Welcome to Folded Paws.
These Terms of Service explain the rules that apply when you access or use FoldedPaws.com, including its articles, guides, forms, newsletters, comments, contributor features, and other website services.
By accessing or using Folded Paws, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with them, please stop using the website.
About Folded Paws
Folded Paws is an independent educational website focused on Scottish Fold cats.
We publish information about Scottish Fold breed characteristics, health and care, kittens, behavior, development, grooming, everyday ownership, and related topics.
Folded Paws operates from Pakistan.
In these Terms, “Folded Paws,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to FoldedPaws.com and its operator. “You” and “your” refer to any person who accesses or uses the website.
Educational Purpose
The information published on Folded Paws is provided for general educational and informational purposes.
Our articles are intended to help Scottish Fold owners and readers better understand breed characteristics, health considerations, care needs, behavior, development, and everyday ownership.
General online information cannot take into account an individual cat’s complete medical history, physical condition, environment, diet, age, medications, symptoms, or other individual circumstances.
You remain responsible for deciding how you use information available on Folded Paws.
Not Veterinary Advice
Folded Paws is not a veterinary clinic and does not provide veterinary diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, or emergency care.
Nothing published on Folded Paws should be treated as a substitute for examination, diagnosis, treatment, or advice from a licensed veterinarian.
You should consult a qualified veterinarian before making important decisions concerning your cat’s health, medication, supplements, diet, symptoms, pain, mobility, or medical treatment.
If your cat appears seriously ill, injured, poisoned, unable to breathe, unconscious, experiencing severe pain, or otherwise in significant distress, contact a veterinarian or emergency veterinary service immediately.
Do not delay professional care while waiting for information from Folded Paws.
Additional information about these limitations is available in our Disclaimer.
Veterinary Review and Editorial Standards
Some Folded Paws health content may be reviewed by qualified veterinary professionals.
When professional veterinary review has taken place, the reviewer and relevant credentials should be clearly identified on the article.
A veterinary review means that general information was reviewed for accuracy within the scope of that article at the time of review. It does not create a veterinarian and client relationship, provide individual medical advice, or guarantee that the information applies to every cat.
Articles that do not clearly identify a veterinary reviewer should not be assumed to have received professional veterinary review.
Folded Paws aims to research important claims using reputable veterinary organizations, scientific literature, academic sources, animal welfare organizations, recognized feline authorities, and other sources appropriate to the topic.
Information can change as veterinary knowledge, research, and professional guidance develop.
Our broader content standards are explained in our Editorial Guidelines.
Third Party Veterinary and Other Services
Folded Paws may link to independent veterinarians, veterinary services, animal organizations, retailers, product manufacturers, social platforms, educational resources, or other third party websites and services.
These services are independently owned and controlled.
Folded Paws does not control third party veterinarians or other service providers and does not determine their advice, professional decisions, pricing, licensing, availability, products, or policies.
Your use of a third party service is governed by that provider’s own terms, privacy policies, and professional obligations.
Where Folded Paws receives compensation or a commission for referring users to a third party service, product, or website, we aim to disclose that relationship clearly.
Advertising, Google AdSense, Sponsorships, and Affiliate Links
Folded Paws may display advertising, sponsored content, affiliate links, or other promotional material.
We may use Google AdSense or other third party advertising providers in the future.
Google AdSense publishers must comply with Google Publisher Policies and applicable AdSense Program policies. Google may restrict or disable advertising where publisher content or advertising practices do not comply with those requirements.
An affiliate link may allow Folded Paws to receive a commission if you make a purchase or complete another qualifying action through that link. This will not necessarily increase the price you pay.
Advertising, sponsorships, or affiliate relationships do not give external companies the right to control our factual conclusions or editorial standards.
Where content has been sponsored, paid for, or materially influenced by a commercial relationship, we aim to disclose that relationship clearly. Google also requires sponsored and promotional material not to be deceptively presented as independent editorial content.
You should independently review the suitability, safety, price, availability, guarantees, policies, and claims of any external product or service before purchasing or using it.
Folded Paws does not guarantee the quality, safety, effectiveness, availability, or suitability of third party products or services.
Acceptable Use
You may use Folded Paws for lawful personal and informational purposes.
You must not:
- use the website for illegal, fraudulent, abusive, deceptive, or harmful activity
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, servers, accounts, databases, or systems
- introduce viruses, malware, malicious code, or other harmful material
- interfere with the security, availability, normal operation, or performance of the website
- scrape, reproduce, republish, or systematically extract substantial portions of Folded Paws without permission
- impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation
- submit spam, undisclosed advertising, defamatory material, or unlawful content
- use automated systems in a way that places unreasonable load on the website
- remove copyright notices, disclosures, branding, or technical protections
- use substantial Folded Paws content to create a competing publication, database, content library, or commercial product without written permission
We may restrict or block access where we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, content and materials published on Folded Paws belong to Folded Paws, its operator, authors, photographers, licensors, contributors, or other identified rights holders.
This may include articles, written content, website design, branding, logos, original images, graphics, illustrations, downloadable resources, videos, and other original materials.
You may read, share links to, and reference publicly available Folded Paws pages for lawful personal and noncommercial purposes.
You may not republish complete articles, reproduce original images or graphics, sell our content, create unauthorized derivative publications, or reproduce substantial portions of Folded Paws without permission.
