These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your purchase and use of Back That Data Up (the "Software"), a desktop backup application published by Weitzman Creations ("we", "us"). By purchasing a license or using the Software, you agree to these Terms.

1. The Software

Back That Data Up backs up files from your computer to destinations you choose, local and external drives and/or your own cloud-storage accounts (such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, or OneDrive), with client-side encryption. The Software runs on your device; your backed-up data is stored on your devices and in your own storage accounts, not on our servers.

2. Orders, payment, and merchant of record

Purchases are processed by our authorized merchant-of-record partner shown at checkout (such as Paddle.com Market Ltd), which acts as the seller of record for the transaction, handles payment processing, and issues the transaction receipt. Your license key is issued and delivered by us by email immediately after a successful purchase.

3. License grant

Upon purchase, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and activate the Software on the number of devices permitted by the tier you purchased (for example, one Mac for Personal, up to five Macs within one household for Family). A license is for use by you (and, for Family licenses, members of your household). Licenses may not be resold, shared publicly, or used to provide the Software as a service to third parties.

4. License keys and activation

The Software requires a valid license key to operate. Activation associates your license with an anonymized device identifier so we can enforce the device limit of your tier. You can deactivate a device from within the Software to free a slot. We may revoke licenses obtained fraudulently, charged back, refunded, or used in violation of these Terms.

5. Discounted tiers

Student licenses require a valid academic email address and re-verification once per year. If re-verification lapses, the Software stops starting new backups until you re-verify or upgrade to a standard license; existing backups remain readable and restorable. Nonprofit licenses require a valid nonprofit registration (e.g., U.S. EIN), which we verify after purchase; licenses based on information we cannot verify may be revoked and refunded.

6. Updates

Your license includes all minor and bug-fix updates within the major version you purchased. Future major versions may be offered as paid upgrades, typically with a discount for existing customers.

7. Your responsibilities, important for backup software

You are responsible for choosing appropriate backup destinations and for the security of your own storage accounts and devices.
You are responsible for safeguarding your encryption credentials (passphrases, recovery keys). Because encryption is performed on your device with keys only you hold, we cannot recover encrypted data if you lose your credentials.
No backup software can guarantee against all data loss. You are responsible for periodically verifying that your backups complete and that files can be restored, and for maintaining more than one copy of data that is critical to you.

8. Acceptable use

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or circumvent the Software's licensing mechanisms except where permitted by law; use the Software to infringe others' rights; or interfere with the operation of our licensing services.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ALL DATA WILL BE BACKED UP OR RESTORABLE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

10. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR BUSINESS, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR YOUR LICENSE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you; nothing in these Terms limits rights that consumer law grants you that cannot be waived.

11. Refunds

See our Refund Policy.

12. Privacy

See our Privacy Policy for what limited data we process and why.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by a new effective date on this page. Continued use of the Software after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and any disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in New York.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms: [email protected]