Terms and Conditions
Native Blockchain Infrastructure Company Pvt Ltd (the "Organization"), a privately owned business located in Chennai, India.These Merchant Terms of Service ("the Terms'') govern your use of the products, services, or any
other features, technologies, or functionalities (the "Services'') provided by Snocrane. (Snocrane, SC, we,
our, or us) through Snocrane website, API. The terms "you" and "your" refer to the merchant to which
we will be providing the Services and the person signing below or otherwise agreeing to the Terms on
behalf of the merchant. Please read the Terms carefully; by using the Services, you agree to the Terms
and confirm that you accept them.
THE USER UNDERSTANDS AND UNCONDITIONALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
USER MAY BE ALLOWED TO EXECUTE TRANSACTIONS ON THE PLATFORM OF SNOCRANE, THE
FUNDS SHALL NOT BE SETTLED TO THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH USER PENDING COMPLETION OF
KYC OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE USER IN ACCORDANCE WITH KYC GUIDELINES
(DEFINED BELOW). FURTHER, UPON NON-COMPLETION OF KYC OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF
THE USER, AS MENTIONED ABOVE, TO THE SATISFACTION OF SNOCRANE, WE RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO NOT RELEASE THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS TO THE USER AND MAY EVENTUALLY
REVERSE THE FUNDS TO THE ACCOUNT FROM WHERE SUCH PAYMENT ORIGINATED.
Please read the terms set out hereunder carefully before agreeing to the same. If you do not agree
to these Terms of Use (including any referenced policies or guidelines), please immediately terminate
your use of the Website. You can accept the Terms of Use by:
Clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use, where this option is made available to you by SC in
the User interface for any particular Service; or
Accessing, testing or actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that SC will
treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms of Use from that point onwards.
For the purpose of these Terms of Use, wherever the context so requires, the term "User" shall mean
and include any natural or legal person who has agreed to these Terms of Use on behalf of itself or
any other legal entity.
It is clarified that the Privacy Policy, form an integral part of these Terms of Use and should be read
contemporaneously with the Terms of Use. Illegality or unenforceability of one or more provisions of
these Terms of Use shall not affect the legality and enforceability of the other terms of the Terms of
Use. For avoidance of doubt, if any of the provisions becomes void or unenforceable, the rest of the
provisions of these Terms of Use shall be binding upon the User.
The Terms of Use may be revised or altered by us at our sole discretion at any time without any prior
intimation to the User. The latest Terms of Use will be posted here. Any such changes by SC will be
effective immediately. By continuing to use this Website or to access the Services / usage of our
Services after changes are made, you agree to be bound by the revised/ amended Terms of Use and
such amendments shall supersede all other terms of use previously accepted by the User. You are
solely responsible for understanding and complying with all applicable laws of your specific
jurisdiction, including but not limited to the provisions of the RBI Guidelines on Regulation of
Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways, Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007,
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Know Your Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering
(AML) / Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) guidelines issued by the Department of Regulation,
RBI (the "KYC GUIDELINES") etc., that may be applicable to you in connection with your business and
use of our Services.
1The Services
We are a cryptocurrency payment processor. We enable you to accept cryptocurrency as payment for
goods or services, and process cryptocurrency payments that you receive from your customer
(Purchaser). We are not a crypto exchange or a place to purchase or sell cryptocurrencies. Our Services
are only available to businesses that sell a product or services or to registered charitable organizations
that accept donations. By using the Services, you authorize us to act as your agent so we may receive,
hold and disburse funds on your behalf and to take any or all actions that we think are necessary to
provide the Services and to comply with applicable law. Payment by Purchaser to Snocrane will be
considered the same as a payment made directly to you and will extinguish the Purchaser's outstanding
obligation, to the extent of the payment.
The gatherings concur as takes after Merchant's Capacity and Authority: - Trader speaks to and
warrants that the individual executing this Agreement is 18 years old or more, has the lawful specialist to
acknowledge this Agreement and that such acknowledgment will tie on Merchant.
1.1 Installment Gateway Service:-
The Service comprises an installment door, a dashboard (at present found at , and the Service APIs,
which together empower dealers to acknowledge selected cryptocurrencies and other advanced
monetary forms as installment from buyers of merchandise or administrations. The vendor will utilize
the Service just as per the terms and states of this Agreement, including the installment charges. Shipper
approves the Company to get virtual monetary standards, trade and dispense them for Merchant's
benefit, and to take any activities that the Company discovers important or alluring to furnish the Service
or to follow pertinent laws.
