Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding legal agreement. They are written in two layers so that you can actually understand what you are agreeing to. Throughout this document you will see boxes titled “KEY POINTS, In Plain English,” which summarize the section that follows in everyday language. These summaries are provided for your convenience only. They do not replace the full legal text, and if there is ever a difference between a summary and the full text, the full text controls.

If you are a parent or legal guardian, references to “you” in sections that concern a teen’s account refer to the teen user, unless the context clearly refers to you in your capacity as the consenting parent or guardian (for example, in Section 4). Words like “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to the operator of Lit Teen Social identified in Section 1.

The Service. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Lit Teen Social mobile application, our related websites, and all associated features, tools, and services we provide (together, the “App” or the “Service”). The App is published in app stores under the name “Lit Teen Social.”

The Company. The Service is operated by Lit Teen Social & Adventures, currently in the process of incorporating in Estonia as Lit Teen Social & Adventures OÜ, with a principal address at [Registered Address, to be confirmed on completion of Estonian incorporation]. Until that incorporation is complete, the Service is operated by its founding entity and these Terms are governed on an interim basis as described in Section 28.

Acceptance. By creating an account, accessing, or using the App, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree, you must not use the App.

Eligibility to contract. If you are below the age of majority where you live, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and accepted these Terms on your behalf as part of the parental-consent process described in Section 4. Where a minor cannot form a binding contract directly under local law, these Terms bind the consenting parent or guardian and govern the minor’s use of the App.

2.1 Minimum Age

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or use the App. If the law of your country, state, province, or region sets a higher minimum age for using a social media or comparable online service, that higher age applies to you instead of 13. We reserve the right to refuse service to, or to suspend or terminate the account of, anyone we determine does not meet the applicable minimum age.

2.2 Age Verification and Jurisdiction Determination

We do not rely on self-reported birthdates or self-reported country of residence alone. We use Kids Web Services (“KWS”), a specialized third-party age-assurance and parental-consent platform operated by Kids Web Services Ltd, a specialist age-assurance provider based in the United Kingdom, to help verify your age and to determine the age-related rules that apply to you. KWS is described further in Section 13 and in our Privacy Policy.

Your applicable jurisdiction is determined primarily by your device’s detected physical location, not solely by what you enter as your country of residence. Where your detected location and your stated country of residence differ, we apply whichever jurisdiction’s rules are stricter. We do not allow a user to select a country of residence in order to gain access to a more permissive set of rules than those that apply to the user’s actual physical location.

We maintain a record of these determinations, including detected location signals, stated residence, the applicable age threshold, and which rules were applied, as part of our compliance documentation. We retain this record because we may be required to demonstrate to a regulator that we applied the correct age rules to a given user. This record is described in our Privacy Policy and is disclosed to regulators only where appropriate or legally required.

Depending on your location and the verification options available there, age assurance may involve methods offered by KWS such as document-based verification, payment-card verification, mobile-number verification, or other approved methods. We ourselves do not collect, receive, or store the underlying identity documents, payment details, or biometric data used for verification. Those are processed by KWS as an independent controller under its own privacy policy and data-minimization practices. Based on KWS’s published practices, verification details are used only to determine an outcome and are not retained by KWS as identity records; we receive only the verification outcome and the minimum information needed to apply the correct rules to your account.

2.3 Hard-Ban Jurisdictions (No Consent Exception)

In some countries, applicable law prohibits minors below a specified age from using social media platforms at all, regardless of parental consent. Where a user’s detected location (or stated country of residence, if stricter) is in such a jurisdiction and the user’s verified age falls below the applicable threshold, that user will be blocked from creating or keeping an account. Parental consent does not override this restriction where the law does not permit a consent-based exception.

As of the Effective Date, this includes, without limitation, users under 16 in Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and will be expanded as additional jurisdictions bring comparable laws into force (for example, France, Greece, and the United Kingdom on their respective effective dates). Because these laws change frequently, this list is maintained operationally through our age-assurance configuration and may be updated without a formal amendment to these Terms.

