Terms of Use and Privacy Notice

Effective Date: June 16th, 2026

Please read this Terms of Use and Privacy Notice (this “Agreement”) carefully before accessing or using any website, mobile application, account portal, messaging feature, community feature, AI feature, or other digital product, feature, or service operated by Tript, Inc. d/b/a Violette (“Violette,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) that links to or references this Agreement (collectively, the “Platform”).

By accessing or using the Platform, creating an account, clicking to accept this Agreement, or otherwise engaging with the Platform, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not access or use the Platform.

This Agreement includes Violette’s Terms of Use and Privacy Notice. These sections are intended to be read together, but each section applies according to its subject matter.

Violette provides an AI-enabled social platform designed for adults to explore, discuss, and connect around topics such as psychedelics, wellness, longevity, growth, spirituality, religion, philosophy, relationships, and other personal or cultural interests, subject to this Agreement and applicable law. The Platform may include AI-assisted onboarding, profile-building tools, recommendation systems, public or semi-public community spaces, private or encrypted spaces, direct or group communications, content publishing tools, moderation systems, safety tools, and related features.

Part I: Terms of Use

Article 1: Eligibility

You may use the Platform only if:

  1. you are at least eighteen (18) years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction if higher;
  2. you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement;
  3. you are not barred from using the Platform under applicable law; and
  4. your use of the Platform complies with this Agreement and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

The Platform is intended only for adults. The Platform is not directed to children, and you may not use the Platform if you are under 18. If you learn that a child has submitted data to Violette, please contact us at support@violette.com so that we may remove and destroy such data.

Article 2: Nature of the Platform

Violette is a technology company, not a healthcare provider, mental health provider, medical practice, pharmacy, crisis service, emergency responder, financial advisor, legal advisor, or religious institution. The Platform is intended to facilitate conversation, community participation, self-expression, and discovery. The Platform and any AI-generated outputs are provided for informational, social, and general engagement purposes only.

The Platform is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition; provide medical, psychiatric, psychological, therapeutic, legal, or financial advice; or substitute for professional judgment or emergency assistance. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, mental health crisis, or safety emergency, call 911 or your local emergency services immediately.

Violette may host discussions concerning sensitive, controversial, or regulated topics. User content may reflect personal views, experiences, or opinions and does not necessarily reflect Violette’s views. We do not endorse user content, and we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, legality, safety, or usefulness of any content or interaction on the Platform.

Article 3: Account Registration and Security

To access some features, you must create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to keep that information updated.

You are responsible for:

  1. maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials;
  2. all activity occurring under your account;
  3. using a secure device and connection when accessing the Platform; and
  4. notifying us promptly at support@violette.com if you suspect unauthorized access to your account or any other security incident.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account, or require identity or age verification, if we reasonably believe doing so is necessary for security, legal compliance, enforcement of this Agreement, protection of users, or investigation of suspected misuse.

Article 4: AI Features and Onboarding

The Platform may include an AI assistant currently referred to as “Vi” and other automated or machine-assisted features. These tools may ask demographic, personality-based, interest-based, behavioral, or preference-based questions to help create or enrich your profile, organize or recommend community participation, identify relevant hubs or circles, improve safety, or personalize your experience.

By using AI features, you acknowledge and agree that:

  1. AI outputs may be incomplete, inaccurate, biased, irrelevant, or inappropriate;
  2. AI outputs are generated automatically and should not be relied on as professional advice, factual guarantees, or risk-free recommendations;
  3. your interactions with AI features may be processed to operate the Platform, improve features, maintain security, enforce our policies, and develop or refine our systems, subject to the Privacy Notice;
  4. Violette may use automated tools to assist with content organization, personalization, trust and safety review, abuse detection, fraud prevention, and support operations; and
  5. some Platform spaces and features may be visible to Violette or its AI systems, while others may be architected so that Violette and Vi do not have access to message content.

You remain solely responsible for decisions you make based on AI outputs or Platform interactions.

Article 5: Community Hubs, Circles, and Communications Architecture

The Platform may include different types of spaces, including hubs and circles.

Community Hubs are community spaces that may be visible to Violette, its personnel, moderators, contractors, service providers, and AI-enabled systems for purposes such as operation, moderation, safety review, product support, policy enforcement, legal compliance, and service improvement.

