Terms of Service

By downloading, installing, or using the After Me application or website (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms") and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

If you do not agree to these Terms in full, you must not use the Service.

These Terms form a legally binding contract between you and TITADE Ltd ("After Me", "we", "us", or "our"), a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17106008).

Throughout these Terms, the following words have the following meanings:

After Me is a local-first, zero-knowledge digital vault for end-of-life document organisation. It allows you to securely store, organise, and eventually share important documents with trusted family members or designated persons.

The core design of the Service is that your documents are encrypted on your device with keys only you hold. TITADE Ltd has no access to your Vault, your documents, or your encryption keys. This is not a service policy — it is the fundamental technical architecture.

The Service includes:

• An encrypted on-device vault for storing personal documents (identity, financial, property, insurance, medical, legal, digital, and personal categories)
• A built-in document scanner, photo importer, and file importer
• A Family Kit feature for creating an encrypted, shareable package for designated persons
• A Personal Recovery Kit for your own device migration or backup
• Optional encrypted cloud backup (iCloud on iOS, Google Drive on Android)
• Multi-vault management (Premium)
• The open .afterme file format, which can be read with freely available tools independent of our Service

You must be at least 18 years of age to use After Me. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that:

• You are 18 years of age or older;
• You have full legal capacity to enter into a binding contract;
• Your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation in your jurisdiction;
• Where you store documents or information relating to another person, you have that person's knowledge and consent to do so.

After Me is not intended for use by minors. If we become aware that a person under 18 is using the Service, we will take reasonable steps to address the situation.

You are the sole owner and custodian of your Vault. TITADE Ltd holds no copy of your encryption key and cannot access, restore, or recover your Vault on your behalf.

You are solely responsible for:

• Biometric security: Keeping your device's Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode secure. Anyone who can unlock your device can access your Vault.
• Creating and maintaining backups: Enabling cloud backup, creating a Personal Recovery Kit, or creating a Family Kit. If you lose access to your device and have no backup, your data is unrecoverable — by design. We cannot recover it for you.
• Keeping recovery kits current: Your Family Kit and Personal Recovery Kit represent a snapshot of your Vault at the time of creation. You are responsible for regenerating them when you add or remove important documents.
• Safeguarding shared materials: If you print or share a QR Key Card as part of a Family Kit, you are responsible for ensuring it reaches only your intended recipients. Whoever holds the QR card can open the associated .afterme file.
• The accuracy of your documents: We make no representation as to the legal validity, completeness, or accuracy of any documents you store in your Vault.

After Me is a document storage and organisation tool. Nothing in the Service constitutes legal, financial, estate planning, medical, or tax advice.

In particular:

• Wills and testamentary documents: Storing a scanned copy of a Will in After Me does not replace the original, physically executed document required by law in England, Wales, and most other jurisdictions. Probate courts typically require the original Will. We strongly recommend keeping original documents in a secure physical location and consulting a qualified solicitor.
• Lasting Power of Attorney: An LPA must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian to be valid. Storing an unregistered LPA document in After Me does not confer legal authority.
• Financial and estate planning: We do not provide financial or tax advice. The financial documents you store are for your personal organisation only. Please consult a qualified independent financial adviser or accountant.
• Medical directives: Advance decisions (living wills) must meet specific legal requirements to be binding. A document stored in After Me should be accompanied by the original and discussed with your healthcare team.

We strongly recommend working with qualified solicitors, financial advisers, and other appropriate professionals for all estate planning matters. After Me is complementary to — not a replacement for — professional advice.

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You must not:

• Use the Service to store, transmit, or share any material that is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, or infringes the intellectual property rights of any person;
• Use the Service to store documents you are not legally authorised to possess or reproduce;
• Attempt to circumvent, reverse-engineer, or interfere with the encryption mechanisms or security features of the Service;
• Use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it;
• Use the Service for any commercial purpose not expressly permitted by After Me in writing;
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any other user's data or any systems connected to the Service;
• Misrepresent your identity or create a vault on behalf of another person without their knowledge and consent.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Service if we reasonably believe you are in breach of this clause.

After Me is available in two tiers:

We reserve the right to modify the features included in each tier with reasonable notice. If we remove a feature you have paid for, we will provide a fair remedy — including a pro-rata refund where appropriate.

The free tier is available indefinitely. We will not remove access to your existing documents if your Premium subscription lapses.

All in-app purchases are processed by Apple Inc. (iOS) or Google LLC (Android) through the App Store or Google Play Store respectively. TITADE Ltd does not directly process payment card information.

• One-time purchase (Lifetime): A single payment grants you permanent Premium access. This payment is non-refundable except as required by applicable law or the refund policies of Apple or Google.
• Annual subscription: Payment is charged to your Apple ID or Google account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. The renewal charge will be made within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
• Price changes: We may change subscription pricing with reasonable notice. Existing subscribers will be notified prior to the change taking effect. You may cancel before the new price applies.
• Refunds: Refund requests are handled by Apple in accordance with their App Store policies. We do not process refunds directly. To request a refund, visit reportaproblem.apple.com.
• Restoring purchases: You can restore a previous purchase at any time via Settings → Subscription → Restore Purchases, provided you are signed in to the same Apple ID used for the original purchase.

