Terms of Service

1.About these Terms

1.1 Who operates Ovation

Ovation is operated by an individual developer. I use the singular “I” in these documents to refer to that developer.

1.2 Other documents that apply

These Terms incorporate the Privacy Policy and the Community Guidelines. If you use creator tools, the Creator Agreement also applies. If there is a conflict:

• the Creator Agreement controls for creator-specific matters;
• the Community Guidelines explain how the conduct rules apply in practice;
• the Privacy Policy controls how personal information is handled; and
• these Terms control everything else.

1.3 Who may use Ovation

You must be at least 18 years old, have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement, and not be barred from using the Service by law or by a previous enforcement decision. You must not use Ovation if you are in a country or territory where providing or receiving the Service would be unlawful.

You are responsible for making sure your use of Ovation complies with the laws that apply to you.

1.4 App store terms

If you download Ovation from Google Play, Google’s terms and policies also apply to your use of Google Play. Those terms are between you and Google. Nothing in these Terms changes your relationship with Google or replaces Google’s rules for purchases and payments.

2.The Service

2.1 What Ovation does

Ovation is a social and creator app. Depending on the features available to you, it lets you create a profile, appear on Discover, share photos, videos, voice intros, Moments, and video posts, follow other people, exchange messages, buy and spend Coins, receive notifications, and report or block people.

2.2 Changes and availability

I may add, change, suspend, or remove features. I may release features as tests or experiments, and those features may change or disappear. I try to keep Ovation available, but I do not guarantee that it will always be online, error-free, or available in your country. Maintenance, network problems, app store rules, and events outside my control can interrupt the Service.

2.3 Not an emergency service

Ovation is not a monitoring service, crisis line, medical service, or emergency service. Do not use it to report an emergency or to ask for urgent help. Contact your local emergency services instead.

3.Your account

3.1 Creating an account

You can create an account using the sign-in methods I make available, such as Google Sign-In. You must provide information that is accurate and keep it up to date. You may not use another person’s identity, photos, or account without permission.

3.2 One person, one account

Your account is personal to you. You may not sell, rent, share, or transfer it, and you may not create multiple accounts to evade a suspension, a block, a report, or a limit. I may treat linked accounts as one account where necessary to protect the Service or other users.

3.3 Keeping your account safe

You are responsible for activity carried out through your account. Keep your sign-in method secure, do not share verification codes, and tell me promptly if you believe someone else has access to your account. I may sign you out, require you to sign in again, or temporarily restrict your account if I believe it is at risk.

3.4 Suspension and deletion

I may suspend or close your account if you break these Terms, the Community Guidelines, the Creator Agreement, or the law, or if your account creates a safety, fraud, or security risk. You can stop using Ovation at any time and delete your account from the app or through the account-deletion page on this site. The Privacy Policy explains what happens after deletion, including what may be kept.

4.Your content

4.1 You keep ownership

You keep the rights you already have in the content you submit to Ovation, including your profile text, photos, videos, voice recordings, Moments, video posts, and messages. These Terms do not transfer ownership of your content to me.

4.2 The permission you give me

To run Ovation, you give me a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable licence to host, store, copy, reproduce, transmit, display, format, resize, transcode, and otherwise process your content in order to:

• operate, provide, secure, moderate, develop, and improve the Service;
• make your content available to other users in the ways you choose, including on your profile, on Discover, in Moments and video posts, and in messages;
• create technical copies and backups that are part of running the Service; and
• investigate reports, enforce these Terms, and comply with the law.

This licence ends when your content is deleted from the Service, except for copies in backups, legal holds, reports, or records I must keep, and except for copies other people have already made. The licence does not give me the right to sell your content as a standalone product or to use it in third-party advertising.

4.3 What other users can see

Your profile, avatar, photos, videos, voice intro, Moments, video posts, tags, country, age, online status, and follow counts may be visible to other users. Messages are visible to the people in the conversation. Other users may screenshot or copy what they see, and I cannot prevent that.

