Terms of Service.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Kiel F. Harvey Books LLC, an Arizona limited liability company doing business as RockReader.com (“RockReader,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms govern your access to and use of the RockReader website, mobile experience, and related services (collectively, the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Please read Section 14 carefully. It requires you to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration and waives your right to participate in a class action.

1. The Service

RockReader is a Bible reading and journaling application. It helps you read Scripture on a daily plan, record reflections using the SOAP method (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer), and, at your option, share entries with friends, small groups, or a broader public community within the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are between 13 and 17, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed these Terms and consents to your use of the Service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it.

You may not use the Service if you are prohibited from doing so under applicable U.S. law or if your account has been previously suspended or terminated by us.

3. Your Account

To use most features you must register an account with a valid email address. You agree to provide accurate information, keep it current, and take reasonable steps to protect your password (we recommend enabling two-factor authentication in Settings). You are responsible for activity that occurs under your account.

Your handle (the @ identifier) is permanent. You may change your display name, but not more than once every 30 days.

4. Your Content

“Your Content” means the journal entries, posts, comments, images, profile information, and other material you submit to the Service. You retain all rights to Your Content. You grant RockReader a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for technical reasons such as formatting), display, and distribute Your Content solely to operate, maintain, and improve the Service and to enable the visibility settings you choose (private, friends, group, or public). This license terminates when you delete Your Content, except where retention is required by law or where the content has already been shared with others through the Service.

We do not use Your Content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models. We do not sell Your Content. We do not show third-party advertising in the Service.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree that you will not, and will not allow anyone using your account to:

• Post content that is harassing, threatening, hateful, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise unlawful.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with any person, church, or organization.
• Use the Service to attack, condemn, or belittle other users for their theological views. RockReader is a place to share what you are learning, not to wage doctrinal warfare.
• Post content that promotes self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or violence.
• Post sexually explicit content, nudity, or content that sexualizes minors in any form.
• Upload viruses, malware, or otherwise interfere with the Service or its security.
• Scrape, crawl, or collect data from the Service except as permitted by us in writing.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code from the Service.
• Use the Service to send unsolicited messages, advertising, or spam.
• Use the Service in violation of any applicable U.S. federal, state, or local law.

We may, but are not obligated to, monitor content posted to the Service. We may remove content, suspend accounts, or take other action we believe necessary, with or without notice, to enforce these Terms or protect the Service and its users.

6. Reporting and Moderation

If you encounter content or behavior that violates these Terms, please report it through in-Service tools when available, or by emailing support@rockreader.com. We review reports in good faith and act when warranted. We may decline to remove content that we determine, in our reasonable judgment, does not violate these Terms.

7. Scripture and Third-Party Content

Bible text on the Service is provided through licensed third-party APIs and remains the intellectual property of its respective publishers. The English Standard Version (ESV) text is © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Use of such text is subject to the terms of the providing publisher. Other translations may be rendered via embedded third-party services and remain subject to those services’ own terms.

8. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information. By using the Service, you agree to the Privacy Policy.

9. Subscription Plans and Payments

The Service is currently offered free of charge. We may introduce paid features or subscription tiers in the future. If we do, we will provide notice and additional terms before charging your account.

10. DMCA / Copyright Complaints

We respect intellectual property rights and ask our users to do the same. If you believe material on the Service infringes your copyright, please send a notice in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) to:

DMCA Designated Agent
Kiel F. Harvey Books LLC
Attn: DMCA Agent
2700 S Gilbert Road, Ste 5 #148
Chandler, AZ 85286
Email: support@rockreader.com

Your notice must include: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (iii) identification of the material on the Service to be removed and information reasonably sufficient to locate it; (iv) your contact information; (v) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized; and (vi) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. We will respond to valid notices and, in appropriate cases, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

11. Termination

You may close your account at any time from Settings. Closing your account permanently deletes your profile, journal entries, posts, and uploads, except as described in our Privacy Policy. Your comments on other users’ posts may remain and will be shown as authored by “[deleted user].”

We may suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms or if we reasonably believe continued access would harm you, other users, or the Service. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, INCLUDING USER POSTS OR THIRD-PARTY SCRIPTURE TEXT.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL KIEL F. HARVEY BOOKS LLC, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, REVENUE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO PORTIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

14. Dispute Resolution — Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

Informal resolution. Before filing any formal proceeding, you and we agree to attempt to resolve the dispute by good-faith negotiation. Send a written notice describing the dispute to support@rockreader.com. If the dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days of the notice, either party may proceed to arbitration as described below.

Binding individual arbitration. You and RockReader agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, except that either party may bring an individual action in small-claims court if the dispute qualifies. The arbitration will be conducted in the English language and, if an in-person hearing is required, in Maricopa County, Arizona. The arbitrator’s award is final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class action waiver. You and RockReader agree that any dispute resolution will be conducted only on an individual basis and not as a class, representative, or consolidated action. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of multiple parties or preside over any form of representative or class proceeding. If this class action waiver is held unenforceable as to any claim, that claim will be severed and proceed in court; all other claims will remain subject to arbitration.

30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration provision by sending written notice of your decision to opt out, including your name, account email, and a clear statement that you want to opt out, to support@rockreader.com within thirty (30) days after first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other portion of these Terms.

15. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Subject to the arbitration provision above, any judicial proceeding will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

16. Geographic Scope

The Service is intended for use by residents of the United States. We make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use outside the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by email and update the “Effective” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

18. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms you accept, constitute the entire agreement between you and RockReader regarding the Service. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

19. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@rockreader.com.