The deal between you and Closish.

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Closish (“Closish,” “we,” “us”). They cover your use of the Closish website at closish.com, our mobile apps, and everything we offer through them (together, the “Service”).

Please read them. By creating an account, or by otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

We tried to write these in plain language. Where a section uses a capitalized word like “Service” or “Content,” it means the specific thing we defined for it. If anything is unclear, email privacy@closish.com and we’ll explain.

Closish helps you find the food, coffee, bars, and places people are talking about on TikTok and Instagram, collected onto a single map. We gather information about venues from publicly available sources— public social posts and the Google Places public record — and present it so it’s easier to browse.

The Service is for general information and discovery only. We are not affiliated with, and do not endorse, the venues shown on the map. Hours, prices, menus, ratings, addresses, and whether a place is open or even still in business can be wrong or out of date. Always confirm details directly with the venue before you rely on them.

You must be old enough to use the Service in your location — at least 13 in the United States, and at least 16 in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom. The Service is not directed at children below those ages.

• Signing in. We sign you in with a one-time code sent to your email. There is no password. You are responsible for keeping access to your email account secure, and for everything that happens under your Closish account.
• Accurate information. Give us an email address you actually control, and keep your account details current.
• One person, one account.Don’t share your account, and don’t use someone else’s without their permission.

When you use Closish, you agree not to:

• break any law, or use the Service for anything illegal;
• post or submit anything that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, defamatory, fraudulent, obscene, or that infringes someone else’s rights;
• impersonate anyone, or misrepresent your connection to a person, business, or venue;
• scrape, crawl, harvest, or bulk-download data from the Service, or use it to build a competing dataset or product;
• probe, attack, overload, or try to gain unauthorized access to the Service, our systems, or other users’ accounts;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract our source code, except where the law expressly permits it;
• remove, obscure, or alter any notices, branding, or attributions; or
• use any robot, spider, or automated means to access the Service other than a standard search-engine crawler obeying our instructions.

We may investigate and take action — including removing content, limiting features, or suspending or terminating accounts — if we believe these Terms have been broken.

The Service may let you create things — for example, reviews, ratings, notes, and saved spots (your “Content”).

• You own your Content.We don’t claim ownership of what you create.
• You give us a license to show it. By submitting Content, you grant Closish a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute that Content for the purpose of operating and improving the Service. This license ends when you delete the Content or your account, except for copies kept in routine backups for a limited time and for Content others have already relied on.
• You’re responsible for it.You represent that you have the rights to the Content you submit and that it doesn’t break these Terms or any law. You are solely responsible for your Content and the consequences of posting it.
• We can moderate.We may, but are not obligated to, review, remove, or refuse Content for any reason — including Content we believe violates these Terms. If you see Content that shouldn’t be there, report it to privacy@closish.com.

The Service itself — the Closish name and logo, the design, the software, and the curated map and database we assemble — belongs to Closish or our licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms. We keep every right we don’t expressly grant you.

Venue information shown in the Service may include names, marks, and material owned by the venues or by third-party sources. Those belong to their respective owners, not to us, and their appearance in Closish is not a claim of ownership or an endorsement.

Closish points you toward places and content run by other people: restaurants, bars, and shops; map and directions providers; social platforms; and the creators whose posts inspired a spot. We don’t control any of them.

• We are not responsiblefor any venue, business, creator, product, or third-party service — their quality, safety, legality, pricing, availability, or how they treat you.
• Listing a place is not an endorsement or a recommendation, and is not a guarantee that it is safe, open, or accurately described.
• Your dealings with any venue or third party are solely between you and them. Use your own judgment, and confirm anything that matters directly.

If you allow it, Closish can show spots near you and sort results by distance. Location data, distances, and directions are estimates and can be inaccurate. Don’t rely on them for anything where accuracy is critical, and always pay attention to your actual surroundings, local conditions, and the law. How we handle location data is described in our Privacy Policy.

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent the law allows, Closish disclaims all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free; that any information shown (including venue names, hours, locations, ratings, or whether a place is open or still operating) is accurate, complete, or current; or that the Service will meet your expectations. Any reliance you place on the Service is at your own risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Closish and its operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the Service — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us, if any, in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) one hundred US dollars (US$100).

Some places don’t allow certain warranty or liability exclusions, so some of the limits above may not apply to you. In that case, our liability is limited to the smallest amount the law permits.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Closish and its operators from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or of any law or third-party right.

You can stop using the Service at any time and delete your account from within the app. We may suspend or end your access to the Service, with or without notice, if we believe you’ve broken these Terms, to protect the Service or other users, or if we discontinue the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including content licenses you granted, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification — survive.

We’re an early-stage product, so the Service will change, and features may be added, altered, or removed. We may also update these Terms. When we make a material change, we’ll update the “Last updated” date above and, where reasonable, give notice in the app or by email. If you keep using the Service after a change takes effect, you’re agreeing to the updated Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing anything formal, please email privacy@closish.com so we can try to resolve the issue with you directly — most problems can be sorted out that way. Any dispute that can’t be resolved informally will be handled exclusively in the state or federal courts located in California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

These additional terms apply when you download the Closish app from the Apple App Store:

• These Terms are between you and Closish only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any). Otherwise Apple has no warranty obligation, and any other claims are our responsibility, not Apple’s.
• Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app, including product-liability, legal/regulatory, or intellectual-property claims.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo, and that you are not on any US Government restricted-parties list.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

• Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and Closish about the Service.
• Severability. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
• No waiver.If we don’t enforce a part of these Terms right away, we haven’t given up the right to do so later.
• Assignment.You can’t transfer your rights under these Terms without our consent; we may transfer ours (for example, in a merger or acquisition).

Questions about these Terms? Email privacy@closish.com. We read every message.