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<v-main>
<router-view />
</v-main>
<v-footer class="legal">
<router-link to="/privacy">Privacy Policy</router-link>
<router-link to="/tos">Terms of Service</router-link>
</v-footer>
</v-app>
</div>
</template>
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html {
background-color: #d6e8de;
}
.legal a {
margin-left: 2em;
margin-right: 2em;
color: inherit !important;
}
.legal {
justify-content: center;
}
</style>

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<template>
<v-app-bar style="flex-grow: 0" class="text-no-wrap">
<v-toolbar-title>Bellingcat Auto Archiver demo tool</v-toolbar-title>
<v-toolbar-title
><router-link to="/" class="nodecoration"
>Bellingcat Auto Archiver demo tool</router-link
></v-toolbar-title
>
<v-spacer></v-spacer>
<v-btn v-if="!user" @click="$store.dispatch('signin')">Sign In</v-btn>
<span class="user" v-if="user">
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margin-right: 1em;
font-size: 80%;
}
.nodecoration {
color: inherit !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
</style>

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import { getFirestore } from "firebase/firestore";
const firebaseConfig = {
apiKey: "AIzaSyBEawXAq9pajlVKQtLopWyd_ELDwoUlbDo",
authDomain: "bellingcat-auto-archiver-b85db.firebaseapp.com",
projectId: "bellingcat-auto-archiver-b85db",
storageBucket: "bellingcat-auto-archiver-b85db.appspot.com",
messagingSenderId: "406209235111",
appId: "1:406209235111:web:f27327bed2db7295a43382",
apiKey: "AIzaSyBN5oJ8c_VGhcfesAxXPVmuVnJ_V5MM8JM",
authDomain: "osm-search-364115.firebaseapp.com",
projectId: "osm-search-364115",
storageBucket: "osm-search-364115.appspot.com",
messagingSenderId: "919009657823",
appId: "1:919009657823:web:f3be7f8470a6c36665ba6a"
};
const firebaseApp = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);

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name: "home",
component: HomeView,
},
{
path: "/privacy",
name: "Privacy Policy",
component: () =>
import(/* webpackChunkName: "privacy" */ "../views/PrivacyView.vue"),
},
{
path: "/tos",
name: "Terms of Use",
component: () =>
import(/* webpackChunkName: "tos" */ "../views/TOSView.vue"),
},
];
const router = new VueRouter({

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role: "writer",
type: "user",
emailAddress:
"m-auto-archiver@bc-auto-archiver.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
"bellingcat-auto-archiver-api@bellingcat-auto-archiver-b85db.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
},
});

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<v-alert color="#f2d97c" light icon="mdi-alert">
This is a pre-release prototype demo service provided on a
best-effort basis. Do not use for mission critical or sensitive
date.
data.
</v-alert>
<p>
This tool will configure a Google Sheet on your Google account for

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<template>
<v-container>
<h2>Bellingcat Privacy Policy</h2>
<p>
Your privacy is important to us. It is Bellingcat&#39;s policy to respect
your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding
any personal information we may collect about you, including across our
website,
<a href="https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com"
>https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com</a
>, and other sites we own and operate.
</p>
<p>
Personal information is any information about you which can be used to
identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as
name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even
information about how you use a website or online service.
</p>
<p>
In the event our site contains links to third-party sites and services,
please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy
policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should
read their posted privacy policy information about how they collect and
use personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of
your activities after you leave our site.
</p>
<p>This policy is effective as of 15 June 2023.</p>
<p>Last updated: 15 June 2023</p>
<h3>Information We Collect</h3>
<p>
Information we collect falls into one of two categories: 'voluntarily
provided' information and 'automatically collected' information.
</p>
<p>
'Voluntarily provided' information refers to any information you knowingly
and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services
and promotions.
</p>
<p>
'Automatically collected' information refers to any information
automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products
and services.
</p>
<h4>Log Data</h4>
<p>
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard
data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet
Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit,
the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other
details about your visit.
</p>
<p>
Additionally, if you encounter certain errors while using the site, we may
automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances
surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about
your device, what you were trying to do when the error happened, and other
technical information relating to the problem. You may or may not receive
notice of such errors, even in the moment they occur, that they have
occurred, or what the nature of the error is.
