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Terms of Use

Last updated: September 8, 2026

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Veil mobile application on iOS (the “App”), related websites, and any features we make available through them (together, the “Service”).

The Service is operated by the independent developer(s) behind Veil Browser (“Veil,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

Contact: vilbrh+veil@gmail.com
Website: https://veil-browser.vercel.app

Please read these Terms carefully. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App or Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not download, install, or use the Service.

These Terms are a legal agreement. They are not personalized legal advice. Some protections described here may be limited by mandatory consumer laws in your jurisdiction; where that happens, those laws control to the extent required.

1. Eligibility and accounts

You must be able to form a binding contract where you live. The App is not directed to children under 13. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.

We do not presently require a Veil account to use core features. If we later offer optional accounts, sign-in, cloud sync, or similar capabilities, additional terms may apply and will be presented when those features become available.

2. License grant

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the App on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, solely as permitted by the App Store Terms of Use / Apple Media Services Terms and these Terms.

You may not (and may not attempt to):

  • Copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, rent, sublicense, or publicly perform the App except as expressly allowed
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code, except to the limited extent such restriction is prohibited by law
  • Remove or alter proprietary notices
  • Use the Service to build a competing product using non-public aspects of the Service
  • Circumvent technical or usage limits we implement

All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Veil and its licensors.

3. Nature of the Service (what Veil is and is not)

Veil is a browser and transparency / entertainment tool. Among other things, it may:

  • Display web pages using platform web technologies
  • Observe certain on-device network, storage, script, or page-related signals and present summaries, labels, scores, charts, or narratives
  • Offer optional features such as screen text recognition, exports you initiate, and game-like modes (including “Rabbit Hole” or similarly named experiences)

Veil is not:

  • A guarantee that every tracker, ad, vendor, or purpose will be detected or correctly identified
  • A blocker, antivirus, VPN, legal compliance product, consumer-protection agency, investigative service, or law firm
  • An affiliate, partner, agent, or spokesperson for any website, advertiser, analytics company, retailer, search engine, encyclopedia, or other third party merely because those names or domains appear in the App
  • A source of verified factual findings about any company, person, or website

Outputs are interpretive. Labels, vendor names, categories, confidence scores, “plain English” narratives, proximity or signal meters, scores, and similar content are automated inferences or game mechanics based on incomplete technical or page signals. They may be wrong, incomplete, outdated, coincidental, or oversimplified. They are not accusations of wrongdoing and not legal, regulatory, medical, financial, or consumer advice.

You agree to treat Veil outputs as personal educational or entertainment aids only, and you remain solely responsible for any decisions you make (or do not make) based on them.

4. Acceptable use

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not harm Veil, other users, or third parties. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to:

  • Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right
  • Violate the terms, acceptable-use rules, robots policies, or technical restrictions of websites or services you visit through the App
  • Use the App to scrape, harvest, bulk-extract, or systematically collect data from third-party sites in a way those sites prohibit
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security, access controls, rate limits, paywalls, or anti-bot measures
  • Use automation, bots, scripts, or unauthorized tooling against the App or against sites loaded in the App, except ordinary browser use
  • Misrepresent Veil inferences, reports, screenshots, or exports as definitive factual statements about any third party
  • Use screen capture / OCR features on content you are not legally allowed to capture or process
  • Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system without authorization
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service or others’ use of it
  • Use the Service in any high-risk context where failure or misinterpretation could lead to death, personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage
  • Impersonate others or misrepresent your affiliation with Veil

We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend, limit, or terminate access, or change, disable, or remove features, where we reasonably believe it is appropriate to protect users, third parties, platforms, or Veil.

5. Third-party content, sites, and services

When you browse or play in the App, you leave Veil’s control as soon as you interact with third-party websites, ads, embeds, networks, CDNs, search engines, retailers, social platforms, or similar services. Those parties have their own terms and privacy practices. Veil does not control and is not responsible for:

  • Third-party content, products, pricing, availability, safety, or legality
  • Ads, trackers, cookies, or profiling performed by others
  • Outages, malware, phishing, or harmful content on third-party sites
  • Accuracy of third-party disclosures

Links, product names, trademarks, and brand mentions appear for identification, navigation, education, or gameplay context only and do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, joint venture, or affiliation.

You are responsible for complying with third-party terms that apply to your browsing and for any consequences of that browsing.

6. Game modes, challenges, and scores (including Rabbit Hole)

Certain features may present challenges, timers, hops, stealth or tracker-related scoring, high scores, difficulty labels, proximity/signal meters, or similar gameplay elements (together, “Game Features”).

Game Features are offered for entertainment and education only, unless we expressly state otherwise in writing.

You acknowledge that:

  • Difficulty labels, targets, and challenge pairings are design choices, not warranties of fairness, solvability, or real-world shopping availability
  • Scores, grades, “personal bests,” career stats, and similar metrics are local gameplay results (unless we later offer optional sharing you choose to use) and have no cash value
  • Game Features do not constitute gambling, lotteries, contests for prizes of monetary value, or paid competitions unless expressly described as such under separate official rules
  • Detection of targets, ads, trackers, or “finish” conditions may use heuristics, OCR, page text, or similar methods that can misfire (false positives or false negatives)
  • Game sessions may use ephemeral or isolated browsing storage; ending a session may discard session data as described in the App and Privacy Policy
  • Optional playtest notes, session logs, or exports that you create or share are your responsibility

We may change, reset, rebalance, discontinue, or withhold Game Features, leaderboards, or scoring formulas at any time.

