1. General Provisions
1.1. This User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") regulates the relationship between the Limited Liability Company "BUSINESS SPHERE" (OGRN/INN 1241300004263/1300013531, hereinafter referred to as the "Company", "we", "us") and you, the end user (hereinafter referred to as the "User", "you"), regarding the use of the "InterChat" messenger (hereinafter referred to as the "Application" or "Service").
1.2. Before you start using the Service, you must read this Agreement, available at: https://interchat.net/en/page/user-agreement, as well as the Privacy Policy, available at: https://interchat.net/en/page/privacy-policy.
1.3. By installing the Application, registering an account, or beginning to use the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to the terms of this Agreement, which within the meaning of Articles 435 and 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation constitutes the acceptance of the Company's offer, and thus the conclusion of the Agreement. If you do not agree with the terms, you must immediately stop using the Application.
1.4. The applicable law for this Agreement is the legislation of the Russian Federation. Any disputes arising from this Agreement shall be resolved in a court at the Company's location, unless otherwise expressly provided by mandatory rules of the Russian Federation legislation.
1.5. International use: The Service is administered by the Company from the territory of the Russian Federation. The Company makes no representation that the Application is appropriate, available, or permitted for use in any other jurisdictions. By accessing the Application outside the Russian Federation, the User does so on their own initiative and bears full sole responsibility for compliance with all applicable local laws.
2. Age Restrictions
2.1. The use of the Application is permitted exclusively for individuals who have reached the age of 14 (fourteen) years.
2.2. By registering in the Application, you warrant that you have reached the specified age. If the Company becomes aware that an account was created by an individual under 14 without the confirmed consent of legal representatives, such an account may be blocked and deleted without prior notice.
3. Registration and Account
3.1. To use the Application, the User creates an account, providing up-to-date and reliable data.
3.2. In order to optimize server performance and protect data, the Company reserves the right to delete the User's account, as well as all associated data and message history, if the User has not logged into the Application (has not been active) for 6 (six) consecutive months.
3.3. The Company uses various verification methods (for example, a flash call or sending a verification code to the phone number specified by the User via SMS). The Company also has the right to use other verification methods that allow the Company to ensure the User's safe use of the Service, including by interacting with telecom operators to confirm the relevance of the User's phone number. The User does not object to the processing of information by telecom operators for this purpose and to the Company receiving the corresponding data from telecom operators.
4. User Content and Licenses
4.1. You retain all copyright and other rights to any content (text messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, and other files) that you send, publish, or store using the Application (hereinafter referred to as "Content").
4.2. To ensure the technical operation of the Service, you grant LLC "BUSINESS SPHERE" a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, transmit, and display your Content solely for the purpose of providing you and your interlocutors with the Application's functions. This license does not grant the Company the right to use your Content for marketing, advertising, or other commercial purposes without your separate consent.
4.3. You are solely responsible for the Content you transmit through the Application and warrant that you have all the necessary rights to send it.
5. Application License and Intellectual Property
5.1. Exclusive rights: The Application, including its source and object code, algorithms, design, interface, graphic elements (including logos), and other intellectual property objects, are the exclusive property of the Company and are protected by the legislation of the Russian Federation and international copyright treaties.
5.2. Grant of license: The Company grants the User a simple (non-exclusive), free, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Application for its intended purpose on the User's personal devices worldwide.
5.3. Restrictions:
The User is strictly prohibited from:
• Decompiling, disassembling, modifying, or reverse-engineering the Application;
• Copying the design, interface elements, or using them to create derivative software products;
• Selling, renting, or otherwise commercializing the Application or access to it;
• Using the Service infrastructure (including the API) to create third-party clients or unauthorized bots without the express written permission of the Company.
6. Prohibited Use and Rules of Conduct
6.1. When using the Application, the User is strictly prohibited from uploading, publishing, transmitting, or otherwise distributing Content that:
• Violates the legislation of the Russian Federation or norms of international law;
• Contains threats, calls for violence, extremism, or terrorism;
• Promotes and/or facilitates the incitement of racial, religious, ethnic, or political hatred or enmity, based on gender, orientation, as well as other individual traits and characteristics of a person (including health issues);
• Contains pornographic materials or scenes of sexual exploitation of minors;
• Contains a description of the means and methods of suicide, or any incitement to commit it;
• Contains advertisements or describes the attractiveness of drug use, information on drug distribution, recipes for their manufacture, and tips on use;
• Constitutes spam, massive unauthorized mailings, fraudulent schemes (phishing), or financial pyramids;
• Violates the intellectual property rights of third parties;
• Contains malicious software (viruses, trojans, etc.).
7. Moderation and Account Blocking
7.1. The Company has the right, but is not obligated, to monitor Content. To identify violations of this Agreement, the Company uses both automated filtering systems and verification of complaints received from other Users.
7.2. The Application has a "Report" feature, allowing Users to notify the Company of inappropriate Content or interlocutor behavior.
7.3. If facts of a User violating clause 6.1 of this Agreement are revealed, the Company reserves the right to delete the prohibited Content, temporarily restrict the User's access to certain functions of the Service, or permanently block and delete the User's account.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties ("As is")
8.1. The Application and all related services are provided "as is" and "as available". LLC "BUSINESS SPHERE" makes no express or implied warranties regarding the uninterrupted, error-free, or secure operation of the Service.
8.2. The Company does not guarantee that the Application will meet your specific goals, expectations, or requirements, nor that all technical errors will be immediately corrected.
9. Limitation of Liability and Data Loss
9.1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Russian Federation law, the Company, its executives, employees, and partners shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or punitive damages arising from the use or inability to use the Application.
9.2. The Company is not responsible for any loss, deletion, damage, or failure to save your Content (including chat history, media files, and contacts) resulting from technical failures, force majeure circumstances, software updates, or third-party actions. The User is advised to independently back up important information.
10. Cost of Use and Voluntary Support (Donations)
10.1. The basic functionality of the Application is provided to Users free of charge.
10.2. The User has the right, at their own discretion, to provide financial support to the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Donation") for the development and maintenance of the Application.
10.3. A Donation is a voluntary, uncompensated payment. Making a Donation is not a purchase of digital goods or services, and does not grant the User any exclusive rights, advantages, or expanded functionality in the Application, unless expressly stated otherwise in the Service interface.
10.4. All payments are processed through the built-in tools of the platform holders (Apple In-App Purchases, Google Play Billing) or other permitted payment gateways. By making a payment, the User agrees to the payment processing rules of the respective systems.
10.5. Due to the voluntary nature of the payment, funds transferred as a Donation are not refundable by the Company, except in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
11. Amendments to the Agreement
11.1. The Company reserves the right to unilaterally amend this Agreement at any time.
11.2. The current version of the Agreement is always available on the official website of the Company https://interchat.net/. Changes take effect from the moment the updated version is published on the site, unless a different timeframe is specified in the document itself.
11.3. Continued use of the Application after the publication of changes constitutes your unconditional agreement with the new version of the Agreement. If you do not agree with the changes, you must stop using the messenger and delete your account.