Terms of Use
Last updated: August 13, 2025
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, applications, and AI paraphrasing services (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
If you do not agree to all provisions, you may not use the Service.
1. Overview of the Service
The Service allows users to upload or paste text, select settings (such as paraphrasing mode, tone, language), and receive rewritten output generated using AI models. Supporting features may include file uploads, freeze words, word-level alternatives, compare mode, statistics, history, and export.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part or all of the Service at any time without liability, except as required by law.
2. Eligibility
You may use the Service only if you:
Are at least the minimum age required by your jurisdiction (generally 13, or 16 for EU/UK GDPR)
Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement
Comply with these Terms and all applicable local and international laws
If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.
3. Acceptable Use
You agree NOT to:
Use the Service for any unlawful, infringing, harmful, or fraudulent purpose.
Submit or process any content that:
Violates intellectual property rights without permission
Contains personal data of others without proper authority or consent
Contains illegal, defamatory, obscene, or abusive material
Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, scrape, or extract source code or model weights from the Service or any third-party APIs.
Circumvent access controls, usage limits, or security protections (e.g., CAPTCHA, anti-abuse measures).
Use automated scripts, bots, or scraping tools to access the Service without written consent.
Misrepresent output as exclusively human-authored when required to disclose AI assistance under applicable laws, ethics codes, or terms of third-party platforms.
4. User Content
Ownership: You retain rights to the text and files you input into the Service (“User Content”).
License to Us: By submitting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to process and temporarily store it as needed to provide the Service. We do not claim ownership of your outputs.
Responsibility: You are solely responsible for ensuring your User Content and use of the output comply with all applicable legal, academic, and ethical requirements.
5. AI-Generated Output
AI paraphrasing output may contain factual inaccuracies, grammatical errors, or other issues. You are responsible for:
Reviewing and editing outputs before use
Verifying factual content
Ensuring any required attribution or citation to original sources
Complying with copyright, academic integrity, and platform guidelines when using the output
We make no guarantees of accuracy, originality, or suitability for any specific purpose.
6. Intellectual Property
All intellectual property in the Service (excluding User Content) is owned by us or our licensors, including underlying software, models, UI, trademarks, and branding. You may not copy, distribute, or create derivative works from our content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms.
7. Accounts and Access
Certain features may require account creation. You agree to:
Provide accurate information
Keep login credentials secure
Notify us promptly of unauthorized access
We may suspend or terminate access if we suspect violation of these Terms or malicious activity.
8. Usage Limits & Fair Use
The free tier may be limited to a set number of paraphrases per session/day. Abuse of the Service (e.g., excessive automated calls, circumventing limits) may result in restriction or termination.
9. Third-Party Services
Our Service may rely on third-party AI providers, hosting, analytics, payment processors, or other tools. Your use of those services through our Service may be subject to their terms in addition to ours.
10. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES—EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY—INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that content will be accurate or reliable.
11. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages.
Our total liability for any claims arising from the Service will not exceed the greater of:
(a) the amount you paid to use the Service in the 3 months preceding the claim, or
(b) USD $50 for free-tier users.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations—these may not apply to you where prohibited by law.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us and our affiliates, officers, employees, and partners from any claim, demand, loss, or damage arising from:
Your use of the Service
Your violation of these Terms
Your infringement of any third-party rights
13. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, for any reason including breach of these Terms. Upon termination, provisions that by their nature should survive will survive (e.g., IP rights, disclaimers, limitations of liability).
14. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If changes are material, we will notify you via the Service or by email (if available). Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.
15. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict of laws rules. Any disputes will be resolved exclusively in the courts of India, unless applicable law requires otherwise. You agree to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in those courts.
16. Contact
Questions or concerns about these Terms:
Email: contact@theparaphrasingtool.com