terms of service
plural noun
: the legal terms (see term entry 1 sense 4) that set forth the nature, scope, and limits of a service (such as one offered through a website or an app) and the rules that the service's users must agree to follow
… Twitter users' complaints alerted the company that three of his messages violated the terms of service …—
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper… most people have no idea what is signed away when they click "agree" to binding terms of service contracts—again and again on phones, laptops, tablets, watches, e-readers and televisions.—The New York Times
—abbreviation TOS
The New York TimesExamples of terms of service in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The terms of service on Casting Networks include a mandatory arbitration provision and a class action waiver, which purports to bar subscribers from pursuing class action suits.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
That means agreeing to that phone’s terms of service and privacy policies.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
The firm’s terms of service say data will be used for training, and that customers are able to opt out.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Google employees became aware OpenAI was taking YouTube content to train its models, which would infringe both its own terms of service and possibly the copyright protections of the creators to whom the videos belong.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
What OpenAI did might violate YouTube’s terms of service and what Google did might violate the copyright of people who make YouTube videos, the Times reported.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Last year, Google also broadened its terms of service.
—Nico Grant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
In terms of service, expect an elevated dining experience and more personalized attention from the crew — again, not quite at the level of business class, but decidedly more, well, premium than economy.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
That means agreeing to that phone’s terms of service and privacy policies.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
The firm’s terms of service say data will be used for training, and that customers are able to opt out.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Google employees became aware OpenAI was taking YouTube content to train its models, which would infringe both its own terms of service and possibly the copyright protections of the creators to whom the videos belong.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
What OpenAI did might violate YouTube’s terms of service and what Google did might violate the copyright of people who make YouTube videos, the Times reported.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Last year, Google also broadened its terms of service.
—Nico Grant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
In terms of service, expect an elevated dining experience and more personalized attention from the crew — again, not quite at the level of business class, but decidedly more, well, premium than economy.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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