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These terms explain how ChuckleText works, what you can expect from us and what we expect from you. We've tried to keep them readable. Please read them before you start your free trial.

1. Who we are

ChuckleText is provided by Example ApS, a company registered in Denmark with registration number 12345678 and its address at Example Street 1, 1000 Copenhagen, Denmark ("ChuckleText", "we", "us", "our"). You can reach us at [email protected].

These terms, together with our Privacy policy, SMS terms and Cookie policy, are the whole agreement between you and us about ChuckleText.

2. What ChuckleText is

ChuckleText is a subscription that sends clean, personalized jokes by text message to the US mobile number on your account, on the days and at the times you choose. You create joke profiles (for example "The grandkids") with an age group and favorite topics, and each profile gets at most one joke per day. You're free to share the jokes with family and friends.

ChuckleText sends messages only to your own number. It is not a messaging service for contacting other people, and it must not be relied on for anything time-critical. Messages are usually delivered within minutes of the scheduled time, but delivery depends on mobile carriers and can sometimes be delayed or fail.

3. Who can use ChuckleText

  • You must be at least 18 years old.
  • You need a US mobile number that you own or are authorized to use, and that can receive text messages.
  • You may have one account, and it is for your personal, non-commercial use.
  • The information you give us must be accurate, and you must keep it up to date in your account.

4. Your account

You log in with a link we send to your email address. Keep access to your email secure, and tell us right away at [email protected] if you think someone else has accessed your account. You're responsible for activity on your account.

5. Text messages

By signing up you agree to receive recurring automated text messages from ChuckleText at the number you provide, as described in our SMS terms. Consent to receive texts is not a condition of any purchase beyond the ChuckleText service itself. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop texts and HELP for help. Replying STOP stops the texts but does not cancel your subscription (see section 8).

6. Free trial, subscription and automatic renewal

  • Free trial. New customers get a 7-day free trial. A payment method is required to start it. We'll email you a reminder 3 days before the trial ends. If you cancel before the trial ends, you won't be charged. One free trial per person.
  • Automatic renewal. Unless you cancel, your subscription starts automatically when the trial ends and renews at the end of every billing period (monthly or yearly, as you chose) at the price shown when you signed up, until you cancel.
  • Payment. Payments are processed by [Stripe, which acts as our merchant of record and payment provider]. We never see or store your full card number. Applicable sales taxes are [calculated and collected by our merchant of record].
  • Failed payments. If a payment fails, we'll let you know and try again. If we can't collect payment within [7] days, your jokes will be paused until your payment details are updated.
  • Price changes. If we change the price of your plan, we'll tell you by email at least 30 days before the new price applies to you, and you can cancel before then.
  • Discounts. Any discount or offer applies only for the period and on the terms stated when you accepted it.

7. Changing your plan

You can change plans in your account. An upgrade from Single to Family takes effect right away, and you pay the difference for the rest of the billing period. A downgrade from Family to Single takes effect at the end of your current billing period (or right away during your free trial). When you downgrade, you choose which profile keeps getting jokes. Your other profiles are paused, not deleted, and come back on if you upgrade again.

8. Cancelling

You can cancel at any time in your account in a few clicks. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period, and you won't be charged again. Payments already made are not refunded, except as required by law or as described in section 9. Until the period ends, you can change your mind and keep your plan.

When your subscription ends, texts stop and your joke history is locked. Your account, profiles and history are kept so you can restart later and pick up where you left off, unless you delete your account. Replying STOP to a text does not cancel your subscription.

9. Right of withdrawal (EU and EEA consumers)

If you're a consumer living in the EU or EEA, you have the right to withdraw from your purchase within 14 days without giving a reason. Because ChuckleText starts right away, you ask us to begin the service during the withdrawal period. If you withdraw after the free trial has ended, we'll refund your payment minus an amount proportionate to the service you received up to the time you told us. To withdraw, email [email protected] with a clear statement that you're withdrawing.

[Refund policy for customers outside the EU and EEA.]

10. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • sign up a phone number you don't own or aren't authorized to use, or sign up on behalf of someone else without their permission;
  • send excessive or abusive messages to our number, or otherwise try to drive up our messaging costs;
  • create multiple accounts or trials, or try to avoid paying for the service;
  • copy, scrape or collect jokes from the service in bulk, or republish, sell or use them commercially;
  • interfere with, probe or attack the service, or reverse engineer it;
  • use the service in a way that breaks the law or harms ChuckleText, our customers or anyone else.

If you break these rules, we may pause or close your account (see section 14).

11. The jokes and our content

The jokes, website and app, including text, design and software, belong to us or our licensors. We give you a personal, non-transferable right to read the jokes and share them informally with family, friends and colleagues. Any other use, such as publishing them in bulk or using them commercially, requires our written permission.

Jokes are written with the help of AI and checked for quality, taste and age-appropriateness before they're sent. We work hard to keep every joke clean, but humor is personal, and we can't promise that every joke will suit everyone. If a joke seems inappropriate, please tell us at [email protected].

12. Ratings and feedback

When you rate a joke (by replying 1 or 2, or in your account) or send us feedback, you allow us to use it to personalize your jokes and improve ChuckleText for everyone, as described in our Privacy policy.

13. Changes to the service

We keep improving ChuckleText and may add, change or remove features. If we make a change that significantly reduces what you pay for, we'll tell you in advance, and you can cancel. We may also need to pause the service briefly for maintenance or because of problems with our suppliers.

14. Suspension and termination by us

We may pause or close your account without notice if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms, if required by law or a carrier, or to protect the service or other customers. Otherwise, we may end your subscription by giving you at least 30 days' notice by email, and we'll refund any amount you've prepaid for the period after it ends.

15. Disclaimers

We provide ChuckleText "as is". To the extent the law allows, we don't make promises beyond those in these terms, for example that the service will always be available, error-free or delivered at an exact time, or that you'll find every joke funny. Nothing in these terms affects rights you have as a consumer that can't be limited by contract.

16. Limitation of liability

We're responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these terms or our negligence, to the extent required by the law that applies to you. To the extent the law allows, we're not liable for indirect or consequential loss, for loss caused by events beyond our reasonable control (such as carrier outages, power failures or natural disasters), or for more than the total you've paid us in the [12] months before the claim arose. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

17. Marketing emails

If you agree to receive news and tips from us, we'll email you occasionally about ChuckleText. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email or in your account. Emails about your account, such as login links, trial reminders, receipts and cancellation confirmations, are part of the service and don't require marketing consent.

18. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change is significant, we'll email you at least 30 days before it applies. If you don't agree, you can cancel before the change takes effect. The date at the top shows when the terms were last updated.

19. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Denmark. If you're a consumer, you also keep the protection of any mandatory consumer laws in the country or state where you live, and you can bring a claim in the courts where you live. Before taking legal action, please contact us at [email protected] so we can try to resolve the issue.

20. Contact

Example ApS, Example Street 1, 1000 Copenhagen, Denmark, 12345678. Email: [email protected].