Lumodeck Beta Terms of Service

Effective date: October 14, 2026
Last updated: October 14, 2026

1. Who we are and what these Terms cover

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Lumodeck ("Lumodeck", "we", "us" or "our"). They cover your use of the Lumodeck website at getlumodeck.com and any related services (together, the "Service").

Lumodeck is a custom flashcard site. You can build flashcard decks by hand, with AI suggestions or by importing content. You can study them on screen, publish them publicly on /explore and order printed decks.

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Beta Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

2. Early-adopter beta

Lumodeck is in an early-adopter beta. Access is invite-only. We may approve or decline invitations, and we may limit the number of beta users, at our discretion.
The Service is still being built. Features may be incomplete, change, break or be removed. Data may occasionally be lost. Please keep your own copy of anything important.
We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of the Service, including any feature, at any time, with or without notice. We aren't liable to you for doing so. If we discontinue the whole Service, we'll try to give you reasonable notice.

3. Eligibility and age

You must be at least 13 years old to use Lumodeck.
If you're under 18, you may use Lumodeck only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian, who agrees to these Terms on your behalf and is responsible for your use of the Service.
Lumodeck is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected it, we'll delete it. (See our Beta Privacy Policy.)
You may not use Lumodeck if you're barred from doing so under applicable law, or if we have previously suspended or terminated your account.

4. Your account

You need an account to create decks, publish them or order prints. Give us accurate information and keep it current.
Keep your login details secure. You're responsible for activity on your account. Tell us right away at support@getlumodeck.com if you think someone has accessed it without permission.
One person per account. Don't share accounts or create accounts in bulk or by automated means.

5. Your content

"Your Content" means the decks, card text, titles, descriptions, images and any other material you create, upload, import or publish on Lumodeck, including AI-suggested cards you choose to keep.

5.1 You own your content. You keep whatever rights you have in Your Content. We don't claim ownership of it.

5.2 You confirm you have the rights. By creating, importing, publishing or ordering a deck, you confirm that:

you own Your Content or have all the rights, licences and permissions needed to use it on Lumodeck, and to grant the licence below;
Your Content, and our use of it as these Terms allow, doesn't infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other rights; and
Your Content complies with these Terms and applicable law.

If you import material from somewhere else, such as a textbook, a website or another app, you're responsible for making sure you're allowed to use it.

5.3 Licence you give us. You grant Lumodeck a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, display, reproduce, adapt the format of (for example, to lay out cards for printing), print and distribute Your Content, in order to:

run, provide and improve the Service for you;
display your public decks to anyone on /explore and elsewhere on the Service;
print and fulfil orders of your decks, through our print and checkout partners; and
for public decks, print and fulfil orders placed by other users, including guest buyers.

For private decks, this licence covers only what we need to operate the Service for you, including fulfilling your own orders. The licence for a public deck continues while it's public. It ends when you unpublish or delete the deck, except for (a) orders placed before then, which we may still fulfil, (b) backup copies kept for a limited time, and (c) copies we must keep for legal reasons. We may let our service providers use Your Content only as needed to do these things.

5.4 Public decks. When you publish a deck, anyone, including people without an account, can see it, study a sample of it and order a printed copy. Don't publish anything you want to keep private. Publishing a deck doesn't give other users any right to copy or reuse it outside the Service.

5.5 AI suggestions. AI suggestions are generated by a third-party AI provider (OpenAI) from the prompt and deck details you give. They can be wrong, incomplete, out of date or unsuitable. Check every card before you study it, publish it or order it. You're responsible for the AI-suggested content you keep. Don't put personal or sensitive information in AI prompts.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Lumodeck to create, publish, import or order content that:

infringes someone else's intellectual property or other rights;
is illegal, or promotes illegal activity;
is sexually explicit, or sexualises minors in any way;
is hateful, harassing, threatening or violent, or targets a person or group;
contains someone else's personal information without their permission;
is spam, misleading, or impersonates any person or organisation; or
contains malware, or is designed to harm the Service or other users.

You also agree not to scrape or bulk-download the Service, get around rate limits or access controls (including the invite-only beta), probe or attack our systems, or use the Service to build a competing product.

7. Moderation, removal and suspension

Lumodeck may remove, unpublish or hide any public deck at its sole discretion, for any reason, without notice, including content we believe breaks these Terms or the law.
We may also suspend or terminate your account, or limit your access to any feature, if we believe you've broken these Terms, if required by law, or to protect Lumodeck, our partners or other users.
We don't review all content before it's published, and we aren't responsible for content posted by users. You can report a public deck at support@getlumodeck.com.
For how removal affects printed deck orders, see section 9.5.

8. Copyright complaints and takedown requests (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property rights and respond to clear notices of alleged infringement. Send takedown requests, including DMCA notices and counter-notices, to support@getlumodeck.com with the subject line "Takedown request".

