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Terms of Service
Last updated 1970
Spineey publishes serial fiction: writers post chapters as they finish them, and readers follow along. These terms cover the account you sign in with and the work you publish. They describe what this software does today.
Your account
An account is an email address, a password and a passkey. Both steps sign you in: the email and password name the account, and the passkey is what completes the sign-in.
Creating an account records that you accepted these terms and the privacy policy, and when. The privacy page sets out what is stored and how to download or delete it.
Spineey sends only account mail: a verification link, a password reset you asked for, and a notice that a recovery code was used. The address is not used for marketing or notifications.
The passkey is the second factor. If you lose every passkey, a one-time recovery code generated in Settings gets you back in, and you enrol a new passkey; an operator can clear the old passkeys as a last resort.
What you write
You keep the rights to the stories, chapters, comments and reviews you write.
Publishing a work grants the operator only what is needed to display and serve it: storing the text, and showing it to readers under your name.
Content that breaks the law, or these terms, can be removed.
Reading
Every work on the site is free to read while payments are switched off. There is no checkout, no card entry and no purchase to refund.
The operator can turn payments on later; this page will then describe the price, the purchase and the refund rule before anyone is asked to pay.
Your data
What is stored against your account, and how to have it removed, is set out on the privacy page (/privacy).