Terms of Service

1. Who operates the service

If I Was Mayor is operated by [COMPANY LEGAL NAME], a company to be incorporated in [JURISDICTION], with an address at [BUSINESS ADDRESS] (we, us or our). Contact: [LEGAL EMAIL].

These placeholders must be completed before public launch.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a binding agreement to use the service or purchase Premium. By creating an account or using the service, you confirm that you meet these requirements.

Authentication is currently provided through Sign in with ChatGPT. You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping access to it secure. Your username and optional profile photo are public. Your sign-in email is not displayed publicly.

3. The service and independence

The service lets people view and, with the required membership, publish civic ideas, report local issues, vote and comment in city feeds.

If I Was Mayor is an independent community platform. It is not a municipality, government body or official reporting channel; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by any municipality; and it does not represent the views of any municipality. Posts and issue reports are not automatically sent to a municipality. If something is urgent or dangerous, contact the appropriate municipality or emergency service directly.

4. Your content

You retain ownership of content you submit. You confirm that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit it and that it complies with applicable law and these Terms.

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, process, adapt for technical purposes, moderate, translate, publish, display, distribute and promote your content for operating, securing and improving the service. This licence includes displaying your content in city feeds and translated versions. It ends when content is deleted, except for reasonable backup, legal, safety and audit retention and content already shared outside the service.

You are responsible for your content and views. We do not endorse, verify or represent that user content is complete, accurate or reliable.

5. Conduct and moderation

You must follow the Rules of Conduct and the Content and Moderation Policy. Posts and comments are automatically screened before publication. Content may be held privately, approved, declined, hidden or deleted. Administrators may act where content violates our rules, these Terms, law, safety requirements or third-party rights.

Automated screening and translation can make mistakes. The submission flow described in the Content and Moderation Policy applies. Do not attempt to bypass safety, moderation, authentication or technical controls.

6. Acceptable use

Do not use the service unlawfully; impersonate others; upload content you do not have permission to use; introduce malware; interfere with the service; access non-public systems; scrape or automate access without permission; or misuse another person's personal information.

You may criticise ideas, policies and public performance. You may not use the service for prohibited personal attacks, profanity, sexual harassment or violent threats and incitement as described in the Rules of Conduct.

7. Premium

Viewing is free. Premium is required to post, vote and comment, except for authorised administrator access. Monthly and annual plans, prices, taxes and renewal dates will be shown before purchase. Premium is also governed by the Subscription, Cancellation and Refund Policy.

8. Intellectual property

The service, branding, software and design, excluding user content, belong to us or our licensors. These Terms give you a limited, personal, non-transferable right to use the service as provided. They do not give you ownership of our intellectual property.

9. Service changes and account action

We may modify, suspend or discontinue features and may impose reasonable limits. We may restrict or terminate accounts, or remove or limit content, when reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, protect users, comply with law or protect the service. You may stop using the service and request account deletion by contacting [PRIVACY EMAIL].

10. Disclaimers and liability

The service is provided as is and as available. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we do not promise uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, municipal action, or the accuracy, safety or usefulness of user content, translations or automated moderation.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, lost profits, lost data, or harm arising from user content or reliance on the service. Our aggregate liability relating to the service will not exceed the greater of ILS 100 or the amount you paid us during the six months before the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing excludes liability or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

11. Governing law and changes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Israel. Subject to any mandatory consumer jurisdiction, the competent courts in Tel Aviv–Jaffa, Israel will have exclusive jurisdiction.

We may update these Terms. We will provide reasonable notice of material changes through the service or available contact details. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms, where permitted by law.

Effective date: [EFFECTIVE DATE]. The English version controls to the extent permitted by law; translations are provided for convenience.