Full Legal Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
These terms apply to achivmnt and any other of achivmnt's sites, apps, communities on any platform, any of its meetups and/or any of its online or offline events or properties.
Non-legally binding TL;DR:
- achivmnt's sites are crowdsourced and have user-generated content, so don't rely on the data and always double check.
- We're not liable if you get hurt because of our site, app, data, meetups or anything we offer you.
- You allow us to publish the stuff you contribute to this site indefinitely.
- We don't allow group photos, drawings, avatars, objects, shirtless, sexual photos or pics that aren't you: only human profile pics. Accounts not following this rule are suspended/deleted.
- When entering your email during sign up, we may use it to contact you.
- 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
- We also use your IP, location and actions on this site to personalize it (e.g. show you the nearest places to you)
- When meeting up with people on achivmnt in real life, always meet and stay in public preferably in a group.
- We use public profile names, info and images on the site and our social media, for example when tweeting a new feature.
- If you spam your startup/app/business/yourself on any of our websites and/or communities, we have the right to ban you, delete your account and charge you a monetary fine for spamming our members and for having to spend money and time to moderate you. This fine can be $300 or more per spam message/post.
- Subscriptions rebill unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime when logged in on the My Account page. We send receipts by email via Stripe.
And here's the official legal terms:
achivmnt and the text & dotted logo logo are registered trademarks and subject to copyright worldwide. Data on achivmnt is crowdsourced from lots of people's inputs. By the nature of the data, it's impossible to get it completely accurate. Therefore, we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience resulting from using achivmnt's websites and apps. You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety) before you add it.
achivmnt accepts no liability or responsibility to any person or organisation as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in its sites like achivmnt and any other of its sites and properties. To the full extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that in no event shall achivmnt be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses (even if any achivmnt has been advised of the possibility of such damages) arising out of or in connection with (a) achivmnt or this Agreement or the inability to use achivmnt (however arising, including our negligence), (b) statements or conduct of or transactions with any member or third party on achivmnt, (c) your use of achivmnt or transportation to or from achivmnt events, attendance at achivmnt events, participation in or exclusion from achivmnt groups or achivmnt events and the actions of you or others at achivmnt events, or (d) any other matter relating to achivmnt. Our liability to you or any third parties in any circumstance is limited to the greater of $100 or the amount of fees, if any, you paid to us in the 12 months prior to the action that may give rise to liability.
We collect data about your browser, IP, location for analytics purposes. Your profile information, achievements photos or other photos, you provide us with a perpetual license to broadcast, display, distribute, sell and produce derivatives from your contributions including on other platforms (including but not limited to Telegram, Discord, Facebook and YouTube) in the future.
Every effort is made to provide information that is accurate. However, materials contained in achivmnt's websites, apps, communities and its properties are subject to change at any time by appropriate action of achivmnt. 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 achivmnt's websites, apps, communities and its properties rests with achivmnt unless otherwise stated.
We reserve the right to permanently ban any user from our websites for behavior that goes against our TOS (Written further down). We will be the sole judge of guidelines violations and we do not offer appeals or refunds in those cases. If you are an EU customer, you agree that achivmnt provides you immediate access to your service as soon as you complete your purchase, without waiting the 14-day withdrawal period. Therefore, you expressly waive your right to withdraw from this purchase.
By using achivmnt, you agree to not promote your website, application, app, software, product, business or yourself by posting links to them, or posting messages to direct users to them, on any of achivmnt sites or apps. achivmnt reserves the right to terminate your account, keep your membership fee and charge you $300 per spam message or post as a fine.
Users are liable for Fees for Membership together with all applicable taxes. Users may cancel their Membership at any time by logging into their account via the descriptor website indicated on their credit card statement or by going to the My Account while logged in. Users must cancel their Membership 24 hours prior to the rebill date if they do not wish their Membership to renew with associated Fees. Up until the date a Membership is canceled the User authorizes achivmnt to continue charging the User's Payment Method to pay: (i) Fees for Membership; (ii) all purchases of other products, services and entertainment provided by achivmnt; and (iii) other liabilities of yours to achivmnt or any third party.
Delayed Transactions. In the event a User's Payment Method was declined. achivmnt may attempt to process the transaction again under the same conditions as the transaction was initiated by the User, within a few days of the User's first attempt to purchase their Membership. Where the Payment Method is approved in such a circumstance, the User will receive an email confirming the successful completion of their transaction. Memberships may be canceled on the Account page. If a Membership is canceled before the renewal date the User will cease to have access for the remainder of the period already paid.
Members are required to set a real and recent profile photo (not group photos, drawings, avatars, objects, shirtless, sexual photos or pics that are not them).
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 achivmnt. We do not answer specific legal or financial questions. achivmnt's 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 achivmnt reserves the right to make changes to the information contained.
The user assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of achivmnt's 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 achivmnt's 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.
ACHIVMNTS'S 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 achivmnt'S SOFTWARE, APPS, WEBSITE, COMMUNITIES AND ANY OF ITS OTHER PROPERTIES OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN achivmnt'S 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 in any forum area will list the author’s name and institution - no anonymous postings will be permitted.
We may modify these terms from time to time. When we do, we will provide notice to you by publishing the most current version and revising the date at the top of this page. If we make any material change to these terms, we will provide additional notice to you, such as by sending you an email or displaying a prominent notice on our Platform. By continuing to use the Platform after any changes come into effect, you agree to the revised terms. If you do not wish to accept the revised terms, you can close your account.
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 achivmnt's 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 login by email links, access arrangements etc) as notified. achivmnt 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 achivmnt and its services) through 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 achivmnt. You hereby assign to achivmnt and agree to assign to achivmnt all of your right and interesting in and to all feedback, including all intellectual property rights therein.
You agree to indemnify achivmnt (its employees and agents) for any loss suffered or liability incurred by achivmnt (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. achivmnt 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”). achivmnt 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.
These terms and conditions will be constructed according to and are governed by the laws of Sweden, regardless of where achivmnt operates or you use achivmnt from.
Our TOS
Please do NOT discuss or mention:
- internet marketing
- affiliate marketing (doesn’t work anymore and is sleazy)
- lifestyle marketing
- day trading (95% of day traders LOSE money)
- dropshipping (is a scam to sell courses, only works temporarily)
- info products (teaches other people to scam)
- life coaching (teaches other people to scam)
- guru-esque stuff (people who are experts don’t need to sell themselves)
- mystical, spiritual, pseudoscience, like promoting the use of crystals for healing, or energy waves, bracelets, etc.
- anti-vaccination, like arguing about how vaccines don't work
- conspiracy theories, even if they come out to be true in 10 years, this is not the place for them and not on-topic, go discuss them somewhere else
- quackery and homeopathy (is pseudoscience)
- herbal supplements, health products
- “CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND WORK FROM A BEACH”-deceptive ebooks/courses selling a dream that does not exist and are meta in its nature, since the only reason you can be on a beach is by selling other people the dream of being on that beach (thus being a Ponzi scheme), also beaches and laptops don’t mix
- black-hat & grey-hat SEO (just make good stuff and Google will notice)
- tax evasion, and/or trying to not pay any tax anywhere (not ethical/moral)
- sex tourism, prostitution, PUA groups
- initial coin offerings (ICOs)
- illegal drugs (while traveling you risk putting yourself and others in prison)
- anything illegal
- or anything else that makes the world a worse place
Making money is never an excuse to deceive people and do stuff that’s bad for the world. There’s enough fun work to do that pays and IS awesome and leaves the world better than you found it. Just stand for ethical values and not short-term profits.