Terms of Service
Last Updated: 25/12/2022
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our services that are fully owned and operated by the OZONE TECH SRL Limited Liability Company ("OZONE TECH", "we", "us" or "our") including the Ethos website and the Ethos Messenger (Ethos app) applications and any information, text, links, graphics, videos, audio or other material uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively, referred to as “Content”).
These Terms and the Ethos Privacy Policy form the End User Agreement between you and the OZONE TECH SRL.
The Services are fully owned and delivered by the OZONE TECH SRL, a company registered in Italy.
1. Who can use the Services
Anyone who is not barred from using the Services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction, and is at least 13 years of age can use the Service. If you are living in the United Kingdom or a European Union country, you must be at least 16 years old.
By using these Services, you agree to form a binding End User Agreement between you and the OZONE TECH SRL.
If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in which case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity.
2. Our Privacy Policy
Privacy is central to our purpose and mission. For more details, please refer to the Ethos Privacy Policy.
3. Our Services
Our Services are intended to inform you and educate you about using our private and secure communications app, and facilitate private and secure communications between two or more parties, or within a closed group or within an open group.
The purpose of the Ethos App is to facilitate private and secure communications, without capturing or sharing any meta-data. It was intentionally created for use by individuals who require anonymity and security.
What do we mean by ‘secure’? The messages you create on your Ethos App are encrypted and only the destination Ethos ID can decrypt the message. The encrypted messages are wrapped in multiple layers of encryption before reaching their destination. While we make every effort to ensure security, we cannot be held responsible for any interception or decryption using advanced technologies, now or in the future.
The Ethos App is a messaging app, and does not have the ability to communicate with non-Ethos Apps or services. Our Services do not provide access to public emergency service providers like the police, fire department, hospitals, or other public safety organizations.
4. Our Responsibilities and Commitments to You
We are committed to ensuring the delivery of our Services in a way that is accessible and reliable.
We will not sell or otherwise monetise your personal data or content in any way. We cannot access your data even if we wanted to, as Ethos preserves the privacy and secrecy of your messages. See our Privacy Policy for more information.
Availability of Our Services — We strive to ensure that our Services are continuously available for use. However, there may be occasions when they are interrupted, including for maintenance, upgrades, or to resolve network or equipment failures. We may discontinue some or all of our Services, including certain features and the support for certain devices and platforms.
Keeping you informed — We continuously provide updates about our Services through various channels, including the Ethos Twitter Account and a number of community groups on Telegram. Where possible, we will strive to keep you updated about outages and service disruptions through these channels.
5. Your Responsibilities and Rights
5.1 Account Management and General Use
Software and account — You are responsible for keeping your device, Ethos App and your account up-to-date, safe and secure, including being responsible for any passwords or recovery phrases.
Fees and Taxes — You are responsible for data and mobile carrier fees and taxes associated with the devices on which you use our Services.
Terms and Policies — You must use our Services according to our Terms and policies. If we block your account for a breach of our Terms, you will not create another account without our permission.
Legal and Acceptable Use — You agree to use our Services only for legal, authorized, and acceptable purposes. You will not use (or assist others in using) our Services in ways that: (a) violate or infringe the rights of Ethos, our users, or others, including privacy, publicity, intellectual property, or other rights; (b) involve sending illegal or impermissible communications such as bulk messaging, auto-messaging, and auto-dialing; (c) breach the Ethos Content Policy described further below.
Harm to Ethos — You must not (or assist others to) access, use, modify, distribute, transfer, or exploit our Services in unauthorised manners, or in ways that harm Ethos, our Services, or systems. For example you must not (a) gain or try to gain unauthorised access to our Services or systems; (b) disrupt the integrity or performance of our Services; (c) create accounts for our Services through unauthorized or automated means; (d) collect information about other Ethos users in any unauthorised manner; or (e) sell, rent, or charge for our Services.
Third-party services — Our Services may allow you to access, use, or interact with third-party websites, apps, content, and other products and services run by third parties. When you use third-party services, their terms and privacy policies govern your use of those services. When using Open Groups operated by third-parties, these Terms as well as any terms or policies associated with the Open Group will govern your use.
