User Terms

Updated on: December 25, 2024

Dear users (hereinafter referred to as "users", "users", "you"), welcome to FireShort! Before you log in, access or use the FireShort products and services (hereinafter referred to as "Service", "FireShort", "Fire Shorts") provided by this platform and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us", "our"), please read the User Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as "Terms") carefully, particularly those sections that may limit our liability or pertain to your significant rights. If you do not agree with our terms, you may not use the Service. Your use and/or continued use of the Service signifies your acceptance of all terms of the Service.

You affirm to us that you are an adult and possess full legal capacity. If you are a minor or lack full legal capacity, you will not be permitted to register, log in, or use the Service. These Terms encompass the following terms and conditions, the agreements explicitly contained herein, and all rules that we may announce in the future. All these rules are considered an integral part of the Terms and have the same legal effect. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, your use of the Services signifies your agreement to be bound by these Terms, forming a legally binding contract between you and us.

We retain the right to modify and/or amend these Terms periodically by posting notices and/or through other reasonable means. You are encouraged to regularly check the revised Terms, which you must comply with when using the Services. Your continued use of our Services signifies your acceptance of the revised Terms. Any dispute between you and FireShort shall be governed by the latest Terms. If you disagree with the revised Terms, you must cease using the Services. Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms by your continued use of the Service after the date such revised Terms are posted.

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to the Services, to understand our practices.

Account

If you use our Services, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. We reserves the right to refuse Service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in our sole discretion.

SERVICES PROVIDED

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, and your payment of any applicable fees, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Services. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved and retained by us or our licensors, suppliers, publishers, rightsholders, or other content providers.

This license does not include any resale or commercial use of our Services; any collection and use of any content listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this Services or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of any third party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. The Services or any portion of the Services may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of us. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of us without express written consent.

Links to any other third party’s website or application within our website or application without the express written permission of us are strictly prohibited. To request permission to link to the any other third party’s website or application, please contact Contact@kunhuonet.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by us. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of us and/or our Services so long as the link does not portray us, or our Services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any our logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

You may use the Services only as permitted by law. The licenses granted by us terminate if you do not comply with these Terms.

Payment

From time to time, certain Services will be subject to payment. You agree to comply with all such terms in relation to your payments to us for such Services, including but not limited to the Google Play and Apple App Store payments terms of service. All such payments from you are subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant payment service (whether that payment service provider is a third-party or us), in addition to any other relevant terms of this Agreement. You agree to comply with that relevant third party's terms and conditions in relation to the payment processing service when your payment are processed via a third party service. We bear no responsibility for any transactions processed by, or any payments made to, a third party, whether or not in connection with the relevant Services. All purchases may be subject to taxes and other fees, including, without limitation, foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates), and you are solely responsible for all fees and taxes associated with any Services.

If such products or services are subject to automatic, recurring or subscription-based charges, then you agree that (subject to applicable laws and regulations):

such purchases or payments are generally made by you on an advance basis;

you authorize us to:

save your chosen payment method's information (e.g. credit card information) on our systems; and

bill your chosen payment method for the relevant time-periods as chosen by or notified to you.

if any payment made via your chosen payment method is rejected, denied or returned unpaid for any reason:

we may not provide you with, or suspend our provision of, the relevant Services until payment is properly processed; and you are liable to us for any fees, costs, expenses or other amounts we incur arising from such rejection, denial or return (and we may automatically charge you for such amounts); and we will provide you with further instructions within our platform regarding how you may update or cancel the relevant payment method.

SUBJECT TO MANDATORY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY US IN THESE TERMS OR FOR A PARTICULAR ITEM OR SERVICES, IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU TO US IN RELATION TO ANY ITEMS OR SERVICE (WHETHER USED OR UNUSED).

You acknowledge that subject to the policy of Apple App Store and Google Play, we reserve the right, to change our Terms, in whole or in part, or adjust pricing and availability for our Services or any components thereof in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion. We do not provide price protection or refunds in the event of a price adjustment or promotional offering, whether permanent or temporary.

