Terms & Conditions
Created on 4 March, 2024 • Information ⢠19 minutes read
Terms last updated: January 26, 2025
Biolinken is a content sharing platform that enables creators to connect their audiences with their most recent and relevant content. One of our core values is to pursue deliberate simplicity â so weâve tried to distill our terms and conditions into their simplest, most accessible form here.
1. Welcome to Biolinken!
Itâs great to have you here. These Terms, along with the linked policies, govern your use of our services â the website (https://biolinken.com/), apps, and related software or features (collectively referred to as the âPlatformâ or âBiolinkenâ).
When we use terms like âwe,â âour,â or âusâ in these Terms, weâre talking about Biolinken part of Prompt media (Chamber of Commerce Netherlands : 01086975 ).
Visiting address (By appointment only): Biolinken | Prompt media, Papaverweg 34, 1032 KJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Postal address: Biolinken | Prompt media, Postbus 56907, 1040 AX Amsterdam, Netherlands
By using Biolinken, youâre agreeing to these Terms & Conditions (âTermsâ) as well as the additional policies linked here and on the Platform. Please take the time to read these Terms carefully, and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. If you donât agree with these Terms, please donât use Biolinken.
2. Changes to these Terms
Biolinken is constantly evolving and improving. From time to time we may make changes to the Platform or these Terms. We may need to change these Terms from time-to-time to reflect business updates, changes to the Platform (including if we decide to discontinue any functionality, features or part of the Platform), legal or commercial reasons, or otherwise to protect our legitimate interests. We can make these changes at any time and itâs your responsibility to check these Terms now and then for any changes.
However, if a change will have a material negative effect on you, weâll use our best efforts to notify you at least 1 month before the change takes effect (e.g. via a notification on the Platform). Your continued use of the Platform after any changes to the Terms is taken as your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you donât agree with the changes, we ask you to please stop using Biolinken and cancel your account.
3. Your Account
To create an account and become a Biolinken user, you must be at least 18. If youâre creating an account on behalf of someone else, you must have their permission to do so. Youâre responsible for your account and ensuring it is only used in a lawfully. When you create an account, you agree to comply with these Terms and that youâre over 18 and legally able to enter these Terms with us. You must provide us with accurate info about yourself â if anything changes, please let us know so we can update your details.
If youâre using Biolinken on behalf of a business or individual, you confirm that youâre authorised by them to agree to these Terms on their behalf. Youâre responsible for anything that happens to your account, so keep your login details and password safe and donât share them with anyone.
If you think your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. You must not assign or transfer your account to someone else or use your account (or allow it to be used by anyone) in a way which in our reasonable opinion, causes damage to Biolinken or our reputation, or infringes anotherâs rights or applicable laws and regulations.
4. Your Username
When you create a Biolinken, youâll need to choose a suitable username that respects everyoneâs rights. We understand your username holds significance, but it must also be appropriate for all users and avoid infringing on anyoneâs rights, including intellectual property (IP) rights like copyright and trademarks. You canât use someone elseâs name, like a celebrity or brand, or pick a username thatâs offensive, vulgar, or unrelated just to profit from it later (referred to as âDomain Squattingâ).
If any issues arise with your username, weâll assess the situation fairly and may ask you to change it (it might be reassigned too). If you decline, we may suspend or terminate your account. If someone claims your username violates their IP rights, they must file an Intellectual Property report, and youâll have the chance to respond with a Counter Notice. If you havenât logged in, added new links, or seen traffic in your account for the past 6 months, we might reclaim or reassign your username (but weâll always contact you first).
5. Managing Your Plan
You can sign up to Biolinken on a free or paid plan and cancel at any time. Your plan will start when you accept these Terms and continue until you cancel it. If you cancel a paid plan it will ordinarily continue until the end of your current billing cycle and then automatically convert to a free plan. To cancel, visit the account page (https://biolinken.com/account). To the extent permitted by applicable law, payments are non-refundable.
If you downloaded our app and purchased your plan using your Apple ID or Google Play Store account, you must cancel by following the instructions provided by Apple or Google. Please note that Biolinken does not accept or process refunds. If you have canceled your subscription and would like to permanently delete your account, you can do so from the My Account page. Please note that if you delete your account, you will not be able to reactivate it or retrieve any content or information you have added to your profile.
6. Your Content
We love the variety of content that our users post on Biolinken! However, we want to ensure that everyone who visits the Platform can do so safely â thatâs why we have our Community Standards. These standards set out what content is and isnât allowed on Biolinken, so please make sure you follow them, otherwise we may suspend or permanently remove your account.
