Terms of Service

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Brand Share, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use our platform.

Business Listings

When you submit a business listing, you represent that you are authorized to act on behalf of that business. All information provided must be accurate and not misleading. We reserve the right to remove any listing that violates these terms.

Backlinking Requirements

To maintain your listing, you must keep the backlink to a Brand Share listed business active on your website. If the backlink is removed, your listing may be deactivated.

Prohibited Content

You may not submit listings for illegal activities, adult content, hate speech, or any content that violates applicable laws. We reserve the right to remove any content at our discretion.

Limitation of Liability

Brand Share is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for any damages arising from your use of the platform.

Changes to Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

Google User Data & Google API Services

BrandShare uses Google APIs to send transactional email from our own brand mailbox (brandshareclub@gmail.com). The following discloses how our application accesses, uses, stores, shares, and retains Google user data, in compliance with the Google API Services User Data Policy. This disclosure also appears in our Privacy Policy.

Data We Access

We request a single Google OAuth permission: the Gmail send-email scope (https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send) for one Google account that we own and operate. This permission lets our application send email on behalf of that account. We do not read, download, store, or collect Gmail messages, drafts, contacts, labels, profile information, or any other Google data, and we never access Google accounts belonging to our website visitors or users.

How We Use the Data

We use Gmail send access solely to deliver operational, transactional email — such as contact-form confirmations, business-listing and mutual-backlink request notifications, and direct replies to inquiries. We do not use Google data for advertising, profiling, training machine-learning or AI models, or any purpose unrelated to sending these messages.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share Google user data with third parties. The only transfer that occurs is the delivery of each email to its intended recipient through Google's own Gmail servers. We do not transfer Google user data to others except as necessary to provide this sending feature through Google's APIs, to comply with applicable law, or as part of an email you have asked us to send.

Data Storage & Protection

We do not store Gmail messages or Google account content. The OAuth credentials used to authorize sending (a refresh token) are stored as encrypted, server-side environment variables with our hosting provider, are restricted to our application, and are never exposed in client-side code or to the public. We protect all data in transit using HTTPS/TLS encryption and apply industry-standard security controls.

Data Retention & Deletion

Because we do not read or store Google user data, there is no Google user data for us to retain. You can revoke our application's access at any time from your Google Account permissions page at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which immediately ends our access. You may also email us at privacy@brandshare.io to request revocation or deletion of any associated records, and we will honor such requests promptly.

Limited Use

BrandShare's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Contact

For questions about these terms, contact us at legal@brandshare.io.