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.

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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

We don't currently run any affiliate links or paid placements on the site. If that changes, this section will be updated and any sponsored or affiliate content will be clearly labelled.

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.

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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