When we talk about your âcontentâ, we mean the text, graphics, videos, links, and any other materials you add to your Biolinken profile. Youâre responsible for your content and you warrant that:
- The content you post is yours, or if youâre using third-party materials, you have the necessary rights to share them on Biolinken (and allow us to use them as per these Terms)
- Your content will not infringe on anyoneâs privacy, publicity, intellectual property, or any other rights.
- Your content is accurate and honest: it shouldnât be misleading, deceptive, or violate any laws, and it shouldnât harm our reputation.
- Your content is free from harmful elements like viruses or disruptive code that could damage the Platform or other systems
- Your content doesnât contain automated collection tools: donât use scripts or scraping tools to gather information from profiles or the Platform.
- You will refrain from posting unauthorized ads, solicitations, or endorsements on Biolinken.
- Your content aligns with our Community Standards.
Since laws and regulations can differ across the countries we operate in, we might ban content that is considered legal in some regions but not others. We reserve the right to take appropriate steps to keep Biolinken safe, including content removal or access restriction.
7. What we can do with Your Content
We love your content and want to show it off. When you post content on your Biolinken profile, you grant us a licence to (i) use, publicly display, distribute, modify, adapt and create derivative works of such content; and (ii) use your name, image, voice, photograph, likeness and any other personal attributes in the content; on the Platform and in our marketing in all media (such as our social channels and any other advertising). This license is worldwide, royalty-free and perpetual, which means we can use your content anywhere in the world, without paying you fees, for as long as we like. You agree that you have all third party rights necessary to post the content on Biolinken and to grant us this license.
Youâll retain all of your rights in your content. Keep in mind that your content will be publicly accessible, and may be used and re-shared by others on Biolinken and across the internet.
Please donât share personal info on Biolinken that you donât want visible to the world. Never post social security numbers, passport details or similar info that could cause harm in the wrong hands. You may only post another personâs personal information where you have their consent and have kept a record of it. We donât have to monitor the accuracy, reliability or legality of your content, but we may choose to do so.
We may modify, remove or restrict access to content at any time in line with these Terms or apply a sensitive content warning to content that we deem unsuitable for all audiences.
8. Suspension or cancelation of your Account
If you donât follow these Terms, we might need to suspend or cancel your account, or take other action regarding your account or adjust how the Platform works for you. For example, if you miss paying your fees on time, we could switch your paid plan to a free one with fewer features.
The steps we take will depend on the nature of the non-compliance. In some cases, we might not resort to suspending or canceling your account. However, if thereâs a repeated or significant non-compliance, weâre more likely to consider those measures. In the event that we do suspend or cancel your account, we usually aim to notify you beforehand, although weâre not obligated to do so.
Please be aware that you wonât receive a refund for any fees paid in advance.
If you believe your account was mistakenly canceled or if you encounter issues with these Terms or the Platform, please get in touch with us at support @ biolinken.com. Weâre committed to making good-faith efforts to resolve the matter, and neither party will initiate legal action concerning the issue until weâve spent at least one month working together to find a resolution.
9. Your responsibility for your visitors and customers
You are responsible for your profile visitors, which includes customers who purchase goods or services through your Biolinken â collectively known as âEnd Users.â You bear the sole responsibility for (i) how End Users engage with your profile and content, and (ii) ensuring compliance with all applicable laws concerning your End Users and transactions conducted between you and End Users via your Biolinken (e.g., through our âCommerceâ or âPayment lockâ features).
Moreover, you acknowledge that any donations received through our âSupport Meâ feature are given voluntarily, without expectation of any goods or services in return. This feature should be utilized exclusively for personal donation collection, not for fundraising on behalf of charities or other causes.
10. Feedback
We love hearing your ideas on how we can make Biolinken even better! Sometimes, we may make âbetaâ functionality available to you and seek your feedback. Keep in mind that if you share feedback with us, weâre free to use it however we like, without payment to you (or to not use it at all). We may from time to time make certain functionality of the Platform available to you in âbetaâ (or similar).
You acknowledge that we are still evaluating and testing such beta functionality and it may not be as reliable as other parts of the Platform.
