Terms and Conditions
Introduction
These Terms govern: the use of this Application (the websites at pitstreet.com and subdomains, and the mobile applications snake.pit, paper.pit, and any future .pit games provided by the Owner), and any other related Agreement or legal relationship with the Owner, in a legally binding way. Capitalized words are defined in the relevant dedicated section of this document.
The User must read this document carefully.
Although the entire contractual relationship relating to these Products is entered into solely by the Owner and Users, Users acknowledge and agree that, where this Application has been provided to them via the Apple App Store, Apple may enforce these Terms as a third-party beneficiary.
This Application is provided by:
Alessandro La Rosa
via Ludovico di Breme 18
00137 Roma â Italy
Owner contact email: support@pitstreet.com
What the User should know at a glance
- The Service is intended for Consumers.
- This Application is a multiplayer game (and a related website). Use the Service for entertainment, not for unfair or unlawful purposes.
- Some features may require an in-app nickname registration. Some features may be free; some, in the future, may be subject to in-app purchases.
Use of this Application
Nickname (in-game identity)
To use the Service, Users may choose a nickname in-app. No email, phone number, or formal account is required. Users are responsible for the actions they take under their nickname.
Conditions for nickname selection:
- Nicknames may not contain insults, hate speech, threats, or sexual content.
- Nicknames may not impersonate other Users, real persons, public figures, or the Owner.
- Nicknames may not be created via bots or automated methods.
- The Owner reserves the right to rename or block any nickname that violates these Terms.
Account / nickname termination
Users can stop using the Service at any time:
- Reset profile in-app (Settings â "Reset profile").
- Request server-side deletion of nickname and history by emailing the Owner at the contact details in this document.
Nickname suspension and deletion
The Owner reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend or delete at any time and without notice nicknames, devices, or IP addresses that it deems inappropriate, offensive, in violation of these Terms, or associated with cheating or abuse.
The suspension or deletion shall not entitle the User to any claim for compensation, damages, or reimbursement.
Content on this Application
Rights regarding content â All rights reserved
Unless where otherwise specified or clearly recognizable, all content available on this Application is owned or provided by the Owner or its licensors. The Owner holds and reserves all intellectual property rights for any such content.
Users may not, therefore, use such content in any way that is not necessary or implicit in the proper use of the Service. In particular, but without limitation, Users may not copy, download, share, modify, translate, transform, publish, transmit, sell, sublicense, edit, transfer/assign to third parties or create derivative works from the content available on this Application, nor allow any third party to do so through the User or their device, even without the User's knowledge.
Any applicable statutory limitation or exception to copyright shall stay unaffected.
Content provided by Users
Users may provide certain content through this Application (for example: their chosen nickname, gameplay actions reflected in match results, and any optional in-app inputs the game may add in the future, such as match comments or sticker reactions).
By providing such content, Users confirm that they are legally allowed to do so and that they are not infringing any statutory provisions and/or third-party rights.
Users acknowledge and accept that by providing their own content to this Application they grant the Owner a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty-free, irrevocable, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, access, store, reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, broadcast, stream, transmit or otherwise exploit such content to provide and promote its Service in any media or manner. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Users waive any moral rights in connection with content they provide.
Liability for provided content
Users are solely liable for any content they provide through this Application. Users acknowledge and accept that the Owner does not, in general, filter or moderate such content in real time, although automated filters may apply.
However, the Owner reserves the right to remove, delete or block such content at its own discretion and, without prior notice, to deny the User access to this Application:
- upon becoming aware of any (alleged) violation of these Terms, any third-party rights, or applicable law, based on such content;
- if a notice of infringement of intellectual property rights is received;
- if a notice of violation of a third party's privacy is received;
- upon order of a public authority;
- where the Owner is made aware that the content may represent a risk for Users, third parties and/or the availability of the Service.
Users agree to hold the Owner harmless from and against any claim asserted and/or damage suffered due to content they provided through this Application.
Removal of content from parts available through the App Store
If the reported content is deemed objectionable, it will be removed within 24 hours and the User who provided the content will be barred from using the Service.
Match share pages
When a match ends, the game backend may produce a share code that allows anyone to view a summary of the match on this website (URLs like pitstreet.com/snake/share/<code>). Users acknowledge that, by completing a multiplayer match, the resulting match summary (nickname, score, kills, duration) may be made publicly accessible until removal is requested.
In-app purchases (where applicable)
Where present, in-app purchases are managed by the platform store (Google Play / Apple App Store) and governed by their respective billing terms. Purchases may include cosmetic items, ad-free passes, or content packs. Purchases:
- Do not grant a gameplay advantage over other Users (no pay-to-win).
- Refund requests must be addressed to the platform store first (Google / Apple). The Owner may grant additional discretionary refunds where the platform store cannot or does not.
