Terms of Service for AlignedContact

Effective Date: July 24, 2026

Last Updated: November 2, 2026

Welcome to AlignedContact, owned and operated by LOUGIC LLC (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the AlignedContact mobile application, web applications, our dedicated aviation telemetry ingestion network (feed.alignedcontact.com), and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

By creating an account, using the service, or configuring hardware to feed aviation telemetry data into our platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Age & Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years of age to register an application account, interact with the Service, or contribute aviation telemetry data. By agreeing to these Terms, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older.

AlignedContact is explicitly designed as a space for personal reflection, introspection, and thoughtful sharing.

Public vs. Private Experiences: You may choose to publish your experiences publicly or keep them strictly private. Public experiences expose your text and attached media to other users, but never share your exact location or notes meant for research.
Limited Interactions: To protect the introspective environment, the Service permits users to follow accounts and read public experiences. The Service does not feature comments, direct messaging (DMs), public “likes,” or resharing mechanisms.

2.1 Nature of the Service; Informational Purposes Only

Informational and Reflective Purposes: The Service — including all content published by LOUGIC LLC (such as the Framework) and all User Content — is provided for informational, reflective, and educational purposes only. Your personal exploration is your own, and you are solely responsible for it.
No Promised Outcomes: We make no representation or warranty that using the Service will lead to any particular experience, outcome, or effect, whether spiritual, psychological, or otherwise. Individual experiences, interpretations, and outcomes vary by person and cannot be predicted. Content in the Service — including the Framework — presents perspectives offered for your own reflection and discernment; it is not a promise or prediction of what you will experience.
No Professional Advice: Nothing in the Service constitutes medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and the Service is not a substitute for professional care. If you experience acute distress or believe you may be in crisis, discontinue use and contact your local emergency services or a crisis line (in the US, call or text 988).
No Endorsement of Content: Content published by the Company and content submitted by users does not necessarily reflect the views of LOUGIC LLC, is not endorsed by us, and is provided without any warranty of accuracy.

3. Subscriptions, Payments, and Cancellations

In-App Billing: Subscriptions (monthly or annual tiers) are billed directly through your Apple ID or Google Play Account.
Renewal & Cancellation: Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You must manage and cancel your subscription directly through your iOS (App Store) or Android (Google Play) account settings.
Deleting Your Account Does NOT Cancel Subscriptions: Deleting your AlignedContact account inside the app does not automatically cancel your paid subscription with Apple or Google. You must cancel it manually through the platform storefront to prevent recurring charges.

3.1 Subscription Lapse, Grace Period, and Media Retention

Subscription Expiration & Grace Period: If your paid subscription expires, fails to renew, or is canceled due to a payment processing failure, your account will enter a 14-day Grace Period. During this window, you will retain access to view existing content, but your ability to upload new media or access premium features may be restricted. You may reactivate your subscription at any time during this 14-day window to maintain full account functionality and preserve stored assets.
Permanent Media Deletion After 14 Days: If a valid paid subscription is not restored prior to the expiration of the 14-day Grace Period, LOUGIC LLC reserves the right to permanently and irreversibly delete all user-uploaded media files associated with your account. This includes, but is not limited to:
Photos, videos, and audio files stored in your private gallery.
Photos, videos, and audio attachments embedded within public or private “Experiences.”
Retention of Text Content: Media deletion does not delete your overall account or the underlying text of your created Experiences. Text logs, descriptions, titles, and non-media metadata will remain intact on your account.
Irrecoverability & Limitation of Liability: Once media files are deleted following the 14-day Grace Period, they cannot be recovered or restored, even if you resubscribe at a later date. You are solely responsible for maintaining local backups of your media files prior to any subscription cancellation or expiration. LOUGIC LLC disclaims all liability for any loss of data, loss of photos, or media deletion arising from a lapsed or non-renewed subscription.

When you purchase a subscription or request a refund through third-party payment platforms (such as the Apple App Store or Google Play Store), you acknowledge and agree that LOUGIC LLC may transmit account usage, consumption metrics, service delivery status, and transaction history to the applicable platform provider. This data is shared solely to facilitate transaction processing, manage refund determinations, verify account provisioning, and prevent fraud in compliance with platform guidelines.

4. Aviation Telemetry Ingestion & Feeder Terms

In addition to our core application services, we operate a dedicated aviation telemetry ingestion network (feed.alignedcontact.com) that accepts incoming data feeds (including ADS-B, Mode S, and Multilateration/MLAT data) from independent hardware operators and receiver stations.

While feeder stations may connect without registering a traditional mobile app user account, configuring your receiver hardware, scripts, or client software to connect to our platform binds you to the following operating conditions:

A. Anonymous Contributions & Optional Account Association

Default Anonymous Operation: Telemetry transmission to our ingestion endpoints can occur anonymously. We process incoming raw data packets strictly for real-time tactical display and network aggregation.
Optional Account Linking: If you choose to associate your feeder station’s unique station identifier (UUID) with an AlignedContact user account, you represent that you are authorized to link that station and that your station remains subject to these operational rules.

B. Mandatory Disclosures for Multilateration (MLAT)

Participating in our cooperative multilateration network requires your client software (mlat-client) to transmit your receiver’s precise geographic location (latitude, longitude, and altitude) to our servers alongside raw timing pulses.
By enabling MLAT participation, you explicitly consent to the transmission and real-time processing of your station’s physical coordinates for the sole purpose of aircraft position triangulation.

