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01 Not Medical Advice

Specifically, and without exception:

• The AI tools — Steady, Spark, Thread, and the triage system — do not provide medical advice, clinical diagnosis, treatment recommendations, or therapeutic services.
• Using DopamineDriven does not create any provider-patient relationship, therapist-client relationship, or doctor-patient relationship between you and us.
• The content generated by our AI tools is for informational and self-support purposes only. It may not be appropriate for your specific situation.
• The AI responses are not authored, reviewed, approved, or endorsed by licensed mental health professionals.
• Nothing on this platform should be used as a substitute for professional mental health care, medical advice, psychiatric assessment, or crisis intervention.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, suicidal ideation, self-harm urges, or acute psychiatric distress: this is not the right tool. See the crisis resources at the top of this page.

If you are managing a mental health condition: please continue working with your care team. DopamineDriven can complement professional support — it is not a replacement for it.

Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your mental health, medication, or treatment based on anything you encounter on this platform.

02 Who Can Use This

To use DopamineDriven.io you must:

• Be 18 years of age or older. We collect mental health-adjacent and financial data. The legal landscape around minors' sensitive data is complex and fragile — we have set a firm 18+ threshold to protect young people and to be responsible with sensitive data.
• Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.
• Use the platform in accordance with these Terms and all applicable laws.

By creating an account, you confirm that you meet these requirements. If we discover a user is under 18, we will terminate the account and delete all associated data immediately.

03 What This Is (and Isn't)

DopamineDriven.io provides:

• Steady — a guided grounding and emotional regulation exercise, AI-personalised to your current state
• Spark — a task-initiation tool that generates a single, specific first step matched to your energy and context
• Thread — a commitment and follow-through tool with AI-generated future perspective prompts
• ADHD Tax Audit — a personal financial impact tracker for ADHD-attributable costs
• Dopamine Menu — a personalised activity toolkit for cognitive resets
• Research library — curated, evidence-grounded articles on ADHD, neurodivergence, and mental health

DopamineDriven does not provide therapy, diagnosis, prescription, clinical assessment, medication guidance, crisis intervention, or any licensed health service. Our tools are grounded in evidence-based frameworks (CBT for ADHD, DBT, ACT, implementation intentions) — but applying a framework is not the same as delivering clinical treatment, and we want you to understand that distinction clearly.

04 Your Account

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials
• All activity that occurs under your account
• Providing accurate information (particularly your email address, which we use for important notices)
• Letting us know promptly if you believe your account has been compromised

We may suspend or close your account if:

• You violate these Terms
• We detect fraudulent or illegal activity
• Your continued use creates legal risk for other users or for us

Where possible, we'll warn you first. Where we can't (e.g., a legal requirement to act immediately), we'll notify you as soon as we are able. You may request a copy of your data before account closure.

05 Our AI Tools

A few things you should know before using Steady, Spark, Thread, or the triage system:

• Responses are generated by OpenAI's large language model via their API. They are not authored by humans and not reviewed by clinicians before being shown to you.
• AI output can be inaccurate, incomplete, generic, or not applicable to your specific situation. It is a tool, not an authority.
• We do not guarantee any particular outcome from using our tools. An ADHD brain is not a machine. What helps one person may not help another.
• The AI triage recommendation is a suggestion, not a prescription. You always decide which tool (if any) to use.
• Your data is not used to train AI models. See our Privacy Policy for the full picture.

06 Your Data & Content

Your content belongs to you. The session logs, financial entries, menu activities, and anything else you create on DopamineDriven are yours.

By using the platform, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to store, process, and display your content solely for the purpose of delivering the service back to you. This licence exists so your dashboard can show you your history. It does not give us the right to:

• Share your content with third parties (other than as described in our Privacy Policy)
• Use your content to train AI models
• Use your content for advertising or any commercial purpose beyond running your account
• Sell or transfer your content

When you delete your account, this licence ends and your data is deleted according to the schedule in our Privacy Policy.

07 Limitation of Liability

Disclaimer of warranties

DopamineDriven.io is provided "as is" and "as available." We make no warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to:

• That the platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at any particular time
• That AI responses will be accurate, complete, or effective for any specific purpose
• That the platform is suitable for managing any particular mental health condition
• That use of the tools will produce any specific outcome

Cap on damages

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability to you for any claim arising from your use of DopamineDriven shall not exceed the greater of: (a) the fees you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) CAD $100.

Exclusion of consequential damages

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use the platform, including but not limited to loss of data, emotional distress, or any other intangible loss.

These limitations do not apply to: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any liability that cannot be excluded under applicable consumer protection law. Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights under consumer protection legislation in your jurisdiction.

08 Acceptable Use

We've built DopamineDriven in good faith, for people who need it. In return, we ask that you:

• Use the platform only for personal, non-commercial purposes
• Not attempt to probe, attack, or circumvent the security of the platform
• Not attempt to reverse-engineer, extract, or replicate our AI prompts, systems, or architecture
• Not use the platform to generate content intended to harm others
• Not create multiple accounts to circumvent a suspension
• Not provide false information during registration or to AI tools in ways that could produce harmful outputs

We will interpret this list in good faith. One weird session doesn't get your account closed. Systematic abuse does.

09 Intellectual Property

Everything we built — the platform design, the tool flow logic, the research curation, the brand, the written content — belongs to DopamineDriven.io and Kernel Media Inc., or is used under licence. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from our content without written permission.

The research articles on the platform are our editorial work, not AI-generated. Citing them or linking to them is fine. Republishing them in full is not.

If you have feedback or suggestions for the platform, we appreciate them — and we may use them to improve DopamineDriven. Sending us feedback doesn't create any intellectual property claim or entitlement to compensation.

10 Changes to These Terms

We will notify you by email if we make material changes to these Terms — changes that affect your rights, add new obligations, or change how we handle your data. We'll give you at least 14 days' notice before material changes take effect, so you have time to review and decide whether to continue using the platform.

Continuing to use DopamineDriven after a material change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, close your account before the change takes effect.

Minor changes (grammar, formatting, clarifications that don't affect substance) take effect immediately without individual notice.

11 Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law rules.

Informal resolution first

Before filing any formal claim, please contact us at legal@dopaminedriven.io. Most issues can be resolved by a direct conversation, and we genuinely prefer that to litigation.

Arbitration

If we can't resolve a dispute informally within 30 days, either party may submit it to binding arbitration administered by ADR Chambers (Canada), under their applicable arbitration rules. The arbitration will be conducted in English, in Ontario (or virtually by mutual agreement). The arbitrator's decision will be final and binding.

Exception: either party may pursue small claims in the appropriate court, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property or confidential information.

No class actions

You and DopamineDriven agree to bring any dispute only in your individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding.

Limitation period

Any claim must be brought within one year of when you knew or should have known about the issue giving rise to the claim. Claims brought after that are time-barred.

12 Contact

For legal and Terms-related questions:

These Terms were written by humans, for humans. If something is unclear, ask. We'll explain it.