Terms of Service

Effective date: [Month Day, Year] · Last updated: [Month Day, Year]

Before launch: fill in the bracketed parts and have a lawyer review this. It’s written to be clear and complete, but it isn’t legal advice, and the rules differ by state and country.

1. Agreeing to these terms

Deuces (“Deuces,” “we,” “us”) is a community app for finding and rating public restrooms, run by [Your name or company name]. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) cover the Deuces website, the installable web app, any future mobile apps, and everything you can do in them (together, the “Service”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Deuces.

2. Who can use Deuces

• You must be at least 13 years old. If you’re under 18 (or the age of majority where you live), you need a parent or guardian’s permission, and they agree to these Terms for you.
• You can’t use Deuces if we’ve previously banned you, or if the law where you live doesn’t allow it.
• If you use Deuces on behalf of a business or organization, you confirm you’re allowed to accept these Terms for it.

Anyone can use “I need one now” without an account to see nearby restrooms. These Terms still apply when you do.

3. Your account

• Give accurate sign-up information and keep your password private. You’re responsible for what happens under your account.
• One person, one account. Don’t create accounts to get around a ban, block, or rate limit, or to make your opinion look more popular.
• The name you choose is shown on your posts. Don’t impersonate anyone or use a name that’s offensive or misleading.
• If you sign in with Apple or Google, their terms also apply to that sign-in.
• Tell us right away at [contact email] if you think someone else got into your account.
• You can delete your account at any time from the account menu. Section 15 explains what happens to your content.

4. What you post

“Your content” means anything you add to Deuces: ratings, written reports, photos, comments, and restroom listings.

You own it

You keep ownership of your content. But so we can run the Service, you give Deuces a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, adapt (for example, resize photos or average scores), and distribute your content in the Service and in promoting it. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except:

• Copies in backups, which are deleted on a normal schedule.
• Content we need to keep for legal reasons or to deal with abuse.
• Restroom listings you added, which other people may have rated. These stay on the map without your name.
• Averaged scores and other anonymized data that no longer identify you.

You’re responsible for it

You confirm that you have the right to post your content, that it’s based on your own real experience, and that it doesn’t break these Terms or anyone else’s rights. We don’t check content before it appears, and we aren’t responsible for what members post. Opinions in reviews belong to the people who wrote them, not to Deuces.

Posting anonymously

“Post as Anonymous” hides your name from other members. It doesn’t hide you from us: we can still see who posted it, and we may share that if the law requires it or to deal with serious abuse.

5. Community rules

Deuces exists for people who often have the least patience to spare: people with IBS, IBD and other conditions, parents with small kids, and anyone caught short. Keep it useful and kind. Don’t post or do any of the following:

• Harassment or hate. No attacks, bullying, threats, or slurs, and nothing that demeans people based on race, ethnicity, religion, disability, health condition, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or similar traits. Don’t mock anyone’s medical condition.
• Sexual, violent, or graphic content. No nudity, sexual content, or gore. Nothing involving minors, ever. We report child sexual abuse material to the authorities.
• Private information. No names, faces, license plates, phone numbers, or other details that identify people. Don’t publish staff names, and don’t publish door codes that a business keeps private for customers.
• Fake or paid reviews. Only rate restrooms you’ve used yourself. Don’t review your own business or a competitor’s, and don’t post reviews in exchange for payment, discounts, or gifts.
• Spam or advertising. No promotions, links to sell things, repeated posts, or posts unrelated to restrooms.
• Illegal or dangerous activity. Don’t encourage trespassing, vandalism, drug use, or anything else illegal, and don’t use Deuces to arrange it.
• Misuse of the Service. Don’t hack, scrape, overload, or reverse-engineer Deuces. Don’t use bots or automated accounts, get around security or blocks, or collect other members’ information.

6. Photo rules

• Facilities only. Photos should show the restroom: sinks, stalls, supplies, signs, changing tables, and accessibility features.
• No people. Make sure no one is in view, not even in a mirror. Never take photos under, over, or through stall doors, or anywhere someone could reasonably expect privacy. Doing this may be a crime, and we’ll ban the account and cooperate with police.
• Don’t post photos you didn’t take or don’t have the right to share.
• Follow posted rules: if a business bans photography, respect that.
• Photos are resized and re-saved before upload, which removes hidden location data. Still, check that nothing in the picture identifies you or anyone else.

7. Adding restrooms

• Only add restrooms that are open to the public or to customers. Don’t add private homes, staff-only areas, or anywhere people aren’t allowed to go.
• Put the pin where the restroom actually is, and keep names and notes accurate.
• We may edit, merge duplicates, or remove listings to keep the map accurate.

8. Reporting, blocking & moderation

Your tools

• Report: tap ⋯ on any post or comment, or “Report a problem with this listing” on a restroom. Reports are private, and the person isn’t told who reported them. Anything you report is hidden for you straight away.
• Block: tap ⋯ → Block on someone’s post or comment. Neither of you will see the other’s posts or comments. They aren’t notified. You can unblock people under Account → Blocked people.
• Hide: hide an anonymous post you don’t want to see.
• Delete: you can delete your own posts and comments at any time.

