Terms of Use Last updated: June 30, 2020  We reserve the right to make changes or modifications to these Terms, or any policy or guideline of our Services, at any time and in our sole discretion. If Couchsurfing makes changes to these Terms, we will provide notice of such changes, including by revising the date at the top of these Terms. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Accordingly, you should frequently review these Terms and applicable policies and guidelines to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Services. by accessing or using our Services, you agree to adhere to the Community Guidelines Please Contact Us with any questions regarding these Terms. You must be at least 18 years old to access or use the Services. By registering to use our Services, you represent that you are at least 18 years old. In order to access certain areas and features of our Services, you will need to register for an account using either your email address or your login credentials from a third-party social media site. By registering for an account, you further agree to (a) provide accurate, truthful, current and complete information. and (e) take responsibility for all activities that occur under your account and accept all risks of any authorized or unauthorized access. Couchsurfing may offer the opportunity to purchase products and services from third parties. You acknowledge that such products and services are offered and sold to you by one or more third parties.  Couchsurfing is not a party to, has no involvement or interest in, makes no representations or warranties as to, and has no responsibility or liability with respect to any communications, transactions, interactions, disputes or any relations whatsoever between you and any other member, person or organization. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members of our Services. You are solely responsible for any Member Content that you submit, post or transmit via our Services. You agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Services, Member Content that we believe, in our sole discretion: (a) is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law; (b) contains nudity, sexually explicit content or is otherwise obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive or sexually exploitative of minors; (c) may disparage any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious group by stereotypical depiction or is otherwise abusive or inflammatory; (f) incites violence or characterizes violence as acceptable, glamorous or desirable; (g) contains unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations, without our prior written consent; (h) contains private or personal information about another person, unless such person has agreed to the disclosure of this information; (i) contains viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive file viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology; We have no obligation to post Member Content from you or anyone else and we may, in our sole discretion, edit, remove or delete any Member Content without notice. Enforcement of these Terms, however, is solely in our discretion and the absence of enforcement in some instances does not waive of our right to enforce the Terms in other instances. (c) use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other members from fully enjoying the Services or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; (d) use our Services in connection with the distribution of spam (which we define as unsolicited bulk e-mail or any other unsolicited messages of a commercial, religious, romantic, political or other nature not within the intended purposes of the Services); (h) register for more than one member account; If you post Member Content to our Services, you hereby grant us a perpetual (i.e. lasting forever), worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully sublicensable (i.e. we can grant this right to others) license to use, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, have distributed and promote such Member Content in any form, in all media now known or hereinafter created (including in emails or other communications to our members) to administer, operate, develop and otherwise provide the Couchsurfing Services. You represent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the Member Content that you post or you otherwise have the right to post such Member Content to the Services. (b) the Member Content is accurate and not misleading. and (c) the use and posting of the Member Content you supply does not violate these Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You own the Member Content that you post to our Services. If Member Content contains information about you, our Privacy Policy will apply, and we encourage you to review this policy for information about how we can use and share such information If you provide a Submission, whether by email or otherwise, you agree that it is non-confidential (unless Couchsurfing states otherwise in writing) and shall become the sole property of Couchsurfing. Couchsurfing shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise. You acknowledge that Couchsurfing is not obligated to provide acknowledgment or compensation to you in exchange for Submissions. REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable law, Couchsurfing has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and in Couchsurfing’s sole discretion, members who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Couchsurfing may also, in our sole discretion, limit access to the Services and/or terminate the accounts of any members who we believe may infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.  Paid Subscriptions automatically renew until cancelled. You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Couchsurfing (and each of our officers, directors, members, employees, agents and affiliates) from any claim, demand, action, damage, loss, cost or expense, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees You and Couchsurfing agree to arbitrate any dispute arising from these Terms or relating to the Services Sections 3.5 (Release), 4 (Member Conduct and Content), 5 (Submissions), 9 (Trademarks), 11 (Third-Party Content), 14 (Member’s Representations and Warranties), 15 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 16 (Limits on Liability), 17 (Indemnity), 19 (Disputes), and this Section 20 (Miscellaneous) shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms. 

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There is a date of the last update of the agreements.  Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user . You should follow the community guidelines. Couchsurfing clearly invites you to contact their volunteer help desk. This service is only available to users over 18.. You must create an account to use this service. You are not allowed to use a nick name. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account. Third parties are involved in operating the service. You cannot blame CouchSurfing for disputes you have with other users. This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents. Users agree not to use the service for illegal purposes. Prohibits the posting of pornographic content. Users agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content. Prohibits the posting of content which promotes or glorifies violence or politically or religiously extremist values.. Prohibits political discussions or campaigning. Prohibits public posting of private messages. This service prohibits users from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems. The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason. Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision. Users shall not interfere with another person's enjoyment of the service. This service prohibits users sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages. This service does not allow alternative accounts. Couchsurfing may retain your data after deactivation for legitimate business purposes. You are responsible for (copyright of) content you submit. Couchsurfing becomes the owner of ideas you give them. Couchsurfing may close your account at their sole discretion. You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service. This service forces users into binding arbitration in the case of disputes. Couchsurfing keeps the license on your content, even after you close your account.