Circles are intended to be encrypted spaces designed so that message content is not visible to Vi or Violette in the ordinary course. Because of that design, Violette may have limited or no access to the substance of communications within Circles, and our ability to investigate reports, recover content, respond to disputes, or provide assistance regarding Circle content may be limited. Accordingly, if you need to report content in a Circle, please copy, screenshot, or otherwise preserve the content, and contact us at support@violette.com.

Even where content is encrypted or not ordinarily readable by Violette, we may still collect or process associated metadata and account-level information, such as account identifiers, device information, timestamps, approximate location inferred from IP address, participation records, and technical routing or security logs, to operate the Platform, secure the services, comply with law, and enforce this Agreement.

You understand that no security measure is perfect, and we do not guarantee absolute confidentiality, availability, or security of any communication or data.

Article 6: Community Standards and Acceptable Use

You may use the Platform only for lawful, authorized, and intended purposes. You may not, and may not attempt to, use the Platform to:

  1. violate any law, regulation, or third-party right;
  2. harass, threaten, intimidate, exploit, stalk, defame, abuse, or harm any person;
  3. post, share, or transmit unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading content;
  4. promote or facilitate violence, terrorism, human trafficking, child sexual abuse material, non-consensual sexual content, unlawful discrimination, or self-harm;
  5. impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation, identity, age, credentials, or authority;
  6. collect, scrape, harvest, surveil, monitor, or intercept data from the Platform or from other users without authorization;
  7. use bots, crawlers, scripts, automation, or other technical means to access, query, copy, index, frame, mirror, or monitor the Platform or user activity, except as expressly authorized by Violette in writing;
  8. upload malware, spyware, malicious code, or other harmful material;
  9. interfere with, disrupt, overload, or compromise the Platform or any account, network, system, or security feature;
  10. use the Platform to advertise, solicit, spam, conduct pyramid schemes, or send unauthorized commercial communications outside of features Violette provides for approved commercial activities;
  11. infringe intellectual property, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, or data protection rights;
  12. share another person’s personal information, sensitive information, or private communications without lawful basis or authorization;
  13. circumvent geographic, account, security, moderation, or access restrictions;
  14. use the Platform to market, sell, or facilitate the unlawful sale of controlled substances, counterfeit products, illegal services, or regulated goods without authorization and legal compliance; or
  15. use the Platform or any content from it to train, fine-tune, benchmark, or develop any machine learning or artificial intelligence model without our prior written consent.

We may, but are not required to, monitor or review activity on the Platform to enforce this Agreement, maintain safety, protect rights, or comply with legal obligations.

Article 7: User Content

The Platform may allow you to create, upload, submit, post, display, transmit, store, or share text, images, audio, video, profile information, messages, reactions, prompts, responses, comments, and other materials (“User Content”).

You retain ownership of your User Content, subject to the rights you grant in this Agreement.

You grant Violette a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, format, transmit, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise use your User Content as necessary to:

  1. operate, provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Platform;
  2. display and share your User Content in accordance with your settings and the functional design of the Platform;
  3. personalize your experience and recommendations;
  4. moderate content and enforce this Agreement;
  5. investigate abuse, fraud, security incidents, or legal violations;
  6. comply with legal obligations; and
  7. develop, train, test, improve, and support Platform features, models, and systems, except to the extent we expressly state otherwise for particular encrypted environments or where prohibited by law.

This license ends within a commercially reasonable period after your User Content is deleted from active systems, except to the extent your content has been shared with others, retained in backups, preserved for legal or compliance purposes, or retained in de-identified or aggregated form.

You represent and warrant that:

  1. you own or control all rights necessary to submit the User Content;
  2. your User Content and our permitted use of it will not violate this Agreement, applicable law, or any third-party rights; and
  3. your User Content does not include information that you are not authorized to disclose.

Article 8: Sensitive Topics and User Responsibility

Because the Platform may involve discussion of sensitive topics, including psychedelics, health, spirituality, trauma, relationships, religion, politics, sexuality, or personal transformation, you agree to exercise judgment and caution in your use of the Platform.

You are solely responsible for:

  1. what you post, disclose, or share;
  2. whom you interact with;
  3. any reliance on user statements, AI outputs, or third-party content;
  4. verifying facts, safety, legality, dosage, licensure, credentials, risks, and suitability before acting on any information encountered through the Platform; and
  5. complying with all laws applicable to your conduct, location, and activities.

Violette does not guarantee compatibility, safety, legality, or outcomes relating to any user, group, community, event, product, service, recommendation, or off-platform interaction.