4.4 Messages

Messages are stored on your device and may pass through, or be temporarily stored on, my systems so they can be delivered. I may access messages when needed to investigate a report, prevent harm, enforce these Terms, or comply with the law. Do not use messages for information that you cannot risk being disclosed.

4.5 What you promise about your content

By submitting content, you represent and warrant that:

• you own the content or have all permissions needed to use it and to grant the licence above;
• you have the consent of every identifiable person in the content, including for photos, videos, voice recordings, and contact details;
• the content does not infringe anyone’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights;
• the content is not illegal, deceptive, or prohibited by the Community Guidelines; and
• the content does not contain malware, tracking code, or instructions for harming people or systems.

4.6 Moderation and removal

I review content when it is reported, when it raises a safety concern, or when the law requires it. I may review, label, restrict, remove, or preserve content if I believe it breaks these Terms or the Community Guidelines, creates risk, or is required by law. I may also remove content in response to a report or a rights complaint.

4.7 Deleting content

You can delete content using the tools in the app. Deleting content stops it from being displayed through the Service, but it may remain for a limited time in backups, reports, legal holds, or records needed for safety and fraud prevention. Other users may have copied it already. Deleting a message from your device does not delete the copy delivered to the other person’s device.

4.8 Feedback

If you send feedback or suggestions, I may use them to evaluate and improve Ovation. Do not send confidential information in feedback.

5.Acceptable use

5.1 Follow the Community Guidelines

The Community Guidelines are part of these Terms. They explain what is not allowed and how enforcement works. The list below is a summary, not a replacement.

5.2 Prohibited conduct

You must not use Ovation to:

• break the law, help someone else break the law, or plan violence or harm;
• create, share, request, or promote child sexual abuse material, child exploitation, grooming, or any sexual content involving minors;
• engage in human trafficking, sexual exploitation, sexual services, escort services, compensated dating, or the sale of physical companionship;
• share non-consensual intimate images, private sexual content, or someone else’s private information without permission;
• threaten, stalk, harass, bully, defame, or repeatedly contact someone after they have asked you to stop or blocked you;
• promote hate or violence against people because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, caste, or another protected characteristic;
• impersonate another person, misrepresent your age or identity, use stolen photos, or run a fake profile;
• scam, defraud, phish, or pressure anyone for money, gift cards, cryptocurrency, bank details, or identity documents;
• spam, mass-message, scrape, crawl, use bots, or manipulate follows, messages, reports, or other metrics;
• sell, advertise, or facilitate illegal goods, drugs, weapons, stolen property, counterfeit goods, gambling, or regulated services;
• share malware, attempt to gain unauthorized access, probe or overload the Service, bypass security or age checks, or interfere with another person’s use;
• copy, modify, distribute, sell, or reverse engineer the app or its code except where the law says you may; or
• use creator tools for a business or service that the Community Guidelines or Creator Agreement prohibit.

5.3 Off-platform payments

Do not ask or pressure another user to pay outside Google Play for digital features, creator access, or Ovation services. Purchases for Ovation features happen inside Ovation. If someone asks you to pay by gift card, bank transfer, cryptocurrency, or a payment link, treat it as a red flag and report it.

5.4 No unauthorised commercial activity

You may use the creator tools I provide to share and monetise your own content. You may not use Ovation for unrelated advertising, affiliate schemes, recruitment, political fundraising, or other commercial activity unless I have expressly allowed it.

5.5 Automated access

You may not use bots, scrapers, automated accounts, or other tools to access Ovation, collect data, send messages, or create accounts, except with my prior written permission or where the law expressly allows it.

6.Other people and safety

6.1 Staying safe when you interact with others

Be careful when you interact with people online. Use the report and block tools if someone behaves in a way that makes you uncomfortable or unsafe. You are responsible for your own decisions about who you talk to and what you share.

