Terms of Service

Last updated: 07 September 2022

By purchasing, downloading or using the game, "You Suck At Parking" or its related services (the Services), you agree to this Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy for the Services.

In particular, you agree to the arbitration agreement and class action waiver described in Section 16 below. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not purchase, download or use our Services. These Terms are a binding legal contract between you and Happy Volcano BV. 

In these Terms, "we," "us," and "our" means Happy Volcano BV, a company registered in Belgium whose office is Sluisstraat 79, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

1. License

Our software is licensed, not sold, to you under these Terms. Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms, including the Rules of Conduct below, we grant you a personal, limited, non-transferable, revocable and non-exclusive license to: (a) use our Services for your own personal use; and (b) make and publicly display audiovisual footage of you using our Services (Your Streaming Footage) on online video streaming and social networking services. We reserve any rights in our Services not explicitly granted to you under these Terms.

2. Content and UGC

Our Services include Content. We use the term Content to mean all materials, information, technology, software and other content available through our Services, including trademarks, logos, visual interfaces, images, illustrations, designs, compilations, articles, advertisements, software, computer code, services, text, pictures, photos, audio clips and video clips, and the selection and arrangement thereof. Content also includes user-generated Content (UGC), which means Content contributed by users of our Services. All Content is and will remain the exclusive property of Happy Volcano BV or its licensors, and is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, intellectual property and other laws. 

When you contribute UGC to the Services, you: 

1. represent, warrant and agree that you have all necessary rights and authorizations to publish through our Services or share with us such Content and grant the rights that you grant herein;
2. grant to us and our licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion thereof, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party;
3. grant all other users who can access and use your UGC on our Services the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through our Services without further notice, attribution or compensation to you; 
4. waive any moral rights and rights of publicity and privacy you may have in such UGC, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws; and
5. agree that you are solely responsible for the UGC that you contribute.

You may not upload UGC that infringes a third party's intellectual property rights or that violates the law, these Terms, or a third party's right of privacy or right of publicity. We may remove, edit or disable UGC at our sole and absolute discretion. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for UGC, for removing it, or not removing it or other Content. We may, but are not obliged to, pre-screen UGC before displaying it on our Services. We do not endorse any UGC available on our Services.

3. Virtual Features

Our Services include Virtual Features. We use the term Virtual Features to mean rights that we license to you to access or use certain features that we may make available on our Services. Examples of Virtual Features may include access to digital or unlockable Content, additional or enhanced functionality (including multiplayer services), virtual assets, in-game achievements, and virtual points, coins and currencies. When you sign up or pay for Virtual Features, we grant you a personal, limited, non-transferable, revocable and non-exclusive license to access the selected Virtual Features. Virtual Features have no monetary value and no value outside of our Services. You cannot sell, trade or transfer Virtual Features, or exchange them for cash. Any payment you make for access to a Virtual Feature is non-refundable unless otherwise stated.

4. Updates, Online Server Support and Interruptions

We may, by automatic update or otherwise, change, modify or update Services, Content or Virtual Features at our sole discretion. For example, we may need to update or reset certain parameters to balance game play and usage of our Services. These updates or resets may cause you setbacks within the relevant game world and may affect your gameplay and Virtual Features under your control. If our Services use online servers, we make no commitment to continue to make those servers available, and may terminate online features at any time. 

We reserve the right to interrupt our Services from time to time on a regularly scheduled basis or otherwise with or without prior notice to perform maintenance on our Services. You acknowledge that we may interrupt, suspend or terminate our Services for unforeseen circumstances or causes beyond our control, and we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access our Services whenever you may wish to do so. We are not liable to you for any consequences resulting from changes, modifications, updates or interruptions to our Services, or the discontinuation of any Services.

5. Internet Connection

Some features of our Services may require an internet connection, which you must provide at your expense. You are responsible for all costs and fees charged by your internet service provider related to the download and use of our Services.

