Caught In Boston Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: September 15, 2026

Welcome to Caught In Boston.

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of caughtinboston.com, including its articles, features, newsletters, comments, submissions, services, and other content or functionality offered through the website (collectively, the “Website”).

The Website is owned and operated by Caught In Boston (“Caught In Boston,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Website.

1. Use of the Website

You may use the Website for lawful, personal, and noncommercial purposes unless we expressly authorize another use.

You agree not to:

  • Use the Website for any unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or harmful purpose
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its servers, accounts, or systems
  • Interfere with the operation or security of the Website
  • Introduce viruses, malware, malicious code, or other harmful technology
  • Scrape, crawl, harvest, or systematically collect Website content or data through automated means except as permitted by applicable law or with our prior written permission
  • Impersonate another person or organization
  • Misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or relationship with another person or entity
  • Use the Website to distribute spam or unsolicited promotional material
  • Use Website content in a manner that infringes the rights of Caught In Boston or any third party

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to the Website if we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.

2. Age Requirements

The Website is intended for a general audience.

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account, submit personal information through interactive Website features, or otherwise use portions of the Website requiring registration.

If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, your use of certain services, purchases, contests, promotions, or other Website features may require the involvement or consent of a parent or legal guardian.

3. Website Content

Caught In Boston publishes news, community information, lifestyle content, entertainment, recommendations, event information, business information, commentary, advertising, and other editorial content.

We make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information. However, information can change quickly, particularly information involving:

  • Events
  • Business hours
  • Prices
  • Restaurant menus
  • Tickets
  • Transportation
  • Weather
  • Public notices
  • Promotions
  • Local regulations
  • Addresses
  • Availability
  • Dates and schedules

We do not guarantee that all information published on the Website is complete, current, or error-free.

You should independently confirm important information with the relevant business, organization, government agency, venue, or other source before relying on it.

4. Editorial Content and Opinions

Articles, columns, reviews, commentary, reader submissions, interviews, and similar material may contain opinions.

Opinions expressed by individual contributors, interview subjects, advertisers, commenters, or other third parties do not necessarily represent the views of Caught In Boston.

Caught In Boston retains editorial discretion regarding what we publish, update, correct, feature, or remove.

5. Advertising, Sponsored Content, and Affiliate Relationships

Caught In Boston may display advertisements, sponsored content, branded content, promotional material, affiliate links, or other commercial content.

Advertising and sponsorship relationships may help support the operation of the Website.

Where required by law, we will identify sponsored, paid, affiliate, or promotional relationships in a manner intended to make the nature of the relationship clear to readers.

Some links on the Website may be affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or complete another transaction, Caught In Boston may receive a commission or other compensation.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the presence of an advertisement, sponsored post, affiliate link, business listing, or other commercial relationship does not constitute a guarantee or warranty by Caught In Boston regarding the advertiser, product, service, or business.

Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for the accuracy and legality of their own advertising claims.

6. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, businesses, ticket providers, restaurants, event organizers, government agencies, social media services, retailers, advertisers, or other external services.

These links are provided for convenience or informational purposes.

Caught In Boston does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their:

  • Content
  • Availability
  • Accuracy
  • Security
  • Privacy practices
  • Products
  • Services
  • Policies
  • Transactions

Your use of a third-party website or service is governed by that third party’s own terms and policies.

A link from Caught In Boston to another website does not necessarily mean that we endorse, sponsor, or guarantee that website or its operator.

7. User Accounts

Certain features of the Website may allow you to create an account.

If you create an account, you are responsible for:

  • Providing accurate information
  • Maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials
  • Protecting access to your account
  • Activity occurring through your account

You agree to notify us if you become aware of unauthorized access to your account.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, create security risks, or are used fraudulently or unlawfully.

8. Comments, Submissions, and User Content

Caught In Boston may allow readers to submit comments, photographs, videos, event information, tips, reviews, stories, messages, or other materials (“User Content”).

You remain responsible for User Content you submit.

