Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: May 15, 2026

These are the Terms of Service for Found&, a place to save the things that inspire you. They explain what you can do on Found&, what you can't, and what you can expect from us.

Found& is made by Phronesis Digital Works. When we say "we", “our”, or "us," that's who we are referring to. When we say the "Service," we mean the Found& desktop app and the Found& browser extension.

By installing the extension, using the app, or signing up, you're agreeing to these Terms. If you don't agree, that's okay — but you can't use Found&.

For questions about these Terms, contact us at help@foundand.app.

The Service

Found& is a multimedia inspiration curation and discovery platform that allows users to save, organize, and share content they discover on the web and on the Found& platform.

The Service stores references to third-party content, including thumbnails and source links, solely for personal inspiration and discovery purposes. Specifically:

We do not host, reproduce, or claim ownership of any third-party content saved or shared through the Service.

Thumbnails are low-resolution previews used solely to help users identify and reference saved content

All content links directly to and credits the original source

We claim no ownership of any thumbnail or linked content belonging to third parties

Rights holders who object to their content being referenced may contact us at copyright@foundand.app and we will remove it promptly

Who Can Use Found&

You need to be at least 16 years old to use Found&. By creating an account you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement.

If we find out an account belongs to someone under 16, we'll close it.

Child Safety

We have zero tolerance for content that sexually exploits or endangers children. This includes Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and any content that facilitates Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation (CSAE) — including content generated or manipulated by AI.

Posting, sharing, or saving any of this on Found& is strictly prohibited and a violation of these Terms.

If you encounter CSAM or CSAE on Found&, report it immediately to help@foundand.app. All reports are confidential. If you believe a child is in imminent danger, also contact your local law enforcement.

When we confirm a violation, we:

Remove the content immediately.

Terminate the account responsible.

Report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) through their CyberTipline, or to local law enforcement where appropriate.

Preserve evidence and cooperate with valid law enforcement investigations.

Your Account

To use Found&, you'll create an account with Google or Apple Sign-In.

When creating an account you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the security of your account credentials.

All access must be made by a human user through the standard interface we provide.You may not use bots, automated scripts, or any automated means to access or interact with the Service.

Tell us right away if you suspect unauthorized access — email help@foundand.app.

You can close your account anytime in settings. When you do, we handle your data the way our Privacy Policy describes.

What You Save

Anything you save, write, tag, or post on Found& — your saves, comments, captions, collection names, profile info — is your User Content.

You own it.

You keep all rights you have in your User Content. Found& doesn't claim ownership of what you save or post.

What you let us do with it.

To run the Service, we need a limited license. By using Found&, you give Phronesis Digital Works a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, display, reproduce, adapt, and distribute your User Content — but only to operate, improve, and promote the Service to you and other users.

In practice this means:

We can show your saves to you in the app and extension.

We can show your public saves and comments to other users — in their feeds and in discovery.

We can resize, crop, or compress thumbnails for display.

We can use anonymized, aggregated data to improve the Service.

This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except where other users have already re-saved or interacted with it, or where we're legally required to keep it.

To the extent allowed by Canadian copyright law, you waive any moral rights in your User Content as needed for us to run the Service.

We do not use your User Content to train AI/machine-learning models. Full stop.

What you're responsible for.

By saving or posting User Content, you represent that:

You have the right to save and share it.

It doesn't violate anyone else's rights — copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity.

It doesn't violate any law or the terms of the platform it came from (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Substack, and so on).

It doesn't include anyone's private or sensitive information without permission.

Found& is a neutral platform. We don't pre-review what you save and we don't endorse it. If it crosses a line, we can remove it.

Public vs. private.

You choose what's private and what's public. Private saves are only visible to you. Public saves can be discovered, viewed, commented on, and re-saved by other users.

Assume anything you make public could be screenshotted or shared elsewhere. If you wouldn't want it out in the world, keep it private.

The Community

Found& has a social layer:

Following. You can follow other users and see their public saves in your feed.

Comments. You can comment on public saves. Comments are User Content and the same rules apply. Be civil.

Re-saving. You can save other people's public saves to your own folders. The original source link travels with it.

Discovery. We may surface public saves across the community in a discovery feed, in search, in recommendations, or in editorial collections.

