Terms & Conditions

Real-World Disclaimer

By signing up on ANY online service (via app, website, or otherwise) you acknowledge that your information is stored on another device. The 'Cloud' is simply a server based in a specific geographic region for the service provided. Services such as Dave's Porch rely on cloud-based services for data storage, authentication, and various features of the application.

While our service (via app or website), aims to protect your privacy, and maintain security around user information, we cannot be held liable for other acts of ill-intended behavior. This includes someone looking over your shoulder at your content, someone (including a close friend) taking a screenshot or picture on their device of content you post, or someone logging in to your account by obtaining credentials in any various manner (not simply a data-leak).

Be mindful of what you post or say in any public forum. If you post something that only a few people should see, and someone unexpected gains access to the other person's device, there is little anyone can do at that point to protect what has been seen by someone else.

The rest of it

By downloading or using the app, these terms will automatically apply to you-you should make sure therefore that you read them carefully before using the app.

You agree not to:

• Use our service to send spam or scam users.
• Promote violence or post illegal pornographic content.
• Post content that is harassing, harmful, threatening, abusive, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable.

You’re not allowed to copy or modify the app, any part of the app, or our trademarks in any way. You’re not allowed to attempt to extract the source code of the app, and you also shouldn’t try to translate the app into other languages or make derivative versions. The app itself, and all the trademarks, copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights related to it, still belong Dave's Porch.

Dave's Porch is committed to ensuring that the app is as useful and efficient as possible. For that reason, we reserve the right to make changes to the app or to charge for its services, at any time and for any reason. We will never charge you for the app or its services without making it very clear to you exactly what you’re paying for.

Dave's Porch app stores and processes personal data that you have provided to us, in order to provide our Service. It’s your responsibility to keep your phone and access to the app secure. We, therefore, recommend that you do not jailbreak or root your phone, which is the process of removing software restrictions and limitations imposed by the official operating system of your device. It could make your phone vulnerable to malware/viruses/malicious programs, compromise your phone’s security features and it could mean that the Dave's Porch app won’t work properly or at all.

You should be aware that there are certain things that Dave's Porch will not take responsibility for. Certain functions of the app will require the app to have an active internet connection. The connection can be Wi-Fi, or provided by your mobile network provider, but Dave's Porch cannot take responsibility for the app not working at full functionality if you don’t have access to Wi-Fi, and you don’t have any of your data allowance left.

If you’re using the app outside of an area with Wi-Fi, you should remember that your terms of the agreement with your mobile network provider will still apply. As a result, you may be charged by your mobile provider for the cost of data for the duration of the connection while accessing the app, or other third party charges. In using the app, you’re accepting responsibility for any such charges, including roaming data charges if you use the app outside of your home territory (i.e. region or country) without turning off data roaming. If you are not the bill payer for the device on which you’re using the app, please be aware that we assume that you have received permission from the bill payer for using the app.

Along the same lines, Dave's Porch cannot always take responsibility for the way you use the app i.e. You need to make sure that your device stays charged – if it runs out of battery and you can’t turn it on to avail the Service, Dave's Porch cannot accept responsibility

With respect to Dave's Porch responsibility for your use of the app, when you’re using the app, it’s important to bear in mind that although we endeavor to ensure that it is updated and correct at all times, we do rely on third parties to provide information to us so that we can make it available to you. Dave's Porch accepts no liability for any loss, direct or indirect, you experience as a result of relying wholly on this functionality of the app.

At some point, we may wish to update the app. Dave's Porch does not promise that it will always update the app so that it is relevant to you and/or works with the operating system version that you have installed on your device. However, you promise to always accept updates to the application when offered to you, we may also wish to stop providing the app and may terminate use of it at any time without giving notice of termination to you. Unless we tell you otherwise, upon any termination, (a) the rights and licenses granted to you in these terms will end; (b) you must stop using the app, and (if needed) delete it from your device.

Safety and Security

Report issues

We encourage you to report problematic content to us. Please keep in mind that to help ensure the safety, confidentiality, and security of your messages, we generally do not have the contents of messages available to us, which limits our ability to verify the report and take action.

Report

When you receive a post or request from an unknown user for the first time, you’ll have the option to decline and/or block the user.

Banning

We may remove accounts if we believe the account activity is in violation of our Terms and Conditions, we may retain the right to remove your account without notification. Please be aware that a user report of conduct in violation of our Terms and Conditions will not necessarily result in us removing the user or otherwise taking action against the user.

Please review the “Acceptable Use of Our Services” section of our Terms and Conditions carefully to learn more about the appropriate uses of Dave's Porch and the activities that violate our Terms and Conditions.

Spam and Hoaxes

We work diligently to reduce any spam messages that come through our system. Creating a safe space for users to communicate with one another is a priority. However, just like regular SMS or phone calls, or even in person, you must make prudent decisions to protect yourself and your identity.

Spam and hoax posts/messages may or may not come from one of your contacts. These types of messages spread false information and are designed to deceive you and prompt you to act in a certain way. If a post/message looks suspicious or sounds too good to be true, don’t tap on it, share it or forward it. You can report a post directly in the app.

Watch out for posts/messages that:

• Include misspellings or grammatical mistakes
• Ask you to tap on a link
• Ask you to share your personal information (like credit card and bank account numbers, birthdate, passwords, etc.)
• Ask you to click on a link to “activate” a new feature
• Say that you have to pay to use Dave's Porch (Dave's Porch is a free app. We will never ask you to pay to use Dave's Porch and you do not have to do anything to use Dave's Porch for free.)

What to do

If you are receiving communication from an unknown person, you will be given the option to report the user to Dave's Porch directly from the app.

If you’ve received spam from a contact, report the post/message and do not click on any links or provide personal information. Tell the contact that the message they sent includes spam and point them to this Dave's Porch safety page.

Acceptable use of our services

Our Terms and Conditions. You must use our Services according to our Terms and posted policies.

Legal and Acceptable Use. You must access and 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, misappropriate, or infringe the rights of Dave's Porch, our users, or others, including privacy, publicity, intellectual property, or other proprietary rights; (b) are illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, intimidating, harassing, hateful, racially, or ethnically offensive, or instigate or encourage conduct that would be illegal, or otherwise inappropriate, including promoting violent crimes; (c) involve publishing falsehoods, misrepresentations, or misleading statements; (d) impersonate someone; (e) involve sending illegal or impermissible communications such as bulk messaging, auto-messaging, and the like; or (f) involve any non-personal use of our Services unless otherwise authorized by us.

Harm to Dave's Porch or Our Users. You must not (or assist others to) access, use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sublicense, transfer, display, perform, or otherwise exploit our Services in impermissible or unauthorized manners, or in ways that burden, impair, or harm us, our Services, systems, our users, or others, including that you must not directly or through automated means: (a) reverse engineer, alter, modify, create derivative works from, decompile, or extract code from our Services; (b) send, store, or transmit viruses or other harmful computer code through or onto our Services; (c) gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to our Services or systems; (d) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of our Services; (e) create accounts for our Services through unauthorized or automated means; (f) collect the information of or about our users in any impermissible or unauthorized manner; (g) sell, resell, rent, or charge for our Services; or (h) distribute or make our Services available over a network where they could be used by multiple devices at the same time.

Keeping Your Account Secure. You are responsible for keeping your device and your Dave's Porch account safe and secure.

Changes to This Terms and Conditions

We may update our Terms and Conditions from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Terms and Conditions on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.