terms of service
plural noun
: the legal terms (see term entry 1 sense 4) that set forth the nature, scope, and limits of a service (such as one offered through a website or an app) and the rules that the service's users must agree to follow
… Twitter users' complaints alerted the company that three of his messages violated the terms of service …—
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper… most people have no idea what is signed away when they click "agree" to binding terms of service contracts—again and again on phones, laptops, tablets, watches, e-readers and televisions.—The New York Times
—abbreviation TOS
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Always do everything by the book and follow all of Amazon’s terms of service.
—Duffy Young, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The new terms of service also say that any disputes with the company will be brought before the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas — where a judge-slash-Tesla-investor was presiding over multiple lawsuits involving Musk and his companies.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
The new terms of service, which go into effect on Nov. 15, spell out the new policies.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Separately, updates to X’s terms of service have also caused alarm, particularly around how data is used to train artificial intelligence models.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
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Duffy Young, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The new terms of service also say that any disputes with the company will be brought before the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas — where a judge-slash-Tesla-investor was presiding over multiple lawsuits involving Musk and his companies.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
The new terms of service, which go into effect on Nov. 15, spell out the new policies.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Separately, updates to X’s terms of service have also caused alarm, particularly around how data is used to train artificial intelligence models.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Terms of service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terms%20of%20service. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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