DRAFT — pending legal reviewA plain-language draft of what we expect the terms to say. It is not final and is not legal advice. Parts marked “to be confirmed” depend on our lawyer. The final terms will replace this page before BugNet’s public launch.

Terms of use

Draft of November 2026 · Publisher: Apsinthion

What BugNet is, and isn’t

• BugNet is a free tool to record your household’s health and to inform you about what other families in your area report.
• It is not medical advice and not a diagnosis. Symptom guides show likelihoods and things to watch for. If you are worried about someone’s health, contact a doctor. In an emergency, call 911.
• BugNet is not connected with any doctor, clinic, insurer, employer or public-health agency.

Community figures and “what helped”

• Area trends come from families who use BugNet, not from testing. They can be incomplete, and small numbers swing a lot.
• “What helped” figures are what families reported. People choose what to try, so these are shared experiences, not evidence that anything works.
• Area alerts report what BugNet families are logging. We may miss things, and an alert can turn out to be wrong. Official public-health guidance comes first. Wording to be confirmed with our lawyer.

Your part

• Log honestly. Fake or flooded reports make the map wrong for your neighbors; we may exclude them and suspend accounts that send them.
• You’re responsible for the information you enter about your family. Use BugNet for your own household.
• Don’t try to break, overload or reverse-engineer the service or anyone else’s data.
• Any minimum age for account holders is to be confirmed.

Downloads and updates

The Android app comes from this website and updates itself from our server. Each update is checked against a published checksum and our signing certificate before it installs. Download BugNet only from this site.

Your data

How we handle information is in the privacy policy (draft). You can export your data and delete your account in the app.

Availability and changes

BugNet is provided as it is, by a small independent developer. We’ll try to keep it running and accurate, but we can’t promise it will always be available or error-free. We may change these terms; we’ll post the new version here with a date and tell you in the app about significant changes.

Limits of liability, governing law and dispute terms are to be confirmed with our lawyer.

Contact

See Contact.