Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Read Roost ("the Service"), you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

2. Description of Service

Read Roost is a universal reading and highlighting platform that allows users to highlight, annotate, and study content from various sources including PDFs, web articles, YouTube videos, and other digital documents. The service includes AI-powered study tools such as flashcard and quiz generation.

3. User Accounts

• You must provide accurate and complete information when creating an account
• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password
• You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account
• You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account

4. Privacy and Data Protection

We take your privacy seriously. Your personal data is encrypted client-side before being transmitted to our servers. We use a zero-knowledge architecture where even we cannot access your encrypted content without your personal encryption key. For more details, please review our Privacy Policy.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Upload or share copyrighted material without proper authorization
• Engage in any illegal or harmful activities
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or other users' accounts
• Use the service to spam, harass, or harm others
• Reverse engineer or attempt to extract our source code

6. Subscription and Billing

• Subscription fees are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis
• All fees are non-refundable except as required by law
• We may change our pricing with 30 days' notice
• Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled
• You can cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings

7. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by Read Roost and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws. You retain all rights to the content you upload to the Service.

8. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Read Roost be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the Service.

9. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

10. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at legal@readroost.com.