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Last updated: August 10, 2026

These Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of the ReaThis website at https://www.reathis.com/ and the content, features, forms, and services made available through it.

In these Terms, “ReaThis,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the ReaThis publication and the people authorized to operate it.

By accessing or using ReaThis, you agree to use the website in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.

If you do not agree with these Terms, you should discontinue use of the website.

These Terms should be read together with our:

Where another ReaThis feature or service provides additional terms, those additional terms may also apply to that feature or service.

About ReaThis

ReaThis is an independent technology publication covering technologies, companies, digital systems, infrastructure, software, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, accounting technology, business technology, and other subjects affecting how people and organizations use technology.

Our work may include:

  • Research
  • Reviews
  • Comparisons
  • Rankings
  • Investigations
  • Technical guides
  • Explanations
  • Industry analysis
  • Company coverage
  • Commentary
  • Research-based recommendations

ReaThis provides editorial and informational content.

Our publication, research standards, authorship practices, and editorial principles are explained on the About ReaThis page.

Permitted Use of ReaThis

You may use ReaThis for lawful informational, educational, personal, professional, journalistic, and research purposes.

Subject to these Terms and applicable law, you may:

  • Read ReaThis articles
  • Share links to ReaThis pages
  • Refer others to our research
  • Quote appropriate portions with attribution where legally permitted
  • Contact us with questions
  • Submit feedback
  • Suggest research topics
  • Report factual errors
  • Provide supporting evidence
  • Submit company responses
  • Use website features made available to readers

Access to ReaThis does not transfer ownership of the publication, website, content, branding, research, intellectual property, or underlying technology to you.

Acceptable Use

You must use ReaThis responsibly and lawfully.

You must not intentionally use the website in a way that damages, disables, disrupts, overloads, compromises, or unlawfully interferes with ReaThis or another person.

Prohibited Activities

You must not knowingly:

  • Violate applicable law
  • Attempt unauthorized access to ReaThis systems or accounts
  • Circumvent security controls
  • Introduce malicious software or code
  • Attempt to compromise website infrastructure
  • Interfere with website availability
  • Conduct abusive automated requests
  • Use ReaThis to distribute spam
  • Impersonate ReaThis or another person
  • Falsely claim affiliation with ReaThis
  • Collect personal information unlawfully
  • Submit information you are legally prohibited from sharing
  • Remove copyright or attribution notices from copied material
  • Present ReaThis research or writing as your own
  • Republish substantial ReaThis content without authorization where authorization is legally required
  • Use ReaThis branding in a misleading manner
  • Falsely imply that ReaThis endorses a company, service, campaign, organization, or publication
  • Encourage another person to engage in prohibited activity

We may use reasonable technical measures to protect the publication and its readers from abuse.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, original content published by ReaThis is owned by ReaThis, the relevant author, contributor, licensor, or other identified rights holder.

Protected material may include:

  • Articles
  • Original research
  • Analysis
  • Reviews
  • Comparisons
  • Research methodologies
  • Rankings
  • Written explanations
  • Graphics
  • Charts
  • Illustrations
  • Original photographs
  • Videos
  • Logos
  • Branding
  • Design elements
  • Downloadable materials
  • Databases or compilations where protected
  • Website code and functionality

ReaThis and its visual identity may also be protected through trademark, passing-off, unfair-competition, or similar laws where applicable.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of ReaThis intellectual property to a website visitor.

Sharing and Quoting ReaThis

We encourage readers, journalists, researchers, professionals, and other publications to link to ReaThis when our work is relevant.

Appropriate attribution helps readers find the original context and supporting research.

Where legally permitted, limited quotations may be used for purposes such as:

  • Discussion
  • Criticism
  • Review
  • Research
  • Commentary
  • News reporting
  • Education

When quoting ReaThis, we ask that you:

  • Identify ReaThis as the source
  • Credit the named author where appropriate
  • Link to the original article where practical
  • Preserve the meaning of the quoted material
  • Avoid presenting an edited quotation in a misleading way
  • Avoid implying ReaThis endorses you or your organization

There is no fixed number of words or percentage that automatically determines whether a particular use is legally permitted.