In-app purchases are governed by Apple's Media Services Terms and Conditions, in addition to these Terms.

Our intellectual property: All rights, title, and interest in the App, website, software, brand, design, and all other materials forming part of the Service (excluding your Content) are and shall remain the exclusive property of TITADE Ltd and its licensors. Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights in the Service other than as expressly set out herein.

Your Content: You retain full ownership of all Content you store in your Vault. By using the Service, you do not grant After Me any licence to your Content. We cannot access your Content, and we claim no rights over it.

The .afterme open format: The .afterme file format specification is published openly and may be implemented freely by third parties. TITADE Ltd retains copyright in the format specification document itself, but grants a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to implement compatible software.

Feedback: If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use that feedback without restriction or compensation to you.

The Service integrates with or depends upon the following third-party services:

• Apple App Store, Google Play & Cloud Services: In-app purchases are governed by Apple's (iOS) or Google's (Android) Terms and Conditions. Cloud backup via iCloud or Google Drive is governed by the respective provider's terms and privacy policies. After Me has no control over these services and is not liable for their unavailability or changes.
• Sentry: Anonymised crash reports are processed by Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.) for the purpose of identifying and fixing technical issues. No document content is transmitted. See our Privacy Policy for details.

The Service may contain links to third-party websites or services. These are provided for your convenience only. After Me does not endorse and has no control over such websites and is not responsible for their content or availability.

We work hard to keep After Me reliable, secure, and available. However, we cannot make absolute guarantees.

Nothing in this clause affects your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 or other applicable consumer protection legislation in England and Wales, which cannot be excluded or limited.

This clause sets out the limits of After Me's financial responsibility to you. Please read it carefully.

Nothing in this clause excludes or limits After Me's liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law, including liability under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless TITADE Ltd, its officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with:

• Your use of the Service in violation of these Terms;
• Your Content — including any claim that your Content infringes a third party's intellectual property rights or other legal rights;
• Your violation of any applicable law or regulation;
• Any misrepresentation made by you in connection with the Service.

After Me reserves the right to assume exclusive control of the defence of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, at your expense. You agree to cooperate with our defence of such claims.

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

If you are a consumer resident in another jurisdiction, you may also have rights under the laws of that jurisdiction that we cannot exclude. Nothing in these Terms affects those rights.

Step 1 — Talk to us first. If you have a concern or dispute, please contact us at legal@myafterme.co.uk before initiating formal proceedings. We will acknowledge your complaint within 5 business days and make a genuine effort to resolve it informally within 30 days.

Step 2 — Formal proceedings. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally within 30 days, either party may bring proceedings in the courts of England and Wales, to whose jurisdiction both parties submit for the purpose of these Terms.

Consumer ADR: If you are a consumer and we cannot resolve your complaint, you may be entitled to refer your dispute to an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) scheme. We will inform you of any applicable scheme when relevant. You may also use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

Small claims: Nothing in these Terms prevents either party from bringing an individual claim in the small claims track of the County Court (England and Wales) for disputes within the court's jurisdictional limits.

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by:

• Posting an in-app notice at least 14 days before the changes take effect; and
• Updating the "Last Updated" and "Effective" dates at the top of this page.

For significant changes — particularly those that affect your rights or our liability — we may seek your affirmative acceptance before the change takes effect.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of an updated version of these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not accept the revised Terms, you should stop using the Service.

By you: You may stop using the Service at any time. Deleting the App from your device terminates your use of the Service. Your on-device data is removed when the App is deleted.

By us: We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service without prior notice if:

• You are in material breach of these Terms and (where the breach is capable of remedy) have failed to remedy it within 14 days of being notified;
• We are required to do so by law or a regulatory authority;
• We decide to discontinue the Service (in which case we will give you as much advance notice as reasonably practicable).

Effect of termination: Upon termination, all rights granted to you under these Terms cease immediately. Because your data is stored locally on your device and we have no server-side copy, termination does not cause data deletion — your encrypted files remain on your device until you delete the App.

Clauses that by their nature should survive termination (including Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law, and Dispute Resolution) shall survive.

Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and After Me with respect to the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms — for example, in connection with a merger or acquisition — provided your rights under these Terms are not materially diminished.

Notices: All formal notices to After Me under these Terms must be sent to legal@myafterme.co.uk. We will send notices to you via in-app notification or, where applicable, to any contact information you have provided.

Force Majeure: Neither party shall be in breach of these Terms nor liable for any failure or delay in performance arising from causes beyond their reasonable control, including acts of God, governmental action, pandemics, or failure of third-party infrastructure.

For questions about these Terms, legal enquiries, or any formal notices, please contact us at:

For general support, visit our Support Centre.
For privacy questions, contact privacy@myafterme.co.uk.