CountermarkAI

Terms of Service

Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 13/05/2025

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Countermarkai website and services (“Service”). By accessing or using our website, submitting content for verification, installing our code snippets, or otherwise using our Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, do not use our Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing Countermarkai (“we”, “us”, or “our”) and using our Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of our Service will constitute your acceptance of the updated Terms.

2. Description of Service

Countermarkai provides a website bot-detection and anti-scraping solution designed to help you protect your content from unauthorized use by AI companies and other automated agents. The Service is built around three simple steps:

  • Use Hashtag: Embed a unique hashtag in your content.
  • Check Link: Validate your published content and claim your website domain.
  • Protect Website: Install our code snippet (including a meta tag, JavaScript, and an image beacon) to ensure protection and monitoring.

The Service also involves the continuous monitoring of your website’s requests to detect unauthorized bot activity and enforce content protection.

3. User Responsibilities and Acceptable Use

  • Accuracy of Implementation: You are solely responsible for correctly implementing the hashtag in your content, embedding the provided code snippets, and configuring your website’s robots.txt file as advised. We do not assume any liability if these instructions are not properly followed.
  • Content Ownership: You confirm that all content and intellectual property you use with Countermarkai is either owned by you or that you have the necessary rights and permissions.
  • Prohibited Actions: You agree not to misuse our Service in any manner that could compromise or impair its operation. This includes, but is not limited to, attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, or bypass our security measures.
  • No Guarantee Against All Bots: While our Service targets unauthorized AI bots and scrapers, we cannot guarantee that every single bot or undesired request will be blocked. You acknowledge that no protection system is infallible.

4. Data Collection and Privacy

  • Tracking and Logging: Our protect.js script sends metadata from each page load to our servers. This data is used solely for flagging known bots and ensuring proper protection.
  • Privacy Policy: Use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated by reference. By using our Service, you consent to our collection and use of your data as detailed therein.
  • Third-Party Services: We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any third-party services or sites that may be linked to or referenced by our Service.

5. Intellectual Property

  • Your Content: You retain ownership of your original content. The purpose of the Service is solely to verify your content’s authenticity and protect your intellectual property.
  • Our Technology: Countermarkai and its associated trademarks, logos, scripts (including protect.js), and other intellectual property are the property of Countermarkai. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our Service strictly in accordance with these Terms.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. COUNTERMARKAI DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION:

  • Any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose;
  • Any warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the Service;
  • Any warranty that the operation of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. COUNTERMARKAI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE IS FREE OF DEFECTS OR THAT IT WILL PERFORM AS EXPECTED UNDER ALL CONDITIONS.

7. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL COUNTERMARKAI BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:

  • Your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Service;
  • Any conduct or content of any third party on the Service;
  • Unauthorized access, alteration, or use of your transmissions or content.

THIS LIMITATION SHALL APPLY EVEN IF COUNTERMARKAI IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Countermarkai, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your violation of these Terms or your use of the Service.

9. Modifications to the Service and Terms

Countermarkai reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time, with or without notice. We also reserve the right to change these Terms at our discretion. It is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically for any updates. Continued use of the Service after any modifications will constitute acceptance of the new Terms.

10. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms and any disputes related to them or the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which Countermarkai is based, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law. All disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms shall be resolved exclusively in the appropriate courts of that jurisdiction.

11. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to the Service, without prior notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users or our operations. Upon termination, your rights under these Terms will immediately cease, and you must promptly discontinue all use of the Service.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Countermarkai
Email: support@countermarkai.com
Address: Rua Professor Doutor João Carvalho, n.º 41, 0 0.5, 4700-289 Braga, Portugal

By using Countermarkai, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.