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Terms of Service

Effective Date: 26 May 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Ren (“Ren”, “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Service”).

By accessing or using Ren, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.


1. What Ren Is

Ren is a reflective self-understanding platform designed to help users explore experiences, perspectives and recurring patterns through structured prompts, written reflection and AI-assisted organisation of user-provided information.

Ren is intended for informational and reflective purposes only.

Ren is not:

  • therapy
  • counselling
  • psychiatric care
  • medical advice
  • diagnosis
  • crisis support
  • a healthcare service

Outputs generated by Ren are interpretative and informational only and should not be relied upon as medical, psychological, legal, financial or professional advice.


2. Emotional Sensitivity Warning

Ren may surface emotionally significant themes, patterns or perspectives through your own reflections and responses.

By using Ren, you acknowledge that:

  • emotionally difficult topics may arise
  • outputs may feel personally significant
  • AI-generated outputs may sometimes feel inaccurate, incomplete, emotionally misaligned or overly broad
  • you remain solely responsible for how you interpret and act upon outputs generated through the Service

Ren does not guarantee emotional, psychological, behavioural, relational or personal outcomes.


3. Assumption of Risk

By using Ren, you acknowledge and accept that:

  • reflective exercises may feel emotionally significant
  • outputs may surface uncomfortable or unexpected perspectives
  • AI-generated outputs may be imperfect, incomplete or emotionally misaligned
  • engagement with reflective material involves personal interpretation and emotional judgement

You voluntarily assume all risks associated with your use of the Service and your interpretation of outputs.


4. Not Crisis Support

Ren is not monitored in real time and should not be used to seek:

  • emergency assistance
  • crisis support
  • mental health intervention
  • medical assistance
  • urgent safeguarding support

If you are experiencing emotional crisis, suicidal thoughts, self-harm concerns or psychiatric distress, you should contact an appropriately qualified professional or emergency service immediately.


5. No Professional Relationship

Your use of Ren does not create:

  • a therapist-patient relationship
  • doctor-patient relationship
  • counselling relationship
  • fiduciary relationship
  • clinical care relationship

No professional advice or healthcare services are being provided.


6. Eligibility

You must:

  • be at least 18 years old
  • have legal capacity to enter into these Terms

By using Ren, you confirm that you satisfy these requirements.


7. Accounts

You are responsible for:

  • maintaining confidentiality of your account credentials
  • all activity occurring under your account
  • ensuring information you provide is accurate

You must notify us immediately if you believe your account has been accessed without authorisation.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts where:

  • these Terms are breached
  • misuse is suspected
  • unlawful activity occurs
  • payment obligations are not met

8. User Content

You retain ownership of content you submit to Ren (“User Content”), including:

  • written reflections
  • answers to prompts
  • uploaded content
  • journal-style entries
  • saved outputs

By submitting User Content, you grant Ren a limited, non-exclusive licence to:

  • store
  • process
  • structure
  • generate outputs from

…that content solely for the purpose of operating and improving the Service.

We do not claim ownership over your personal reflections or submitted content.


9. AI Nature of the Service

Certain outputs generated through Ren are created using artificial intelligence systems.

AI systems are not human and do not possess:

  • consciousness
  • emotional understanding
  • clinical judgement
  • professional expertise

Outputs generated by AI should be interpreted accordingly.


10. AI Processing and Outputs

Ren may use artificial intelligence systems and third-party AI providers to generate outputs based on information you provide.

Outputs generated through Ren are derived primarily from information voluntarily submitted by users.

AI-generated outputs:

  • may contain inaccuracies
  • may omit important context
  • may not reflect objective truth
  • may generate interpretations that are incomplete or emotionally imperfect
  • should not be treated as factual assessments of mental health or identity

You acknowledge that outputs are generated algorithmically from the information you provide and are intended solely as reflective prompts and interpretative perspectives.

You should not make medical, psychiatric, legal, financial or life-critical decisions based solely on outputs generated by Ren.


11. No Duty to Monitor

Ren does not actively monitor user content for mental health crises, safeguarding concerns or emergency situations.

We are under no obligation to review, monitor or intervene in relation to user-generated content.

Users must not rely on Ren for emergency support, safeguarding intervention or crisis response.


12. Privacy and Confidentiality

We take reasonable technical and organisational steps designed to protect your information.

