Terms of Service

Last updated: August 13, 2026

General

DearPins Services include the DearPins mobile app and the dearpins.com website, developed by Cardinal Blue Software, Inc. ("DearPins", "we", "us", or "our"). By using any of the DearPins Services, you are bound by these terms (the "TOS"). The terms may change from time to time; you can review the most current version at https://dearpins.com/tos. Our Privacy Policy is part of and incorporated into these terms.

This agreement, and any claims arising out of it, shall be governed under the jurisdiction of our choice. DearPins Services are provided "as-is" and we assume no responsibility for the failure to store your user settings. We are not responsible for modification or loss of your content, or for the discontinuation of any of our services. We encourage you to keep a copy of your content. From time to time, the services may be temporarily down for repairs. We take no responsibility for loss of content during these times.

User Conduct

You understand that all information, data, text, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, links, voice recordings, tags, or other materials ("Content"), whether posted to a shared board or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not DearPins, are entirely responsible for all Content that you create, pin, save, transmit or otherwise make available via the DearPins Services. DearPins does not control the Content posted via the DearPins Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the DearPins Services — including boards shared with you by other people — you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will DearPins be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, transmitted or otherwise made available via the DearPins Services.

You agree that under the use of DearPins Services:

You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum legal age in your country to use DearPins.
You may not use the DearPins Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
You are solely responsible for your conduct and any Content that you create, pin and share using the DearPins Services, including Content you post to boards shared with other people.
You must only invite people to a board with the knowledge that anyone holding the board's invite link or QR code may join and view that board's Content.
You must not modify, adapt or hack DearPins or modify another website or app so as to falsely imply that it is associated with DearPins.
You must not access the DearPins private API by any means other than the DearPins application itself.
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
You must not, in the use of DearPins, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).
You must not transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
You must not interfere with or disrupt the DearPins Services or servers or networks connected to the DearPins Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the DearPins Services.

In consideration of your use of the DearPins Services, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving the DearPins Services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

General Conditions

We reserve the right to modify or terminate the DearPins Services for any reason, without notice at any time.
We reserve the right to alter these Terms of Service at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Service, we will notify you via internet mail according to the preference expressed on your account. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at our sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense and reasonable judgment.
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service.
DearPins has zero tolerance for objectionable Content and abusive members. Every board includes an in-app Report option to flag a post and a Block option to stop seeing a member's Content, both reachable directly from the post. We review every report and act — removing the violating Content and/or ejecting the offending user, at our sole discretion — as promptly as possible.

Proprietary Rights in Content on DearPins

DearPins does NOT claim ANY ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, voice recordings, links, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you create using the DearPins Services.

You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content created by you on or through the DearPins Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, (ii) the creation and use of your Content on or through the DearPins Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person, and (iii) the posting of your Content on the DearPins Services does not result in a breach of contract between you and a third party. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of Content you create on or through the DearPins Services.

With respect to Content you pin or make available on a board, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly display and distribute such Content solely for the purposes of operating and providing the DearPins Services — for example, storing your posts, syncing them to the other members of the board, generating previews, and delivering notifications and widgets. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the DearPins Services and will terminate at the time you or DearPins removes such Content from the DearPins Services.

The DearPins Services contain Content of DearPins ("DearPins Content"). DearPins Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Cardinal Blue owns and retains all rights in the DearPins Content and the DearPins Services.

The DearPins Services contain Content of users and other DearPins licensors. Except as provided within this Agreement, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the DearPins Services.

DearPins performs technical functions necessary to offer the DearPins Services, including but not limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content to allow its use throughout the DearPins Services.

Although the DearPins Services are normally available, there will be occasions when they will be interrupted for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunications links and equipment that are beyond the control of DearPins. Also, although DearPins will normally only delete Content that violates this Agreement, DearPins reserves the right to delete any Content for any reason, without prior notice. Deleted content may be stored by DearPins in order to comply with certain legal obligations and is not retrievable without a valid court order. Consequently, DearPins encourages you to maintain your own backup of your Content. In other words, DearPins is not a backup service. DearPins will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the DearPins Services, or the loss of any Content.

Contributions to DearPins

By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to DearPins through its suggestion or feedback channels, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) DearPins is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) DearPins may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (d) your Contributions automatically become the property of DearPins without any obligation of DearPins to you; and (e) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from DearPins under any circumstances.

Indemnity

As permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold DearPins and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you create, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the DearPins Services, your use of the DearPins Services, your connection to the DearPins Services, or your violation of any rights of another or of these Terms of Service.