6. Fraud and Cheat Detection

To provide users with a positive, fair, and competitive experience on the Services, we may use certain software, tools, and technologies (Fraud and Cheat Detection) to detect and prevent programs, methods, or other processes that (i) are used for hacking, account stealing, or other unauthorized or fraudulent activity on the Services (Fraud) or (ii) give you or other users a competitive advantage within the Services (Cheats), including bots, hacks, add-ons, malware, scripts, and mods not expressly authorized by us. You will not:

1. use or encourage the use of Cheats;
2. engage in or encourage others to engage in Fraud;
3. reverse engineer, decompile, hack or otherwise maliciously interact with the software used for the Services for the purposes of engaging in or encouraging others to engage in Fraud or Cheats;
4. develop, market, offer, sell, distribute, support or otherwise make available any Cheats; or
5. attempt to tamper with, modify, disable, disrupt, or circumvent any software, tools or technologies used to detect and prevent Fraud or Cheats.

Fraud and Cheat Detection software may also be installed during your installation of our software. If you do not agree to install the Fraud and Cheat Detection software or at any time remove or disable the Fraud and Cheat Detection software, the license to the Services granted to you automatically terminates and you may not use the Services. The Services or the Fraud and Cheat Detection software may collect and transmit details about your account, gameplay, and potentially unauthorized programs or processes in connection with Fraud and Cheat Detection. If Fraud or Cheats are identified, you agree that we may exercise any or all of its rights under these Terms.

7. Rules of Conduct

You shall not, and shall not attempt to, do any of the following:

1. use or allow the use of our Services for any purpose or activity that is illegal, unlawful or not expressly authorized under these Terms;
2. sell, rent, lease, share or provide access to your account for the Services to anyone else, or use another user's account;
3. modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, resell, retransmit, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of our Services;
4. reverse engineer or attempt to extract or otherwise use source code or other data from our Services;
5. use our Services to build a service or game that would compete with our Services or assist another person in building a service or game that would compete with our Services;
6. remove any proprietary, copyright, trade secret or warning legend from our Services; 
7. make or publicly display Your Streaming Footage where such footage: (a) misrepresents our identity, the names, features or functionality of our Services, or the legal rights or obligations that anyone has in regards to the Services; or (b) adversely affects our rights in an unfair or illegal manner;
8. damage, disrupt, impair, or interfere with our Services, any server, network or system used to support or provide our Services, any person's property, or another user's use or enjoyment of our Services, such as by engaging in denial of service attacks, spamming, hacking, or uploading computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, cancelbots, spyware, corrupted files or time bombs;
9. probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services, or circumvent or breach the security or authentication measures of our Services;
10. harass, threaten, bully, embarrass, spam or do anything else to another user of our Services that is unwanted, such as repeatedly sending unwanted messages or making insults, personal attacks or statements about people based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, or any other aspect;
11. contribute UGC or organize or participate in any activity or group via our Services that is inappropriate, abusive, harassing, profane, threatening, hateful, offensive, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, defamatory, infringing, invades another's privacy, or is otherwise objectionable;
12. publish, post, upload or distribute UGC that is illegal or that you do not have permission to freely distribute, or which we determine is inappropriate, abusive, hateful, harassing, profane, defamatory, threatening, hateful, obscene, sexually explicit, infringing, privacy-invasive, vulgar, offensive, indecent or unlawful;
13. post or transmit a message for any purpose other than personal communication. Prohibited messages include advertising, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes and other types of solicitation or commercial activities;
14. impersonate another person or falsely imply that you are one of our employees or representatives;
15. improperly use in-game support or complaint buttons or make false reports to us;
16. use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine" or in any way reproduce or circumvent the Content, navigational structure or presentation of our Services;
17. harvest, phish for, or collect any kind of private information of other users of our Services, such as passwords;
18. modify any file or any other part of our Service that we do not specifically authorize you to modify.
19. use or distribute counterfeit software or Content associated with our Services, including Virtual Features;
20. attempt to use our Services on or through any service that we do not control or authorize.
21. sell, buy, trade or otherwise transfer or offer to transfer your account, any personal access to our Services, or any Content associated with your account, including Virtual Features, either within our Services or on a third-party website, or in connection with any out-of-game transaction;
22. use our Services in a jurisdiction in which we are prohibited from offering such services under applicable export control laws;
23. engage in any other activity that significantly disturbs the peaceful, fair and respectful gaming environment of our Services;
24. use information about users publicly available in any of our Services (e.g., on a leaderboard) for any purpose unrelated to our Services, including to attempt to identify such users in the real world;
25. transfer any of our Services to a foreign national, or national destination, that is prohibited by U.S. and other export control laws; or
26. promote, encourage or take part in any prohibited activity described above.