If you believe that we have charged you in error, and subject to applicable laws and regulations, you must contact us within 30 days of the date of the relevant charge; and no refunds will be given for any erroneous charges after such 30 days period.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES; ADVERTISEMENT

Our Services may allow you to access, use, or interact with third-party websites, apps, content, other products and services, and its products. Where our Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Your understand and acknowledge that we don’t own or have no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites or services. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. You further acknowledge and agree that we 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 websites or services.

Please note that these Terms and our Privacy Policy apply only to the use of our Services. When you use third-party products or services, their terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those products or services. We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.

Service Guide

We hereby expressly remind you that you are responsible for the legality, accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or quality of your registration information and any messages, files, text, software, music, audio, photos, images, videos, or information that you upload, post, or store, transmit or post by any means through FireShort. You agree not to misuse the Services. You warrant that you will use the Services within the bounds of laws and regulations and these Terms and will not engage in any harmful, illegal, or infringing acts; otherwise, you shall bear full responsibility for all consequences. Additionally, you shall fully indemnify us or any third party for any losses caused by the above violations.

You agree to comply with the applicable laws and regulations and local ethical and cultural customs in your jurisdiction during the use of the service. Otherwise, you will be fully responsible for this. Moreover, please use the service appropriately and responsibly. If your actions cause us to violate laws and regulations or involve us in political or public events, we have the right to suspend or terminate the service.

In any event, you agree not to:

Use the Services for any illegal activity; Use the Services for any activity that is or is likely to be harmful to minors; Send Email Spam, Junk Email, or assist others in sending Email Spam, Junk Email from your account; Display any inappropriate text, audio, or video (such as pornography, violence, vulgarity, terror, barbarism, and other content that violates laws and regulations, social morality, or national cultural traditions/customs); Engage in any false or misleading activity (such as attempting to solicit cash by fabricating false reasons or impersonating another person); Perform any act that is detrimental to the Services or others (e.g., post or distribute viruses, stalk, discriminate, post hate speech/abusive comments, promote violence against others, or cruelty to animals); Infringe the rights of others (such as uploading, storing, or posting manuscripts, music, photos, or videos that are the intellectual property of unauthorized third parties); Infringe on the privacy of others (such as secretly photographing others); Use the Services in any way that may interfere with, impair, affect, or limit the proper use of the Services by other users, or in any way that may cause damage, disable or excessive use of the Services or interfere with the proper functioning of the Services; Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitation messages, promotional materials, Email Spam, Junk Email, chain letters, or pyramid schemes, or conceal or misrepresent the identity of the sender for the purpose of sending Email Spam, Junk Email, or commercial email; Obtain or collect email addresses, phone numbers, IM numbers, and other information from other users without their consent; Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access our services or collect data; Reverse Engineer or obtain the source code of the Service in any way, or circumvent or circumvent measures implemented to prevent or restrict access to any area, content, or code of the Service; Use or attempt to use any unauthorized account; Impersonate or post information on behalf of any other person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; Attempt to circumvent any content filtering technology that we may use, or attempt to access any services or areas that you do not have access to; Place any advertising to recommend products or services outside of FireShort and its affiliates. You also agree not to solicit our users to use similar competitive products or platform services for any reason or in any way; Engage in any activity that violates any laws, regulations, policies, or rules of FireShort or is detrimental to us and/or other users. You acknowledge and agree that you will not use the Services for sale or any other commercial purposes without our affirmative consent. If you wish to use the Services for commercial purposes, please give us written notice and obtain official authorization. You agree to be responsible for your actions during the use of the service, including but not limited to direct compensation to the infringed party, and/or full compensation for our losses if your actions cause us to bear administrative penalties or infringement damages. For any violation of the above provisions, we may immediately suspend or terminate your access to some or all of the services at our sole discretion, including freezing or canceling your access to your account and/or deleting your user content. You acknowledge and agree that we may, at the request of the competent department, provide the necessary information you submit or store on the Fire Shorts server during the use of the service to the competent department. After our preliminary assessment, if you are suspected of infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others, we may provide the above-mentioned necessary information to the relevant right holder. You acknowledge that this service only provides a platform for sharing videos. Any other devices (such as PCs, mobile phones, and devices connected to the internet or network) and their costs (such as phone bills, internet connection fees, or mobile network fees) related to this service will be borne by you. You acknowledge that we may publish commercial advertisements and other commercial information in various ways in the course of providing the Services. You agree that we may provide you with such information by sending emails, private messages, or otherwise. Unless otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, all new products, features, and services introduced by FireShort shall be governed by these Terms. Data Unless otherwise proven, the data stored on the FireShort server will be considered as the only evidence to verify your use of the service.