</p>
<p>
Please be aware that while this information may not be personally
identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to
personally identify individual persons.
</p>
<h4>Personal Information</h4>
<p>
We may ask for personal information — for example, when you register an
account or when you contact us — which may include one or more of the
following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Name</li>
<li>Email</li>
</ul>
<h4>User-Generated Content</h4>
<p>
We consider 'user-generated content' to be materials (text, image and/or
video content) voluntarily supplied to us by our users for the purpose of
publication, processing, or usage on our platform. All user-generated
content is associated with the account or email address used to submit the
materials.
</p>
<p>
Please be aware that any content you submit for the purpose of publication
will be public after posting (and subsequent review or vetting process).
Once published it may be accessible to third parties not covered under
this privacy policy.
</p>
<h4>Transaction Data</h4>
<p>
Transaction data refers to data that accumulates over the normal course of
operation on our platform. This may include transaction records, stored
files, user profiles, analytics data and other metrics, as well as other
types of information, created or generated, as users interact with our
services.
</p>
<h4>Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information</h4>
<p>
We only collect and use your personal information when we have a
legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance we only collect personal
information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.
</p>
<h4>Collection and Use of Information</h4>
<p>
We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the
following on our website:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Register for an account</li>
<li>Purchase a subscription</li>
<li>Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content</li>
<li>
Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
</li>
<li>When you mention us on social media</li>
</ul>
<p>
We may collect, hold, use and disclose information for the following
purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a
manner that is incompatible with these purposes:
</p>
<ul>
<li>to provide you with our platform's core features and services</li>
<li>
to enable you to customize or personalise your experience of our website
</li>
<li>to contact and communicate with you</li>
<li>
for analytics, market research, and business development, including to
operate and improve our website, associated applications, and associated
social media platforms
</li>
<li>
to enable you to access and use our website, associated applications,
and associated social media platforms
</li>
<li>for internal record keeping and administrative purposes</li>
<li>
for security and fraud prevention, and to ensure that our sites and apps
are safe, secure, and used in line with our terms of use
</li>
</ul>
<p>
We may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal
information with general information or research data we receive from
other trusted sources. For example, If you provide us with your location,
we may combine this with general information about currency and language
to provide you with an enhanced experience of our site and service.
</p>
<h4>Security of Your Personal Information</h4>
<p>
When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this
information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to
prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure,
copying, use or modification.
</p>
<p>
Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you
provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or
storage is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security.
</p>
<p>
You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security
strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds
of our services. For example, ensuring any passwords associated with
accessing your personal information and accounts are secure and
confidential.
</p>
<h4>How Long We Keep Your Personal Information</h4>
<p>
We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This
time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in
accordance with this privacy policy. For example, if you have provided us
with personal information as part of creating an account with us, we may
retain this information for the duration your account exists on our
system. If your personal information is no longer required for this
purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details
that identify you.
</p>
<p>
However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our
compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for
archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical
research purposes or statistical purposes.
</p>
<h3>Children’s Privacy</h3>
<p>
We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under
the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information about
children under 13.
</p>
<h3>Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties</h3>
<p>We may disclose personal information to:</p>
<ul>
<li>a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of our company</li>
<li>
third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to
provide their services including (without limitation) IT service
providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, analytics, error
loggers, debt collectors, maintenance or problem-solving providers,
professional advisors, and payment systems operators
</li>
<li>our employees, contractors, and/or related entities</li>
<li>our existing or potential agents or business partners</li>
<li>
credit reporting agencies, courts, tribunals, and regulatory
authorities, in the event you fail to pay for goods or services we have
provided to you
</li>
<li>
courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers,
as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal
proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal
rights
</li>
<li>
third parties, including agents or sub-contractors who assist us in
providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you
</li>
<li>third parties to collect and process data</li>
<li>
an entity that buys, or to which we transfer all or substantially all of
our assets and business
</li>
</ul>
<p>Third parties we currently use include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Plausible Analytics</li>
<li>Google Single Sign On</li>
</ul>
<h3>International Transfers of Personal Information</h3>
<p>
The personal information we collect is stored and/or processed in
Netherlands, or where we or our partners, affiliates, and third-party
providers maintain facilities.
</p>
<p>
The countries to which we store, process, or transfer your personal
information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in
which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your personal
information to third parties in other countries: (i) we will perform those
transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii)
we will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with
this privacy policy.