- Are tied to the platform account that performed the purchase. Transfer between accounts is not supported.
Advertising
This Application is supported, in part, by advertising provided through third-party ad networks (currently: Google AdMob). Personalized advertising requires consent and may be enabled or disabled at any time through the in-app consent UI (UMP SDK) or your device settings. Clicking on a third-party advertisement means interacting with the third party responsible for that advertisement; the Owner is not responsible for any matters resulting from such interaction.
Access to external resources
Through this Application Users may have access to external resources provided by third parties (e.g. App Store / Play Store links, the legacy site at legacy.pitstreet.com, social media links). Users acknowledge and accept that the Owner has no control over such resources and is therefore not responsible for their content and availability.
Acceptable use
This Application and the Service may only be used within the scope of what they are provided for, under these Terms and applicable law. Users are solely responsible for making sure that their use of this Application and/or the Service violates no applicable law, regulations or third-party rights.
Therefore, the Owner reserves the right to take any appropriate measure to protect its legitimate interests including denying Users access to this Application or the Service, terminating contracts, reporting any misconduct performed through this Application or the Service to the competent authorities â such as judicial or administrative authorities â whenever Users are suspected to be in violation of any laws, regulations, third-party rights and/or these Terms, including, but not limited to, by engaging in any of the following activities:
Conduct restrictions
- pretending to fulfill any possible condition or requirements for accessing this Application and/or using the Services (e.g. minimum age);
- concealing their identity or stealing someone else's identity or pretending to be or represent a third-party;
- defaming, abusing, harassing, using threatening practices, threatening or violating the legal rights of others;
- promoting activity that may endanger life or lead to physical harm;
- probing, scanning or testing the vulnerability of this Application or any service or network connected to it;
- installing, embedding, uploading or otherwise incorporating any malware into or via this Application;
- using this Application or its technical infrastructure in an abusive, excessive or otherwise inappropriate way (for example: spamming);
- attempting to disrupt or tamper with the technical infrastructure in a manner that harms or places an undue burden on the Service.
Gameplay restrictions (anti-cheat)
- using modified game clients, bots, scripts, macros, or any automated method to play matches;
- exploiting bugs, glitches, latency tricks, or any unintended game state for unfair advantage;
- artificially inflating leaderboard scores via collusion, multi-accounting, or "wintrading";
- buying, selling, or transferring nicknames, accounts, or in-game items outside the platform stores;
- denial-of-service attacks against other Users or the game servers.
Scraping
- adopting any automated process to extract, harvest or scrape information, data and/or content from this Application or its public endpoints, unless explicitly allowed by the Owner.
Content restrictions
- disseminating or publishing content that is unlawful, obscene, illegitimate, libelous or inappropriate;
- publishing any content that promotes, directly or indirectly, hate, racism, discrimination, pornography, violence;
- disseminating content protected by intellectual property without right-holder consent;
- publishing any content that disrupts, interrupts, harms, or otherwise violates the integrity of this Application or another User's experience.
User protection
- misappropriating any account or nickname in use by another User;
- harvesting or collecting any personally identifying information of other Users;
- using any information relating to other Users for purposes other than those this Application is intended for.
Commercial use restrictions
- registering or using this Application in order to promote, sell or advertise products or services of any kind in any way without prior written permission of the Owner;
- indicating or trying to imply in any manner, that a User stands in a qualified relationship with this Application or that this Application has endorsed the User.
Liability and indemnification
Unless otherwise explicitly stated or agreed with Users, the Owner's liability for damages in connection with the execution of the Agreement shall be excluded, limited and/or reduced to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Indemnification
The User agrees to indemnify and hold the Owner and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders, partners and employees harmless from and against any claim or demand â including but not limited to lawyer's fees and costs â made by any third party due to or in relation with any culpable violation of these Terms, third-party rights or statutory provisions connected to the use of the Service by the User.
Limitation of liability
Unless otherwise explicitly stated and without prejudice to mandatory law, Users shall have no right to claim damages against the Owner (or any natural or legal person acting on its behalf).
This does not apply to damages to life, health or physical integrity, damages resulting from the breach of material contractual obligations, and/or damages resulting from intent or gross negligence, as long as this Application has been appropriately and correctly used by the User.
Unless damages have been caused by way of intent or gross negligence, or they affect life, health or physical integrity, the Owner shall only be liable to the extent of typical and foreseeable damages at the moment the contract was entered into.
In particular, within the limits stated above, the Owner shall not be liable for:
- damages or losses resulting from interruptions or malfunctions of this Application due to acts of force majeure, or unforeseen and unforeseeable events and, in any case, independent of the will and beyond the control of the Owner (failures or disruptions of telephone or electrical lines, the Internet and/or other means of transmission, unavailability of websites, strikes, natural disasters, viruses and cyber attacks, interruptions in the delivery of third-party services or applications);
- any loss of business opportunities and any other loss, even indirect, that may be incurred by the User;
- any losses that are not the direct consequence of a breach of the Terms by the Owner.