The circumstances and applicable law determine whether permission is required.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to remove rights that applicable copyright law grants without the permission of the copyright owner.

Republishing, Licensing, and Commercial Use

Written permission may be required before substantially reproducing or commercially redistributing ReaThis material.

Examples may include:

  • Republishing an entire article
  • Republishing a substantial portion of an article
  • Translating and republishing ReaThis content
  • Syndicating ReaThis articles
  • Republishing original graphics
  • Reusing original research commercially
  • Creating a paid publication containing substantial ReaThis content
  • Selling or licensing ReaThis material
  • Creating a commercial database substantially reproducing ReaThis research
  • Using ReaThis branding in commercial promotional material
  • Creating a service designed to substitute for access to ReaThis through substantial reproduction of its content

Permission requirements remain subject to rights and exceptions provided by applicable law.

For licensing, syndication, republication, or content-use inquiries, contact:

[email protected]

Please identify the content involved, how you want to use it, where it will appear, and whether the proposed use is commercial.

Search Engines, AI Search, and Automated Access

ReaThis is a public technology publication, and we want legitimate discovery systems to be able to find and direct readers to our work.

ReaThis may permit automated access for legitimate purposes such as:

  • Search-engine crawling
  • Search indexing
  • AI-powered search discovery
  • Citation and link discovery
  • Accessibility services
  • Link previews
  • Website monitoring
  • Other functions consistent with our technical access settings

Automated systems should respect applicable technical controls, including robots.txt, rate limits, access restrictions, and other instructions published by ReaThis.

Search and Discovery Crawlers

Where ReaThis’s technical settings permit access, recognized search and discovery crawlers may access public pages for legitimate indexing and discovery functions.

This may include systems that enable readers to discover ReaThis through conventional search engines or AI-assisted search tools.

Permission for crawling or discovery does not by itself transfer ownership of ReaThis content or grant an unlimited license to reproduce it.

Bulk Scraping and Substitution

Unless separately authorized or permitted by applicable law, automated systems must not be used to:

  • Download substantial portions of ReaThis in bulk
  • Build a substantially complete copy of the publication
  • Republish ReaThis articles automatically
  • Create a competing publication substantially composed of ReaThis content
  • Circumvent access controls
  • Ignore technical crawling restrictions
  • Generate excessive traffic that disrupts website operation
  • Build a commercial database that substantially substitutes for ReaThis
  • Remove attribution or falsely present ReaThis material as originating elsewhere

AI Training and Dataset Use

Permitting a crawler to access publicly available ReaThis pages for search, discovery, citation, or indexing does not by itself grant express permission to reproduce substantial ReaThis content for unrelated purposes where separate authorization would otherwise be required.

Nothing in these Terms grants an express license to reproduce substantial ReaThis content for:

  • Commercial model-training datasets
  • Content-replacement datasets
  • Large-scale republication
  • Commercial archives
  • Services designed primarily to substitute for ReaThis

Any such rights remain subject to applicable law, applicable technical controls, and any separate agreement with ReaThis.

Nothing in this section limits uses that applicable law independently permits.

Website Crawling Rules

ReaThis may publish technical instructions to automated systems through mechanisms such as:

  • robots.txt
  • Meta robots directives
  • HTTP headers
  • Rate limits
  • Authentication requirements
  • Firewall rules
  • Other technical controls

Automated operators are expected to respect those controls where applicable.

Technical permission to crawl a page should not be interpreted as a waiver of copyright, trademark, attribution, or other rights.

Likewise, a restriction on automated access does not prevent ordinary human access where the page remains publicly available.

Reader Messages and Submissions

Readers and other parties may submit material to ReaThis through email, website forms, comments, or other communication channels.

Submissions may include:

  • Feedback
  • Questions
  • Correction requests
  • Story suggestions
  • Research tips
  • Documents
  • Source links
  • Company responses
  • Technical information
  • Commentary
  • Evidence

You remain responsible for information you submit.

