Presence Terms of Service

The short version

Presence is a tool for connection between people who've chosen to share it with each other. It's not a safety app. It's not a replacement for emergency services. It's not designed for tracking people who don't know they're being tracked and using it that way violates these terms and, more importantly, other people's trust. Here's the deal between us, plainly.

✓Use this in good faith. Rules require mutual awareness. Using Presence to monitor, harass, stalk, or intimidate anyone is grounds for immediate removal and potentially worse.
✓This is an indie app, not a utility. Presence is built and maintained by one person. It may have bugs. It may be unavailable sometimes. Don't rely on it for safety, emergencies, or anything where failure has serious consequences.
✓Presence facilitates awareness, not responsibility. The app surfaces you when you've chosen to be surfaced. What happens after that is between you and your friends.
✓We can change these terms. If something meaningful changes, we'll tell you. Continuing to use the app means you've accepted the update.
✓This is governed by the laws of Georgia, USA. Any disputes live there.

1. Acceptance of terms

By downloading, installing, or using Presence ("the App"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use the App. These terms apply to all users of Presence.

2. What Presence is

Presence is a rule-based location awareness app that enables close friends to know when they are in the same place, at times and locations that both parties have agreed to share. Presence is a personal communication tool. It is not:

A safety or emergency app
A substitute for emergency services (call 911 in an emergency)
A family monitoring or parental control tool
A surveillance tool of any kind

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Presence. By using the App, you represent that you meet this requirement. Users under 18 should have parental awareness of their use of the App.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Presence to:

Track, monitor, or surveil any person without their knowledge or consent
Harass, stalk, intimidate, or harm any individual
Create rules that include individuals who have not agreed to participate
Circumvent or abuse the consent and rule mechanics of the App
Violate any applicable law or regulation
Impersonate any person or entity

Violation of these terms may result in immediate account termination and, where appropriate, reporting to relevant authorities.

5. Your account

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activity that occurs under it. You agree to notify us immediately at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.

6. Intellectual property

All content, design, code, and materials in Presence are the property of Matthew Suber. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or reverse engineer any part of the App without written permission.

7. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

Presence is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that the App will be available, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Matthew Suber shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the App including but not limited to lost data, missed connections, or reliance on the App's availability for any purpose.

You assume all risk associated with your use of Presence, including the risk of sharing your location with others.

8. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties. You may terminate your account at any time by deleting it within the App.

9. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the App evolves. We will notify you of material changes via in-app notification or the email associated with your account. Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

10. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of the App shall be resolved in the courts of Georgia.

11. Contact

Matthew Suber
[email protected]
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Effective April 2026