Legal

Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 17, 2026 · Last Updated: September 17, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Shpots mobile application ("the App") provided by Shpots ("we", "us", "our"). By using the App, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the App, or 16 in the European Union and United Kingdom. By using the App, you represent that you meet this age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.

2. No account

• The App has no accounts. There is nothing to sign in to and no password to keep.
• You may choose a display name. It is shown only to phones you share with directly, and only while you are sharing.
• Your spots live on your device. Keeping that device secure is your responsibility.

3. Price

The App is free. There is no subscription, no purchase inside the App, and no paid tier. Every feature is available to everyone who installs it.

4. Acceptable use

Do not:

• Use the App to break the law, or to save or share content you have no right to.
• Send another person content that is unlawful, harassing, or designed to harm.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or tamper with the App, except where that right cannot be waived by law.
• Use the App's map, weather, or address features in a way that breaks the terms of the providers named in Section 8.

5. Your content

• Your spots, photos, videos, and notes are yours. We claim no ownership and no license over them.
• We cannot see them, moderate them, recover them, or hand them to anyone, because they never reach us.
• You are responsible for having the right to save and share what you save and share.

6. Sharing

The App can send a spot or a collection straight to a phone near you. Once you send it, the recipient holds their own copy and can keep it, edit it, or pass it on. There is no way to revoke it. The transfer is a direct link between the two phones and is not encrypted, so share only with people you trust and only when you can see the phone you are sending to.

7. iCloud Backup

• iCloud Backup is off until you turn it on. It uses your own iCloud account.
• Your iCloud storage, its limits, and its availability are matters between you and Apple.
• We do not host, control, or have any access to that copy, and we cannot restore it for you.
• Treat it as a convenience, not as a guaranteed backup. Keep your own copies of anything you cannot lose.

8. Third party services

Some features send a location to a provider so they can answer. Those providers are Mapbox for maps and place search, Apple for addresses, Open-Meteo for weather and elevation, and MET Norway for sun and moon times. Their terms and privacy policies govern what they do with those requests. Map data is provided by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap and is subject to their respective licenses. Country and state outlines are derived from Natural Earth, which is in the public domain.

9. Intellectual property

The App, its design, code, and trademarks, including the name "Shpots", are owned by Shpots and protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, revocable license to use the App under these Terms, and that license is not transferable.

10. Disclaimers

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. We do not warrant that:

• The App will always be available, uninterrupted, or free of errors.
• Map locations, weather data, sun and moon timing, elevation, or addresses are accurate. Do not rely on the App for navigation in situations where life is at risk, such as boating, aviation, or mountaineering, without independent verification from authoritative sources.
• Your data will survive. Your spots live on one device. If that device is lost, wiped, or the App is deleted, they are gone unless you turned on iCloud Backup.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost data, lost profits, or lost opportunity, arising out of your use of the App. Because the App is free, our total liability to you is limited to zero dollars, or to the minimum amount the law of your jurisdiction allows.

12. Termination

You may stop using the App and delete it. Deleting it removes your data from that device. These Terms end when you stop using the App, except for the sections that by their nature survive, such as Sections 9, 10, and 11.

13. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent change. Continuing to use the App after a change means you accept it.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of California, USA, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the App will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California, USA, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction with mandatory consumer protection laws, those laws apply notwithstanding this section.

15. Apple terms

This section applies if you obtained the App from the Apple App Store:

• These Terms are between you and Shpots, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App.
• Apple is not responsible for any product warranties, express or implied. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App.
• Apple is not responsible for addressing claims by you or any third party relating to the App, including product liability, regulatory compliance, or consumer protection claims.
• If a third party claims that the App or your use of it infringes their intellectual property rights, Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, or discharge of that claim.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo and are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

16. Contact

Questions about these Terms:

Shpots
iannparkk@gmail.com

This document is a template. The author is responsible for reviewing it with legal counsel for the relevant jurisdiction.