C. Acceptable Use and Network Protection

You agree not to intentionally transmit malicious code, corrupted data framing, fraudulent tracking payloads, or execute denial-of-service attacks against our ingestion infrastructure.
We reserve the right-supported by automated edge security shields, rate-limiting, and firewall mechanisms-to temporarily or permanently block, ban, or disconnect any IP address or feeder station exhibiting abusive behavior, erratic connection thrashing, or protocol violations that threaten network stability.

5. User-Generated Content (UGC) & Acceptable Use Policy

You retain full ownership of the text, photos, videos, and telemetry feeds you submit to AlignedContact (“User Content”). By publishing content publicly on the Service, you grant LOUGIC LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, display, and transmit that content solely to operate the Service.

Prohibited Content

You agree not to upload, post, or transmit any User Content that:

Is sexually explicit or pornographic, depicts non-consensual sexual content, or contains nudity or sexual content in uploaded media. These prohibitions apply regardless of how content is produced — photographic, illustrated, and artificially generated (including AI-generated) media are held to the same standard.
Promotes violence, self-harm, illegal acts, or severe physical harm to individuals or animals.
Harasses, defames, bullies, or invades the personal privacy of any third party.
Infringes upon any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright (DMCA), or proprietary right of any party.

Written accounts of personal experiences may reference mature or sensitive subject matter where the treatment is informational in purpose; gratuitous or attention-seeking presentations of such material are not permitted and are subject to removal under these Terms.

Content Moderation & AI Safeguards

We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to screen, review, and moderate User Content using automated safeguards (including Azure AI Content Safety) or human review. We may remove any content or suspend any account that violates these Terms without prior notice.

Technical Restrictions & Open Source LGPL Exemption

You agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Service, except as explicitly permitted by applicable law or under open-source software licenses.

The Service utilizes software components licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3.0 (LGPLv3), specifically FFmpeg (interfaced via ffmpeg_kit_extended_flutter). Notwithstanding any general prohibition against reverse engineering contained in these Terms, nothing in these Terms shall be construed to restrict, prohibit, or limit your right to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble strictly those components of the application licensed under the LGPLv3 for the sole purpose of debugging user modifications or relinked versions of such libraries.

6. Copyright Policy (DMCA Takedowns)

LOUGIC LLC respects intellectual property rights. If you believe content hosted on AlignedContact infringes your copyright, please submit a written DMCA takedown notice to our designated Copyright Agent:

LOUGIC LLC Copyright Agent

Email: compliance@alignedcontact.com

Your notice must include: (a) identification of the copyrighted work; (b) identification of the infringing material and its location in the app; (c) your contact information; and (d) a statement under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

7. Account Termination & 90-Day Retention

Termination by You: You may delete your account at any time in app settings.
Termination by Us: We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account or disconnect any telemetry feed for violations of these Terms or suspected fraudulent activity.
Data Retention on Termination: Account deletions trigger a 90-day soft deletion period during which your data is preserved in an inactive state for legal liability protection before permanent purging.

8. Dispute Resolution & Governing Law

A. Governing Law

These Terms and any disputes arising out of or related to the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

B. Pre-Suit Informal Dispute Resolution

Before filing any formal legal claim, you agree to contact us at compliance@alignedcontact.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days.

C. Binding Individual Arbitration (US Residents)

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms that cannot be resolved informally shall be settled by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. You and LOUGIC LLC agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

D. EU/EEA Consumer Protections

If you are a consumer residing in the European Union or European Economic Area, nothing in these Terms deprives you of the protection afforded to you by mandatory provisions of the consumer protection laws of your country of residence, nor prevents you from bringing legal proceedings in your local competent courts.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

THE SERVICE (INCLUDING APPLICATIONS, WEB SERVICES, AVIATION TELEMETRY INGESTION NETWORKS, AND ALL CONTENT ON OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE) IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

Assumption of Risk & Release

You voluntarily choose to engage with the Service and with any practices, techniques, or perspectives discussed through it. YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PERSONAL EXPLORATION, INCLUDING EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, OR SPIRITUAL DISTRESS, UNSETTLING EXPERIENCES, AND CHANGES IN YOUR BELIEFS, SENSATIONS, OR WAY OF LIVING THAT YOU ATTRIBUTE TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU RELEASE LOUGIC LLC FROM ALL LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM SUCH EXPERIENCES OR YOUR RESPONSES TO THEM. You further waive the protections of California Civil Code §1542 (and any similar statute of any state or territory), which provides: “A general release does not extend to claims that the releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the released party.”

Aviation Data Disclaimers

No Guarantee of Accuracy: We will use our best efforts to provide functional map overlays and telemetry data. However, aviation data is received from multiple independent sources we do not control. Data integrity cannot be guaranteed; feeds may contain gaps, accuracy issues, or data subject to intentional third-party spoofing or manipulation.
Limitation of Reliance: The Service is intended to provide a better understanding of contact experiences; telemetry feeds must not be used for primary real-world navigation, separation assurance, or flight safety-critical applications.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LOUGIC LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR FLIGHT TELEMETRY, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR OPERATION OF FEEDER HARDWARE, INCLUDING ANY EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, OR SPIRITUAL HARM, OR HARM TO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTROSPECTIVE NATURE OF THE SERVICE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LOUGIC LLC’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law (including the mandatory consumer protections referenced in Section 8.D).

Feeder Indemnification

To the extent allowed by law, users and hardware telemetry contributors will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LOUGIC LLC from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, judgments, damages, losses, and expenses relating to any claim brought by a third party arising out of or in connection with your use of the data or your transmission of telemetry feeds in a manner not in conformance with these Terms.