By making a save public, you're agreeing that other users can view, comment on, and re-save it within the Service. That's the deal of a discovery platform.

We can also remove content from discovery without removing it from your account — for example, if it's spammy or off-topic.

Disagreements between users

You're responsible for your interactions with other users — comments, follows, re-saves, messages, all of it. Found& is the platform, not a referee.

If you have a dispute with another user, you must work it out between yourselves. We don't mediate user-vs-user disputes and aren't a party to them. You release Found& and our officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from any claims, demands, or damages — known or unknown, direct or consequential — arising from disputes with other users.

We may still remove content or accounts that violate these Terms, but that's separate from getting in the middle of your fight.

What's Not Allowed

Don't use Found& to:

Save or share illegal content.

Save or share infringing content at scale or for commercial use. Personal saving for inspiration is the whole point; ripping off creators, building competing datasets, or commercially exploiting others' work is not.

Post anything hateful, harassing, threatening, sexually exploitative of minors, or that incites violence.

Harass, bully, dox, or stalk other users.

Impersonate anyone — another person, a brand, or Found& staff.

Spam, phish, or run schemes through saves, comments, or messages.

Use bots, scrapers, or automated tools to interact with the Service. Found& is for humans using our official app and extension.

Reverse engineer, decompile, or rip apart the Service.

Circumvent technical protections, rate limits, or moderation systems.

Use Found& commercially without our written permission. Personal mood boards and creative reference are fine; operating a paid product on top of Found& is not.

We can suspend or terminate accounts that break these rules.

Copyright

We respect intellectual property rights and expect our users to do the same.

We claim no ownership over third-party content saved through the Service. Every save links back to the original source.

Reporting infringement

If you believe content on Found& infringes your copyright, use the report feature on the post or email copyright@foundand.app with:

Your name, address, phone number, and email

A description of the work you say is infringed

The specific Found& post where the allegedly infringing content appears

A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorized

A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you're the rights holder or authorized to act on their behalf

Your physical or electronic signature

We comply with Canada's Notice and Notice regime under the Copyright Act of Canada and forward valid notices to the relevant user. For users in the United States, we also accept notices that meet the requirements of the DMCA and act on them under our standard process.

Counter-notices

If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake, email copyright@foundand.app with a counter-notice. We'll review and respond.

Repeat infringers

Accounts that repeatedly post infringing content will be terminated. We maintain sole discretion in determining what constitutes repeat infringement.

The Browser Extension

The browser extension lets you save things from the web with one click. Same privacy commitments as the Privacy Policy:

What it does:

Wakes up only when you click to save something.

Reads the link, title, page metadata, and (on your action) page content from the tab you're saving — so we can generate a preview.

Keeps your sign-in info on your device so you stay logged in.

What it doesn't do:

Watch your browsing history.

Read tabs you aren't actively saving from.

Run in the background tracking you.

The extension is distributed through browser web stores. Your use of the extension is also subject to those stores' policies. If they give you additional rights, you keep them.

We may auto-update the extension through the store's update mechanism to ship fixes, features, or security patches.

The Desktop App

The desktop app is where your saves live.

Installation. Install it on devices you own or control, for personal use. Don't redistribute the installer or repackage it.

Updates. The app will ask before updates with new features, fixes, and security patches. We may require updates for security or backend-compatibility reasons.

Local data. The app may cache your saves locally so it works offline. If you uninstall the app, sign out first if you want — your account data stays with us until you delete your account.

System access. The app only accesses what it needs to function. No reading unrelated files, no system-wide tracking.

Third-Party Platforms

When you save content from a third-party platform — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Substack, Pinterest, news sites, blogs, anywhere — your use of that content is also governed by that platform's terms.

You're responsible for following them. We can't review every platform's rules on your behalf.

Found& isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party platform we link to. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. We are not liable for any damages or losses arising from your use of or reliance on third-party content or services.

Our License to You

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Service on your devices for personal, non-commercial inspiration and discovery.

This license does not let you:

Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the Service.

Use it commercially without our written permission.

Reverse engineer, decompile, or extract our source code (except where local law expressly allows it).

Strip out attribution, branding, or notices.

Use the Service to build a competing product.

We own the Service — our code, design, name, logo, and content. Nothing in these Terms transfers that to you.