What You Must Not Submit

Do not knowingly submit material that:

  • Is unlawful
  • Contains malicious code
  • Violates another person’s rights
  • Contains information you are prohibited from disclosing
  • Impersonates another person
  • Is intentionally fraudulent
  • Contains spam
  • Is designed to compromise ReaThis systems
  • Contains private credentials
  • Contains sensitive information unrelated to the purpose of your message

Do not send passwords, payment-card credentials, banking credentials, government identification numbers, medical records, or other unnecessary highly sensitive personal information through standard email or an ordinary website form.

Information submitted to ReaThis is handled according to our Privacy Policy.

Rights in Submitted Material

You retain ownership of original material you submit unless another agreement states otherwise.

By submitting material for a particular purpose, you give ReaThis the limited permission reasonably necessary to:

  • Receive it
  • Store it
  • Review it
  • Evaluate it
  • Respond to you
  • Verify relevant claims
  • Use it for the purpose for which it was submitted

Submitting evidence does not automatically grant ReaThis unrestricted publication rights over confidential or copyrighted material.

If we want to publish substantial material for which additional permission is required, we may request appropriate authorization.

Public Comments

Where comments are available, ReaThis may moderate them.

We may reject, hide, remove, or restrict comments that include:

  • Spam
  • Unrelated promotion
  • Abuse
  • Threats
  • Harassment
  • Hate
  • Impersonation
  • Malicious links
  • Private information
  • Unlawful material
  • Material that infringes another person’s rights
  • Deliberately misleading content
  • Content unrelated to the discussion

ReaThis is not required to publish every comment submitted.

When you voluntarily submit a comment for public display, you authorize ReaThis to host, display, format, moderate, and preserve that comment as reasonably necessary to operate the discussion.

You retain ownership of your original contribution.

Story Ideas and Research Suggestions

ReaThis welcomes suggestions about technologies, companies, industry developments, software, infrastructure, security issues, and other subjects that may deserve investigation.

Submitting an idea does not create:

  • A guarantee of coverage
  • A promise of payment
  • A partnership
  • An employment relationship
  • A confidential relationship unless separately agreed
  • Ownership of any eventual ReaThis article
  • A right to approve the final article

ReaThis may already be researching the same or a similar subject.

Editorial decisions remain with ReaThis.

A company cannot obtain a favorable conclusion simply by suggesting a subject or providing information.

Confidential Information and Sources

ReaThis may receive information from confidential sources.

Do not assume that sending information automatically creates a legally binding confidential relationship.

If confidentiality is important, contact us before sending highly sensitive material and clearly explain that requirement.

Ordinary email and public website forms may not be appropriate for highly sensitive information.

You must not submit information that you are legally prohibited from providing.

Our editorial approach to confidential sources is explained further in the Editorial Policy and Independence.

Editorial Research and Conclusions

ReaThis publishes research, analysis, opinions, comparisons, rankings, and recommendations.

Editorial conclusions reflect the evidence, information, methodology, circumstances, and publication date relevant to the article.

They may change when:

  • Better evidence becomes available
  • Technology changes
  • Pricing changes
  • Security information changes
  • A company changes its policies
  • New research becomes available
  • An earlier factual claim is corrected
  • Relevant alternatives change
  • The underlying market changes

ReaThis does not promise that an editorial conclusion will remain unchanged forever.

Our research standards are explained in the Research & Evaluation Methodology.

Editorial Independence

Companies, advertisers, partners, vendors, or other outside organizations do not obtain contractual rights to control independent ReaThis editorial conclusions merely by communicating or doing business with ReaThis.

Commercial relationships do not entitle an organization to:

  • A positive article
  • A favorable ranking
  • Removal of legitimate criticism
  • A higher score
  • Approval before publication
  • Suppression of an editorial conclusion
  • Control of a correction decision

Our standards are explained in the Editorial Policy and Independence.

Accuracy and Updates

ReaThis aims to publish accurate and useful information.

Technology changes quickly, however, and information may become outdated.

Examples include changes to:

  • Pricing
  • Features
  • Availability
  • Terms
  • Security practices
  • Company ownership
  • Software versions
  • Infrastructure
  • Regulation
  • Documentation
  • Support arrangements

We do not guarantee that every published fact will remain current indefinitely.

When making an important decision, readers should verify time-sensitive details against current authoritative sources.

