Example Notes
Example Inc. · sample terms of service
Example Notes is a note-taking app that summarises and organises notes with AI. These are sample terms written for CheckTOS to show how a read of a terms of service works; Example Inc. is not a real company.
Short numbered sections in plain sentences, with a few defined terms and one all-in arbitration sentence.
Example Inc. trains its AI on your notes unless you switch it off, and switching off only covers notes you add afterwards.
- Disputes go to individual arbitration, with 30 days from sign-up to opt out by email.Your legal rights
- Example Inc. caps its liability at what you paid in the last 12 months.Your money
- Example Inc. can close your account if it believes you broke the terms, and you then have 30 days to export.Your access
- Paid plans renew every month, and fees are not refunded unless the law says so.Your money
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Product
Example Notes summarises and organises notes with AI. You must be 16 or older and you answer for everything done under your account. Paid plans renew every month, fees are non-refundable unless the law requires otherwise, and prices can change on 30 days’ notice.
"Paid plans renew automatically each month until you cancel."Section 3 · Plans and payment
"Fees are non-refundable, except where the law requires a refund."Section 3 · Plans and payment
Usage
You keep ownership of your notes, and give Example Inc. a licence to host, copy and process them to run and improve the app. You cannot use it to break the law, send spam, or build a competing product.
"You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, copy and process Your Content to run and improve the Service."Section 4 · Your content
"You must not reverse engineer the Service or use it to build a competing product."Section 6 · Acceptable use
The licence to improve the Service has no end date.
Feedback & improvement
Example Inc. trains its AI models on your notes by default. Switching off Model Training in settings covers only what you add after the switch. Feedback you send is Example Inc.’s to use freely.
"We may use Your Content to train and improve our AI models unless you turn off Model Training in your settings."Section 5 · AI and model training
"Turning off Model Training applies to content you add after the change."Section 5 · AI and model training
The terms do not say what happens to notes added before you switch it off.
Legal ramifications
Example Inc. provides the app "as is" and caps its liability at your last 12 months of payments. Disputes go to individual arbitration with no class actions, and you can opt out by email within 30 days of sign-up. California law applies. Example Inc. can change the terms with 14 days’ notice.
"To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim."Section 9 · Liability
"You may opt out of arbitration by emailing legal@example.com within 30 days of creating your account."Section 10 · Disputes
Example Inc. can close your account if it reasonably believes you broke the terms. You then have 30 days to export your notes.
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Caveats
This breakdown explains what a sample terms of service says. The document and Example Inc. are fictional, written for CheckTOS to show how a read works. It is not legal advice, does not assess whether any clause would hold up, and does not judge anyone. Every quote is word for word from the sample document. Read on 30 September 2026.
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