Terms and Conditions

Draft version for internal review. Effective date: April 28, 2026.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account, accessing, or using Briefly, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

2. Service Description

Briefly provides personalized news summaries and email delivery based on your settings, interests, and selected content categories. Features may change over time.

3. Eligibility and Account Responsibility

• You must provide accurate account information and keep it updated.
• You are responsible for activity under your account and keeping credentials secure.
• You must notify us promptly of unauthorized account access.

4. Subscriptions, Free Trials, and Billing

• Paid features may require a valid payment method and an active subscription.
• Free trials (if offered) may require a payment method at signup.
• Unless canceled before renewal, subscriptions may renew automatically according to your plan terms.
• If payment fails, access to paid features and/or delivery may be limited until payment is resolved.
• You are responsible for any taxes or charges associated with your subscription.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the service for unlawful, fraudulent, or abusive purposes.
• Attempt to disrupt, reverse engineer, or gain unauthorized access to systems or data.
• Resell, sublicense, or exploit the service in violation of these terms.

6. Content and Third-Party Sources

Briefly aggregates and summarizes third-party news sources. We do not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or availability of third-party content.

7. Data, Analytics, and BigQuery

To operate and improve the service, we may collect and process usage, account, subscription, and campaign data, and may combine this data with information from third-party platforms (for example, payment and advertising providers). These datasets may be stored and analyzed in systems such as Google BigQuery for business intelligence, product analytics, attribution, and performance measurement.

8. Intellectual Property

Briefly, including branding, software, and site content (excluding third-party source content), is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service for personal or internal business use.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the extent permitted by law.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Briefly and its affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business interruption arising from use of the service.

11. Termination

You may stop using the service at any time. We may suspend or terminate access for violations of these terms, legal reasons, or operational/security concerns.

12. Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by applicable law in your operating jurisdiction, subject to final legal review and replacement by counsel before launch.

13. Changes to Terms

We may update these terms periodically. Continued use after updates become effective constitutes acceptance of revised terms.

14. Contact

If you have questions, contact [email protected].