If you are below the age of digital consent that applies in your country (this varies by country, commonly between 13 and 16, and is determined automatically based on your verified age and location), a parent or legal guardian must provide verifiable consent through KWS before you can create an account, and before certain features or data uses become available to you.

Until that consent is obtained, we will not knowingly collect more personal data from you than is reasonably necessary to operate the age-verification and consent process itself.

A parent or guardian who has provided consent may withdraw it at any time by contacting us using the details in Section 31. Withdrawal will result in deletion or deactivation of the associated account, subject to any retention we are legally required to maintain. A parent or guardian may also review, request correction of, or request deletion of their child’s personal data at any time, as described in our Privacy Policy.

US users under 13. For users in the United States under the age of 13, this process is designed to meet the verifiable-parental-consent requirement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), including the amended COPPA Rule that took full effect in 2026. We do not condition a child’s participation on disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary, and we obtain separate consent before any use of a child’s personal information that the applicable rules treat as requiring its own consent.

If you are 18 or older, you must also complete age verification before accessing the App. We do not offer unverified adult accounts. This is a deliberate safety measure, not an inconvenience: verifying every account is one of the ways we keep unverified adults away from a platform used by teens. An account that has not completed verification will not gain access to social features.

5.1 One Account, Accurate Information

You may maintain only one active account. You agree to provide accurate registration information, including your real birthdate, and to keep it up to date. Creating an account using a false birthdate, another person’s identity, or any other means designed to circumvent age verification or parental consent is a serious violation of these Terms and will result in termination.

5.2 Account Security

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately using the details in Section 31 if you suspect unauthorized access. We are not liable for loss arising from your failure to safeguard your credentials, except to the extent such loss results from our own failure to maintain reasonable security.

5.3 Account Visibility

When you create your account, you actively choose whether your profile is private (visible only to your approved connections) or public (visible more broadly). This is an active choice during setup, there is no pre-selected default that quietly makes a teen’s account public. You can change this setting at any time within the App.

5.4 Account Deletion by You

You may delete your account at any time directly within the App, with a single, clearly labeled control. We will not route you through retention prompts, “win-back” offers, guilt screens, or other friction designed to discourage deletion. On deletion, we will delete or anonymize your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, generally within 30 days, except where we are permitted or required to retain certain information for longer (for example, to comply with law, resolve a dispute, or maintain a legitimate safety hold).

5.5 Suspension or Termination by Us

We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, if we are required to do so by law, if a parent or guardian withdraws consent for a minor’s account, or if we reasonably believe your account poses a safety risk to you or others. Where reasonably possible, we will give you notice of the reason and an opportunity to appeal, except where doing so would itself create a safety risk (for example, in cases involving imminent harm or an active law-enforcement matter).

Parents and guardians who need to make changes to their child’s account, including updating information, adjusting permissions, or closing the account, can contact us using the details in Section 31. We will verify your identity as the consenting parent or guardian on file before acting on any request. Because certain features (described in Section 11) are designed for teen autonomy and safety, we explain the scope of those features in these Terms so that a consenting parent understands them before giving consent.

7.1 You Own Your Content

You retain all ownership rights in the photos, videos, text, comments, Stories, and other content you create and post on the App (“Your Content”). We do not claim ownership of Your Content.

7.2 The Limited License You Grant Us

To operate the App, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, store, reproduce, adapt (for technical purposes such as formatting and thumbnailing), and display Your Content solely for the purposes of:

• operating, maintaining, and providing the core functionality of the App to you and to the users you choose to share it with;
• displaying Your Content to other users in accordance with whether your account is set to private or public; and
• featuring Your Content within the App itself (for example, in a curated in-app showcase) or in our own promotional materials for Lit Teen Social (for example, app-store listings or our own social accounts), where we reasonably believe doing so reflects positively on you and the community.

This license does not extend to selling or licensing Your Content to third parties for their own independent use, using Your Content in third-party advertising unrelated to Lit Teen Social, or using Your Content in any way that a reasonable person would consider exploitative given the user’s age. We will not use a minor’s content in external paid advertising campaigns, and we do not use Your Content to train third-party artificial-intelligence models, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

7.3 License Duration and Revocation

This license ends when you delete Your Content or your account, except that (a) we may retain copies for a limited technical wind-down period, for example in backups until they naturally cycle out, and (b) content already viewed, saved, or re-shared by other users before deletion may persist with them, outside our control, as on any social platform.

