Terms of Conditions

AGREEMENT TO TERMS

These Terms of Use are a legal agreement between you (personally or on behalf of an organization) and ThaiWebNovel (“company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), covering your access to and use of the website and any related media platforms, mobile sites, or apps (together, the “site”).

By using our site, you confirm that you’ve read, understood, and agreed to these Terms. If you do not agree, please stop using our site immediately.

From time to time, we may add extra terms or documents to our site—these are part of this agreement too. We can also update these Terms at any time for any reason. If we do, we’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top of the Terms. It’s your responsibility to check for updates, and by continuing to use our site after changes are posted, you accept those updates.

Our site is not meant for use in places where it would break local laws or require us to register under local regulations. If you access our site from another country, you do so at your own risk and must follow your local laws.

Our site is not designed to meet specific regulatory standards like HIPAA, FISMA, or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. If your use would require compliance with such regulations, you must not use our site.

Our site is intended for users aged 16 and older. Any users under 18 must have permission from a parent or guardian and be directly supervised when using our site. That parent or guardian must also agree to these Terms on your behalf.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless stated otherwise, everything on our site—including the source code, databases, software, website design, text, images, videos, audio, and graphics (collectively, the “Content”), as well as the logos, trademarks, and service marks (the “Marks”)—belongs to us or is licensed to us. These materials are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

The Content and Marks are provided “as is” for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not copy, share, sell, modify, upload, or redistribute any part of our site, Content, or Marks for commercial use without our written permission.

As long as you meet the eligibility requirements to use our site, you’re granted a limited license to access and use it. All rights not explicitly granted to you remain with us.

USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using our site, you confirm that:
1. All the information you provide during registration is true, accurate, current, and complete.
2. You’ll keep your information up to date.
3. You have the legal right to agree to these Terms.
4. You’re at least 16 years old.
5. If you’re a minor in your country, you have permission from a parent or guardian.
6. You won’t use bots, scripts, or other automated tools to access our site.
7. You won’t use our site for anything illegal or unauthorized.
8. You’ll follow all applicable laws and rules while using our site.
If you give us false, outdated, or incomplete information, we may suspend or delete your account and block you from using our site now or in the future.

USER REGISTRATION

You may be required to register with our site. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You may not access or use our site for any purpose other than that for which we make our site available. Our site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of our site, you agree not to:

  1. Systematically retrieve data or other content from our site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
  2. Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
  3. Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of our site and/or the Content contained therein.
  4. Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or our site.
  5. Use any information obtained from our site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
  6. Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
  7. Use our site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
  8. Use our site to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
  9. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of our site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of our site.
  10. Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
  11. Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
  12. Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
  13. Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
  14. Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).
  15. Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on our site or the networks or services connected to our site.
  16. Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of our site to you.
  17. Attempt to bypass any measures of our site designed to prevent or restrict access to our site, or any portion of our site.
  18. Copy or adapt our site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
  19. Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of our site.
  20. Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses our site, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.
  21. Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on our site.
  22. Make any unauthorized use of our site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
  23. Use our site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use our site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS

Our site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on our site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, “Contributions”).

Contributions may be viewable by other users of our site and through third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that:

  1. The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.
  2. You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, our site, and other users of our site to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by our site and these Terms of Use.
  3. You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by our site and these Terms of Use.
  4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
  5. Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation.
  6. Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
  7. Your Contributions do not advocate the violent overthrow of any government or incite, encourage, or threaten physical harm against another.
  8. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
  9. Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
  10. Your Contributions do not contain any material that solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or exploits people under the age of 18 in a s****l or violent manner.
  11. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors;
  12. Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, s****l preference, or physical handicap.
  13. Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Terms of Use, or any applicable law or regulation.

Any use of our site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of Use and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use our site.

CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

By posting your Contributions to any part of our site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

This license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.

We do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on our site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to our site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.

We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on our site; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.

GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS

We may provide you areas on our site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria:

  • you should have firsthand experience with the novel being reviewed
  • your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hate language
  • your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, s****l orientation, or disability
  • your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity
  • you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews
  • you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct
  • you may not post any false or misleading statements
  • you may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

We may accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our opinions or the views of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability for any review or for any claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to reviews.

SUBMISSIONS

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding our site (“Submissions”) provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to any such Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such Submissions are original with you or that you have the right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your Submissions.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE AND CONTENT

All content on our website is translated by our team and is the exclusive property of our site and its staff. We provide links to NovelUpdates, which in turn links back to our site. However, the content posted on our site is created and owned by us.

If you wish to use any content from our site, you must include a link that directs back to our website. Any form of copyright infringement will be subject to legal action.

ADVERTISERS

We allow ads to appear in certain areas of our site, like sidebars or banners.

If you’re an advertiser, you’re fully responsible for the content of your ads, any products or services you promote, and any transactions that result. By placing ads on our site, you confirm that you have all the necessary rights and permissions—like intellectual property, publicity, and contractual rights—to do so.

We only provide the space for ads and are not otherwise involved in or connected to the advertisers or their offerings.

