Terms of Service

Effective: 2026-05-30 · Operator: deskplot, a sole proprietorship

By downloading, installing, or using deskplot, you agree to these terms. Read alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. Definitions

• "deskplot", "we", "us" — deskplot, a sole proprietorship operated from the United States.
• "Service" — the deskplot desktop and mobile apps, the deskplot.com site, and any related online features.
• "Account" — your registered identity, identified by your username.
• "Content" — anything you write, draw, paste, upload, or otherwise create using the Service.
• "Paddle" — Paddle.com Market Ltd, our Merchant of Record for web subscriptions.

2. Account terms

The free local editor works without an account. To use sync, multi-device, and other paid features, you create an account.

By creating an account you confirm you are at least 13 years old (or 16, where local law requires) and that the information you provide is accurate. One person, one account; you may not share it.

You are responsible for keeping your password and devices secure. Notify us at security@deskplot.com immediately if you suspect compromise. We will not be liable for losses resulting from unauthorized access we couldn't reasonably have prevented.

3. Username

You choose your own username during signup. For the first 30 days you can change it; after that it is locked. We may offer paid name changes later. We reserve the right to reclaim usernames that impersonate other people, brands, or staff, that we judge offensive or harassing, or that match common staff/system terms we want to reserve.

4. License to use deskplot

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use deskplot on devices you own or control, for your personal or internal business use, subject to these terms.

You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, or circumvent technical limitations except where the law expressly permits it. You may not redistribute or resell the Service itself.

The downloaded local editor remains usable indefinitely under this license, even if our online services shut down. Paid features that depend on our servers (sync, multi-device, future online features) require an active subscription and a working network.

5. Your content

You retain all ownership of Content you create with deskplot. We do not claim ownership over your code, canvases, writing, or designs.

To provide sync and multi-device features, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, display, and reformat your Content solely to operate and provide the Service to you and any other accounts you explicitly share it with. This license ends when you delete the Content or close your account, with reasonable lag for backups to age out.

If you publicly share or publish Content through any feature we provide for that purpose, you also grant other users the ability to view it as the feature permits. Public sharing is not enabled by default.

You are responsible for your Content. Don't sync anything you don't have the right to.

6. AI features and training

We do not use your Content to train, fine-tune, or evaluate machine learning models, ours or anyone else's. If we ever change this, it will be an opt-in change with a separate notice — not a buried update.

If you use AI features inside deskplot (e.g., the Claude integration), prompts and responses pass through to the AI provider whose API you've configured. That provider's terms and privacy policy govern that processing. We do not log or retain your prompts or responses on our servers beyond what's necessary to display them in your editor.

7. Acceptable use

You may not use deskplot to:

• Harass, threaten, defame, or impersonate any person
• Store or distribute material that infringes copyright, trademark, or other rights
• Distribute malware, exploit code targeting others, or content depicting child sexual abuse
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other accounts or our infrastructure
• Probe, scan, stress-test, or otherwise interfere with the Service without permission
• Resell, redistribute, or commercially license deskplot itself
• Use deskplot in violation of US sanctions, export control laws, or other applicable laws

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules. We try to give notice and an opportunity to fix the issue, but we don't have to if the violation is severe, ongoing, or causes harm to other users.

8. Subscriptions and payments

Web-purchased subscriptions auto-renew at the price and interval shown at checkout until you cancel. You can cancel anytime through the customer portal; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period and you retain access until then.

For iOS purchases, Apple is the merchant of record and handles billing, refunds, and disputes per the App Store's terms.

We may change prices for new sign-ups at any time. For existing subscribers, we'll give at least 30 days' notice before a price change takes effect at your next renewal.

9. Refunds

If you cancel within 14 days of your first subscription purchase and have not actively used the paid sync feature, you may request a full refund through Paddle's customer support. After 14 days, no refunds except as required by law — statutory consumer rights (including UK and EU rights) are not affected. For iOS purchases, request refunds through Apple.

10. Copyright and DMCA

We respect intellectual property and respond to valid notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and equivalent laws elsewhere.

To submit a DMCA takedown notice, email dmca@deskplot.com with the following per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

• Your physical or electronic signature
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material and where it appears on deskplot
• Your contact information (address, phone, email)
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act

We will act on valid notices, notify the affected user, and accept counter-notices that meet the statutory requirements. Accounts of repeat infringers will be terminated.

Designated agent registration with the US Copyright Office to be completed before public launch.

11. Service availability

We aim for high availability but don't guarantee any specific uptime or SLA. We don't owe credits or compensation for downtime. The local editor keeps working when our servers don't.

12. Termination

You can close your account at any time. On closure, we delete the account and associated data per our retention schedule. We can terminate or suspend your account if you breach these terms, if required by law, or if continuing service becomes commercially unviable. We'll let you export your Content for at least 30 days unless prohibited by law or by the nature of the breach.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (Your content's existing license grants for backups, AI/training restrictions, DMCA, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law, and Miscellaneous) survive.

13. Communications

You consent to receive electronic communications from us — including transactional emails, security notices, and legal notices — at the email address associated with your account. Where the law requires a writing, an email to that address satisfies that requirement.

Legal notices to us must be sent to legal@deskplot.com or to the postal address listed in section 20.

We don't provide phone support.

14. Disclaimer of warranty

deskplot is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that it will meet your specific requirements. Some jurisdictions don't allow excluding implied warranties; in those places the exclusion applies only to the extent permitted by law.

15. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenues, lost data, or business interruption, arising out of or relating to your use of the Service.

Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of these terms or your use of deskplot is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the twelve months immediately preceding the claim or (b) USD $100. This limit applies across all claims in aggregate.

Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law (such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud). Statutory consumer rights are preserved.

16. Release and indemnification

You release us from any claims arising out of disputes between you and another user.

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any third-party claim, demand, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of (a) your Content, (b) your use of the Service, (c) your breach of these terms, or (d) your violation of any law or third-party right. We may, at our own expense, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to your indemnification, in which case you'll cooperate with us.

17. Changes to these terms

If we make material changes to these terms we'll email you and post notice on this page at least 14 days before they take effect. Continued use after that date is acceptance. If you don't accept, close your account before the effective date.

18. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of [state to be added before launch], United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in [county/state to be added before launch], and you and we consent to personal jurisdiction there.

If you are a consumer in the EU, UK, or another jurisdiction that grants you rights to access your local courts, those rights are preserved and nothing in this section overrides them.

We have deliberately omitted a mandatory arbitration / class action waiver clause in this draft. If included in the production version, it will be clearly disclosed and you'll have a 30-day opt-out right.

19. Miscellaneous

Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder of these terms stays in effect; the unenforceable provision is replaced with one that comes closest to the intent of the original.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce a right or provision is not a waiver of that right.

Non-assignment. You can't assign these terms or your account without our consent. We can assign these terms to a successor in connection with a sale or merger of the business, with notice to you.

Entire agreement. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. They supersede any prior agreement on the same subject.

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond reasonable control (natural disasters, war, pandemic, internet or infrastructure outages, government action).

20. Contact

General: hi@deskplot.com
Privacy: privacy@deskplot.com
Security: security@deskplot.com
Legal: legal@deskplot.com
DMCA: dmca@deskplot.com

Postal address: [postal address to be added before launch]