1.2 Merchant's Account
Generally, To use the Services, you must open a Snocrane Merchants account. When you open an
account, we will ask you for contact information such as your name, phone number, email address, and
information relating to the ultimate beneficial owner or the most senior individual from the organization.
We will also ask you for information on your business, including your business's legal name, the physical
address of the business, and your company's website. The information that you provide at the time of
account opening must be accurate and complete. We may also obtain information about you from third
parties, such as credit bureaus and identity verification services. We have the right to reject your account
registration or to later close your Snocrane Merchants account if you do not provide us with accurate,
complete, and satisfactory information.
Any amendment or rectification of your Registration Data in the User account can be carried out by
accessing the "User account" section on the Website. You may choose to delete any or all of your User
content/ information or even the User account at any time. However, information that has been already
stored on a blockchain as part of transactions executed are immutable and cannot be changed in any
way. Processing such deletion may take some time, but the same shall be done by SC. We may maintain
backup of all User content for such time as may be required under applicable laws and for operational
You understand and undertake that you shall be solely responsible for your Registration Data and User
content and undertake to, neither by yourself nor by permitting any third party to host, display, upload,
modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that:
∙Belongs to another person and to which you do not have any right to;
∙Is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic,
seditious, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable,
disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any
manner whatsoever;
∙Harms minors in any way;
∙Infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of any person or entity
anywhere in the world;
∙Violates any law for the time being in force;
∙Deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any
information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
∙Impersonates another person;
∙Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
∙Threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with
foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence
or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting to any other nation; or
∙Is illegal in any other way.
∙You agree and understand that SC reserves the right to remove and/or edit such detail/
information. If you come across any information as mentioned above on the Website, you are
requested to immediately contact our Grievance officer.
∙You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) these Terms of Use and
(b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant
jurisdictions.
∙You agree to use the data owned by SC (as available on the Website or through any other means
like API(s) etc.) only for personal purposes and not for any commercial use unless agreed to by
SC in writing.
∙You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than
∙You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or
the servers and networks which are connected to the Services) on this Website.
∙Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with SC, you agree
that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
∙You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that SC has no responsibility to you or to any
third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms of Use and for the consequences
(including any loss or damage which SC may suffer) of any such breach. You further agree to the
use of your data by us in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
∙SC may share any Content (defined hereinafter) generated by the User or their Registration Data
with governmental and regulatory agencies who are lawfully authorised for investigative,
protective and cyber security activities. Such information may be transferred for the purposes of
verification of identity, or for prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution pertaining to
cyber security incidents and punishment of offences under any law for the time being in force.
1.3 Guarding your Password
You will choose a password when registering your account. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your password and account access information. You are fully responsible for all
activities that occur with the use of your password or account. Please notify us immediately of any
unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. If you share your
password with others we will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else
using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge.
1.4 Transaction Volume Limits
Snocrane imposes daily and annual transaction processing limits on merchants. When you register for a
Snocrane account, you will be able to choose between a free and premium plan. At Snocrane's
discretion, and based on Snocrane’s risk assessment of your business, transaction capabilities should be
decided.
1.5 Use of Third-Party Services
While using the Snocrane website or the Services, you may be offered services, products, and
promotions provided by third parties. If you decide to use these third-party services, you do so at your
own risk and are solely responsible for reviewing, understanding, and complying with the associated
terms and conditions. We expressly disclaim any liability for the third-party services and are not
responsible for the performance of the third-party services or services.
1.6Security
We have implemented security measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and
2 Data Collection, Privacy, and Security
To provide the Services, we may share information about you and your Snocrane account with third
parties. All the information that can be shared is what you give us while creating a Snocrane merchant
account. There is always certain risk attached to it so kindly read our Disclaimer & Risk Warning
3 Termination and Suspension
We may terminate your account, at our discretion, upon notice to you via email or phone
communication. We may also suspend your access to the Services if we suspect that you have failed to
comply with these Terms, pose an unacceptable fraud risk to us, or if you provide any false, incomplete,
inaccurate, or misleading information. We will not be liable to you for any losses that you incur in
connection with our closure or suspension of your account. Additionally, if your merchant account is not
in use for more than 1 year or so we Snocrane has the right to suspend your account, disabling
processing capabilities.
