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Terms of use
These terms are the agreement between you and Adrien Luthi, Switzerland (“we”, “us”), the publisher of the 7SeasAI app (“the app”). By creating an account you accept them. If you do not agree, do not use the app. How we handle your data is described separately in the Privacy policy, which is part of these terms.
1. What 7SeasAI is — and is not
7SeasAI is a personal dive logbook with a catalogue of marine species, a map of dive sites and social features between divers. It records what you enter. It is not a dive-planning, decompression or safety tool, and it gives no medical advice: the medical check-up reminder is a convenience based on a date you typed, nothing more. Plan and conduct your dives according to your training, your certification and your dive computer. You remain solely responsible for your safety under water.
2. Who may use the app
- You must be at least 16 years old.
- One account per person, with accurate information. You are responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your password private.
- The app is currently free. If paid features are introduced one day, they will come with their own terms and a clear price before you commit to anything.
3. Your content
Your dives, photos, notes, comments and profile are yours. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, display and transmit them only as needed to run the app — to you, and to the other divers you choose to share them with through your visibility settings. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except as described in section 6.
You are responsible for what you post. Post only content you have the right to share, including photos of other people and information about them (for instance a buddy's name or an emergency contact).
4. Dive sites you contribute
Dive sites are shared reference data, like entries on a map. When you add or correct a site, you contribute it to the shared database for the benefit of all users, and you allow us to keep, display and correct it — including after you delete your account, when the link to you is removed. Part of the site database comes from OpenStreetMap contributors under the ODbL licence; the attribution is shown in the app.
5. Rules of conduct
7SeasAI is a logbook that happens to be shareable, not a stage. Do not:
- harass, threaten, insult or discriminate against anyone;
- post content that is unlawful, sexually explicit, violent, hateful, or that infringes someone else's rights (copyright, privacy, image rights);
- impersonate another person or misrepresent your certifications;
- post spam, advertising or content unrelated to diving;
- deliberately enter false dive sites or false species sightings that mislead other divers;
- attempt to access other users' data, bypass the app's security, scrape the service, or disturb its operation.
Tools you have: you can block any user (they no longer see you and cannot contact you), report a profile, a dive, a photo or a comment from the app, and remove a buddy tag that refers to you at any time.
What we may do: review reports, remove content that breaks these rules, restrict or terminate accounts that break them, and cooperate with authorities when the law requires it. We act on reports within a reasonable time and we tell you when content of yours is removed, unless the law prevents it.
6. Ending your account
You can delete your account at any time, from the app or by email — see Delete your account. Deletion is permanent. As explained there, an anonymised placeholder, the dive sites you contributed (unlinked from you) and reports filed by others about your content are retained. We may suspend or terminate an account that violates these terms, after a warning where reasonable.
7. Third-party data and software
The species catalogue is built from public scientific sources (WoRMS, OBIS, GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia) and species photographs published under Creative Commons licences, each credited under the photo. The map is provided by Mapbox. These sources and their data are provided “as is”; a species record, a depth range or a site description may be incomplete or wrong. Check before you rely on it.
8. Availability and changes
We provide the app free of charge and as a personal project. We do our best to keep it running and to keep your data safe, but we cannot promise uninterrupted availability, and we may change or discontinue features. If we ever discontinued the service, we would give you reasonable notice and a way to export your logbook first. We may update these terms; the date at the top changes and material changes are announced in the app before they apply. Continuing to use the app after that means you accept them.
9. Liability
To the extent permitted by Swiss law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential damage, for loss of data you did not back up, or for decisions you take under water on the basis of information in the app. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for intent or gross negligence, or any liability that cannot be excluded by law.
10. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by Swiss law. Disputes are submitted to the ordinary courts at our domicile in Switzerland, without prejudice to mandatory consumer-protection rules that give you the right to sue or be sued at your own place of residence. Before going to court, write to us — most problems are solved by email.