evergrow

Terms of Service

Version 1.0 · Effective 2026-11-30

1. About these terms

These terms govern your use of evergrow (“the service”), run by Chanyoung Joo (“we”, “us”). The service is a free, non-commercial personal project. By signing in and using the service, you agree to these terms.

2. Who can use the service

You must be at least 14 years old. Accounts found to belong to someone under 14 are closed and their data deleted.

3. Your account

  1. You sign in with a Google or Kakao account.
  2. Keep your sign-in account secure. You are responsible for activity on your account, except where a problem is caused by our intent or negligence.
  3. Do not impersonate others or use someone else’s account.

4. What the service does

  1. You can create and decorate Christmas trees, up to 3 per season.
  2. A tree’s link is an invite link: people who receive it can ask to join, and the owner or a manager decides whether to let them in.
  3. Each member can leave one ornament or present and a sealed note on a tree. Notes open at midnight on December 25 in the time zone the owner had when the tree was created; this time does not change. The owner and managers can read the notes; viewers see only their own.
  4. Public (regional) trees are run by us. Anyone signed in can leave an ornament; notes are not allowed, and the display names of people who leave something are visible to anyone.
  5. Features and design may change as we improve the service.

5. Your content

  1. You keep the rights to what you write: tree names, notes, request messages and so on.
  2. You give us a free permission to store your content and show or send it to the people the service shows it to, only as needed to run the service. The permission ends when the content is deleted. We do not use your content for advertising or any other purpose.
  3. Do not post other people’s personal information, photos or creative work without their permission.

6. What you must not do

  1. Post anything illegal or take part in criminal activity
  2. Defame or insult others, harass, stalk or threaten anyone
  3. Post discriminatory or hateful content based on race, nationality, religion, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or similar characteristics
  4. Post sexual content, and never any sexual content involving minors
  5. Encourage violence, self-harm or suicide
  6. Post advertising, spam, scams, phishing or malicious links
  7. Impersonate others or share others’ personal information
  8. Infringe copyright or other intellectual property
  9. Get around security measures, access the service excessively by automated means, or disrupt its operation
  10. Abuse the report feature, e.g. with false reports

7. Tree owners and managers

  1. Owners and managers decide who joins their tree, and can hide content, remove members or block them. Only the owner can archive the tree or transfer ownership.
  2. Owners and managers read members’ notes once they open. Do not share someone’s note publicly without their permission.

8. Reports, takedown requests and enforcement

  1. You can report inappropriate content in the service; we review reports.
  2. If content infringes your rights, for example your privacy or reputation, you can ask us to remove it using the contact in section 14. In line with Korea’s Information and Communications Network Act (Art. 44-2), we will remove it or, where it is unclear whether it infringes your rights, block access to it for up to 30 days, and tell both you and the person who posted it.
  3. We may hide or delete content that breaks these terms or the law, and restrict or close accounts depending on how serious the breach is. Except in urgent cases we will tell you why first, and you can appeal using the contact in section 14.

9. Archiving and deleting your account

  1. Owners can archive a tree; an archived tree is visible to its owner only and can be restored at any time.
  2. You can ask us to delete your account at any time. Deleting it removes what you left on trees, and the trees you own, including notes other people left on them. See the Privacy Policy for details.

10. Changes, interruptions and ending the service

  1. We may pause the service for maintenance, outages or reasons on our providers’ side, and will tell you in advance where we can.
  2. The service may run seasonally. If we end it, we will announce the date and what happens to your data at least 30 days in advance in the service.

11. Liability

  1. The service is free. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for interruptions, errors or loss of data, except for damage caused by our intent or gross negligence.
  2. We are not liable for content posted by users or for disputes between users, unless we are at fault.
  3. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under applicable law.

12. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms within the limits of the law. We will announce changes and their effective date in the service at least 7 days in advance, or 30 days in advance for changes that are unfavourable to you. If you do not agree, you can stop using the service and delete your account.

13. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea. Disputes go to the court with jurisdiction under the Korean Civil Procedure Act. If you live in another country, you keep the protections its consumer laws give you.

14. Contact

For questions about these terms, reports, takedown requests or appeals, email curiosityprocessor@gmail.com.

  • Version 1.0: effective 2026-11-30 (first version)

The Korean version is the official text; if the versions differ, the Korean version prevails, except where the law of your country requires otherwise.