</p>
<h3>Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information</h3>
<p>
<strong>Your choice:</strong> By providing personal information to us, you
understand we will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal
information in accordance with this privacy policy. You do not have to
provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect
your use of our website or the products and/or services offered on or
through it.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Information from third parties:</strong> If we receive personal
information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in
this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal
information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have
such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Marketing permission:</strong> If you have previously agreed to us
using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may
change your mind at any time by contacting us using the details below.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Access:</strong> You may request details of the personal
information that we hold about you.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Correction:</strong> If you believe that any information we hold
about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or
misleading, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy
policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to
be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Non-discrimination:</strong> We will not discriminate against you
for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. Unless
your personal information is required to provide you with a particular
service or offer (for example processing transaction data), we will not
deny you goods or services and/or charge you different prices or rates for
goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits,
or imposing penalties, or provide you with a different level or quality of
goods or services.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Notification of data breaches:</strong> We will comply with laws
applicable to us in respect of any data breach.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Complaints:</strong> If you believe that we have breached a
relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact
us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged
breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in
writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we
will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact
a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your
complaint.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Unsubscribe:</strong> To unsubscribe from our email database or
opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please
contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy, or opt-out
using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication. We may need to
request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.
</p>
<h3>Use of Cookies</h3>
<p>
We use 'cookies' to collect information about you and your activity across
our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on
your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how
you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you
have specified.
</p>
<p>Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.</p>
<h3>Business Transfers</h3>
<p>
If we or our assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event that we go out
of business or enter bankruptcy, we would include data, including your
personal information, among the assets transferred to any parties who
acquire us. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any
parties who acquire us may, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
continue to use your personal information according to this policy, which
they will be required to assume as it is the basis for any ownership or
use rights we have over such information.
</p>
<h3>Limits of Our Policy</h3>
<p>
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please
be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those
sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective
privacy practices.
</p>
<h3>Changes to This Policy</h3>
<p>
At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to
our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or
regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will
post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this
privacy policy.
</p>
<p>
If the changes are significant, or if required by applicable law, we will
contact you (based on your selected preferences for communications from
us) and all our registered users with the new details and links to the
updated or changed policy.
</p>
<p>
If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the
opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of
your personal information.
</p>
<h3>
Additional Disclosures for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Compliance (EU)
</h3>
<h4>Data Controller / Data Processor</h4>
<p>
The GDPR distinguishes between organisations that process personal
information for their own purposes (known as &ldquo;data
controllers&rdquo;) and organizations that process personal information on
behalf of other organizations (known as &ldquo;data processors&rdquo;).
We, Bellingcat, located at the address provided in our Contact Us section,
are a Data Controller and/or Processor with respect to the personal
information you provide to us.
</p>
<h4>Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Information</h4>
<p>
We will only collect and use your personal information when we have a
legal right to do so. In which case, we will collect and use your personal
information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. If we seek your
consent to process your personal information, and you are under 16 years
of age, we will seek your parent or legal guardian’s consent to process
your personal information for that specific purpose.
</p>
<p>
Our lawful bases depend on the services you use and how you use them. This
means we only collect and use your information on the following grounds:
</p>
<h5>Consent From You</h5>
<p>
Where you give us consent to collect and use your personal information for
a specific purpose. You may withdraw your consent at any time using the
facilities we provide; however this will not affect any use of your
information that has already taken place. When you contact us, you may
consent to your name and email address being used so we can respond to
your enquiry. While you may request that we delete your contact details at
any time, we cannot recall any email we have already sent. If you have any
further enquiries about how to withdraw your consent, please feel free to
enquire using the details provided in the Contact Us section of this
privacy policy.
</p>
<h5>Performance of a Contract or Transaction</h5>
<p>
Where you have entered into a contract or transaction with us, or in order
to take preparatory steps prior to our entering into a contract or
transaction with you. For example, if you purchase a product, service, or
subscription from us, we may need to use your personal and payment
information in order to process and deliver your order.
</p>
<h5>Our Legitimate Interests</h5>
<p>
Where we assess it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as for
us to provide, operate, improve and communicate our services. We consider
our legitimate interests to include research and development,
understanding our audience, marketing and promoting our services, measures
taken to operate our services efficiently, marketing analysis, and
measures taken to protect our legal rights and interests.
