Legal
Effective date: July 3, 2026
Please read these Terms of Service carefully before using acta.so (the "Site") and the services, features, content, or applications offered by Acta ("Acta", "we", "us", or "our") (collectively, the "Services"). These Terms of Service set forth the legally binding terms and conditions for your use of the Site and the Services.
By registering for and/or using the Services in any manner — including visiting or browsing the Site — you agree to these Terms of Service and all other operating rules, policies, and procedures published on the Site by us, each of which is incorporated by reference and may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
Certain Services may be subject to additional terms specified by us from time to time. Your use of such Services is subject to those additional terms, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.
You must be at least 16 years of age to use the Services. If you are under 16, you may not use the Services under any circumstances. We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity and change eligibility criteria at any time. The Services are offered for your personal, non-commercial use only.
To use the Services, you must register for an Account using a valid email address. You must provide accurate, complete information and keep your Account information current. You are solely responsible for all activity that occurs on your Account and for keeping your password secure. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account.
At registration, you must affirmatively check a box confirming that you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy, and that you have the legal right to access any content you direct Acta to retrieve — for example, because you already hold a subscription or account with the source — and that you will not use the Services to bypass paywalls or other access controls. This confirmation is recorded against your Account.
Acta is a personal reading service that retrieves publicly accessible web articles, newsletters, and publications at your direction and delivers them to your registered e-ink reading device (Kindle, Kobo, or similar) in a clean, typeset format for personal reading.
The Service operates similarly to a personal clipping service: content is retrieved, reformatted, and delivered solely for your individual, non-commercial reading use. Acta does not store article content beyond what is necessary to complete your requested delivery. We do not republish, redistribute, or make content available to other users.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Services with respect to any particular content is consistent with applicable laws and the terms of service of the sites from which content is retrieved. Acta respects publisher opt-outs and complies with removal requests. See our Copyright & DMCA Policy and Publisher Information pages.
Your responsibility. You represent and warrant that your use of the Services complies with all applicable laws, including those related to copyright and intellectual property. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any Content you direct Acta to retrieve on your behalf.
No guarantee of accuracy. We do not guarantee that any content retrieved through the Services will be accurate, complete, or unaltered. Article extraction is automated and may produce imperfect results.
Content removal. We reserve the right to disable retrieval of content from any source at any time, including upon receipt of a valid copyright or opt-out notice from a publisher.
You shall not use the Services to:
Paid tiers. Acta offers free and paid subscription tiers. Paid subscriptions are billed through our third-party payment processor (Stripe). By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your selected payment method on a recurring basis.
Auto-renewal. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period (monthly or annual, depending on your plan) at the then-current rate unless you cancel before the renewal date. You may cancel at any time through the billing portal in your Account settings. Canceling stops future renewal only — it does not end your current billing period early. You keep full access to your paid tier through the end of the period you already paid for, after which your account reverts to the Free tier.
Refunds. If you request a refund within 14 days of a given payment, we will refund that payment in full. After 14 days from a payment, that payment is final: no partial or prorated refund is issued for the remainder of a billing period if you cancel later in that period, whether your plan is billed monthly or annually.
Print digest (beta). The Print + E-Ink tier is billed for a monthly physical magazine digest, but physical print fulfillment has not yet launched as of the Effective Date of these Terms — digital (e-reader) delivery is fully active today, and print production is in development. We will notify subscribers by email before physical fulfillment begins. If you are billed for the Print + E-Ink tier before physical fulfillment has begun, you may request a full refund of the amount attributable to that tier's print component at any time by contacting us, or switch to the Epaper tier at no additional cost. Once physical fulfillment launches, print production and shipping timelines will be subject to our fulfillment partner's schedule and outside our direct control; digital delivery will remain unaffected by any print delays.
Coupons and promotional codes. Coupon codes are subject to the terms disclosed at the time of redemption, have no cash value, may not be resold or transferred, and may be modified or revoked by us at any time to prevent abuse. We may terminate discounted or promotional access if we reasonably determine a code was obtained or used fraudulently.
We may terminate or suspend your access to the Services at any time, with or without cause, effective immediately. You may cancel a paid subscription at any time through the billing portal in your Account settings (see Section 7); to close your account entirely, contact us via our Contact page. Upon termination, your right to use the Services ceases immediately. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
We have no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. We make no representations concerning any content retrieved through the Services, and will not be responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, or legality of any third-party content.
THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Acta and its affiliates, employees, contractors, directors, and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of the Services, your violation of these Terms, or infringement by you or any third party using your Account of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ACTA, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY FOR: (I) ANY LOST PROFITS, DATA LOSS, OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND; OR (II) ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF FEES PAID TO US IN THE THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR $100.00.
You agree that any dispute between you and Acta will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association's rules for consumer-related disputes. You waive any right to a jury trial and agree not to participate in class actions or class-wide arbitration.
As an alternative, you may bring your claim in your local small claims court if it falls within that court's jurisdiction.
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which Acta operates, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute not subject to arbitration under Section 12 shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in that state.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time by posting updated Terms on the Site or notifying you by email. Your continued use of the Services after any such modification constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.
Questions about these Terms? Use our Contact page.