Legal

Privacy policy

Terms is operated by [legal entity name] (“we”). You can reach us at [contact email].

What we collect

• Account information. When you create an account we receive your email address and name from our authentication provider. If you sign in with Google, we receive the basic profile information that Google returns. We never receive your password.
• Documents you write. The full text of every contract you draft, its title, and its revision state.
• Counterparty details. The name and email address you enter for each signer.
• Signing and audit records. For each view, comment, access-code verification, and signature, we record a timestamp, the IP address, and the browser user-agent string of the person who performed it, along with a SHA-256 hash of the document text at the moment of signature. This is what makes a certificate of completion meaningful, and it applies to signers as well as account holders.
• Comments. The text of inline comments and the passage each one is anchored to.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your data and we do not use your contracts to train machine-learning models. We rely on the following processors:

• Vercel — application hosting and request logs.
• Neon — the Postgres database where all content is stored.
• Clerk — account creation, sign-in, and session management.
• Google — only if you choose to sign in with Google.
• Anthropic — only when you use the AI drafting panel. The text you send to that panel, and the document it is editing, are transmitted to Anthropic’s API to generate a response. If you do not use the AI panel, no document content is sent there.

Signing links

Each signer receives a unique link containing a secret token. Anyone holding that link can view and sign the document, so treat it like a password. Links do not currently expire. We send no email ourselves — you distribute the links yourself.

How long we keep it

Documents, signatures, and audit records are retained for as long as your account exists, because an executed agreement’s audit trail is the evidence that it was executed. Deleting a draft removes it and its associated records. To delete your account and everything in it, contact us at [contact email].

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to certain processing. Contact us and we will respond. If you are a signer rather than an account holder, the account holder who sent you a document controls it, and we will direct your request to them where appropriate.

Security

Content is encrypted in transit. Each account’s documents are isolated from every other account’s at the data-access layer. That said, Terms is not SOC 2 certified and has not undergone a third-party security audit. Weigh that before using it for sensitive agreements.

Terms of service

1. Agreement

By using Terms you agree to these terms. If you are using it for an organization, you confirm you are authorized to bind that organization.

2. What Terms is

Terms is software for drafting, sharing, commenting on, and electronically signing documents. It is a tool. It is not a law firm.

3. Not legal advice

Nothing produced by Terms — including anything generated by the AI drafting feature — is legal advice. AI-generated text may be wrong, incomplete, or unsuitable for your situation. You are solely responsible for the content, validity, and enforceability of every agreement you create, send, or sign. Have a qualified lawyer review anything that matters.

4. Electronic signatures

By typing your name and confirming your intent, you consent to sign electronically, and you agree that your electronic signature carries the same legal effect as a handwritten one. Electronic signature law varies by jurisdiction and by document type — some documents cannot be signed electronically at all. You are responsible for confirming that an electronic signature is valid for your agreement.

5. Your responsibilities

• Keep your account credentials and signing links secure.
• Have the right to upload and share whatever you put into Terms.
• Do not use Terms for anything unlawful, or to impersonate anyone.
• Only enter another person’s details as a signer where you have a legitimate basis for doing so.

6. Ownership

You own your documents. We claim no ownership over your content. We retain ownership of the software itself.

7. Availability

Terms is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, and we may change or discontinue features. Keep your own copies of agreements that matter to you.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or the unenforceability of any agreement created with Terms. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

9. Termination

You may stop using Terms at any time. We may suspend accounts that violate these terms. Executed documents and their audit records may be retained where we have a legal basis to do so.

10. Changes and governing law

We may update these terms; material changes will be reflected in the “last updated” date above. These terms are governed by the laws of [jurisdiction].