These policies have been adapted from revolt.chat.

Last updated: 7. Apr, 2025

Effective: 7. Apr, 2025

We get that legal documents can be overwhelming and boring, so we've tried our best to keep it as simple and possible while providing the information needed. It is important however to remember that these terms are legally binding between yourself and us if you choose to use mstrss.chat, so please read them carefully before proceeding - We will continue to improve and tackle some sections.

Throughout this document, we will use certain terminology to refer to things specific to us, so let's establish what everything means:

• Terms – the Terms of Service, a legally binding agreement between Us and You ("Terms", "Terms of Service")
• You – the user ("you", "your" or "user")
• mstrss.chat – the company providing the service ("us", "we", "our")
• Revolt – the service provided by us ("Revolt", "Platform", "Service" or "Application")

Your access to and use of the service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use our services. By accessing or using the service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms, then please discontinue the use of this service.

Revolt is a chat application that allows you to communicate with other users through instant messaging, voice or video calls. Some content shared on the platform may lead to external websites that are not hosted by us. See 5. Other linked websites.

By using our Service, you agree:

• You are of the minimum age to use the service, we adhere to the list of age requirements here.
• You have read and understood the Terms and Privacy Policy.
• You agree to abide by our Community Guidelines.

The Terms are subject to change at any time, we will always notify you an adequate amount of time in advance when we make changes.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

We may terminate or suspend access to our services immediately, without prior notice or liability, for the following reasons:

• You breach the guidelines laid out in the Terms of Service.
• We are required to do so to comply with legal requirements.
• We believe we must limit or remove your access if you are likely to cause or are causing harm or risk to our service, you, other users, or other third parties.
  
  

Our current community guidelines can be found here: https://mstrss.chat/aup

Our Service allows you to post, link, store, share and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material ("Content"). You are therefore responsible for the content that you post or share through our service. The type of content that is allowed or disallowed on our platform is available in our Community Guidelines.

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit (eg: our Twitter or Reddit).

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

mstrss.chat and Revolt are provided "as is" with no warranty and/or liability for any outcomes of using our service.

As we continue to improve our services, we may need to make changes to our Terms of Service in the future. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated Terms of Service on this page and specifying the effective date. Additionally, we may send you an email notification or display a notice within the Service.

You are advised to review our Terms of Service periodically for any changes. Changes to our Terms of Service will become effective on the specified date, which will typically be 30 days after the changes are posted. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the changes, you must discontinue using the Service by deleting your account.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding our Terms of Service or any of the above statements. You may contact us as follows: [email protected]

Last updated: 7. Apr, 2025

Effective: 7. Apr, 2025

We get that legal documents can be overwhelming and boring, so we've tried our best to keep it as simple and possible while providing the information needed. It is important however to remember that these terms are legally binding between yourself and us if you choose to use mstrss.chat, so please read them carefully before proceeding - we will continue to improve and tackle some sections.

Your privacy is very important to us, and we will ensure protecting your privacy when using our services.

Revolt is an open-source project (source code is available on its GitHub), and we respect our user's privacy while remaining transparent with our users. We only collect limited data from our users that is absolutely necessary.

• Account Information: We collect data from our users when they register for an account at mstrss.chat, such as: the registered e-mail address, hashed password, and chosen username.
• Servers and Groups: If you create or join a group/server at mstrss.chat, we collect and store the names of the group/server to provide the service.
• Your Content: To provide the service, we must store your messages and any content such as attachments and reactions.
• Legal Responsibility: To ensure that users satisfy the legal age requirement to use the platform and to provide additional safety for minors, we must collect user's date of birth.
• Abuse Prevention: To prevent our service from being attacked and protect your account, we collect your IP address and a short device description for each session, and also temporarily store some device information after initial registration.
  
  

We will NEVER sell your data to any third-parties, although we use certain service providers to process your data, such as:

• OVHCloud, provides us with hosting services to run Revolt.
• hCaptcha, provides us with the tools necessary to stop abuse of our platform. See footnote.
• Cloudflare, provides us with DDoS mitigation and content delivery acceleration.
  
  

Law & Order: We may disclose your information to third parties only if such disclosure is absolutely necessary to comply with a valid legal process, protect any person from death or serious injury, prevent fraud or abuse, or protect our rights, property, safety and interest.

Your information is stored on servers provided by cloud providers within the European Union, however information may also be stored within the United Kingdom in the form of encrypted backups or when required to operate the service.

If you wish to request deletion of any information stored on our servers, including any requests under GDPR or DMCA, please use the account deletion / reporting in-app if possible or otherwise contact us at [email protected].

Exceptions to third-parties service providers which is used to process your data as mentioned above.

We abide by the children's consent guidelines as laid out by the GDPR and The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), which requires online service providers to obtain parental consent before they knowingly collect personally identifiable information online from children who are under 16 and 13 years of age respectively, and in the case of the GDPR, may vary depending on the EU member state.

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under the minimum legal age to use the service. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under the minimum legal age to use the service, we will immediately delete that information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age and believe that they have disclosed personal information to us, please contact us at [email protected]. As a concerned user of the platform, you may also report underage users by using the in-app report feature.

You can contact the data controller of mstrss.chat at [email protected]. The data controller is responsible for deciding how and why we process your personal data.

The legal basis for processing your personal data is based on your consent, which you give us when you sign up for mstrss.chat and agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting your account or contacting us. We may also process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations, to protect our legitimate interests or the interests of others.

As a user of our service, you have the right to lodge a complaint under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) if you think that we have mishandled your personal data or violated your data protection rights. You can do this by contacting us directly and explaining your concerns. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can also escalate your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which is the supervisory authority for UK GDPR. You can find more information about how to make a data protection complaint on their website.

Currently, you may request a copy of all of your data by contacting us at [email protected].

As we keep improving our services, we may update our Privacy Policy in the future if needed. We will notify you of any changes made to our Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review our Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Such changes to our Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or any of the above statements. You may contact us by emailing [email protected].

This section has been adapted from hCaptcha's documentation.

We use the hCaptcha anti-bot service (hereinafter "hCaptcha") on our website. This service is provided by Intuition Machines, Inc., a Delaware US Corporation ("IMI"). hCaptcha is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a login page or contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, hCaptcha analyzes the behavior of the website or mobile app visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website or mobile app visitor enters a part of the website or app with hCaptcha enabled.

When using the mstrss.chat app, hCaptcha will only begin analysis when you:

• Submit a login request.
• Submit a registration request.
• Submit a password reset / email resend request.

For the analysis, hCaptcha evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website or app, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to IMI.

Data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (DSGVO): the website or mobile app operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam. IMI acts as a "data processor" acting on behalf of its customers as defined under the GDPR, and a "service provider" for the purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). For more information about hCaptcha and IMI's privacy policy and terms of use, please visit the following links: https://hcaptcha.com/privacy/ and https://hcaptcha.com/terms.