Penguin Mail terms of use

You may install and use Penguin Mail on the computers you control, for personal or work email alike. The software remains the property of its developer; this is a licence to use it, not a transfer of ownership.

You may not sell Penguin Mail, present it as your own product, or remove the notices that identify it. Where the licence shipped with the software grants you more than this clause does, that licence governs.

Penguin Mail needs a Google account, and you connect it through Google's own sign-in page. Your mail, and the account it lives in, stay subject to your agreement with Google. You can withdraw the app's access at any time from your Google account permissions, which stops it reading or sending anything.

Penguin Mail has no server of its own, so there is nothing for us to hold:

• your mail is downloaded from Google straight to your computer and stored there;
• your sign-in token is stored in your desktop's keyring, on the same machine;
• no account, message, address or usage record is sent to the developer, and the app carries no analytics or advertising.

One consequence is worth stating plainly: because we hold nothing, we cannot restore anything. Recovering mail, or regaining access to an account, is between you and Google. The privacy policy sets this out in full.

Because the software runs on your machine, so does the responsibility for it:

• keep that computer, its user account and its keyring secure;
• use the app lawfully, and within Google's terms and sending limits;
• keep your own backups of anything you would not want to lose.

Messages you send through Penguin Mail are yours, and you are responsible for them.

New versions are published from time to time, and you choose when to install them. Features may change or be withdrawn between versions, and development of Penguin Mail may stop. A copy you have already installed keeps working for as long as your operating system and Google's API support it.

Penguin Mail is provided as it is, without warranty of any kind. It is not promised to be uninterrupted or error-free, and it depends on services we do not control. Where consumer law gives you rights that cannot be excluded, those rights stand and nothing here limits them.

To the extent the law allows, the developer is not liable for lost mail, lost data, lost business or any indirect loss arising from your use of Penguin Mail. Liability that cannot be excluded by law — including for death, personal injury or fraud — is not excluded here.

These terms may be revised as the app changes. The revision date at the top of this page is the one in force, and continuing to use Penguin Mail after a revision means you accept it. If you do not, uninstall the app and withdraw its access from your Google account.

Questions about these terms: the email address listed as the developer contact on the app's Google consent screen.