Reporting an Error

If you believe ReaThis contains a factual error or materially outdated information, contact:

[email protected]

Where possible, include:

  • The article URL
  • The disputed statement
  • An explanation
  • Supporting evidence

Our complete correction process is explained in the Corrections and Updates Policy.

General Information, Not Individual Professional Advice

ReaThis provides journalism, research, analysis, and general informational material.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, ReaThis does not establish an individual professional-adviser relationship with you.

Content should not automatically be treated as personalized:

  • Legal advice
  • Financial advice
  • Investment advice
  • Tax advice
  • Accounting advice
  • Medical advice
  • Regulatory advice
  • Compliance advice
  • Cybersecurity consulting
  • Procurement consulting

General technology research cannot account for every reader’s specific circumstances.

Where a decision involves significant legal, financial, tax, compliance, security, medical, or operational consequences, consider obtaining advice from an appropriately qualified professional familiar with your situation.

Technology and Business Decisions

ReaThis may research or discuss technologies used in important business environments.

Before relying on a third-party technology, you should consider verifying relevant current information such as:

  • Pricing
  • Contract terms
  • Renewal conditions
  • Cancellation terms
  • Available features
  • Compatibility
  • Regional availability
  • Security controls
  • Privacy terms
  • Licensing requirements
  • Backup arrangements
  • Recovery terms
  • Support availability
  • Regulatory suitability

A ReaThis recommendation is an editorial assessment.

It is not a warranty that a particular technology will meet every reader’s requirements.

Third-Party Websites and Services

ReaThis links to third-party websites as part of normal research and technology journalism.

External links may direct readers to:

  • Primary sources
  • Government websites
  • Company websites
  • Technical documentation
  • Research
  • Security resources
  • Software platforms
  • Social networks
  • Independent publications
  • Other external services

ReaThis does not control independent third-party websites.

We are not responsible for their:

  • Availability
  • Current accuracy
  • Security
  • Privacy practices
  • Prices
  • Terms
  • Products
  • Services
  • Content changes

A citation or link may indicate that the external page is relevant to a particular statement.

It does not necessarily mean ReaThis endorses the entire organization, website, or service.

Third-Party Names, Logos, and Trademarks

Third-party product names, company names, logos, screenshots, and trademarks remain the property of their respective rights holders.

ReaThis may refer to them where appropriate for purposes such as:

  • Identification
  • Reporting
  • Research
  • Commentary
  • Comparison
  • Criticism
  • Explanation

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the appearance of a third-party name or mark on ReaThis does not mean that the third party:

  • Owns ReaThis
  • Operates ReaThis
  • Sponsors ReaThis
  • Approves our research
  • Endorses our conclusions
  • Controls our editorial coverage

Privacy

Use of ReaThis may involve processing limited personal or technical information.

Our Privacy Policy explains matters including:

  • Information we may collect
  • Contact forms
  • Emails
  • Analytics
  • Cookies
  • Service providers
  • Data retention
  • Privacy rights
  • Privacy requests

Your use of third-party websites linked from ReaThis is governed by those organizations’ privacy practices.

Website Availability

We aim to keep ReaThis available and technically functional.

However, uninterrupted availability cannot be guaranteed.

The website may occasionally be unavailable because of:

  • Maintenance
  • Hosting issues
  • Security incidents
  • Software changes
  • Infrastructure problems
  • Network failures
  • Traffic spikes
  • Events outside our reasonable control

ReaThis may also modify, reorganize, archive, redirect, or discontinue pages, categories, features, or other website elements where appropriate.

We do not guarantee that every URL, article, feature, comment, or website design will remain available permanently.

No Guarantee of Search or AI Visibility

ReaThis may configure its website to permit search engines and other discovery services to access public content.

However, ReaThis does not control whether a third-party system:

  • Crawls a particular page
  • Indexes a page
  • Ranks a page
  • Cites an article
  • Includes ReaThis in an AI-generated answer
  • Displays a snippet
  • Sends referral traffic
  • Removes a page from its index

Search engines, AI-search providers, and other discovery systems operate under their own technologies, rules, and ranking processes.

Disclaimers

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ReaThis is provided on an “as available” basis.

