Terms of Use Agreement This Terms of Use Agreement is a contract between you the user, and SnailCard. The agreement applies to your use of the SnailCard Service, and any products of SnailCard. We encourage you to read the entire document carefully as it affects your rights. By signing up for an account or logging into your account, you state that you have fully read and agree to the terms of this agreement and the terms of our Privacy Policy. Any agreement changes will be posted here in this document. In addition, you will be notified by E-mail of the changes. In the event that you do not receive the E-mail for any reason, you will still be able to view the "updated" Terms of Use Agreement in this document at this location. Each time you log into your account, you state that you agree to the current Terms of Use Agreement. You also state that your account information is current. If at any time you are in violation of this agreement, SnailCard has the authority to close your account, with out notice, and with out returning the remaining balance to you. Uploading and Managing Your Images Your Account Balance Sending SnailCards Your Personal Information Contacting us     A. Uploading and Managing Your Images Our service allows you to upload and manage your images. By uploading an image, you give SnailCard permission to use it royalty free, and to print and send it through the mail. In addition, by uploading any image, you state that the image is yours or that you have written permission from the image owner. If any part of your uploaded images contains copy written, or other legal protection not held by you the user, you are in violation of this agreement. By uploading an image to our service, you authorize SnailCard to automatically generate thumbnail versions of your image and to crop your image to fit a 2:3 ratio of width to height. You also authorize SnailCard to download the image to our system, and save it for the purpose of printing, and for our records. If your image has been deemed offensive by us (SnailCard), or the USPS, then the image will be removed, any cards submitted to our service with the image on it will be marked inappropriate and will NOT be sent. This stands for any image even if it is NOT yours. You the user have the option to allow other users to use your image for the purpose of sending a SnailCard with our service. If you decide to allow other users to use an image in our service, you agree that you will NOT receive any royalties. If you find any image through the postcards section of our web site you agree that you will NOT copy or print this image to your computer or any digital other media. These images are protected legally by copyright of the image owner NOT SnailCard. Any images other than those uploaded by our users are protected by SnailCard copyright.     B. Your Account Balance You are NOT required to keep a minimum balance in your account, and no user is required to add credits to their account unless they intend to send SnailCards. By adding credits to your account you agree to pay SnailCard in the amount of $1.00 per credit minus any fees, charges, and taxes. All reference to your balance in $ is a reference to equivalent credits. In the event that you decide to close your account, you will NOT be refunded any remaining credits. By adding credits to your SnailCard account, through the PayPal service, you are bound to their User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and any other agreements, or requirements held by their service. You can read more about their service at www.paypal.com You will also find any agreements, and requirements there.     C. Sending SnailCards By sending postcards from you SnailCard account, you agree that no illegal information is being sent. In addition, your Image, and verbal content must NOT be offensive to the general public. In the event that the USPS decides that a card is unfit to be sent for reasons of content then the card will be marked inappropriate, and will NOT be sent. It will be kept on our records, and you will NOT receive a refund for the credit amount of the card. In the event that the USPS or we (the SnailCard staff) finds your image to be offensive, it will be removed. It is our policy NOT to read the message text of any sent cards. However, we do scan them to ensure there are no printing errors, and know that these cards are sent open faced, without an envelope. For this reason, you should NOT send any venerable information such as Credit Card Numbers, Passwords, or any other private information you would not want your postman (or postwoman) to read. We can NOT be held responsible for any content sent through our service, as we do not scan the cards for content. Any information you send is at your own risk, and no protection is given by SnailCard, or the USPS. SnailCard offers no guarantee or warranty on your card after it has been placed in the mail. If you card is not delivered correctly, or you believe that it was not delivered correctly, please notify us, so that we can work with the USPS to resolve this problem. If you did not fill out the correct address when sending the card, you are at fault. We encourage you to double check your recipients address before sending any SnailCard.     D. Your Personal Information The information we collect on you is for your protection and our protection against fraud. This information will NEVER be sold, shared, or rented to any third party companies. We require that you provide a valid E-mail address, in order to send you updates on our Privacy Policy. We may also send you other information about our service, or reminders from time to time. We will NEVER send third party advertisements. Your E-mail address must be confirmed before your account is activated. In order to confirm your E-mail address, you must click on the link sent to you after you sign up for an account. Your first, and last name are required along with your full address for future services where users will be able to select if they would like to be listed in the SnailCard directory in order to easily send SnailCards to people even if you don't know their full address. This will be an opt in service, but you information is still needed. This information may also be used by SnailCard to verify your account. You phone number may also be submitted to us at your discretion. Your phone number will only be used to contact you if you have requested to be contacted by phone. If you do provide your phone number to us, you state that it is your current phone number. A password and username are also required to protect your account. (Please see our Account Security section for further information.)     E. Contacting us If you have any questions about these terms, SnailCard’s information practices, or with SnailCard services, you can contact us using the form found on our "contact" page. If you wish to close your account, please do so by contacting us, and making a request to close your account. You may contact us by E-mail: customerservice@snailcard.com, or write us at: SnailCard 1306 Harding Ave. Ames, IA 50010 Thank you and we hope you enjoy our quality service!