Terms of Service

Who you are agreeing with

MaluDB is operated by Kinetic Seas Inc., 1501 E. Woodfield Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60173 ("we", "us"). By creating an account you agree to these terms, to the Acceptable Use Policy, and to the Privacy Policy. If you are agreeing on behalf of an organization, you confirm you may bind it.

What the service is

Each project is a PostgreSQL database with an API in front of it: a Data API, Auth, file storage, and MaluDB's own features. You keep full ownership of everything you store. We process it to run the service for you and for no other purpose — we do not sell it, and we do not use it to train models.

This is a beta, and what that costs you

The Developer tier is free and is offered as is, with no uptime commitment and no support commitment. Specifically, today:

• the service runs on a single machine. If it fails, projects are unavailable until it is repaired;
• backups are kept on that same machine until off-site copies are in place. Losing the machine can therefore lose your database and its backups;
• uploaded files are stored as a single copy and are not included in the database backups;
• a free project can be restored to its most recent backup, not to an arbitrary point in time;
• we may change, limit or withdraw features during the beta.

Keep your own copy of anything you cannot lose. Every project's data can be exported at any time with ordinary PostgreSQL tools.

Your account

Keep your password and API keys secret; anything done with them is treated as done by you. A secret key bypasses row-level security and belongs on your server, never in a browser or a mobile app. Tell us promptly at support@maludb.org if you believe a key or an account has been exposed, and we will help you rotate it.

Fair use and limits

Each plan has published limits (storage, requests, connections and so on). We enforce them automatically, and a project over a limit is restricted rather than deleted. We may also protect the platform from a project that is destabilising it for others, as described in the Acceptable Use Policy.

Suspension and termination

You may delete a project at any time from the dashboard: its database, its files and its keys are destroyed and the reference is never reissued. To close an account, delete its projects and write to support@maludb.org; we remove the account and its record of you. We may suspend or close an account that breaks the Acceptable Use Policy, that is using the platform in a way that harms other customers, or where we are required to by law. Except for a serious breach or a legal requirement, we will contact you first and give you a chance to put it right.

When an account closes, projects and their data are deleted. Backups already taken are removed in the ordinary rotation, within 30 days.

No warranty, and the limit of what we owe

The beta is provided without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows: no warranty of availability, fitness for a particular purpose, or that it will be uninterrupted or error-free.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for lost profits, lost revenue, or lost or corrupted data, and our total liability for any claim relating to the service is limited to the greater of the fees you paid us in the previous 12 months and 50 USD. The Developer tier is free, so for most beta users that means the stated amount. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

Changes

We may update these terms. For a change that materially reduces your rights we will give at least 30 days' notice by email to the address on your account. Carrying on using the service after a change takes effect means you accept it.

Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, and the courts of Cook County, Illinois have exclusive jurisdiction, without affecting any right you have as a consumer to bring a claim where you live.

Contact

support@maludb.org for anything about the service, including a question about these terms.