No Commercial Reuse of DearPins Services

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion or use of, or access to, the DearPins Services.

Modifications to DearPins Services

DearPins reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the DearPins Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that DearPins shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the DearPins Services (or any part thereof).

Termination

You agree that DearPins may, without prior notice, immediately terminate, limit your access to or suspend your DearPins account and access to the DearPins Services. Cause for such termination, limitation of access or suspension shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) discontinuance or material modification to the DearPins Services (or any part thereof), (d) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the DearPins Services. Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and suspensions for cause shall be made in DearPins' sole discretion and that DearPins shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account or access to the DearPins Services.

GDPR Compliance

We have implemented our GDPR compliance strategy to make sure the rights of our users in the European Union are protected. We are committed to giving you transparent information, communication and modalities of the information we collect and how we process it and for the exercise of your rights under GDPR.

User Consent

Users that reside in the European Union (E.U.) must grant us consent before using DearPins. By giving us consent, you agree to how we collect and process your data as described in our Privacy Policy.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at support@cardinalblue.com. Please note that withdrawing consent will require discontinuing use of the app.
You must be at least 13 years old to create a DearPins account. For users residing in the European Union, you can only create an account if you are over the age of 16; otherwise, you must receive explicit consent from a parental guardian in order to create an account.

Data Subject Rights

As the data subject, you have the right to either give consent or decline consent to our terms and policies. Please note that by declining consent, you will not be able to use DearPins at the moment. The following are the rights you can exercise regarding your information under GDPR:

The right of access — you have the right to know how your data is being processed, and you can also request access to your data.
The right to rectification — you can obtain rectification of inaccurate personal data from us in a timely manner.
The right to erasure — you have the right to obtain the erasure of your data when the personal data are no longer necessary, when you withdraw consent, or when your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
The right to restriction of processing — you have the right to obtain restriction of our processing of your data when the accuracy of the data is contested by you.
The right to be informed — you have the right to be informed by DearPins of the changes we make regarding the collection and processing of your information.
The right to object — you have the right to ask us to stop processing your data.
The right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making, including profiling.

CCPA Compliance

We have implemented our CCPA compliance strategy for Californian residents. We are committed to giving you transparent information, communication and modalities of the information we collect and how we process it and for the exercise of your rights under CCPA.

User Consent

Users that reside in California have the right to revoke consent at any time. By giving us consent, you agree to how we collect and process your data as described in our Privacy Policy.

You can withdraw your consent at any time. To make this request, please email support@cardinalblue.com or contact us using this address: Cardinal Blue Software, P.O. Box 390677, Mountain View, CA 94039. Please note that revoking your consent will require discontinuing use of the app at this time.
To delete your DearPins account and its data, please contact us at support@cardinalblue.com.
You must be at least 13 years old to create a DearPins account.

Data Subject Rights

The right of access — you have the right to know how your data is being processed, and you can also request access to your data.
The right to rectification — you can obtain rectification of inaccurate personal data from us in a timely manner.
The right to deletion — you have the right to obtain the deletion of your data when the personal data are no longer necessary, when you withdraw consent, or when your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
The right to restriction of processing — you have the right to obtain restriction of our processing of your data when the accuracy of the data is contested by you.
The right to be informed — you have the right to be informed by DearPins of the changes we make regarding the collection and processing of your information.
The right to object — you have the right to ask us to stop processing your data.
The right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making, including profiling.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: YOUR USE OF THE DEARPINS SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE DEARPINS SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. DEARPINS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

DEARPINS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM DEARPINS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE DEARPINS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.

A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE DEARPINS SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE DEARPINS SERVICES. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE DEARPINS SERVICES AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE DEARPINS SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.

Limitation of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT DEARPINS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF DEARPINS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DEARPINS SERVICES; (b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DEARPINS SERVICES; OR (e) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DEARPINS SERVICES.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

You agree that there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.

Notice

DearPins may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, postings on the DearPins Services, or other reasonable means now known or hereafter developed. Such notices may not be received if you violate this TOS by accessing the DearPins Services in an unauthorized manner. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the DearPins Services in an authorized manner.

Trademark Information

You agree that all of DearPins' trademarks, trade names, service marks and other DearPins logos and brand features, and product and service names are trademarks and the property of Cardinal Blue Software, Inc. (the "DearPins Marks"). Without prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the DearPins Marks.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement

DearPins respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. DearPins may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. To make a claim of copyright or intellectual property infringement, please contact us at support@cardinalblue.com with a detailed description of the claimed infringement.

Violations

Please report any violations of the TOS to support@cardinalblue.com.