Article 9: Moderation, Enforcement, and Reporting

We may investigate suspected violations of this Agreement and may take any action we reasonably consider appropriate, including removing content, limiting visibility, issuing warnings, restricting features, suspending accounts, terminating accounts, preserving evidence, or reporting matters to law enforcement or regulators.

Because circles may be encrypted or otherwise inaccessible to Violette, our moderation capabilities may differ across Platform features. We may rely on user reports, metadata, account signals, safety tooling, and other indirect indicators where direct content access is unavailable.

If you believe content or conduct violates this Agreement or threatens safety, contact us at support@violette.com.

Article 10: Third-Party Services and Content

The Platform may link to, integrate with, or enable access to third-party websites, services, communities, payment providers, authentication services, analytics providers, app stores, communication tools, or content. We do not control and are not responsible for any third-party services or content.

Your use of third-party services is governed by the third party’s own terms and policies. Violette is not responsible for third-party acts, omissions, products, services, content, privacy practices, or security practices. You are encouraged to review any applicable third-party terms and/or policies prior to using those services.

Article 11: Intellectual Property and Platform Rights

The Platform, including its software, design, compilation, organization, interfaces, text, graphics, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade names, audiovisual content, AI systems, and other materials and technology, is owned by or licensed to Violette and is protected by intellectual property and other laws.

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, Violette grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to access and use the Platform for your personal use.

Except as expressly permitted by Violette in writing or by applicable law, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, create derivative works from, publicly display, republish, scrape, mine, or exploit any portion of the Platform.

Violette, Vi, and related names, logos, product names, and branding are trademarks or service marks of Tript, Inc. or its licensors. You may not use them without prior written permission.

Article 12: Communications; Consent to Electronic Records

By creating an account or using the Platform, you consent to receive electronic communications from Violette relating to your account, the Platform, legal notices, updates, security matters, transactions, and support. You agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

You are responsible for maintaining current contact information and reviewing communications we send.

Article 13: Notice Regarding Session Replay, Chat, and Similar Technologies; CIPA and Similar Laws

To operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Platform, Violette and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, SDKs, APIs, server logs, in-app analytics, crash reporting tools, fraud detection tools, bot detection tools, chat widgets, support tools, and similar technologies that may record or analyze interactions with the Platform, such as page visits, clicks, taps, scrolling, navigation events, form inputs, device and browser data, approximate geolocation inferred from IP address, referral URLs, and technical communications between your device and the Platform.

By using the Platform, you expressly consent, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to Violette’s and its service providers’ collection, logging, replay, analysis, monitoring, and storage of such interactions and communications for the purposes described in this Agreement and the Privacy Notice, including quality assurance, debugging, analytics, fraud prevention, security, customer support, legal compliance, and service improvement.

You understand and agree that:

  1. communications you direct to or through the Platform, including web forms, support requests, chatbot interactions, AI prompts, and similar features, may be routed through, stored by, or made available to service providers acting on Violette’s behalf;
  2. to the extent permitted by law, Violette is a party to these communications or has obtained your prior consent to the collection and processing of these communications and related interaction data;
  3. your use of the Platform constitutes consent to the interception, recording, monitoring, storage, and analysis of communications and interaction data by or on behalf of Violette as disclosed here and in the Privacy Notice; and
  4. if you do not consent, you must not use the Platform.

These disclosures are intended to provide clear prior notice and obtain consent for technologies that may be alleged to implicate wiretap, eavesdropping, pen register, trap and trace, session replay, or similar privacy laws, including the California Invasion of Privacy Act and analogous laws. Nothing in this Section authorizes unlawful conduct, and Violette will implement such technologies in accordance with its operational needs, vendor arrangements, and applicable law.

Article 14: Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE.

VIOLETTE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, OR THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, VIOLETTE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT:

  1. THE PLATFORM OR ANY CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, TIMELY, OR APPROPRIATE;
  2. ANY USER, GROUP, COMMUNITY HUB, OR CIRCLE WILL BE SAFE, AUTHENTIC, COMPATIBLE, OR LAWFUL;
  3. ANY AI OUTPUT WILL BE CORRECT, COMPLETE, NON-BIASED, OR FIT FOR YOUR PURPOSES; OR
  4. ANY CONTENT WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE OR RETRIEVABLE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Article 15: Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VIOLETTE, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, USE, BUSINESS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF VIOLETTE AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100); OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO VIOLETTE, IF ANY, FOR USE OF THE PLATFORM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY AND EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Article 16: Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Violette, its affiliates, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against any claims, demands, actions, proceedings, investigations, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to:

  1. your access to or use of the Platform;
  2. your User Content;
  3. your violation of this Agreement;
  4. your violation of any law or any third-party right; or
  5. any dispute or interaction between you and any other user or third party.

