DRAFT — pending legal review. Not a binding policy yet.
terms of service

Clear terms. No surprises.

What you agree to when you use Rufio, and what we agree to in return.

terms of service

Terms of Service

Effective date: [CONFIRM effective date]

1. The agreement

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Rufio, a business management and AI automation platform operated by Strata19, Inc.[CONFIRM: confirm legal entity name]("Rufio", "we", "us", or "our").

By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these Terms. If you are using Rufio on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity.

These Terms apply to all users, including operators on paid plans, trial accounts, and beta access.

2. Acceptable use

You agree to use Rufio only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You must not:

  • Use Rufio to violate any applicable law or regulation
  • Transmit or store content that is illegal, harmful, defamatory, or infringes third-party rights
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the source code of Rufio
  • Use Rufio to send unsolicited commercial communications (spam)
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the service
  • Access Rufio via automated means to scrape data or circumvent usage limits
  • Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation
  • Use Rufio to build a competing product using our intellectual property

We reserve the right to suspend accounts that violate these terms, immediately and without notice in the case of serious or repeated violations.

3. Payment and billing

Rufio is a subscription service. Pricing is described at /pricing. By subscribing, you authorise us to charge your payment method on a recurring basis.

All fees are in US dollars and exclusive of taxes unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for any applicable sales tax, VAT, or GST.[CONFIRM: confirm tax handling — collected at point of sale or invoiced?]

Subscription periods are monthly or annual.[CONFIRM: confirm billing cadence options available at launch]Upgrades take effect immediately; the prorated amount is charged on the next billing date. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period.

Payment processing is handled by Stripe. We do not store your full card details.

4. Refund policy and the prove-it trial

Rufio offers a prove-it trial structure designed to let you see real results before committing.[CONFIRM: confirm prove-it trial structure — duration, terms, what counts as 'activated']

During the trial period, you can cancel without charge. See /pricing for current trial terms.

After the trial period, subscriptions are non-refundable except as required by applicable law. If you cancel your subscription, you retain access until the end of your current billing period.[CONFIRM: confirm post-trial refund policy — any goodwill refund window?]

If you believe you were charged in error, contact billing@rufio.so within 30 days of the charge.[CONFIRM: confirm billing support email address]

5. Your data

Your data is yours. The business data you create, import, or generate within Rufio — your customer records, job history, communications, reports, and configurations — belongs to you.

We process your data to deliver the service. We do not sell it, use it to train shared AI models, or share it with third parties except as required to operate Rufio (see the subprocessor list in our Privacy Policy).[CONFIRM: confirm AI training policy — no training on customer data]

You can export your data at any time in a portable format.[CONFIRM: confirm data export capability and format available at launch]Upon account cancellation, we will retain your data for 30 days to allow reactivation, after which it will be deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6. Intellectual property

Rufio and its underlying software, design, AI models, and documentation are owned by Strata19, Inc. and protected by intellectual property law. These Terms do not grant you any ownership interest in Rufio.[CONFIRM: confirm legal entity name]

You retain all rights to the content and data you upload or create within Rufio. By using Rufio, you grant us a limited licence to process your content solely to deliver the service.

If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas about Rufio, you grant us the right to use that feedback without restriction or compensation.

7. Termination

You may cancel your account at any time from your account settings or by contacting support. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period.

We may suspend or terminate your account if:

  • You violate these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy
  • Your payment method fails and is not updated within a grace period
  • We are required to do so by law

Upon termination, your right to access Rufio ends. We will provide a data export option for a period of 30 days following termination.[CONFIRM: confirm 30-day data export window post-termination]

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

  • Rufio is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
  • We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components.
  • Our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the service will not exceed the amount you paid to us in the 12 months preceding the claim.[CONFIRM: confirm liability cap — 12 months of fees or alternative]
  • We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or business opportunity.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitation of liability for consequential damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

9. Dispute resolution

We prefer to resolve disputes informally first. If you have a concern, email legal@strata19.com and we will work with you to reach a resolution within 30 days.[CONFIRM: confirm legal/support email and informal resolution period]

If informal resolution fails, disputes will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by [CONFIRM: confirm arbitration body — JAMS, AAA, or alternative]in accordance with its rules, in [CONFIRM: confirm governing jurisdiction / venue].

You and Rufio each waive any right to a jury trial and agree that disputes will be resolved individually — not as part of a class action.[CONFIRM: confirm class action waiver is enforceable in target jurisdictions]

These Terms are governed by the laws of [CONFIRM: confirm governing law — e.g. State of Delaware / California], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you via email or an in-app notice at least 14 days before the changes take effect.[CONFIRM: confirm 14-day notice period for material changes]Your continued use of Rufio after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

If you do not agree with updated Terms, you may cancel your account before they take effect and receive a prorated refund for any prepaid period.[CONFIRM: confirm prorated refund on terms-change cancellation]

11. Contact

For legal inquiries and Terms-related questions:

legal@strata19.com[CONFIRM: confirm legal contact email]

For support and billing questions, use our contact page.