Terms of Service

Welcome to Rithere!

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to your use of the Rithere desktop application, our website at rithere.com, and our related services, including account sign-in, settings sync, AI features, and emails (collectively, our “Services”). Please read them carefully before you use the Services.

These Terms form an agreement between you and Arshit Vaghasiya, a sole proprietor carrying on business as Rithere in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (“Rithere,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you use the Services on behalf of an organization, you agree to these Terms on behalf of that organization and represent that you have the authority to bind it. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Services.

Our Privacy Policy describes how we collect and use personal data. It is a separate document from these Terms, and we encourage you to read it.

1. Who We Are

Rithere is a Windows application that lets you use AI inside the applications you already work in. You can run prompts on text you select or type, ask questions about it, and chat with an AI, without switching windows. To generate responses, the Services send your Input (defined in Section 4) through our servers to our AI provider, Google, using the Gemini API. The Services also let you create and customize prompts, assign keyboard shortcuts, and sync your settings across your devices.

2. Account Creation and Access

Minimum age. You must be at least 13 years old to use the Services. If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian, who must agree to these Terms on your behalf. Where local law requires a higher age to consent to the processing of personal data (such as 16 in some European Union member states, or 18 in India), you must have that parent's or guardian's consent until you reach that age.

Registering for an account. To use the AI features, you must create an account by signing in with Google. Your use of your Google account is also subject to Google's terms. You must provide accurate information, and you may not share your account or make it available to anyone else. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. If you believe your account has been accessed without your permission, contact us immediately.

One account per person. You may not create more than one account to get around usage limits or other restrictions.

Restricted use. You may not use the Services if you are located in a country subject to comprehensive Canadian, United States, or United Nations sanctions, if you are named on a government list of restricted persons, or if your use of the Services is otherwise prohibited by applicable law. We may limit the availability of the Services in certain jurisdictions.

3. Using Our Services

What you can do. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you may access and use the Services for your personal purposes or for the internal purposes of your business. In using the Services, you must comply with these Terms and all applicable laws.

What you cannot do. You may not use the Services for any illegal, harmful, or abusive activity. For example, you may not:

• use the Services in a way that infringes, misappropriates, or violates anyone's rights, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights;
• create, process, or share content that is unlawful, that sexually exploits or endangers children, that promotes violence or terrorism, or that harasses, threatens, defames, or discriminates against others;
• generate spam, scams, phishing, malware, or other deceptive content, impersonate any person, or represent that Output was written by a person where doing so is prohibited or misleading;
• process personal data about others without a lawful basis, or submit information you are not permitted to share with third-party service providers, such as regulated health or financial data, or confidential information you are obligated to protect;
• rely on Output to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on individuals, such as decisions about employment, credit, housing, insurance, education, or legal or medical matters, without appropriate human review;
• violate Google's Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy, which applies to content processed through the Gemini API;
• access the Services by any automated means other than the Software, or scrape or send excessive requests to the Services;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Services, or circumvent their security or authentication measures, without our prior written permission;
• interfere with or disrupt the Services, their infrastructure, or other users;
• circumvent usage limits, access controls, or other restrictions we place on the Services;
• use the Services or Output to develop or train products or AI models that compete with the Services; or
• resell, sublicense, or otherwise make the Services available to others, including as part of a commercial service.

Usage limits. To keep the Services fair and available, we apply limits. These currently include the number of AI requests an account can make per minute and per day, with the daily limit resetting at midnight UTC, and the amount of text in each request. We may change these limits at any time. When you reach a limit, AI features are paused until the limit resets.

4. Inputs and Outputs

Your content. You may provide input to the Services (“Input”) and receive output generated by the Services based on that Input (“Output”). Input includes the text you select, type, or send, and the prompts and instructions you write. Input and Output are collectively “Content.” You are responsible for your Content, including ensuring that it does not violate any applicable law or these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions needed to provide Input to the Services.

Ownership of Content. As between you and Rithere, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you retain your ownership rights in Input and you own the Output. To the extent we have any rights in Output, we assign them to you.

Our use of Content. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, copy, transmit, process, and display your Content and the prompts and settings you save, solely as necessary to operate, secure, and provide the Services to you, including by sending your Input to our AI provider. We do not store Inputs or Outputs on our servers, and we do not use them to train AI models. Our Privacy Policy describes how Content is processed.

Accuracy. Output is produced by machine learning, which is an evolving technology. When you use the Services, you understand and agree that:

• Output can be inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, or offensive, and should not be treated as a sole source of truth or as a substitute for professional advice, including legal, medical, or financial advice;
• you must evaluate Output for accuracy and suitability for your purpose, including through human review where appropriate, before you use or share it;
• Output may not be unique, and other users may receive similar Output; and
• because the Services insert Output into other applications, you should review it before you save, send, or publish it.

Our responsibility for Content. We do not review or monitor your Content. Because we do not store it, we cannot recover it for you.

5. Feedback

We welcome your feedback. If you send us feedback, ideas, or suggestions about the Services, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use them for any purpose, without restriction or obligation to you. We handle any personal data in your feedback as described in our Privacy Policy.

6. Software

License. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to download, install, and use the Rithere desktop application (the “Software”) on Windows devices that you own or control, solely to access the Services. The Software is licensed, not sold. You may not, and may not help anyone else to:

• copy, modify, translate, or create derivative works of the Software, except as needed to install it and keep a backup;
• decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the Software, except where applicable law permits this despite this restriction;
• remove or alter any proprietary notices;
• rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, or distribute the Software; or
• use the Software's sign-in tokens, our servers, or any other part of our infrastructure from any software other than the Software.

