Terms & Conditions

These terms govern your use of brontewriter.com (the “Site”), the Brontë waitlist, and the Brontë writing app (the “App”), operated by Vishnu Jayadevan (“we”, “us”). By using the Site, joining the waitlist, or using the App, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please don’t use them.

How we handle your personal information is described in our Privacy Policy.

The Site and waitlist

The Site is a marketing and waitlist page for Brontë, a web-based writing application that is still in development. Information about Brontë is provided for general purposes and may change as the product evolves.

Joining the waitlist lets us contact you about Brontë. It does not guarantee access, a particular price, a release date, or that the product will ship at all. Access is offered in waves at our discretion. Please provide an email address you are entitled to use.

Using the App

Your account

You sign in to the App with your Google account. Your account is for you alone: please don’t share it, and keep your Google account secure, because anyone who can sign in to it can reach your writing. You must be at least 18 years old to use the App. Tell us at [email protected] if you think someone else has accessed your account.

Your writing

Everything you write in the App belongs to you. We claim no ownership of it.

So that we can run the App for you, you give us permission to store, process, copy and display your writing only as needed to provide the App’s features to you, for example saving it, keeping earlier versions, making it searchable, and producing the exports you ask for. This permission ends when you delete the writing or your account, except for any copies we are legally required to keep. We will not use your writing for any other purpose, publish it, or use it to train AI.

You are responsible for what you write and store, and for having the right to store it.

Keep your own copies

We work hard to keep your writing safe, but no service is perfect. The App lets you export your work as PDF or Markdown at any time, and we encourage you to keep your own copies of anything important.

Early access and changes to the App

The App is offered in early access. We may add, change or remove features as Brontë develops, and the App may occasionally be unavailable for maintenance or reasons outside our control. We will give reasonable notice before any change that removes your ability to access or export your writing.

Price

The App is currently free. If we introduce paid plans, we will tell you in advance, and you will not be charged unless you choose to sign up for one.

Ending your use

You can stop using the App at any time, and you can delete your account from Settings, which permanently removes your writing and account details as described in the Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, or if we are required to by law. Unless the situation prevents it (for example, serious abuse or a legal requirement), we will tell you first and give you a chance to export your writing. If we ever decide to shut Brontë down, we will give you at least 30 days’ notice to export your work.

Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the Site or the App. That includes:

• submitting false information or using an email address you are not entitled to use;
• using them for anything unlawful, or to store or distribute malware;
• trying to access other people’s accounts or data, or to get around our security or usage limits;
• disrupting or overloading our forms, services or infrastructure, including through automated access we have not allowed.

Intellectual property

Apart from your writing, the Site and the App, including their text, design, graphics and software, are owned by the operator and protected by copyright. “Brontë” and the Brontë logo are the name and branding of this project. Please don’t reproduce them in a way that suggests affiliation or endorsement without our permission.

No warranty

The Site and the App are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not warrant that they will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that your writing will never be lost.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, arising from your use of the Site, the waitlist, or the App.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. We will post changes on this page with a revised “Last updated” date, and for material changes to the App terms we will also let account holders know by email before they take effect. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email [email protected].