These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your use of the Samla mobile application (the "App") and any related services provided by us (the "Service"). By creating an account, signing in, or otherwise using the App, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.
We have tried to write these Terms in plain language. Where we use legal terms, we explain what they mean.
1. Who we are
The Service is operated by Jarosław Urbański, an individual based in Akershus, Norway ("we", "us", "our"). You can reach us at hi@samla.studio.
2. Eligibility
You may use the App if all of the following are true:
- You are at least 13 years old.
- If you are between 13 and the digital age of consent in your country (for example, 16 in Poland), you have permission from a parent or legal guardian to use the App.
- You are not barred from using the App under the laws of your country or any country where you use it.
- You provide accurate information when you create your account.
If we learn that someone under 13 has created an account, we will close it.
3. Your account
You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity on your account. Please contact us at hi@samla.studio as soon as possible if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.
You may have only one personal account. You may not transfer your account to another person without our written permission.
4. What the App does
Samla is a tool for organising private events and gatherings. It lets you:
- Create events and invite guests.
- Manage RSVPs (Going / Interested / Pending / Declined), including a "companions" indicator.
- Build lists tied to your events (wishlists, supplies, packing lists).
- Maintain a private "My Crew" list of friends and family members.
- Track upcoming birthdays.
- Locate event venues using third-party map services.
The Service is provided as a planning aid. We do not host the events themselves and we are not responsible for what happens at events organised through the App.
5. Free and Premium features
Some features may, in the future, require a paid Premium subscription. Where that is the case:
- Pricing, billing cycle, and renewal terms will be shown clearly before you subscribe.
- Premium subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel before the renewal date.
- You can cancel a Premium subscription at any time through your Google Play account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
- Refunds are handled by Google Play in accordance with their refund policy. We do not process refunds directly except where required by mandatory consumer protection law.
The App contains no advertising and does not sell your personal data. See our Privacy Policy for details.
6. Your content
You keep all rights to the content you create in the App (events, lists, photos, names you add to "My Crew", etc.) — your content is yours.
To run the Service, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, transmit, and display your content only as needed to provide the App to you and to the people you choose to share it with (for example, your invited guests). This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where we are legally required to retain a copy.
You are responsible for ensuring that the content you put in the App does not violate someone else's rights — for example, that you have permission to add a person's name and contact details to your "My Crew" list, or to use a photograph as an event cover image.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the App to:
- Send spam, harass, threaten, or impersonate other people.
- Upload content that is illegal, sexually explicit, or that promotes hatred or violence.
- Upload content involving minors in any inappropriate way.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code from the App, except where applicable law expressly permits it.
- Interfere with the Service, attempt to bypass security or rate limits, or scrape data.
- Use the Service to create a product that competes with Samla.
We may suspend or close accounts that violate these rules, with or without notice depending on the severity of the violation.
8. Third-party services
The App relies on third-party providers (for example, our authentication and database provider, our email delivery provider, and the map provider). We list these in our Privacy Policy. When you use the App, you may also be subject to the terms of those providers — for example, Google Play's terms when you install the App from the Play Store.
9. Service availability
We do our best to keep the App running, but we provide the Service "as is" and do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any defect will be corrected. Maintenance windows, infrastructure incidents, or third-party outages may temporarily limit availability.
We may change, add, or remove features at any time. Where a change materially reduces the Service, we will give reasonable advance notice in the App.
10. Disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any consumer rights you have under mandatory law (in particular, the Norwegian Consumer Purchase Act for users in Norway, and equivalent EU/EEA consumer protection law for other users).
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the greater of:
- the amount you have paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or
- 500 NOK.
We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost data (beyond our backup retention described in the Privacy Policy), or loss of goodwill.
These limitations do not apply to:
- damages caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or
- liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (in Norway, this includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, and any non-waivable consumer rights).
12. Termination
You may stop using the App at any time and delete your account (Profile → Delete account). Account deletion follows the retention timelines described in our Privacy Policy.
We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, if we are required to do so by law, or if we discontinue the Service. If we discontinue the Service entirely, we will give reasonable advance notice and provide you with a way to export your data.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 6 (your content), 10 (disclaimers), 11 (limitation of liability), and 14 (governing law) — will remain in force.
13. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you in-App at least 14 days before the change takes effect, where reasonable. Continued use of the App after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not accept them, you should stop using the App and may delete your account.
14. Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms are governed by Norwegian law, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. This does not deprive consumers of the protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law of their country of residence.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall first be addressed informally — please contact us at hi@samla.studio so we can try to resolve it.
If we cannot resolve a dispute informally:
- Consumers in Norway may bring proceedings before the ordinary Norwegian courts; Oslo tingrett shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction.
- Consumers in the EU/EEA may also use the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform at <https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr> and have the right to bring proceedings in the courts of their country of residence.
- All other users agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Norwegian courts, with Oslo tingrett as the venue of first instance.
15. Miscellaneous
- Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
- No waiver. If we do not enforce a right under these Terms, that does not waive the right.
- Severability. If a provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
- Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our written consent. We may assign our rights to a successor (for example, in the event of a business reorganisation).
- Language. These Terms may be made available in Norwegian and Polish translations for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy, the English version prevails.
16. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Reach us at:
Email: hi@samla.studio Operator: Jarosław Urbański Address: Akershus, Norway
Thank you for using Samla. Gather your people. Plan anything.
Questions? Email us at hi@samla.studio.