11. Our Platform
We, as the owners of the Platform, grant you a limited right to use it for sharing content and interacting with other usersâ content. However, please note that we are not responsible for any content, products, or services made available through other usersâ profiles. All rights, including Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, related to the Platform (excluding your content) (referred to as âBiolinken IPâ), are exclusively owned by Biolinken or our licensors. You do not acquire any rights in the Biolinken IP, and you are not allowed to use it, including our brand name or logo, for any purpose without our prior written approval, such as implying a partnership or endorsement from Biolinken.
As a user, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-transferable right to use the Platform for creating, displaying, using, playing, and uploading content in accordance with these Terms.
If we provide you with images, icons, themes, fonts, videos, graphics, or other content, please only use them on your profile and in line with any guidelines we make available to you. Please donât remove, hide, or alter any proprietary notices or trademarks on the Platform. Copying, reproducing, distributing, licensing, selling, reselling, modifying, translating, disassembling, decompiling, decrypting, reverse-engineering, or attempting to derive the source code of the Platform or any part of it is strictly prohibited.
When you visit Biolinken profiles as a âprofile visitor,â we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable right to view and interact with the Platform through user profiles. To the extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for any opinions, advice, statements, products, services, offers, or other content posted by other users on their profiles.
12. Fees and Payment
- Subscription Fees:
If youâve chosen a paid plan, make sure to pay subscription fees on time. These fees are usually in USD and include transactional taxes like GST/VAT, unless otherwise specified. Subscription fees are billed in advance on a recurring basis, depending on whether youâve selected a monthly or annual billing cycle. At the end of each billing cycle, your paid plan will automatically renew under the updated Terms, unless you decide to cancel. When you sign up, provide accurate billing details and a valid payment method (like a credit card). This authorization allows us to charge the applicable fees. In case of automatic billing failure, youâll receive an online invoice that needs to be settled within the specified timeframe.
- Biolinken Transaction Fees:
For transactions made through your profile, using features like âRequest Linkâ or âSupport Me,â there might be a percentage-based transaction fee applied. These fees vary based on your chosen plan and are outlined on our pricing page. If transaction fees apply, they will be deducted from the transaction amount before itâs credited to you. Keep in mind that youâre responsible for any external fees, taxes (including withholding taxes), and income taxes linked to payments received through the Platform.
- Processing Fees:
Transactions on Biolinken are facilitated by external payment processing services like Mollie and Stripe, which entail a processing fee. Each payment processor has its own set of fees, terms, and conditions that you should review, accept, and adhere to. The processing fees are deducted from the transaction proceeds prior to your receipt. Itâs important to note that Biolinken is not accountable for these specific fees.
- Changes in Fees and Advance Notice:
We may periodically adjust subscription or transaction fees. If any changes are made, we will provide prior notice, typically at least one month in advance. If youâre not in agreement with the updated fees, you have the option to cancel your plan before the next billing cycle begins.
13. Privacy
At Biolinken, safeguarding your privacy and that of your Profile Visitors is our priority. Our Privacy Notice outlines how we handle your personal data for our internal purposes. Additionally, our Data Processing Addendum (DPA), which can be found in our Trust Center and is included in these Terms, defines your obligations (and ours) regarding the privacy rights of visitors to your profile. By creating your account, you confirm that if the DPA applies to you, youâve read, understood, and consented to it. To learn about our cookie usage, refer to our Cookie Notice.
All data, including any intellectual property rights associated with it, that either we or the Platform generate from your use (or the use of profile visitors or other users) of the Platform or content (âDataâ) will be owned by Biolinken. As part of the service offered on the Platform, we might provide you with Data or visual representations of it, which we refer to as âData Analytics.â While we make no warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the Data Analytics, we do our very best to ensure they are as accurate and complete as possible.
14. Confidentiality
From time to time, we may share information with you that is confidential (e.g. we may reveal new and upcoming features to you if you take part in beta testing with us). If we share any confidential info with you, about Biolinken or the Platform, you must keep it secret and secure. You must also use reasonable measures to prevent others from accessing it.
15. Liability
We want to clarify that we are not responsible for how you use the Platform, and itâs crucial that you maintain backups of your own content. We are not liable for any damages resulting from actions such as downloading, installing, or utilizing the Platform, or even copying, distributing, or downloading content from it. Itâs on you to ensure your data, content, and devices are adequately protected and backed up while using the Platform.
You agree to protect us from any losses that arise if you breach these Terms or if a third party raises a claim against us related to your content. Neither of us will be liable for indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages. These might include losses in business, revenue, profits, privacy, data, goodwill, or other economic benefits. This applies whether the issue stems from a contract breach, negligence, or any other causeâeven if we were aware of the potential for such damages.
