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Last Updated: February 21, 2025

Quick Summary

This agreement outlines the terms for using Vora, a product of Niente. Here’s what you need to know:

  • Your Account: You need a verified account to use Vora
  • Your Content: You own your content, but grant us a license to provide the service
  • Privacy First: We don’t sell your data or show ads
  • Age Requirement: You must be at least 13 years old
  • Dispute Resolution: Most disputes will be resolved through arbitration

For more details, please read the full terms below.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. What to Expect from Us
  3. Age Requirements
  4. Your Account
  5. Payments
  6. Your Content
  7. Our Content
  8. Other People’s Content
  9. License to Use Vora
  10. App Store Terms
  11. General Prohibitions
  12. Copyright
  13. Third-Party Resources
  14. Termination
  15. Warranty Disclaimers
  16. Indemnity
  17. Limitation of Liability
  18. Governing Law
  19. Dispute Resolution
  20. Other Legal Matters
  21. Contact Information

Introduction

This Member Agreement (also referred to as “Terms”) is a legal agreement that outlines our mutual rights and responsibilities. It governs your use of our services, so please read it carefully.

When we say “Vora,” “we,” “us,” and “our” in these Terms, we mean Niente. When we refer to “services,” we mean our website located at https://vora.niente.com.au, our Vora mobile and web applications (the “App”), and any other Niente products and services you may use.

When we say “you” and “your,” we refer to you as an individual using Vora (sometimes called a “user”). If you are accessing our services on behalf of a legal entity, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms, and “you” and “your” will refer to that entity.

However, many of the groups that use our services are not legal entities—for example, a friend group, hobby community, or family. Since such groups do not have legal status, these Terms constitute a legal agreement between you, an individual, and Niente, and do not create any agreement with a group as a whole.

Other Important Documents

We also have other important documents that govern your use of our services and are incorporated into these Terms:

If you believe another user is violating these Terms, please contact us at [email protected]

Important Notice:

Please read the “Dispute Resolution” section carefully, as it affects your legal rights regarding disputes with Niente. This section includes an arbitration clause and class-action waiver that applies to users in certain jurisdictions. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to resolve disputes with Niente through binding, individual arbitration instead of court proceedings, except where otherwise required by law.

What to Expect from Us

Privacy

We do not share your personal information with external parties or other groups, except as described in our Privacy Policy or as required by law. We are committed to keeping your data private and secure.

For more details on how we collect, use, and manage your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Advertisements

  • We do not show you advertisements or third-party promotional content
  • Instead of relying on ads, we generate revenue through premium services that offer additional features for a fee
  • Our basic service is free, now and always

Changes to Our Services

We are continuously working to improve Vora, which means:

  • We may add or remove features as part of service enhancements
  • While we strive to minimize disruptions, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability
  • Outages or changes may occur, and we cannot guarantee that all content will always be retrievable

We appreciate your understanding as we continue to evolve our platform.

Changes to Our Terms

As our services grow, we may update these Terms to reflect changes. If we make updates, we will:

  • Post the new Terms on our website
  • Send notifications or other communications when necessary

By continuing to use Vora after an update, you accept and agree to the revised Terms.

If you do not agree with the changes, you may choose to stop using the services.

Age Requirements

By using Vora, you confirm that you are at least 13 years old.

  • If you are over 13 years old but under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, your parent or guardian must read and accept these Terms on your behalf
  • If you are a parent or guardian, these Terms apply to you, and you are responsible for any activity on Vora by the minor under your supervision

Your Account

We believe that trust and accountability are essential for creating meaningful connections, so you must create a verified member account to access Vora.

Account Verification

  • Your account must include your real name and at least one verified contact method (email address or phone number)
  • We assume that any communication received from your verified contact method is coming from you

Account Security

You are responsible for keeping your account secure. If you suspect that your account has been compromised, you must notify us immediately by emailing [email protected]

Account Ownership

  • You cannot license, sell, or transfer your account to another person
  • If you manage a group within Vora, you may transfer ownership of that group using the app’s built-in functionality

Payments

We do not charge you to use our standard services.

