Terms of Service

Fair, transparent terms that respect developers and protect both parties. We believe in straightforward agreements without hidden clauses.

Last updated: September 12, 2025

Agreement Overview

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of Effective Momentum's website, products, and services. By using our services, you agree to these terms.

🤝 Our Philosophy

We're developers building for developers. These terms reflect our values of fairness, transparency, and mutual respect. We avoid legalese where possible and aim for clarity.

If anything is unclear, please contact us at legal@effectivemomentum.comand we'll help explain it.

Our Services

Effective Momentum provides AI-powered developer tools including:

🛡️ SecureMail AI

Email security platform with GUARDIAN and INBOX DEFENDER components

🦋 Butterfly CI Monitor

Self-healing CI/CD monitoring and automation platform

📊 DiagramFlow

Real-time code visualization and diagram generation

⚡ Momentum Tools

Multi-tenant developer platform and SaaS infrastructure

📈 Claude Code History Viewer

Analytics and insights for AI-assisted development sessions

Services may be provided as software downloads, hosted services, or hybrid solutions depending on the specific product.

User Responsibilities

What We Expect From You

  • Accurate Information: Provide accurate information when creating accounts or contacting us
  • Security: Keep your account credentials secure and notify us of unauthorized access
  • Lawful Use: Use our services only for lawful purposes and in compliance with applicable laws
  • Respect: Be respectful in all communications with our team and other users
  • Feedback: Report bugs, security issues, or concerns promptly

Prohibited Activities

  • ❌ Attempting to hack, reverse engineer, or circumvent security measures
  • ❌ Using our services to send spam, malware, or malicious content
  • ❌ Violating intellectual property rights
  • ❌ Interfering with other users' access to our services
  • ❌ Automated scraping or data harvesting without permission
  • ❌ Reselling or redistributing our services without authorization

Intellectual Property

Our Rights

Effective Momentum retains all rights to our software, documentation, trademarks, and other intellectual property. Our services are licensed, not sold.

Your Rights

  • ✅ You retain full ownership of your data and code
  • ✅ We never claim ownership of your projects or development work
  • ✅ You can export your data at any time
  • ✅ Local processing means your code stays on your systems

Open Source Components

Our products may include open source components. See our Licenses pagefor details on open source software we use and our contributions to the community.

Privacy and Data Handling

🔒 Data Ownership & Privacy

  • Your Data: You own and control your data completely
  • Local Processing: Our tools prioritize local processing when possible
  • No Mining: We don't mine your code or data for training purposes
  • Transparency: Clear documentation on what data is processed and how
  • Portability: Easy data export and migration options

For complete privacy details, see our Privacy Policy.

Service Availability

Service Levels

We strive to provide reliable service but cannot guarantee 100% uptime. We will:

  • • Provide advance notice of planned maintenance when possible
  • • Work quickly to resolve service interruptions
  • • Communicate status updates during outages
  • • Maintain reasonable backup and recovery procedures

Development Stage Products

Products marked as "In Development" are provided as-is for early access and testing. These may have limited availability, features may change, and data migration assistance will be provided for breaking changes.

Payment and Subscriptions

Pricing

Pricing for our services will be clearly displayed on our website. We reserve the right to change pricing with reasonable notice to existing customers.

Refunds

We offer fair refund policies that will be specified for each product. Generally:

  • • Free trial periods where applicable
  • • Pro-rated refunds for annual subscriptions canceled early
  • • Full refund if service doesn't work as advertised
  • • Reasonable refunds for documented technical issues

Limitation of Liability

⚠️ Important Legal Notice

Our services are provided "as is" without warranties. We limit liability to the maximum extent permitted by law, but we stand behind our products and will work to resolve issues fairly.

What We're Responsible For

  • • Providing services that substantially match their descriptions
  • • Reasonable data security and privacy protection
  • • Good faith efforts to resolve technical issues
  • • Transparent communication about service changes

What We're Not Responsible For

  • • Indirect or consequential damages
  • • Issues caused by third-party services or user modifications
  • • Data loss due to user error or system failures beyond our control
  • • Compatibility with all possible configurations or use cases

Account Termination

Your Right to Terminate

You can terminate your account at any time. We'll provide data export tools and honor cancellation requests promptly.

Our Right to Terminate

We may terminate accounts for violations of these terms, but we'll provide reasonable notice and opportunity to remedy issues when possible.

Data After Termination

After termination, we'll provide a reasonable period for data export, then securely delete your personal data according to our privacy policy.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. For material changes, we'll:

  • • Provide at least 30 days advance notice via email
  • • Post the new terms on our website with an updated date
  • • Highlight significant changes in our communications
  • • Allow reasonable time for you to review and decide whether to continue

Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by applicable law. For disputes, we prefer friendly resolution through direct communication. We're committed to working out issues fairly and transparently.

If formal dispute resolution is needed, we'll provide details on our preferred arbitration or mediation processes that are fair to both parties.

Questions About These Terms?

We believe in clear communication. If anything in these terms is confusing or you have questions, please reach out:

Legal Questions: legal@effectivemomentum.com

General Support: info@effectivemomentum.com

Privacy Concerns: privacy@effectivemomentum.com

Website: https://effectivemomentum.com/contact

We're developers too - we understand the importance of fair, clear terms. We're always happy to explain our policies and discuss concerns.