These terms will be updated effective December 20, 2020.  The Instagram Service is one of the Facebook Products, provided to you by Facebook, Inc. These Terms of Use therefore constitute an agreement between you and Facebook, Inc. The Instagram Service is one of the Facebook Products YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION. WE EXPLAIN SOME EXCEPTIONS AND HOW YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION BELOW. So, we need you to commit to a few restrictions in order to be part of the Instagram community.  You must be at least 13 years old. We must not have previously disabled your account for violation of law or any of our policies. You can't impersonate others or provide inaccurate information.  You don't have to disclose your identity on Instagram, but you must provide us with accurate and up to date information (including registration information). Also, you may not impersonate someone you aren't, and you can't create an account for someone else unless you have their express permission. You can't do anything unlawful, misleading, or fraudulent or for an illegal or unauthorized purpose. You can't attempt to buy, sell, or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username) We do not claim ownership of your content We do not claim ownership of your content that you post on or through the Service. when you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (like photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). You can end this license anytime by deleting your content or account. However, content will continue to appear if you shared it with others and they have not deleted it. Permission to use your username, profile picture, and information about your relationships and actions with accounts, ads, and sponsored content.  You give us permission to show your username, profile picture, and information about your actions (such as likes) or relationships (such as follows) next to or in connection with accounts, ads, offers, and other sponsored content that you follow or engage with that are displayed on Facebook Products, without any compensation to you. For example, we may show that you liked a sponsored post created by a brand that has paid us to display its ads on Instagram. If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, we may change it if we believe it is appropriate or necessary (for example, if it infringes someone's intellectual property or impersonates another user). We can remove any content or information you share on the Service if we believe that it violates these Terms of Use, our policies (including our Instagram Community Guidelines), or we are permitted or required to do so by law.  We can refuse to provide or stop providing all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your account) immediately to protect our community or services, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate these Terms of Use or our policies (including our Instagram Community Guidelines), if you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, or where we are permitted or required to do so by law. We can refuse to provide or stop providing all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your account) immediately to protect our community or services, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate these Terms of Use or our policies (including our Instagram Community Guidelines), if you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, or where we are permitted or required to do so by law.  If you believe your account has been terminated in error, or you want to disable or permanently delete your account, consult our Help Center. Content you delete may persist for a limited period of time in backup copies and will still be visible where others have shared it. This paragraph, and the section below called "Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree," will still apply even after your account is terminated or deleted. If any aspect of this agreement is unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect. If we fail to enforce any aspect of this agreement, it will not be a waiver. Our rights and obligations can be assigned to others. For example, this could occur if our ownership changes (as in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets) or by law Our Service is provided "as is," and we can't guarantee it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly all the time. O THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ALSO DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE We also don’t control what people and others do or say, and we aren’t responsible for their (or your) actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or content (including unlawful or objectionable content). We also aren’t responsible for services and features offered by other people or companies, even if you access them through our Service. You agree that we won't be responsible ("liable") for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out of or related to these Terms, even if we know they are possible. This includes when we delete your content, information, or account. Our aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms will not exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the past twelve months. You agree to defend (at our request), indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with these Terms or your use of the Service. Except as provided below, you and we agree that any cause of action, legal claim, or dispute between you and us arising out of or related to these Terms or Instagram ("claim(s)") must be resolved by arbitration on an individual basis. Class actions and class arbitrations are not permitted. you and we may bring a claim only on your own behalf and cannot seek relief that would affect other Instagram users. For any claim that is not arbitrated or resolved in small claims court, you agree that it will be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California or a state court located in San Mateo County. You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim. The laws of the State of California, to the extent not preempted by or inconsistent with federal law, will govern these Terms and any claim, without regard to conflict of law provisions. We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions, but may use them without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and are under no obligation to keep them confidential. We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to these Terms so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect.  

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There is a date of the last update of the agreements. This service is a subsidiary of Company X. This service takes credit for your content. You waive your right to a class action. This service is only available to users over a certain age. Users who have been permanently banned from this service are not allowed to re-register under a new account. Users are not allowed to use pseudonyms, as trust and transparency between users regarding their identities is relevant to the service.. Users agree not to use the service for illegal purposes. You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties. You maintain ownership of your data. You maintain ownership of your content. Very broad copyright license on your content. Your identity is used in ads that are shown to other users. Usernames can be rejected for any reason. This service can delete your content if you violate the terms. The service can suspend your account for several reasons. They may stop providing the service at any time. The service provides a free help desk. This service holds onto content that you've deleted. defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination. Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder. Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision. Instagram may sell your personal information as part of a bankruptcy or merger . The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk. The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service. This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet the users' expectations or requirements. This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents. The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers. This service assumes no liability for any losses or damages resulting from any matter relating to the service. Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user. 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. The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection.. Instagram Court of law is California. If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner. Terms may be changed at their discretion, but they will notify you before..