Terms of Service

Last updated October 12, 2025

These terms of service ("Terms") apply to your access and use of Paralate (the "Service"), a Chrome browser extension that provides side-by-side translation of web content. Please read them carefully.

Accepting these Terms

If you access or use the Service, it means you agree to be bound by all of the terms below. So, before you use the Service, please read all of the terms. If you don't agree to all of the terms below, please do not use the Service. Also, if a term does not make sense to you, please let us know.

Changes to these Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. For instance, we may need to change these Terms if we come out with a new feature or for some other reason.

Whenever we make changes to these Terms, the changes are effective immediately after we post such revised Terms (indicated by revising the date at the top of these Terms) or upon your acceptance if we provide a mechanism for your immediate acceptance of the revised Terms (such as a click-through confirmation or acceptance button). It is your responsibility to check the Paralate website for changes to these Terms.

If you continue to use the Service after the revised Terms go into effect, then you have accepted the changes to these Terms.

Privacy Policy

For information about how we collect and use information about users of the Service, please check out our privacy policy available at https://paralate.com/privacy-policy.

Third-Party Services

From time to time, we may provide you with links to third party websites or services that we do not own or control. Your use of the Service may also include the use of applications that are developed or owned by a third party. Your use of such third party applications, websites, and services is governed by that party's own terms of service or privacy policies. We encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any third party application, website or service that you visit or use.

The Service uses Microsoft Azure AI services for translation functionality. Your use of translation features is subject to Microsoft's terms and our processing of translation requests through their services.

Creating Accounts

When you create an account or use another service to log in to the Service (such as Google), you agree to maintain the security of your password and accept all risks of unauthorized access to any data or other information you provide to the Service.

If you discover or suspect any Service security breaches, please let us know as soon as possible.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service.

Subscription and Payment Terms

Paralate offers both free and paid subscription tiers. Paid subscriptions are processed through Stripe and billed on a recurring basis.

Payment Methods: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover credit and debit cards through our payment processor, Stripe.

Billing: Subscriptions are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis, depending on your chosen plan. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless you cancel before the renewal date.

No Refunds: All payments are non-refundable. We do not provide refunds or credits for partial subscription periods or unused features.

Subscription Changes: You may upgrade or downgrade your subscription plan at any time through your account settings. Changes will take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.

Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time. Upon cancellation, you will continue to have access to paid features until the end of your current billing period, after which your account will revert to the free tier.

Usage Limits: Each subscription tier includes specific usage limits for translation features. If you exceed your tier's limits, you may be required to upgrade to a higher tier or wait until your usage resets at the start of the next billing period.

Your Content & Conduct

The Service does not store or claim ownership over content you translate. Translated content is generated using AI and is provided for your personal use. You do not own the translated content generated by the Service, nor do you own the original web content that is translated (which remains the property of the original website owners).

You are responsible for your use of the Service and for any consequences thereof. You agree not to use the Service for any unlawful purposes or in any way that violates these Terms.

You may not use the Service in any of the following ways:

  • Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on the use of the Service;
  • Attempt to circumvent any usage limits, rate limits, or other restrictions on your subscription tier;
  • Use the Service in a manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Service or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Service;
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying algorithms of the Service;
  • Use the Service to resell or redistribute translation services to third parties;
  • Impersonate or post on behalf of any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
  • Collect any personal information about other users, or intimidate, threaten, stalk or otherwise harass other users of the Service;
  • Use the Service in any manner that violates any applicable laws or regulations;
  • Use the Service to translate content for illegal purposes or to circumvent legal restrictions;
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other users' accounts, or computer systems or networks connected to the Service;
  • Use any automated means to access the Service or collect data from the Service, including bots, scrapers, or other data mining tools;
  • Transmit any viruses, malware, or other malicious code through the Service;
  • Use the Service in a way that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others; or
  • Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.

