Terms and community rules

1. The agreement

The intended contracting operator is Marla LLC, a limited liability company not yet formed. These terms do not represent that the entity already exists or has assumed obligations. Gino Leal currently operates the development pilot pending formation and a counsel-confirmed transition. Questions, reports, appeals and privacy requests: [email protected].

When you join, you accept these Terms, including the community rules, and acknowledge the Privacy Notice. Acknowledging that notice does not replace any separate consent required by law. The summary helps you navigate; the sections below contain the full terms.

English and Mexican Spanish versions are intended to have the same meaning. Neither version removes mandatory rights or language protections where you live. These Terms do not require arbitration or waive class actions.

2. Who can join

You must be 18 or older. Do not misstate your age. The sign-up check uses your birth date to confirm adulthood; we retain the adult declaration, not the birth date. Contact [email protected] if you believe someone under 18 has an account.

The intended pilot footprint is valid US ZIP codes and Mexico postal codes. Admission depends on enabled areas, capacity and safety readiness; a waitlist place does not guarantee access or a start date.

One person may hold one account with at most one personal, one business and one group circle. You must be authorized to act for a business or group. Do not impersonate others or create accounts to evade restrictions.

A recognized browser/device may create three accounts in total while its ledger is retained, including accounts later deleted. This allows different people sharing a device; it does not authorize three accounts per person. Signing in to an existing account does not use a slot. The device ledger record is deleted after approximately 400 days without recognized activity from that device, except a specific required legal hold; that deletion can reset the count. Deleting an account does not immediately free a slot. Recognition uses a cookie, not a hardware fingerprint: another browser or cleared cookies can look like another device. Network limits also apply. If a shared/public device has reached the cap or a safety association is wrong, contact us for review; a review does not promise another slot.

DECIDED BY GINO — implementation verification required: the 400-day rule runs from the device’s last recognized activity, not merely its last account creation. Verify minimal activity tracking, purge behavior and legal-hold exceptions before publication.

3. Local posts and private replies

Marla is designed to show posts within the radius chosen for a post. Use the audience shown in the app; exact distance choices depend on the feature. A local audience is not a confidentiality promise: people can copy or screenshot what they see. Do not publish a home address, someone’s sensitive location or other information that puts a person at risk.

Replies to a post are private between the person who posted and the person replying unless both explicitly choose to publish the exchange as described below; they do not form an automatic public comment pile-on. The founder’s ordinary review tools do not provide a private-conversation browsing view or show held reply text. A participant can expressly share one reported message and their report details for founder review. Automated checks and infrastructure process messages. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted in this pilot: this is an app-access restriction, not a cryptographic barrier to administrators with authorized database access.

If a feature offers publication of an exchange, both participants must explicitly agree to the exact displayed version. Either can withdraw that sharing choice; new messages reset the choices. Copies already made elsewhere cannot be recalled. Publication controls are not currently offered in the pilot interface.

Direct chats, where enabled, require mutual follows in the pilot. A separate “hello” request is not promised or enabled by these Terms. Posts stay in the language in which people wrote them; an interface language choice does not translate people’s content.

4. Your account and starting limits

Sign-up uses an email code, an adult check, a private home postal code and Cloudflare Turnstile to reduce bots. Passkeys are optional; Marla stores only the public credential, never the private key. Protect your email access and sign-in codes, use reasonable care and tell us promptly about suspected unauthorized access. You are not automatically responsible for activity outside your reasonable control.

When posting is open, completing the checks lets you participate without approval of you as a person. Initially, limits are 3 posts and 10 replies per rolling 24 hours. They can lift after at least 7 days, 3 active days and a clear safety record; later limits are 20 posts and 100 replies. Other security limits can apply. The app shows relevant limits when you approach them.

For accounts under starting limits, links may be held and phone numbers or email addresses may be blocked. An unanswered private reply to someone who has not accepted contact can limit further contact until they respond. Blocking stops further contact through the covered features.

You can stop using Marla or delete your account. See the retention section for what is removed, what minimal records can remain, and legal-preservation exceptions.

5. Be kind

These rules cover posts, replies, chats, names, circles and conduct on Marla. Respectful disagreement and honest criticism are welcome.

