Terms of Use

Last Update: October 31, 2025

IMPORTANT – THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (referenced herein as “YOU”, “USER” or “YOUR”) ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE INTERNATIONAL AGE RATING COALITION (“IARC”) ON THE OTHER HAND, WHICH APPLIES EACH TIME YOU USE OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE(S) PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF IARC. YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THESE TERMS OF USE (“TOU”) AS THEY GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, SERVICES, SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY, OR MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH GLOBALRATINGS.COM (“WEBSITE”). IARC IS WILLING TO AUTHORIZE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND PROVIDE THE RELATED INFORMATION, SERVICES, SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY, OR MATERIALS TO YOU ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE ENTIRETY OF THESE TOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TOU, YOU ARE NOT GRANTED PERMISSION TO ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE WEBSITE. IARC RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MODIFY THIS TOU AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE TOU CAN BE REVIEWED ON THIS PAGE. WHEN IARC MAKES CHANGES TO THE TOU, IARC WILL UPDATE THE DATE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. THE TOU (OR ANY MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE TOU) WILL TAKE EFFECT (OR RE-TAKE EFFECT) AT THE MOMENT YOU INDICATE YOUR CONSENT BY CHECKING THE “I AGREE” BOX.

Terms and Conditions

LICENSE GRANT. These TOU provide to you with a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-sublicenseable, non-transferable license to use the Website conditioned on your continued compliance with these TOU. The content, layout, formatting, features of, and access privileges for the Website shall be as determined by IARC in its sole discretion. You also acknowledge and agree to the following: (i) IARC has the right to control and direct the means, manner, and method by which the Website is provided; (ii) IARC may from time to time engage independent contractors, consultants, or subcontractors to aid IARC in providing the Website or use thereof; and (iii) IARC has the right to provide the Website to others.

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RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not: (i) modify, translate, decompile, create derivative work(s) of, copy, distribute, disassemble, broadcast, transmit, publish, remove, or alter any proprietary notices or labels on, license, sublicense, transfer, sell, mirror, frame, exploit, rent, lease, private label, grant a security interest in, or otherwise use in any manner not expressly permitted herein, the Website or any content or materials made available on or through the Website (specifically, and by way of illustration and not limitation, you may not separate and use any graphics, photographs, or other audio, visual, or video elements from the accompanying text or material appearing on the Website without the prior express written permission of IARC and/or its licensor(s)); (ii) use any “deep link,” “page scrape,” “robot,” “spider,” or other automatic device, program, script, algorithm, or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Website or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents, or information through any means not purposely made available through the Website; (iii) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Website or any other systems or networks connected to the Website or to any IARC server or to any of the services offered on or through the Website, by hacking, password “mining,” or any other illegitimate or prohibited means; (iv) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website or any network connected to the Website, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Website or any network connected to the Website; (v) reverse look-up, trace, or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Website; (vi) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Website or IARC’s systems or networks or any systems or networks connected to the Website; (vii) use any device, software, or routine to interfere with the proper working of the Website or with any other person’s use of the Website; (viii) forge headers, impersonate a person, or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise your identity or the origin of any message or transmittal you send to IARC on or through the Website; (ix) use the Website to harvest or collect personal or other confidential information; (x) distribute any unauthorized materials or advertise or promote goods or services through the Website without IARC’s permission (including, without limitation, by sending spam or any other similar solicitation); (xi) use the Website or any other property of IARC or an IARC-participating rating authority (“Rating Authority”) in a way that is not expressly authorized by these TOU; (xii) state or imply that you or your products or services are endorsed by IARC; (xiii) infringe or violate any rights of IARC, any of the Rating Authorities or any other person or entity, including any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, privacy or publicity rights; (xiv) use the Website in an unlawful manner or in a manner that could damage, disparage, or otherwise negatively impact IARC; or (xv) engage in any other activity that IARC determines is unacceptable or in conflict with the letter or spirit of these TOU or of the expectations or interests of IARC or users of the Website.

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USER OBLIGATIONS. By accessing or using the Website in order to view any information and materials or submit information of any kind, you represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age (or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction (whichever is greater)) and will, at all times, provide true, accurate, current, and complete information. If you provide any false, inaccurate, untrue, or incomplete information, IARC reserves the right to immediately terminate your access to and use of the Website. In addition, you agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations with respect to your use of the Website. While IARC has implemented protocols and safeguards designed to protect the Website and prevent unauthorized access, use, alteration, distribution, or release of information, no system can guarantee absolute security. The confidentiality of any communication or material you transmit to or from the Website over the Internet or other global networks cannot be assured. Accordingly, IARC is not responsible for the security of any information transmitted to or from the Website. You should exercise caution and make your own determination regarding the security of any information you choose to transmit.