Ownership and Exercise of Rights

All intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary rights related to FireShort, are owned by us or our licensors. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no license or other rights to the intellectual property are granted to you. You agree not to infringe upon our intellectual property rights or those of our licensors. Any unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights is a violation of these Terms and may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes.

The Service and all content displayed on FireShort (including but not limited to trademarks, logos, marks, applications, source code, programming interfaces, web pages, text, images, audio, video, graphics, and when you use the Service on our Platform) Ownership and intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, and patents) belong to FireShort or other rights holders. Unless otherwise agreed, you agree not to use, modify, copy, distribute, change, transmit, or publish the above content without our written consent, otherwise you are responsible for indemnifying us or other rights holders for all losses caused by it.

General terms

Force Majeure: We do not assume any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by force majeure. For the purposes of this Agreement, force majeure includes force majeure, changes in laws and regulations or government orders, specific causes due to the characteristics of internet services, such as failures attributable to domestic and/or foreign basic telecommunications operators, computer or Internet-related technical defects, Internet coverage restrictions, computer viruses, hacker attacks, and other unforeseen, unavoidable and insurmountable situations to the extent permitted by laws and regulations.

Disclaimer:

While FireShort does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Services, you agree that you use the Services and rely on material contained in this Services at your own risk.

Dispute Resolution

The Terms is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Singapore without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of SIAC in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this clause. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore, and the language of the arbitration shall be English. The arbitration award shall be final and binding upon both Parties.

Availability And Termination Of Our Services

Availability Of Our Services. We are always trying to improve our Services. That means we may expand, add, or remove our Services, features, functionalities, and the support of certain devices and platforms. Our Services may be interrupted, including for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or network or equipment failures. We may discontinue some or all of our Services, including certain features and the support for certain devices and platforms, at any time. Events beyond our control may affect our Services, such as events in nature and other force majeure events.

Termination. Although we hope you remain as our user, you can terminate your relationship with us anytime for any reason by deleting your account. For instructions on how to do so, please visit the our Private Policy.

We may modify, suspend, or terminate your access to or use of our Services anytime for any reason, such as if you violate our Terms or create harm, risk, or possible legal exposure for us, our users, or others. We may also disable or delete your account if it does not become active after account registration or if it remains inactive for an extended period of time.

Other

Changes. We reserve the right to modify or amend the Terms without notice at any time. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will provide you notice of material amendments to our Terms either by notifying you on the website, app or by sending you an email. Your continued use of our Services confirms your acceptance of our Terms, as amended. We hope you will continue using our Services, but if you do not agree to our Terms and do not wish to be subject to the revised Terms of Service, as amended, you must close your account and stop using our Services.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and if it cannot be made enforceable then it shall be deemed severable from our Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of our Terms, and the remaining portion of our Terms will remain in full force and effect.

Notices: All notices to you under this Agreement may be sent by email, regular mail, or via prominent postings on the Site/Platform.

These terms are effective as of the date of posting and constitute the entire agreement between you and Fire Shorts.

Our failure to exercise, delay in exercising, and partial exercise of our rights under the law and the Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such rights nor shall it prejudice our future exercise of such rights.

If you have any comments or suggestions about our terms or services, please send an email to us: Contact@kunhuonet.com