Australian Users
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, condition, warranty, right or remedy which the User may have under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or any similar state and territory legislation and which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (non-excludable right). To the fullest extent permitted by law, our liability to the User, including liability for a breach of a non-excludable right and liability which is not otherwise excluded under these Terms, is limited, at the Owner's sole discretion, to the re-performance of the services or the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
US Users â Disclaimer of Warranties
This Application is provided strictly on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Use of the Service is at Users' own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner expressly disclaims all conditions, representations, and warranties â whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of third-party rights. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by the User from the Owner or through the Service will create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Owner, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, officers, directors, agents, co-branders, partners, suppliers and employees do not warrant that the content is accurate, reliable or correct; that the Service will meet Users' requirements; that the Service will be available at any particular time or location, uninterrupted or secure; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components.
The Service may become inaccessible or it may not function properly with Users' web browser, mobile device, and/or operating system. The Owner cannot be held liable for any perceived or actual damages arising from Service content, operation, or use of this Service.
Federal law, some states, and other jurisdictions, do not allow the exclusion and limitations of certain implied warranties. The above exclusions may not apply to Users.
US Users â Limitations of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Owner be liable for:
- any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data;
- any damage, loss or injury resulting from hacking, tampering or other unauthorized access or use of the Service or User account;
- any errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content;
- personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from User access to or use of the Service;
- any unauthorized access to or use of the Owner's secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein;
- any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Service;
- any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the Service;
- any errors or omissions in any content;
- the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any User or third party.
In no event shall the Owner be liable for any claims, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, damages, losses or costs in an amount exceeding the amount paid by User to the Owner hereunder in the preceding 12 months, or âŹ100, whichever is greater.
Common provisions
No Waiver
The Owner's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right or provision. No waiver shall be considered a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
Service interruption
To ensure the best possible service level, the Owner reserves the right to interrupt the Service for maintenance, system updates or any other changes, informing the Users appropriately. Within the limits of law, the Owner may also decide to suspend or discontinue the Service altogether.
Additionally, the Service might not be available due to reasons outside the Owner's reasonable control, such as "force majeure" events (infrastructural breakdowns or blackouts etc.).
Service reselling
Users may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of this Application and of its Service without the Owner's express prior written permission, granted either directly or through a legitimate reselling program.
Privacy policy
To learn more about the use of their personal data, Users may refer to the privacy policy of this Application.
Intellectual property rights
Without prejudice to any more specific provision of these Terms, any intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights and design rights related to this Application â including the "pitstreet", "snake.pit", "paper.pit", and ".pit" names and logos â are the exclusive property of the Owner or its licensors and are subject to the protection granted by applicable laws or international treaties relating to intellectual property.
Changes to these Terms
The Owner reserves the right to amend or otherwise modify these Terms at any time. In such cases, the Owner will appropriately inform the User of these changes (on this page and, where relevant, in-app). Material changes will take effect no earlier than 30 days after notification.
The continued use of the Service will signify the User's acceptance of the revised Terms. If Users do not wish to be bound by the changes, they must stop using the Service and may terminate the Agreement.
Assignment of contract
The Owner reserves the right to transfer, assign, dispose of by novation, or subcontract any or all rights or obligations under these Terms, taking the User's legitimate interests into account.
Users may not assign or transfer their rights or obligations under these Terms in any way, without the written permission of the Owner.
Contacts
All communications relating to the use of this Application must be sent using the contact information stated in this document: support@pitstreet.com.
Severability
Should any provision of these Terms be deemed or become invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the law of Italy, where the Owner is based, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
However, regardless of the above, if the law of the country that the User is located in provides for higher applicable consumer protection standards, such higher standards shall prevail.
Venue of jurisdiction
The exclusive competence to decide on any controversy resulting from or connected to these Terms lies with the courts of the place where the Owner is based.
Exception for Consumers in Europe
The above does not apply to any Users that qualify as European Consumers, nor to Consumers based in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway or Iceland.
Definitions and legal references
- This Application: the websites at pitstreet.com and subdomains, and the mobile applications snake.pit, paper.pit, and any future .pit games provided by the Owner.
- Agreement: any legally binding or contractual relationship between the Owner and the User, governed by these Terms.
- European (or Europe): applies where a User, regardless of nationality, is in the EU.
- Owner (or We): indicates the natural person(s) or legal entity that provides this Application and/or the Service to Users.
- Service: the service provided by this Application as described in these Terms and on this Application.
- Terms: all provisions applicable to the use of this Application and/or the Service as described in this document, including any other related documents or agreements, and as updated from time to time.
- User (or You): indicates any natural person or legal entity using this Application.
- Consumer: any User qualifying as such under applicable law.