Terms of service and privacy policy

These terms apply to Animal Rescue Guide site, apps, communities on any platform and/or any of its properties.

Non-legally binding

• Animal Rescue Guide site is crowdsourced and have user-generated content, so don't rely on the data.
• We're not liable if you get hurt because of our site, app, or data.
• You allow us to publish the stuff you contribute to this site indefinitely.
• When providing feedback (through the feedback form or any other way), you agree to let us use it to improve the site/app.
• We collect analytics data including your IP, location and actions on this site to make it better (including through Google, MixPanel, Amplitude and other analytics services).
• If you promote your website/app/business/yourself on or spam any of our websites and/or communities, we have the right to ban you for life.

And here's the official legal terms:

Animal Rescue Guide accepts no liability or responsibility to any person or organisation as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in its sites like Animal Rescue Guide and any other of its sites and properties.

Every effort is made to provide information that is accurate. However, materials contained in Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties are subject to change at any time by appropriate action of Animal Rescue Guide. We give no assurance or warranty that information on this site is current, and take no responsibility for matters arising from changed circumstances or other information or material which may affect the accuracy or currency of information on this site.

Copyright in Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties rests with Animal Rescue Guide unless otherwise stated.

We reserve the right to permanently ban any user from our websites for behavior that goes against our guidelines. We will be the sole judge of behavior.

Many of our websites, apps and communities contain user generated data that is subjective, may not be accurate or may be offensive to you. We are not liable for any damages that result from using this data.

The information posted on our websites, apps and communities should not be considered legal, financial or other advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified professional or specific written confirmation from Animal Rescue Guide. We do not answer specific legal or financial questions.

Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties is provided on an “as is”, “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, those of TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE or NON-INFRINGEMENT or any warranty arising from a course of dealing, usage, or trade practice. No advice or written information provided shall create a warranty; nor shall members or visitors to the site rely on any such information or advice. This publication is not intended to be a contract, explicit or implied, and Animal Rescue Guide reserves the right to make changes to the information contained.

The user assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties and the Internet generally. We accept no liability or responsibility to any person or organisation as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in this site. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall anyone involved in creating or maintaining Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or loss profits that result from the use or inability to use the Website and/or any other websites which are linked to this site. Nor shall they be liable for any such damages including, but not limited to, reliance by a member or visitor on any information obtained via the Website; or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, viruses, errors, defects, or failure of performance, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access. States or Countries which do not allow some or all of the above limitations of liability, liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by law.

ANIMAL RESCUE GUIDE SOFTWARE, APPS, WEBSITE, COMMUNITIES AND ANY OF ITS OTHER PROPERTIES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS, OWNERS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMAL RESCUE GUIDE SOFTWARE, APPS, WEBSITE, COMMUNITIES AND ANY OF ITS OTHER PROPERTIES OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN ANIMAL RESCUE GUIDE SOFTWARE, APPS, WEBSITE, COMMUNITIES AND ANY OF ITS OTHER PROPERTIES.

Visitors agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and are prohibited from posting on the Website any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, or obscene material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Although in the absence of a specific complaint the postings are monitored for compliance with this provision, in an effort to discourage such conduct, please note that all postings will list the author’s name and institution - no anonymous postings will be permitted.

We are distributors (not publishers) of the content supplied by visitors and other third parties. Accordingly, we have no more editorial control over this content than does a public library. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content made available by members, visitors and other third parties are those of the respective author(s) and we are not responsible for any material posted by third parties. We cannot and do not endorse it in any way, we expressly disclaim any liability associated with material posted by third parties.

Unless otherwise stated, reference to any products, services, hypertext link to the third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us. Nor is endorsement of us implied by such links. They are for convenience only, as an index in a public library.

Any information on Animal Rescue Guide websites, apps, communities and its properties may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Furthermore, the information may change from time to time without any notice.

You agree to observe and maintain the confidentiality of all security features relating to use of the Website (including passwords, access arrangements etc) as notified. Animal Rescue Guide will not be liable for any unauthorised breach or disclosure of the security features.

You agree to link back with a web hyperlink or in-app hyperlink to our site on the page or app screen where you use the data from our APIs or site.

You user data may be used on any of our websites and apps including marketing pages to show current user activity.

When providing feedback (e.g. by identifying any errors or problems in the operations of Animal Rescue Guide and its services) throug any medium (e.g. the feedback form, email or any other medium), you acknowledge and agree that all feedback will be the sole and exclusive property of Animal Rescue Guide. You hereby assign to Animal Rescue Guide and agree to assign to Animal Rescue Guide all of your right and interesting in and to all feedback, including all intellectual property rights therein.

You agree to indemnify Animal Rescue Guide (its employees and agents) for any loss suffered or liability incurred by Animal Rescue Guide (its employees and agents) arising from any unlawful, unauthorised or improper access or use of the Website or any breach of these terms by you or your employees, contractors or representatives.

Animal Rescue Guide does not guarantee constant availability of Website access and accept no liability for down time or access failure due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control (including any failure by ISP or system provider).

The Site may contain links to other sites on the internet (“Linked Sites”). Animal Rescue Guide is not responsible for the accuracy, legality, decency of material or copyright compliance of any Linked Site or services or information provided via any Linked Site.

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.