Terms of Service

Luminous ("we," "us") provides a website for tracking politicians' public voting records, legislation, and campaign finance data, and for discussing them with other users. By creating an account or using Luminous, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. Luminous is intended for use by residents of the United States; we may limit access from other locations.

2. Your Account

You're responsible for the activity on your account and for keeping your password secure. You agree to provide accurate information and not to create multiple accounts to evade rate limits, moderation actions, or to manipulate votes, reactions, or comment counts.

3. User Content

You retain ownership of comments and other content you post ("User Content"), but grant Luminous a license to display it on the service. You're solely responsible for your User Content. You agree not to post content that is illegal, harassing, hateful, defamatory, spam, or that violates someone else's rights. We may remove content or suspend accounts that violate these Terms, with or without notice.

4. Political Content & Data Accuracy

Luminous aggregates public data (e.g. from Congress.gov and the FEC) about elected officials. We make a good-faith effort to keep this accurate but don't guarantee it. Votes, reactions, and approval percentages shown on Luminous reflect the opinions of Luminous users, not the general public, and are not a poll or survey with any scientific methodology.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to: use bots, scripts, or automation to create accounts, vote, comment, or react; attempt to circumvent rate limits or moderation; scrape the service beyond what's needed for normal use; or interfere with the service's security features (including CAPTCHA and email verification).

6. Termination

You can delete your account at any time from Account Settings. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

7. Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability

Luminous is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Luminous is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service.

8. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of Luminous after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

9. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email theluminousapp@gmail.com.