Terms & Conditions

1. About Brink

Brink Browser (“Brink”, “the app”, “I”, “me” or “my”) is an independently developed research browser for iPad, created by Josh Bradley in the United Kingdom.

Brink is designed to combine web browsing with research tools including Research Projects, folders, saved research, notes, citations, PDFs, highlighting, Lecture Capture and focus features.

You can contact me at hello@brinkbrowser.app.

2. Acceptance and eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use Brink. If you are under 16, you must not download or use the app.

By downloading, installing or using Brink, you confirm that you meet the age requirement and agree to these Terms & Conditions and the applicable Privacy Policy.

Brink may ask you to review and acknowledge an updated version of these terms when material changes are made. If an update requires your acknowledgement, the app may require you to review the new version before continuing to use relevant features.

3. Licence to use Brink

Subject to these terms and the applicable rules of Apple's App Store, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to use Brink for personal and lawful purposes on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by Apple's usage rules.

You must not:

• copy, redistribute, rent, lease, sell or sublicense Brink except where applicable law expressly permits it;
• modify, reverse engineer, decompile or attempt to derive Brink's source code except to the extent that such restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
• use Brink to gain unauthorised access to systems, accounts, networks or data;
• use Brink in a way that violates applicable law or the rights of another person; or
• deliberately interfere with Brink's operation or security.

4. Purchase and payment

Brink is currently offered as a one-time paid download through Apple's App Store. Brink does not currently require a subscription to use the app.

Purchases, billing, payment processing and applicable refunds are handled by Apple under the terms that apply to your App Store account and territory. Brink does not receive your payment-card details.

The price of Brink may change for future purchases. A future price change does not create an additional charge for a purchase you have already completed unless you separately choose to purchase another product or service.

5. Updates and app availability

I may release updates to Brink to add features, improve compatibility, fix bugs, address security issues or make other changes.

Some updates may be required for continued use where an older version is no longer compatible, supported or considered safe to operate. Brink may use version information to notify you that an update is available or, where necessary, require a newer version.

I do not guarantee that Brink, every feature, or compatibility with every website will remain available indefinitely or operate without interruption. Features may be changed, replaced, suspended or discontinued where reasonably necessary.

6. Research Projects and locally stored content

Brink allows you to create and organise content such as Research Projects, folders, notes, saved webpages, PDFs, images, highlights, citations and lecture recordings.

You are responsible for the content you create, save, download, record, import or organise using Brink and for ensuring that your use of that content is lawful.

Brink does not currently provide an account-based cloud backup or synchronisation service for your research workspace. You are responsible for maintaining any backups or exported copies that are important to you.

7. Citations and research tools

Brink can help generate citations and extract source metadata such as titles, authors, publications and dates where that information is available. Citation tools are provided as research aids.

Webpage metadata can be incomplete, inconsistent or incorrect, and citation conventions can vary between institutions, publishers and individual assignments. You are responsible for reviewing generated citations and ensuring they meet the requirements that apply to your work before submission or publication.

Brink does not guarantee the academic accuracy, completeness or suitability of a generated citation for a particular institution or citation guide.

8. Lecture Capture and recordings

If you use Lecture Capture or another recording feature, you are responsible for ensuring that you have permission to record the people, teaching, conversation or other audio involved.

Laws, institutional rules and expectations around recording can vary. Brink's availability of a recording feature does not itself give you permission to record, retain or distribute material.

You must not use Brink's recording features in a way that infringes another person's privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property or other legal rights.

9. Downloads, PDFs and other files

Brink may allow you to open, save, edit, export or download webpages, PDFs, images and other material.

You are responsible for deciding whether a file or download is trustworthy and whether you have the right to store, edit, share or otherwise use it. Files and content obtained from third-party websites can be malicious, corrupted, misleading or unlawful.

Brink does not guarantee the safety, integrity, legality or accuracy of files supplied by third parties. You should use reasonable care when opening or sharing downloaded material.

