Gara / Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Gara is operated by Daniel Roci, Sweden. Contact gara.support@gmail.com.

Operator contact address: Sjöfrökens väg 24, 145 54 Norsborg, Sweden.

1. Gara and accounts

Gara provides driving-related route discovery, deliberate navigation and recording, personal driving history and friend-focused social features. Public registration remains closed while secure accounts and release checks are completed. Email verification and Apple/Google sign-in are being tested; using a provider does not give Gara your provider password. Chat and performance screens are temporarily hidden. Screenshots can show earlier prototype functionality. When registration opens, the app must present the then-current Terms for acceptance; viewing this page alone is not acceptance.

Keep your account secure, use an identity you are entitled to use, and do not share verification codes or access another person’s account. Do not impersonate someone or misrepresent your rights to a vehicle, photo or route.

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use Gara. Being eligible for Gara does not authorize you to drive: you must also meet the applicable licensing and road-use requirements.

The signup flow asks users to agree to these Terms, including the age eligibility rule above; it does not independently verify age. Contact Support if you believe an underage person has an account.

2. Safe and lawful driving comes first

Set up Gara while safely parked. Do not read, type, photograph or operate the app while driving. Follow local traffic laws, speed limits, road signs and licensing requirements. Never let a route, ranking, notification or recording distract you or override safe judgment.

Routes and maps may be incomplete, outdated or unsuitable for your vehicle. A displayed route is not permission to enter private land or restricted roads, and is not a guarantee of access, surface quality or safety. Stop safely before changing a route. Do not follow unsafe directions.

Public-road fastest-time competition and speed-based competitive rewards are unavailable. Controlled-course competition is not currently offered either. Do not use Gara to organize illegal street racing, encourage reckless driving or evade enforcement. Personal drive data is not an instruction to drive faster.

Gara is not an emergency service. For immediate danger, contact local emergency services.

3. Content and community rules

Only upload content you own or have permission to share. Respect copyright, image rights and other people’s privacy. Do not disclose private conversations, identifying information or someone else’s location without appropriate permission.

The following are prohibited:

• Harassment, bullying, threats, hate or discriminatory abuse.
• Child sexual exploitation, illegal sexual content, non-consensual intimate imagery or other exploitative material.
• Illegal activity, dangerous-driving encouragement or instructions promoting harm.
• Scams, spam, deceptive impersonation or malicious links.
• Privacy violations, stalking or misuse of location information.
• Unauthorized access, scraping private data, bypassing access restrictions or interfering with the service.
• Knowingly false or abusive reports intended to target other users.

Content permission: you retain ownership of your uploads. You give Daniel Roci permission to host, store, reproduce, technically adapt and display the content only to provide the Gara functions you request, according to the applicable audience rules, and to handle a specific report concerning that content. This permission is non-exclusive; it does not transfer ownership or permit unrelated advertising or sale of your media. Technical adaptation means work such as resizing a photo for display, not changing its meaning.

This permission ends when the relevant content is removed from the service, except for copies still necessary to handle an existing report or legal duty under the Privacy Policy. It does not promise immediate erasure from provider logs, backups or copies made outside Gara. Content permission does not itself establish a GDPR legal basis for another person’s information.

4. Reporting and blocking

The implementation provides reports for posts, profiles, comments and messages, and two-way blocking. Use the relevant safety control when available. Otherwise email gara.support@gmail.com with a content reference and brief explanation. Avoid sending unrelated private conversations or location history. Reports can include copies of the selected content in a restricted review queue.

Blocking restricts contact and affected visibility in both directions and removes friendships/follows. Unblocking does not automatically restore them. Blocking does not replace reporting serious abuse.

Daniel Roci is the report contact and intends to check reports daily, prioritizing serious safety concerns. That routine and content filtering are still being put into operation before public registration. Gara does not promise round-the-clock monitoring, resolution within 24 hours or another fixed response time.

5. Moderation and account restrictions

Gara may remove or restrict violating content, issue warnings, and temporarily suspend or terminate accounts for serious or repeated violations, unauthorized access or safety risks. An account restriction does not by itself delete account data. Public registration will stay closed while these operations are being established.

Decisions should consider relevant evidence and context. Where appropriate and legally required, Gara will explain the action and provide a way to challenge it. Email gara.support@gmail.com to request a review. Removal/suspension tools and review procedures still need testing before public registration.

6. Privacy, deletion and availability

See the Privacy Policy for collection, visibility, providers and current retention limits. Account deletion is implemented in account settings with recent sign-in verification, but end-to-end release verification is pending. If access is unavailable, contact Support. Deleting the app alone does not delete the server account.

Development features may be unavailable or change. Maps, GPS and service connections can fail; Gara is not a substitute for safe navigation judgment. These terms do not waive mandatory consumer or data-protection rights or invent an absolute exclusion of liability.

7. Changes and applicable rights

Gara intends a worldwide launch, but availability and local requirements are still being reviewed. Material changes to these terms will be posted with a new effective date and, when required, presented for acceptance before continued account use. Swedish operation does not remove mandatory consumer or data-protection rights in your country. No particular court or exclusive jurisdiction is imposed by this page.