However, if you choose to access premium features or additional products, we may require payment to use those features.

  • Before using any paid features, you may be required to agree to separate terms that apply specifically to those features
  • All payments will be clearly disclosed before purchase, and billing will be handled through third-party payment processors such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Stripe

Your Content

License to Your Member Content

Your member content belongs to you. If your content is protected by intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, or patents, those rights remain yours.

However, by sharing content through Vora, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use your content solely for the purpose of providing our services. This means we may:

  • Upload, transform, and store your content on our servers and any third-party servers we use to operate our services
  • Display and distribute your content to other users in accordance with your privacy and sharing settings (e.g., showing messages in groups you participate in)
  • Modify your content, but only for technical reasons (e.g., resizing images to fit different screen sizes)

Understanding This License

This license is:

  • Worldwide – Not restricted to a specific region
  • Non-exclusive – You can still license the same content to others
  • Royalty-free – We do not pay you for content shared on our platform
  • Sub-licensable – We may allow third parties such as vendors, service providers, and technicians to access your content only as necessary to provide our services

Responsibility for Content

You are solely responsible for any content you upload to Vora.

By sharing content, you confirm that:

  • You have all necessary rights to grant us this license
  • Your content does not infringe on third-party intellectual property rights or violate any laws or regulations

We do not take responsibility for your content. While we encourage a respectful community, we are not responsible if other users use your content without your permission.

Content Removal by You

  • You can delete your content at any time by removing it from the app
  • Some content (such as comments or messages in shared spaces) may persist even after deletion
  • We are not responsible for ensuring that all copies of deleted content are fully removed from our systems

Content Removal by Us

We reserve the right to remove any content you upload if it:

  • Violates these Terms or our Community Guidelines
  • Is found to be offensive, illegal, or harmful to others
  • Is flagged for any reason that requires review

For more details on what content may be removed, please refer to our Community Guidelines and the section titled General Prohibitions in these Terms.

Our Content

Vora may make available certain content through the services that is owned by Niente and is protected by intellectual property rights.

We retain all rights to our content, including trademarks, logos, branding, software, and any proprietary information. You may not use, reproduce, or distribute our content without explicit permission.

Other People’s Content

Just as your member content belongs to you, other members’ content belongs to them.

  • You may not use, copy, or distribute another user’s content without their consent
  • You acknowledge and agree that other users’ content may be protected by intellectual property laws

License to Use Vora

If you comply with these Terms, Niente grants you a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to:

  • Download, install, and use our software solely for accessing our services

You may not:

  • Copy, modify, or create derivative works based on our services
  • Distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend, or rent the services to third parties
  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the services (unless permitted by law despite this limitation)
  • Make the functionality of the services available to multiple users outside of the intended use case

Any violation of these license terms may result in termination of your access to Vora.

App Store Terms

This section applies to any app that you acquire from the Apple App Store or use on an iOS device.

  • Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for the app
  • If the app fails to meet an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if applicable). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no further warranty obligations regarding the app

Apple is not responsible for:

  • Product liability claims related to the app
  • Claims that the app fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements
  • Consumer protection claims or similar legal matters
  • The investigation, defense, settlement, or resolution of any third-party claims that your use of the app infringes intellectual property rights

Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. By accepting these Terms, you acknowledge that Apple has the right to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

You represent and warrant that:

  • You are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a terrorist-supporting country
  • You are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties

You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms of service when using the app.