Violette may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you will cooperate fully with Violette in defending that matter.

Article 17: Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration; Class Action Waiver

Please read this Section carefully. It affects your legal rights.

17.1 Informal Resolution First

Before filing a claim, you and Violette agree to try to resolve the dispute informally. You must send a written notice of dispute to legal@violette.com and by certified mail to:

Tript, Inc. d/b/a Violette
c/o CSC
251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Your notice must include your name, account email, mailing address, a description of the dispute, and the relief sought. If we have a dispute with you, we will send notice to the email and mailing address associated with your account. The parties will have thirty (30) days after notice is received to attempt informal resolution.

17.2 Binding Arbitration

Except for the exclusions in Section 17.4, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Platform, or the collection, use, disclosure, retention, security, or other processing of information by or on behalf of Violette, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration on an individual basis.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its applicable Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, except as modified by this Agreement. If AAA is unavailable, the parties will select another nationally recognized arbitration provider, or if they cannot agree, a court of competent jurisdiction will appoint the arbitrator.

The arbitration may be conducted by telephone, videoconference, on written submissions, or in Delaware, or at another mutually agreed location, subject to the applicable arbitration rules. The arbitrator will have exclusive authority to resolve all threshold arbitrability issues, including the scope, enforceability, and applicability of this arbitration agreement, except that a court of competent jurisdiction will decide issues relating to the enforceability or interpretation of the class action waiver in Section 17.3.

The arbitrator may award any relief that would be available in court on an individual claim, but may not award relief for or against anyone who is not a party to the arbitration.

17.3 Class Action and Jury Trial Waiver

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND VIOLETTE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, MASS ARBITRATION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

You and Violette agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff, claimant, or class member in any purported class, collective, coordinated, consolidated, or representative proceeding.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.

17.4 Exclusions from Arbitration

Nothing in this Section requires arbitration of:

  1. individual claims brought in small claims court if the claims qualify and remain in that court;
  2. claims seeking solely temporary, preliminary, or injunctive relief for alleged unlawful use of intellectual property, confidential information, or data security violations; or
  3. claims that cannot be lawfully arbitrated under applicable law.

17.5 Opt-Out Right

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice of your decision to opt out within thirty (30) days after you first become subject to this Agreement. Your notice must include your name, account email, mailing address, and a clear statement that you want to opt out of arbitration. Send the notice to legal@violette.com and by certified mail to the address above. If you opt out, neither party will be bound by this Section 17, but all other provisions of this Agreement will remain in effect.

17.6 Governing Law for Arbitration Clause

The Federal Arbitration Act and applicable federal arbitration law govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Section 17.

Article 18: Governing Law and Venue

Except as provided in Section 17 or to the extent preempted by federal law, this Agreement and any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Platform will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

If a dispute is not subject to arbitration, you and Violette agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware, and each party waives any objection based on venue or inconvenient forum, except to the extent such waiver is prohibited by law.

Article 19: Changes to the Platform or Agreement

We may modify the Platform or this Agreement from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice as required by applicable law, which may include posting an updated version, updating the effective date, providing in-product notice, or sending an email.

Unless otherwise required by law, changes will become effective when posted or as stated in the notice. By continuing to use the Platform after the effective date of the changes, you agree to the revised Agreement.

Article 20: Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Platform, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated this Agreement, created risk or possible legal exposure, infringed another’s rights, or if suspension or termination is necessary for security, legal compliance, or business reasons.

You may stop using the Platform at any time. You may request account deletion by contacting support@violette.com.

Upon termination:

  1. your right to use the Platform will cease immediately;
  2. Sections that by their nature should survive will survive, including provisions concerning intellectual property, licenses, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law; and
  3. we may retain information as described in the Privacy Notice and as required or permitted by applicable law.

Article 21: Notices

You agree that we may provide notices to you by email, posting within the Platform, push notification, or other reasonable electronic means.

