Terms: Lawked

What you agree Bolt can do

When you make an account, you agree that Bolt can do these three things. They're on from the start, nothing happens before you have an account, and you can switch each one off any time in the app under Settings > Privacy.

Watch your screen during sessions (Buddy and Pro). During a focus session, Bolt reads each new window once, when it comes to the front, to check it's the work. He reads its app name, title, site address and the text on it; only if the text can't decide, a small picture of that one window. That goes to our servers to answer “is this the work?” and is then dropped: we don't keep the text or the picture, and nothing is saved to your disk. Windows on your block lists, known work tools and windows he has already read are decided on your PC, with nothing sent. Private and incognito windows, password managers, and sign-in, payment and banking pages are never read. While he can see your screen, the timer pill at the top shows a small eye. Switch: “watch my screen during sessions”.
Hear you while you hold the talk key (Buddy and Pro). The microphone is open only while you hold the key (Ctrl+Win unless you pick another). When you let go, the clip is turned into text and the audio isn't kept. Your question can go with a picture of your screen so he sees what you mean; that isn't kept either. Switch: “hear me while i hold the talk key”.
Start with Windows, so scheduled sessions start on time. Switch: “start with windows”.

The full details of what is sent and kept are on the privacy page.

Monk mode is absolute

Monk mode (Pro) is the one setting with no way out. It's voluntary: it starts only when you choose it and hold its button on its own screen, which shows the end time, what stays allowed and this rule. From then until the end time:

It can't be ended early. There is no end button, no break, no pause, no friend's key and no emergency button. It ends at the end time you chose.
It can't be quit or uninstalled. Lawked can't be closed, quit, updated, installed over or uninstalled until the end time. If its processes are ended it starts again, and it starts with Windows for the whole session.
It survives restarts. Restarting or shutting down your PC, signing out of Windows, wiping Lawked's data, reinstalling it or signing in again brings it back until the end time. Changing your PC's clock doesn't move the end.
Lawked won't end it for anyone. No excuses: asking us, Bolt or a friend doesn't end a monk session.
The length and the allowlist are yours. You're responsible for the end time and the allowlist you choose. Don't use Monk mode when you might urgently need something it blocks, like a call, a document or an app for work, school, health or safety. Windows itself and shutting down are never blocked, and your phone isn't affected.
Being locked in isn't grounds for a refund.
You agree not to try to get around it while it runs.

Who can use Lawked

You need to be 13 or older. If you're under 18, a parent or guardian should read these terms and agree to them with you.

Your account

One account is for one person. Use a real email you can read; that's where codes and reset links go.
Keep your password to yourself. You're responsible for what happens under your account.
If you think someone else got in, reset your password and use Sign out everywhere on your account page.

It's a beta

Lawked is in beta. Features can change, break or be removed, and the service can be down sometimes. We'll try to keep it running and fix things fast, but we can't promise it will always be available or free of mistakes.

What it does on your PC

Lawked does what you set it up to do. During a session it closes the apps you blocked, covers the sites you blocked, and on Buddy and Pro it reads new windows to check you're on task, as explained at the top and on the privacy page.

You choose how strict a session is. In Serious mode, leaving early needs a friend's approval. Monk mode can't be ended early at all: see Monk mode is absolute. Only pick those when you mean it, and don't use them while you might need your PC for something urgent.

Bolt's answers and actions

Bolt is an AI. He can be wrong. Check anything important yourself, and don't rely on him for medical, legal or money decisions.
When he tutors you, he's there to help you learn. Follow your school's rules about getting help.
On Pro he can do things on your PC when you ask. He shows you any message before it's sent and waits for your yes. You're responsible for what you approve.

Meeting notes

On Pro, Bolt can take notes of a meeting, a call or a class you're in. It only starts when you start it (the Take notes button, or asking him), and while it runs the top of your screen says so. He hears what your PC plays and your microphone; he never joins the call or shows up in it. The sound is turned into text and not kept. He stops when you stop him or when your PC locks.

Telling people is on you. Recording or transcribing a conversation can need everyone's consent where you or they are. Before you start, tell the other people that Bolt is taking notes, get their OK where the law asks for it, and don't use it where recording isn't allowed. Notes are written by an AI and can be wrong; check anything that matters.

Fair use

Don't use Lawked to break the law or hurt anyone. Don't try to break into it, overload it, or get around plan limits, and don't resell it. So Bolt stays fast for everyone, there are limits on how often he can be used in an hour; when you hit one, he tells you and the app keeps working with what it knows.

Rooms

Be decent in rooms. Public library rooms show first names and timers only, with no video, voice or chat between strangers. If someone reports you and we find you broke these terms, we can remove you from rooms or close your account.

Plans and payment

Free costs nothing. Lock-in is $20, Buddy $30 and Pro $100, each a month, in US dollars. Paid plans are monthly and you can cancel anytime. They aren't open yet; before anyone can pay, this section will explain billing, cancelling and refunds, and the checkout page will show the price you'll be charged.

What's yours

What you type and say in Lawked stays yours. You let us process it only to run the service for you, as the privacy page describes. Lawked itself, including Bolt, the app and this site, belongs to Lawked.

Ending things

You can stop using Lawked any time and delete your account from your account page, except while a monk session runs: then once it has ended. We can suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, and we'll tell you why unless the law stops us.

Limits

Lawked is provided as it is. As far as the law allows, we're not responsible for indirect losses, like lost work, missed deadlines or lost data, and our total responsibility to you is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the problem. Nothing here takes away rights you have by law that can't be signed away.

Changes

If we change these terms, we'll update this page and its version and date at the top. For big changes, we'll tell you in the app or by email before they apply, and the app asks you once to agree to the new version. Questions go through the Help page.

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