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MOBILE SERVICES. The Website may offer certain content or services that are available to you via your mobile phone or other mobile device (collectively, “Mobile Services”). Please note that your mobile carrier’s normal messaging, data, and other rates and fees will apply to your use of Mobile Services. In addition, downloading, installing, or using certain Mobile Services may be prohibited or restricted by your mobile carrier, and not all Mobile Services may work with all carriers or devices. Therefore, you are responsible for checking with your mobile carrier to determine if Mobile Services are available for your mobile devices, what restrictions, if any, may be applicable to your use of Mobile Services, and how much they will cost you. Nevertheless, all use of the Website and its Mobile Services must be in accordance with these TOU.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY POLICY. The Website allows you to enter your name and an email address. In some jurisdictions, a business email address may be considered personal information if it can be linked, or is reasonably linkable, to an identified or identifiable individual, household, or device. IARC’s use of personal information is governed by the IARC Website Privacy Policy. Please review the policy.

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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. You expressly acknowledge and agree that IARC transfers no ownership or intellectual property interest or title in or to the Website to you. All text, graphics, headers, icons, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, sounds, artwork, computer code (including HTML, CSS, XML, and JavaScript code), programs, software, algorithms, products, information, and documentation, as well as the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel,” and arrangement of any content contained on or available through the Website, unless otherwise indicated, are owned, controlled, and licensed by IARC and its successors and assigns or their licensors, and are protected by law, including, without limitation, United States copyright, trade secret, patent, and trademark law, as well as other state, national, and international laws and regulations. Except as expressly provided herein, IARC does not grant any other express or implied right to you or any other person in any intellectual or proprietary rights. INTERNATIONAL AGE RATING COALITION, IARC, and all other names, designs, logos, and icons identifying IARC, its affiliates, and any of their respective programs, events, solutions, products, and services, are proprietary trademarks of IARC or its affiliates, successors, or assigns or their respective licensors, and any use of such marks, including, without limitation, as domain names, without the express written permission of IARC is strictly prohibited. Other products and entities mentioned herein may be the trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners, including the region-specific ratings and trademarks displayed on the Website that are licensed by the respective Rating Authority.

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FEEDBACK AND SUBMISSIONS. IARC welcomes your feedback and suggestions about IARC’s programs or services or with respect to how to improve the Website. By transmitting any suggestions, information, material, or other content (collectively, “Feedback”) to IARC, you represent and warrant that such Feedback does not infringe or violate the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party (including, without limitation, patents, copyrights, or trademark rights) and that you have all rights necessary to convey to IARC and enable IARC to use such Feedback. In addition, any Feedback will be deemed to include a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license for IARC to adopt, publish, reproduce, disseminate, transmit, distribute, copy, use, create derivative works, display (in whole or in part), and act on such Feedback without additional approval or consideration, in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, and you hereby waive any claim to the contrary.

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THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS/SERVICES. IARC, in its sole discretion, may feature on the Website materials, programs, products, and services provided by third parties. IARC makes no representations with respect to nor does it guarantee or endorse the quality, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, or correct sequencing of such third-party materials, programs, products, and services or any other materials, programs, products, and services that such third-party materials, products, and services may access. Your correspondence or any other dealings with third parties found on the Website are solely between you and such third party. Accordingly, IARC expressly disclaims responsibility and liability for all third-party-provided materials, programs, products, and services contained on or accessed through the Website, and you agree that IARC shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such third parties on the Website.

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LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES. IARC, in its sole discretion, may provide links to other websites on the Internet for your convenience in locating or accessing related information, products, and services. These websites, including their privacy policies and practices, have not necessarily been reviewed by IARC and are maintained by third parties over which IARC exercises no control. Accordingly, IARC expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the materials, the accuracy of the information, and/or the quality of the products or services provided by, available through, or advertised on these third-party websites or their data privacy and security policies or practices. Moreover, these links do not imply an endorsement with respect to any third party or any website or the products or services provided by any third party.

