Lifetime.

16.2 By us. We may suspend or terminate your Account or your access to the Service, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, if required by law, if your use creates risk or legal exposure for us, or if we discontinue the Service. If we terminate your paid Account for a reason other than your breach, we will refund a pro-rated portion of any prepaid Pro Monthly period and, for Pro Lifetime purchased within the preceding 12 months, a pro-rated refund based on a 12-month amortization. No refund is owed if termination is for your breach.

16.3 Effect. On termination your license ends, your access stops, and Sections 5.2, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24 survive, together with any other provision that by its nature should survive.

17. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SLOPSQUASH AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING SECTION 5.2, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY VERDICT IS CORRECT, THAT THE SERVICE WILL DETECT ANY PARTICULAR AI-GENERATED CONTENT, THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE EXTENSION WILL WORK ON ANY PARTICULAR THIRD-PARTY SITE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU; IN THAT CASE OUR WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW.

18. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SLOPSQUASH, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR REPUTATION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS INCLUDES ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM A VERDICT THAT IS WRONG, FROM CONTENT THAT WAS HIDDEN OR NOT HIDDEN, OR FROM ANY ACTION YOU OR A THIRD PARTY TAKES IN RELIANCE ON A VERDICT.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50) OR (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

THESE LIMITATIONS ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND US, AND THE SERVICE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THEM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, FOR FRAUD, OR FOR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED BY LAW.

19. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SlopSquash and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and suppliers from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms or applicable law; (b) any use you make of a Verdict in relation to another person, including any claim of defamation, harassment, discrimination, or wrongful action based on a Verdict; (c) your violation of the terms of any Third-Party Site; or (d) any Content or report you submit. We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate. This Section does not apply to consumers in jurisdictions where such indemnities are unenforceable against consumers.

20. Dispute resolution and binding arbitration

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT REQUIRES YOU AND SLOPSQUASH TO RESOLVE DISPUTES THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, AND IT WAIVES CLASS ACTIONS AND JURY TRIALS.

20.1 Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration or any other proceeding, the party raising a dispute must send the other a written notice describing the dispute and the relief sought. Notices to us go to legal@slopsquash.com with "Notice of Dispute" in the subject line and must include your name and the email address on your Account. Notices to you go to the email address on your Account. The parties will try in good faith to resolve the dispute for 60 days after the notice. If they cannot, either may begin arbitration. The 60-day period tolls any limitation period.

20.2 Agreement to arbitrate. Except for the disputes listed in Section 20.3, you and SlopSquash agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Creator Program Terms, or the Service, including their formation, interpretation, enforceability, scope, or termination, will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (or its Commercial Arbitration Rules if you used the Service for business purposes), as modified by this Section. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. The arbitrator, not a court, has exclusive authority to decide all threshold questions, including arbitrability, except that a court decides any dispute about the enforceability of the class action waiver in Section 20.5.

20.3 Exceptions. Either party may (a) bring an individual claim in small claims court in the county where you live or in New York, if the claim qualifies and remains in that court on an individual basis; (b) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect intellectual property rights or to stop unauthorized access to or abuse of the Service; and (c) bring a claim that applicable law does not permit to be arbitrated.

20.4 Procedure. The AAA rules are available at adr.org. Arbitration will be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator. Hearings, if any, will be held by video conference unless the arbitrator finds an in-person hearing necessary, in which case it will be held in the county where you live or another mutually agreed location. The arbitrator may award any individual relief a court could, including injunctive relief in favor of the individual party, and must follow applicable law and these Terms. The arbitrator will issue a reasoned written decision. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration fees are governed by the AAA rules; if the arbitrator finds your claim is not frivolous, we will pay all AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for claims under $10,000, and we will not seek to recover our attorneys' fees from you in a consumer arbitration unless the arbitrator finds your claim frivolous or brought for an improper purpose. Each party otherwise bears its own costs.

20.5 Class action and jury waiver. YOU AND SLOPSQUASH AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN 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 CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. YOU AND SLOPSQUASH EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. If the class action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, then that claim or request (and only that claim or request) will be severed and litigated in court, and the remaining claims will be arbitrated.

20.6 Coordinated filings. If 25 or more similar arbitration demands are filed against us by the same or coordinated counsel, the parties agree to a batching process: the AAA will administer the demands in batches of up to 50, each batch assigned to a single arbitrator, with fees assessed per batch, and the parties will cooperate to select a bellwether set to be resolved first. This Section applies only if AAA's own mass-arbitration procedures do not already require an equivalent process.

20.7 30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@slopsquash.com within 30 days after you first accept these Terms (or, if you accepted before the effective date above, within 30 days after that date), with the subject "Arbitration opt-out" and including your name, the email address on your Account, and a statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms and does not affect any earlier arbitration agreement you may have accepted. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in court under Section 21, and the class action waiver in Section 20.5 will not apply.

20.8 Changes to this Section. If we make a material change to this Section, you may reject the change by emailing legal@slopsquash.com within 30 days after the change takes effect; if you do, the version of this Section you last agreed to will continue to apply to disputes between us.

20.9 Severability. Except as provided in Section 20.5, if any part of this Section is found unenforceable, the remainder will remain in effect.

21. Governing law and venue

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 and the federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs Section 20. Subject to Section 20, the state and federal courts located in New York have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute not subject to arbitration, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. If you are a consumer in the EEA, the UK, or another jurisdiction whose mandatory law gives you the benefit of local law or courts, nothing in this Section deprives you of that protection.

22. Export controls and sanctions

The Service is subject to United States export control and sanctions laws. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, any country or region subject to comprehensive US sanctions, and that you are not on any US government restricted-party list. You may not use or export the Service in violation of those laws.

23. Changes to these Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. If a change is material, we will notify you at least 30 days before it takes effect by email to the address on your Account or by a prominent notice on the website or in the Extension. Changes to Section 20 are subject to Section 20.8. If you do not agree to a change, you must stop using the Service before the change takes effect; if you have a Pro Monthly subscription you may cancel it, and if you purchased Pro Lifetime within the previous 12 months and reject a material adverse change, you may request a pro-rated refund on a 12-month amortization. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the revised Terms.

24. General

24.1 Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, and, if you participate, the Creator Program Terms are the entire agreement between you and SlopSquash regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings on that subject.

24.2 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions remain in effect.

24.3 No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

24.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your Account without our written consent. We may assign these Terms to an affiliate or a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, and will notify you if we do.

24.5 Force majeure. We are not liable for any delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including outages at Cloudflare, Stripe, or other providers, internet disruptions, government action, or changes to Third-Party Sites.

24.6 Notices. We may give you notice by email to the address on your Account, by posting on the website, or through the Extension. Notices to us must be sent to legal@slopsquash.com or to the mailing address above.

24.7 No third-party beneficiaries. Except as stated in Sections 18 and 19, these Terms create no rights for third parties.

24.8 Relationship. You and SlopSquash are independent parties. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship.

24.9 Interpretation. Headings are for convenience only. "Including" means "including without limitation".

24.10 California users. Under California Civil Code section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following notice: the Service is provided by William Freire, doing business as Slop Squash, 300 West 109th Street, New York, NY 10025, United States. To resolve a complaint about the Service or to receive further information, contact us at support@slopsquash.com. The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

24.11 App store terms. Where you obtained the Extension from the Chrome Web Store or Mozilla Add-ons, the store's terms may also apply to the download. The store operator is not a party to these Terms and has no obligation to you regarding the Service.

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