6.2 Respectful interactions

Treat other people with respect. If someone behaves abusively or breaks these Terms, report or block them using the tools in the app.

6.3 Offline meetings

Ovation is for online connection. Do not use it to arrange, advertise, or attend offline meetings. If someone asks you to meet in person, report or block them.

6.4 Underage users

Ovation is for adults. If you believe someone is under 18, report the account. Do not ask for, share, or engage with sexual content involving a minor. I may report apparent child sexual abuse material to the appropriate authorities.

6.5 Blocking and reporting

You can report a profile, Moment, or video, report a user from a chat, and block a user. Blocking is intended to stop contact and hide content between you. It may also remove existing follow relationships and clear undelivered messages. Some historical messages may remain on each person’s device. Misusing reports is itself a violation.

7.Coins, purchases, and paid features

7.1 What Coins are

Coins are an in-app item that lets you use paid features. Coins are not money, currency, property, or a stored-value account. They have no cash value, cannot be exchanged for cash, cannot be transferred, sold, or inherited, and do not earn interest. You receive a limited, personal, non-transferable licence to use Coins within Ovation, subject to these Terms.

Some features may use Coins. The app shows any applicable price before you confirm.

Coins do not expire while your account remains active, but I may correct, deduct, or reverse Coins connected to a refund, chargeback, fraud, technical error, or violation of these Terms. If your account is closed, your Coins are lost unless the law or Google Play requires otherwise.

7.2 Buying Coins

Coins can be purchased only through Google Play’s billing system. Google handles the payment method, currency, taxes, and receipt. I do not receive or store your full payment card details. The price shown by Google Play at checkout is the price that applies.

I may change the available Coin packages, the number of Coins in a package, and the prices shown in the app. Changes do not affect a purchase that has already completed.

7.3 Refunds and chargebacks

Refunds are handled under Google Play’s refund policy and applicable law. Contact Google Play for a refund request. I do not control Google Play’s decision. If a purchase is refunded or charged back after Coins were spent, I may deduct Coins or future creator earnings and may restrict the account if the activity looks fraudulent.

7.4 Creator earnings

Creator earnings, if any, are reflected in your Coin balance under the Creator Agreement. Ovation does not currently offer cash withdrawals, payouts, or conversion of Coins to money. Creator earnings are not a wage, salary, or guarantee of income.

7.5 Mistakes and unauthorised activity

If you believe you were charged incorrectly or someone used your account without permission, contact support promptly. I may need information to investigate. I may reverse or adjust a transaction if I find an error, but I cannot promise a particular outcome where the transaction was already handled by Google Play or a third party.

8.Intellectual property

8.1 Ovation’s rights

The Service, including the Ovation name, logo, app, design, software, text, graphics, and other materials I provide, is owned by me or licensed to me. It is protected by intellectual property laws. Subject to these Terms, I give you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app for your own non-commercial use. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

8.2 What you may not do

You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, sublicense, or create derivative works from the Service or its content, except for content you own or where the law expressly permits it. You may not remove copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.

8.3 Copyright complaints

If you believe content on Ovation infringes your copyright, email brinedfish979@gmail.com with the subject “Copyright complaint.” Include:

• your name, address, email, and phone number;
• a description of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed;
• the exact location of the material on Ovation, including a link or screenshot where possible;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized;
• a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

I may remove or disable the material, notify the person who uploaded it, and keep a record. I may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. If you believe your content was removed by mistake, contact me with the same details so I can review it.

9.Third-party services

Ovation uses services provided by other companies, including Google (Google Sign-In, Google Play, Firebase Analytics, and Firebase Cloud Messaging), Cloudflare (media storage and delivery, and real-time media services), and content moderation providers that review uploaded images and text, including messages.

Third-party services have their own terms and privacy policies. I do not control them and am not responsible for their content, availability, security, or practices. If you use a third-party service, you do so under its terms. The Privacy Policy explains how data is shared with service providers.

