Terms of Service

Effective date: 2026-11-13

These terms are an agreement between you and Jiwon Pi, an individual based in the Republic of Korea (“we”, “us”), who runs Lumea (the “service”). By creating an account or using the service, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the service.

1. The service

Lumea is a minimal writing app: you can write, save, export and delete documents. It is free. We don’t charge you, and there are no ads. It is run by one person, so there is no formal support or guaranteed response time, but we do read and answer email.

2. Who can use it

You must be at least 14 years old. If the law where you live sets a higher minimum age for using a service like this on your own (for example, 16 in some EEA countries), you must meet that age. By signing up, you confirm that you do. We may delete accounts that don’t meet these requirements.

3. Your account

• Your account is identified by your email address. There is no password: to sign up or log in, you enter a 6-digit code that we email to you.
• Use only an email address that belongs to you, and keep that inbox secure. Anyone who can read your email can get into your account.
• If you think someone else has accessed your account, log out and tell us right away.

4. Your content

• You own what you write. We claim no ownership of your documents.
• The only licence we need. You give us a free, non-exclusive permission to store, back up, transmit and display your documents to you, solely so that we can run the service for you. This permission ends when you delete the document or your account (backups are cleared within 7 days).
• It stays private. Your documents are visible only to you. We don’t use them for ads, AI training or analytics, and we don’t read them, except where we are legally compelled or where you ask us to fix a technical problem you reported.
• You are responsible for it. Make sure your content doesn’t infringe anyone else’s rights.
• Keep copies. You can export every document as .txt or .md at any time. We recommend doing so regularly for anything important.

5. Acceptable use

Please don’t:

• use the service for anything illegal, or to help someone else break the law;
• sign up with an email address that isn’t yours, or use the service to send repeated code emails to other people;
• access, or try to access, other people’s accounts or documents;
• upload malware, or probe, bypass or test our security measures or rate limits;
• overload or disrupt the service, for example with automated or excessive requests; or
• use the service to store or distribute material that infringes other people’s rights.

6. Availability and changes to the service

We try to keep Lumea running smoothly, but it is provided “as is” and “as available”. It may be interrupted for maintenance, by bugs, or by problems at our hosting providers, and we will give advance notice of planned interruptions where we can. We may add, change or remove features; if a change significantly affects you, we will tell you in advance.

7. If we shut the service down

If we decide to discontinue Lumea, we will give you at least 30 days’ notice in the app and by email, and you will be able to export all your documents during that time. If something outside our control makes that impossible (for example, a provider suddenly stops operating), we will tell you as soon as we can. Data left after the shutdown will be deleted as described in our Privacy Policy.

8. Ending your use

• You can leave at any time by deleting your account in Settings. This immediately and permanently deletes your account, sessions and all documents, so export anything you want to keep first.
• We may suspend or close an account that breaks section 5 or puts the service or other users at risk. We will tell you why beforehand and give you a chance to respond, unless it’s urgent, in which case we will tell you promptly afterwards.
• Even then, unless the law forbids it or it would create a serious risk, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to export your documents.

9. No warranty

To the extent the law allows, we make no promises, express or implied, about the service, including that it will be fit for a particular purpose, accurate, uninterrupted or error-free.

10. Limitation of liability

Because the service is free, and to the extent the law allows, we are not liable for: indirect, special or consequential losses, or loss of profits; losses caused by events beyond our reasonable control, such as natural disasters or outages at our providers; or losses caused by your own actions or failure to keep your email account secure.

Nothing in these terms limits our liability for losses caused by our intentional misconduct or gross negligence, for death or personal injury, or for anything else that cannot be limited by law.

11. Privacy

How we handle your personal information is explained in our Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will post changes in the app at least 7 days before they take effect, or at least 30 days before if they are to your disadvantage, in which case we will also email you. If you don’t agree, you can stop using the service and delete your account before the changes take effect. If you keep using the service after that date, the updated terms apply to you.

13. Notices

We will contact you at your account email address or by posting a notice in the app. Notices that are important or to your disadvantage will always be sent by email as well.

14. Governing law and disputes

• These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.
• If a dispute arises, we will first try in good faith to resolve it with you directly.
• Otherwise, the Seoul Central District Court has jurisdiction as the court of first instance, unless the law gives you the right to bring proceedings elsewhere.
• Consumers in the EU, EEA and UK: regardless of the above, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of that country. Wherever you live, nothing in these terms takes away rights you have as a consumer that cannot be waived by contract.

15. General

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. These terms are available in English and Korean; if they differ, the Korean version prevails, without affecting your rights under section 14.

16. Contact

Questions about the service or these terms? Email anthonypiarch@gmail.com.