Terms

The ShopSquirrel service provider is Grzegorz Kniażuk, a sole trader operating as Grzegorz Kniażuk Software Development, ul. Garbarska 18A/98, 20-340 Lublin, Poland, tax number NIP 9462761962 (the “Service Provider”).

You can contact the Service Provider at kontakt@kniazuk.dev or in writing at the address above.

These terms govern the use of the ShopSquirrel mobile app and related online services. They are made available free of charge before the contract is concluded at shopsquirrel.app/en/terms, which is also linked from the app. The website allows the Terms to be displayed, saved and printed in a browser.

ShopSquirrel is a free organisational tool. The app allows you to create and manage shopping lists, products, categories and notes locally, schedule local notifications, import and export backups, and create and open links containing a shared list. It does not provide commercial or price information.

Online services include making shopsquirrel.app available, displaying lists conveyed in links, and checking for and downloading app updates through the external app update provider. List content placed in the link fragment after “#” is read on the device and is not stored on the ShopSquirrel server.

Core app features work offline without account registration. An internet connection is required to download the app and updates, open the website or a link in a browser, and use selected external apps when sharing or exporting.

The app requires a compatible device running a supported version of Android or iOS, sufficient storage and a current ShopSquirrel version obtained from an official distribution channel. Notifications require separate system permission. Individual features may depend on settings, device manufacturer restrictions and the availability of system services.

The website and online features require an internet connection and a current browser that supports JavaScript.

Using the internet involves typical risks, including compromise of a device or link, malware and impersonation. You should keep the system and app updated and protect the device and the communication channels you use.

The contract for use of the app is concluded free of charge for an indefinite period when you begin using the app after having an opportunity to review these terms. No account registration is required. A contract for a one-off website service is concluded when use of that service begins and ends when the service has been performed.

You may terminate the contract at any time, without giving a reason, a notice period or additional cost, by ceasing use and uninstalling the app. You can end use of a website service by leaving the website. Removing the app does not delete backups or copies of lists previously transferred to other people or services.

The Service Provider may discontinue online services for an important reason, such as permanent closure of the project, a legal obligation or a material security risk, giving at least 30 days’ notice on the website or in the app where possible. The period may be shorter where required by law or where immediate action is necessary to protect security. Discontinuing online services does not delete locally stored data. This does not limit statutory consumer rights, including any applicable right of withdrawal.

The user uses the app in accordance with its intended purpose and applicable law.

Supplying unlawful content, including in names, notes, backups and shared lists, is prohibited, as is using ShopSquirrel in a way that infringes third-party rights or applicable law.

The user is responsible for content entered into the app and for selecting the people and external apps or services to which a list or backup is transferred. Actions that disrupt the website, updates or their security measures are prohibited.

A complaint concerning the app, website or another ShopSquirrel service may be submitted free of charge to kontakt@kniazuk.dev or in writing to the Service Provider’s address.

Where possible, the complaint should include contact details and a description of the problem. If needed to examine the complaint, the Service Provider may ask for additional information.

The Service Provider responds within 14 days of receiving the complaint, to the address or on another durable medium specified by the complainant. For consumers, failure to respond within that period means that the complaint is accepted where applicable law provides for that consequence. The complaints process does not restrict court claims or the use of out-of-court dispute resolution.

A consumer may use out-of-court complaint handling and redress mechanisms, in particular the assistance of a district or municipal consumer ombudsman, and may apply to the competent Regional Trade Inspectorate for out-of-court resolution of a consumer dispute. A consumer habitually resident in another country may also use an alternative dispute resolution entity competent in that country. The use of these methods is voluntary for both parties.

The Service Provider performs the services with due care but does not guarantee uninterrupted or completely error-free availability. Interruptions may result, among other things, from maintenance, updates or failures of the internet connection, operating system or external services. It also does not guarantee that a local notification will be delivered at the exact chosen time, because delivery depends on system settings, power-saving mode, and device manufacturer restrictions.

The user is responsible for protecting their device and creating regular backups. The Service Provider is not liable for data loss to the extent that it results exclusively from device failure, removal of the app or its data, or actions of the user, system or external service outside the Service Provider’s control and is not caused by the Service Provider’s act or omission.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under mandatory law, in particular liability for damage caused intentionally, or statutory consumer rights. Where the rules concerning digital content or digital services apply to a contract, the Service Provider is responsible for delivery and conformity with the contract under those rules, and the consumer may use the remedies provided by them.

The ShopSquirrel name, interface, graphics, text and app code are protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. The Service Provider grants you a free, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable licence, valid worldwide for the term of the agreement, to download, install, run and use the app and the web version solely in accordance with their intended purpose and these Terms.

Except as expressly permitted by these Terms or mandatory law, you may not use the app beyond the scope of that licence, in particular by copying, modifying, distributing, reverse engineering or circumventing safeguards. These restrictions do not exclude rights that cannot be limited by contract.

The app contains third-party components, including open-source software, which are governed by their own licence terms and prevail in the event of a conflict. You retain the rights to the names, notes, lists and other content that you enter, and the Service Provider processes that content only to the extent necessary to perform the feature you choose.

These Terms and agreements concluded under them are governed by Polish law. The choice of Polish law does not deprive a consumer of the protection afforded by provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of the country where the consumer has their habitual residence.

The Terms are drawn up in Polish and are also provided in translation. If the language versions differ, the Polish version prevails to the extent permitted by applicable law.

The precedence of the Polish version does not limit the duty to provide consumers with transparent information or the rule that ambiguous terms are interpreted in the consumer’s favour. The Service Provider will not rely on the Polish version to give a term a meaning that a consumer could not reasonably infer from the translation provided to them.

Disputes are decided by the courts having jurisdiction under applicable law. These Terms do not impose the exclusive jurisdiction of Polish courts on consumers or restrict their right to bring proceedings before a court having jurisdiction under European Union or national law.

The Service Provider may amend the Terms or the manner in which the Services are provided only for a valid reason: a change in law or a binding decision or judgment; the need to ensure security, protect privacy or prevent abuse; a change in technology, operating systems, app-store requirements or external services affecting ShopSquirrel; the addition, modification or withdrawal of features due to their development or discontinuation; the correction of errors or clarification of doubts; or the discontinuation of some or all Services under the rules described in the “Agreement formation and termination” section. The scope of an amendment will be limited to what is necessary and proportionate to its reason.

The Service Provider will give clear and comprehensible notice of a planned amendment at least 14 days before it takes effect by publishing a notice and the new Terms, with their publication and effective dates, on the website and in the app. The period may be shorter where the amendment follows directly from law or a binding decision or judgment, or is urgently required for security; notice will then be given as early as reasonably possible.

If a change to a Service that is not necessary to keep it in conformity with the agreement materially and adversely affects a consumer’s access to or use of the Service, and Articles 43p–43q of the Polish Consumer Rights Act apply, the Service Provider will give the consumer reasonable advance notice on a durable medium of the features and timing of the change and the applicable rights. The consumer may then terminate the agreement without notice within 30 days after the change or a later notification, unless the consumer may retain, at no additional cost, the Service in conformity with the agreement in an unchanged form.

A user who does not accept an amendment may terminate the agreement before it takes effect by ceasing to use the Services and uninstalling the app. This does not limit any further rights under mandatory law.