Terms of Use
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1. Acceptance of these terms
By using ListenTrueCrime (listentruecrime.com), you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle your data.
2. What ListenTrueCrime is
ListenTrueCrime is an independent podcast review and discovery site. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to any podcast, host, network, or platform we review or link to, unless we say otherwise.
3. Content and intellectual property
Our reviews, ratings summaries, articles, and editorial content are owned by ListenTrueCrime (or licensed to us) and are provided for your personal, non-commercial use. You may share links to our pages freely, but please don't republish, scrape, or redistribute our content in bulk without asking first.
Podcast artwork, names, and descriptions belong to their respective owners and are used here for identification and review purposes.
4. Your contributions
If you submit a rating, review, or other content, you're confirming it's your own genuine opinion, that it isn't defamatory, abusive, or misleading, and you're giving us permission to display it on the site. Reviews are moderated before they appear publicly, and we may remove or edit any contribution that breaches these terms.
5. Accounts
Creating an account (via email magic link or Google sign-in) is optional and only needed to rate or review podcasts under your own identity. You're responsible for keeping access to your email or Google account secure, since that's how you sign in.
6. Affiliate links and advertising
Some links on ListenTrueCrime are affiliate links. If you buy something after clicking one of these links, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Not every link on the site is an affiliate link — links to podcasts, podcast apps and news sources are ordinary links unless marked otherwise.
Pages that contain affiliate links say so, and affiliate recommendations are labelled where they appear. Commissions never decide which podcasts we review or how we rate them. Where we recommend a book, audiobook or service, we describe it factually and don't claim to have reviewed it unless we have.
ListenTrueCrime is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate, ListenTrueCrime earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon and Audible do not endorse ListenTrueCrime. Prices and availability are set by the retailer and may change; we don't display prices on this site.
Paid podcast promotions are handled separately and are always labelled as promoted or sponsored.
7. No warranties
Our reviews and ratings reflect editorial opinion and community input at a point in time — they're not a guarantee of any podcast's content, accuracy, or suitability for you. True crime content can include descriptions of violence and other sensitive subject matter; listener discretion is advised. We provide the site "as is" without warranties of any kind, to the extent permitted by law.
8. External links
We link to third-party podcast platforms, episodes, and websites for your convenience. We don't control and aren't responsible for the content, availability, or practices of any external site.
9. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, ListenTrueCrime isn't liable for any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the site, or from content on any third-party site we link to.
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- Your order. Placing an order is an offer to buy. Our contract with you is made when we send your order confirmation email. We may decline an order, for example if an item is unavailable or a price is wrong, and will refund anything you have paid.
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- Delivery, cancellation and returns. See our Shipping Policy and Returns and Refunds Policy. Nothing in these terms limits your statutory rights.
- Designs. All designs and the Listen True Crime name and logo belong to us or our licensors. Buying a product does not give you the right to reproduce the design.
- Liability. We do not exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or your statutory consumer rights.
- Law. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland you can also bring a claim in the courts there, and nothing here affects your statutory consumer rights.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of [CONFIRM: governing jurisdiction, e.g. England and Wales].
12. Contact
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