Terms of Service

Last Updated: September 8, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account and accessing the audio news briefing services (the "Service") provided by Scoop'd News ("we," "us," or "our"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not use our Service.

2. Service Description

Our Service provides audio news briefings generated from text-based news articles. We source news content from third-party providers via licensed APIs, including NewsAPI.ai. The Service may include personalized briefings based on your listening history.

3. User Accounts

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You must be at least 13 years old to use this Service.

4. License and Intellectual Property

Our Content: All audio briefings generated by our Service, our website, and our application are our intellectual property or licensed to us and are protected by copyright laws.

Third-Party News Content: The underlying news content is sourced from third-party providers and is subject to its own copyrights and licenses. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to listen to the audio briefings for personal, non-commercial use only.

Restrictions: You may not download, redistribute, transcribe, modify, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit our audio briefings or any content provided through the Service without express permission from the rightful intellectual property owners.

5. User Conduct

You agree not to use the Service to:

6. Third-Party Services

Our Service relies on third-party providers, including NewsAPI.ai for news content. Your use of the Service is also subject to the applicable terms of these third parties, including the NewsAPI.ai Terms of Service.

7. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE NEWS CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ACTIONS USERS TAKE BASED ON THE INFORMATION CONSUMED VIA THE SERVICE.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service immediately, without prior notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of United Kingdom, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

11. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you of changes by updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: info@scoopd.news.