Terms
Conditions of use
Please read these Terms carefully. Access to, and use of Newt products (“Products”), Newt services (“Services”), and the Newt website https://newt.to/ (“Website”), including any of its content, is conditional on your agreement to these Terms. You must read, agree with, and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms. By creating an account, or by using or visiting our Website, you are bound to these Terms and you indicate your continued acceptance of these Terms.
If you create an account on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the account. You agree to provide and maintain accurate, current and complete information, including your contact information for notices and other communications from us and your payment information. You may not use false or misleading information in connection to your account, or trade on the name or reputation of others, and Newt may change or remove any information that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to expose Newt to claims of third parties. You agree that we may take steps to verify the accuracy of information you have provided to us. You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of your username and password. You must immediately notify Newt of any unauthorized uses of your information, your account or any other security breaches. Newt will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
Your access to, and all of your use of the Website, Products, and/or Services must be lawful and must be in compliance with these Terms, and any other agreement between you and Newt. When accessing or using the Website, Products, and/or Services, you must behave in a civil and respectful manner at all times. We specifically prohibit any use of the Website, Products, and/or Services, and you agree not to use the Website, for any of the following:
If you delete Content, Newt will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website and our servers, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made unavailable to the public immediately. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Newt shall take reasonable precautions to prevent the transmission of harmful content from its technology systems to your technology systems. Newt disclaims any liability for any harm or damages resulting from your access or use of the Website, Products, and/or Services, or access or use of non-Newt websites. Newt has the right (though not the obligation) to (i) refuse or remove any Content that, in Newt’s reasonable opinion, violates any Newt policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminates or denies access to and use of the Website, Products, and/or Services, to any person for any reason, in Newt’s sole discretion.
By purchasing Products and/or Services, you agree to pay Newt monthly/anual subscription fees indicated for such Product or Service. Payments will be due as of the first day you sign up for a Product and/or Services, and will cover a monthly/annual period, as indicated when signing for such Service/Product. Configurations and prices of the Website, Products, and/or Services are subject to change at any time, and Newt shall at all times be entitled to modify configurations, fees, prices and quotations, provided that no price changes shall be made applicable to you during a subscription term, and shall only take effect after Newt and you have agreed upon an extension, upgrade or renewal of the subscription term. You agree to any such changes if you do not object in writing to Newt within seven (7) business days of receiving a notice of Newt, or an invoice, incorporating or announcing the fee and/or price changes. All prices are exclusive of, and you shall pay all taxes, duties, levies or fees, or other similar charges imposed on Newt or yourself by any taxing authority (other than taxes imposed on Newt’s income), related to your order, unless you have provided Newt with an appropriate resale or exemption certificate for the delivery location, which is the location where the Products and/or Services are used or performed. In case of changes in law such that a tax is levied that is or becomes irrecoverable with a consequent increase to the costs to Newt of delivering the Products and/or Services, whereby and to such an extent Newt is entitled to increase its prices accordingly and retroactively.
Newt has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Newt does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Newt disclaims any responsibility for any harm and/or damages resulting from the use or downloading of postings of other parties on the website.
We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which newt.to links, and that link to newt.to. Newt does not have any control over those non-Newt websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Newt website or webpage, Newt does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage.
As Newt requires others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by the Website violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Newt. Newt will, as it is able, respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In order to bring infringing material to our attention, you must provide our DMCA Agent with the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyrighted work; (b) an identification of the copyrighted work and the location on the Website of the allegedly infringing work; (c) a written statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or the law; (d) your name and contact information, including telephone number and email address; and (e) a statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Contact us for DMCA complains at this email: dmca@newt.to. In the case of a user who may infringe or repeatedly infringes upon the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Newt or others, Newt may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website, Products, and/or Services. In the case of such termination, Newt will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Newt to any person in respect of any such termination.
Newt, the Newt logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website, Products, and Services, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Newt or Newt’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website, Products, and Services, may be the trademarks of other third parties in which case such license is for the exclusive benefit and use of us unless otherwise stated, or may be the property of their respective owners. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Newt or third party trademarks. Likewise, you grant no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any of your trademarks, service marks, graphics and/or logos, unless expressly authorized by you.
