Terms of Service

Effective Date: 2025-06-08

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to LibRoom! These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you and Nikita Kurnosov ("we," "us," or "our") that governs your use of our mobile application, LibRoom (the "App"), and our companion website, libroom.app (the "Website").

By creating an account, or by accessing or using our App or Website (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Service.

2. Eligibility & Account Registration

To use the Service, you must be at least 13 years old (or 16 if you are a resident of the European Union). If you are between 13 and 18 years old, you may use LibRoom only with your parent's or guardian's permission. By creating an account, you confirm that you meet these requirements.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you are a parent who believes your child has created an account, please contact us for deletion.

You can register for an account using your email address and a password, or by using "Continue with Google." You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account and for keeping your password confidential. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

3. License & Permitted Uses

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms. You may download and install the App on devices you own or control. You may not copy, reverse-engineer, or redistribute the App.

4. User Content

Our Service allows you to upload, post, and store content, including book details, cover images, reviews, and ratings ("User Content"). You retain all ownership rights to your User Content.

To allow us to operate and improve the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, display, store, reproduce, adapt, and distribute your User Content. This license is granted solely for the purposes of providing, operating, and improving the Service. This license survives termination for backup and archival purposes.

You are solely responsible for the User Content you provide and for ensuring you have the necessary rights to grant us this license.

5. Copyright Notices & Takedown

We respect intellectual property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you are a copyright holder and believe that any content on our Service infringes upon your copyright, please notify us.

To submit a complaint, please email libroom.it@gmail.com with the following information:

  1. A description or identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
  2. The specific URL(s) or location of the infringing material on our Service.
  3. Proof of your ownership of the copyright or evidence that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
  4. A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
  5. Your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address.

Upon receiving a valid complaint, we will take appropriate action, which may include removing or disabling access to the allegedly infringing content and, when appropriate, notifying the user who uploaded it. We have a policy of terminating repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Please be aware that you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a copyright complaint.

6. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to use the Service to:

  • Upload, post, or share any content that is illegal, infringing, harassing, hateful, or otherwise objectionable.
  • Engage in any fraudulent activity, such as phishing, spamming, or distributing malware.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations, including copyright law.
  • Circumvent our security features, scrape data, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems or other users' accounts.
  • Make automated bulk requests or scrape book metadata (including ISBN data).
  • Upload personal data of others without consent (doxxing).
  • Interfere with the proper functioning of the Service or endanger the security of our infrastructure or the privacy of our users.

7. Service Availability & Updates

We strive to keep the Service operational but cannot guarantee it will be available at all times. We may need to suspend access for maintenance, repairs, or to introduce new features. We will not be liable for any downtime or interruptions. We may also update the App and Service from time to time, which may add, modify, or remove features. We may remove features; continued use constitutes acceptance. Such updates may be mandatory to continue using the App.

8. Paid Features

The Service is currently provided free of charge. We reserve the right to introduce paid features or subscriptions in the future. If we do, we will notify you of the applicable terms and fees before you are charged. We will provide at least 30 days' notice of any price changes.

9. Intellectual Property Rights

Excluding your User Content, all content, features, and functionality of the Service, including the LibRoom name, logo, and software, are the exclusive property of Nikita Kurnosov and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not use our name, logo, or trademarks without our prior written permission. All third-party book covers, titles, and other metadata remain the property of their respective owners.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OF BOOK METADATA FETCHED VIA THIRD-PARTY APIS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE; (B) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS OR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION; OR (C) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED (A) USD 100 OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Service, your User Content, or your violation of these Terms.

13. Termination & Suspension

We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service under the following conditions:

  • Breach of Terms: For violating these Terms, such as by uploading illegal content, engaging in prohibited conduct, or scraping the Service.
  • Unlawful Activity: If we suspect you are using the Service for fraudulent or illegal purposes.
  • Security Risk: If your account is compromised or poses a security or privacy risk to us or other users.
  • Non-Payment: If we introduce paid features and you fail to pay applicable fees.
  • Prolonged Inactivity: If your account has not been accessed for 12 consecutive months. We will send a notice to your registered email 30 days before termination.
  • Legal Requirement: To comply with a request from law enforcement or a court order.

In most cases, we will provide you with 14 days' notice to correct the issue before suspension. For severe violations (e.g., distributing malware), we may disable your account immediately without prior notice. You can appeal a suspension by emailing libroom.it@gmail.com within 30 days. Before your account is permanently deleted, you may request a copy of your library data. Requests must be made before the 30-day appeal window ends.

14. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Belarus, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Minsk, Belarus. However, if the mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence grant you the right to bring a claim in a different forum, those laws shall prevail.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page and may provide a more prominent notice within the App or by email. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to the new Terms, you must stop using the Service and delete your account before they take effect.

16. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Email: libroom.it@gmail.com

Data Controller: Nikita Kurnosov (Independent Developer)

17. Miscellaneous

Entire Agreement. These Terms (together with the Privacy Policy) are the entire agreement between you and us and supersede any prior agreements.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force.

No Waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations with notice to you.

Force Majeure. We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside our reasonable control, such as acts of God, war, or natural disasters.

Survival. Sections 4 (User Content license), 9-12 (IP, Disclaimers, Liability, Indemnity), 14 (Governing Law), and this Section 17 survive termination.