Terms of Service
Effective Date: April 15, 2026 · Last Updated: July 21, 2026
1. Acceptance of Terms
By creating an account or using MyDocuVa (“the Service”), a service operated by LendMesh LLC (“LendMesh,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Service. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and LendMesh LLC.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement.
2. Description of Service
MyDocuVa is an encrypted document management platform that provides individuals and families with secure digital vaults for storing, organizing, and managing sensitive documents. The Service includes:
- Items Vault — store and categorize personal items with media, ownership proof, and confidence scoring
- Travel Vault — organize trip documents, link valuables, and generate travel reports
- Insurance Vault — inventory management, insurance reports, and video walkthroughs for insurance claims
- Legacy Vault — designate nominees, allocate items, and configure automatic disclosure triggers for inheritance planning
- Family Plan — shared access with role-based permissions for family members
- Secure Sharing — time-limited, password-protected sharing links with QR codes
3. Account Responsibilities
3.1 Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and passphrase. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to your account.
3.2 Passphrase — Your Responsibility
MyDocuVa uses AES-256 encryption with keys managed in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). Your passphrase is used on your device and is never transmitted to or stored on our servers. It is the access control that unlocks your vault, and you are responsible for remembering and safeguarding it, and for keeping it confidential.
If you forget your passphrase, your documents are not lost. You can reset your passphrase from the vault unlock screen after we verify your identity by email. Your items, documents, and files remain intact and accessible after a reset. Resetting revokes your existing sessions and signs you out on all devices, and the reset is recorded in your audit log and notified to you by email.
To be clear about how this works: encryption keys for your data are managed in AWS KMS under our control, with strict access controls and audit logging. That is what makes an email-verified reset possible, and it also means MyDocuVa is technically capable of decrypting stored content. We do not do so except where necessary to operate the Service (for example, generating a report you requested or serving a file back to you) or where we are legally required to, and such access is audit-logged. See our Privacy Policy for details.
3.3 Account Accuracy
You agree to provide accurate and complete information when creating your account and to keep your account information up to date. You may not create an account using a false identity or on behalf of another person without their authorization.
4. Acceptable Use
You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes. You may not:
- Store, upload, or distribute content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable
- Use the Service to facilitate fraud, money laundering, or any criminal activity
- Attempt to bypass, disable, or circumvent security features of the Service
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service
- Use automated systems (bots, scrapers) to access the Service without prior written authorization
- Impersonate another person or entity
- Interfere with or disrupt the Service or the servers and networks connected to it
- Share your account credentials with third parties or allow multiple individuals to use a single account (use Family Plan for shared access)
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, with or without notice.
5. Subscriptions and Payments
5.1 Plans
MyDocuVa offers both free and paid subscription plans. Free accounts are subject to limits on item count and storage capacity. Paid plans include additional features and higher limits as described on our Pricing page.
5.2 Billing
Paid subscriptions are billed on a recurring monthly or annual basis. Who bills you depends on where the subscription was bought:
- Bought in the MyDocuVa iOS or Android app — the subscription is sold and billed by Apple or Google through your Apple Account or Google Play account, under their terms. Your payment details are handled entirely by the store; we never see or store them.
- Bought on the web — the subscription is billed by us through our payment processor, Stripe. By subscribing you authorize us to charge the payment method on file at the applicable rate. Card details are held by Stripe, not by MyDocuVa.
Prices are subject to change with 30 days' notice.
5.3 Cancellation and Downgrades
How you cancel also depends on where the subscription was bought, and this matters: MyDocuVa cannot stop a charge made by Apple or Google.
- Bought in the iOS or Android app — the subscription is billed by the App Store or the Google Play Store, so it has to be cancelled there. Open the App Store or Google Play Store, then Subscriptions, then MyDocuVa, then Cancel. Cancelling inside MyDocuVa, changing your plan in MyDocuVa, or deleting your MyDocuVa account does notstop store billing — your Apple Account or Google Play account will keep renewing and charging you until you cancel it in the store.
- Bought on the web — you may cancel at any time from Settings by moving your plan to Free. This takes effect immediately: we stop the Stripe billing straight away and your account moves to the Free tier at once. You do notkeep the paid features for the remainder of the period you have already paid for, and we do not pro-rate that period — so cancel at the point you actually want the plan to end. If you are ever charged after cancelling, contact us and we will put it right.
