Terms of service

Short, because the product is small. By creating an account or using the app, you agree to these terms.

Last updated 19 August 2026.

who you are dealing with

Hereandaway is operated by Silicron Code, a sole proprietorship of Kevin Stauss, in the United States. Write to support@hereandaway.net and a person answers.

how old you have to be

You must be at least 13 to use Hereandaway. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you must be at least 16, unless your country sets a lower age for consenting to online services, in which case that age applies.

Hereandaway is not directed at children. We do not knowingly create accounts for anyone under these ages, and there is no way to find or contact a stranger through the app in the first place. If you believe a child under the applicable age has an account, write to support@hereandaway.net and it will be deleted.

The service

Hereandaway shows a small group of friends whether you are at your computer, and lets you attach a short message. It is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. We aim to keep it running, but we do not guarantee uptime, and presence data is by design ephemeral: if the server restarts, everyone goes dark and reconnects, and nothing is lost because nothing was stored.

Your account

• You need a working email address to sign in. Keep access to it; it is the only way into your account.
• You are responsible for what you write in your messages and for whom you invite onto your list.
• You can delete your account at any time from settings. Deletion is immediate and total (see the privacy page).

Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate any account at any time, for any reason. We expect to use this rarely and only in response to abuse, but the right is unconditional. A suspended account cannot sign in, and its presence goes dark for its friends.

Acceptable use

Everything you write in Hereandaway reaches only people who chose to add you, so common decency covers most of it. Still, plainly:

• Don’t use Hereandaway to harass, threaten, or abuse anyone, and remember that anyone can remove you from their list instantly, silently, and permanently.
• Don’t post or link to illegal content. We host no files, but linking to unlawful material is still grounds for immediate termination, and where the law requires it, a report to the authorities.
• Don’t attempt to disrupt the service, probe it, overload it, or access accounts or data that aren’t yours.
• Don’t automate or resell the service.

If someone is abusing Hereandaway, remove them from your list (in a mutual-consent buddy list, removal is blocking) and report them, either with the Report action in the app or by writing to webmaster@hereandaway.net. Reports are read by a person and acted on in good faith.

what we do not promise

Hereandaway is provided as is and as available, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

Concretely, and not as fine print: this is a free app run by one person. It may be unavailable, it may lose your session, and it may stop working entirely. Presence is deliberately ephemeral, so an outage costs you nothing that was stored, but it does mean you cannot rely on Hereandaway to tell you where somebody is. Do not use it for anything where being wrong matters: not for emergencies, not for safety, not for knowing whether someone is all right.

limits on what we owe you

To the fullest extent the law allows, Silicron Code is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of Hereandaway, whether the claim is based on contract, tort, or anything else, and even if we were told such damages were possible.

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability for all claims relating to Hereandaway is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or fifty United States dollars. Hereandaway is free, so for nearly everyone this is fifty dollars.

Some places do not allow these exclusions, and where that is true they do not apply to you and nothing here takes away a right you have that cannot be waived. Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.

which law applies

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in North Carolina, and you and we each consent to those courts. If you are a consumer living outside the United States, this does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory consumer law where you live, or of your right to bring a claim in your local courts.

Before filing anything, please write to support@hereandaway.net. Most things are a misunderstanding and get sorted out in an afternoon.

Changes

If these terms change in any way that matters, we’ll say so plainly on this site before the change takes effect. Continued use after that is acceptance.

Contact

Abuse: webmaster@hereandaway.net
Everything else: support@hereandaway.net