7.4 Your Responsibility for Your Content

You are solely responsible for Your Content and for ensuring you have the rights to post it. You represent that Your Content does not infringe the intellectual-property, privacy, or other rights of any third party, and that it complies with our Community Guidelines in Section 8.

Lit Teen Social only works if it feels safe. When using the App, you agree that you will not:

• Bully, harass, threaten, or intimidate any other user;
• Post, share, or solicit sexual content involving, or that sexualizes, a minor, under any circumstances;
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your age or identity;
• Post content that promotes self-harm, disordered eating, or suicide, other than in the context of seeking help or recovery support;
• Engage in hate speech, or post content that promotes violence or discrimination against individuals or groups based on a protected characteristic;
• Attempt to arrange an in-person meeting with a minor in a manner intended to deceive, manipulate, isolate, or groom that minor;
• Post illegal content, or use the App to facilitate any illegal activity;
• Attempt to circumvent our age-verification or parental-consent systems;
• Scrape, harvest, or collect other users’ personal data for any purpose beyond your own personal, non-commercial use of the App; or
• Interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the App or its systems.

9.1 How to Report

You can report content, accounts, or messages directly within the App. Reporting tools are available at the point of contact, you can report a post, a person, or both.

9.2 Our Layered Moderation System

User activity passes through a layered moderation system that operates continuously:

• Rule-based filtering. Content is first checked against automated pattern-matching rules that flag known violations instantly.
• AI analysis. Flagged and unflagged content is further reviewed by our AI moderation system, which detects more nuanced violations, suspicious patterns, and safety concerns.
• Human review. Accounts actioned by the automated systems are handed to our human review team for manual assessment and final determination. Serious safety reports are escalated to human review as a priority.

9.3 Escalation to Authorities

Where we have a good-faith belief that content or conduct involves illegal activity, an imminent risk of harm to a user, or the exploitation or endangerment of a minor, we may, and in some cases are legally required to, disclose relevant information to law enforcement or other appropriate authorities, consistent with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

9.4 Proportionate Enforcement

Enforcement is proportionate to the severity and frequency of the violation, and may include content removal, warnings, temporary suspension, or permanent termination. We will provide an explanation and, where appropriate, an opportunity to appeal, except where doing so would compromise an active safety or legal matter.

10.1 Stories

The App includes a Stories feature that lets you post photos and videos visible to your connections for 24 hours, after which they automatically disappear from the App. Stories are subject to the same ownership, license, Community Guidelines, and moderation described in these Terms. The 24-hour expiry applies to visibility within the App; content viewed or saved by connections before expiry remains in their possession, and we are not responsible for content others save or share before a Story expires.

10.2 Messaging Is Connections-Only

The App offers one-to-one direct messaging and group chat between connected users only. Both teens and adults can only message users they are already connected with. Friend matching, moreover, is age-separated as described in Section 12, so connections between minors and adults do not arise through matching.

10.3 Message Storage and Deletion

Messages are stored on our servers for a minimum period (currently 30 days) to support moderation, safety review, and dispute resolution, after which they are automatically deleted from our servers. You can delete your own messages within the App; a deletion placeholder may remain visible to other participants, and the message is removed from our servers within our standard retention cycle. We are not responsible for content saved or screenshotted by other users before deletion.

11.1 Third-Party Events

The App may display or link to events listed by third-party ticketing and event platforms, such as Eventbrite and Ticketmaster (“Third-Party Events”). We surface these listings so users have ideas for things to do. We do not organize, host, sponsor, staff, or operate any Third-Party Event, and we are not a party to your ticket purchase. Your purchase, attendance, and any dispute arising from a Third-Party Event is solely between you and the applicable platform and/or organizer, governed by their own terms, refund policies, and age requirements, which may differ from the App’s. We are not responsible for the conduct of any organizer, venue, or attendee, or for the accuracy of listing information provided by the third party.