Some of our Services may post additional rules that apply to your conduct on those services. 

If you encounter another user who is violating any of these rules, please report this activity to us using the Customer Support Tool. We will review the report and may, at our sole and absolute discretion, take action against anyone who violates our Rules of Conduct, such as by temporarily or permanently revoking access to certain or all of our Services and terminating their account. We may also take such actions, at our sole discretion, in respect of anyone who knowingly submits a false report in bad faith.

We may, but are not obliged to, monitor or record online activity or Content on our Services at our sole and absolute discretion. 

8. Notice and Copyright Infringement Claims

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances as determined by us, users or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers of the copyrights of others. We may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Services and/or update, transfer, suspend, or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

If you believe that your work has been used in the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notice of alleged infringement (“DMCA Notice”) to us as follows:

Sluisstraat 79, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Email : hello@happyvolcano.com

Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper DMCA Notice. Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on the Services is infringing, you may be liable to us for certain costs and damages.

9. Termination

These Terms are effective until terminated by you or us. You may terminate these Terms by deleting all copies of the software and no longer using any of our Services. We may suspend or terminate your account and your use of any of our Services at our sole discretion, including where we consider that your use of our Services breaches these Terms or applicable law, or where we choose not to continue providing any Service to any person for any reason. If we take any action described in this Section, any license you may have under these Terms will terminate and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will not be entitled to a refund, credit or any other reimbursement for any payments you made for any Services, including any Virtual Features. Our exercise of any of our rights under these Terms shall not prejudice any remedies to which we may be entitled under law or equity. Sections 3, 5 and 9-22 of these Terms shall survive termination of these Terms.

10. Privacy

You acknowledge that you have read and agree to the Privacy Policy.

11. Third-Party Content

Our Services may include hyperlinks to third-party websites and services. We do not control those websites and services and are not responsible for their content or for their collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.

12. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS", "AS AVAILABLE" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. YOU USE OUR SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. HAPPY VOLCANO BV THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, AND ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, ASSIGNS, SUCCESSORS, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS (HV PARTIES) HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. 

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE GIVE NO EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, OR WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR PRACTICE. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR CONDITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF OUR SERVICES; THAT OUR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT OPERATION OF OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, OR FREE FROM ERRORS, BUGS, CORRUPTION, LOSS, INTERFERENCE, HACKING, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT OUR SERVICES WILL INTEROPERATE OR BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE.

13. Limitations of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY HV PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES RESULTING FROM:

1. YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES;
2. ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY USING OUR SERVICES;
3. ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM OUR SERVICES;
4. ANY USE OR NON-USE OF YOUR STREAMING FOOTAGE; OR
5. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

FURTHER, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE HV PARTIES’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID (IF ANY) FOR THE SERVICES UNDER THESE TERMS DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENTS GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. 

14. Indemnification

This section only applies to the extent allowed by the laws of your jurisdiction. If the laws of your jurisdiction do not allow you to enter into the indemnification obligation below, then you assume, to the extent permitted by the laws of your jurisdiction, all liability for all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs, and expert witnesses’ fees) that are the stated subject matter of the indemnification obligation below.

You agree to indemnify, pay the defense costs of, and hold harmless the HV Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) arising out of or in connection with (i) any claim that, if true, would constitute your breach of these Terms or your negligence, (ii) any act or omission by you in using the Services, or (iii) your UGC. You agree to reimburse the HV Parties on demand for any defense costs incurred by the HV Parties and any payments made or loss suffered by the HV Parties, whether in a court judgment or settlement, based on any matter covered by this section.