Our liability to you under these Terms or related to the Platform will not go beyond the greater of the fees you paid us in the 12 month period before the liability emerged, or $100.
16. Disclaimers
We want to make a few important disclaimers within these terms. When you use Biolinken and explore any content on the Platform, youâre doing so at your own risk. The Platform is provided to you âAS ISâ and âAS AVAILABLEâ, without any warranties of any kind, whether theyâre express or implied, including (but not limited to), up-time or availability, or any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
Biolinken, its affiliates and its licensors do not make any express or implied warranties or representations, including that:
- the Platform will function uninterrupted, securely or be available at any time or place;
- any errors or defects will be corrected;
- the Platform is free of viruses or other harmful components;
- the Platform is effective or the results of using the Platform will meet your needs; or
- any content on the Platform (including any user content) is complete, accurate, reliable, suitable or available for any purpose.
These Terms apply to the maximum extent permitted by law and nothing in them is intended to exclude, restrict or modify legal rights that you may have, which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by contract. If these Terms are governed by the Dutch (Netherlands) Consumer Law, our liability to you for not complying with a consumer guarantee is limited to re-supply of the services or payment.
17. Third Party Services
Biolinken collaborates with various third-party products and services. We may provide access to specific third-party features or services within the Platform, such as a payment portal or an online store. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, we do not endorse or make any warranties about any third-party products or services, nor do we offer refunds for payments made to third parties. Your use of any third-party product or service may be subject to separate terms and conditions, which you are responsible for reviewing, accepting, and complying with. Failure to accept or adhere to these third-party terms may result in the suspension, cancellation, or limitation of your account or access to these services on our Platform.
If we are required to display specific third-party terms on our website, you can find them at the bottom of this page. Additionally, our Privacy Notice includes a list of our subprocessors.
18. App Terms
To use our app, youâll need to download and install the software onto your mobile or tablet device. We may automatically update this software, and these Terms will apply to any updates. The following terms pertain specifically to the download and use of our app:
- Youâre granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to download and install the app on a single device that you own or control.
- Please refrain from distributing or making the app available over a network where multiple devices can access it simultaneously.
- If either you or we cancel your account, please ensure you delete the app from your device.
Where you download the app from the Apple or Google Play stores (âApp Storesâ) you also agree that:
- these Terms are made between you and Biolinken (and not the App Store). However, if any of these Terms is inconsistent with the App Store terms, the applicable App Store term applies;
- we are solely responsible for the app and its content, any maintenance and support services, product warranties (if we havenât disclaimed them), product claims and third party claims that the app or your use or possession of it, infringes anotherâs IP Rights. If you have a complaint about the app, or become aware of any third party claim, please email us at support @ biolinken.com (and not the App Store);
- youâre not on a US government restricted partiesâ list and you donât live in a country which is subject to a US government embargo or designated as âterrorist supporting countryâ; and
- the App Store and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these Terms, and will have the right to enforce these Terms against you as such a beneficiary
19. Open Source
The app includes open source software components, and some of these components are subject to their own specific license terms. You can find these terms in our Open-Source Content library, which is accessible in the âLegalâ section of the app. If the license terms of a particular open source component donât align with our terms outlined here, then these Terms wonât cover that component. Instead, the relevant license terms will govern your rights and responsibilities for that specific component.
20. A few last things
Before you can start using Biolinken, there are a few last important points weâd like to address:
- Depending on your specific location, certain laws may apply to either you or us. In such cases, if these laws conflict with any portion of these Terms, the laws will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
- These Terms, including the Privacy Notice and any linked policies, constitute the full agreement between you and us regarding the Platform. We wonât add any other terms, except when the law mandates it. We explicitly exclude all implied terms, except those required by statute that cannot be waived. If any part of these Terms is deemed invalid under a countryâs laws, it will be removed from the Terms in that country, but the rest of the Terms will remain in effect.
- These Terms are subject to the laws of Netherlands. Both you and we agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Netherlands. Our decision not to insist on or enforce any part of these Terms wonât be seen as a waiver of any provision or right. These Terms, as well as the Platform, do not establish an agent/principal relationship between you and us.
- When you use Biolinkenâs Music Link or Video Link features to showcase YouTube videos on your Biolinken, you are acknowledging your agreement to adhere to YouTubeâs Terms of Service.
Any questions or comments? Please reach out to support @ biolinken.com.