1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Family Budget, including the website and web application located at https://myfamilybudget.org.
By creating an account, logging in, uploading data, or using Family Budget, you agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree, you should not use the application.
2. About Family Budget
Family Budget is a household budgeting web application that allows users to track household income, bills, expenses, debts, deductions, imported records, projected balances, reports, charts, and household member access.
Family Budget is intended to help households organize financial information. It is not a bank, lender, credit repair company, financial advisor, tax advisor, accountant, or legal advisor.
3. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, to create an account and use Family Budget.
By using the application, you represent that:
- You are legally able to enter into these Terms
- The information you provide is accurate
- You are authorized to upload and manage any household financial data you enter
- You will use the application only for lawful purposes
4. User Accounts
To use certain features, you may need to create an account.
You agree to:
- Provide accurate registration information
- Keep your login credentials secure
- Not share your password with unauthorized users
- Notify us of suspected unauthorized access
- Accept responsibility for activity under your account
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or create security, legal, or operational risks.
5. Household Accounts and Member Access
Family Budget allows users to create or join household accounts.
Household administrators may invite members and assign roles such as admin, member, or viewer.
You understand and agree that:
- Financial information may be visible to authorized household members
- Household administrators may control permissions
- You should only invite trusted users
- You are responsible for managing access to your household account
- Family Budget is not responsible for disputes between household members
6. User Content and Financial Records
You may enter, upload, import, or store information in Family Budget, including income, bills, expenses, debt information, payment records, notes, and household member data.
You retain ownership of the information you provide.
By using the application, you grant Family Budget a limited right to process, store, display, and use your information only as necessary to provide and improve the service, maintain security, generate reports, and support application functionality.
You agree not to upload or enter information that:
- You do not have permission to use
- Is false, misleading, unlawful, or fraudulent
- Violates another person's privacy rights
- Contains malware or harmful code
- Attempts to interfere with the application
7. Imports and Uploaded Files
Family Budget may allow users to upload CSV or Excel files to import records.
You are responsible for:
- Reviewing files before uploading
- Ensuring the accuracy of imported data
- Ensuring you have permission to upload any information contained in the file
- Correcting any incorrect or duplicate imported records
Family Budget does not guarantee that every file will import correctly.
8. Reports, Charts, and Calculations
Family Budget may generate balances, projections, charts, reports, summaries, and other calculations based on the information entered by users.
These calculations are provided for convenience and informational purposes only.
Family Budget does not guarantee that:
- Balances are complete or accurate
- Reports reflect actual bank balances
- Projections will match future outcomes
- Imported data is error-free
- User-entered information is correct
You are responsible for verifying all financial information before making decisions.
9. No Financial, Tax, Legal, or Professional Advice
Family Budget does not provide financial, legal, tax, accounting, investment, debt management, or credit counseling advice.
Any information displayed in the application is for household budgeting and organizational purposes only.
You should consult a qualified professional before making financial, tax, legal, debt, investment, or accounting decisions.
10. Security Features
Family Budget may offer security features such as password protection, role-based access, and authenticator-app MFA.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, including:
- Using a strong password
- Keeping credentials confidential
- Enabling MFA when available
- Reviewing household access permissions
- Logging out from shared devices
We are not responsible for losses caused by your failure to secure your account.
11. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use Family Budget for unlawful purposes
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, servers, or databases
- Interfere with or disrupt the application
- Upload malicious code, viruses, or harmful files
- Reverse engineer, copy, or exploit the application
- Misrepresent your identity
- Use automated tools to scrape, overload, or abuse the service
- Access another household's data without permission
12. Service Availability
We aim to keep Family Budget available and functional, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access.
The application may be unavailable due to:
- Maintenance
- Updates
- Security issues
- Hosting interruptions
- Technical failures
- Events outside our control
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features at any time.
13. Fees and Paid Features
If Family Budget offers paid features, subscriptions, or premium plans in the future, additional payment terms may apply.
Any fees, billing cycles, cancellation rules, or refund policies will be disclosed before payment is required.
14. Intellectual Property
Family Budget, including its design, software, logo, branding, layout, text, graphics, and features, is owned by Family Budget or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws.
You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or create derivative works from Family Budget without written permission.
15. Third-Party Services
Family Budget may integrate with third-party services in the future, such as hosting providers, authentication tools, email systems, payment processors, data import tools, or bank-related services.
Your use of third-party services may be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.
Family Budget is not responsible for third-party services.
16. Termination
You may stop using Family Budget at any time.
We may suspend or terminate your access if:
- You violate these Terms
- Your account creates security or legal risk
- You misuse the application
- We are required to do so by law
- The service is discontinued
Upon termination, your access to the application may end, but certain provisions of these Terms will continue to apply.
17. Data Deletion
You may request deletion of your account or household data by contacting us.
Some information may be retained where necessary for:
- Legal compliance
- Security logs
- Backup systems
- Dispute resolution
- Fraud prevention
- Enforcement of these Terms
18. Disclaimer of Warranties
Family Budget is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
We do not guarantee that:
- The application will be error-free
- The application will always be available
- Data will always be accurate or complete
- Reports or projections will be correct
- The application will meet every user's needs
- Security measures will prevent every unauthorized access attempt
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.
19. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Family Budget and its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and service providers will not be liable for:
- Lost profits
- Lost data
- Financial losses
- Incorrect calculations
- Unauthorized access caused by user negligence
- Service interruptions
- Indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
Your use of Family Budget is at your own risk.
20. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Family Budget, its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and service providers from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from:
- Your use of the application
- Your violation of these Terms
- Your uploaded or entered data
- Your violation of another person's rights
- Unauthorized use of your account caused by your actions or failure to secure your credentials
21. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time.
When we update the Terms, we will revise the effective date. Your continued use of Family Budget after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
22. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [Insert State], without regard to conflict of law principles.
Any disputes will be handled in the courts located in [Insert County and State], unless applicable law requires otherwise.
23. Contact Us
For questions about these Terms, contact:
Family Budget
Email: support@myfamilybudget.org
Website: https://myfamilybudget.org