</p>
<h5>Compliance with Law</h5>
<p>
In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to use or keep your personal
information. Such cases may include (but are not limited to) court orders,
criminal investigations, government requests, and regulatory obligations.
If you have any further enquiries about how we retain personal information
in order to comply with the law, please feel free to enquire using the
details provided in the Contact Us section of this privacy policy.
</p>
<h4>International Transfers Outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)</h4>
<p>
We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in
the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be
protected by appropriate safeguards, for example by using standard data
protection clauses approved by the European Commission, or the use of
binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.
</p>
<h4>Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information</h4>
<p>
<strong>Restrict:</strong> You have the right to request that we restrict
the processing of your personal information if (i) you are concerned about
the accuracy of your personal information; (ii) you believe your personal
information has been unlawfully processed; (iii) you need us to maintain
the personal information solely for the purpose of a legal claim; or (iv)
we are in the process of considering your objection in relation to
processing on the basis of legitimate interests.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Objecting to processing:</strong> You have the right to object to
processing of your personal information that is based on our legitimate
interests or public interest. If this is done, we must provide compelling
legitimate grounds for the processing which overrides your interests,
rights, and freedoms, in order to proceed with the processing of your
personal information.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Data portability:</strong> You may have the right to request a
copy of the personal information we hold about you. Where possible, we
will provide this information in CSV format or other easily readable
machine format. You may also have the right to request that we transfer
this personal information to a third party.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Deletion:</strong> You may have a right to request that we delete
the personal information we hold about you at any time, and we will take
reasonable steps to delete your personal information from our current
records. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will let
you know how the deletion affects your use of our website or products and
services. There may be exceptions to this right for specific legal reasons
which, if applicable, we will set out for you in response to your request.
Please be aware that search engines and similar third parties may still
retain copies of your personal information that has been made public at
least once, like certain profile information and public comments, even
after you have deleted the information from our services or deactivated
your account.
</p>
<h3>Contact Us</h3>
<p>
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us
using the following details:
</p>
<p>
Bellingcat Data Controller<br />
contact@bellingcat.com
</p>
</v-container>
</template>

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<template>
<v-container>
<h2>Bellingcat Terms of Service</h2>
<p>
These Terms of Service govern your use of the website located at
<a href="https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com"
>https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com</a
>
and any related services provided by Bellingcat.
</p>
<p>
By accessing
<a href="https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com"
>https://auto-archiver.bellingcat.com</a
>, you agree to abide by these Terms of Service and to comply with all
applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these Terms of
Service, you are prohibited from using or accessing this website or using
any other services provided by Bellingcat.
</p>
<p>
We, Bellingcat, reserve the right to review and amend any of these Terms
of Service at our sole discretion. Upon doing so, we will update this
page. Any changes to these Terms of Service will take effect immediately
from the date of publication.
</p>
<p>These Terms of Service were last updated on 15 June 2023.</p>
<h3>Limitations of Use</h3>
<p>
By using this website, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and
other parties you represent that you will not:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
modify, copy, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or reverse
engineer any materials and software contained on this website;
</li>
<li>
remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from any materials
and software on this website;
</li>
<li>
transfer the materials to another person or &ldquo;mirror&rdquo; the
materials on any other server;
</li>
<li>
knowingly or negligently use this website or any of its associated
services in a way that abuses or disrupts our networks or any other
service Bellingcat provides;
</li>
<li>
use this website or its associated services to transmit or publish any
harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material;
</li>
<li>
use this website or its associated services in violation of any
applicable laws or regulations;
</li>
<li>
use this website in conjunction with sending unauthorised advertising or
spam;
</li>
<li>
harvest, collect or gather user data without the user’s consent; or
</li>
<li>
use this website or its associated services in such a way that may
infringe the privacy, intellectual property rights, or other rights of
third parties.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Intellectual Property</h3>
<p>
The intellectual property in the materials contained in this website are
owned by or licensed to Bellingcat and are protected by applicable
copyright and trademark law. We grant our users permission to download one
copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory use.
</p>
<p>
This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This
license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these
restrictions or the Terms of Service, and may be terminated by Bellingcat
at any time.
</p>
<h3>User-Generated Content</h3>
<p>
You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you
submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership
of your content but we do require a license from you in order to use it.
