Astian, Inc - Terms & Conditions of use
Effective Date: 07/21/2023
Introduction
Welcome to Astian, Inc. These terms and conditions of use (hereinafter referred to as "Terms") govern the use of our products and services, including but not limited to our web browser, file storage system, search engine, and application suite (hereinafter, the "Services") available on our website https://astian.org (hereinafter, the "Site") and related applications.
Acceptance of the Terms
By accessing or using our Services, you agree to comply with these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree with any of the terms or conditions, we kindly ask you not to use our products and services.
Collection and Use of Data
Astian, Inc. collects users' personal information (First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone Number), to improve our services, personalize the user experience, and deliver relevant advertising. We want to assure you that any data collection will be carried out in accordance with our Privacy Policy, and will only be used for legitimate and appropriate purposes.
Furthermore, we want to inform you that our data centers are located in Germany, a country within the European Union, even though our administrative headquarters are in the United States. This means that we comply with the strict data protection regulations of the European Union. However, we have allies that can capture and collect other types of information by obligation for security issues, such as Stripe, a payment gateway that can collect information such as location, billing address, card information among others, the data is guarded by said organization, Astian will always try to be associated with organizations that watch over and respect the privacy of users.
Advertising
Astian, Inc. may incorporate advertisements. In that case, we will clearly inform you about any data collection to display ads, and this collection will be subject to our Privacy Policy. Until that happens, we guarantee that we will not display ads or use user data for advertising purposes.
User Accounts
Astian allows you to create user accounts to use our products and services in a more efficient and personalized way. If you choose to create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and any activity that occurs under your account. We reserve the right to suspend, cancel, or ban any user who violates these Terms or engages in inappropriate or fraudulent activity.
- Downtime: to ensure the continued operability of our services we establish a time of 6 months of inactivity for all free accounts or those that are not under a paid subscription, after this time the data is permanently deleted and without registration of any kind. Astian Inc is not responsible for information stored after this time.
- Trial period: Payment plans or subscriptions have a trial period, this period can vary from 7 to 30 days, after this time our partner Stripe and/or any other gateway or payment platform will make the respective charge.
- Non-renewal or non-payment of subscriptions: Users have the freedom not to renew a subscription however in services such as Astian Cloud the user will not be able to upload, enters a reading mode without editing, links and other shared and other options are deactivated for a period of 30 to 45 days, After this time the files could be permanently deleted or downgrade to the free plan, but blocking access to the files already saved for a while, then the files can be permanently deleted.
- Services that are affected by non-renewal or non-payment of subscription(s): A) file storage in Astian Cloud B) AstianVPN C) Astian Flow D) File editing in Astian Cloud E) Unattended downloads in Astian Cloud storage F) AstianGO, G) Astian Photos, Mail.
- Free services permanently: Astian Calendar, Astian Contacts, Astian Maps, Astian Photos storage on Astian Cloud’s free plan.
- Sensitive content: We consider sensitive content to be all audiovisual material, and/or software that may harm users around the world, including: pornography, zoophilia, pedophilia, xenophobia, explicit violence, malware distribution, among others, so when all the material is encrypted Astian staff will be able to search, remove such content and take the necessary measures with the account from bans to removal of the content regardless of whether you are a free or paid user. Because while we are against censorship, we also have a moral obligation to promote a healthy Internet for the world’s users.
Acceptable Use
By using our Services, you agree not to:
- a. Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- b. Engage in activities that may harm, overload, or negatively affect our servers or networks.
- c. Attempt to access unauthorized areas of our Services, other users' accounts, or computer systems.
- d. Publish offensive, obscene, defamatory, or rights-infringing content.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights related to our Services, including but not limited to software, design, logos, and content, are owned by Astian, Inc. or its licensors. Reproduction, distribution, or modification of any content from our Services is prohibited without our express consent.
Modifications to the Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Modifications will become effective upon posting on the Site. We recommend reviewing these Terms periodically to stay informed of any changes.
Termination
You have the right to stop using our Services at any time. We also reserve the right to cancel, suspend, or limit your access to our Services if we determine, at our sole discretion, that you have violated these Terms or engaged in inappropriate or fraudulent activities.
Limitation of Liability
Astian, Inc. is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of our Services or the inability to use them.
Applicable Law
These Terms shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the United States, and any dispute related to them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Middletown, Delaware.
If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at contact@astian.org for more information.
By clicking “Accept” or using our Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms, and you commit to comply with them in their entirety.
Update applied on May 07, 2025