Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Minesweeper Online, accessible at https://minesweeperonline.us. By accessing, browsing, or playing on this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms") and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must discontinue your use of the website immediately.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, the website codebase, design templates, layouts, graphical assets, synthesized audio algorithms, custom solvers, and software source code are the proprietary intellectual property of Minesweeper Online.

Minesweeper is a historically celebrated puzzle genre popularized on personal computers. All homages to classic Windows design aesthetics are created for educational, recreational, and preservation purposes. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-transferable license to access and play the game for personal, non-commercial entertainment.

3. Acceptable Use and User Conduct

You agree to use Minesweeper Online only for lawful purposes. You expressly agree not to:

• Engage in any automated data extraction, web scraping, crawling, or harvesting of site content without prior written authorization.
• Attempt to disrupt, tamper with, overload, or impair the website's servers, network infrastructure, or hosting services.
• Deploy automated bots, scripts, or exploitative tools designed to artificially manipulate gameplay data, stats, or advertising mechanisms.
• Transmit malicious code, viruses, worms, or destructive scripts to or through the site.
• Use the website in any manner that infringes on the rights of others or violates applicable local, state, national, or international laws.

4. Third-Party Advertisements & Links

To keep Minesweeper Online 100% free for all players, we may display third-party advertisements, including programmatic ads served through Google AdSense and related advertising networks.

These third-party vendors may display links, products, banners, or interactive promotions. We do not endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, accuracy, or offerings of any third-party websites or services linked to from our advertisements.

Any interactions, correspondence, or business dealings with advertisers found on or through our website are solely between you and the respective third party.

5. Gameplay Mechanics & Local Storage

The game records your high scores, times, settings, and round replays within your browser's local storage. We make no guarantees that your game history will persist permanently, as clearing your browser cache, changing browsers, or utilizing incognito mode will reset locally stored data.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

Minesweeper Online is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

We do not warrant that:

• The website will be constantly available, uninterrupted, timely, or error-free.
• Defects or software bugs will be corrected immediately.
• The servers that make the site available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Minesweeper Online, its creators, operators, affiliates, or licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses arising from or relating to your use of or inability to use the service.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Minesweeper Online and its contributors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from your violation of these Terms or your use of the website.

9. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to revise or update these Terms of Service at our sole discretion at any time. When modifications occur, the updated Effective Date at the top of this document will be revised accordingly. Your continued use of the website following the posting of revised Terms constitutes your acceptance and agreement to the changes.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.