8.1 DMCA notice. To report content that you believe infringes your copyright, send a written notice to support@getlumodeck.com that includes:

your physical or electronic signature;
a description of the copyrighted work you say is infringed;
the URL or other details that identify the deck or content you want removed, so we can find it;
your name, address, phone number and email address;
a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use isn't authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you're the copyright owner or authorised to act for them.

8.2 What we do. When we receive a valid notice, we'll remove or disable access to the content and let the deck owner know. We may also remove content in response to other rights complaints (for example, trademark or privacy) at our discretion.

8.3 Counter-notice. If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to support@getlumodeck.com that includes:

your physical or electronic signature;
a description of the content that was removed and where it appeared before removal;
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the content was removed by mistake or misidentification;
your name, address and phone number; and
a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you're outside the United States, any judicial district in which Lumodeck may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we'll forward it to the person who filed the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 to 14 business days that they've filed a court action, we may restore the content. Restoring content remains at our discretion under section 7.

8.4 Repeat infringers. We may suspend or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' rights.

8.5 Misuse. Knowingly false notices or counter-notices may make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

9. Printed deck orders

9.1 How ordering works. You can order printed copies of your own decks, and anyone can order printed copies of public decks. Checkout is handled by Shopify. Decks are printed and shipped by our print partner, The Game Crafter, at poker size (2.5 x 3.5 in), with a tuck box.

9.2 Prices and shipping. Prices, shipping costs and any taxes are shown at checkout before you pay. Current beta prices, plus shipping, are:

50-card deck: $24.99
70-card deck: $29.99

We may change prices at any time. Changes don't affect orders you've already paid for.

9.3 Proof and approval. Before your deck goes to print, you may be shown a proof or preview. You're responsible for checking the text and content of your deck, including spelling, before you approve or order it. Printed cards may differ slightly from the on-screen preview in colour, cut and alignment.

9.4 Refunds and reprints.

Print or shipping defects: if your deck arrives damaged or misprinted, has another print or shipping defect, or doesn't arrive, email support@getlumodeck.com within 30 days of delivery (or of the expected delivery date, if it never arrived) with your order reference and, where possible, photos. We'll offer a free reprint or a refund.
No refunds for approved content: we don't offer refunds or free reprints for content or text the deck owner approved, including typos, errors in AI-suggested cards, or content you later decide you don't like.
Printed decks are custom-made, so we don't accept returns for change of mind. Nothing in this section limits any rights you have under consumer law that can't be waived.

9.5 Orders and removed content. If we remove or unpublish a deck, or suspend an account, under section 7 or 8, we may cancel orders for that deck that haven't yet been sent to print. If we cancel a paid order, we'll refund it. Section 9.4 still applies to orders that were delivered.

9.6 Payments. Your payment is processed by Shopify and its payment providers, under their terms and privacy policies. We don't receive or store your full card number.

10. No creator payouts

Lumodeck does not pay creators today. There is no profit-share, royalty, commission or payout for publishing decks, or for other users ordering your public decks, and you aren't owed anything when that happens. We may launch a creator program in the future. If we do, it will have its own separate terms, and nothing in these Terms promises that it will happen or that you'll earn anything.

11. Our intellectual property

The Service, including the Lumodeck name, logo, card designs, templates, software and site design, belongs to Lumodeck or its licensors. These Terms don't give you any right to use our brand or materials, except to use the Service as intended. If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them freely, without paying you.

12. Third-party services

Lumodeck relies on third-party services, including Supabase (accounts and data), Vercel (hosting), OpenAI (AI suggestions), Shopify (checkout) and The Game Crafter (printing and shipping). We aren't responsible for third-party services, and your use of them may be subject to their own terms.

13. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS A BETA AND IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. We don't promise that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free, that data won't be lost, or that AI suggestions or any content will be accurate. Lumodeck is a study tool and doesn't guarantee any learning or exam outcome. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain disclaimers, so some of these may not apply to you.

14. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

Lumodeck and its team members and partners won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data or goodwill, arising from or related to the Service or these Terms, even if we were told they were possible.
Our total liability for all claims relating to the Service or these Terms is limited to the fees you paid Lumodeck in the 12 months before the claim.

These limits don't apply where the law doesn't allow them.

15. Indemnity

You agree to defend and indemnify Lumodeck against claims, losses and costs (including reasonable legal fees) that arise from Your Content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of anyone else's rights.

16. Ending your use

You can stop using Lumodeck at any time, and request deletion of your account at support@getlumodeck.com. We may suspend or end your access under section 7. Sections that by their nature should survive (including 5.3 for orders already placed, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 17) survive termination.

17. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
Disputes relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in North Carolina, and you and Lumodeck consent to their jurisdiction.
Before filing a claim, please email support@getlumodeck.com and give us 30 days to try to resolve it informally.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If a change is material, we'll let you know by email or in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using the Service after the change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the Service, and you may ask us to delete your account.

19. General

These Terms, together with the Beta Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Lumodeck about the Service. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a term isn't a waiver. You may not transfer these Terms without our consent. We may transfer them as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.

20. Contact

Questions about these Terms: support@getlumodeck.com