11.2 User-Created Link Ups

“Link Ups” are in-person meetups that users create and organize themselves using scheduling tools we provide within the App. We are not the organizer, host, chaperone, or guarantor of any Link Up. A Link Up is an arrangement between the users who create and join it. We do not supervise a Link Up or vet attendees beyond their existing verified-account status.

11.3 How Link Ups Are Designed for Safety

• Link Ups require a minimum of 3 participants, one-on-one private meetups cannot be arranged through this feature.
• Link Ups are visible only to, and may only be joined by, a user’s existing approved connections, they are not open to the public or to unconnected users.
• When a Link Up is posted, only the general area is visible to invited connections; the exact location is not revealed until a connection actively joins.
• All Link Ups are reviewed by our AI moderation system both before they go live and after posting, to detect unsafe content, suspicious patterns, or policy violations.
• Before creating or joining a Link Up, users see an in-app safety notice reminding them to meet in safe public places, tell a parent or trusted adult their plans, and trust their instincts.

11.4 Parental Visibility and Your Responsibility

Parents and guardians do not currently have visibility into a teen’s planned Link Ups. This is disclosed here, and in our Privacy Policy, so that a parent or guardian providing consent under Section 3 understands the scope of this feature before consenting. If you create or join a Link Up, you are responsible for exercising reasonable judgment about who you agree to meet, where, and under what circumstances. Your decision to attend is voluntary. Lit Teen Social is not responsible for events or Link Ups that take place off the platform. Use at your own risk.

The App includes a friend-matching feature that suggests potential connections based on shared interests, location, and activity within the App.

12.1 Age-Separated Matching

Friend matching is strictly age-separated. Users under 18 are only ever matched with other users under 18. Users 18 and over are only ever matched with other users 18 and over. Cross-age matching between minors and adults is not possible through this feature under any circumstances.

12.2 In-App Purchases for Additional Matches

Additional friend-match credits may be offered as an in-app purchase in the future; this is not available at launch. When introduced, purchases will be processed through Apple Pay or Google Pay, and we will not directly handle or store payment-card details. For users under 18, in-app purchases will require parental approval consistent with Apple’s and Google’s own parental controls.

The App relies on certain third-party service providers to operate. In particular, we use Kids Web Services (KWS), operated by Kids Web Services Ltd, a specialist UK age-assurance provider, to perform age verification and parental-consent management on our behalf. KWS offers modular services that can include age-gating (determining, based on age and location, whether a user is above or below the applicable age of digital consent), parent verification, and consent management.

KWS acts as an independent controller of the personal data it processes during verification and operates under its own privacy policy and terms. We do not receive, store, or control the underlying identity, payment, or biometric information a user or parent provides to KWS; we receive only the verification outcome and the minimum information needed to apply the correct rules. We are not responsible for the independent acts of KWS or any other third-party provider outside the scope of the services they perform for us, and your relationship with KWS in its capacity as a controller is governed by its own policy. Our Privacy Policy describes these arrangements in more detail.

Deals and Steals is a feature built around Lit Teen Social’s core purpose of turning screen time into real time. Local and national businesses offer discounts, free items, and experiences for users to redeem in person. Some listings are paid placements; others are offered free as a community benefit. The feature includes a locator that uses your device location to show deals available in your area. In some cases a deal may also have an online component, but in-person redemption is the primary purpose.

We are not the seller, supplier, or provider of any deal. The deal is between you and the participating business, and the business’s own terms govern your interaction with it. We are not responsible for the quality, availability, accuracy, or legality of any offer, or for the conduct of any participating business. All listings, paid or unpaid, are reviewed by us for age-appropriateness before going live, and we may remove any listing at any time. Where a participating business sponsors a contest or giveaway with a prize, that is covered separately by Section 15, and the contest is administered by us rather than by the business.

From time to time the App offers contests, giveaways, sweepstakes, and similar promotions with real prizes ("Contests"). Some Contests are run by us. Others are sponsored by a participating business that supplies the prize. In every case, and without exception, the Contest is administered by us: we publish the rules, receive the entries, select the winner, collect whatever is needed to deliver the prize, and send the prize ourselves.

