Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of terms

By creating an account or using Eddy, you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must agree on your behalf. If you are registering on behalf of a child under 13, please read our Children's Privacy Notice.

2. Description of service

Eddy is a reading application that provides text-to-speech alignment, audio transcription, and a personal reading library. Some features require an account.

3. Account registration

You must provide a valid email address and a password of at least 12 characters. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorized access. We may suspend accounts involved in abuse, fraud, or violation of these terms.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the service to violate any applicable law or regulation.
• Attempt to access other users' accounts or data.
• Reverse-engineer, scrape, or otherwise extract content at scale without permission.
• Submit false, misleading, or harmful content.
• Use automated means to access the service without prior written consent.

5. Intellectual property

The Eddy application, including its source code and UI design, is proprietary to us. Books sourced from Project Gutenberg are in the public domain. User-submitted audio contributed for model training (opt-in only) is licensed to us royalty-free for that specific purpose only.

6. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference and describes how we collect and process personal information, including special provisions for children.

7. Termination

You may delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, with or without notice, depending on the severity. Upon termination, we will delete your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

8. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of Eddy. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim (which, for a free service, is zero).

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [Insert jurisdiction before launch], without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Disputes will be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws in your country grant you additional rights.

10. Changes to these terms

We will notify you of material changes by email and require re-acceptance within the app. Continued use after the effective date of updated terms constitutes acceptance.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: [legal@eddy.example.com — update before launch].