Terms of Service
Last updated: 2026-08-03
[DRAFT] Introduction β the agreement between the household and Phare, in plain language.
Accepting these terms
[DRAFT] Using Phare means accepting these terms and the Privacy Policy. Acceptance is recorded against the version in force at the time.
Phare is not a financial advisor
[DRAFT] THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTION IN THIS DOCUMENT. Phare produces budgets, projections and written coaching, including AI-generated prose that reads like advice from a trusted advisor β that tone is deliberate, and it makes this disclaimer more necessary, not less.
[DRAFT] State clearly: not registered financial, tax, or investment advice; projections are estimates; the household decides.
What the AI does and does not do
[DRAFT] Worth being specific, because the architecture is unusually defensible: all arithmetic is computed in code, and the AI is confined to classification and prose. It never invents a figure, a goal, or a reserve fund.
[DRAFT] Also state the limits: generated text can be wrong or unhelpful and should not be relied on alone.
Who can use Phare
[DRAFT] Age of majority, Canadian residency if that is the intended market, one household per account.
Accounts and households
[DRAFT] A household holds at most two members with sign-in access. Owners can invite and remove; every member sees the household's full financial picture β this is shared visibility by design and should not surprise anyone.
Your information
[DRAFT] The household owns what it enters. Point to the Privacy Policy rather than restating it.
Acceptable use
[DRAFT] No sharing credentials, no scraping, no attempting to access another household's data, no reselling.
Trial, subscription and billing
[DRAFT] CONFIRM BEFORE PUBLISHING: the schema carries subscription_status (trial/active/cancelled/expired) and a Stripe customer id, but no billing is implemented yet. Do not describe charges that cannot occur.
Ending your account
[DRAFT] Both routes out: a member can delete their own account and leave the household intact, or the household can be deleted entirely. Immediate, with no undo and no grace period β the product says this on screen, so the terms must agree.
Availability and changes to the service
[DRAFT] No uptime guarantee; features may change; notice for material changes.
Limitation of liability
[DRAFT] Standard limitation, drafted against Quebec consumer-protection limits β some exclusions are unenforceable here, so this needs a lawyer's eye rather than a template.
Governing law
[DRAFT] Quebec law and the courts of the judicial district.
Changes to these terms
[DRAFT] A substantive revision requires accepting again before continuing to use Phare.
Contact us
[DRAFT] support@phare.money