Annot

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Terms of service

Last updated: 2026-05-19

Draft pending lawyer review. These terms are a good-faith first pass written by the product team. They will be reviewed by Japanese SaaS counsel before public launch. Until that review lands, the operator reserves the right to update wording without notice; substantive changes will still trigger an email to active accounts.

1. Acceptance

By using annot.work, the Annot PWA, the Chrome extension, the desktop app, the VSCode extension, the Annot Cloud storage backend, or any of the @ingcreators/annot-* npm packages (collectively, the Service), you agree to these terms.

If you don't agree, don't use the Service. The open-source source code at github.com/ingcreators/annot remains available under the Apache-2.0 licence regardless of these terms.

2. Open source

The Annot codebase is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. You may use, modify, and redistribute the source under that licence's terms. These terms govern the hosted Service we operate at annot.work and any premium add-ons we offer there — they do not modify the Apache-2.0 grant on the code itself.

3. Your account

  • You may create an account by signing in with GitHub or Google. You are responsible for the security of the identity provider account you use.
  • You must be old enough to enter into a contract in your jurisdiction (in Japan, 18; in the EU, varies by country — see the privacy policy).
  • One human, one account. Service accounts for automation (CI etc.) are fine; share-the-login-with-the-team is not permitted on the free tier.

4. What you can store

You may store screenshots and annotations you have the right to capture and store. You may NOT store:

  • Content that infringes someone else's copyright, trademark, or other IP rights.
  • Content that doxxes, harasses, or facilitates harm against an identifiable person.
  • Content that depicts minors in sexual contexts (CSAM is an instant ban + report).
  • Malware, exploit payloads, or content used to coordinate attacks against third parties.
  • Personally-identifiable information that you do not have the legal right to process (e.g. screenshots of someone else's private medical or financial information).

5. Quotas

  • Free tier: per-workspace quotas apply to storage, share-link generation, and API call rate. Specific numbers are visible at annot.work/app → Settings → Usage and can be updated unilaterally with 30 days' notice.
  • Paid tier (planned, not yet available): higher quotas, team sharing, history. Pricing is disclosed at checkout when the tier launches.
  • Excessive use — automated scraping, crypto mining, or DoS-shaped traffic against the API will be rate-limited at the edge and may result in account suspension.

6. Suspension + termination

We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms, particularly the content rules in §4 or the excessive-use rules in §5. We will, where reasonable, give you advance notice and a chance to cure.

You may delete your account at any time via Settings → Delete account. Stored content is removed within 30 days per the privacy policy.

7. Intellectual property

  • Your content stays yours. You retain all rights, title, and interest in the screenshots and annotations you create. We claim no ownership.
  • You grant us a limited licence to store, process, and transmit your content as necessary to provide the Service to you. This licence ends when you delete the content or close the account.
  • Share links: by generating a share link, you grant viewers of that link a read-only licence to view the content. You can revoke the share link at any time.
  • The Annot brand (name, logo, wordmark) is owned by ingcreators. The brand assets repository is publicly available — use is governed by the brand/README.md guidelines.

8. Warranties

The Service is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. We do our best to keep it running and to keep your data safe, but we make no specific promise about uptime, performance, or fitness for any particular purpose.

9. Liability cap

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the Service is capped at the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or ¥10,000, whichever is greater.

We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost revenue, or lost data — even if we were warned of the possibility.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ingcreators against any claim arising from your violation of these terms or your storage of prohibited content under §4.

11. Governing law + venue

These terms are governed by the laws of Japan. Disputes will be resolved exclusively in the Tokyo District Court, Japan, except where local consumer-protection law gives you a non-waivable right to a different forum.

12. Changes

We may update these terms. Material changes (new fees, changed liability terms, new prohibited-use categories) trigger an email to active accounts at least 30 days before taking effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@annot.work. For abuse reports or content-removal requests: abuse@annot.work.