Terms of Use

Last Updated Date: 11/12/24

The following terms of use govern your access to and use of the website located at alost.world, collectively referred to as “Website”. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using the Website.

The stories on A Lost World are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Acknowledgment

These are the Terms of Service governing the use of this Website and the agreement that operates between you and A Lost World. These Terms of Service set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Website.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Website. By accessing or using the Website you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you disagree with any part of these Terms of Use then you may not access the Website.

By using or accessing the Website, you also consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information by us in compliance with our Privacy Policy.

License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, A Lost World grants you a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable right to access and use the Website solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We do not grant you or any other party any right, title or interest in the Website and/or Content. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you under these Terms.

Changes to these Terms of Service

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion to modify or replace these Terms of Use at any time without prior individual notice. We advise you to frequently visit this page to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes. The date these terms were last updated is listed at the top of this policy.

Content on the Website

The Website’s content is intended for the user’s personal non-commercial use. All materials published or available on the Website (including, but not limited to, fiction writing and photographic images, also known as the “Content”) are protected by copyright and owned and controlled by A Lost World.

Non-Commercial use does not include the use of content for the development of any software, algorithm, or generative AI tool, including, but not limited to, using the Content in connection with development, training, or operation of a machine learning algorithm, artificial intelligence tool or system, or language-learning model (LLM).

You may only copy, reproduce, store, or download the Content for personal non-commercial use, unless otherwise agreed with us in writing or allowed under applicable mandatory law.

Restrictions

Except as expressly permitted under these Terms, you may not:

  • access or use, or attempt to access or use, the Website to take any action that could harm us or a third party. You may not use the website in violation of applicable laws or in violation of our or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights;
  • modify, adapt, or hack the Website or modify any website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with A Lost World and the Website;
  • use robots, software, scripts, spiders, or any automatic device, process or tool designed to data mine or scrape the Content, data or information from the Website using automated means;
  • take actions that impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our network or infrastructure;
  • remove any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices from any portion of the Website;
  • or do anything that could disable, damage, or change the functioning or appearance of the Website or Content.

Availability of the Website

While we endeavor to keep downtime to a minimum, we cannot promise that the Website or availability of the Website will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. We reserve the right to interrupt/suspend the operation or availability of the Website or any part thereof, with or without prior notice for any reason. You shall not be entitled to any refunds or fees for interruption of the Website or the availability of the Website.

The Website is provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, A Lost World, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Website, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, A Lost World provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Website will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall A Lost World or its relevant parties be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Website, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Website, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if A Lost World or it’s relevant parties has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless A Lost World from and against any and all loss, liability, obligation, damage, cost, claim, demand, debt, expense, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees relating to or arising out of (a) your use of and access to the Website; (b) your breach of any part of these Terms of Use, including without limitation any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any intellectual property, real property rights, or privacy right or any rights of any person; (d) your violation of any Applicable law; (e) negligent or willful misconduct; (f) any use or inability to use our Website; or (g) any claim or demand by any third party arising out of or relating to your access or use of the Website. This indemnification provision survives termination of these Terms and your use of the Website.

Contacting Us

To get in touch with us, please contact us by email at storiesofalostworld@outlook.com