General Prohibitions

By using our services, you agree to always abide by the Community Guidelines when using Vora. The Community Guidelines are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

When using our services, you must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Additionally, you agree not to engage in the following behaviors:

Respect for Others

  • Treat all users with respect. Do not harass, bully, impersonate, or spam others, and do not encourage others to do so
  • Respect intellectual property rights. Do not violate copyright, trademark, or any proprietary rights of others
  • Do not post offensive or harmful content, including:
    • Defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, or offensive material
    • Content that promotes discrimination, racism, bigotry, hatred, or harassment toward individuals or groups
    • Content that threatens, encourages, or glorifies violence or harm toward any person or entity
    • Content that promotes illegal or harmful activities, including but not limited to drugs, weapons, or criminal behavior

Security and Integrity of the Service

We can only provide Vora if users follow the rules. You agree not to:

  • Access or attack non-public areas of our services, computer systems, or delivery infrastructure
  • Bypass or disable security measures intended to protect the services and other users
  • Scrape, data mine, probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities of any Vora system or network

Enforcement of These Terms

We reserve the right to remove or disable access to any content, including member content, at any time and without notice if we determine, at our sole discretion, that it violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

We may also investigate violations of these Terms, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities where necessary to prosecute users who violate the law.

Vora respects copyright law, and we expect our users to do the same.

It is our policy to terminate accounts of users who repeatedly infringe, or are believed to be repeatedly infringing, the rights of copyright holders in appropriate circumstances.

Third-Party Resources

Our services may provide access to third-party websites, applications, or other resources.

  • We provide access only as a convenience to you
  • We are not responsible for the content, products, or services offered on third-party platforms or linked websites
  • Your use of any third-party resources is at your own risk, and we do not endorse or assume liability for them

Termination

Your Right to Terminate You may cancel your account at any time and for any reason by requesting account deletion through the app’s account settings or by contacting us at [email protected]

Simply stopping use of Vora does not terminate this agreement.

Our Right to Terminate

We may suspend or terminate your access to Vora, including your account, at our sole discretion, at any time, and without notice, including but not limited to when:

  • You breach these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or any other applicable policies
  • We believe termination is necessary to prevent harm to you, us, other users, or third parties
  • We are required to comply with a court order or applicable law

If your account is terminated, certain provisions of these Terms may continue to apply.

Warranty Disclaimers

Please read the following warranty disclaimers carefully, as they explain what we do and do not guarantee regarding your use of Vora.

  • The services are provided “as is”, meaning we make no warranties or guarantees about the services
  • We explicitly disclaim all implied warranties, including:
    • Merchantability
    • Fitness for a particular purpose
    • Quiet enjoyment
    • Non-infringement
    • Any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade
  • We do not guarantee that the services will:
    • Meet your specific requirements
    • Be available without interruption, security issues, or errors
    • Provide accurate, timely, truthful, complete, or reliable information or content

Your use of Vora is at your own risk.

Indemnity

If you are using Vora on behalf of a business or legal entity (rather than in an individual capacity), then you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Niente, along with its officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any:

  • Claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs, including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, that arise from:
    • Your access to or use of the services
    • Your member content
    • Your violation of these Terms

This indemnity applies to all legal and financial consequences that result from your use of our services.

Limitation of Liability

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY, AS IT LIMITS HOW MUCH NIENTE AND YOU MAY BE HELD LIABLE FOR IN THE CASE OF A DISPUTE.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither Niente nor its service providers involved in creating, producing, or delivering the services will be liable for:

  • Incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages
  • Damages for lost profits, revenues, savings, or business opportunities
  • Loss of data, goodwill, or service interruption
  • Computer damage, system failure, or the cost of substitute services

This applies to any damages arising out of or in connection with these Terms or from the use of or inability to use the services, whether based on:

  • Warranty
  • Contract
  • Tort (including negligence)
  • Product liability
  • Any other legal theory

This limitation applies regardless of whether Niente or its service providers have been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy provided here fails its essential purpose.

Maximum Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will Niente’s total liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the use of Vora exceed:

  • The total amount you have paid (or are payable) to Niente for the services, OR
  • One hundred dollars ($100) if you have not had any payment obligations, whichever is higher.

These exclusions and limitations of damages are fundamental elements of the basis of the agreement between you and Niente.

Governing Law

These Terms and any disputes related to them are governed by Australian law, specifically the laws of New South Wales, without regard to conflict of laws provisions.