User agrees and unconditionally undertakes to comply with all applicable commercial and public anti-
bribery and anti-corruption laws (including but not limited to the provisions of Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, 1977, UK Bribery Act, 2010, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Prevention of Money Laundering
Act, 2002, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, and any amendments thereto) which prohibit the
User, its/ his/ her officials, representatives, agents or any other person associated with or acting on
behalf of such User from giving, offering, promising to offer, receiving/ accepting or acting in any other
manner so as to induce a payment, gift, hospitality or anything of value (either directly or indirectly)
whether from within the country or from abroad to government officials, publics servants, regulatory
bodies, judicial authorities, persons in positions of authority, elected or contesting electoral candidates,
political parties or office bearers thereof or any other third party or person in order to obtain an
improper commercial/business advantage of any kind. Government Officials include any government
employee, candidate for public office, an employee of government - owned or government -- controlled
companies, public international organisation and political parties. User also agrees not to give, offer, pay,
promise or authorise to give or pay, directly or through any other person, anything of value to anybody
for the purpose of inducing or rewarding any favourable action or influencing a decision in favour of the
User. The User also unconditionally agrees and undertakes that it is compliant with and shall do/
undertake all acts necessary to continue to be compliant with the provisions of 'The Know Your
Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) guidelines
issued by the Department of Regulation', RBI, as amended from time to time. Similarly, any business
promoting Multi-Level-Marketing (without license), unrealistic returns (ROI), or other suspicious
activities.
User undertakes that it shall, during the use of the Services, be in compliance with the mandates of
OFAC and acknowledges that the User has not directly or indirectly lent, contributed or otherwise made
available funds to any of its affiliates, joint venture partners or any other person or entity for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals List
(SDN), Consolidated Sanctions List and the Additional OFAC Sanctions List, as amended from time to
User undertakes that it shall not initiate an unauthorized debit of a customer account (‘FRAUDULENT
TRANSACTION’).
Any non-compliance of the above shall result in immediate suspension of the account, all assets shall be
frozen, and available information shall be shard with appropriate authorities. We may ask for clarification
post suspension of activities. If such clarification is not forthcoming or is unsatisfactory, the account shall
be terminated and proceeds returned to senders. There will be no prior notice given to you before
suspending account. Similarly, legal action may be taken without prior notice.
4 Fees and charges Merchant Fees: - There is a processing fee that the merchant has to pay which may
be around 0.5%. The Company may change fees and other charges of their service on occurrences to the volatility of
cryptocurrencies price, and it comes into effect without prior notice to the merchant. Vendor's
acknowledgment of another Fee Schedule, or Merchant's proceeds with the utilization of the Service,
constitutes Merchant's acknowledgment of such changes. The actual fee amount can be verified in your
user account setup. SC reserves the right to charge a differential fee, based on its assessment of the risk
associated with the customer.
These fees do not include any transaction fees (gas) native to the blockchain being used. Gas fees are
outside of SC’s control and SC cannot influence or predict these fees.
5 Settlement and Authorisation
We will verify the Purchaser’s payments and post the balance to your accounting ledger, according to
your preference settings. You cannot receive a settlement in your local currency. You assume volatility
risks of the currency in which you choose to settle. For example, if you choose to settle in bitcoin, then
you assume the volatility risk of the bitcoin value.
By accepting these Terms of Use, you authorise us to hold, receive, disburse and settle funds on your
behalf. Your authorisation permits us to generate an electronic funds transfer between the payment
system providers and the escrow account to process each payment transaction that you authorise.
Thereafter, you authorise us to transfer the payments received from your buyers to the wallet/account
designated by you for this purpose at the time of registration. Your authorisation will remain in full force
and effect until your SC account is closed or terminated.
6 Discount and referrals
There will be no discounts. However, a referral fee may be earned by referring Snocrane to your known
affiliates. A commission of about 25% of transaction fee for the first 18 months shall be credited to the
referrer, under our referral scheme. Ie, if the person referred pays $100 in fees, the referrer shall earn
$25. Commission / referral fee is subject to change and may be arbitrarily changed with 1 week notice.
Kindly refer your user account for details of the same.
7 Intellectual Property
We retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Content and all of Snocrane’s brands, logos, and
trademarks. Subject to the terms and states of this Agreement, Snocrane thus allows to Merchant
constrained, non-selective, non-transferable permit to use our content with our services.