Formal legal notices to Violette must be sent to the legal notice email and registered agent address listed in Section 17.1, with a copy to:

Tript, Inc. d/b/a Violette
PO Box 6156
Harrisburg, PA 17112

22. Miscellaneous

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Violette regarding the Platform, except for any additional terms that expressly apply to a specific feature or service.

If any provision of this Agreement is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

You may not assign or transfer this Agreement without our prior written consent. We may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of assets, or by operation of law.

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

Part II – Privacy Notice

Article 1: Scope of this Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice describes how Violette collects, uses, discloses, retains, and otherwise processes information about individuals who access or use the Platform, interact with us, or otherwise engage with our services.

Depending on where you live, you may have certain privacy rights under applicable law. Additional jurisdiction-specific disclosures may apply.

Article 2: Categories of Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

2.1. Information You Provide Directly

This may include:

  1. account registration information, such as your name, username, email address, phone number, password, date of birth or age confirmation, and profile details;
  2. onboarding responses, including demographic, personality, interest, preference, and community-matching information;
  3. profile content, bios, photos, pronouns, location information you choose to provide, interests, and social connections;
  4. User Content, including posts, comments, prompts, responses, messages, reactions, uploads, and support communications;
  5. information you provide when you contact us, request support, respond to surveys, participate in promotions, or otherwise communicate with us; and
  6. any other information you choose to submit through the Platform.

2.2. Information We Collect Automatically

This may include:

  1. device, browser, operating system, app, and network information;
  2. IP address and information derived from it, such as approximate geolocation;
  3. usage data, log data, timestamps, pages or screens viewed, clicks, taps, scrolling, navigation paths, feature usage, search terms, referring URLs, crash data, and performance data;
  4. cookie, pixel, SDK, local storage, and similar technology data;
  5. metadata relating to communications and Platform participation, including account identifiers, message routing information, timestamps, connection events, and group participation records; and
  6. information generated by safety, fraud prevention, moderation, and security systems.

2.3. Information We Infer or Derive

We may infer or derive information about your likely interests, preferences, affinities, community fit, engagement patterns, and other characteristics based on the information we collect.

2.4. Information From Third Parties

We may receive information from service providers, analytics vendors, authentication providers, advertising or attribution partners where used, app stores, payment processors, social sign-in providers, law enforcement, regulators, and other users.

Article 3: Special Note on Hubs and Encrypted Circles

Different Platform environments may involve different data visibility.

In community hubs, content and interactions may be visible to Violette and may be processed for operations, moderation, safety, support, personalization, analytics, and improvement.

In circles, message content is intended to be encrypted and designed so that Vi and Violette do not have access to that content in the ordinary course. However, we may still process metadata and technical information associated with circles, and we may access content if and to the limited extent technically possible and legally required, such as where content is voluntarily forwarded to us by a participant, exposed by a user action, or otherwise made available outside the encrypted environment.

You should assume that anything you share in hubs may be accessible to Violette, moderators, and relevant service providers, and that anything you share in circles may still be seen by other circle participants, captured by screenshots or recordings, or disclosed by recipients.

Article 4: How We Use Information

We may use information for the following purposes:

  1. to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Platform;
  2. to create and manage accounts and profiles;
  3. to power AI-assisted onboarding, recommendations, matching, and personalization;
  4. to organize users into communities, hubs, circles, or similar structures;
  5. to communicate with you about your account, the Platform, support, safety, transactions, and legal matters;
  6. to monitor usage, analyze trends, troubleshoot, debug, and improve performance;
  7. to moderate content, detect abuse, enforce our policies, and protect users and the public;
  8. to detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to fraud, spam, unauthorized access, harassment, security incidents, and illegal activity;
  9. to comply with legal obligations and protect rights, property, and safety;
  10. to develop, train, test, and improve our models, algorithms, and systems, except where we state that a feature is architected to limit access to content or where prohibited by law;
  11. to send administrative or service-related messages;
  12. to conduct research, analytics, and measurement;
  13. to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; and
  14. for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time of collection or with your consent.

Article 5: Legal Bases for Processing

If and to the extent the UK GDPR, EU GDPR, or similar laws apply, our legal bases for processing may include:

  1. performance of a contract with you;
  2. our legitimate interests, such as operating the Platform, maintaining safety and security, improving our services, understanding user engagement, and preventing misuse, where those interests are not overridden by your rights;
  3. compliance with legal obligations; and
  4. your consent, where required by law.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it as permitted by law, but doing so will not affect processing already conducted lawfully before withdrawal.

