Terms and Conditions

These terms apply when you use DearFutureMe on the website, at an event booth or on your own phone at an event. By ticking “I agree” before scheduling a letter, you accept these terms and our Privacy Policy.

1. What the service does

You write a letter, choose a delivery date between one month and 25 years from now, and give us an email address. We store the letter encrypted and email it to that address on, or close to, that date. You can cancel a letter before it's delivered.

2. Delivery is best-effort

We work hard to deliver every letter, but we can't promise it. Over months or years, email addresses close, inboxes fill up, spam filters change, and service providers (including us) can change or stop. Very busy days can also delay a letter by a day or two. Don't rely on DearFutureMe as the only copy of anything you can't afford to lose. The service is free and provided “as is”.

3. Your email address

You must only use an email address that belongs to you or that you're allowed to use. At booths and events we don't ask you to confirm your address first. Instead, we send an immediate receipt that lets the real owner cancel the letter. Using someone else's address is a breach of these terms. Each address can have at most 3 letters waiting at once.

4. Acceptable use

Don't use DearFutureMe to:

• harass, threaten, impersonate or frighten anyone;
• send letters to people who didn't ask for them, or send spam;
• store or send anything illegal, including content that sexually exploits minors;
• try to get around our limits, break our security or overload the service; or
• use automated tools to submit letters.

We can cancel letters, block addresses or devices, and close accounts that break these rules. Where the law requires it, we'll report illegal content to the authorities.

5. Your content

You own what you write. You give us a limited licence to store, encrypt, copy (for backups) and deliver your letter, only so we can provide the service. This licence ends when the letter is deleted. We don't publish letters. If an optional public letters wall is added in the future, it will only show letters you choose to share, and only after they're delivered.

6. Accounts

Signing in is optional. You can delete your account in Settings at any time, which permanently deletes your letters, including ones still waiting. We may close an account that breaks these terms. If we do, we'll tell you why, unless the law stops us.

7. If the service shuts down

If DearFutureMe ever has to close, we'll give at least 60 days' notice by email when we can. We'll also try to deliver scheduled letters early or let you download them, and then securely delete all remaining data.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, DearFutureMe isn't liable for letters that are late, lost, undelivered or delivered to a wrong address you entered, or for indirect or consequential losses. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, including your rights under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the Consumer Act of the Philippines.

9. Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we'll update the date at the top. If the change matters, we'll ask you to agree again before your next letter. Letters already scheduled are delivered under the terms you agreed to.

10. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Any dispute will be handled by the proper courts of the Philippines. If you live elsewhere, you keep the protections your local consumer laws give you.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: faminidenice@gmail.com