Well, if your one of those who received Twitter’s new terms of services in your Email Inbox, don’t be shock for that.
Twitter has altered its Terms of Services and Privacy policy after getting a series of complaints from the user.
Twitter, a social networking website, that is almost used by whole of the people leaving in various part of the earth has a famous and powerful people into it. Right from US President Obama to the Hottest and smartest celebrities followed by the People who browse online use the Twitter service.
Though how much popular it be, Twitter has indeed been a long victim for Copyright Infringement and Hackers heaven. I still remember how i was unable to login into twitter for many hours , 3 months ago and later twitter posted that it has been attacked by hackers making them to Shut down the website for maintenance for 1 day.
And now, Twitter has made its rules stronger and clearer.
1 . Twitter Basic Terms says to user that,
“Post the content in Twitter on your Own risk , which is to say the user that is posting a article in twitter might face copyright violation”
This statement by Twitter clears the air on the risk of posting an Content in twitter.
2. Twitter Password:
Here twitter strongly says to the user to make a best case of password with the combination of upper, lower, alpha numeric.
The problem is, a user cant remember such a password. This is the real fact
3.Content on the Services
Twitter clearly informs the user on the issue that Twitter will not be able to monitor and control the content that a user post. Twitter openly admits that the content posted here can be risked for copyright and the user should post any content on Twitter on his own interest.
4 :The Services are Available “AS-IS”
Now this is the most important message from Twitter. Twitter in their terms of conditions clearly states
“our access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services is provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Without limiting the foregoing, TWITTER AND ITS PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. We make no warranty and disclaim all responsibility and liability for the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any content thereon. Twitter will not be responsible or liable for any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services, or any Content. You also agree that Twitter has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from Twitter or through the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.”
For more on this New Terms and Conditions
Have a go here to the twitter Terms and conditions link