However:

  • internet transmissions are never completely secure
  • no digital system can be guaranteed fully secure
  • you submit information at your own discretion

Please review our Privacy Policy for full details regarding:

  • data processing
  • AI providers
  • storage
  • retention
  • cookies
  • your rights

13. User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for:

  • the information you choose to submit
  • decisions you make based on outputs
  • maintaining copies of any content you wish to preserve

Ren does not guarantee permanent storage of user content.


14. User Discretion

You are solely responsible for determining whether engagement with reflective prompts and generated outputs is appropriate for your circumstances.

You may stop using the Service at any time.


15. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • use Ren unlawfully
  • attempt unauthorised system access
  • interfere with platform security
  • upload malicious code
  • reverse engineer the platform
  • use automated scraping systems
  • upload unlawful, abusive or infringing material
  • use the Service to harass or harm others

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access where misuse is suspected.


16. Subscriptions and Payments

Where paid subscriptions are offered:

  • fees are billed in advance
  • subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before renewal
  • pricing may change with reasonable notice
  • taxes may apply where legally required

Payments are processed through third-party payment providers such as Stripe.

Ren does not store full payment card details.


17. Cooling-Off Rights (UK/EU Consumers)

If you are a UK or EU consumer, you may have the legal right to cancel your subscription within 14 days under applicable consumer protection laws.

However, where digital services begin immediately after purchase, you acknowledge that:

  • the Service may begin before the cancellation period ends
  • any refund may be reduced proportionally based on usage already provided

Nothing in these Terms affects statutory rights that cannot legally be excluded.


18. Refunds

Unless otherwise required by law:

  • subscriptions are non-refundable
  • cancelling prevents future renewals only
  • access continues until the end of the active billing period

Refund requests may be considered at Ren’s discretion in exceptional circumstances.


19. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights relating to:

  • Ren branding
  • logos
  • interface design
  • software
  • frameworks
  • methodologies
  • prompt structures
  • generated system architecture

…remain the property of Ren or its licensors.

You may not:

  • reproduce
  • distribute
  • commercially exploit
  • reverse engineer
  • resell

…any part of the Service without written permission.


20. Availability and Changes

We may:

  • modify features
  • update infrastructure
  • suspend access
  • discontinue parts of the Service
  • introduce new functionality

…where reasonably necessary.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Service.


21. No Warranty

Ren makes no representations or warranties that:

  • outputs will be accurate
  • outputs will be emotionally appropriate
  • outputs will be suitable for your circumstances
  • outputs will lead to personal improvement
  • outputs will be free from error, omission or misinterpretation

Use of the Service is entirely at your own risk.


22. No Reliance

You should not rely on Ren:

  • as a substitute for professional advice
  • for crisis support
  • for mental health assessment
  • for medical guidance
  • for diagnosis
  • for safeguarding intervention

You remain solely responsible for decisions, actions and interpretations arising from your use of the Service.


23. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ren is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

We make no guarantees regarding:

  • accuracy
  • completeness
  • reliability
  • emotional outcomes
  • behavioural outcomes
  • psychological outcomes
  • suitability for any particular purpose

Ren shall not be liable for:

  • emotional distress
  • psychological harm
  • anxiety
  • relationship consequences
  • behavioural decisions
  • self-perception impacts
  • financial losses
  • reputational damage
  • loss of opportunity
  • loss of profits
  • loss of data
  • indirect or consequential losses

…arising from:

  • use of the Service
  • inability to use the Service
  • interpretation of outputs
  • reliance on AI-generated material

You acknowledge that:

  • Ren is a reflective self-understanding platform only
  • outputs are interpretative in nature
  • outputs may be incomplete or inaccurate
  • no therapeutic or clinical relationship exists between you and Ren

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for:

  • fraud
  • fraudulent misrepresentation
  • death or personal injury caused by negligence
  • liabilities which cannot legally be excluded under English law

Where liability cannot legally be excluded, Ren’s total aggregate liability shall not exceed: (a) the amount paid by you to Ren during the previous 12 months; or (b) £100 GBP, whichever is greater.


24. Termination

You may stop using Ren at any time.

We may suspend or terminate access immediately where:

  • these Terms are breached
  • unlawful activity is suspected
  • misuse occurs
  • technical or security risks arise

Upon termination:

  • your right to access the Service ends immediately
  • certain stored data may remain temporarily in backups or where legally required

25. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction except where mandatory consumer protections apply.


26. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms periodically.

Where changes are material, we will take reasonable steps to notify users.

Continued use of Ren following updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.


27. Contact

Questions regarding these Terms should be sent to:

legal@ren-patterns.com