15.1 Who May Enter

Contests are open only to users with a verified account in good standing. Entry is also subject to the following:

(a) Age and consent. You must meet the minimum age stated in the rules for that Contest. If you are below the applicable age of digital consent described in Section 3, your verified parent or guardian must provide consent through KWS before you may enter, and must provide a further, separate consent before we collect anything needed to deliver a prize. Entering a Contest is never a condition of using the App, and we do not condition entry on your disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to run the Contest.

(b) Location. Contests are void where prohibited or restricted by applicable law, and are not open to users in any jurisdiction described in Section 2.3 who are below the applicable threshold there. Some Contests are limited to specified countries or regions; the rules for that Contest will say so.

(c) No purchase necessary. No purchase, payment, or in-app purchase is ever required to enter a Contest or to improve your chance of winning.

(d) Our people. Our employees, contractors, and their immediate household members, and those of a sponsoring business, may not enter a Contest that we or that sponsor is running.

15.2 The Rules of Each Contest

Before you enter, each Contest will display its own specific rules, which will include the entry period, how to enter, a description of the prize and its approximate value, how and when the winner is selected, how the winner is notified, and the deadline to claim. Those specific rules are part of these Terms for that Contest. If a specific rule conflicts with this Section 15, the specific rule controls, but only for that Contest and only to the extent it does not reduce the protections in Sections 15.3 and 15.4.

15.3 Prize Delivery and the Information We Ask For

If you win a prize that has to be physically delivered, we will need delivery details: the recipient name, a mailing address, and an email address or other means of contacting the winner about the delivery. For some prizes a phone number may be required by the carrier. We ask for this information only after a winner has been selected, only from that winner, only for prizes that require it, and only for the purpose of delivering the prize and dealing with any delivery problem.

Winners below the age of digital consent. Where the winner is below the applicable age of digital consent, we do not ask the teen for a mailing address. We contact the verified parent or guardian on file, obtain their consent to fulfilment, collect the delivery details from them, and ship the prize to them rather than to the teen. Where the winner is above that age but still a minor, we may still require parental or guardian confirmation before shipping, and we will say so in the rules for that Contest.

Delivery details are handled as described in our Privacy Policy, are shared only with the carrier engaged to deliver the prize, and are deleted once delivery is complete and any related delivery issue is resolved, except where we are required by law to keep a record for longer. We do not use delivery details for marketing, and we do not add you to any mailing list because you won.

15.4 We Ship the Prize; Sponsors Never Receive Your Details

Where a Contest is sponsored by a business, that business supplies the prize to us, and we send it to the winner. A sponsoring business does not receive the name, mailing address, email address, phone number, or any other personal information of any entrant or any winner, whether that person is a minor or an adult. This applies to every Contest offered in the App, and it is not something a sponsor can negotiate.

It follows that a sponsoring business may not collect entries directly, may not operate its own entry or registration form for a Contest offered in the App, and may not require you to leave the App, create an account with the sponsor, or join the sponsor’s mailing list in order to enter or to claim a prize. Entering a Contest does not enrol you in marketing from anyone, whether from us or from a sponsor. Marketing from us remains opt-in and is governed by Section 17.

A sponsor receives only aggregate, non-identifying information about a Contest, such as the number of entries received. Where we wish to publicly announce a winner, we will ask the winner, or the parent or guardian for a minor winner, for separate, express, optional consent first, and the announcement will use no more than a first name and last initial. Declining that request has no effect on your prize.

15.5 Prizes, Substitution, Taxes, and Cancellation

Every prize is reviewed by us for age-appropriateness before a Contest goes live, on the same basis as the ad and listing review described in Sections 14 and 16. A prize will never consist of, or require the recipient to obtain, alcohol, tobacco or vaping products, cannabis, weapons, gambling credit, or any other item that would be unlawful or inappropriate to supply to the age group eligible for that Contest.

Prizes are personal to the winner, are not transferable, and are not exchangeable for cash except at our sole discretion. If an advertised prize becomes unavailable, we may substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Where the value of a prize creates a tax reporting or withholding obligation, that obligation rests with the winner or, for a minor winner, the parent or guardian receiving the prize, and we may be required to collect additional information before we can release the prize. We may cancel, suspend, or modify a Contest if it cannot be run as planned, including because of tampering, technical failure, or a change in law, in which case we will award any prize fairly from among eligible entries already received where it is reasonable to do so.

