Terms of service.

What Folkbase is

Folkbase ("the app," "we," "us") is a personal relationship manager that helps you keep track of the people you know. The app stores your data in a Google Sheet inside your own Google Drive — Folkbase does not operate a database that holds your contacts. Folkbase is currently a free beta operated by Elliott Zelenak.

Your Google account & data

To use Folkbase you sign in with Google and grant the app permission to your basic profile and to the single sheet it creates for you. You are responsible for your Google account and for the data you put into Folkbase. How the app accesses and uses Google data is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

Age requirement. Folkbase is intended for adults. You must be at least 16 years old to use the app. By signing in you confirm that you meet this requirement. If you are under 16, please do not use Folkbase.

Acceptable use

You agree to use Folkbase lawfully and responsibly. In particular, you agree not to:

• Use the app to store data about people in violation of applicable privacy or data-protection laws;
• Attempt to break, overload, reverse-engineer, or gain unauthorized access to the app or other users' data;
• Use the app to send spam, harass others, or for any unlawful purpose;
• Share workspace access with people who are not entitled to see the contacts within it.

Outreach & bulk messaging. Folkbase's lists, trackers, and similar features are organizing tools — you remain the sender of any message you choose to send. If you use Folkbase to support outreach or bulk messaging, you are responsible for complying with anti-spam and marketing laws that apply to you, such as CAN-SPAM, CASL, and the GDPR/ePrivacy rules. That includes honoring opt-outs, accurately identifying yourself, and not contacting people who haven't agreed to hear from you where the law requires consent.

You are solely responsible for how you collect, store, and use information about other people in Folkbase, including obtaining any consent the law requires.

Beta software

Folkbase is provided as a beta. That means features may change, break, or be removed, and the app may occasionally be unavailable. We may add, modify, or discontinue features — or the app as a whole — at any time. We recommend exporting your data periodically (see your Privacy Policy and the in-app Data → Export tools).

No warranty

Folkbase is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or uninterrupted availability. You use the app at your own risk.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Folkbase and its operator are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, arising from your use of the app. Because your data lives in your own Google Drive, you retain control of it — and responsibility for backing it up.

Your data, your control

You can export your data at any time from inside the app, or open the underlying Google Sheet directly. To delete your data, delete that sheet from your Drive. You may stop using Folkbase at any time.

Transparency & legal requests

Folkbase is built to hold as little of your data as possible. Your contacts, notes, and other records live in your own Google account (Google Sheets and Drive) — not in a Folkbase database. Because of this, in the ordinary course Folkbase has no central copy of your personal data to disclose.

As of the "Last updated" date above:

• We have not received any government or law-enforcement demand for user data.
• We have not received any subpoena, warrant, or court order seeking access to user accounts.
• We have not been required to weaken, backdoor, or add surveillance capability to the app or its build.
• We are not aware of any such request, and no gag order prevents us from making this statement.

If we ever receive a legal demand, we will disclose it to the extent the law allows and update or remove this section accordingly. The absence — or a failure to update — of this statement should itself be treated as meaningful.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the product evolves. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above. Continuing to use Folkbase after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

These terms are written in plain language for a beta product and are not legal advice. They may be expanded before general availability.