We do not guarantee that:

  • The website will always be available
  • Every page will always be error-free
  • Every article will remain current indefinitely
  • Every external link will remain active
  • Every third-party claim discussed will prove correct
  • Every technology will perform identically for every user
  • A particular recommendation will suit every reader
  • Use of information from ReaThis will produce a particular result

Nothing in these Terms excludes a right, warranty, or responsibility that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, users remain responsible for decisions they make using information obtained from ReaThis.

ReaThis is not responsible for losses caused primarily by matters outside our reasonable control, including:

  • Actions of third-party companies
  • Failures of third-party technology
  • Third-party security incidents
  • Changes made after an article was published
  • Outdated third-party information
  • External websites
  • Reader implementation decisions
  • Temporary website interruption
  • Unauthorized use of ReaThis material by another party

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.

Indemnity

Where permitted by applicable law, you may be responsible for losses, liabilities, or reasonable costs arising directly from your unlawful misuse of ReaThis, infringement of another person’s rights through material you submit, or deliberate violation of these Terms.

This section does not impose responsibility that applicable law does not permit.

Restricting Access

ReaThis may restrict, suspend, or block access where reasonably necessary to:

  • Protect website infrastructure
  • Respond to malicious activity
  • Prevent spam
  • Stop abusive automated traffic
  • Investigate security incidents
  • Protect another person’s rights
  • Enforce these Terms
  • Comply with legal obligations

Immediate restrictions may be applied without advance notice when reasonably necessary for security or abuse prevention.

Copyright or Intellectual-Property Concerns

If you believe material on ReaThis infringes rights you own or are authorized to represent, contact:

[email protected]

Please provide enough information for us to understand and investigate the issue, including where appropriate:

  • Your name
  • Your organization
  • The relevant ReaThis URL
  • Identification of the material
  • An explanation of the rights involved
  • The original source or work
  • Information showing your authority to make the request

ReaThis may request additional information before taking action.

Good-faith copyright and intellectual-property complaints will be reviewed according to applicable law.

Governing Law and Disputes

Legal rights and jurisdiction can depend on the location of ReaThis’s operator, the user’s location, the nature of the dispute, and mandatory laws that apply.

These Terms are therefore subject to applicable law and any mandatory legal protections that cannot validly be excluded by agreement.

Where a dispute arises, we encourage the parties to first make a reasonable attempt to resolve it through direct communication when appropriate.

To raise a Terms-related dispute, contact:

[email protected]

Please provide:

  • A clear explanation of the issue
  • Relevant URLs
  • Supporting information
  • The resolution you are requesting

Nothing in this section prevents a person from using a court, regulator, authority, or other legal remedy available under applicable law.

No Partnership, Agency, or Employment Relationship

Using ReaThis, sending us a message, submitting a story idea, providing evidence, commenting on an article, or participating in another ordinary website interaction does not by itself create:

  • An employment relationship
  • A partnership
  • An agency relationship
  • A joint venture
  • A fiduciary relationship
  • A professional-client relationship

Any such relationship requires a separate appropriate agreement.

No Waiver

If ReaThis does not immediately enforce a provision of these Terms, that does not necessarily mean the provision has been waived.

A waiver of one matter does not automatically waive another matter.

Severability

If a provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions should continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.

Where appropriate, an invalid provision may be interpreted or limited to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

Entire Terms

These Terms, together with policies expressly incorporated into them and any additional terms presented for a specific ReaThis service or feature, describe the general terms governing use of the website.

They do not override mandatory rights provided by applicable law.

Changes to These Terms

ReaThis may update these Terms when:

  • The website changes
  • New features are introduced
  • Existing services change
  • Our commercial model changes
  • Our publishing practices change
  • Legal requirements change
  • New technology creates issues not addressed by the existing Terms
  • Clarification is necessary

When meaningful changes are made, the Last updated date on this page will be revised.

Where appropriate, ReaThis may provide additional notice of a significant change.

Continued use of ReaThis after updated Terms take effect may constitute acceptance of those Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Contact ReaThis

For questions concerning these Terms, copyright, licensing, republication, automated use, website access, or other legal and policy matters, contact:

Email: [email protected]

Contact page: https://www.reathis.com/contact-us/

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