Terms of Service

1. Who Operates Ocuva

Ocuva is currently operated as a sole proprietorship by Manuel Lopez, Regensburger Strasse 16, 10777 Berlin, Germany (“Ocuva,” “we,” “us,” “our”). When Ocuva is converted to a GmbH or other legal entity, these Terms will be updated to reflect the new legal details.

2. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. For material changes, we will notify you by email and through a notice in the app at least 14 days before the change takes effect. If you disagree with a change, you may close your account before it takes effect. Continued use of Ocuva after that date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use Ocuva. By creating an account, you confirm that you meet this age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.

4. Your Account

You are responsible for:

• Keeping your login credentials confidential and secure.
• All activity that occurs under your account.
• Notifying us immediately at info@ocuva.app if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that show signs of misuse or unauthorised access.

5. Your Content

When you save, upload, or import content to Ocuva — including articles, documents, notes, and images — you retain all ownership rights to that content. By uploading content, you grant Ocuva a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to store, process, compress, and display your content solely to provide the Ocuva service to you. This licence ends when you delete the content or close your account.

Your responsibility: You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to upload and process any content you add to Ocuva. Do not upload content that infringes copyright, intellectual property rights, or any applicable law.

6. Ocuva's Intellectual Property

Ocuva's software, user interface, design, branding, and technology are the exclusive property of Ocuva. These Terms do not grant you any right to use Ocuva's trademarks, logos, or brand elements.

7. Public Domain Content

The Discover section of Ocuva provides access to public domain books sourced from Standard Ebooks (standardebooks.org) and similar curated sources. This content is in the public domain. Ocuva does not claim ownership of it. The formatting and production work by Standard Ebooks volunteers is released under a CC0 licence.

8. Acceptable Use

You may not use Ocuva to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation.
• Upload content that infringes intellectual property or other rights.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to circumvent Ocuva's systems.
• Scrape or automate access to Ocuva's APIs or services beyond normal use.
• Circumvent or abuse the subscription or entitlement system.
• Upload malware, viruses, or other malicious code.
• Interfere with the normal operation of the service or its infrastructure.

9. AI Features

Ocuva offers optional AI-powered features — including vocabulary analysis, reading difficulty scoring, summaries, and study tools — that you can enable on a per-item basis.

AI features are reading assistance tools only. They are not professional, legal, medical, financial, or other specialist advice. AI-generated output may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. Do not rely on it for any decision requiring verified expertise. Ocuva accepts no liability for AI-generated content.

When AI features are enabled for an item, that item's text is sent to our AI provider as described in our Privacy Policy.

10. Subscriptions and Billing

11. Right of Withdrawal and Consumer Rights

Waiver of right of withdrawal: Under EU and German law, consumers generally have a 14-day right of withdrawal from digital service contracts. By completing a purchase on Ocuva, you expressly request that the subscription service begins immediately upon payment, and you acknowledge that you thereby waive your statutory right of withdrawal in accordance with §356(5) BGB and Article 16(m) of EU Directive 2011/83/EU.

Note on platform purchases:Purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play are subject to Apple's and Google's own refund policies, which may differ from ours. Those platforms may grant refunds independently of these Terms.

Mandatory consumer rights: Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes rights that cannot be waived under applicable mandatory consumer protection law, including rights under German law (BGB) and EU consumer Directives. Where these Terms conflict with mandatory consumer law, mandatory law prevails.

12. Termination

By you: You may close your account at any time by contacting us at info@ocuva.app. Your personal data will be handled as described in our Privacy Policy.

By us: We may suspend or terminate your account if you materially breach these Terms, fail to pay subscription fees, or engage in activity harmful to other users or Ocuva. Where reasonably possible, we will give you prior notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy the breach.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

Ocuva is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error-free operation. We do not guarantee that Ocuva will meet your requirements or that errors will be corrected on any particular schedule.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Ocuva's total liability to you for any claim arising from these Terms or your use of Ocuva shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid to Ocuva in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) €50. In no event shall Ocuva be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including loss of profits, data, or goodwill.

Nothing in this section limits Ocuva's liability for: (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (ii) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (iii) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable mandatory law, including liability for gross negligence or wilful misconduct under German law.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Ocuva and Manuel Lopez from any claims, losses, damages, and reasonable legal costs arising from your breach of these Terms, your content, or your use of Ocuva in violation of applicable law.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Berlin, Germany, except where mandatory consumer protection law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your country of habitual residence.

The European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform for EU consumers at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged to participate in alternative dispute resolution but are willing to consider it.

17. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. The unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

18. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Ocuva regarding your use of the service and supersede any prior agreements.

19. Contact