Pulse Terms of Use

1. Acceptance & Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to create or use a Pulse account.
You must have legal capacity to agree to these Terms.
You must not be barred from using the Service under the laws of Canada or your place of residence, and you must not be a previously removed user.
If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

2. Accounts

You are responsible for account credentials and all activity under your account.
You must provide accurate, current information and keep it updated.
You may not impersonate others or create accounts for deceptive, abusive, or unlawful purposes.
Accounts are personal to you and may not be sold, shared, or transferred.

3. User Conduct

You agree not to post, send, or engage in content or behavior that includes:

Harassment, threats, hateful conduct, or discrimination.
Sexual exploitation, non-consensual sexual content, or illegal explicit content.
Any sexual content involving minors, or content that sexualizes minors, which we report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, and/or law enforcement as required by law.
Fraud, scams, extortion, impersonation, romance fraud, or solicitation intended to deceive.
Requests for or offers of money, gifts, or financial information; commercial solicitation, advertising, or sex work.
Spam, malware, scraping, bots, automated access, reverse engineering, or abuse of app infrastructure.
Sharing another person's private or identifying information without consent.
Any conduct violating applicable law or third-party rights.

4. Safety, Assumption of Risk & No Background Checks

Pulse is a platform for meeting people. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users, online and in person.

We do not conduct criminal background checks, identity verification, or sex-offender registry screening on users, and we cannot confirm that users are who they claim to be.
You assume all risk arising from contact with other users, including meeting in person. Take precautions: meet in public, tell someone your plans, and do not send money or share financial information. See the Safety Center.
You agree to release Pulse from claims, demands, and damages arising out of disputes with, or the conduct of, other users, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
If you are aware of a user who poses a safety risk, report them in-app and contact local emergency services where there is immediate danger.

5. User Content

You retain ownership of content you create and submit ("User Content").
You grant Pulse a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for formatting and display), display, and distribute your User Content solely to operate, secure, moderate, and improve the Service.
You represent that you own or have the necessary rights to your User Content and that it does not violate law or these Terms.
We may retain and use User Content as needed for safety, legal, audit, and enforcement purposes as described in the Privacy Policy.

6. Objectionable Content & Abusive Users — Zero Tolerance

There is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behavior on Pulse. By using the Service you agree that:

You will not post, upload, or transmit content that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, hateful, defamatory, obscene, sexually exploitative, or otherwise objectionable.
You will not harass, bully, intimidate, stalk, or abuse other users.

To keep the community safe, Pulse:

Uses automated filtering and human review to detect and remove objectionable content;
Provides in-app tools to flag or report objectionable content and to block abusive users;
Reviews reports of objectionable content and acts on them — including removing the content and ejecting the user who provided it — within 24 hours; and
Removes content and terminates accounts of users who engage in abusive behavior or post objectionable content.

We may take any of these actions without prior notice when needed to protect users, investigate abuse, or comply with law.

7. Moderation, Reporting, and Enforcement

Pulse uses automated systems and human moderators to review content and behavior. Users can report profiles, messages, and media in-app, and can block or mute other users at any time.

Enforcement actions may include:

Content removal and warning notices.
Feature limitations (for example, messaging or discoverability limits).
Temporary suspension or permanent account ban, including measures to prevent banned users from returning.
Escalation to law enforcement or child-safety authorities where required.

Where available, you may appeal an enforcement decision by contacting us at the address in Section 17. We aim to review appeals within a reasonable time.

8. Free Service

Pulse v1 is offered without paid subscriptions or in-app purchases. If paid features are introduced later, we will update these Terms and clearly disclose applicable pricing, auto-renewal, cancellation, and refund terms before purchase, and purchases made through the App Store will be billed and managed by Apple under its terms.

9. Intellectual Property

The Pulse brand, software, designs, and service content (excluding User Content) are owned by Gagandeep Dolla or its licensors and are protected by law. Subject to these Terms, you are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or exploit the Service except as permitted in writing.

10. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, or any specific matching or relationship outcome.
You are responsible for your interactions with other users.
Nothing in these Terms limits rights that cannot be limited or excluded under the consumer-protection laws of your province or territory.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Pulse and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, reputation, or goodwill, arising out of or related to the Service or your interactions with other users.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for all claims related to the Service is limited to CAD $100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

12. Disputes & Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario, without regard to conflict of law rules.

Any disputes will be resolved exclusively by the courts located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and you consent to their jurisdiction, unless applicable consumer law gives you a right to bring proceedings elsewhere.

13. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from Settings, or as described in Account & Data Deletion.
We may suspend or terminate access for violations, legal risk, security concerns, risk to other users, or prolonged inactivity.
Sections that by nature should survive termination (for example, User Content license for safety/legal purposes, disclaimers, liability limits, dispute terms, and IP terms) remain in effect.

14. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms. If changes are material, we will provide notice through the Service or other reasonable means before they take effect. Your continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.

15. Electronic Communications

You consent to receive communications from us electronically — including service, security, transactional, and safety notices — by in-app message, push notification, or email to the address on your account. You may control optional and marketing messages in Settings; you cannot opt out of essential service and safety notices while you have an account.

16. Apple App Store Additional Terms

These terms apply when you download Pulse from the Apple App Store and are required by Apple. In the event of a conflict between this section and the rest of these Terms with respect to the App Store version of the app, this section controls for that purpose.

Parties. These Terms are between you and Gagandeep Dolla only, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
Scope of licence. The licence granted to you for the app is a non-transferable licence to use the app on any Apple-branded product that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the app may be accessed by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing.
Maintenance and support. Gagandeep Dolla is solely responsible for providing maintenance and support for the app. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services.
Warranty. Gagandeep Dolla is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the app; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the app.
Product claims. Gagandeep Dolla, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app or your possession and use of it, including: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the app fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
Intellectual property. In the event of a third-party claim that the app or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, Gagandeep Dolla, not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Developer contact. Questions, complaints, or claims about the app should be directed to the contact information in Section 17.
Third-party terms. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the app.
Third-party beneficiary. Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

17. Contact

Operator: Gagandeep Dolla
Contact: support.getpulse@gmail.com
Address: 101-45 Silverstone Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario M9V 4B1, Canada