Terms of Service

Simple terms for using Estimate Poker

Last updated: 10/11/2025

🤝Agreement Overview

By using Estimate Poker, you agree to these terms. We've kept them simple and fair. This service is provided free of charge to help agile teams with their estimation process.

🎯What We Provide

Core Service

  • • Real-time planning poker sessions
  • • Multiple voting scales (Fibonacci, T-shirt sizing, etc.)
  • • Session history and task management
  • • Built-in timers and collaboration tools

Service Availability

  • • Best-effort uptime (no guaranteed SLA)
  • • Maintenance windows may cause temporary downtime
  • • Session data automatically expires after 8 hours
  • • Free service with no paid features or subscriptions
📋Your Responsibilities

Acceptable Use

  • ✅ Use for legitimate agile/scrum estimation
  • ✅ Respect other participants in sessions
  • ✅ Keep session data appropriate for work
  • ✅ Use reasonable session names and usernames

Prohibited Activities

  • ❌ Spam, abuse, or harassment
  • ❌ Attempting to hack or exploit the service
  • ❌ Sharing inappropriate or offensive content
  • ❌ Commercial resale or redistribution
🔒Data & Session Management

⚠️ Important: Temporary Data

All session data (votes, tasks, history) is automatically deleted after 8 hours. Export any important data before sessions expire. We cannot recover expired data.

What We Store

  • • Session voting data (temporary)
  • • Username choices (temporary)
  • • Task names and estimates (temporary)
  • • Security tokens (essential cookies)

Your Data Rights

  • • Data automatically expires (8 hours)
  • • You can leave sessions anytime
  • • Clear browser data to remove local storage
  • • See our Privacy Policy for details
⚠️Service Limitations & Disclaimers

Service Provided "As-Is"

Estimate Poker is provided free of charge without warranties. While we strive for reliability:

  • • No guarantee of 100% uptime or availability
  • • No warranty for accuracy of estimation results
  • • No liability for data loss (sessions expire automatically)
  • • No technical support guarantees

Limitation of Liability

Use at your own risk. We're not liable for any damages, lost data, business disruption, or decisions made based on estimation results.

Service Changes

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features at any time. We'll try to provide notice for major changes when possible.

©️Intellectual Property & Ownership

Our Content: The Estimate Poker application, design, and code remain our intellectual property. You may use the service but cannot copy, modify, or redistribute the application itself.

Your Content: You retain ownership of any data you input (task names, votes, etc.). You grant us permission to process this data to provide the service.

Open Source: Some components may use open-source libraries with their own licenses, which we respect and comply with.

🚪Account Termination & Service Access

Your Rights

  • • Stop using the service anytime
  • • No account deletion needed (no permanent accounts)
  • • Clear your browser data to remove local storage
  • • Session data expires automatically

Our Rights

  • • Block access for terms violations
  • • Modify or discontinue the service
  • • Remove inappropriate content
  • • Update these terms as needed
📝Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms occasionally to reflect service changes or legal requirements:

  • • We'll update the "Last updated" date at the top
  • • Continued use means acceptance of new terms
  • • Major changes may be announced on the website
  • • You can always contact us with questions
📧Questions About These Terms?

If you have questions about these terms or need clarification on any point:

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We're happy to clarify any terms or discuss your specific use case.