• No hate, threats or harassment. Do not target protected characteristics, threaten violence, stalk, intimidate or organize abuse.
• No exploitation or intimate-image abuse. No child sexual abuse material, grooming, sexual exploitation or trafficking. No intimate images shared without the depicted person’s consent, including synthetic or AI-generated depictions.
• Respect privacy. No doxing, nonconsensual tracking or harmful disclosure of private messages or sensitive personal details. This does not prevent lawful, proportionate reporting of abuse or seeking help.
• No scams, spam or manipulation. No fraudulent deposits, fake reviews, impersonation, mass unsolicited promotion, automated abuse, harmful scraping or attempts to bypass safety controls.
• Respect the law and others’ rights. Do not offer illegal goods or services or post material you have no right to use. Copyright exceptions such as fair use remain available.
• Be honest about business activity. Identify the business you represent; do not mislead people about prices, offers, affiliation or verification.

Marla does not certify the safety or quality of a person, job, meetup, business or offer. Check important details yourself; do not rely on a profile, badge or label as a background check.

6. Safety checks and holds

The current pilot uses English/Spanish word lists for slurs and explicit threats. Some public posts are held for review. Messages to people who have not accepted contact can be checked or blocked; the pilot rule exempts mutual-follow chats from the server slur/threat word-list block. Separate legacy English masking and client-side checks may still affect sent or displayed text. Automated tools can miss harm or misunderstand harmless language.

Some items from a browser associated with a suspended account are held pending a decision. Some network/country-risk items are eligible for release after one hour, and some link holds after 24 hours, unless another safety reason applies. The present pilot processes due releases during service activity, so these are not guaranteed delivery deadlines. Held replies are not delivered until released; senders can withdraw them. The founder’s hold queue shows metadata, not private reply text.

Marla’s planned meaning-based AI safety check is not yet connected or validated. We do not present it as active protection. Before materially changing message processing, we will update the notice and obtain any required consent.

Use Report for concerns, or email [email protected]. Reporting a public post hides it for the reporting person, except the self-harm support category. Qualifying harm reports may temporarily hide content more widely; the founder reviews public content and expressly submitted report evidence. A report is not proof of wrongdoing.

We may hide or remove content, limit features or suspend accounts to address violations, credible safety risks or legal duties. We aim to use proportionate measures and explain the reason when lawful and safe; urgent restrictions may happen first. You can ask for human reconsideration.

7. Urgent reports and intimate-image removal

Marla is not an emergency service and is not monitored continuously. For immediate danger, call 911 in the US or Mexico. In the US, call or text 988 for suicide and crisis support; in Mexico, call Línea de la Vida at 800 911 2000. A self-harm report alerts the founder with relevant report information; it does not automatically hide the post or punish the person. An alert cannot guarantee help or a response time.

Request removal of a nonconsensual intimate image

You do not need a Marla account or to own the copyright. The depicted person or an authorized representative can email [email protected], subject “Intimate image removal”, in English or Spanish. Include:

1. A physical or electronic signature (a typed signature can be used).
2. Information sufficient to locate the depiction on Marla, such as a link or content identifier.
3. A brief statement of a good-faith belief that it was published without the depicted person’s consent, with relevant information supporting that belief.
4. A way to contact you, and your authority to act if representing that person.

Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act process, on a valid request we will remove the depiction as soon as possible, no later than 48 hours after receipt, and make reasonable efforts within that period to identify and remove known identical copies. This covers qualifying synthetic intimate depictions too. Incomplete requests will receive reasonable help; obvious harm may be addressed sooner. Ordinary appeal periods do not delay this process. If a covered platform fails to comply, a complaint can be made to the Federal Trade Commission.

Do not email or download suspected child sexual abuse images to report them. Send location details instead. Where legally required, we report apparent child sexual exploitation to NCMEC’s CyberTipline and securely preserve required information. Lawful preservation is different from leaving abusive content visible.

8. Appeals

Decided by Gino: send a moderation appeal within 14 calendar days after notice. We will consider later appeals when there is important new information or a reasonable obstacle. We aim to give a reasoned response within 14 calendar days after receipt; if more time is needed, we will explain the delay. This is a service target, not an extension of any legal deadline.