You may terminate your agreement and close your account with Newt at any time, effective the last day of your subscription term, by sending an email to hi@newt.to. Newt may terminate its relationship with you, or may terminate or suspend the accessibility to the Website, Products, and/or Services at any time, including the use of any software, (i) if you breach these Terms and/or any other agreement with Newt; (ii) if Newt reasonably suspects that you are using the Website, Products, and/or Services to breach the law or infringe third party rights; (iii) if Newt reasonably suspects that you are trying to unfairly exploit or misuse Newt’s policies; (iv) if Newt reasonably suspects that you are using the Website, Products, and/or Services fraudulently, or that Products or Services provided to you are being used by a third party fraudulently; (v) if you fail to pay any amounts due to Newt; (vi) you violate any applicable law or regulation. Upon termination of your Newt account for the above reasons, there will be no refund of fees and you will be denied access to the Website, Products and/or the Services, including all of its data. Newt may terminate any agreement and access to your account, if the Services or any part thereof, are no longer legally available in your jurisdiction, or are no longer commercially viable, at Newt’s sole discretion. In case of termination or closing of your account by you because of a material breach by Newt, without any default by you, or in case of a force majeure on the side of Newt, Newt will refund pro rata for the remaining period of your subscription any fees or expenses paid by you. If you believe that Newt has failed to perform or the Services are defective, you must notify Newt in writing and allow fourteen (14) days for Newt to cure the defect. If Newt cures the defect within this cure period, Newt will not be in default and cannot be held liable for any damages and/or losses in connection to such default. If Newt has not cured the defect within this cure period, you may terminate the subscription with immediate effect, upon written notice to Newt.
The configurations and specifications of the Website, including without limitation all content there available, the Products, and the Services may be amended and/or updated from time to time, at the sole discretion of Newt. You are bound by any such changes or updates, unless such changes materially diminish the functionality and value of the Website, Products and/or Services.
Newt warrants to Newt customers of paid products and/or services, provided that such customers have paid all fees due, and are not otherwise defaulting any obligations towards Newt, an availability of the Products and/or Services (“uptime”) of ninety-eight percent (98%) per month. If for a reason solely attributable to Newt the uptime is not met, Newt will credit you as “liquidated damages”, the Products and/or Services are not accessible in violation with the uptime. You agree that it would be difficult to determine the amount of damages that will be suffered by you if the uptime will not be met. You also agree that the above compensation schedule will result in liquidated damages that bear a reasonable proportion to the probable loss and the amount of your actual loss. The aforementioned liquidated damages shall be the sole and exclusive remedy in the event the uptime has not been met by Newt. However, if the Products and/or Services are not available to you for a reason solely attributable to Newt for a continuing period of five (5) days or more, you may terminate your agreement in writing with immediate effect, and you may request return of fees paid by you related to the unavailable Products and/or Services, pro-rata the remaining unused term of your agreement. Newt and its licensors make no warranties or representations whatsoever with respect to the Website, Products, and Services, or any linked site or its content, including the content, information and materials on it or the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content, information and materials. We also do not warrant or represent that your access to or use of the Website, Products, and/or Services, or any linked site will be uninterrupted or free of errors or omissions, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website, Products, and/or Services, or any linked site is free of computer viruses or other harmful components. We assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your use of the Products or Services, or your access to, use of, or browsing of the Website, or your downloading or uploading of any Content from or to the Website. If you are dissatisfied with the Website, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Website. No advice, results or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Newt, or through the Website, shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. Newt does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage or agree with any content or any user content, or any opinion, recommendation, content, link, data or advice expressed or implied therein, and Newt expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with user content and any other content, materials or information available on or through the Website, Products, and/or Services, created or provided by users or other third parties. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.
Under no circumstances shall any party, its subsidiaries and affiliates, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, and other representatives, be liable for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits and business interruption, whether in contract or in tort, including negligence, arising in any way from the use of the Website, Products, Services, and/or the Contents thereof, or of any hyperlinked website even if such party is expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. With the exception of damages related to legally proven or admitted intellectual property infringement caused by Products and/or Services as delivered by a party without any third party content, in no event shall a party’s liability exceed the total sums received by Newt from you during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date the damages first occurred.
You represent and warrant that your use of the Website, Products, and/or Services will be in accordance with any agreement between you and Newt, the Newt Privacy Policy, these Terms, and with any applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside, and with any other applicable policy or terms and conditions.
Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Parties agree to defend, indemnify, and hold each other harmless, including its subsidiaries and affiliates, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, and other representatives, from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and costs (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs), arising out of, relating to or in connection with (i) a material violation of these Terms, or any agreement between the Parties, or (ii) any allegation that any information or material (including any Content) violates any rights of any third party. You understand and agree that, by using the Products and/or Services, you are solely responsible for any data, including personally identifiable information, collected or processed via our Products and/or Services. You will defend, indemnify, and hold Newt harmless, without any limitation, for all damages in connection to (alleged) violations of any privacy laws through the use of the Products and/or Services under your account.