By submitting User Content, you represent that:

  • You own the content or have permission to submit it
  • Your submission does not infringe another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights
  • Your submission is not knowingly false, defamatory, fraudulent, or unlawful
  • Your submission does not contain malware or malicious code
  • You have permission from identifiable individuals depicted in submitted photographs or videos when permission is legally required

You retain ownership of your User Content.

However, by submitting User Content to Caught In Boston, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit, adapt, publish, distribute, display, and promote that content in connection with Caught In Boston, our Website, newsletters, social media channels, and related promotional activities.

This license allows us, for example, to publish a photograph submitted by a reader or share a reader-submitted event through Caught In Boston’s social media channels.

We are not obligated to publish any submission.

We may edit, decline, moderate, restrict, or remove User Content at our discretion, including content we believe violates these Terms or is inappropriate for the Website.

9. Comments and Community Conduct

If comments or other interactive features are available, users are expected to participate respectfully.

We may remove content that includes:

  • Threats or harassment
  • Hate speech
  • Personal attacks
  • Defamatory statements
  • Spam
  • Commercial solicitation
  • Obscene or unlawful material
  • Private personal information about another person
  • Copyright-infringing material
  • Impersonation
  • Deliberately misleading or fraudulent information

Moderation decisions are made at our discretion.

The fact that a comment or submission appears on the Website does not mean that Caught In Boston endorses or verifies it.

10. Reader Tips and News Submissions

Caught In Boston may accept news tips, photographs, story ideas, event information, press releases, and other submissions from readers, organizations, businesses, and public agencies.

Submitting information does not guarantee that it will be published.

We may investigate, verify, edit, summarize, decline, or publish submitted information according to our editorial judgment.

Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing before submission, materials submitted to us are not considered confidential.

Do not send confidential, privileged, proprietary, or sensitive information unless you understand and accept that it may be reviewed for possible publication.

11. Events and Business Information

Caught In Boston may publish information about events, restaurants, businesses, attractions, promotions, sales, openings, closings, or other local activities.

This information may come from businesses, readers, public sources, event organizers, press releases, or other third parties.

Events may be canceled, rescheduled, sold out, changed, or subject to restrictions without notice.

Businesses may change hours, prices, menus, offerings, policies, or availability.

Caught In Boston is not responsible for losses resulting from changes made by third parties.

Please confirm important details directly with the applicable organizer, venue, or business.

12. Contests, Giveaways, and Promotions

Caught In Boston may occasionally offer contests, giveaways, sweepstakes, or other promotions.

Such promotions may be governed by separate official rules or additional terms.

If promotional rules conflict with these Terms with respect to a particular promotion, the specific promotional rules will control.

Eligibility restrictions may apply.

13. Purchases and Transactions

Caught In Boston may offer products, tickets, memberships, advertising services, event registrations, subscriptions, or other paid offerings.

Additional terms may apply to particular purchases or services.

Prices, availability, refund policies, cancellation policies, delivery terms, and other transaction details will be disclosed where applicable.

Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers.

We reserve the right to correct pricing errors and cancel transactions affected by obvious pricing, technical, or processing errors, subject to applicable law.

14. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, the Website and its original content are owned by or licensed to Caught In Boston.

This includes, without limitation:

  • Articles
  • Written copy
  • Photographs
  • Graphics
  • Videos
  • Logos
  • Branding
  • Website design
  • Illustrations
  • Page layouts
  • Databases
  • Original compilations
  • Audio
  • Other creative materials

These materials may be protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

You may view and share links to Website content for personal and noncommercial purposes.

You may also quote limited portions of an article for purposes such as commentary, criticism, or news reporting where permitted by applicable law, provided appropriate attribution is given.

Unless otherwise permitted by law or authorized by us in writing, you may not:

  • Republish an entire article
  • Copy substantial portions of Website content
  • Reproduce photographs or graphics
  • Sell or commercially exploit Website content
  • Remove copyright or attribution notices
  • Present Caught In Boston content as your own
  • Create a competing publication or database using systematically copied Website content

Sharing a link to an article on social media is encouraged.

