Terms of Service

This is a template Terms of Service. Replace every bracketed placeholder with your real company and jurisdiction details and have it reviewed by counsel before publishing.

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you and [Legal company name] ("PDFWise," "we," "us," or "our") governing your access to and use of the PDFWise website, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country) to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may only use the Service with the involvement of a parent or guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements.

3. Description of Service

PDFWise provides tools to scan, merge, split, compress, convert, extract text via OCR, chat with, and protect PDF and image files. Some features may require an account, may be limited by a free or paid plan, and may change or be discontinued at our discretion.

4. Accounts

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
Notify us immediately at [support@yourdomain.com] of any unauthorized use of your account.
You may delete your account at any time — see our Account & Data Deletion page.

5. Your Content

You retain all ownership rights to the documents, images, and files you upload ("Your Content"). By uploading Your Content, you grant us a limited license to process it solely for the purpose of providing the requested feature (e.g., merging, compressing, OCR). We do not claim ownership of Your Content and do not use it to train AI models. You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to upload and process Your Content, and that it does not violate any law or third-party right.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Upload content that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, or that you do not have the right to use.
Use the Service to process malware, or to reverse-engineer, decompile, or scrape the Service.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users' accounts or data.
Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service.
Use the Service in any manner that violates applicable law or these Terms.

7. Subscriptions & Payments

Certain features may require a paid subscription purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Purchases are billed and managed through the applicable app store account, subject to that store's payment terms, and are non-refundable except as required by law or that store's refund policy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the renewal date through your app store account settings.

8. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, logos, text, graphics, and underlying software, is owned by [Legal company name] and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works of the Service without our prior written consent.

9. Third-Party Services

The Service may integrate with third-party services (e.g., Google Sign-In, Google AdMob, cloud storage providers). Your use of those integrations is also subject to the applicable third party's terms and privacy policy.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT OUTPUT (INCLUDING OCR OR AI-GENERATED ANSWERS) WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, [LEGAL COMPANY NAME] SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR REVENUE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR [$100], WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

12. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time for violation of these Terms or for any other reason, with or without notice. You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (ownership, disclaimers, liability, governing law) will survive.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [Your State/Country], without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts located in [Your Jurisdiction], unless applicable law requires otherwise.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated version on this page and update the "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms can be sent to [support@yourdomain.com] or via our Contact page.
[Legal company name and registered address]