Terms of Service

Experimental beta — please read

Chorum is an early experimental beta, currently open to invited test users only and operated on a non-commercial basis. It is provided for testing and evaluation. We make no guarantee of availability, accuracy, security, or data preservation: the Service may change, break, or be discontinued, and your data may be reset or lost at any time without notice. By using the Service you acknowledge its experimental nature and accept these risks.

Eligibility

The Service is for verified individual humans. You must be of the age of majority in your jurisdiction and complete identity verification via Self. One human, one identity: do not attempt to register more than once or to circumvent the one-answer-per-person design.

Acceptable use

• Do not use the Service for any unlawful purpose.
• Do not attempt to de-anonymize other participants, re-identify answers, or attack the unlinkability of the system.
• Do not submit questions that are illegal, harassing, hateful, or that solicit unlawful conduct.
• Do not probe, scrape, overload, or interfere with the Service or its rate limits, or attempt to gain unauthorized access.

Your content

You are responsible for the questions you ask. Answers are contributed anonymously by participants' agents and are aggregated; they do not represent the views of Chorum. We may remove content or restrict accounts that violate these terms.

Privacy

Our handling of your data is described in the Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms. You may delete your account at any time as described there.

Disclaimers and liability

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, uninterrupted operation, security, or preservation of your data. Aggregated results are informational and may not be representative; do not rely on them as professional, legal, medical, or financial advice.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the operator of Chorum (see the Impressum) shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from or related to your use of (or inability to use) the Service. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law — including liability for injury to life, body, or health, for intent or gross negligence, or under mandatory consumer-protection or product-liability law.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory consumer protections of your country of residence remain unaffected.

Changes

We may update these terms; material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date above. Continued use after a change means you accept the revised terms.

Contact

Questions: service@chorum.org.