1. Acceptance and scope
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and the operator of the Echo Notes service (“Echo Notes”, “we”, “us”). They govern your access to and use of:
- the Echo Notes web application at app.echonotes.top, including local-first Markdown notes, folder organization, and AI assistance;
- optional cloud sync for your notes, folders, and application state;
- cloud automations where they are enabled for your account;
- the public website at echonotes.top.
By creating an account or using the service you accept these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with them, do not create an account or use the service.
2. Service description
Echo Notes provides local-first Markdown notes and folder organization in your browser, optional end-to-managed cloud sync, AI assistance (note drafts, summaries, classification suggestions, and automation drafts), and scheduled cloud automation tasks in deployments where that feature is enabled.
Notes are saved on your current device first; cloud features work only while you are signed in and the relevant services are available. Availability depends on deployment configuration, network access, account state, and overall service health. We may adjust, add, or remove capabilities as the product evolves, as described in Section 9.
3. Account registration and security
You need an account to use sync, AI assistance, and cloud automations. You agree to:
- provide a valid email address that you control and keep your account information accurate;
- keep your password confidential and use a strong, unique password;
- not share your credentials or transfer your account to others;
- notify us promptly at support@echonotes.top if you suspect unauthorized access or use of your account.
You are responsible for activity that takes place through your account. The service is intended for users who are at least 14 years old, or the minimum digital-consent age required in your jurisdiction if higher. If you are younger than that age, you may use the service only with the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the service to engage in unlawful activity or to:
- infringe the rights of others, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights;
- circumvent or attempt to circumvent security controls, access controls, rate limits, or usage quotas;
- probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the service without written permission;
- interfere with the service or other users, including distributing malware or performing denial-of-service activity;
- consume resources abusively, including configuring automation runs designed to overload the service or third-party sources;
- upload, store, or distribute malicious code or content prohibited by applicable law;
- collect personal data from third-party sources without a lawful basis, including through automations.
5. Your content and intellectual property
You keep all rights to the notes, folders, configurations, and other materials you create or store in the service (“User Content”). We do not claim ownership of User Content and we do not sell it or use it for advertising.
You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, reproduce, adapt, transmit, and otherwise process User Content solely as needed to operate and provide the service you request — including local persistence, sync across your devices, backup and recovery, processing AI requests you initiate, and running automations you configure. When you delete User Content or close your account, this license ends, subject to the retention windows described in the Privacy Policy.
If you send us feedback or feature suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable license to use them without obligation or attribution. The Echo Notes product, software, brand, design, and documentation are protected by intellectual property laws; except for the access we grant you, no rights in them are transferred.
6. AI-assisted output
AI features may generate note drafts, summaries, classification suggestions, and automation drafts using third-party model providers. You acknowledge that:
- AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or unsuitable for your particular purpose;
- AI output does not constitute professional advice of any kind, including legal, medical, or financial advice;
- you must review output before accepting it into your notes, publishing it, or acting on it;
- approval and confirmation controls in the product reduce mistakes but do not guarantee correctness.
You are responsible for how you use AI-assisted output and for complying with the law and third-party rights when applying it. AI availability depends on provider capacity, model configuration, usage budgets, and rate limits, and may change over time.
7. Cloud automations
Where enabled, the cloud automation service stores your task names, schedules, time zones, public sources, conditions, and runtime configuration, together with run and delivery records. Automations are intended to read publicly accessible sources that you are permitted to use and must comply with applicable law and the rules of those sources, including their robots policies and terms of service.
We will make reasonable efforts to run tasks on schedule, but we do not guarantee exact timing, delivery, or results. Changes to third-party pages or sources may cause tasks to fail. Automations may not be used to access private or login-only data, send spam or bulk messaging, harvest personal data, or circumvent source-site controls.
8. Fees, memberships, and billing
Some features may require a paid membership. Prices, billing periods, renewal terms, and any usage limits (such as AI usage quotas) are displayed at the point of purchase before you pay. Unless stated otherwise, memberships renew automatically until cancelled and you may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Except where required by mandatory law or expressly stated at purchase, fees already paid are non-refundable because the service is delivered continuously during the billing period.
9. Service changes, suspension, and termination
We may modify, update, or discontinue parts of the service as the product evolves. For changes that materially reduce core functionality, we will provide advance notice through the application or by email where reasonably possible.
You may stop using the service at any time and may export or delete your data through the product, or by contacting support@echonotes.top. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms — for example for unlawful use, security threats, abusive resource consumption, or non-payment — with notice when lawful and practical. After termination, your data is handled according to the retention rules in the Privacy Policy. Sections intended to survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) remain in effect.
10. Disclaimers
The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law we disclaim warranties that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or fit for a particular purpose, except where such warranties cannot be excluded under mandatory law. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits statutory consumer rights or any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill arising from the service. Our aggregate liability for direct damages is limited to the amounts you actually paid us for the service in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. These limits do not apply to liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct, or any other liability that cannot be limited under mandatory law.
12. Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Before starting formal proceedings, please contact us first; we will try to resolve the dispute in good faith within thirty (30) days. If the dispute cannot be resolved, either party may bring the case before the people's court with jurisdiction at the defendant's domicile.
13. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version is always published at this page with its effective date. For material changes we will also announce them through the application or by email in advance. Continued use of the service after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms; if you do not accept them, stop using the service and delete your account.
14. Language versions
We publish these Terms in English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. In the event of a conflict between translations, the Simplified Chinese version prevails to the extent permitted by applicable law.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@echonotes.top.
16. Privacy
How we handle your data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.