Our content

The Service also includes content beyond what users save — editorial picks, curated collections, design elements, logos, copy, icons, illustrations, and anything else we create or license. This is ours.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable license to view our content for personal, non-commercial use. You can't copy, modify, distribute, publish, scrape, or build derivative works from it without our written permission. Trademarks and brand assets stay ours.

This is separate from your User Content (covered above) — what's yours stays yours.

Suspension and Termination

You can stop using Found& anytime by deleting your account in settings.

We can suspend or terminate your access — temporarily or permanently — if:

You break these Terms.

You're a repeat infringer.

Your conduct harms other users, third parties, or the Service.

We're required to by law.

We're discontinuing the Service or a feature.

If we terminate your account for cause, we'll usually tell you why, unless doing so would create a legal or security risk. If we're shutting down the Service entirely, we'll give you reasonable notice and a way to export your saves where feasible.

A few sections survive termination because they have to: the license you gave us (to the extent needed), copyright, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, governing law, and anything else that by its nature should outlive the agreement.

Disclaimers

We work hard to make Found& reliable. But we have to be clear:

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We don't warrant that:

The Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.

Bugs will be fixed on any specific timeline.

The content you discover is accurate, legal, or appropriate for you.

Saves will be preserved forever. Back up anything you can't afford to lose.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain warranty disclaimers. Where the law gives you warranties we can't disclaim, you have those.

Limiting Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

Phronesis Digital Works is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages — including, but not limited to, lost profits, lost data, lost goodwill, or business interruption — arising from your use of the Service, even if we've been warned they're possible.

Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of (a) what you paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) CAD $100.

Nothing here limits liability that can't be excluded under Canadian law (fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct).

Indemnification

You agree to defend and hold harmless Phronesis Digital Works and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:

Your User Content

Your use of the Service

Your violation of these Terms

Your violation of any third-party rights, including IP, privacy, or platform terms

We can take over the defense of any matter, at your expense, if we choose to.

Changes to These Terms

We can update these Terms as Found& evolves.

When we do:

We'll update the date at the top.

We'll post the updated Terms in the Service.

For major changes, we'll send an in-app or email notice in advance where reasonable.

If you keep using Found& after changes take effect, you're agreeing to the new Terms. If you don't, you can delete your account.

Minor changes (typo fixes, formatting) may be made without notice.

Resolving Disputes Informally

Before either of us files a lawsuit, we have to try to work it out informally first. Most disagreements get resolved faster this way.

If you have a dispute with us, email help@foundand.app with:

Your name and account email

A clear description of the issue

What you'd like us to do about it

We'll have 30 days from when we receive your notice to try to resolve it together. We commit to engaging in good faith, and we expect the same from you.

If we have a dispute with you, we'll send the same kind of notice to the email address on your account, and the same 30 days will apply.

If 30 days pass and we still can't work it out, either of us can take it to court (see Governing Law below).

Two notes:

The 30-day informal period doesn't shorten or extend any legal deadlines either of us has for filing a claim.

Nothing here prevents either side from going straight to small claims court for claims that qualify, or from seeking emergency relief like an injunction when the situation can't wait.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada and the federal laws of Canada that apply there, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

If the informal process above doesn't resolve the dispute, it will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Ontario, Canada — unless local law in your country gives you a non-waivable right to use your local courts.

If you're a consumer in the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland, these Terms and your use of the Service are governed by the laws of your country of residence, and any dispute will be heard in the courts of your country of residence.

If you're using Found& from anywhere else outside Canada, you're doing so by choice and Canadian law applies.

The Fine Print

Entire agreement. These Terms (with our Privacy Policy) are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.

Severability. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.

No waiver. If we don't enforce a right immediately, we haven't waived it.

Assignment. You can't assign these Terms. We can, in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

No agency. Nothing here creates a partnership, joint venture, or agency between us.

Things beyond our control. We're not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control — internet outages, infrastructure failures, natural disasters, cyberattacks, government actions, and the like.

Contact

For copyright notices: copyright@foundand.app

For other inquiries: help@foundand.app

You can also reach us at [address].

That's it. We tried to make this honest and readable. If anything's unclear or we've missed something, tell us — we'll fix it.