Terms of use
Terms of use.
The rules for using the Ureka Lantern website and app.
Draft, last updated 2026-11-08, under legal review. Not yet reviewed by a lawyer. The app is not yet available. These terms will be finalized and re-dated before release.
1. About these terms
These terms govern your use of the Ureka Lantern website (urekalantern.com) and mobile app (together, the “Service”). By using the Service you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use it. Operator: [legal name and address to be confirmed before launch]. Contact: support@urekalantern.com.
2. Not an emergency service
Ureka Lantern is not an emergency, monitoring or rescue service. It does not contact 911, police or any responder. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number. See the safety notice. You must not rely on the Service for your safety.
3. What the Service does
The app helps you prepare a message containing your location, a timestamp and, optionally, photos, and hands it to your device’s messaging or email app for you to send to people you choose. It does not send messages by itself, does not guarantee any message is sent, delivered or read, and does not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness or availability of location data.
4. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to use the Service.
5. Your responsibilities
- Share only your own location and only with people you choose. Do not use the Service to track, monitor or harass anyone, or to share another person’s location without their knowledge and consent.
- Do not use the camera feature to capture people without their knowledge where the law requires consent.
- Do not use the Service for anything unlawful, to send unlawful content, or to interfere with or reverse engineer it beyond what law allows.
- You are responsible for your phone, its security and any carrier or data charges, and for the messages you choose to send.
6. Subscriptions and payments
Access to the app requires a paid subscription, planned at $3.99 per month with a free first month. Subscriptions are purchased and billed through Apple or Google under their terms. They renew automatically until you cancel in your store account settings. The price, trial length and renewal date are shown in the store before you subscribe, and those store terms control. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google. We may change prices going forward with notice as required by the store and law.
7. Privacy
Our privacy policy explains how information is handled. Messages you send are handled by third parties (your messaging app, carrier and recipients) under their own terms.
8. Intellectual property
The Service, including the name, logo and software, belongs to us or our licensors. We give you a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app on devices you own or control, subject to these terms and the app store’s terms. All rights not granted are reserved.
9. Third-party services
The Service depends on services we do not control, including Apple, Google, your carrier, maps and messaging apps. We are not responsible for their availability, accuracy or conduct.
10. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED.
11. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS ARISING FROM A MESSAGE NOT BEING SENT, DELIVERED, SEEN OR ACTED UPON, OR FROM INACCURATE LOCATION DATA. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR IT IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not apply to you. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
12. Ending use
You may stop using the Service and cancel your subscription at any time. We may suspend or end access for violations of these terms or to protect people or the Service.
13. Changes
We may update these terms. We will change the date above and, for material changes, give notice in the app or on this site. Continued use after changes means you accept them.
14. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and disputes will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Clark County, Nevada, except where your local law gives you rights that cannot be waived. [Subject to counsel review.]