Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: September 15, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to White Owl (“we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website (the “Website”) and its tools, including Formatters & Beautifiers, Minifiers & Compressors, Encoders & Decoders, Generators, Converters, Validators & Linters, Security & Cryptography tools, and Regex Tools (collectively, the “Services”).

By accessing or using our Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our Services.

Use of Our Services

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years of age to use our Services. By using the Website, you represent that you meet this age requirement.

2. License to Use

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Services for personal or non-commercial purposes, subject to these Terms.

3. Prohibited Activities

You agree not to engage in any of the following activities:

  • Copying, cloning, reverse-engineering, or decompiling any part of the Website or its code.
  • Using automated tools (e.g., bots, scrapers) to access or extract data from the Website.
  • Attempting to bypass security measures or gain unauthorized access to our systems.
  • Using our Services to transmit malicious code, viruses, or harmful content.
  • Engaging in any activity that disrupts or interferes with the performance of our Services.
  • Using our Services for illegal, harmful, or unauthorized purposes.

Violation of these restrictions may result in immediate termination of your access and potential legal action.

Intellectual Property

All content, code, and materials on the Website, including text, graphics, and software, are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from our content without prior written consent.

Third-Party Services and Advertisements

Our Website may include links to third-party services or display third-party advertisements (e.g., Google AdSense). We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, legality, privacy practices, or availability of these third-party services or advertisements. Your interactions with them are subject to their respective terms and policies.

User-Provided Data

When you use our tools (e.g., JSON Formatter, QR Code Generator), you may input data such as code, text, or other content.

  • You retain ownership of any data you input.
  • You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to process and display that data as necessary to provide the Services.
  • We do not claim ownership of your data.
  • Your data is not stored permanently unless explicitly stated.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

  • We are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the Website or Services, including but not limited to data loss, service interruptions, security breaches, or errors in tool outputs.
  • Our Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind.
  • We disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
  • In no event shall our total liability exceed the amount you paid (if any) for using the Services.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

  • Your use of the Services
  • Your violation of these Terms, or
  • Your infringement of any third-party rights.

Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Website at our discretion, with or without notice, for any violation of these Terms or for any other reason.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws of your country of residence, as well as any mandatory international laws that may apply. By using our Services, you acknowledge and agree that any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in your place of residence, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights under local consumer protection or international law.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated Terms on our Website with a revised “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at contact@whiteowl.io.