Terms of Service

Effective date: July 22, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Aftertaste LLC, a Washington limited liability company (“Aftertaste,” “we,” “us”). They govern your use of the Aftertaste iOS app, the web app at aftertaste.app, and aftertaste.com (the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy.

1. Who can use Aftertaste

You must be at least 13 years old. You must provide accurate account information and keep your password secure. You're responsible for activity on your account. One person per account; don't share, sell, or transfer accounts.

2. Your content

You own what you post — reviews, ratings, lists, comments, photos, and everything else you create on Aftertaste (“Your Content”).

By posting, you grant Aftertaste LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, display, reproduce, and distribute Your Content for the purpose of operating, promoting, and improving the Service. This license exists so we can do things like show your review to your followers, resize your images, and display shared lists — it ends when you delete the content or your account, except (a) where content has been shared with others and they haven't deleted it, (b) residual backup copies, and (c) content anonymized to preserve other users' conversations.

You're responsible for Your Content. Don't post anything you don't have the right to post.

3. Acceptable use

Don't use the Service to: break the law; harass, threaten, or defame others; post sexually explicit content involving minors (immediate ban and report to authorities); impersonate others; spam; scrape, harvest, or bulk-download data (including via automated clients); probe, breach, or overload our systems; reverse-engineer the app except where the law allows; or infringe anyone's intellectual property.

We may remove content or suspend/terminate accounts that violate these Terms, at our discretion, with or without notice. We'd rather warn first — but we're not required to.

4. Our content and third-party content

The Service — including the Aftertaste name, logo, design, and software — belongs to Aftertaste LLC and is protected by intellectual property law. We grant you a personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app for its intended purpose.

Movie and TV metadata and images are supplied by third parties, including TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Chef recommendations are generated with AI assistance and may be inaccurate — they're suggestions, not promises that you'll love the movie.

5. Copyright (DMCA)

We respond to copyright complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Send notices identifying the copyrighted work, the infringing material's location, your contact information, and the statements required by 17 U.S.C. §512 to hello@aftertaste.com with the subject “DMCA.” Repeat infringers' accounts will be terminated.

6. Paid features

The Service is currently free. If we introduce paid features or subscriptions, additional terms — including pricing, billing, renewal, and refund policies — will be presented before you buy, and will become part of these Terms for paying users.

7. Termination

You can stop using the Service or delete your account (Settings → Account) at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Sections 2 (license survival), 8–11 survive termination.

8. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DON'T WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY METADATA AND AI-GENERATED RECOMMENDATIONS) WILL BE ACCURATE.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: AFTERTASTE LLC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) $50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations; in those places, these limits apply to the fullest extent permitted.

10. Indemnification

You'll defend and hold harmless Aftertaste LLC and its members from claims arising out of Your Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or the law.

11. Disputes: arbitration and class-action waiver

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights.

Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, email hello@aftertaste.com describing the dispute. We'll try to resolve it within 60 days.

Binding arbitration. Any dispute not resolved informally will be settled by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The arbitration will be conducted in Washington State or remotely at your option. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Small-claims carve-out. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court in your county of residence (or Chelan County, Washington), and either party may seek injunctive relief in court for intellectual-property infringement or unauthorized access to the Service.

Class-action waiver. All claims must be brought in the parties' individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable for a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must proceed in court.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing hello@aftertaste.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with your username and a statement that you opt out of arbitration.

12. General

These Terms are governed by Washington law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver. These Terms (plus the Privacy Policy) are the entire agreement between us regarding the Service. We may update these Terms; for material changes we'll give notice in the app or by email at least 14 days before they take effect, and your continued use after that constitutes acceptance. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Apple-specific: These Terms are between you and Aftertaste LLC, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for the app and isn't responsible for any claims relating to it. Apple is a third-party beneficiary of these Terms with respect to your license to use the iOS app.

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