Last updated: December 2024
Welcome to Ephemeral. By accessing or using our services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). Please read them carefully.
Ephemeral Social PBC is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation. Our mission is to create social technology that prioritizes human wellbeing, privacy, and genuine connection over engagement metrics and advertising revenue.
You must be at least 13 years old to use Ephemeral. By using our services, you represent that you meet this requirement.
You are responsible for:
Pricing: Ephemeral requires a paid subscription. Current pricing is $7/month or $70/year.
Founder Pricing: Early supporters who purchase founder access at $45/year retain that price for as long as they maintain continuous subscription.
Refunds: Subscriptions are non-refundable except as required by law. You may cancel at any time, and your access will continue until the end of your billing period.
Price Changes: We may change subscription prices with 30 days notice. Founder pricing is locked in for existing founder subscribers.
You agree not to:
Your Content: You retain ownership of content you create. By posting, you grant Ephemeral a limited license to display your content to other users as intended by the platform's features.
Content Deletion: Content is automatically deleted according to our retention schedules (typically 24 hours for posts, 7 days for event content). This deletion is permanent.
Human-Only Content: Ephemeral is designed for human-created content. AI-generated content must be clearly disclosed. We may use device attestation to verify human authorship.
Your privacy is fundamental to our service. Please review our Privacy Policy for details on how we handle your information.
Ephemeral features time-bounded usage windows designed to encourage healthy social media habits. You can access Messages, Events, and Notes outside these windows, but feed and posting features are limited to your chosen daily windows.
Private messages are end-to-end encrypted. This means:
Ephemeral and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by Ephemeral Social PBC and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms. You may delete your account at any time. Upon deletion, your personal data and content will be permanently removed according to our data retention policies.
Ephemeral is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ephemeral Social PBC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the service.
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes via email or in-app notification. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States.
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