Welcome to Waddle IT BE Ltd ("Waddle", "we", "us", or "our"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our games, websites, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use our Services.

1. Eligibility

To use our Services, you must:

1. Be at least 13 years of age (or the minimum age required in your country to use our Services without parental consent);
2. Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement;
3. Not be prohibited from receiving or using our Services under applicable laws.

If you are under 18, you must have your parent or legal guardian review these Terms with you and consent to them before you use our Services.

2. Account Registration

To access certain features of our Services, you may need to create an account. When creating an account, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information;
• Maintain and promptly update your account information;
• Maintain the security of your account credentials;
• Be responsible for all activities that occur under your account;
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if any information provided is inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading.

3. License to Use Our Services

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to:

1. Access and use our Services for your personal, non-commercial entertainment purposes;
2. Download and install our games on devices that you own or control.

This license does not include any right to:

• Copy, modify, or create derivative works of our Services;
• Distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend, or rent our Services to any third party;
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble our Services;
• Make our Services available over a network where they could be used by multiple devices at the same time;
• Use our Services for commercial purposes without our express written consent.

4. Virtual Items and Purchases

Our Services may include virtual in-game currency ("Virtual Currency") and virtual in-game items ("Virtual Items") that may be purchased for real money or earned through gameplay.

4.1 Purchases

All purchases of Virtual Currency and Virtual Items are final and non-refundable, except as required by applicable law. You acknowledge that we are not required to provide a refund for any reason, and that you will not receive money or other compensation for unused Virtual Currency or Virtual Items when an account is closed, whether such closure was voluntary or involuntary.

4.2 Ownership

Virtual Currency and Virtual Items have no monetary value and do not constitute property. You have a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use Virtual Currency and Virtual Items solely within our Services. We may manage, regulate, control, modify, or eliminate Virtual Currency and Virtual Items at any time, with or without notice to you.

4.3 Prohibited Transactions

You may not buy, sell, gift, trade, or otherwise transfer Virtual Currency or Virtual Items to anyone, or offer to do so, except as expressly authorized within our Services. Any such attempted transfer is prohibited and void.

5. User Content

Our Services may allow you to create, upload, post, send, or store content ("User Content"). You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in your User Content.

5.1 License to Waddle

By submitting User Content through our Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content in connection with our Services and our business.

5.2 Content Restrictions

You agree not to submit User Content that:

• Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;
• Violates any third party's rights, including intellectual property rights or privacy rights;
• Contains viruses, malware, or other harmful code;
• Contains unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or spam;
• Impersonates any person or entity or misrepresents your affiliation with any person or entity.

5.3 Content Moderation

We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to review, monitor, remove, or disable access to User Content at our sole discretion and without notice. We may take these actions for any reason, including if we determine that User Content violates these Terms or is harmful to our Services or other users.

6. Prohibited Conduct

When using our Services, you agree not to:

1. Use cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods, or any unauthorized third-party software designed to modify or interfere with our Services;
2. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our Services, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to our Services;
3. Disrupt, overburden, or otherwise interfere with the integrity or performance of our Services;
4. Use our Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws in your jurisdiction;
5. Harass, threaten, bully, or harm other users;
6. Share or post personal information about yourself or others;
7. Engage in any fraudulent activity, including "phishing" or attempting to obtain account information;
8. Use our Services to advertise or promote other products or services without our prior written consent.

7. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to our Services at any time, with or without cause or notice, including if we believe that you have violated these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use our Services will immediately cease.

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us or through account settings (if available). Upon termination, all licenses and other rights granted to you under these Terms will immediately cease.

8. Disclaimers

OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WADDLE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WADDLE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WADDLE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WADDLE AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:

1. YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES;
2. ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICES;
3. ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT;
4. ANY STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL WADDLE'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO OUR SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF £50 OR THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO WADDLE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Waddle and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or in any way connected with:

1. Your access to or use of our Services;
2. Your violation of these Terms;
3. Your User Content;
4. Your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual property rights or privacy rights.

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of England and Wales, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you through our Services or by other means to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective.

Your continued use of our Services after the effective date of any modified Terms constitutes your acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you must discontinue using our Services.

13. General Provisions

13.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Waddle regarding our Services and supersede any prior agreements.

13.2 Severability

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

13.3 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

13.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms without restriction.

13.5 No Partnership

Nothing in these Terms shall be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between you and Waddle.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us:

• By email: info@waddle-it.co.uk
• By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us
• By mail: Waddle IT BE Ltd, Legal Department, 61 Macrae Road, Bristol, UK, BS20 0DD