</p>
<p>
When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share
or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you
grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable,
worldwide license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display,
translate or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner
that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p>
The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your
content or account. However, to the extent that we (or our partners) have
used your content in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the
license will continue until the relevant commercial or post has been
discontinued by us.
</p>
<p>
You give us permission to use your username and other identifying
information associated with your account in a manner that is consistent
with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.
</p>
<h3>Liability</h3>
<p>
Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an 'as is'
basis. To the extent permitted by law, Bellingcat makes no warranties,
expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other
warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions
of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement
of intellectual property, or other violation of rights.
</p>
<p>
In no event shall Bellingcat or its suppliers be liable for any
consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising
from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this
website, even if Bellingcat or an authorised representative has been
notified, orally or in writing, of the possibility of such damage.
</p>
<p>
In the context of this agreement, &ldquo;consequential loss&rdquo;
includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss
of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of
goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss
of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract,
equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise.
</p>
<p>
Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties,
or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these
limitations may not apply to you.
</p>
<h3>Accuracy of Materials</h3>
<p>
The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for
general information purposes only. Bellingcat does not warrant or make any
representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of
the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such
materials or on any resources linked to this website.
</p>
<h3>Links</h3>
<p>
Bellingcat has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is
not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of
any link does not imply endorsement, approval or control by Bellingcat of
the site. Use of any such linked site is at your own risk and we strongly
advise you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of
those sites.
</p>
<h3>Right to Terminate</h3>
<p>
We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate
these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any
breach of these Terms of Service.
</p>
<h3>Severance</h3>
<p>
Any term of these Terms of Service which is wholly or partially void or
unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable.
The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Service is not affected.
</p>
<h3>Governing Law</h3>
<p>
These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of Netherlands. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.
</p>
<h2>Bellingcat Acceptable Use Policy</h2>
<p>
This acceptable use policy covers the products, services, and technologies
(collectively referred to as the &ldquo;Products&rdquo;) provided by
Bellingcat under any ongoing agreement. It’s designed to protect us, our
customers and the general Internet community from unethical, irresponsible
and illegal activity.
</p>
<p>
Bellingcat customers found engaging in activities prohibited by this
acceptable use policy can be liable for service suspension and account
termination. In extreme cases, we may be legally obliged to report such
customers to the relevant authorities.
</p>
<p>This policy was last reviewed on 15 June 2023.</p>
<h3>Fair use</h3>
<p>
We provide our facilities with the assumption your use will be
&ldquo;business as usual&rdquo;, as per our offer schedule. If your use is
considered to be excessive, then additional fees may be charged or
capacity may be restricted.
</p>
<p>
We are opposed to all forms of abuse, discrimination, rights infringement
and/or any action that harms or disadvantages any group, individual or
resource. We expect our customers and, where applicable, their users
(&ldquo;end-users&rdquo;) to likewise engage our Products with similar
intent.
</p>
<h3>Customer accountability</h3>
<p>
We regard our customers as being responsible for their own actions as well
as for the actions of anyone using our Products with the customer’s
permission. This responsibility also applies to anyone using our Products
on an unauthorised basis as a result of the customer’s failure to put in
place reasonable security measures.
</p>
<p>
By accepting Products from us, our customers agree to ensure adherence to
this policy on behalf of anyone using the Products as their end users.
Complaints regarding the actions of customers or their end-users will be
forwarded to the nominated contact for the account in question.
</p>
<p>
If a customer — or their end-user or anyone using our Products as a result
of the customer — violates our acceptable use policy, we reserve the right
to terminate any Products associated with the offending account or the
account itself or take any remedial or preventative action we deem
appropriate without notice. To the extent permitted by law, no credit will
be available for interruptions of service resulting from any violation of
our acceptable use policy.
</p>
<h3>Prohibited activity</h3>
<h4>Copyright infringement and access to unauthorised material</h4>
<p>
Our Products must not be used to transmit, distribute or store any
material in violation of any applicable law. This includes but isn’t
limited to:
</p>
<ol type="i">
<li>
any material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other
intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and
</li>
<li>
any material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat
or violates export control laws.
</li>
</ol>
<p>
The customer is solely responsible for all material they input, upload,
disseminate, transmit, create or publish through or on our Products, and
for obtaining legal permission to use any works included in such material.