10. Third-party websites and services

Brink is a web browser and therefore provides access to websites, content and services operated by third parties. Those third parties are independent from Brink and may have their own terms, privacy policies, cookies, accounts, payment systems and security practices.

I do not control and am not responsible for the content, availability, accuracy, security or conduct of third-party websites or services merely because they can be accessed through Brink.

Your use of a third-party website or service is governed by the terms and policies that apply to that third party.

11. Website blocking, ad blocking and Reader Mode

Features such as website blocking, content or ad blocking, Reader Mode, dark-mode adjustments and other webpage modifications depend on the structure and behaviour of third-party websites.

These features may not work on every website and may stop working when a website changes. Blocking features may also occasionally block content that you intended to view or fail to block particular content.

Brink does not guarantee that ad blocking, website blocking or similar features will remove or prevent every advertisement, tracker, popup, distraction or other item.

12. Intellectual property

Brink's software, branding, interface, original website content, logo, icon and other original materials are owned by Josh Bradley or used under an applicable licence, unless otherwise stated.

These terms do not transfer ownership of Brink or its intellectual property to you.

Third-party websites, articles, images, PDFs, trademarks and other content accessed through Brink remain the property of their respective owners. Saving or accessing material through Brink does not grant you ownership of that material.

13. Acceptable use

You must use Brink lawfully and responsibly. You must not knowingly use the app to:

• infringe copyright, privacy, confidentiality or other legal rights;
• distribute malicious software or deliberately harmful content;
• harass, threaten, defraud or impersonate another person;
• circumvent access controls or gain unauthorised access to systems or information; or
• carry out activity that would be unlawful if performed without Brink.

14. Privacy

Your use of Brink is also subject to the Brink Privacy Policy, which explains how the app handles locally stored research content, diagnostics, analytics, permissions and information submitted through the Brink website.

15. No academic or professional guarantee

Brink is a productivity and research tool. It does not provide academic, legal, financial or other professional advice.

Use of Brink does not guarantee a particular academic result, grade, research outcome, citation acceptance, productivity level or uninterrupted access to third-party information.

16. App performance and warranties

Brink is provided with the level of care and skill required by applicable law. However, because software and third-party websites change, I cannot promise that Brink will always be uninterrupted, completely error-free, compatible with every website or device configuration, or free from every defect.

Nothing in these terms affects any warranty, remedy or statutory right that you are entitled to under applicable consumer law and that cannot lawfully be excluded.

17. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Subject to those protections, I am not responsible for losses that are not reasonably foreseeable when you begin using Brink, losses caused by third-party websites or services outside my control, or business losses arising from use of Brink for commercial purposes where the app is being used as a consumer product.

You remain responsible for protecting important locally stored research, checking generated citations before relying on them, and deciding whether third-party downloads or websites are appropriate to use.

18. Ending your use of Brink

You may stop using Brink at any time and may remove the app from your device.

I may restrict access to a version of Brink where reasonably necessary for security, legal compliance, serious misuse or technical compatibility. Where practical, an update or other reasonable route to continued lawful use will be provided.

19. Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated to reflect changes to Brink, the law, App Store requirements or the services used to operate the app.

Where a change is material, Brink may display an in-app notice or require you to review and acknowledge the current version. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page identifies the current version.

20. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory rights you may have under the law that applies where you live.

If you are a consumer living elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in another territory, nothing in these terms is intended to deprive you of mandatory consumer protections or any right to bring proceedings in a court available to you under applicable law.

If a dispute arises, please contact me first at hello@brinkbrowser.app so there is an opportunity to resolve the issue directly.

21. Apple

Brink is distributed through Apple's App Store. Your use of the app is also subject to applicable Apple Media Services and App Store terms.

Apple is not responsible for Brink's development, operation or support except to the extent required by Apple's applicable terms or by law. Nothing in these terms is intended to conflict with mandatory terms imposed by Apple for apps distributed through the App Store.

22. Contact

Questions about these Terms & Conditions can be sent to:

Josh Bradley
Email: hello@brinkbrowser.app
Website: Brink contact page