15.6 Unclaimed Prizes

If a selected winner does not respond within the claim period stated in the rules, or if the consent needed to deliver the prize to a minor winner is not given, we may select an alternate winner. Where a prize is not fulfilled, we delete any delivery details we collected for it.

15.7 Our Responsibility for Prizes

Because we administer every Contest and send every prize, we are responsible to you for running the Contest according to its rules and for dispatching the prize. Where a prize is a product supplied by a sponsoring business or a manufacturer, that product carries whatever warranty, guarantee, or statutory protection its supplier or manufacturer provides, and any defect in the product itself is a matter for that supplier, whom we will identify to you on request. Where a prize is an experience, a service, or an event provided by a third party, Sections 11.1 and 20 apply to your attendance. Nothing in this Section 15 removes any right you have under the mandatory consumer-protection law that applies to you, and Section 21 applies to this Section.

Lit Teen Social is built around the principle that a teen platform should not be engineered to maximize time spent in the app. Consistent with that principle:

• The App does not use infinite scroll or other interface patterns specifically designed to discourage you from putting it down.
• The App may display advertising scoped to general categories of products and services teens commonly use or are interested in (for example, clothing brands, restaurants and coffee shops, or trending products). Ads are shown based on general content categories, not on an individual user’s personal activity, behavior, or profile. We do not build individualized advertising profiles of any user, and every ad is reviewed by a human for age-appropriateness before it is served.
• Core features are designed, where reasonably possible, to encourage offline connection, real-world meetups, events, and activities, rather than passive engagement.

These commitments describe our design philosophy. They are not, by themselves, a guarantee of any particular outcome for any individual user; experience with any social application varies from person to person.

With your affirmative, opt-in consent, we may contact you by email or text message with product updates, announcements, or promotional content about Lit Teen Social itself only (“Marketing Communications”). You will not be enrolled by default, and consent is requested separately from your acceptance of these Terms. If you are below the applicable age of digital consent, this opt-in must be provided by your verified parent or guardian.

Marketing Communications are strictly limited to Lit Teen Social’s own products, features, and announcements. We do not send Marketing Communications on behalf of any other company, brand, advertiser, or third party, and we do not sell, rent, or share your email address or phone number with any third party for their own marketing, under any circumstances. You (or your parent or guardian) may withdraw consent at any time, free of charge, using the unsubscribe link in every marketing email, the opt-out in every marketing text, or the contact details in Section 31. Opting out does not affect your ability to use the App or your receipt of non-marketing communications such as security alerts or safety notices. We do not condition access to the App or any core feature on agreeing to receive Marketing Communications.

Other than Your Content, the App and all related software, text, graphics, logos, and other materials are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited right to use the App as intended for your personal, non-commercial use, no rights are granted to you in our intellectual property.

18.1 Reporting Infringement

If you believe content on the App infringes your intellectual-property rights, please send a notice to [IP/copyright contact email] including: (a) identification of the work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location on the App; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized; and (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the rights holder. We respond to valid notices in accordance with applicable law.

The App is provided “as is” and “as available.” While we take safety seriously and have built meaningful safeguards into the App, including age verification, layered content moderation, and reporting tools, we cannot guarantee that the App will be error-free, uninterrupted, or completely free of content or conduct that violates these Terms, including content posted by other users before we are able to review or remove it.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Nothing in this section limits any warranty or right that cannot be excluded under the consumer-protection law that applies to you.

19.1 Technical Failures and Data Loss

No app or hosting infrastructure is immune to technical failure. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible or liable for loss, corruption, or unavailability of content, messages, account data, or other information resulting from a server outage, software bug, crash, maintenance event, third-party provider failure, or other technical issue, whether or not within our reasonable control. Please do not treat the App as your sole or permanent storage for content you cannot afford to lose. Nothing in this section limits any right that cannot be excluded under the consumer-protection law that applies to you.

