Last Updated: October 2, 2025
Welcome to Secretum Archives! These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, located at https://secretumarchives.com/, and any related services (collectively, the “Service”). Please read these Terms carefully before using our Service.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.
1. Agreement to Terms
By using our Service, you agree to these Terms. We may modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Terms on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
The Service and its original content, including articles, text, graphics, images, logos, and software (the “Content”), are the property of Secretum Archives and its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You are granted a limited license to access and use the Service and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
3. User Responsibilities and Conduct
You agree not to use the Service to:
- Violate any local, state, national, or international law.
- Post any content that is unlawful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing, or racially or ethnically offensive.
- Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Distribute viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
- Engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Service (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Service).
4. User-Generated Content (e.g., Comments)
If you post comments or other content on the Service (“User Content”), you are solely responsible for that User Content. You retain ownership of your User Content, but you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Content in connection with the Service.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to review, screen, and remove User Content at our sole discretion and without notice.
5. Copyright Infringement (DMCA Policy)
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Service infringes upon a copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided below (a “Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the Notification.
6. Third-Party Links
The Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by Secretum Archives. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Secretum Archives shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Secretum Archives expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
8. Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Secretum Archives, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Secretum Archives and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, or b) a breach of these Terms.
10. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
11. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, if you breach the Terms.