Copying the article itself is not.

15. Trademarks

Caught In Boston, the Caught In Boston name and logo, caughtinboston.com, and related names, designs, slogans, and branding may be trademarks or other protected intellectual property of Caught In Boston.

Nothing in these Terms grants you permission to use Caught In Boston trademarks or branding in a manner that suggests sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or authorization without our written permission.

Third-party trademarks appearing on the Website belong to their respective owners.

16. Copyright and DMCA Notices

Caught In Boston respects the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe content appearing on the Website infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice requesting removal or disabling of the allegedly infringing material in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).

Your notice should include the information required under applicable copyright law, including identification of:

  • The copyrighted work you believe has been infringed
  • The allegedly infringing material
  • Where the material appears on the Website
  • Your contact information
  • A statement regarding your good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized
  • A statement regarding the accuracy of the notice and your authority to act
  • Your physical or electronic signature

DMCA notices should be sent to the designated copyright contact identified on the Website.

We may remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material and may take appropriate action regarding repeat infringers.

17. Corrections

Caught In Boston strives to publish accurate information.

If we discover a significant factual error, we may correct or update the applicable content.

Readers who believe an article contains a factual error may contact us through the contact information provided on the Website.

Submission of a correction request does not guarantee that a change will be made. Editorial decisions regarding corrections remain with Caught In Boston.

18. Privacy

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, disclosed, and protected.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review our Privacy Policy.

19. Website Availability and Security

We work to maintain the Website, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

The Website may occasionally be unavailable because of:

  • Maintenance
  • Hosting issues
  • Technical problems
  • Security events
  • Internet outages
  • Third-party service failures
  • Events beyond our reasonable control

We may modify, suspend, discontinue, or restrict any portion of the Website without notice.

20. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Caught In Boston makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the Website or its content, including warranties of:

  • Accuracy
  • Completeness
  • Availability
  • Reliability
  • Merchantability
  • Fitness for a particular purpose
  • Non-infringement

We do not warrant that the Website will always be available, error-free, secure, or free from viruses or other harmful components.

Nothing on the Website should be treated as professional legal, medical, financial, tax, or other professional advice unless expressly identified as such.

21. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Caught In Boston and its owners, officers, employees, contributors, contractors, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Website.

This includes losses arising from:

  • Reliance on Website content
  • Third-party websites or services
  • Events or businesses featured on the Website
  • User-submitted content
  • Advertisements
  • Website interruptions
  • Loss of data
  • Unauthorized access
  • Purchases from third parties

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

22. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Caught In Boston and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, contributors, affiliates, and agents from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from:

  • Your violation of these Terms
  • Your misuse of the Website
  • User Content you submit
  • Your violation of another person’s rights
  • Your unlawful conduct

23. Termination or Restriction of Access

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to all or part of the Website if we reasonably believe that a user:

  • Violated these Terms
  • Engaged in fraudulent or unlawful conduct
  • Created a security risk
  • Abused Website features
  • Infringed intellectual property rights
  • Interfered with other users or Website operations

You may stop using the Website at any time.

Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply, including intellectual property provisions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification provisions.

24. Changes to the Website

Caught In Boston may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue content, services, features, or portions of the Website at any time.

The Website may evolve as new services, features, technologies, or business offerings are introduced.

25. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Material changes may also be communicated through the Website or by other reasonable means when appropriate.

Your continued use of the Website after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

26. Governing Law

These Terms and your use of the Website are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

To the extent that a dispute is permitted or required to be resolved in court, the parties agree that the appropriate state or federal courts located in Massachusetts will have jurisdiction, subject to applicable law.

27. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.

28. No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

29. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms expressly applicable to particular Website features, transactions, contests, promotions, or services, constitute the agreement between you and Caught In Boston regarding your use of the Website.

30. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact Caught In Boston using the contact information provided on caughtinboston.com.