Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you (“you,” “your”) and the operator of OLED Guard (“OLED Guard,” “we,” “us”). You accept these Terms by downloading, installing, launching, or otherwise using OLED Guard Pro (the “Software”) or by using the website at oledguard.com(the “Site”). If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software, and do not use the Site.

You must be at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction to accept these Terms. If you are accepting on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind it.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and, where applicable, your payment of the fees charged by the storefront from which you obtained the Software, OLED Guard grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the Software on devices that you own or control, for your own personal or internal business purposes.

The license is provided to a single end user. The number of devices on which you may install the Software, and the per-device or per-account scope of that license, is governed by the storefront you obtained the Software from (Microsoft Store or Steam). Refer to their license rules in addition to these Terms.

The Software is offered in two editions:

• Free. Provided at no charge through the Microsoft Store. Includes a subset of features described on the Site at the time of download.
• Pro. Provided as a paid product through Microsoft Store and Steam. Pro features are unlocked after the storefront verifies entitlement. We may add or remove features in either edition without notice.

Feature lists on the Site reflect our current intent and are not a contractual commitment for future versions. We reserve the right to adjust the feature split between editions.

You agree not to:

• copy, modify, translate, or create derivative works of the Software, except as permitted by law that cannot be waived;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law that cannot be waived (for example, narrow interoperability rights under EU Directive 2009/24/EC);
• redistribute, sublicense, lease, lend, or sell the Software or access to it, except through the storefronts where it is offered;
• remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices, trademarks, or license keys embedded in the Software;
• circumvent or attempt to circumvent any license validation, entitlement check, or storefront DRM;
• use the Software to violate applicable law, infringe third-party rights, or attack any system you do not own;
• use the Software to capture, log, or transmit screen contents or other people’s data in a way that would violate their privacy, employment policies, or applicable law.

To do its job, the Software accesses several Windows subsystems on your behalf. By installing it, you authorise those interactions:

• Screen capture through DXGI Desktop Duplication. Frames are processed in GPU memory and are not stored. The OS may show a screen-capture indicator while the Software runs.
• Display brightness and contrast control via DDC/CI when supported by your monitor and connection. This issues commands documented in the VESA MCCS standard. Some displays interpret these commands incorrectly; that is a property of the display firmware, not the Software.
• Foreground-window monitoring to switch presets when an app you have configured launches or takes focus. The Software reads the executable name; it does not read the contents of other applications.
• Compositor overlay rendering using a transparent always-on-top window managed by the Desktop Window Manager.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to use screen capture and DDC/CI on the systems where you install the Software (for example, on a managed work computer, your employer’s policies may restrict this).

The storefront you obtained the Software from delivers updates. We may release updates that change features, fix defects, address security issues, or modify behaviour. We may also discontinue or modify features without notice. We are not obligated to provide any particular update or to maintain backwards compatibility with prior versions, save where mandatory consumer law applies.

OLED Guard does not sell the Software directly. All purchases are made through a third-party storefront (Microsoft Store or Steam), which acts as the merchant of record and contracts with you at the point of sale. The storefront, not us, processes your payment, issues your receipt, handles billing-related taxes (including any VAT/GST), and provides first-line consumer support for the transaction.

Refunds and cancellations are governed by the storefront’s policy in force at the time of purchase:

• Microsoft Store refund policy: support.microsoft.com
• Steam refund policy: store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds

Statutory consumer rights — including the EU/EEA right of withdrawal under the Consumer Rights Directive (Directive 2011/83/EU) and equivalent UK rights — are exercised against the storefront through its refund process, not against OLED Guard. This is the ordinary consequence of the storefront acting as the merchant of record. Nothing in these Terms purports to limit any such mandatory right that you may have against the storefront.

If you believe the Software itself is defective (as opposed to having a billing or storefront issue), reach out via the feedback form. We can’t process refunds — only the storefront can — but we can investigate and ship a fix.

