Platform policy

Terms of Service

Version 1.20 · Effective 2026-11-10

Terms of Service

These terms apply to your use of the Town Today mobile app, our websites and the community sites we operate from the same platform (together, the "Service"). The Service is operated by Bright Board Shop LLC ("we", "us"). By using the Service you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use it.

1. About the Service

The Service is an independent community-information platform that covers several communities. It is not an official municipal, school-district, emergency-response or other government service unless a page says so and we have verified that relationship. Community names identify the areas we cover and do not imply government endorsement.

2. Using the Service

You may use the public pages for lawful personal and ordinary community purposes. Some features, such as accounts, submissions, registration forms and organizer tools, may have additional rules that we show you where they apply. You agree not to:

• violate anyone's rights, impersonate a person or organization, or send spam;
• interfere with the security or operation of the Service, or overload it with automated requests;
• collect nonpublic information, or work around access controls or rate limits.

3. Accounts and access

If you have an account, you are responsible for keeping your sign-in details safe and for activity under your account, as far as the law allows. Administrator, organizer and vendor permissions are limited to the roles and communities they were granted for. We may limit, suspend or end access when needed to protect security, stop misuse or enforce these terms.

4. Community contributions

People submit events, business and vendor information, school and athletics information, photos, text and other material. If you submit something, you confirm that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to share it.

You keep your rights in what you submit. You give us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, for as long as the material is hosted and reasonably needed for our records, to copy, display, format, adapt for accessibility and layout, distribute and promote it in connection with operating and publicizing the related listing or event. We do not acquire ownership of your material. See the Copyright, Corrections & Takedowns page to ask for removal; copies in backups may not disappear immediately.

5. Moderation

We may review, edit for formatting or clarity, reject, combine duplicates, correct, hold or remove submissions when reasonably necessary. Publishing something is not an endorsement or a confirmation that it is accurate. An organizer approving a registration or vendor does not guarantee admission, eligibility, how an event is run, or that any payment will be fulfilled.

6. Accuracy and safety

Event times, cancellations, locations, hours, prices, school results, availability and accessibility details come from many sources and may be incomplete, late or changed. Please confirm anything important with the organizer, business, school or official provider. Emergency and utility information on the Service is informational only; it does not replace official alerts, emergency services or emergency instructions.

7. Events, contests and registration

Individual events and contests may have their own rules for participation, eligibility, voting, prizes, deadlines and safety. You agree to follow them. Event organizers, not the Service merely because it lists an event or hosts its form, normally run the event and decide who may take part. Misrepresentation, vote manipulation and automated voting are not allowed.

8. Payments and third parties

Some events link to payment pages run by outside providers such as PayPal, chosen by the event organizer. Unless a page says otherwise, event payments are made to the organizer under the provider's terms, and the organizer is responsible for tickets, goods, refunds and fulfillment it advertises. Town Today Pro subscriptions are different from event payments; they are purchased through Apple or Google and described in section 9. We do not collect payment-card details through ordinary forms or the mobile subscription system, and you should not enter them there. Outside websites and payment providers have their own terms and privacy practices, which we do not control.

9. Town Today Pro subscriptions

What Pro includes. Town Today Pro is an optional, auto-renewing subscription for the Town Today mobile app. One subscription gives access to every live town available in the app. A sample town is free, and signed-in town staff do not need to subscribe.

Plans and trials. In the United States, Pro costs $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Each plan offers a one-week free trial for eligible subscribers. Your store shows the applicable price, taxes and trial eligibility before you confirm. Prices and eligibility may differ by region or purchase history.

Renewal. If you do not cancel before an eligible free trial ends, your chosen plan becomes paid at the applicable price. The subscription then automatically renews for the same billing period unless you cancel, subject to applicable store rules and required price-change notices.

Cancellation. You manage and cancel the subscription through the Apple or Google account used for purchase. Cancellation stops future automatic renewals under the store's rules. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Access continues while the store recognizes an eligible subscription.

Payments and refunds. Apple or Google handles payment and refunds under its policies and applicable law. We do not receive your card number or Apple or Google account information.

Restoring purchases. The app includes a Restore Purchases option to recover eligible purchases recognized by the applicable store. It does not start a new subscription.

Available towns. The towns available through the Service may change. Pro provides access to the live towns currently available in the app, not any promised number or particular town. Nothing here limits rights that law does not permit us to waive.

10. Ownership and third-party rights

The original text, design, compilation and software of the Service may be protected by law. Names and marks belong to their owners. Facts such as event dates or results are not claimed as exclusively ours. Seeing or linking to someone else's work on the Service does not give you the right to republish it elsewhere. See the Content & Data Use Policy and Brand Usage Guidelines for details. Use of our original branding must not suggest authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation when none exists.

11. Changes and disclaimers

The Service and its features can change or be unavailable. To the extent the law allows, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without promises that it will be uninterrupted or that listings will be error-free. Nothing in these terms limits rights that the law does not allow to be waived.

12. Limits on liability

To the extent the law allows, Bright Board Shop LLC is not responsible for independent events, services, off-site payment transactions or information supplied by third parties. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the greater of one hundred dollars ($100) or the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the claim. Some places do not allow certain limits, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The current version and its effective date are shown at the top of this page. If a change is material, we will give notice that is appropriate to the change.

14. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, except where mandatory law of another place applies to you. Disputes will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Illinois, unless the law requires otherwise.

15. Contact

Bright Board Shop LLC, PO Box 91, Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548. Email: support@mtpulaskitoday.com.