Tidalyst

Terms of Service

Effective August 31, 2026

This version was superseded on October 15, 2026. It is kept so that an acceptance recorded against it still has a document to point at. The version in force is at /terms.

These terms are an agreement between Tidalyst LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("Tidalyst", "we"), and the business that opens an account ("the farm", "you"). By creating an account, inviting members, or subscribing, you agree to them. They are written to be read; if anything is unclear, ask before you agree: legal@tidalyst.com.

1. What the service is

Tidalyst is a system of record for aquaculture operations: plantings, splits, harvests, standing inventory, seed performance, sales, and the supporting records a working farm keeps. It is record-keeping software, not advice. It does not tell you when to plant, harvest, or sell, and it is not a substitute for your own judgment, your lease terms, or your regulator's requirements.

Not a regulatory compliance service. Shellfish farming is regulated — leases, harvest tagging, time and temperature controls, and the records your state's shellfish sanitation program requires you to keep. Tidalyst can hold copies of operational data that supports those obligations, but it is not certified for them, does not generate the required forms or tags, and using it does not satisfy any regulatory recordkeeping requirement. Your official records, and your compliance, remain yours.

2. Accounts and members

Each farm is a separate organization in the service. The farm's owner account controls who else may join and at what role, and is responsible for the people it invites. Keep credentials private; each person signs in as themselves. You are responsible for activity under your organization's accounts until you tell us something is wrong.

3. Fees and billing

4. Your data

The farm's operational records belong to the farm. We do not acquire ownership of your data by hosting it. You grant us the license needed to store, process, and display it — to you and the members you authorize — in order to run the service, and nothing more.

The operational ledger is append-only by design: the database permits no edits or deletions of recorded movements by anyone, including us acting as the application. Corrections are recorded as new entries alongside the original. This is a structural property of the product, and it is why the record is trustworthy enough to show a buyer or a regulator.

We will never: sell your data; share it for marketing; show another farm your operational data in any form attributable to you; use your data to build models or benchmarks visible to another farm without your explicit, revocable consent; or access your data for support without a request from your farm.

An owner or manager can export a complete copy of the farm's operational records, as CSV files, from inside the application at any time. On written request we will also provide anything that self-service export does not cover within 30 days, and will delete your organization's data on request, subject to records we are legally required to keep. Our privacy practices are described in the Privacy Policy.

5. Acceptable use

Do not use the service to break the law, to store data you have no right to hold, to probe or disrupt the service or other farms' isolation, or to resell access. We may suspend an account that threatens the service or other customers, and will tell you why.

6. Availability and support

Tidalyst is a young product under active development. We work to keep it available and your data safe, but the service is provided without an uptime guarantee. Support is by email and is answered by the people who build the product.

7. Disclaimers

The service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Records in Tidalyst reflect what your people entered; you are responsible for the accuracy of what you submit to buyers, insurers, lenders, and regulators, even where the service helps you prepare it. Tidalyst is not liable for crop loss or for operational decisions made with or without the software.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or lost profits. Tidalyst's total liability arising out of the service is capped at the fees you paid in the twelve months before the claim arose. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

9. Termination

You may stop using the service and cancel at any time. We may terminate for material breach of these terms if the breach is not cured within 30 days of notice. After termination, the export right in section 4 remains available for 30 days.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the product grows. For material changes we will give at least 30 days' notice by email to the owner account before they take effect. Continuing to use the service after the notice period is acceptance.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes belong to the state or federal courts located in Florida, and each party consents to their jurisdiction.

12. Contact

Tidalyst LLC · Chiefland, Florida · legal@tidalyst.com