The rules for using Kinolog, in plain language.
Draft — this document requires attorney review before launch.
Last updated: [DATE — set at launch]
Kinolog is a personal movie diary at kinolog.app. You log the films you watch, add ratings and notes, and Kinolog uses that history to build a taste profile and suggest what to watch next. It is a free product run by a solo founder. There are no ads, no paid tiers, and your data is never sold. By creating an account or using the service you agree to these terms.
Signups are currently invite-gated, so you need an invite code to create an account. You must be at least 13 years old to use Kinolog. You sign in with an email magic link or with Google — there are no passwords, so there is no password for you to protect or for us to leak. An account is for one person: keep your email address current and your inbox secure, since anyone who controls your email can sign in as you. The founder may disable an account that abuses the service or these terms.
Use Kinolog as a person keeping a diary, not as infrastructure. Do not scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the service or its data. Do not probe, overload, or interfere with it, and do not try to bypass the invite gate, the bot protection, or another person's account. Do not put unlawful content in your notes or reviews. Break these rules and your account may be disabled.
Your diary is yours. You own everything you create in Kinolog — logs, ratings, notes, reviews, and your watchlist. You grant Kinolog a limited license to store, back up, and process that content, only as needed to run the service for you — for example, sending a summary of your library to our AI provider to generate recommendations. This license ends when you delete your content or your account. You can export everything as JSON at any time from Settings.
Recommendations, taste profiles, and verdicts are generated by a large language model. They are suggestions, not facts — they can be wrong, out of date, or just not your thing. Kinolog makes no promises about their accuracy, and you should use your own judgment about what to watch.
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Film metadata, posters, and streaming availability come from themoviedb.org.
Kinolog is free and offered with no uptime guarantee or service-level agreement. Features may change, break, or be removed, and the service itself may be paused or shut down. If that ever happens, you will get reasonable notice and a chance to export your data. These terms may also change; meaningful changes will be flagged in the app.
You can delete your account yourself at any time from Settings. Deletion is immediate and complete — your diary, notes, and profile are removed, not archived. Kinolog may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, and will tell you why unless the law prevents it.
Kinolog is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent the law allows, Kinolog and its founder are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost profits, or lost data arising from your use of the service. Because this is a free product, if liability is found anyway, it is capped at zero dollars or the smallest amount the law permits. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited. Please export your data regularly — it takes one click.
These terms are governed by the laws of [JURISDICTION], and any dispute will be handled in the courts of [JURISDICTION].
Questions about these terms? Email support@kinolog.app.