Lit Teen Social encourages real-world connection, and features such as Link Ups, Events, and Deals and Steals may lead to in-person interactions. You understand and agree that any decision to meet another user, attend an event, or visit a business is made at your own discretion and risk. We do not conduct background checks on users beyond age and identity verification, do not supervise off-platform interactions, and are not responsible for the acts or omissions of other users, organizers, venues, or businesses in the physical world.

We strongly encourage every user, and every parent or guardian of a teen user, to follow the in-app safety guidance: meet only in safe, public places; tell a parent, guardian, or trusted adult your plans; and stop if a situation feels unsafe. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to Section 21, you assume the ordinary risks of voluntary in-person interaction that you arrange through the App.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and except for liability arising from death, personal injury, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law, our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App will not exceed the greater of CAD $100 or the amount you paid us, if any, in the 12 months before the claim arose.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you; for users in the EU, the UK, and similar jurisdictions, mandatory consumer-protection law may provide broader protection than this clause would otherwise allow, and that protection continues to apply.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, and recognizing that this obligation does not apply to a minor to the extent local law prevents it, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, damages, and reasonable expenses arising out of your misuse of the App, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person’s rights. We will not seek indemnification from a user for conduct that was our fault, and this section does not require you to cover losses caused by our own negligence or wrongdoing.

You download the App through a platform such as the Apple App Store or Google Play, and your use is also subject to that platform’s terms. The platform provider is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the App or its content. Any in-app purchases are processed by the platform under its terms, and refunds for platform-processed purchases are handled according to the platform’s policies. Apple and Google, where applicable, are intended third-party beneficiaries of these Terms solely to the extent these Terms concern your use of the App obtained through their platform.

We may update these Terms from time to time, including to reflect changes in law, our practices, or the App’s features. If we make a material change, we will provide notice through the App and/or by email before the change takes effect, and we will update the Effective Date above. For minors with parental consent on file, material changes affecting the scope of data collection or use may require renewed parental consent, as described in our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the App after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms, except where applicable law requires fresh consent.

You may stop using the App and delete your account at any time, as described in Section 5.4. We may suspend or terminate your access as described in Section 5.5. Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including ownership, licenses that have already been granted to other users, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution, will continue to apply after your account is closed.

26.1 Informal Resolution First

If you have a concern or dispute, we encourage you to contact us first using the details in Section 31 so we can try to resolve it directly. This is a voluntary first step, not a precondition to any remedy otherwise available to you.

26.2 No Mandatory Arbitration; No Class-Action Waiver

We do not require you to resolve disputes through mandatory binding arbitration, and we do not require you to waive your right to participate in a class, collective, or representative action. You retain the right to bring a claim in the competent courts available to you.

26.3 Your Mandatory Consumer Rights Are Preserved

Nothing in these Terms removes or limits any right you have under the mandatory consumer-protection laws of the country in which you reside. Where such laws grant rights that cannot be excluded or limited by contract, including, for users in the EU or UK, certain rights regarding the courts that may hear a dispute and rights under data-protection law, those rights continue to apply notwithstanding anything else in these Terms.

We may assign or transfer these Terms, and our rights and obligations under them, to a successor entity, including Lit Teen Social & Adventures OÜ or any entity resulting from an incorporation, reorganization, merger, or acquisition, without your prior consent, provided the successor is bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy and maintains the same or greater standard of privacy and data protection. Your continued use of the App following such an assignment constitutes acceptance of it. You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms to anyone else.

These Terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia, Canada, until Lit Teen Social & Adventures’ Estonian incorporation is complete, at which point they will be governed by the laws of Estonia, in each case without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, and except that nothing in this section restricts any mandatory consumer-protection right you may have under the law of the country in which you reside. On completion of the Estonian incorporation, we will update the Effective Date and note the transition so that you can see which law governs.

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable while reflecting its original intent. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any Community Guidelines we publish, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App, and supersede any prior understanding on that subject.

These Terms are provided in English. Where we make a translation available for convenience and a conflict arises, the English version controls to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you use assistive technology and have difficulty accessing any part of these Terms or the App, contact us using the details in Section 31 and we will work with you to provide the information in an accessible format.