15. Governing Law 

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. For any claims and disputes not subject to the arbitration agreement in Section 16 below, exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services shall be the courts of Leuven, and you expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts.

16. Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration

BY ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS, YOU AND WE EXPRESSLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION IN ALL APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS.

This Section offers a streamlined way to resolve disputes between you and us if they arise. Most of your concerns can be resolved by contacting customer service. If we cannot resolve your concern, you and we agree to be bound by the procedure set forth in this Section to resolve any and all disputes between us.

This Section is an agreement between you and us, and applies to our respective agents, employees, affiliates, predecessors, successors, beneficiaries and assigns. This agreement to arbitrate evidences a transaction in interstate commerce, and thus where relevant, the Federal Arbitration Act and its equivalents in other jurisdictions governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. 

(A) Claims Covered by Arbitration

All disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to these Terms, any of our Services and their marketing, or the relationship between you and us (Disputes) shall be determined exclusively by binding arbitration. This includes claims that accrued before you entered into these Terms. The only Disputes not covered by this Section are claims (a) regarding the infringement, protection or validity of your, our or our licensors' trade secrets or copyright, trademark or patent rights; or (b) brought in small claims court.

(B) Informal Negotiations

You and we shall first attempt to resolve any Dispute informally for at least 30 days before initiating arbitration. The informal negotiations commence upon receipt of written notice from one person to the other (Notice of Dispute). The Notice of Dispute must: (a) include the full name and contact information of the complaining party; (b) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (c) set forth the specific relief sought. We will send our Notice of Dispute to your billing or email address. You will send your Notice of Dispute to hello@happyvolcano.com.

(C) Binding Arbitration

If you and we cannot resolve a Dispute informally, subject to the exceptions in subsection (A) and this subsection (C), you or we will have the Dispute finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other. The arbitration shall be administered by the Judicial Arbitration Mediation Services, Inc. (JAMS) according to the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures effective 1 June 2021 (the JAMS Rules) as modified by these Terms. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the JAMS Rules. If such costs are determined by the arbitrator to be excessive, or if you send us a notice to the Notice of Dispute address above indicating that you are unable to pay the fees required to initiate an arbitration, we may pay the relevant arbitration fees and expenses. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone or online. The arbitrator shall make a decision in writing, and shall provide a statement of reasons if requested by either party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. You and we may litigate in court to compel arbitration, to stay proceeding pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.

(D) Limitations

YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN OUR OR YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator shall not consolidate another person's claims with your claims, and shall not preside over any type of representative or class proceeding. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's individual claim. If this specific subsection is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of these Terms to arbitrate shall be null and void.

(E) Location

If an in-person hearing is required, the hearing will take place either in London, UK, or where you reside; you choose. Any decision or award may be enforced as a final judgment by any court of competent jurisdiction or, if applicable, application may be made to such court for judicial acceptance of any award and an order of enforcement.

(F) Changes to this Arbitration Agreement

We will not enforce material changes to these Terms to arbitrate, unless you agree to the changes.

(G) Severability

If any clause within this Section (other than the class action waiver clause above) is illegal or unenforceable, that clause will be severed from this Section, and the remainder of this Section will be given full effect. If the class action waiver clause is found to be illegal or unenforceable, this entire Section will be unenforceable, and the Dispute will be decided by a court.

17. Amendments

Only we may amend these Terms. You should review these Terms regularly to take notice of any amendments. Your continued use of our Services after their effective date means you accept such amendments. If you do not agree to the amended Agreement, immediately stop using our Services.

18. Assignment

We reserve the right to assign these Terms to another party without notice to you, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You may not sublicense, assign, transfer or delegate any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to any third party without our prior written consent. Any attempted sublicense, assignment, transfer or delegation in violation of this article shall be void.

19. General Terms

Any use of the words "include", "includes" or "including" in these Terms shall be interpreted to include "but not limited to" after them. If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms shall continue in effect. No waiver of any term or condition of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms, together with any other of our terms that govern your use of our Services, constitutes the entire agreement between you and us. As a consumer, you may have rights under applicable local laws that cannot be excluded, limited or changed. Those rights take priority over anything in these Terms.