How the Software works on your device. To work inside other applications, the Software reads the text you select (through Windows accessibility interfaces or by copying it), temporarily uses and then restores your clipboard, inserts Output using simulated keystrokes, uses a system-wide keyboard and mouse hook for the Action Dot, and checks which application is in the foreground to apply your app settings. By default, it launches when you sign in to Windows; you can change this in Settings. You consent to the Software performing these functions on your device, as further described in our Privacy Policy. You are responsible for using the Software only with content and applications with which you are permitted to use it, including under your employer's policies, and for complying with any restrictions those applications place on automated input.

Automatic updates. The Software checks for, downloads, and installs updates automatically. Updates may fix errors, improve security, or add, change, or remove features. You consent to these automatic updates. Some updates may be required to continue using the Services, and earlier versions may stop working.

Open source components. The Software includes open source components that are licensed under their own terms, which govern your use of those components.

7. Fees

The Services are currently provided free of charge. We may introduce paid plans or features in the future. If we do, we will notify you in advance, and you will not be charged unless you choose a paid plan and agree to its pricing and terms at that time.

8. Third-Party Services and Links

The Services rely on third-party providers, including Google (sign-in and the Gemini API), Supabase (authentication, database, and server functions), Cloudflare (website hosting, downloads, and updates), and Resend (email delivery). The Services may also allow you to open third-party websites, such as a search engine you send a query to or a link in Output. Third-party services are subject to their own terms and policies, and we are not responsible for their content, acts, omissions, or availability. If a third-party provider changes or discontinues its service, we may need to change or discontinue the corresponding feature.

9. Ownership of the Services

We and our licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, including the Software, our website, their design, text, and graphics, the prompts we provide, and the Rithere name and logo. Except for the limited rights expressly granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you, and we reserve all other rights. You may not use our name or logo without our prior written permission, except to refer to Rithere accurately.

Copyright complaints. If you believe that material on our website infringes your copyright, please email us at contact.rithere@gmail.com with:

• a description of the copyrighted work;
• a description of where the material appears on our website;
• your name and contact information;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

10. Termination and Suspension

Your right to stop. You may stop using the Services at any time by uninstalling the Software. To delete your account, email us as described in our Privacy Policy.

Our right to suspend or terminate. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services, in whole or in part, if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms, that it is necessary to comply with the law, or that your use of the Services could cause risk or harm to us, our users, our providers, or anyone else. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you and explain why and, where appropriate, give you an opportunity to resolve the issue first, unless doing so would be unlawful or would create risk.

Discontinuation of the Services. We may decide to discontinue the Services, in whole or in part. If we do, we will give you reasonable advance notice where practicable.

Effect of termination. When your access ends, the license in Section 6 ends, and you must stop using and uninstall the Software. We may delete your account data as described in our Privacy Policy. Sections 4, 5, 9, and 11 through 13 survive termination.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitations of Liability, and Indemnity

This section limits our responsibility to you. Parts of it are written in capital letters so that they stand out.

Disclaimer of warranties. THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; THAT ANY CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSES; OR THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL WORK WITH EVERY APPLICATION OR WILL NEVER CHANGE, LOSE, OR INSERT TEXT IN THE WRONG PLACE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING BACKUPS OF YOUR WORK.

Limitation of liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER WE NOR OUR PROVIDERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICES IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY AND (B) ONE HUNDRED CANADIAN DOLLARS (CAD $100). THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Rithere from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or relating to your Content, your use of the Services, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party. We may assume control of the defense of any matter subject to indemnification, and you will cooperate with that defense.

Your statutory rights. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties or the limitation of certain liabilities, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for gross negligence or willful misconduct where the law does not permit it to be limited. Nothing in these Terms affects any rights you have as a consumer that cannot be waived or limited by contract, and the indemnity above does not apply to you as a consumer to the extent your local law prohibits it.

12. Dispute Resolution

Informal resolution. We would like to understand and try to address your concerns before any formal proceedings. If you have a dispute with us, please contact us at contact.rithere@gmail.com, and we will try to resolve it informally. If we cannot resolve the dispute within 30 days, either of us may begin formal proceedings.

Governing law. These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Services, are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario, without regard to conflict of law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Jurisdiction. Subject to the following paragraph, the courts located in Toronto, Ontario have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services, and you and we submit to the jurisdiction of those courts.

Consumers. If you are a consumer, nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of the mandatory laws of the country, province, or state where you live, and you may bring proceedings in the courts where you live if those laws give you that right.

13. General Terms

Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms on this page and revise the effective date. If a change is material, we will give you at least 14 days' notice before it takes effect, in the app, on our website, or by email. Changes required for legal or security reasons, or that relate to new features, may take effect sooner. By continuing to use the Services after a change takes effect, you agree to the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Services, and you may ask us to delete your account.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or to a company we form to operate Rithere, and we will notify you if we do.

Severability and waiver. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with any additional terms we present to you for a specific feature, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Services and supersede any prior agreements on that subject.

Events beyond our control. We are not liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, such as outages at our providers, network failures, natural disasters, or acts of government.

Trade controls. You must comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws in your use of the Services.

Relationship of the parties. These Terms do not create a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and us, and they do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.

Notices. We may provide notices to you by email to the address associated with your account, in the app, or on our website. You may send notices to us at contact.rithere@gmail.com.

Language. These Terms are written in English. If we provide a translation, the English version will prevail to the extent permitted by law.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Arshit Vaghasiya
Rithere
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
contact.rithere@gmail.com