Your Content — You own and/or take responsibility for the content (text messages, audio, video, images) you submit through our Services. We can not access this information unless you explicitly send it to us, or it is published in an Open Group.
Ethos's Rights — You acknowledge that the OZONE TECH SRL owns all copyrights, trademarks, domains, logos, trade dress, trade secrets, patents, and other intellectual property rights associated with our Services. You may not use our copyrights, trademarks, domains, logos, trade dress, patents, and other intellectual property rights unless you have our written permission. To report copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property infringement, please contact support@ethos.im.
6. Monitoring Ethos Breaches
Our Services have been created using a privacy-by-design approach which means that it is impossible for us to analyse or monitor your content you create and store on the Ethos App, or share it with other users.
6.1 Third-party notification of breaches
We may be notified by third-parties of breaches to these Terms. In such cases, the evidence presented by the third-parties will be accessed by our Board and Members, to determine the severity of the breach and the required outcomes. We may engage external experts to further assist and inform us. The decisions made by our Board and Members will be final.
7.0 Disclaimers and Limitations
Disclaimers — YOU USE OUR SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCLAIMERS. WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE. ETHOS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY US IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR USEFUL, THAT OUR SERVICES WILL BE OPERATIONAL, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR SAFE, OR THAT OUR SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTIONS, DELAYS, OR IMPERFECTIONS. WE DO NOT CONTROL, AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, CONTROLLING HOW OR WHEN OUR USERS USE OUR SERVICES. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OR INFORMATION (INCLUDING CONTENT) OF OUR USERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES. YOU RELEASE US, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, AND AGENTS (TOGETHER, “ETHOS PARTIES”) FROM ANY CLAIM, COMPLAINT, CAUSE OF ACTION, CONTROVERSY, OR DISPUTE (TOGETHER, “CLAIM”) AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY SUCH CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY THIRD PARTIES.
Limitation of Liability — THE ETHOS PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH OUR TERMS, US, OR OUR SERVICES, EVEN IF THE ETHOS PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH OUR TERMS, US, OR OUR SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED TEN DOLLARS ($10). THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN DAMAGES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE LAWS OF SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN OUR TERMS, IN SUCH CASES, THE LIABILITY OF THE ETHOS PARTIES WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
8.0. Resolving Disputes and Ending Terms
Resolving disputes — You agree to resolve any Claim you have with us relating to or arising out of our Terms, us, or our Services exclusively in Italy. You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating all such disputes.
Ending these Terms — You may end these Terms with Ethos app at any time by deleting Ethos app from your device and discontinuing use of our Services. We may modify, suspend, or terminate your access to or use of our Services anytime for any reason, such as if you violate the letter or spirit of our Terms or create harm, risk, or possible legal exposure for Ethos. The following provisions will survive termination of your relationship with Ethos: “Licenses,” “Disclaimers,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Resolving dispute,” “Availability” and “Ending these Terms,” and “General”.
9.0 These Terms
Ethos may update the Terms at any time. When we update our Terms, We will update the “Last Modified” date associated with the updated Terms. Your continued use of our Services confirms your acceptance of our updated Terms and supersedes any prior agreed Terms. You will comply with all applicable export control and trade sanctions laws. Our Terms cover the entire agreement between you and OZONE TECH SRL regarding our Services. If you do not agree with our Terms, you should stop using our Services.
If we fail to enforce our Terms, we do not waive the right to enforce them. If any provision of the Terms is deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from our Terms and shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions. Our Services are not intended for distribution to or use in any country where such distribution or use would violate local law or would subject us to any regulations in another country. If you have specific questions about these Terms, please contact us at support@ethos.im.
10.0 Conclusion
This page outlines the Terms of Service for the Ethos app and services. If you’d like to read more about how we handle your privacy, you can check out the Ethos privacy policy. If you have any questions, opinions, or concerns about Ethos's Terms, please get in touch with us via email at support@ethos.im.