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Terms of Use for ChineseBoo

Last Updated: June 17, 2026

These Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms" or "Agreement") establish a binding legal contract between you, the individual end-user (hereinafter "the User," "you," or "your"), and Loreon LLC (hereinafter "the Company," "we," "us," or "our") concerning your access to and utilization of the ChineseBoo mobile application and its associated services (collectively, the "Application").

By downloading, installing, registering an account for, or utilizing any feature of the Application, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms and the companion Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are prohibited from accessing the Application.

1. Eligibility, Competence, and Access

1.1 Age and Legal Capacity: The Application is intended exclusively for individuals aged 13 and older. By accessing the Application, you represent and warrant that you meet this minimum age requirement. Users under the age of legal majority in their specific jurisdiction must possess the explicit consent of a parent or legal guardian to utilize the Application.

1.2 Account Integrity: Access to specific features requires the creation of a user account. You assume responsibility for maintaining the confidentiality of your authentication credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify the Company immediately of any suspected unauthorized access.

2. Scope of Service and Limited License Grant

2.1 Personal License: Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms, the Company grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and fully revocable license to download and utilize the Application solely for personal, educational, and non-commercial purposes.

2.2 Prohibited Conduct: You are strictly prohibited from engaging in the following activities:

  • Reverse engineering, decompiling, or attempting to derive the source code of the Application.
  • Deploying automated scripts, scrapers, or bots to extract data or content from the Application.
  • Utilizing the Application for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
  • Attempting to bypass the Application's digital rights management or subscription verification systems.
  • Attempting to use the Application to circumvent publisher paywalls, subscription requirements, login screens, authorization checks, geographic restrictions, DRM, robots/security protections, or other third-party access controls.

3. Content Architecture and Intellectual Property Rules

The Application functions uniquely as a specialized reading utility and language analysis tool, operating under a strictly consumption-only architectural model. The Application does not permit the publishing of user-generated serialized content to the public. The rules governing the various forms of content accessed or processed through the Application are defined strictly as follows:

3.1 Web Reader Mode and Third-Party Intellectual Property:

The Application features a built-in web browser utility with an optional user-initiated reader view (the "Web Reader Mode") that allows the User to navigate to third-party publisher websites. When content is available to the User on the publisher's live website, the Application may use localized, client-side rendering technology to format the currently loaded page on the User's device for typographic readability.

  • Disclaimer of Ownership: The Company makes no claim of intellectual property rights, copyright, or ownership over the literary content displayed within the Web Reader Mode. All text remains the exclusive intellectual property of its respective authors and publishers.
  • Passthrough Technology: The Application acts strictly as a technological conduit, structurally analogous to a standard web browser's "Reader View." The Company does not cache, host, store, scrape, copy, sell, bundle, or redistribute copyrighted text from third-party websites on its backend servers. The formatting occurs entirely on the User's local device hardware.
  • No Access-Control Circumvention: The Web Reader Mode is not designed, authorized, or permitted to bypass paywalls, subscription requirements, login screens, authorization checks, geographic restrictions, digital rights management (DRM), robots or security protections, or any other access controls implemented by a publisher or third-party website. Users must have legitimate access to the content on the source website before viewing it through the Application.
  • Third-Party Compliance: By utilizing the Web Reader Mode, the User acknowledges they are browsing an external website through a proprietary viewport. The User is solely responsible for complying with the terms of use, paywalls, authorization requirements, copyright restrictions, and all other rules established by those external publishers.

3.2 Processing of User-Imported EPUB Files:

The Application provides a utility allowing the User to import personal, offline EPUB files into a local reading interface.

  • Server-Side Parsing Mechanism: The User acknowledges that importing an EPUB file necessitates a temporary, encrypted transmission of the file to the Company's cloud infrastructure strictly for structural parsing, metadata extraction, and chapter pagination. Upon completion of this automated process, the original file is permanently purged from the Company's servers. The Company does not permanently store, index, manually review, or distribute the contents of User-imported EPUB files.
  • Indemnification: The User represents and warrants that they possess the legal right, ownership, or proper license required to possess and process any EPUB file imported into the Application. The User agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the Company, its affiliates, and its directors harmless against any copyright infringement claims, damages, or liabilities arising directly or indirectly from the User's decision to process unauthorized or pirated digital files through the Application's utilities.

3.3 Proprietary Assets of the Company:

Excluding third-party web novels and User-provided EPUB files, all elements comprising the Application—including but not limited to its source code, interface design, text segmentation algorithms, and artificial intelligence-generated cover artwork—are the exclusive intellectual property of the Company, protected by copyright, trademark, and trade dress laws. The User is prohibited from extracting, copying, or utilizing these proprietary assets outside of the Application environment.

