Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Autsos (“we”, “us”, “our”), a publisher based in Nairobi, Kenya, governing your access to and use of this website and its content (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must meet the minimum age of digital consent in your jurisdiction to use the Service without parental involvement generally 13 in the United States (COPPA), 13–16 in the EEA/UK depending on member state, and the applicable threshold under Kenya’s Data Protection Act and other local law. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.

2. The Service

Autsos publishes editorial content about technology and automobiles, including reviews, news, and opinion. Content is provided for general information only and does not constitute professional, legal, financial, or safety advice. You are responsible for how you rely on it, including any purchasing decision made after reading a review.

3. Accounts and subscriptions

Some features, such as the newsletter, require a valid email address. You agree to provide accurate information and keep it current. You are responsible for activity under your subscription and for keeping any credentials confidential. We may suspend or terminate access if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of others.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Violate applicable law or regulation, including export-control and sanctions laws;
• Infringe our intellectual property or that of any third party;
• Upload or transmit malware, spam, phishing attempts, or other harmful code;
• Attempt unauthorised access to the Service, its servers, or connected systems;
• Scrape, crawl, or harvest content at scale beyond what our robots.txt permits, without our prior written consent;
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, including via denial-of-service attacks or excessive automated requests;
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation;
• Harass, defame, or otherwise harm any person through the Service;
• Use our content to train machine-learning models without a written licence, except as expressly permitted by applicable law.

We may investigate and pursue appropriate legal action against violations of this section.

5. Intellectual property

All content on the Service text, images, graphics, logos, page layouts, and code is owned by Autsos or its licensors and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws worldwide. “Autsos” and our logo are our trademarks and may not be used without prior written permission.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and view the Service for personal, non-commercial use. You may link to our content and quote short excerpts with clear attribution and a link back. You may not reproduce, republish, redistribute, or create derivative works from substantial portions of our content without prior written consent.

Copyright complaints (notice-and-takedown)

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to getautsos@gmail.com including: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. We will review valid notices and remove or disable access to infringing material as appropriate, consistent with the US DMCA and equivalent notice-and-takedown regimes elsewhere.

6. User submissions

If you submit comments, pitches, feedback, or other content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable licence to use, reproduce, modify, and display it in connection with the Service. You represent that you own or hold the necessary rights to what you submit and that it does not infringe any third-party rights or applicable law. We are not obligated to publish or retain any submission and may remove content at our discretion.

7. Third-party links and advertising

The Service links to third-party sites and displays advertising, including through Google AdSense. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, products, or practices. Your interactions with advertisers and third parties are solely between you and them. See our Privacy Policy and Cookie Settings for how advertising data is handled.

8. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of harmful components, or that content is accurate, complete, or current. Product reviews reflect our editorial judgement at the time of publication and may become outdated as products, prices, or specifications change.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AUTSOS AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD 100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any statutory consumer guarantee that cannot lawfully be waived in your jurisdiction (for example, under Australian Consumer Law or EU/UK consumer protection law).

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Autsos and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the Service, your submissions, or your breach of these Terms, except to the extent caused by our own breach of applicable law.

11. Accessibility

We aim for the Service to be usable by people with disabilities and to work toward conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please tell us at hello@autsos.example so we can address it.

12. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or applicable law. Sections that by their nature should survive termination including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, and governing law will survive.

13. General provisions

• Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
• Assignment. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent.
• Force majeure. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Settings, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede prior agreements on the subject.
• Language. These Terms are drafted in English. Any translation is for convenience only; the English version governs in case of conflict, except where local law requires otherwise.
• No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms do not create rights for anyone other than you and us.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Kenya, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Before filing a claim, you agree to first contact us at getautsos@gmail.com so we can try to resolve the dispute informally. Subject to any mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Nairobi, Kenya, for disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service.

If you are a consumer in the EEA, UK, Australia, or another jurisdiction with mandatory consumer-protection or data-protection laws, nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of those mandatory laws, or of your right to bring proceedings in, and rely on the law of, your country of habitual residence, or to lodge a complaint with your local regulator.

15. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date, noting the previous version’s date. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance, to the extent permitted by law.

16. Contact

Questions about these Terms: getautsos@gmail.com. Copyright complaints: getautsos@gmail.com. Accessibility issues: getautsos@gmail.com.