</p>
<h4>SPAM and unauthorised message activity</h4>
<p>
Our Products must not be used for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk
or commercial messages in violation of the laws and regulations applicable
to your jurisdiction (“spam”). This includes but isn’t limited to sending
spam, soliciting customers from spam sent from other service providers,
and collecting replies to spam sent from other service providers.
</p>
<p>
Our Products must not be used for the purpose of running unconfirmed
mailing lists or telephone number lists (&ldquo;messaging lists&rdquo;).
This includes but isn’t limited to subscribing email addresses or
telephone numbers to any messaging list without the permission of the
email address or telephone number owner, and storing any email addresses
or telephone numbers subscribed in this way. All messaging lists run on or
hosted by our Products must be &ldquo;confirmed opt-in&rdquo;.
Verification of the address or telephone number owner’s express permission
must be available for the lifespan of the messaging list.
</p>
<p>
We prohibit the use of email lists, telephone number lists or databases
purchased from third parties intended for spam or unconfirmed messaging
list purposes on our Products.
</p>
<p>
This spam and unauthorised message activity policy applies to messages
sent using our Products, or to messages sent from any network by the
customer or any person on the customer’s behalf, that directly or
indirectly refer the recipient to a site hosted via our Products.
</p>
<h4>Unethical, exploitative, and malicious activity</h4>
<p>
Our Products must not be used for the purpose of advertising, transmitting
or otherwise making available any software, program, product or service
designed to violate this acceptable use policy, or the acceptable use
policy of other service providers. This includes but isn’t limited to
facilitating the means to send spam and the initiation of network
sniffing, pinging, packet spoofing, flooding, mail-bombing and
denial-of-service attacks.
</p>
<p>
Our Products must not be used to access any account or electronic resource
where the group or individual attempting to gain access does not own or is
not authorised to access the resource (e.g. &ldquo;hacking&rdquo;,
&ldquo;cracking&rdquo;, &ldquo;phreaking&rdquo;, etc.).
</p>
<p>
Our Products must not be used for the purpose of intentionally or
recklessly introducing viruses or malicious code into our Products and
systems.
</p>
<p>
Our Products must not be used for purposely engaging in activities
designed to harass another group or individual. Our definition of
harassment includes but is not limited to denial-of-service attacks,
hate-speech, advocacy of racial or ethnic intolerance, and any activity
intended to threaten, abuse, infringe upon the rights of or discriminate
against any group or individual.
</p>
<p>
Other activities considered unethical, exploitative and malicious include:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
Obtaining (or attempting to obtain) services from us with the intent to
avoid payment;
</li>
<li>
Using our facilities to obtain (or attempt to obtain) services from
another provider with the intent to avoid payment;
</li>
<li>
The unauthorised access, alteration or destruction (or any attempt
thereof) of any information about our customers or end-users, by any
means or device;
</li>
<li>
Using our facilities to interfere with the use of our facilities and
network by other customers or authorised individuals;
</li>
<li>
Publishing or transmitting any content of links that incite violence,
depict a violent act, depict child pornography or threaten anyone’s
health and safety;
</li>
<li>
Any act or omission in violation of consumer protection laws and
regulations;
</li>
<li>Any violation of a person’s privacy.</li>
</ol>
<p>
Our Products may not be used by any person or entity, which is involved
with or suspected of involvement in activities or causes relating to
illegal gambling; terrorism; narcotics trafficking; arms trafficking or
the proliferation, development, design, manufacture, production,
stockpiling, or use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, weapons of
mass destruction, or missiles; in each case including any affiliation with
others whatsoever who support the above such activities or causes.
</p>
<h4>Unauthorised use of Bellingcat property</h4>
<p>
We prohibit the impersonation of Bellingcat, the representation of a
significant business relationship with Bellingcat, or ownership of any
Bellingcat property (including our Products and brand) for the purpose of
fraudulently gaining service, custom, patronage or user trust.
</p>
<h3>About this policy</h3>
<p>
This policy outlines a non-exclusive list of activities and intent we deem
unacceptable and incompatible with our brand.
</p>
<p>
We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time by publishing the
revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective from
the earlier of:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
the date the customer uses our Products after we publish the revised
version on our website; or
</li>
<li>30 days after we publish the revised version on our website.</li>
</ul>
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