- Moving to a cheaper paid plan on the web — switching directly down from one paid plan to a cheaper paid plan is not available in Settings: we will not move you to a lower plan while your current subscription is still billing you for the higher one. Move to Free first and then subscribe to the plan you want, or email support@mydocuva.com and we will make the change for you.
- Moving to a more expensive paid plan on the web — upgrading starts a new subscription at checkout, and it does notautomatically cancel the subscription you already have, so you can end up being billed for both. Until we fix this, email support@mydocuva.com when you upgrade — we will cancel the old subscription and put right any overlapping charge. If you would rather avoid the overlap entirely, move to Free first and then subscribe to the plan you want.
For a subscription bought in the iOS or Android app, the store controls the billing period: your paid features stay active until the store reports the subscription as expired, which is normally the end of the period you have already paid for.
However you get there, once your account is on a lower tier: your existing items are not deleted, but if your stored items exceed that tier's limits you will not be able to create new items until you reduce usage or upgrade. If you choose to downgrade from within MyDocuVa and confirm the downgrade while your items exceed the new plan's limits, the oldest items above the limit are moved to your recovery bin — they are not permanently deleted, and you can restore them from the recovery bin for 30 days or by upgrading again. Data belonging to a feature the lower plan does not include is preserved and is not deleted, but the feature itself stops being available to you: for the Insurance Vault and the Legacy Vault that means their contents no longer load and you cannot add to them; other paid features are simply no longer included in your plan. Upgrading to a plan that includes the feature again restores access.
5.4 Refunds
Subscription fees are generally non-refundable, except where required by applicable law. Refunds for a subscription bought in the iOS or Android app are handled by Apple or Google under their own refund policies — we are not able to refund a store purchase ourselves. For a subscription bought on the web, if you believe a charge was made in error, please contact us within 30 days of the charge.
6. Intellectual Property
6.1 Your Content
You retain all ownership rights to the content you upload to MyDocuVa. We do not claim any intellectual property rights over your documents, photos, or other files. We do not access or use your content for advertising, profiling, or model training; access is limited to what is needed to operate the service and is audit-logged.
6.2 Our Service
The Service, including its design, features, code, branding, and documentation, is the property of MyDocuVa and is protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Service without our prior written consent.
7. Legacy Vault and Disclosure
The Legacy Vault feature allows you to designate nominees and configure automatic disclosure triggers. By using this feature, you acknowledge and agree that:
- Legacy Vault designations are not testamentary instruments and do not supersede or replace any will, trust, power of attorney, or court order. In the event of a conflict between your Legacy Vault settings and a legal instrument, the legal instrument shall control
- Vault disclosure is triggered by your configured inactivity period (including a reminder phase and grace period before disclosure)
- You are responsible for keeping your trigger settings, nominees, and item allocations up to date
- Designated nominees will receive email notifications and secure portal access to their allocated items upon disclosure
- If a nominee cannot be reached at the email address you provide, disclosure to that nominee will not occur
- Disclosure is irreversible once completed. Make sure your settings are accurate before triggering it
- MyDocuVa is not responsible for verifying the identity, legal capacity, or authority of designated nominees
- Disclosed items may constitute “digital assets” under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) or similar laws, and estate fiduciaries may have separate legal rights to access your account
- Co-owners you designate will have access to manage the vault and can check in on your behalf
- We strongly recommend informing your estate attorney about your Legacy Vault configurations
8. Family Plan
The Family Plan allows you to share access with family members under a single subscription. By creating or joining a Family Plan, you acknowledge that:
- The plan creator (“Owner”) is responsible for managing members and the subscription
- Items marked with “Family” visibility are accessible to all active members of the plan
- Items marked “Private” remain accessible only to their creator
- Removing a member revokes their access to family-shared items immediately
- Each member maintains their own passphrase and encryption keys
MyDocuVa is not responsible for disputes between Family Plan members regarding ownership, access, or control of items within the Family Plan. The Plan Owner has sole authority to add and remove members. Disputes between members, including those arising from divorce, separation, or family disagreements, must be resolved between the parties involved. We will comply with valid court orders regarding account access or data disclosure.