8Confidential Information
Confidential Information (the Receiving Party) from the other party (the Disclosing Party) concurs: (a) to
hold the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information in strict certainty, and utilize a similar level of care
that it uses to ensure the privacy of its secret data of like kind (however at the very least sensible care);
(b) not to utilize any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any reason outside the extent of
this Agreement; and (c) aside from as generally approved by the Disclosing Party in composing, to
restrain access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its Affiliates'
workers and temporary workers who require that entrance for purposes reliable with this Agreement
and who have consented to classification arrangements with the Receiving Party containing insurances
no less stringent
9 Limitation of Liability
The company or any of its affiliates or vendors (or any officers, directors, employees or agents of the
company or its affiliates or vendors) be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or
exemplary damages (however or whenever arising), including, without limitation, damages for lost
revenue, lost profits, anticipated profits, lost business or injury to business reputation, cost of
procurement of substitute services, under any theory of liability or cause of action whether in tort
(including negligence), contract or otherwise, regardless of whether it has been advised of the possibility
of such damages;
The company's total liability to the merchant, whether arising in tort (including negligence), contract or
otherwise, under this agreement or concerning any the company products or services, exceed the
aggregate compensation the company received for providing the service to the merchant during the six
(6) months preceding the date on which the claim arose.
10 Indemnity
The User shall indemnify and hold SC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, promoters, directors, employees,
contractors, licensors and agents and any other related or third parties involved with SC in any manner
whatsoever, harmless from and against all losses arising from claims, demands, actions or other
proceedings as a result of:
∙Fraud, negligence and willful misconduct by the User in the use of the Services;
∙Violation of applicable laws in the use of the Services and/ or in the conduct of the business of
the User, including but not limited to the legal provisions mentioned hereinabove;
∙Breach of the User's confidentiality obligations under these Terms of Use;
∙Disputes raised by a User's customer in relation to a transaction where such dispute is not
attributable to the Services;
∙Penalties, fines, charges, or any other actions as a result of breach or violation of any the User's
representations and warranties; and
∙Fines, penalties and charges imposed by the Acquiring Bank, Card Payment Networks or any
Governmental Authority on account of transactions on the User's website or platform that are in
violation of applicable law.
11 Force Majeure
SC shall not be in breach of its obligation hereunder if it is delayed in the performance of, or is unable to
perform (whether partially or fully) its obligations (provide the Services) as a result of the occurrence of
a Force Majeure Event (defined below).
Force Majeure Event means any event, whatever be the origin, not within the reasonable control of SC,
which SC is unable to prevent, avoid or remove or circumvent by the use of reasonable diligence. Force
Majeure event shall include, but shall not be limited to, acts of god, acts, orders, directions of
governmental/ regulatory/ judicial/ quasi-judicial/ law enforcement authorities/ agencies which hinders
SC from performing its obligations under any agreement, including these Terms of Use, with you, war,
hostilities, invasion, armed conflict, act of foreign enemy, embargoes, riot, insurrection, labour
stoppages, outages and downtimes systems failures experienced by a facility provider, revolution or
usurped power, acts of terrorism, sabotage, nuclear explosion, earthquake, pandemic, epidemic, hacking
or man in the middle attack or similar attacks/ intrusions, fires, typhoons, storms and other natural
catastrophes.
Any payment obligations of SC, in case of a Force Majeure event, shall be limited by and be subject to
the fulfillment of the payment obligations of the partners banks/ financial institutions, counterparties
and any other parties involved in or intrinsically linked to the provision of the Services of SC.
