Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Katenae (“we,” “us”), the operator of the scripture-study application at katenae.io(the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service.

Katenae lets you study scripture on an endless canvas: anchor verses, highlight words, explore original-language meanings and cross-references, and save your work as studies. Scripture text, lexicons, cross-references, and commentaries are reproduced from public-domain and openly licensed sources, credited on our Credits page.

You are responsible for your account credentials and for activity under your account. Keep your email address current — account notices go there. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

You own the content you create in Katenae — your studies, notes, reflections, highlights, and drawings (“User Content”). You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, back up, and display User Content solely to operate and improve the Service for you. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for residual copies in routine encrypted backups.

You are solely responsible for your User Content. You agree not to submit content that is unlawful, infringes another person’s intellectual-property or privacy rights, or is harassing, defamatory, or malicious. We do not pre-screen User Content and have no obligation to monitor it, but we may remove content or suspend accounts that we reasonably believe violate these Terms or the law. As an interactive service, we are not the publisher of User Content and are not responsible or liable for it.

The optional study-insights feature generates labels, summaries, and connection descriptions using a third-party artificial-intelligence model. AI output is machine-generated and clearly presented as such in the app; it may be inaccurate or incomplete, and it is provided for study convenience only — it is not theological, pastoral, legal, or other professional advice. Scripture and commentary text in the Service is not AI-generated.

• No attempting to access other users’ accounts or data.
• No probing, scanning, or circumventing security or access controls.
• No abusive automated access (scraping at volume, bulk account creation, abusing email flows).
• No interfering with the operation of the Service or its infrastructure.
• No use of the Service to violate any applicable law.

We respect intellectual-property rights and respond to notices that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at support@katenae.io (subject line “DMCA Notice”) including: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work; (c) the URL or location of the allegedly infringing material; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and you are authorized to act for the copyright owner. Our designated agent is also registered in the U.S. Copyright Office’s DMCA Designated Agent Directory.

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice meeting the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time (Preferences → Delete account). We may suspend or terminate the Service or your access to it for violation of these Terms, legal necessity, or discontinuation of the Service; where practical we will give reasonable notice so you can export your work.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that content (including AI-generated insights) is accurate or complete.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR FROM USER CONTENT — INCLUDING CONTENT SUBMITTED BY OTHER USERS. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

You will indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your User Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or the law.

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights.

Informal resolution first. Before filing a claim, you agree to contact us at support@katenae.io and give us 30 days to try to resolve the dispute informally.

Arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service that is not resolved informally shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted in New Jersey or, at your election, by videoconference or telephone. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court.

Class-action waiver. Disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis. NEITHER PARTY MAY BRING A CLAIM AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing support@katenae.iowithin 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with the subject “Arbitration Opt-Out” and the email address of your account.

Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any claims not subject to arbitration shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Jersey.

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post changes on this page and update the effective date; for material changes we will notify you by email or in-app notice. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

Questions about these Terms: support@katenae.io