Terms of Service
Plain language where plain language works. Effective [DATE].
Draft — not yet in force. Have a lawyer review this before you take a single payment. Bracketed values must be filled in.
1. Who you are agreeing with
These terms are between you and [LEGAL ENTITY] (“Varven”, “we”), registered in [JURISDICTION]. Using the software or the service means you accept them.
2. What the service is
Varven is a desktop application that stores notes as Markdown files on your own computer, and an optional cloud service that keeps a searchable copy so AI assistants can read it while your machine is off.
Varven is in early access. It is not feature-complete, availability is not guaranteed, and there is no service level agreement. Do not use it as the only copy of anything you cannot afford to lose.
3. Your account
You are responsible for your credentials and for activity under your account. Tell us promptly at security@varven.net if you think an account or device token has been compromised. One account is for one person; teams need seats.
4. Your content stays yours
You own your notes. We claim no ownership of them and acquire no licence beyond what is technically required to run the service you asked for — storing, indexing, embedding, and returning your content to the AI clients you authorise.
We do not use your content to train AI models, ours or anyone else's, and we do not sell it.
5. What you must not do
- Store content you have no right to store, or that is unlawful where you are.
- Store other people's personal information without a lawful basis.
- Attempt to access another tenant's data, or probe the service for weaknesses outside the disclosure process on our security page.
- Resell or sublicense the hosted service.
- Use the service to build a directly competing memory service.
6. Payment
Paid plans bill in advance through our payment provider, who acts as merchant of record. Prices exclude tax unless stated. Annual plans are billed once a year, monthly plans monthly.
Cancel any time. Cancellation stops the next renewal; it does not refund the period you are in. If something is broken and we cannot fix it, write to us and we will sort it out rather than hide behind this paragraph.
7. If your plan lapses
The desktop application keeps working on the free tier and your local files are untouched. The cloud replica becomes inaccessible and is deleted after 30 days. Nothing you can only get from us is ever the only copy of your notes — that is the point of Markdown on your own disk.
8. Ending the agreement
You may stop using Varven at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaches these terms, is used unlawfully, or has not paid. Except in cases of abuse we will give notice and a chance to export first.
9. Warranties and liability
The service is provided as is. To the extent the law allows, we exclude implied warranties, and our total liability in any twelve-month period is limited to what you paid us in that period. Nothing here limits liability for death, personal injury, or fraud.
Content generated by a language model can be wrong. Varven marks model-generated entries with their origin, and you remain responsible for checking anything that matters.
10. Changes
We will give at least 30 days' notice by email before a material change. Continuing to use the service after that means you accept the new terms.
11. Law
Governed by the laws of [JURISDICTION], with courts there having exclusive jurisdiction.