9. Secure Sharing
When you create a share link, you are granting temporary access to the specified item(s) to anyone who possesses the link and any password you set. You are responsible for:
- Sharing links only with intended recipients
- Setting appropriate expiration dates and access passwords
- Revoking share links when access is no longer needed
MyDocuVa is not responsible for unauthorized access resulting from share links you distribute.
10. Service Availability and Force Majeure
We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted access to the Service. The Service may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or circumstances beyond our control.
Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under these Terms due to events beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, acts of government, internet or telecommunications failures, infrastructure provider outages (including AWS), cyberattacks, pandemics, or labor disputes. We will use reasonable efforts to mitigate the impact and notify affected users promptly.
11. Export Control and Sanctions Compliance
The Service employs encryption technology subject to United States export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that:
- You are not located in, or a resident or national of, any country subject to US trade sanctions (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions)
- You are not listed on any US government prohibited or restricted party list, including the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list
- You will not use the Service in violation of any applicable export control or sanctions laws
12. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MYDOCUVA AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
You accept responsibility for safeguarding your login credentials and passphrase and for keeping them confidential, and for any activity that occurs through your account as a result of your failure to do so.
13. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
While we employ industry-standard encryption (AES-256-GCM) and key derivation (PBKDF2), we do not warrant that the encryption used by the Service is or will remain unbreakable. No security system is impenetrable, and advances in technology, including quantum computing, may in the future affect the strength of cryptographic protections. You acknowledge that you use the Service's encryption features at your own risk.
14. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MyDocuVa, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
15. Termination
You may terminate your account at any time through Settings or by contacting us. We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms or if required by law.
Deleting your account takes effect immediately. When you confirm deletion, we delete your stored files, your items, trips, insurance records, legacy vault data, share links, settings, and your sign-in credentials right away. There is no grace period, no retention window, and no read-only state afterwards. You cannot sign in again, and there is no route in the app to undo a deletion or get your data back.
To be precise about what “deleted” means technically: our file storage keeps prior versions of objects, so after deletion an encrypted copy of a file can remain in that version history for a period that depends on the storage location, and in some locations until we purge it. It is not reachable through the Service, it stays encrypted, and we do not use it to restore accounts. We would only access it where the law requires us to. We would rather state this plainly than tell you deletion is instantaneous everywhere when the underlying storage does not work that way.
Download anything you want to keep before you delete. You can download or share any individual item, document, photo, trip report, or insurance report from its page in the app while your account is still active. A one-click archive of your entire account is not available yet; if you need a full copy, contact us at support@mydocuva.com before deleting so we can help while your data still exists.
If we suspend or terminate your account for a violation of these Terms, we will tell you how to retrieve your data where we are able to and where the law requires it. Deleting your MyDocuVa account does not cancel a subscription purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play — cancel that separately in your store account, or it will keep renewing.
If we terminate your account for a violation of these Terms, you will not be entitled to a refund for any remaining subscription period. If we terminate or discontinue the Service for reasons other than your breach, we will provide a pro-rata refund for any prepaid and unused portion of your subscription.
Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution) shall survive.
16. Dispute Resolution
16.1 Informal Resolution
Before initiating any formal dispute resolution, you agree to first contact us at support@mydocuva.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 60 days.
16.2 Binding Arbitration
If the dispute is not resolved informally, it shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. Arbitration may be conducted remotely (by videoconference or telephone) or in the county where you reside.
- For claims under $10,000, MyDocuVa will pay all AAA filing and arbitration fees
- The arbitrator's decision is final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction
- Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction
16.3 Class Action Waiver
You agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. If this class action waiver is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void.
16.4 Small Claims Exception
Either party may bring an individual action in small claims court for disputes within the court's jurisdictional limits.
16.5 Opt-Out
You may opt out of this arbitration provision by sending written notice to support@mydocuva.com within 30 days of creating your account. Your notice must include your name, email address, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in the jurisdiction of MyDocuVa's principal office.
17. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated Terms on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. For significant changes, we may also send an email notification. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
18. General Provisions
- Entire Agreement — these Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and MyDocuVa
- Severability — if any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect
- Waiver — our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that provision
- Assignment — you may not assign your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations without restriction
19. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
LendMesh LLC
Email: support@mydocuva.com