Dispute Resolution

Except as otherwise set forth in the section “Settling Disputes”, any disputes that you and Niente are not required to arbitrate will be handled exclusively in state and federal courts located in Sydney, New South Wales.

By using Vora, you and Niente waive any objections to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Dispute Resolution

Informal Resolution

We value our users and believe that most disputes can be resolved informally.

Before pursuing arbitration or legal action, you agree to first contact us at [email protected] to attempt to resolve any dispute amicably.

Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes

We each agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to:

  • These Terms
  • A breach, termination, enforcement, or interpretation of these Terms
  • The use of Vora (collectively referred to as “Disputes”) will be resolved solely by binding, individual arbitration and not as a class, representative, or consolidated action.

By agreeing to these Terms, you and Niente waive the right to a jury trial and to participate in any class action.

This arbitration provision survives any termination of these Terms.

Exceptions to Arbitration

The Mandatory Arbitration clause does not apply in the following cases:

  • Small Claims Court: Either party may pursue a dispute in small claims court if it qualifies
  • Intellectual Property Protection: Either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief from a court to protect its intellectual property rights

Arbitration Process and Rules

  • Arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the rules of an Australian arbitration body (such as the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)), unless we both agree to a different set of rules
  • If you wish to initiate arbitration, you must provide written notice to Niente and follow the governing arbitration body’s process
  • Arbitration hearings will take place in Sydney, New South Wales, unless both parties agree to a different location
  • The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve any disputes regarding the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, and scope of this arbitration agreement

Arbitration Costs

  • The payment of arbitration fees will be governed by the applicable arbitration rules
  • We will not seek reimbursement for administrative or arbitrator fees unless the arbitrator determines that your claim was frivolous
  • If we prevail in arbitration, we will pay all our attorneys’ fees and costs and will not seek to recover them from you
  • If you prevail, you are entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and costs, as permitted by law

Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

  • The arbitrator may only award relief to the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide a remedy for that party’s individual claim
  • If you or we seek public injunctive relief (i.e., a legal order preventing unlawful actions that may affect others), that relief must be litigated in a civil court, not in arbitration
  • Any court-based litigation for public injunctive relief will be stayed (paused) pending the outcome of individual arbitration proceedings

Class Action Waiver YOU AND NIENTE AGREE THAT CLAIMS MAY ONLY BE BROUGHT IN YOUR OR OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.

  • You may not act as a plaintiff or class member in any class action or representative proceeding
  • If arbitration occurs, the arbitrator may not consolidate multiple claims or preside over any form of a class action
  • If this Class Action Waiver is found unenforceable, then the entire dispute resolution section will be null and void

Severability

  • If a court or arbitrator determines that any part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts will still apply
  • However, if the Class Action Waiver is found to be invalid, the entire dispute resolution section will be voided

Reservation of Rights

Niente and its licensors exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in and to the Vora services, including all associated intellectual property rights.

  • You acknowledge that the services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of Australia and other jurisdictions
  • You agree not to remove, change, or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark, or other proprietary rights notices that are part of or accompany the services

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Niente and you regarding the use of Vora.

  • These Terms supersede and replace any prior oral or written agreements between Niente and you regarding the services
  • If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect

Assignment and Transfer

  • You may not assign or transfer these Terms, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent
  • Any attempt to assign or transfer these Terms without our consent will be null and void
  • Niente may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction

These Terms will bind and benefit the parties, their successors, and permitted assigns.

Notices

Any notices or communications provided by Niente under these Terms will be given:

  • Via email to your registered contact information
  • By posting within the Vora app or website
  • For email notices, the date of receipt is considered the date the notice was transmitted

Waiver of Rights

  • Failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision
  • A waiver is only valid if it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Niente
  • Except as explicitly stated, the exercise of any remedy under these Terms does not waive any other remedies that may be available

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms or our services, please contact us at:

[email protected]