Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to HQEmoji ("we," "our," or "us"). These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of the HQEmoji website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through hqemoji.com (the "Website").

By accessing or using our Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you must not access or use the Website.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire content, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by HQEmoji, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

Emojis themselves are subject to their own copyright and licensing terms as determined by their respective creators (such as Unicode, Apple, Google, etc.). HQEmoji does not claim ownership of individual emojis but does claim ownership of original content describing emojis, emoji combinations, and related materials created by HQEmoji.

3. Permitted Use

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to:

• Access and view the Website for your personal, non-commercial use.
• Copy individual emojis and emoji combinations for personal communication purposes.
• Share links to our Website with others.

You must not:

• Reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as permitted above.
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Website.
• Access or use the Website for any commercial purposes without our express written permission.
• Scrape, data mine, or otherwise extract large amounts of data from the Website.

4. Content Usage for Educational Purposes

You may use limited amounts of content from HQEmoji for educational or informational purposes (such as in blog posts, articles, or educational materials) provided that:

• You provide proper attribution to HQEmoji with a link back to our Website.
• The usage is non-commercial or falls within fair use/fair dealing provisions.
• You do not represent the content as your own original work.
• The usage does not constitute a substantial portion of our database.

For any commercial usage, bulk licensing, or inclusion in commercial products, please contact us for permission.

5. User Contributions

The Website may contain interactive features that allow users to submit content, comments, or suggestions. By providing any user contribution, you grant us and our affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, and distribute such contributions in connection with the Website and our business.

Any user contribution you post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You are solely responsible for your user contributions and the consequences of posting them.

6. Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. You agree not to use the Website:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail", "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate HQEmoji, a HQEmoji employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which may harm HQEmoji or users of the Website.

7. Links to Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to third-party websites or resources that are not owned or controlled by HQEmoji. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that HQEmoji shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites or resources.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranties of any kind. HQEmoji disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We cannot guarantee that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, HQEmoji shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Website.

10. Changes to Terms and Conditions

We may revise and update these Terms and Conditions from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms and Conditions means that you accept and agree to the changes.

11. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Your Jurisdiction], without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us.