Article 6: Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, authenticate users, maintain sessions, secure the Platform, measure engagement, analyze performance, prevent fraud, and improve the user experience.

Where required by law, we will seek consent before placing non-essential cookies or similar technologies on your device. Depending on your jurisdiction and device settings, you may also be able to control cookies through a cookie banner, privacy settings, or browser controls.

For more details, see Violette’s Cookies Policy.

Article 7: Disclosure of Information

We may disclose information to:

  1. affiliates and related entities;
  2. vendors, contractors, and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as cloud hosting, infrastructure, analytics, customer support, email delivery, security, moderation, communications tooling, and software providers;
  3. professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, insurers, and accountants;
  4. other users or the public, depending on how you choose to use the Platform and your settings;
  5. law enforcement, regulators, courts, governmental authorities, or other third parties when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with law, enforce this Agreement, protect rights or safety, or respond to legal process;
  6. parties involved in an actual or proposed merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar transaction; and
  7. other parties with your direction or consent.

We may also disclose de-identified or aggregated information that does not reasonably identify you, subject to applicable law.

Article 8: International Data Transfers

Violette is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania. Violette may use hosting, infrastructure, support, and service providers located in the United States, the Netherlands, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions.

Information may be stored or processed outside your state, province, country, or other jurisdiction, including on servers located in the Netherlands. Data protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, we will implement appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers, which may include contractual safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, adequacy decisions, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

Article 9: Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, including to provide the Platform, maintain accounts, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, and support legitimate business operations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the sensitivity of the information, the risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, whether the information is needed to provide services, and our legal or operational obligations.

Article 10: Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information. These measures may include encryption in transit, access controls, authentication measures, logging, role-based limitations, and vendor management practices.

However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Article 11: Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

  1. access personal information we hold about you;
  2. request correction of inaccurate information;
  3. request deletion of your information;
  4. request portability of certain information;
  5. object to or restrict certain processing;
  6. withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  7. opt out of certain targeted advertising, profiling, or sales/sharing of personal information, if applicable; and
  8. appeal certain privacy rights decisions, where required by law.

To exercise rights, contact us at privacy@violette.com. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. Your rights may be limited by law.

If you reside in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction that provides a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, you may also do so.

12. U.S. State Privacy Disclosures

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws, subject to statutory exceptions and verification requirements. Depending on your state of residence and our role under applicable law, these rights may include the right to:

  • confirm whether we process your personal information;
  • access personal information we hold about you;
  • correct inaccuracies in your personal information;
  • delete personal information;
  • obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
  • opt out of targeted advertising;
  • opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, where those terms are defined broadly enough to apply to our practices;
  • opt out of certain profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, if applicable;
  • and appeal our decision regarding your privacy request.

Violette does not sell personal information for money. However, some jurisdictions define “sale,” “share,” and “targeted advertising” broadly. If Violette engages in practices that fall within those definitions under applicable law, Violette will provide any required notices, consent tools, or opt-out mechanisms.

Where required by law, Violette will honor valid browser-based opt-out preference signals for applicable processing activities.

Authorized agents may submit requests on behalf of consumers where permitted by applicable law. Violette may require proof of the agent’s authority and may also require the consumer to verify their identity directly with Violette.

If we deny your request, you may appeal by contacting privacy@violette.com and writing “Privacy Rights Appeal” in the subject line. We will review and respond to appeals in accordance with applicable law.

Article 13: Sensitive Data and Profiling Disclosures

Depending on how you use the Platform, information you provide in onboarding flows, profile fields, content submissions, or account settings may include or reveal categories of data that may be treated as sensitive personal data under certain laws, such as information relating to health or wellness interests, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, citizenship or immigration status, precise geolocation, or the contents of certain communications.

Violette processes sensitive personal data only as permitted by applicable law and, where required, based on your consent or another valid legal basis. You may choose not to provide certain information, but some features may not function properly or may be unavailable if that information is not provided.

Violette may use automated processing, including AI-assisted onboarding, recommendation, and community-matching tools, to infer interests, preferences, affinities, and likely community relevance. Violette does not use personal information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about consumers unless permitted by law and supported by any required rights and disclosures. If applicable law grants you the right to opt out of certain profiling, you may submit a request using the contact information in this Privacy Notice.

