Orbit1 terms of use
Orbit1 lets people share their location with a small circle of people they choose. Everyone shares from their own phone, by their own choice, and can stop at any time. Orbit1 is not an emergency service.
1. These terms
Orbit1 is provided by Tom Fleming ("we", "us"). You accept these terms when you create an account, and we record which version you accepted and when. The privacy policy explains what we do with your data.
2. Who may use Orbit1
- You must be 18 or over, and give your true date of birth.
- An account is for one person. Use your own account, on your own phone, and keep your sign-in to yourself.
- You must not use Orbit1 if the law where you live forbids it.
3. Sharing is always by consent
Each person shares their location from their own phone, because they chose to, and can see that they are sharing. Anyone can stop sharing, change what each person sees, leave a circle or delete their account at any time. Sharing does not have to be equal: you may share with someone who does not share with you.
You must not:
- install or set up Orbit1 on someone else's phone, sign in as them, or turn on sharing for them;
- hide Orbit1, or the fact that it is sharing, from the person whose phone it is;
- use Orbit1 to follow, watch, control, stalk or harass anyone, or to find someone who does not want to be found;
- pressure or threaten anyone into sharing, or into not stopping;
- pass on anyone's location, or what you learn from Orbit1 about them, to people they did not choose to share with.
4. What you write
Some things you type are seen by other people: your name, the names of circles, and the names of places you share. Names you give other people are seen only by you. You are responsible for what you write, and it must not contain or be:
- sexual content, or anything that sexualises or endangers children;
- hate speech, or attacks on people for who they are;
- harassment, bullying, threats, or encouragement of violence or self-harm;
- someone else's private information, such as an address, phone number or account details;
- an impersonation of another person or organisation;
- spam, advertising, or links to them;
- anything illegal, or that encourages illegal activity.
5. Reporting and blocking
- Tap Report on a person's card, or for a circle's name, to report a name. We review every report.
- Tap Block on a person's card to pause your sharing with them.
- Tap the circle's name at the top of the map, then Leave, to leave a circle and stop seeing and being seen by everyone in it.
- For anything else, write to us from the support page.
If something breaks these terms, we may change or remove a name, remove someone from a circle, or suspend or delete their account. In serious cases we may do so without warning, and we may report illegal content to the authorities.
6. Not for emergencies
Orbit1 is not an emergency service and must not be relied on to keep anyone safe. A position can be late, approximate or missing: a phone that is off, out of signal, out of battery, or held back by its own settings stops sharing, and a still iPhone reports again only when it moves. In an emergency, call the emergency services.
7. The service
- Orbit1 is free to get started and has no ads. Some features may in future be offered for a fee. We will tell you before any charge applies, and you will never be charged without agreeing.
- We may change Orbit1, pause it, or stop providing it. Where we can, we will tell you before we stop it for good, and your data is then deleted as the privacy policy says.
- How often Orbit1 can share depends on your phone, its settings and its operating system, which are outside our control.
8. Our responsibility to you
We provide Orbit1 with reasonable care, but as it is and as available, without a promise that it will always work or always be accurate. As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for loss caused by a position that was late, approximate or missing, by what other people do with Orbit1, or by events outside our control. Nothing in these terms limits responsibility that the law does not allow to be limited, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud, and nothing takes away your rights as a consumer.
9. Ending
You can delete your account at any time: tap your picture at the top of the map, then Delete account, or see Delete your Orbit1 account. We may end your access if you break these terms.
10. Changes to these terms
If we change these terms, we will publish the new version here with a new version date. If you keep using Orbit1 after that, the new version applies to you; if you do not agree with it, you can delete your account.
11. The law that applies
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and disputes about them are heard in the courts of England and Wales — except that if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring them in your local courts. Nothing in these terms takes away a right you have by law as a consumer.