BeFreed – Terms of Service

Effective Date: June 1, 2025
Last Updated: October 25, 2025

1. What Is BeFreed?

BeFreed is an AI-powered personalized learning platform developed and operated by beFreed, Inc. ("BeFreed," "we," "our," or "us"). The Service generates personalized educational audio experiences based on user-provided inputs, user-requested topics and user-provided materials. All content surfaced or generated through the Service originates from user interactions, preference selection, or direct request.

BeFreed synthesizes information from publicly available sources, and user inputs, transforming them into personalized learning output for educational use. Any references to books, research papers, academic materials, podcasts, or expert commentary are presented in a transformative, user-directed format and do not replace the original works.

BeFreed is not an audiobook provider, mental-health service, or accredited educational institution. Content is algorithmically generated for learning, reflection, and discovery, and should not be treated as professional, therapeutic, financial, medical, legal, or certified academic advice.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use BeFreed. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use the Service with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

By accessing or using BeFreed, you represent and warrant that:

  • you are at least 13 years old;
  • if you are 13–17, you have parental or legal guardian permission to use the Service;
  • you are not barred from using the Service under applicable law; and
  • your use of the Service complies with these Terms.

3. Your Account

To access personalized features, you may be required to create an account. You agree to:

  • provide accurate and current registration information,
  • maintain the security of your login credentials,
  • accept responsibility for all activity under your account.

beFreed may suspend or terminate your account if we believe you have violated these Terms or present a legal, security, or platform integrity risk.

4. Third-Party Content & Fair Use

BeFreed may transform, reference, or synthesize third-party content such as book concepts, research findings, expert commentary, news, or openly available educational materials. All rights to third-party works remain with their original owners.

BeFreed's use of third-party content is transformative:it converts complex knowledge into new, AI-generated personalized learning audio. It is not a replacement for the original source material. Users are encouraged to support and explore original works.

You may not extract, redistribute, or publish BeFreed's generated content as a substitute for those original sources.

5. User Inputs & License Grant

"Inputs" include any prompts, topics, queries, uploaded materials, data, feedback, voice content, or personalization information you submit to the platform.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your Inputs are lawful, accurate, and that you have all necessary rights and permissions to provide them, including where such Inputs contain Personal Data or Personally Identifiable Information ("PII").

By submitting Inputs, you grant BeFreed, Inc. a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to:

  • use, host, store, process, analyze, and transform Inputs;
  • generate learning content and derivative Outputs;
  • aggregate or anonymize Inputs for product analytics and R&D;
  • repurpose derivative Outputs for internal and external use.

For Inputs that include PII, BeFreed processes such information only as necessary to operate and personalize the Service, in accordance with this Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy. BeFreed does not intentionally use PII in publicly redistributed derivative content unless it has been anonymized or aggregated.

This license survives account closure for any previously used, anonymized, or derivative Output already generated from your Inputs.

6. Community Redistribution & Educational Showcasing

You acknowledge and agree that BeFreed may curate, resurface, or redistribute Generated Output within the platform's community learning features, personalized feeds, recommendations, curated discovery pages, or educational experiences, unless you explicitly opt out.

Additionally, BeFreed may showcase anonymized Output outside the platform (e.g., examples, demos, marketing, newsletters, or public discovery pages) unless you explicitly opt out, and such content will appear without attribution unless you choose otherwise.

7. Subscriptions, Billing & Auto-Renewal

Certain features of BeFreed may require a paid subscription. By purchasing a subscription, you agree:

  • charges may automatically renew unless canceled;
  • pricing and plan structure may change with notice;
  • refunds follow platform or app-store rules depending on purchase channel.

8. Beta & Experimental Features

BeFreed may offer experimental or beta features. These are provided "as-is", may be changed or discontinued at any time, and may function differently than standard features. Your use of beta features is at your own risk.

9. No Professional Advice

All Generated Output is informational and educational only.
BeFreed does not provide medical, therapeutic, financial, legal, academic, career, or psychological advice, nor any form of professional guidance.

You acknowledge and agree that:

  • You must not rely solely on Generated Output for any decision with legal, financial, medical, emotional, or life consequences.
  • beFreed, Inc. is not responsible for outcomes resulting from acts, omissions, or decisions made in reliance on the Service.
  • You should consult qualified professionals when appropriate.

10. Copyright Complaints

BeFreed respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. If you believe that content available through the Service infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). The DMCA provides a process for copyright owners to request the removal of allegedly infringing material and for users to respond if they believe the removal was made in error.

When we receive a valid DMCA notice, we will review it and may remove or disable access to the identified content. If the affected user submits a valid counter-notification, we may restore the content unless the copyright owner initiates legal action within the timeframe required by law.

For information on how to file a DMCA notice or submit a counter-notification, please contact our designated DMCA agent at info@befreed.ai

11. Prohibited Conduct

You may not use BeFreed to:

  • Violate copyright or intellectual property laws;
  • Reverse-engineer, scrape, harvest, or misuse Service data;
  • Use Generated Output to train competing AI models;
  • Circumvent technical restrictions or rate limits;
  • Misrepresent Generated Output as original authorship;
  • Create derivative commercial works based on Generated Output;
  • Conduct abusive, harmful, or unlawful activity;
  • Interfere with platform integrity or infrastructure.

beFreed may suspend or terminate accounts engaging in these activities.

12. Termination & Account Closure

beFreed may suspend, limit, or terminate access for:

  • Violation of these Terms,
  • Legal/regulatory risk,
  • Abuse or threat to platform integrity.

You may delete your account at any time. Termination does not revoke licenses already granted to beFreed for Generated Output previously created.

13. Changes to the Service

beFreed may modify, enhance, restrict, or discontinue portions of the Service at any time. Certain features may be experimental or time-limited. Continued use constitutes acceptance of such modifications.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided "as-is" and "as available."
beFreed makes no warranties—express or implied—including:

  • accuracy or completeness of Generated Output,
  • suitability for a particular purpose,
  • uninterrupted availability,
  • absence of defects or errors.

Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusions of implied warranties; in such cases, these limitations apply to the fullest extent allowed by law.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

  • beFreed shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages.
  • beFreed's aggregate liability shall not exceed the greater of (a) $100 or (b) the amount paid by you in the 3 months preceding the claim.
  • beFreed is not responsible for third-party service failures, loss of data, or reliance on Generated Output.

Some jurisdictions limit liability exclusions; these apply to the fullest permissible extent.

16. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless beFreed, Inc., its officers, directors, employees, contractors, service partners, and affiliates from all claims, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from:

  • misuse of the Service,
  • violation of these Terms,
  • infringing or unlawful Inputs,
  • disputes resulting from your reliance on Generated Output.

17. Governing Law, Arbitration & Class Action Waiver

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service shall be resolved by binding arbitration in San Francisco County, California, under the Federal Arbitration Act.

You waive:

  • the right to a jury trial,
  • the right to participate in class or representative actions.

Only individual claims may be pursued. If this waiver is held unenforceable, the arbitration clause is void.

18. Entire Agreement & Severability

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and beFreed, Inc. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or replaced to the minimum extent necessary; the remainder remains in full force.

No waiver of rights is implied by non-enforcement.