Article 14: California Privacy and Recording Disclosures

If you are a California resident, you acknowledge that Violette has provided the disclosures in this Agreement and Privacy Notice regarding the collection of personal information, collection of interaction data, use of analytics and support technologies, and the routing or processing of communications through service providers.

To the extent California law requires prior consent for the collection, recording, monitoring, replay, routing, or use of certain communications or interaction data, your use of the Platform after receiving these disclosures constitutes your consent to those practices to the maximum extent permitted by law.

California residents may also have specific rights under California privacy laws, subject to applicable exceptions, including rights to know, access, correct, delete, and limit or opt out of certain processing activities where required by law. Requests may be submitted using the contact information provided in this Privacy Notice.

If Violette is required by applicable California law to provide additional California-specific disclosures, including disclosures concerning retention periods, sensitive personal information, or specific categories of sources, purposes, or recipients, Violette may provide those disclosures in a separate California supplement or updated privacy notice.

Article 15: Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no universally accepted standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, the Platform may not respond to them except where required by applicable law.

Article 16: Third-Party Sites and Services

The Platform may contain links to third-party websites or services. This Privacy Notice does not apply to third-party practices, and we are not responsible for them. Please review the relevant third-party policies before interacting with those services.

Article 17: Intimate Visual Content; Synthetic Intimate Content; Removal Requests

Violette prohibits the posting, uploading, sharing, transmission, solicitation, promotion, storage for distribution, or other use of the Platform to create, display, distribute, threaten to distribute, or facilitate the distribution of any non-consensual intimate visual depiction, including any real, altered, manipulated, or synthetic image, video, or other visual content that depicts or appears to depict nudity, sexual conduct, intimate body parts, or other sexually explicit or intimate content of an identifiable person without that person’s affirmative consent.

This prohibition applies whether the content is authentic, digitally altered, AI-generated, AI-assisted, machine-generated, composited, deepfaked, morphed, or otherwise synthetic, and whether the content is shared publicly, semi-publicly, privately, through hubs, through circles, by direct message, or through any other feature of the Platform.

You may not use the Platform to:

  1. post or share non-consensual intimate imagery or synthetic intimate imagery;
  2. threaten, extort, harass, intimidate, exploit, or coerce any person by means of intimate imagery or purported intimate imagery;
  3. request, encourage, assist, or instruct another person to generate, alter, distribute, or threaten to distribute non-consensual intimate content;
  4. impersonate another person through synthetic or manipulated intimate content; or
  5. evade detection or enforcement through encryption, coded language, alternate accounts, links, metadata stripping, or off-platform redirection.

If Violette becomes aware of content or activity that it believes may violate this Section or applicable law, Violette may take any action it reasonably considers appropriate, including removing or disabling access to content, restricting distribution, suspending features, preserving available records, terminating accounts, making referrals to service providers, and reporting the matter to law enforcement, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children where applicable, or other appropriate authorities.

If you are depicted in content on the Platform, or are authorized to act on behalf of a depicted person, and you believe the content violates this Section or applicable law, you may submit a removal request to support@violette.com. The request should include sufficient information for Violette to identify the content, the account or location where it appears, the basis for the request, and information reasonably sufficient for Violette to communicate with the requesting party and assess the request.

Violette will review and process qualifying removal requests in accordance with applicable law and its internal policies. Because some Platform environments, including circles, may be encrypted or architected to limit Violette’s access to content, Violette’s ability to detect, review, remove, or preserve certain content may be limited unless and until the content is reported, forwarded, or otherwise made available to Violette.

By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you have obtained all rights, permissions, and consents necessary for any visual content you upload, post, transmit, or share, including any consent required from each identifiable person depicted in intimate, sexual, nude, or otherwise sensitive content. Upon Violette’s request, you will promptly provide information reasonably sufficient to confirm those rights or consents.

Any violation of this Section is a material breach of this Agreement and may result in immediate removal of content, immediate suspension or termination of your account, referral to law enforcement, and any other remedies available at law or in equity.

Article 18: Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice as required by applicable law. The updated version will become effective when posted, unless otherwise stated.

Article 19: Contact Us

If you have questions about this Agreement or our privacy practices, contact us at:

Tript, Inc. d/b/a Violette
PO Box 6156, Harrisburg, PA 17112
Email: support@violette.com
Privacy: privacy@violette.com
Legal Notices: legal@violette.com

Service of process and certain formal notices may also be directed to Violette’s registered agent in Delaware:

c/o CSC
251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, Delaware 19808