Terms of Service

Welcome to spoo.me!

These terms of service outline the rules and regulations for the use of spoo.me's Website, located at https://spoo.me.

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms of service. Do not continue to use spoo.me if you do not agree to take all of the terms of service stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms of Service, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: "Client", "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company's terms of service. "The Company", "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party", "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of the Company's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Netherlands. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Account Registration and Eligibility

To access certain features of spoo.me, you may be required to create an account. When creating an account, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration
• Maintain and promptly update your account information
• Be at least 13 years of age to create an account
• Be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials
• Be responsible for all activities that occur under your account
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach
• Not share your account credentials with others
• Not create multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions or limitations

You may create an account using email/password authentication or through third-party OAuth providers (Google, GitHub, Discord). By using OAuth authentication, you agree to the terms and privacy policies of those respective providers.

We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove content at our sole discretion, including if we believe you have violated these Terms of Service.

Account Security and Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the security of your account password and credentials
• All activities and content posted under your account
• Ensuring your account is not used for prohibited purposes
• Complying with all applicable laws when using our services
• Not attempting to gain unauthorized access to other accounts or our systems

We recommend that you:

• Use a strong, unique password for your spoo.me account
• Enable email verification to secure your account
• Do not use automated tools to create or manage accounts without our permission
• Keep your email address up to date for important security notifications

API Usage Terms and Limitations

When using our API services, you agree to:

• Use API keys only for authorized purposes
• Keep your API keys confidential and secure
• Respect rate limits and usage quotas
• Not use the API to create spam, malware, or phishing URLs
• Not attempt to circumvent API limitations or security measures
• Not resell or redistribute API access without authorization
• Not use the API in a way that could damage, disable, or impair our services

API rate limits and usage policies:

• We may impose rate limits on API requests to ensure fair usage
• Excessive or abusive API usage may result in temporary or permanent suspension
• We reserve the right to modify API features, endpoints, or access at any time
• API keys may be revoked if they are used in violation of these terms

User Content and Intellectual Property

When you create shortened URLs on spoo.me:

• You retain ownership of the destination URLs and any content you link to
• You grant spoo.me a non-exclusive license to store and display your shortened URLs
• You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to share the destination URLs
• You agree not to create URLs that infringe on intellectual property rights of others
• Custom aliases you create are subject to our approval and availability

spoo.me retains ownership of:

• The spoo.me platform, software, and infrastructure
• The shortened URL format and routing system
• Analytics and aggregate usage data
• Our trademarks, logos, and branding

Account Termination and Suspension

We may suspend or terminate your account if:

• You violate these Terms of Service
• You engage in abusive or fraudulent behavior
• You create URLs for prohibited content (malware, phishing, illegal content)
• Your account is used to spam or harass others
• You attempt to circumvent security measures or rate limits
• Your account remains inactive for an extended period (we will notify you first)
• Required by law or regulatory authority

Upon account termination:

• Your access to account features will be immediately revoked
• Your shortened URLs may be disabled or removed
• Your API keys will be revoked
• You may request data export before termination if you voluntarily delete your account

You may voluntarily delete your account at any time through your account settings. Account deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed.

Service Modifications and Availability

We reserve the right to:

• Modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the service at any time
• Change features, functionality, or pricing with reasonable notice
• Impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts of the service
• Update these Terms of Service (notice will be provided for material changes)

We strive to provide reliable service, but we do not guarantee:

• Uninterrupted or error-free service
• That the service will meet all your specific requirements
• That all bugs or defects will be corrected
• Permanent storage of any particular shortened URL

Scheduled maintenance and updates will be announced when possible.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing spoo.me, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the spoo.me's Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, spoo.me and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on spoo.me. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from spoo.me for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms of service.

You must not:

• Republish material from spoo.me
• Sell, rent or sub-license material from spoo.me
• Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from spoo.me
• Redistribute content from spoo.me

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. spoo.me does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of spoo.me,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, spoo.me shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

spoo.me reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms of Service.

You warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
• The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
• The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
• The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant spoo.me a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies;
• Search engines;
• News organizations;
• Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
• System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

• commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
• dot.com community sites;
• associations or other groups representing charities;
• online directory distributors;
• internet portals;
• accounting, law and consulting firms; and
• educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of spoo.me; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to spoo.me. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

• By use of our corporate name; or
• By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
• By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.

No use of spoo.me's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Prohibited Uses

Users are strictly prohibited from using spoo.me to shorten, distribute, or promote URLs that:

• Lead to phishing, malware, or deceptive websites.
• Facilitate unsolicited bulk messaging (spam) or other forms of commercial abuse.
• Circumvent or attempt to bypass filters or URL scanning services such as Spamhaus, Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, or similar.
• Promote or distribute illegal content or violate applicable laws or regulations.
• Attempt to exploit newly created URLs to evade detection by standard anti-spam or anti-phishing databases.

spoo.me reserves the right to block, remove, or report any such URLs at our discretion, even if they are not yet flagged by external detection systems.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it's linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms of service.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

• limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
• limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
• exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

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

Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of spoo.me shall be resolved through:

• First, good faith negotiation between you and spoo.me
• If negotiation fails, through binding arbitration or competent courts in the Netherlands

For EU users, this does not affect your rights under applicable consumer protection laws in your country of residence.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Service will otherwise remain in full force and effect.

Contact and Legal Notices

For questions about these Terms of Service or to report violations, contact us at:

• Email: [email protected]
• For legal notices: Please specify "Legal Notice" in your subject line

Updates to Terms

These Terms of Service were last updated on Saturday, November 16th, 2025.

We may update these terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by:

• Updating the "last updated" date
• Sending an email to registered users (for significant changes)
• Displaying a notice on our website

Your continued use of spoo.me after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.