Email [email protected] with a way to identify your account or affected content, the decision and why you think it is wrong. Do not include sign-in codes or unnecessary sensitive documents. The founder provides human reconsideration; this small pilot does not have a separate appeals staff. Privacy-rights requests, intimate-image removals and copyright counter-notices follow their own procedures and legal clocks.

9. Your content stays yours

You keep ownership of your content. You grant Marla a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, limited to hosting, storing, technically formatting, delivering to your chosen audience, and processing your content to run and protect the service. Necessary infrastructure providers may process it only for those purposes. We do not acquire ownership or permission to sell your content, use private messages in advertising or train general-purpose AI models on it.

The license ends when content is deleted from our active service, except the limited rights needed for temporary backups or lawful preservation described in the Privacy Notice. Those exceptions do not permit continued public display. Deletion cannot erase another person’s lawful independent copy. Moderation checks are not permission for unrelated reuse.

10. Copyright notices and counter-notices

We respond to copyright complaints and terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. Misidentification, lawful permission and exceptions such as fair use matter; a complaint alone is not a final infringement finding.

General copyright questions can go to [email protected]; do not mistake that contact for a verified registered agent.

A DMCA notice to the designated agent should include your physical/electronic signature; the copyrighted work (or representative list); the allegedly infringing material and enough information to find it; your contact information; a good-faith statement that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or law; and a statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, you are authorized to act for the owner. We act expeditiously on valid notices and take reasonable steps to notify the affected person.

If your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, a counter-notice should include your signature; the removed material and its former location; a statement under penalty of perjury of your good-faith belief in the mistake/misidentification; your name, address and phone; consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, outside the US, any district where the service provider may be found); and acceptance of service from the complainant or their agent.

We forward a valid counter-notice, including its identifying/contact information, to the original complainant. Restoration under the DMCA process occurs no sooner than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receipt, unless the complainant gives notice of a filed court action seeking to restrain the challenged activity. An independent lawful safety restriction may still prevent display. Knowingly materially false notices or counter-notices may create liability. This procedure does not replace the intimate-image removal route.

11. Pilot costs

The present pilot is free and has no ads or paid features. We do not sell personal data or use behavioral ad targeting.

Before charging for any optional feature, we will provide separate terms explaining the provider, necessary data handling, total price/currency, refunds and any renewal, and obtain affirmative purchase consent. These Terms do not authorize a payment or automatic subscription. Any future change cannot retroactively authorize selling or ad-targeting use of information collected under the no-sale/no-behavioral-targeting commitment.

12. Pilot changes and ending access

This is a development pilot. Features and availability can change, pause or fail, and the pilot may end. To the extent permitted by law, we provide it “as is,” without a promise of continuous or error-free service. Nothing excludes legally required warranties or our duty to provide protections the law requires.

You can leave and request deletion at any time. We may end access for serious/repeated violations, legal obligations, safety needs or the pilot’s closure. Where reasonably possible, we give notice and an opportunity to retrieve your information; urgent safety action or law may prevent advance notice. Ending access does not remove privacy rights or appeal rights.

13. Liability

Decided by Gino, subject to legal validation: to the extent permitted by law, indirect and consequential damages are excluded and Marla’s total liability for claims relating to the service is capped at the greater of US $100 or the fees paid to Marla for the service in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

This limit does not exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be restricted, including fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or death/personal injury where exclusion is prohibited. Mandatory consumer, privacy and statutory remedies remain available. Content supplied by others does not excuse Marla’s own legal duties.

14. Changes, law and disputes

Before material Terms changes take effect, we will give reasonable notice and seek fresh acceptance where required. A change is not permission to use existing data for a new purpose without the notice and consent that law requires. You can decline and stop using affected features while retaining your rights to request access or deletion.

Arizona law governs, except where mandatory law where you live applies. Arizona courts are the agreed forum only to the extent law permits; this does not remove access to courts, consumer authorities or privacy regulators available under mandatory local law, including in Mexico. Contacting us is optional and is not a prerequisite to a complaint or legal remedy. No mandatory arbitration or class-action waiver is imposed.

If a provision cannot be enforced, the rest remains effective only to the extent lawful. After account closure, only provisions needed for accrued claims, mandatory obligations and the narrow retention/license exceptions survive. Contact: [email protected].