What we do

• We review reports, aiming to do so within 24 hours. Content that several members report is hidden automatically until we’ve looked at it.
• We may remove or hide any content, limit features, or suspend or permanently ban accounts that break these Terms or put people at risk. We may do this with or without notice, and we don’t have to keep content up.
• If we act against your account and you think we got it wrong, email [contact email] and we’ll take another look.
• If someone is in danger, contact emergency services (911 in the US) first.

9. Location & directions

With your permission, Deuces uses your device’s location to sort restrooms by distance. Distances, walking times, opening hours, and directions are estimates. Directions open in a third-party map app with its own terms. Pay attention to your surroundings, obey traffic laws, and don’t use the app while driving.

10. Not medical or safety advice

Deuces is a community information tool. It is not a medical service, and nothing in it is medical advice. Restrooms may be closed, out of order, locked, unsafe, or not accessible, even if they’re rated well or marked open. Always plan for that possibility. If you have a medical emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.

11. Businesses & property owners

Deuces isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the businesses and places listed, unless we say so. Being listed doesn’t mean a place must let the public use its restroom. If you own or manage a listed place and think something is wrong (wrong location, not public, inaccurate), use “Report a problem with this listing” or email [contact email]. We don’t remove honest reviews just because a business doesn’t like them, and we don’t accept payment to change ratings.

12. Copyright complaints

If you believe content on Deuces infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at [copyright agent name, address, and email]. Include:

1. Your signature (physical or electronic).
2. The work you say is infringed.
3. Where the material is in Deuces, specific enough for us to find it.
4. Your contact details.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith the use isn’t authorized.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you’re authorized to act for the owner.

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice to the same address. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

13. Our app and brand

The Deuces name, logo, design, and software belong to [Your name or company name] and are protected by law. We give you a personal, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Service as these Terms allow. Don’t copy, sell, or build a competing product from it, and don’t use our name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you. If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them without owing you anything.

14. Other services we use

Deuces relies on outside services: Supabase (accounts and storage), OpenStreetMap (maps), Google Maps (directions), and Apple and Google (sign-in). We aren’t responsible for those services, their availability, or their content, and your use of them follows their terms.

15. Ending your use

• You can stop using Deuces at any time. To delete your account, open the account menu and choose Delete my account. This permanently deletes your login, reviews, photos, comments, saves, and blocks. Restrooms you added stay on the map without your name.
• We may suspend or close your account if you break these Terms, if the law requires it, or if we stop offering the Service. Where we reasonably can, we’ll tell you first.
• Sections 4 (license limits), 10, 12, 13, and 16 through 22 still apply after your account ends.

16. Disclaimers

Deuces is provided “as is” and “as available.” Ratings, photos, hours, locations, and other information come mostly from members, and we don’t promise they’re accurate, complete, or current. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

17. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Deuces and its owners, team, and partners won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of (or inability to use) the Service, including anything that happens at a restroom you found through Deuces or anything another member posts or does. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the greater of $50 or what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (Deuces is currently free).

Some places don’t allow these limits, so some of them may not apply to you.

18. Your responsibility to us

If someone brings a claim against Deuces because of your content, your breaking these Terms, or your breaking the law or someone else’s rights, you agree to cover our reasonable costs. That includes legal fees, to the extent the law allows.

19. Disputes & governing law

If you have a problem with Deuces, please email [contact email] first. Most issues can be sorted out quickly. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [Michigan] and applicable US federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that can’t be resolved informally will be handled in the state or federal courts located in [County], [Michigan], and you and we consent to those courts. Either of us may bring a qualifying claim in small-claims court instead.

[Lawyer review: decide whether to add an arbitration agreement and class-action waiver here.]

20. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms as Deuces grows. If a change is significant, we’ll tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect. If you keep using Deuces after that, you accept the new Terms. If you don’t agree, you can delete your account.

21. Apple and Google app stores

If you get Deuces from the Apple App Store or Google Play, these Terms are between you and us, not Apple or Google. They aren’t responsible for the app, its content, maintenance, support, or any claims about it. If the app fails to meet a warranty that applies, you may notify Apple for a refund of any purchase price, and that’s Apple’s only obligation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. You confirm you’re not in a country under US embargo and not on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You must also follow the app store’s own terms.

22. Everything else

• These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and Deuces about the Service.
• If any part is found unenforceable, the rest still applies.
• If we don’t enforce a rule right away, we haven’t given up the right to enforce it later.
• You can’t transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours, for example if Deuces is sold.
• We aren’t responsible for delays or failures caused by things outside our reasonable control.

23. Contact us

[Your name or company name]
[Mailing address]
Email: [contact email]

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