Acceptance of Terms
By accessing, downloading, installing, or using the Odyssey Journal mobile application ("the App"), website (odysseyjournal.app), or any associated services provided by Odyssey Journal / Arif Gültaş ("we," "our," or "us"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms").
If you do not agree to all provisions of these Terms, you must immediately discontinue use of and uninstall the App.
Description of Service
Odyssey Journal is a personal travel documentation and community platform that enables registered users to:
- Document personal journeys with photo stories, notes, and destination markers.
- Share travel posts with the Odyssey Journal community. Posts are public to every signed-in user; collections of saved posts can be kept private.
- Discover destinations and posts contributed by travelers around the world.
- Follow other travelers, interact via likes and comments, and exchange private messages.
- Keep their journal in their account, stored with Supabase, so it is available on any device they sign in on.
Eligibility & Account Security
3.1 Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your country, if higher) to create an account or use the App. The App is not offered to minors. When you register, you separately confirm that you are 18 or older. If we have reason to believe that an account belongs to someone under this age, we may suspend or delete it.
An account is required to use Odyssey Journal — you must register and confirm your email address before you can create entries. Creating an entry requires an internet connection.
3.2 Account Registration & Security
- You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration.
- You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and account session.
- You are entirely responsible for all activities and content published under your account.
- If you suspect unauthorized access to your account, you must immediately notify us at support@odysseyjournal.app.
User-Generated Content (UGC) & Personal Data Warranties
4.1 Ownership and License
- You retain all copyright and intellectual property rights in the original photos, captions, and travel stories that you post.
- By posting content on Odyssey Journal, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to host, store, display, reproduce, and distribute your public content solely for operating, promoting, and improving the App. This license terminates when you delete your content or account, subject to the backup cycle (up to 7 days).
4.2 Prohibited Content & Behavior
You strictly agree and warrant that you will NOT upload, post, share, or transmit any content that:
- Infringes Third-Party Privacy & KVKK: Contains photos, videos, full names, addresses, phone numbers, identity numbers, or private details of third-party individuals without their explicit written consent.
- Infringes Intellectual Property: Violates any copyright, trademark, patent, or proprietary rights of any entity or photographer.
- Harmful or Illegal Material: Is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, abusive, harassing, threatening, discriminatory, or promotes violence or illegal activities.
- Commercial Spam: Contains unauthorized commercial advertisements, affiliate marketing links, pyramid schemes, or chain letters.
- Malicious Code: Contains viruses, malware, bots, or scripts intended to disrupt or scrape the App infrastructure.
4.3 Content Moderation & Takedown
- With your permission, the text and photos of posts and the text of comments are checked automatically by OpenAI's moderation service against our Community Guidelines (see section 5 of the Privacy Policy). This automated check does not catch everything, and we do not review every post by hand.
- You can report a post, a comment or a user from where you see them, and block any user from their posts, comments, profile or conversation; a blocked user can no longer message you. You can remove other people's comments on your own posts. Reports are reviewed by our moderators, who may remove content and suspend accounts. Suspended accounts cannot post or comment.
- We reserve the full right (but not the obligation) to monitor, investigate, hide, or permanently delete any content that violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, or applicable laws, without prior notice.
- The Community Guidelines are in the App under
Settings > Legal & Community > Community Guidelines. - To report copyright infringement, privacy violations, or inappropriate content, contact us at support@odysseyjournal.app or privacy@odysseyjournal.app.
Indemnification & Recourse
Cloud Infrastructure & Third-Party Services
6.1 Supabase Backend
Odyssey Journal relies on Supabase, Inc. for user authentication, database management, and media storage. While Supabase provides enterprise-grade reliability and security (hosted in AWS EU Frankfurt with AES-256 encryption), you acknowledge that cloud operations may occasionally experience latency, scheduled maintenance, or unforeseen interruptions beyond our reasonable control.
6.2 External APIs & Map Data
Maps are provided by Apple Maps on iPhone and Google Maps Platform on Android, and place names by your phone's built-in geocoding service. Location metadata is provided for contextual exploration and should not be relied upon for navigation, survival, or emergency purposes.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE APP AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY OF TRAVEL DATA.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:
- THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR ACCESSIBLE AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR LOCATION.
- DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY.
- USER CONTENT STORED IN THE APP WILL NEVER BE ACCIDENTALLY LOST OR DAMAGED (USERS ARE ADVISED TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT BACKUPS OF THEIR ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. In those jurisdictions the exclusions above apply only to the extent permitted, and your statutory rights as a consumer are not affected.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ODYSSEY JOURNAL, ITS DEVELOPER, OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:
- YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE APP;
- ANY USER-GENERATED CONTENT, CONDUCT, OR OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE APP;
- UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT OR TRANSMISSIONS;
- ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, OR SERVICE DISRUPTIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THIRD-PARTY INFRASTRUCTURE.
- IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE APP EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO ODYSSEY JOURNAL DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT, OR ZERO TURKISH LIRAS / ZERO US DOLLARS (0 TL / $0 USD) IF YOU HAVE USED THE APP FREE OF CHARGE.
- NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS OR EXCLUDES LIABILITY FOR INTENT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING YOUR MANDATORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER.
Account Termination
9.1 By You
You may terminate these Terms at any time by deleting your account via Settings > Account > Delete Account and uninstalling the mobile application.
9.2 By Us
We reserve the right to suspend, disable, or permanently terminate your account and access to the App immediately, without prior notice, if:
- You breach any provision of these Terms or community guidelines.
- Your conduct harms other users or the reputation of the App.
- We are required to do so by legal or regulatory authorities.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms of Service, their interpretation, validity, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to conflict of law principles.
All disputes, controversies, or claims arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts and Enforcement Offices of Istanbul (Çağlayan), Republic of Türkiye.
If you use the App as a consumer, the choice of law above does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of the country where you live, and the exclusive jurisdiction above does not apply to you: you may also bring proceedings before the courts of your place of residence and, in Türkiye, apply to the consumer arbitration committees within their monetary limits.
Platform-Specific Terms
11.1 Apple App Store
If you obtained the App from Apple's App Store:
- You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Odyssey Journal only, not with Apple Inc. ("Apple").
- Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the App.
- Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App, product liability claims, or intellectual property infringement claims.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and shall have the right to enforce these Terms against you.
- You represent that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- If a third party claims that the App, or your possession and use of it, infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of that claim.
- Questions, complaints or claims about the App should be sent to the developer: Arif Gültaş, Istanbul, Türkiye, support@odysseyjournal.app.
11.2 Google Play Store
If you obtained the App from Google Play Store:
- You acknowledge that Google LLC is not responsible for the App or its content and has no maintenance or support obligations.
Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the App, the law or our technical requirements. If a change is material, we will email you a reasonable time before it takes effect and ask you to accept the updated Terms in the App; we will not treat your continued use as acceptance. If you do not accept them, you can stop using the App and delete your account at any time (section 9.1). Changes that are not material, such as corrections or changes required by law, take effect when they are published here.
Contact Information
If you have questions, inquiries, or notices regarding these Terms of Service:
- Customer Support: support@odysseyjournal.app
- Privacy & Legal Inquiries: privacy@odysseyjournal.app
- General Inquiries: hello@odysseyjournal.app
- Website: odysseyjournal.app/terms
- Developer: Arif Gültaş, Istanbul, Türkiye
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