Terms of service

1. What 1 Billion Beers is

There is one number. You photograph the beer in front of you, it goes up by one, and other people can like what you posted. That is the whole product. There are no followers, no comments, no messages and no personal score. The app is free.

2. Your account

• You sign in with your email address via a magic link. You are responsible for keeping access to that inbox secure.
• You must be 18 or older, or the legal drinking age where you live, whichever is higher. This app is about alcohol and we will close accounts that are under age.
• One person per account. Do not share an account or run more than one.
• The name and city you choose are shown on every beer you post, and stay on the beers you have already posted if you later change them.

We will email you when we need to: a magic link when you sign in, and the occasional thing you have to know — a milestone, or a change to these terms. We will not send you marketing. Notifications on your phone are separate, they are off until you turn them on, and there are exactly two of them.

3. Content you post

• You keep ownership of the photos and videos you post.
• By posting, you grant Tally Sport Ltd a licence to store your photo or video and show it in the app's feed to other signed-in people, for as long as the post exists.
• Post the beer in front of you. The camera is the only way in on purpose — there is no library picker, and pictures you did not take are not what this is for.
• Only post what you have the right to post, and do not post other people without their agreement.
• Delete a beer and it comes down for everyone, and the counter goes down with it.
• We may remove any post that breaks these terms, and we do not have to tell you first.

4. Zero tolerance for objectionable content

There is no tolerance here for objectionable content or abusive behaviour. Breaking this means the post is removed and your account may be permanently banned. Do not post anything that:

• is sexually explicit, pornographic or obscene
• depicts or incites violence, abuse, self-harm or criminal activity
• is discriminatory, hateful or harassing
• involves or exploits anyone under age, in any way
• encourages dangerous drinking, drink-driving, or drinking by anyone under age
• infringes someone else's intellectual property, or shares their personal information
• is advertising, spam, or an attempt to inflate the counter or the likes on a post
• is otherwise illegal

5. Reporting and moderation

Every beer in the feed can be reported, from the card itself. Reports go to a moderation queue that a person reads. We aim to act on every report within 24 hours — removing the post, and suspending or banning the account behind it where that is warranted.

A reported beer stops resolving by shared link straight away, before anyone has ruled on it, because a link travels outside the app and keeps working for years. It stays in the feed until a human has looked, so that one tap cannot pull a beer out of everybody's feed.

You cannot like your own beer, and attempts to manufacture likes or counter movement are grounds for removing the account.

6. The counter

• The counter is a single shared number. Nobody owns it, nobody wins it and it is not a prize.
• It counts posts that exist. Delete a beer, or your account, and the number comes down accordingly.
• It has no monetary value, and neither do likes.
• We may correct the number if it has been inflated by abuse or by a fault of ours.

7. The service

• 1 Billion Beers is provided "as is". We do our best to keep it running and do not guarantee uptime or availability.
• We may update, change or withdraw features at any time.
• We are not responsible for what you or anyone else drinks. Drink responsibly, and know your own limits.

8. Privacy

What we collect and what we do with it is set out in the Privacy Policy.

9. Intellectual property

The 1 Billion Beers name, design and code belong to Tally Sport Ltd. You may not copy, modify or redistribute the app or its contents without permission. Photographs posted by other people belong to them.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Tally Sport Ltd is not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising out of your use of the app. Our total liability is limited to what you have paid us, which is nothing — the app is free.

11. Ending it

You can delete your account at any time from the Account screen; your beers, your likes and your profile go with it. We may suspend or close your account if you break these terms. What happens to your data on deletion is described in the Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If the change is significant we will tell you in the app or by email, and you may be asked to accept them again. Carrying on using the app after a change means you accept it.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email hello@1billionbeers.com. See also the Privacy Policy.