Terms of Service

1. What Slate Provides

Slate is a focus and routine product that helps users block selected apps, app categories, websites, or distractions using software settings, schedules, routines, and NFC Blocks.

Slate is not a medical, mental health, emergency, security, or safety-critical product.

Slate may allow users to:

• Create blocking routines
• Schedule automatic blocking
• Manually start blocking sessions
• Use NFC Blocks to unblock
• Track activity or session history
• Customize app-blocking preferences

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Slate.

If you are under the age of majority in your location, you may use Slate only with permission from a parent or guardian.

By using Slate, you confirm that you can legally agree to these Terms.

3. Your Account

You may need an account to use some features.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or create risk for Slate, other users, or third parties.

You are responsible for:

• Providing accurate information
• Keeping your account secure
• Keeping your device secure
• Not sharing login credentials
• All activity under your account

4. Device Permissions

Slate may require permissions such as:

• Screen Time or Family Controls permissions
• Managed Settings permissions
• Device Activity permissions
• NFC scanning permissions
• Notification permissions

5. App Blocking Limitations

If you deny or revoke permissions, some features may not work.

You are responsible for understanding and approving the permissions you grant to Slate through iOS.

Slate depends on Apple APIs, iOS behavior, device settings, permissions, NFC behavior, and other systems outside our full control.

We do not guarantee that Slate will block every app, website, notification, or distraction in every situation.

Slate may not work perfectly in every situation. For example:

• iOS may change how app blocking or NFC works.
• Permissions may be revoked.
• Screen Time-related APIs may behave differently across devices or iOS versions.
• NFC scanning may require user interaction.
• Some apps, websites, notifications, or system features may not be blockable.
• Blocks may fail if the app is deleted, permissions are changed, or the device is modified.

6. NFC Blocks

Slate NFC Blocks are physical items that help trigger blocking or unblocking actions.

You agree that:

• NFC tags may be scanned by compatible devices.
• NFC tag data may be copied by someone with physical access.
• NFC tag IDs are not passwords.
• You should not publicly share your tag ID or tag URL.
• Production security may require server-side verification of tag ownership.
• You are responsible for keeping your Slate Block in a secure and appropriate location.

7. Acceptable Use

You may not use Slate to:

• Violate laws or regulations
• Access or interfere with someone else's device without permission
• Track, control, or restrict another person without proper consent
• Reverse engineer, modify, or tamper with Slate
• Abuse, overload, or attack our systems
• Copy NFC tags for unauthorized use
• Circumvent payment or subscription systems
• Use Slate in a way that harms Slate, users, or third parties

8. Subscriptions, Purchases, and Payments

Slate may offer paid features, subscriptions, hardware products, or other purchases.

If purchases are made through the App Store, Apple may process payment, billing, renewals, cancellations, and refunds according to Apple's rules.

If purchases are made through our website or another payment provider, the applicable checkout terms and provider rules may apply.

Fees are non-refundable except where required by law or stated otherwise at purchase.

9. Hardware Orders

If Slate sells physical NFC Blocks, order terms may include pricing, shipping, taxes, delivery estimates, returns, warranties, and replacement rules.

Shipping dates and availability may be estimates.

We may cancel or refuse orders where there is fraud, inventory error, pricing error, payment failure, or legal restriction.

10. Beta and Prototype Features

Slate may include experimental, beta, or prototype features.

These features may change, break, be removed, or work inconsistently.

You should not rely on beta features for important, emergency, or safety-critical situations.

11. User Content and Feedback

If you submit feedback, ideas, suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, you allow Slate to use them without compensation or restriction.

You are responsible for any content you submit through Slate.

You may not submit content that violates laws, infringes rights, or harms others.

12. Intellectual Property

Slate, including its app, website, designs, logos, branding, software, text, graphics, and other materials, is owned by Slate or its licensors.

These Terms do not give you ownership of Slate's intellectual property.

You may not copy, distribute, sell, modify, or create derivative works from Slate except as allowed by law or with our written permission.

13. Privacy

Your use of Slate is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

By using Slate, you agree that we may collect and use information as described in the Privacy Policy.

14. Third-Party Services

Slate may rely on or link to third-party services, including Apple, hosting providers, analytics providers, crash-reporting providers, authentication providers, and payment processors.

We are not responsible for third-party services, terms, policies, outages, or actions.

15. Disclaimers

Slate is provided "as is" and "as available."

To the fullest extent allowed by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, and uninterrupted operation.

We do not guarantee that Slate will always block or unblock apps correctly, prevent distraction, improve sleep, improve productivity, or produce any specific result.

16. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, Slate and its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages.

To the fullest extent allowed by law, our total liability for any claim related to Slate will not exceed the amount you paid to Slate in the 12 months before the claim, or $100 if you paid nothing.

Some locations do not allow certain liability limits, so some limits may not apply to you.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Slate from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from:

• Your use of Slate
• Your violation of these Terms
• Your violation of law
• Your violation of another person's rights
• Your misuse of NFC Blocks or app-blocking features

18. Termination

You may stop using Slate at any time.

Sections that should reasonably survive termination will continue to apply.

We may suspend or terminate your access if:

• You violate these Terms
• Your use creates risk or legal exposure
• We discontinue Slate or a feature
• We are required to do so by law

19. Changes to Slate

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue Slate or any feature at any time.

We may also update these Terms. If changes are material, we may notify you through the app, website, email, or another reasonable method.

Your continued use of Slate after changes means you accept the updated Terms.

20. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [state/country], without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Any disputes will be handled in the courts located in [county/state/country], unless applicable law requires otherwise.

21. Contact

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

[Company Legal Name]

[Company Address, if applicable]

Email: [support email]