4. Premium Subscriptions, Billing, and Economics

Certain advanced features of the Application, including artificial intelligence chat persistence, expanded translation limits, and multi-device cloud synchronization, require the maintenance of an active paid subscription tier ("ChineseBoo Premium").

4.1 Billing Infrastructure and Auto-Renewal: Subscriptions are managed, processed, and billed entirely through the respective digital storefronts operated by Apple Inc. (App Store) or Google LLC (Play Store). Subscriptions automatically renew at the conclusion of the applicable billing period unless proactively canceled by you at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled renewal date.

4.2 Cancellations and Refund Policy: You are solely responsible for managing subscription cancellations directly through your Apple ID or Google Play account management settings. Because access to digital premium entitlements is delivered instantaneously upon purchase verification, the Company does not issue direct refunds, prorated or otherwise, for partial subscription periods, except in jurisdictions where such refunds are explicitly mandated by non-waivable statutory consumer protection laws.

5. Disclaimers Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Machine Translation

The Application heavily integrates third-party Artificial Intelligence models and machine translation APIs to assist you with language acquisition.

5.1 Linguistic Accuracy: You acknowledge that artificial intelligence responses and machine translations are subject to inherent technological limitations, including algorithmic hallucinations, contextual misinterpretations, and grammatical inaccuracies. The Company makes no guarantees regarding the absolute accuracy, historical reliability, or linguistic perfection of these tools.

5.2 Assumption of Risk: These features are provided strictly as supplemental educational tools. You must not rely on the Application's artificial intelligence capabilities for critical document translations, medical advice, or professional consultations.

5.3 Abuse Prevention, Operational Limits, and Usage Safeguards: The Company may apply reasonable rate limits, throttling rules, verification checks, usage caps, or similar technical safeguards to its artificial intelligence and translation features in order to detect, prevent, and investigate fraudulent activity, automated or scripted request abuse, repeated attempts to evade usage safeguards, or other bad-faith misuse of those features, and to preserve system integrity, service availability, third-party provider capacity, and fair access for all users. Such safeguards may apply in response to unusually high-volume usage patterns even where no fraud or bad faith is established. Access to paid features is subject to these safeguards and does not guarantee unlimited, unmetered, or uninterrupted artificial intelligence or translation usage.

6. User-Generated Data and Privacy Mechanics

The Application operates on a consumption-only architectural model. You cannot publish public reviews or upload works to a public repository. All user-created digital assets (flashcards and chat histories) are private and restricted to your authenticated account. Therefore, public user-generated content licenses and public DMCA takedown portals do not apply to user interactions within the Application.

7. Comprehensive Disclaimer of Warranties

THE APPLICATION, ITS INTEGRATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FEATURES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED DIGITAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON A STRICTLY "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ENJOYMENT, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, OR GUARANTEE THAT THE APPLICATION WILL FUNCTION UNINTERRUPTED, THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETELY ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE PROMPTLY CORRECTED, OR THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPERVIOUS TO CYBER THREATS OR MALWARE.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS FOUNDERS, DEVELOPERS, DIRECTORS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ASSERTED (CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE). IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COMPANY'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM THESE TERMS SHALL BE STRICTLY CAPPED AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO THE COMPANY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ACCRUAL OF THE CLAIM, OR FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50.00), WHICHEVER AMOUNT IS GREATER.

9. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Class Action Waiver

9.1 Governing Law: These Terms, and any dispute arising from them, shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Company is formally registered, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

9.2 Binding Arbitration Agreement: Any dispute, controversy, claim, or grievance arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, or the breach, termination, or validity thereof, shall be settled entirely and exclusively through confidential, binding arbitration rather than in a court of general jurisdiction.

9.3 Class Action Waiver: You and the Company explicitly agree that any arbitration or legal proceeding shall be conducted solely in individual capacities. Both parties expressly waive the right to a trial by jury and the right to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action lawsuit, consolidated proceeding, or representative action.

10. Modifications to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms to reflect updates to our services, changes in the law, or operational requirements. If we make material modifications to these Terms that significantly alter your rights or obligations, we will notify you via an in-app notification or email. Non-material changes will take effect immediately upon updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document. Your continued use of the Application following the effective date of any revised Terms constitutes your explicit and binding acceptance of the modifications. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must terminate your account and cease using the Application.

11. Termination and Suspension

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by executing a formal account deletion via the Application settings and permanently removing the Application software from all personal devices. If you no longer have the Application installed, you may submit a formal deletion request via our Account and Data Deletion Request page. The Company reserves the absolute, unilateral right to suspend, restrict, or completely terminate your access to the Application, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including but not limited to a suspected breach of these Terms, detection of fraudulent activity, or the discontinuation of the Service.

12. Contact Information

For formal inquiries regarding these Terms of Use or the operational parameters of the Application, please contact us at:

Loreon LLC Email: support@chineseboo.com