Each party shall take out adequate insurance in order to cover its risks hereunder, including but not limited to a general- and product liability insurance. Regarding the security, confidentiality and integrity of data, each party is responsible for maintaining appropriate technical and organizational measures for the protection of data processed on their own systems and on third party systems that are in use by the involved party. Newt will not be liable for any delay in performing or failure to perform any of its obligations to you caused by events beyond its reasonable control. Newt will notify you promptly in writing of the reasons for the delay or stoppage (and the likely duration) and will take all reasonable steps to overcome the delay or stoppage. If you are located in the United States and use or access the Website, Products, and/or Services from the United States, these Terms, the Website, Products, and/or Services and any and all agreements between you and Newt shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York, without giving effect to the United Nations Convention on the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. All disputes between you and Newt shall be resolved under the International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association in front of a sole arbitrator. The place of arbitration shall be New York City, New York. The language of the arbitration shall be English. Any award, verdict or settlement issued under such arbitration may be entered by any party for order of enforcement by any court of competent jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and use or access the Website, Products, and/or Services from outside the United States, these Terms, the Website, Products, and/or Services and any and all agreements between you and Newt shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands, without giving effect to the United Nations Convention on the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. All disputes between you and Newt shall be exclusively resolved by the Dutch Courts in Amsterdam. Any cause of action against a party, regardless whether in contract, tort or otherwise, must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred. If any part of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the Parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of these Terms or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may only assign your rights under these Terms to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the terms hereof in writing. Newt may assign its rights under these Terms at its sole discretion. These Terms will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of the Terms, or your use of the Website, Products, and/or Services.
Privacy
Policy Agreement
Registration Data : When you register, we ask you to provide certain information, which includes your email address, birth year, gender, and zip code (the "Registration Data"), as well as a password for your account. Payment Information : If you choose to subscribe to fee-based portions of the Service, purchase a subscription to the Service as a gift, or purchase add-on products or services, you will also be asked to provide (at a minimum) your name and payment information ("Payment Information"). Information You Choose to Provide to Newt : You have the ability to provide a variety of information during your interactions with us and the Newt Service, such as emails you may send us, ads you respond to, and emails or newsletters that you sign up to receive. Newt or third parties acting on our behalf receive data from you whenever you provide us with information. Reading Activity : When you use the Service, we keep track of your reading activity, which may include the number and title of books you have listened to, the books that you like (thumb up) or dislike (thumb down), the stations and playlists you create or listen to, the songs you skip, and how long you listen. Community Posting : You have the ability to post comments, images, and information in community networking features available on or accessible through the Service, such as Newt Community, your public profile, artist and authors forums, our blog, and our social networking pages. You should be aware that any information you submit in the course of these community activities can be read, collected, or used by other users of these parts of the Service, as further discussed below. We are not responsible for the information you choose to make public in any of the community networking features available on or through the Service.
We do not receive nor collect information from Third Parties.
We only collect information from you within Newt, which's the same information you input, to make the platform functional for you. If you like a book, follow another user, want to track your progress, or build your own books, we need to store that information so you can use it later on.
We do not share information with other parties.
We will continue to evaluate this policy against new technologies, business practices, changes in law, and our listeners' needs, and may make changes to the policy accordingly. Please check this page periodically for updates. If we make any material changes to this policy, we will post the updated terms of the policy on the Service, and provide you notice of such changes, which may include notice by email through a message sent to the email address you use to access the Service, or posting a message on the Service. Any material changes to this policy will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an email notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on the Service. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of the Service. Please note that at all times you are responsible for updating your information to provide us with your most current email address. In the event that the last email address that you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the email containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. If you do not wish to permit changes in our use of your information, you must notify us prior to the effective date of the changes that you wish to deactivate your account. Continued use of the Service following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
Enforcement : Newt will conduct compliance audits of our relevant privacy practices to verify adherence to this policy. Further, we will conduct follow up investigations to verify that attestations and assertions regarding our privacy practices are accurate. You may inquire about an inaccuracy or make a complaint about a potential violation to us via the contact information provided below. We do engage in training to support implementation and compliance of our privacy practices; any employee that we determine is in violation of this policy may be subject to disciplinary action. Dispute Resolution: Questions or concerns regarding our use or disclosure of information may be directed to our User Support team. Newt will investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of information in accordance with the principles contained in this policy. For complaints that cannot be resolved between Newt and the complainant, Newt agrees to cooperate with the respective data protection authorities located in the applicable country (or their authorized representatives) and participate in any dispute resolution procedures established by such authorities. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact us directly and we'll reply shortly.
If you hav any questions about this privacy policy, or the privacy practices of Newt, contact us at hi@newt.to