Brief quotations may be used where legally permitted, provided appropriate credit and a clear reference to Folded Paws are included.
User Comments and Submissions
Folded Paws may allow users to submit comments, feedback, questions, corrections, photographs, guest articles, or other material.
You remain responsible for anything you submit.
By submitting material, you confirm that you created it or have permission to submit it, that it does not unlawfully violate another person’s copyright, privacy, trademark, or other rights, and that it is not defamatory, deceptive, abusive, malicious, unlawful, or intentionally misleading.
You also confirm that any factual information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
When you submit content for possible publication, you grant Folded Paws a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free permission to review, edit, format, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and promote that material in connection with Folded Paws.
This permission does not require us to publish or permanently retain your submission.
We may edit, reject, hide, moderate, or remove submissions where they do not meet our editorial standards, violate these Terms, or create legal, safety, spam, or quality concerns.
If Google advertising is displayed on pages containing user generated content, Folded Paws remains responsible for ensuring that such content complies with applicable Google Publisher Policies.
Guest Contributions
Folded Paws may accept guest articles or contributor submissions.
Submitting content does not guarantee publication.
We may request revisions, correct factual or grammatical issues, change headings or formatting, add sourcing or disclosures, remove unsupported claims, or reject content that does not meet our standards.
Links included in contributed content remain subject to editorial approval.
Folded Paws does not guarantee followed links, permanent placement, search rankings, traffic, indexing, domain authority improvements, referral traffic, or any other SEO result.
Paid or promotional relationships may be disclosed, and links may be marked as sponsored, nofollow, or otherwise qualified where appropriate.
Google Publisher Policies prohibit deceptive representations, and Folded Paws will not knowingly publish promotional content that falsely represents an advertiser, contributor, product, service, or commercial relationship.
External Links
Folded Paws may link to external websites for sources, research, additional information, products, organizations, tools, or services.
A link does not mean Folded Paws endorses every statement, product, policy, advertisement, or activity of the destination website.
We do not control third party websites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, privacy practices, security, availability, prices, products, advertisements, services, or later changes.
You access external websites at your own discretion and should review their relevant policies before providing personal information or completing a transaction.
Accuracy and Availability
We aim to provide useful, responsible, and accurate information.
However, Folded Paws does not guarantee that every article or other item of content will always be complete, current, error free, or suitable for every individual cat or situation.
We may update, correct, expand, reorganize, or remove content without prior notice.
The website may occasionally become unavailable because of maintenance, hosting issues, software updates, technical failures, security measures, or circumstances outside our reasonable control.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, permanent availability of any page, or any specific result from using Folded Paws.
No Guarantee of Results
Folded Paws does not guarantee any particular outcome from using its articles, recommendations, linked resources, products, services, or other information.
Scottish Fold cats can differ in age, health, genetics, behavior, environment, physical condition, and individual needs.
Information appropriate for one cat may not be appropriate for another.
You remain responsible for obtaining appropriate professional veterinary advice and making decisions based on your own circumstances.
Disclaimer of Warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Folded Paws and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted website availability, complete accuracy of every statement, suitability of information for an individual cat, absence of all technical errors, performance of external products or services, or achievement of a particular health, behavioral, financial, search engine, or other result.
Nothing in these Terms excludes any right or protection that cannot legally be excluded.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Folded Paws, its operator, authors, contributors, reviewers, contractors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses resulting from your use of or inability to use the website.
This may include losses connected with reliance on general educational information, delayed veterinary consultation, reliance on third party content, purchases or transactions with external businesses, website downtime, technical errors, data loss, or unauthorized activity outside our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.
Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, liabilities, or expenses arising from your unlawful or prohibited use of Folded Paws, content you submit, infringement of another person’s rights, or violation of these Terms.
This provision does not apply where liability results solely from Folded Paws’ own unlawful conduct.
Privacy
Your use of Folded Paws is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, processed, stored, shared, and protected, including information related to website analytics, cookies, forms, newsletters, and future advertising technologies.
If Google AdSense is enabled, our Privacy Policy will include disclosures required by applicable Google Publisher Policies concerning advertising cookies, third party technologies, identifiers, and related data practices. Google specifically requires publishers using its advertising services to maintain appropriate privacy disclosures.
You should review the Privacy Policy before submitting personal information through Folded Paws.
Suspension and Termination
We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access to Folded Paws where reasonably necessary to protect website security, prevent abuse, comply with legal requirements, enforce these Terms, or protect Folded Paws, its users, or third parties.
You may stop using Folded Paws at any time.
Sections concerning intellectual property, user submissions, liability, privacy, disputes, and other provisions that logically continue after termination will remain effective where applicable.
Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms when Folded Paws changes its website features, editorial practices, advertising arrangements, services, business practices, or legal obligations.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
Your continued use of Folded Paws after revised Terms become effective means you accept the updated Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the applicable laws of Pakistan, without excluding mandatory consumer rights or protections that may apply under the laws of another jurisdiction.
Before beginning formal legal proceedings, you agree to make a reasonable effort to resolve any concern by contacting Folded Paws.
Any unresolved dispute will be handled by a court or other authority with lawful jurisdiction, subject to applicable law.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply.
Where legally possible, the affected provision will be interpreted or limited only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
Contact Us
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
Folded Paws
Email: elverscottish@gmail.com
Website: FoldedPaws.com