The Software and the Site are provided “as is” and “as available,” with all faults and without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, OLED Guard disclaims all warranties, express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, quiet enjoyment, and any warranty arising out of any course of dealing or usage of trade.

Without limiting the foregoing, OLED Guard does not warrant that:

• the Software will prevent, delay, or reduce burn-in, image retention, or any other form of OLED panel degradation;
• the Software will operate without error, interruption, or interference with other software you run;
• the Software is compatible with every display, GPU driver, Windows feature update, or third-party application;
• DDC/CI commands issued by the Software will be interpreted correctly by your monitor;
• results obtained from the Software will be accurate, reliable, or applicable to your specific use pattern;
• defects in the Software will be corrected.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. To the extent that an implied warranty cannot be excluded under your local law, it is limited to the maximum extent and shortest period permitted by that law.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall OLED Guard, its officers, contractors, suppliers, or licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the Software or the Site, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not OLED Guard has been advised of the possibility of such damage.

Without limiting the foregoing, OLED Guard shall not be liable for burn-in, image retention, pixel degradation, panel uniformity loss, colour shift, accelerated wear, premature failure of an OLED panel, or any other harm to your display or any other hardware, however caused, even where the Software was running on the affected display at the time the harm occurred.

The aggregate liability of OLED Guard arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Software, taken across all claims by you, shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid to the storefront for the Software in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to liability, or (b) twenty United States dollars (USD 20).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you in full. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the smallest amount permitted by applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law — for example, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless OLED Guard and its contractors from and against any claim, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to:

• your breach of these Terms;
• your misuse of the Software or the Site;
• your violation of any law or any third-party right (including privacy, publicity, intellectual property, and employment policies); or
• content or input you submit through the feedback form or any other channel.

OLED Guard, the OLED Guard Pro logo, the shield mark, and the textual content on the Site are protected by copyright, trade-mark, and other intellectual-property law. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved. You may not use our marks without our prior written permission, except for fair-use commentary or for accurate, non-misleading reference to the Software you have licensed.

Third-party libraries used by the Software are subject to their own licenses; the “About” screen in the desktop app lists them.

If you submit feedback, suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, you grant OLED Guard a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose, including incorporating it into the Software, with no obligation to credit or compensate you. Do not submit feedback that you regard as confidential.

The Site links to third-party services (Microsoft Store, Steam, hCaptcha, Web3Forms, Vercel, and others). The Software interacts with third-party software (your GPU driver, Windows, and your display). We are not responsible for third-party services or for changes, defects, downtime, or policies on their side.

You may stop using the Software at any time by uninstalling it. We may terminate the license granted in section 2 if you breach these Terms in a material way and do not cure the breach within a reasonable time after we tell you about it. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, warranty disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law — survive.

We may update these Terms when the Software, the Site, or applicable law changes. The updated Terms take effect when posted at this URL. Material changes will also be noted on the changelog. Your continued use of the Software after the updated Terms take effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept a change, your remedy is to stop using the Software and uninstall it.

These Terms are governed by and construed under the laws of Ireland, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

The courts of Ireland have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, and you submit to that jurisdiction. Nothing in this section limits your mandatory consumer rights to bring a claim in the courts of your country of residence where local law gives you that right — in particular, if you are a consumer resident in the European Union, the European Economic Area, or the United Kingdom, you retain the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

• Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the rest will remain in effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganisation.
• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the storefront’s license rules and our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Software and the Site.
• Force majeure. We are not liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
• Notices. Notices to you may be posted on the Site or sent to the email address associated with your storefront entitlement (if any). Notices to us must go to legal@oledguard.com.

The Software may be subject to export, re-export, and sanctions laws of Ireland, the European Union, the United States, and other jurisdictions. You represent that you are not on a restricted-party list and are not located in a country or territory subject to a comprehensive embargo, and you agree to comply with applicable export and sanctions law when installing or using the Software.

For licensing or legal matters, write to legal@oledguard.com. For privacy questions, see the Privacy Policy. For everything else, the feedback form is the fastest channel.