7. Screen scanning / on-device text recognition

Some features allow you to initiate capture or analysis of on-screen content (for example, a visible portion of a web page) for text recognition or matching. Those features are optional and user-initiated except where the App clearly discloses automatic use within a Game Feature you chose to start.

You are solely responsible for deciding when to use them and for ensuring your use is lawful and permitted under third-party terms. We do not independently verify that any scan is authorized for your situation.

8. Exports, sharing, and user content

If you export, copy, screenshot, share, AirDrop, save to Files, or otherwise transmit reports, playtest logs, stats, or other App content, you choose the destination. Once data leaves the App through your actions, Veil cannot control what recipients do with it.

If you submit feedback, ideas, reviews, playtest notes, or similar materials to us (for example by email), you grant Veil a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, and otherwise exploit that feedback for any purpose, without compensation to you, to the extent permitted by law. You represent that you have the rights needed to grant this license and that your submission does not violate others’ rights.

9. Privacy

Our collection and handling of information is described in the Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you also acknowledge that Policy. If there is a conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy regarding personal information practices, the Privacy Policy controls for that subject.

10. Intellectual property

The App, branding, UI, documentation, challenge libraries, scoring designs, and original text/graphics we provide are owned by Veil or its licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not transfer ownership to you.

Third-party trademarks remain the property of their owners.

11. Changes to the Service

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, including for maintenance, legal, security, platform, or business reasons. Features described in marketing materials may differ from what ships, and experimental or “beta” features may be unstable or removed.

We are not liable solely because a feature changed or went away.

12. Updates to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will revise the “Last updated” date when we do. For material changes, we may also provide additional notice in the App or on our website when reasonably practicable. Continued use of the Service after Terms become effective constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, stop using the Service and delete the App.

13. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:

  • Detections, attributions, inferences, scores, or Game Feature outcomes will be correct, complete, or fair
  • The Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free
  • Defects will be corrected
  • The Service will meet your requirements or be compatible with every device, OS version, or website
  • Use of the Service will comply with third-party terms that apply to you

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN DISCLAIMERS; IN THOSE CASES, THE DISCLAIMER APPLIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED.

14. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VEIL AND ITS DEVELOPERS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY; OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES; ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE OR RELIANCE ON ANY OUTPUT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO US FOR THE APP (IF ANY) IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE; OR (B) USD $50.

THE LIMITATIONS ABOVE ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE BARGAIN AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; IN THOSE CASES, LIMITS APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED.

15. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Veil and its developers, officers, agents, and licensors from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms or of law; (c) your violation of third-party terms or rights (including websites you visit); (d) your export, sharing, or publication of Veil outputs; or (e) your misuse of screen-scan, observation, or Game Features.

16. Apple-specific terms

If you obtained the App from the Apple App Store, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • These Terms are between you and Veil only, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the App or its content
  • Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for the App
  • In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) for the App; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App
  • Apple is not responsible for addressing claims by you or a third party relating to the App or your possession/use of it, including product liability, legal/regulatory claims, claims under consumer protection law, or intellectual property infringement claims
  • Apple is a third-party beneficiary of these Terms and may enforce them against you regarding the App license
  • You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, and are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties
  • You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the App (for example, wireless data agreements)

Usage rules set by Apple (including the App Store Terms of Use / Apple Media Services Terms) also apply and control to the extent of any conflict regarding licensed application usage rules.

17. Termination

These Terms remain in effect until terminated. You may stop using the Service and delete the App at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, or stop offering the Service, at any time, including if we reasonably believe you violated these Terms.

Sections that by their nature should survive (including license restrictions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, intellectual property, and dispute provisions) will survive termination.

18. Dispute resolution; governing law

Informal resolution first. Before filing a claim, you agree to contact us at vilbrh+veil@gmail.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days.

Governing law. Except where prohibited by mandatory local law, these Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware, excluding conflict-of-law rules. (If you are a consumer living in a jurisdiction that requires application of local law or courts, those mandatory rules still apply to the extent required.)

Venue. Except where prohibited, courts located in Delaware, USA, will have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes that are not resolved informally, subject to any mandatory consumer venue rights you may have.

No class actions (where allowed). To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and Veil agree that disputes will be brought only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, then that claim (and only that claim) may proceed in court on a class or representative basis to the extent required.

Nothing in these Terms limits either party’s ability to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for misuse of intellectual property or unauthorized access to systems.

19. Miscellaneous

  • Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any in-App disclosures that expressly supplement them, are the entire agreement between you and Veil regarding the Service and supersede prior understandings on that subject.
  • Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
  • No waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.
  • Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or by operation of law.
  • Force majeure. We are not liable for delays or failures due to events beyond our reasonable control.
  • Export. You must comply with U.S. and other applicable export and sanctions laws.
  • Headings. Headings are for convenience only.
  • Language. These Terms are written in English. Translations, if any, are for convenience; the English version controls to the extent permitted by law.
  • No third-party beneficiaries. Except for Apple as described above, these Terms do not create third-party beneficiary rights.

20. Contact

Questions about these Terms: vilbrh+veil@gmail.com

We will use reasonable efforts to respond. Ordinary email correspondence may be retained in our inbox.