Terms of Service

1. Introduction
   Welcome to Surfward! By using our services, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. Please read them carefully.

2. Account Registration

   • You may register an account to curate blocklists, access premium features, or manage subscriptions.
   • If you choose to create an account, we collect only the minimum personal data required to set it up. Depending on the authentication method you select (e.g., email/password, OAuth, or single‑sign‑on), this may include your name, email address, or another identifier supplied by the provider.
   • Should Surfward introduce paid subscriptions in the future, our third‑party payment processor—not Surfward—will collect any billing information necessary to complete the transaction (such as card or digital‑wallet details). Surfward receives only tokenized references and never stores your full payment credentials.

3. Data Collection and Processing

   • Minimal Personal Data: We keep only what is needed to run your account—like your email address or OAuth ID—and, where applicable, a salted and hashed password. Full payment details are never stored on our servers; we receive only short‑lived tokens from our payment partner.

   • Service Telemetry: We collect high‑level, anonymized statistics (for example, how often a domain is blocked) to make Surfward better. These logs contain no personal identifiers, and IP addresses are stripped before storage.

   • Abuse and Security Monitoring: To fight spam and fraud we retain only a minimal, short‑lived record of network signatures and related metadata (such as truncated IP information or connection fingerprints) in a separate log, using encryption when possible, and delete them as soon as they are no longer needed. Where feasible, we further obfuscate these values using cryptographic hashing or similar privacy‑preserving techniques.

4. Use of Third-Party Providers

   • AI and Analytics Services: We sometimes use third‑party analytics or AI tools to help improve Surfward. They only receive aggregated or anonymized data—we never send them anything that directly identifies you or links you to specific browsing activity.

   • No Sale of Personal Data: We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we never will.

   • Payment Processing: Should you purchase a subscription, your payment credentials are collected and processed exclusively by our PCI‑compliant payment processor. Surfward receives only non‑reusable tokens and basic subscription status metadata.

   • Legal and Government Requests: If required by valid legal process or law enforcement request (e.g., subpoena), we may disclose limited data. We will notify affected users unless prohibited by law. Because we only store user-defined custom blocklists—not browsing history or behavioral data—the only information we could provide is your custom blocklist records.

5. User Responsibilities
   Users are responsible for their own actions while using Surfward and for complying with all applicable laws and regulations.

6. Limitation of Liability
   Surfward, its affiliates, and its suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of—or inability to use—our services, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

7. Changes to Terms
   We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. Your continued use of Surfward after any changes indicates your acceptance of the new terms.