Bruce Belk LLC Materials

We put a lot of effort into creating the Service including the logo and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information and other content. This property is owned by us or our licensors and it is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. We grant you the right to use it.

However, unless we expressly state otherwise, your rights do not include: (i) publicly performing or publicly displaying the Service; (ii) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Service or any portion thereof; (iii) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (iv) downloading (other than page caching) of any portion of the Service or any information contained therein; (v) reverse engineering or accessing the Service in order to build a competitive product or service; or (vi) using the Service other than for its intended purposes. If you do any of this stuff, we may terminate your use of the Service.

You may create a hyperlink to the Service. But, you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any of our trademarks, logos or other proprietary information without our express written consent.

Bruce Belk LLC makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for third party websites accessible by hyperlink from the Service or websites linking to the Service. When you leave the Service, you should be aware that these Terms and our policies no longer govern.

The Service operates on third-party websites as a browser extension. We do not review, verify or authenticate the content of third-party websites, and such content may include inaccuracies or false information. We make no representations, warranties, or guarantees relating to the quality, suitability, truth, accuracy or completeness of any content on third-party websites. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of or reliance on any content.

THE SERVICE AND ANY OTHER SERVICE AND CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN) WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE AND CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WHETHER ALLEGED TO ARISE BY OPERATION OF LAW, BY REASON OF CUSTOM OR USAGE IN THE TRADE, BY COURSE OF DEALING OR OTHERWISE.

IN NO EVENT WILL BRUCE BELK LLC BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OR ANY OTHER SERVICE AND/OR CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR ARE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND UNDER ALL THEORIES OF LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO BRUCE BELK LLC IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (B) $100. THIS SECTION WILL BE GIVEN FULL EFFECT EVEN IF ANY REMEDY SPECIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT IS DEEMED TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees, costs, penalties, interest and disbursements) we incur in relation to, arising from, or for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third party relating to your use of the Service or the use of the Service by any person using your account, including any claim that your use of the Service violates any applicable law or regulation, or the rights of any third party, and/or your violation of these Terms.

Dispute Resolution

Informal Negotiations

To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Terms (each a "Dispute" and collectively, the "Disputes") brought by either you or us (individually, a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties"), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party via our contact form.

Binding Arbitration

If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). The arbitration will be conducted in North Carolina, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.

You and Bruce Belk LLC agree that the arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law: (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.

If your claim is for $10,000 or less, we agree that you may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing. If we are the party initiating an arbitration against you and your claim is for $10,000 or less, we agree to pay all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees. If your claim is for more than $10,000 or we are not the initiating party, the payment of these fees will be governed by the AAA Rules.

Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration

The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief.

If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts of North Carolina, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

Time Limitation on Claims

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

Governing Law

The validity of these Terms and the rights, obligations, and relations of the parties under these Terms will be construed and determined under and in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

Jurisdiction

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with the Service or relating to your use of it, resides in the courts of North Carolina and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of North Carolina in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving the Service.

Termination

If you breach any of these Terms, we have the right to suspend or disable your access to or use of the Service. We may terminate or suspend your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these Terms.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service or contact us.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Bruce Belk LLC regarding the use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Bruce Belk LLC relating to your use of the Service.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

Feedback

Please let us know what you think of the Service, these Terms and, in general, Paralate. When you provide us with any feedback, comments or suggestions about the Service, these Terms and, in general, Paralate, you irrevocably assign to us all of your right, title and interest in and to your feedback, comments and suggestions.

Google API Services

Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Chrome Web Store

If you download Paralate from the Chrome Web Store, your use of the extension is also subject to the Chrome Web Store Terms of Service. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Chrome Web Store Terms of Service, these Terms shall control with respect to your use of Paralate, and the Chrome Web Store Terms of Service shall control with respect to your use of the Chrome Web Store.

Questions & Contact Information

Questions or comments about the Service may be directed to us via our contact form.

By using Paralate, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.

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