12 Prohibited activities
You agree that you will not accept payments in connection with businesses, business activities or
business practices, including but limited to the following:
∙Adult goods and services which include pornography and other sexually suggestive materials
(including literature, imagery and other media), escort or prostitution services, website access
and/or website memberships of pornography or illegal sites;
∙Alcohol which includes alcohol or alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, wine, or champagne
etc. in geographies where sale of such is illegal;
∙Body parts which include organs or other body parts;
∙Bulk marketing tools which include email lists, software, or other products enabling unsolicited
email messages (spam);
∙Cable descramblers and black boxes which include devices intended to obtain cable and satellite
signals for free;
∙Child pornography which includes pornographic materials involving minors;
∙Copyright unlocking devices which include mod chips or other devices designed to circumvent
copyright protection;
∙Copyrighted media which includes unauthorized copies of books, music, movies, and other
licensed or protected materials;
∙Copyrighted software which includes unauthorized copies of software, video games and other
licensed or protected materials, including OEM or bundled software;
∙Counterfeit and unauthorized goods which include replicas or imitations of designer goods,
items without a celebrity endorsement that would normally require such an association, fake
autographs, counterfeit stamps, and other potentially unauthorized goods;
∙Drugs and drug paraphernalia which include illegal drugs and drug accessories, including herbal
drugs like marijuana, salvia and magic mushrooms etc.;
∙Drug test circumvention aids which include drug cleansing shakes, urine test additives, and
related items;
∙Endangered species which include plants, animals or other organisms (including product
derivatives) in danger of extinction;
∙Gaming/ gambling which include lottery tickets, sports bets, memberships/ enrolment in online
gambling sites, and related content in geographies where it is illegal;
∙Government IDs or documents which include fake IDs, passports, diplomas, and noble titles;
∙Hacking and cracking materials which include manuals, how-to guides, information, or
equipment enabling illegal access to software, servers, website, or other protected property;
∙Illegal goods which include materials, products, or information promoting illegal goods or
enabling illegal acts;
∙Miracle cures which include unsubstantiated cures, remedies or other items marketed as quick
health fixes;
∙Offensive goods which include literature, products or other materials that inter alia :
∙Defame or slander any person or groups of people based on race, ethnicity, national origin,
religion, sex, or other factors;
∙Encourage or incite violent acts; or
∙Promote intolerance or hatred.
∙Offensive goods which include crime scene photos or items, such as personal belongings,
associated with criminals;
∙Pyrotechnic devices, combustibles, corrosives and hazardous materials which include explosives
and related goods, toxic, flammable, and radioactive materials and substances;
∙Regulated goods which include air bags, batteries containing mercury, freon or similar
substances/ refrigerants, chemical/ industrial solvents, government uniforms, car titles, license
plates, police badges and law enforcement equipment, lock-picking devices, pesticides, postage
meters, recalled items, slot machines, surveillance equipment, goods regulated by government
or other agency specifications;
∙Tobacco and cigarettes which include cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products;
∙Traffic devices which include radar detectors/ jammers, license plate covers, traffic signal
changers, and related products;
∙Weapons which include firearms, ammunition, knives, brass knuckles, gun parts, gun powder or
explosive mixtures and other armaments;
∙Wholesale currency which includes discounted currencies or currency exchanges;
∙Live animals or hides/ skins/ teeth, nails and other parts etc. of animals;
∙Multi-level marketing collection fees;
∙Matrix sites or sites using a matrix scheme approach;
∙Any product or service which is not in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
whether federal, state, local or international, including the laws of your resident country;
∙The User providing services that have the potential of casting the payment gateway facilitators in
a poor light and/ or that may be prone to buy and deny attitude of the cardholders when billed
(e.g. adult material/ mature content/ escort services/ friend finders) and thus leading to
chargeback and fraud losses;
∙Businesses or website that operate within the scope of laws which are not absolutely clear or are
ambiguous in nature (e.g. web-based telephony, website supplying medicines or controlled
substances, website that promise online match-making);
∙Businesses out rightly banned by law
∙Businesses dealing in intangible goods/ services (e.g. software download/ health/ beauty
Products), and involved in pyramid marketing schemes or get-rich-quick schemes;
∙Any other product or service, is detrimental to the image and interests of either of them/ both
of them, as communicated by either of SC or to the User from time to time. This shall be without
prejudice to any other terms & conditions mentioned in these Terms of Use;
∙Mailing lists;
∙Money laundering services;
∙Database providers (for tele-callers);
∙Bidding/ auction houses;
∙Any other activities prohibited by applicable law.
The above list is subject to additions/ amendments (basis changes/ amendments to applicable laws) by
SC without prior intimation to you.
Terms and conditions (“Terms”) are a set of legal terms defined by the owner of a website. They set forth the terms and conditions governing the activities of the website visitors on the said website and the relationship between the site visitors and the website owner. Terms must be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires Terms that are different from the Terms of a website only providing information. Terms provide the website owner the ability to protect themselves from potential legal exposure.
In general, what should you cover in your Terms & Conditions?
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Who can use your website; what are the requirements to create an account (if relevant)
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Key commercial Terms offered to customers
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Retention of right to change offering
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Warranties & responsibility for services and products
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Ownership of intellectual property, copyrights and logos
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Right to suspend or cancel member account
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Indemnification
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Limitation of liability
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Right to change and modify Terms
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Preference of law and dispute resolution
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Contact info
You can check out this support article to receive more information about how to create a Terms and Conditions page.
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