10.Moderation and termination

10.1 When I may act

I may investigate and take action when I believe that you or your content:

• break these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or the Creator Agreement;
• break the law or create a risk to another person;
• involve fraud, spam, harassment, child safety, or another serious safety issue;
• infringe someone else’s rights; or
• create a security, technical, or legal risk for Ovation or its service providers.

10.2 What I may do

Depending on the circumstances, I may warn you, remove or restrict content, limit your access to features, suspend your account, close your account, preserve evidence, or report the matter to the authorities. I may act immediately where I believe there is a serious risk. I do not have to give advance notice before removing content or restricting an account.

If your account is closed for a violation, you are not entitled to a refund of Coins or other amounts, except where the law or Google Play requires it.

10.3 Appeals

If you believe I made a mistake, email brinedfish979@gmail.com with the subject “Ovation appeal,” your account number, and enough detail to identify the decision. I will review it, but I may not be able to share information about another user or a report. My decision after review is final, subject to your legal rights.

10.4 Ending your use

You can stop using Ovation at any time. Deleting the app does not delete your account. Use the in-app deletion tool or the account deletion page to request deletion.

10.5 What survives

Parts of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including provisions about content licences for copies already made, Coins, intellectual property, disclaimers, liability, indemnity, and disputes.

11.Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ovation is provided “as is” and “as available.” I do not make any warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful content, or that any user is who they claim to be. I do not guarantee matches, followers, messages, views, earnings, or any particular outcome.

I am not responsible for content posted by users or for what users do on or off the Service. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits rights that cannot legally be limited.

12.Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or opportunities, arising out of or related to your use of Ovation, even if I was advised that such damage was possible.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability for all claims arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid for Ovation features in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) USD 100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. If you are a consumer, you keep the benefit of mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence.

13.Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold me harmless from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and reasonable costs (including legal fees) arising out of: your content; your use of the Service; your breach of these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or the Creator Agreement; your violation of law or another person’s rights; or a dispute between you and another user.

I will give you reasonable notice of a claim. If you are a consumer, this section applies only to the extent permitted by the law that protects you.

14.Disputes and governing law

14.1 Talk to me first

If you have a problem, contact brinedfish979@gmail.com and give me at least 30 days to try to resolve it before starting a formal claim. This does not prevent either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief or taking a claim to a court where waiting would cause serious harm.

14.2 Courts and consumer rights

If a dispute is not resolved through support, either party may bring a claim in a court with jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you may also bring a claim in the courts of your country of residence where the law gives you that right. Nothing in this section prevents you from contacting a regulator or using a consumer dispute process available to you.

14.3 Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the country in which I live and operate Ovation, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If you are a consumer, this choice does not remove the protection of mandatory laws in your country of residence.

15.Changes to these Terms

I may update these Terms as Ovation changes or as the law changes. I will post the new version on this page and update the effective date. If a change is material, I will make reasonable efforts to tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect, unless a change is needed sooner for safety, security, or legal reasons.

If you continue to use Ovation after the new Terms take effect, you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree, stop using Ovation and delete your account. Changes apply prospectively and do not reduce rights you already have under mandatory law.

16.General and contact

16.1 Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Creator Agreement, and any additional terms shown in the app, are the entire agreement between you and me about Ovation. They replace any earlier agreement or understanding about the same subject.

16.2 Severability and waiver

If a provision is found unenforceable, the rest of these Terms remain in effect. If I do not enforce a provision immediately, I am not giving up the right to enforce it later.

16.3 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms without my written consent. I may transfer them to a successor who takes over the Service, provided the successor agrees to honour them.

16.4 Notices

I may send notices through the app, to the email linked to your account, or by posting them on this site. You can contact me at the address below. Notices are effective when sent or posted, unless the notice says otherwise.

16.5 Language

These Terms are written in English. If they are translated, the English version controls to the extent the law allows.

16.6 Contact

Ovation is operated by an individual developer. This page is part of the Ovation legal documents.