SITE MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

  1. monitor our site for violations of these Terms of Use
  2. take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities
  3. in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof
  4. in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from our site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems
  5. otherwise manage our site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of our site.

PRIVACY POLICY

We take your privacy and data security seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms of Use. By using our site, you agree to everything outlined in that policy.

Our website is hosted in the United States. If you’re visiting from another country with different data protection laws, please know that by continuing to use our site, you’re agreeing to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the U.S.

We also do not knowingly collect personal information from children or market to them. In line with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), if we learn that a child under 13 has shared personal information with us without verified parental consent, we will delete that information as soon as reasonably possible.

TERM AND TERMINATION

These Terms remain in effect as long as you use our site.

We reserve the right to deny access to our site—at any time, without notice or explanation—to anyone, for any reason or no reason at all. This includes blocking IP addresses or removing accounts if we believe you’ve violated these Terms, any law, or our policies.

We may also delete your account and any content you’ve posted, without warning and at our sole discretion.

If your account is suspended or terminated, you’re not allowed to create a new one—under your name, someone else’s name, or a fake name—even if you’re acting on behalf of another person or organization.

We also reserve the right to take legal action if necessary, including civil or criminal proceedings.

MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

We may update, change, or remove content from our site at any time, for any reason, and without notice. While we try to keep everything current, we’re not obligated to update the site regularly.

We may also change or stop offering parts—or all—of the site at any time without warning. We’re not responsible to you or anyone else for any changes, price adjustments, suspensions, or shutdowns.

We can’t guarantee that the site will always be available. Sometimes we may need to perform maintenance or experience technical issues that cause downtime, delays, or errors. By using the site, you agree that we aren’t liable for any problems caused by these interruptions.
These Terms don’t require us to maintain or support the site or to provide updates or fixes.

CORRECTIONS

Our site may contain errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including in descriptions, pricing, availability, and other information. We reserve the right to correct any mistakes and update the information on our site at any time, without prior notice.

DISCLAIMER

OUR SITE IS PROVIDED “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE.” YOU USE OUR SITE AND SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

  • WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF OUR SITE’S CONTENT OR ANY CONTENT ON SITES LINKED TO OUR SITE. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR:
  • ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES IN CONTENT OR MATERIALS,
  • PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OUR SITE,
  • UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION,
  • INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR SITE,
  • BUGS, VIRUSES, OR MALWARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH OUR SITE BY THIRD PARTIES,
  • ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN CONTENT OR MATERIALS, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY USING CONTENT POSTED OR MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR SITE.

WE DO NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ADVERTISED THROUGH OUR SITE, ANY LINKED SITES, OR ANY ADVERTISING. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

WHEN PURCHASING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ONLINE, EXERCISE CAUTION AND USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances will our team be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, special, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost revenue, data loss, or any other damages arising from your use of our site, even if we have been informed of the possibility of such damages.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these terms, our maximum liability to you for any claim, regardless of the cause or form of action, will be limited to $100.00 USD.

Please note that certain U.S. state laws and international regulations may not allow limitations on implied warranties or exclusions of specific damages. If such laws apply to you, some or all of the above limitations may not be applicable, and you may have additional rights.

USER DATA

We will retain certain data that you transmit to our site for the purpose of managing site performance, as well as data related to your use of our site. While we conduct regular backups of data, you are solely responsible for any data you transmit or that pertains to activities conducted through our site. You agree that we will not be held liable for any loss or corruption of such data, and you hereby waive any right to take legal action against us in the event of such loss or corruption.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES

By visiting our site, sending us emails, and completing online forms, you are engaging in electronic communications. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you via email or on our site fulfill any legal requirement for such communications to be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED THROUGH OUR SITE. You waive any rights or requirements under any laws, statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances in any jurisdiction that require an original signature, physical delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or payments or credits to be made through non-electronic means.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms of Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on our site or in respect to our site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or use of our site. You agree that these Terms of Use will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.

COIN FAQ

In order to resolve a complaint regarding our site or to receive further information regarding use of our site, please contact us.

Q: How can I open a locked chapter?
A: Locked chapters can be unlocked through Coins, this website’s unique currency. You can buy them on this page, at the purchase form at the top.

Q: Will the locked chapters be unlocked eventually even if I don’t buy them?
A: Of course! The locked chapters are basically just early access chapters, which you can access ahead of regular readers. They won’t be locked forever; they will eventually be unlocked according to each novels’ schedule.

Q: I bought Coins already, but I don’t see them in my balance. What do I do?
A: Reload the page and check again. If your account still hasn’t been credited, please try the following:

  • Log out of the website and close the browser completely. Then, open the browser again and log back in. Check if your balance has changed.
  • Clear your cache, reload the website, log in and check again.
  • Try to log in at another browser or device, then check again.

Note: Coins are non-refundable.

If you’re still facing technical issues, please contact us at jazz4946@gmail.com with the following details:

  • AS username & email
  • PayPal email
  • E-Receipt screenshot
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