Etsy may also use internal data (e.g., Your previous shopping and browsing behavior on our website) and combine it with other data collected from you, such as your location or publicly available information, to enable us to create audiences based on your known or inferred demographics and/or interests in order to provide you with more relevant and useful advertisements on our website. in our direct marketing channels (such as emails) or with our off-site marketing partners such as Google and Facebook, subject to their terms and privacy statements that you have agreed to with those partners. B. Pay your bills. You are responsible for paying any fees you owe Etsy. Unless otherwise stated below, you are also solely responsible for collecting and/or paying applicable taxes on purchases or sales you make through our Services. For digital items sold to buyers in Australia, Belarus, Chile, the EU, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec (Canada), Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, In Taiwan, Turkey, or the United Arab Emirates, Etsy helps collect and remit VAT or the correct amount of VAT. Some countries may refer to VAT using other terms, such as Goods and Services Tax (GST), but we refer to Value Added Tax, GST, and all local sales taxes collectively as “Value Added Tax.” In addition, Etsy may charge, collect, and remit sales tax. For more information, see these FAQs. Your fees, invoices, taxes and how to pay them are explained in detail in our Fees and Payments Policy. Items you buy. You understand that Etsy does not manufacture, store, or inspect any of the items sold through our Services. We provide the venue; Items on our marketplaces are produced, listed, and sold directly by independent sellers, so Etsy cannot and will not guarantee their quality, safety, or even legality.
Any legal claim relating to an item you purchase must be brought directly against the seller of the item. You indemnify Etsy against all claims related to items sold through our Services, including defective items, false claims by sellers, or items that caused personal injury (e.g., product liability claims). We reserve the right to manage our legal defense as we see fit, even if you indemnify us, in which case you agree to cooperate with us so that we can implement our strategy. Keeping our Services secure: We use your information for security purposes, including sharing your information for those purposes, and we do so because it is necessary to pursue our legitimate interests or those of a third party to ensure the security of our Services and prevent damage to persons or property. or criminal offenses, enforce or defend legal rights, or prevent damage to Etsy`s systems or those of our users or partners. This includes improving the protection of our community from spam, harassment, intellectual property infringement, crime, and security risks of all kinds. We use your information to provide and improve the Services, for billing and payments, for identification and authentication, and for general research and aggregated reporting. For example, in accordance with our existing dispute resolution process, we may use the information you provide to resolve disputes with Etsy or other members. C. Rights You Grant to Etsy.
(Here is the legal version of the last section). By posting your Content, you grant Etsy a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, perpetual license to use, display, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, store, and create derivative works of your Content. This allows us to provide the Services and promote Etsy, your Etsy shop, or the Services generally in any format and through any channel, including through the Etsy Services, our partners, or third-party websites or advertisements. You agree not to assert any moral or publicity rights against us for the use of your Content. You also acknowledge our legitimate interest in using it in accordance with the scope of this license to the extent that your content contains personal data. In addition, we may limit the visibility of items or advertisements to protect Etsy and improve our services. For example, ads or ads may have reduced visibility because they contain terms that represent a prohibited item or are based on third-party policies. These items or advertisements may also be restricted in one or more features of the Etsy Services.
Although these ads or ads may have limited visibility, they can still be found in search. Third Party Services. Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or services that we do not own or control (for example, links to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest). You may also need to use a third-party product or service to use some of our Services (for example, a compatible mobile device to use our mobile applications). If you access these third-party services, you do so at your own risk. Third parties may ask you to agree to their own terms of use. Etsy is not a party to these agreements; They apply exclusively between you and the third party. D. Report Unauthorized Content. Etsy has great respect for intellectual property rights and is committed to following reasonable legal process to remove infringing content from the Services.
If content you own or have rights to has been posted on the Services without your permission and you wish to remove it, please follow the steps outlined in our Intellectual Property Policy. If your content allegedly infringes someone else`s intellectual property, we will take appropriate action, such as disabling it if we receive proper notice or terminating your account if it determines that you are repeatedly infringing. We will notify you if this happens. D. Forum. We are based in New York City, so any legal action against Etsy in connection with our Services must be filed and take place in New York County, New York. For all claims under the AAA rules, proceedings may be filed at your place of residence or in New York, New York, and all face-to-face hearings will be conducted in a location reasonably convenient to both parties, taking into account their ability to travel and other relevant circumstances. For any claim that is not subject to arbitration or mediation, you and Etsy agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a state or federal court located in New York County, New York, if your contract is with Etsy, Inc.; If your contract is with Etsy Ireland UC, you and Etsy agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the Irish courts. Etsy will retain your information only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your Etsy member account), or as long as necessary to provide you with the Services. If you no longer want Etsy to use your information to provide you with the Services, you may terminate your account. Etsy will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we need to retain your information to comply with applicable tax laws), resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as described in this policy. In addition, Etsy sellers may be required to retain and use your information to comply with their own legal obligations.
Please note that closing your account may not release your email address, username, or store name (if applicable) for reuse in a new account. We also store log files for internal analysis purposes. These log files are generally retained for a short period of time, except in cases where they are used for website security, to improve the functionality of the website or if we are required by law to retain them for longer periods. Email Etsy`s Data Protection Officer at dpo@etsy.com If Etsy has reason to believe that you, your Content, or your use of the Services are violating our Terms of Service, including these Seller Policies, we may disable your Content or suspend or terminate your account (and any accounts that, according to Etsy, are linked to your account) and your access to the Services.