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DISCLAIMER. THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS AND MAY INCLUDE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES. IARC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, LEGALITY, OR ACCURACY OF THE PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, MATERIALS, AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW) ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY OTHER IMPLIED WARRANTY UNDER THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT AS ENACTED BY ANY STATE. IARC ALSO MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR IN AN UNINTERRUPTED FASHION, OR THAT ANY MESSAGE, FILE, AND/OR INFORMATION WILL BE STORED, ARCHIVED, OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE IN A MANNER FREE OF VIRUSES, CONTAMINATION OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You expressly absolve and release IARC, our affiliates, the Rating Authorities, and each of our or its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, members, and assigns (collectively, the “IARC Parties”), from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond our or its control, including, without limitation, failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other connection problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes, or other labor problems, wars, or governmental restrictions. MOREOVER, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE IARC PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN ADDITION, TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE IARC PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER RELATED TO USE OF THE WEBSITE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO IARC IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PARTICULAR DISPUTE OR $2,500 (U.S.), WHICHEVER IS LESS.

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INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the IARC Parties from and against any and all loss, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), claims, damages, and liabilities related to or arising out of your use of the Website and any alleged violation by you of these TOU. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section at your expense. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as we reasonably request.

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GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION. These TOU have been made in and will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to agreements entered into and completely performed in the State of Delaware and without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. You agree that any claim or dispute against us arising out of these TOU and/or the Websites must be resolved by arbitration in the New York, New York before a panel of one (1) arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, unless agreed in writing by all parties. Judgment upon the award rendered shall be binding on the parties and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The parties agree that the parties shall split the filing fees for the arbitration. The parties further agree that the arbitrator shall have the power to award damages, injunctive relief and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses to any party in such arbitration, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement.

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ENFORCING SECURITY ON THE WEBSITE. Actual or attempted unauthorized use of the Website may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution, including, without limitation, punishment under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 under U.S. federal law. IARC reserves the right to view, monitor, and record activity on the Website, including, without limitation, by archiving notices or communications sent by you through the Website. Any information obtained by monitoring, reviewing, or recording is subject to review by law enforcement organizations in connection with investigation or prosecution of possible criminal or unlawful activity on the Website as well as to disclosures required by or under applicable law or related government agency actions. IARC will have the right to comply fully with any court orders or subpoenas involving requests for such information.

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INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. You acknowledge that any breach, threatened or actual, of these TOU, including, without limitation, with respect to unauthorized use of IARC proprietary assets, will cause irreparable injury to IARC, that such injury would not be quantifiable in monetary damages, and that IARC would not have an adequate remedy at law. You therefore agree that IARC shall be entitled, in addition to other available remedies, to seek and be awarded an injunction or other appropriate equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any breach, threatened or actual. Accordingly, you hereby waive any requirement that IARC post any bond or other security in the event any injunctive or equitable relief is sought by or awarded to IARC to enforce any provision of these TOU.

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TERM AND TERMINATION. These TOU (or any modified versions of the TOU) will take effect (or re-take effect) at the moment you indicate your consent to these TOU when you begin downloading, accessing, or using the Website, whichever is earliest. IARC reserves the right, at any time and on reasonable grounds, which shall include, without limitation, any reasonable belief of fraudulent or unlawful activity or actions or omissions that violate any term or condition of these TOU, to deny your access to the Website or to any portion thereof in order to protect its name and goodwill, its business, and/or other users, and these TOU will also terminate automatically if you fail to comply with its terms and conditions, subject to the survival rights of certain provisions identified below. Termination will be effective without notice. You may also terminate these TOU at any time by notifying us at info@globalratings.com, but all applicable provisions of these TOU will survive termination as identified below Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of any aspect of the Website in your possession and you agree to no longer access the Website. The provisions concerning IARC’s proprietary rights, feedback and submissions, disclaimers of warranty and liability, admissibility of these TOU, waiver and severability, entire agreement, governing law, and any other provisions that by their nature should survive, will survive the termination of these TOU for any reason.

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WAIVER & SEVERABILITY. Failure to insist on strict performance of any of the terms and conditions of these TOU will not operate as a waiver of any subsequent default or failure of performance. No waiver by IARC of any right under these TOU will be deemed to be either a waiver of any other right or provision or a waiver of that same right or provision at any other time. If any part of these TOU is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, including, without limitation, the warranty disclaimers and the liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most clearly matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of these TOU shall continue in effect.

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ENTIRE AGREEMENT. No joint venture, partnership, employment, affiliate, or agency relationship exists between you and IARC as result of these TOU or your use of the Website. These TOU represent the entire agreement between you and IARC with respect to use of the Website, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and IARC with respect to the Website. You may not assign or transfer any rights under these TOU without the prior written consent of IARC. In addition, IARC may add, modify, or delete any aspect, program, or feature of the Website, but IARC is not under any obligation to add any upgrade, enhancement, or modification.

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If you need to contact IARC regarding this TOU, please email us at info@globalratings.com.