Terms of Service

1. What is Gum?

Gum is a social discovery platform for live music, nightlife, and cultural experiences, owned and operated by Disco Theory Private Limited (“we”, “us”, or “our”). Gum is available as a progressive web application that can be used on the browser and installed directly to the home screen of your mobile device.

Through Gum, users can:

• Discover live music events, nightlife venues, and cultural happenings
• Connect with friends and meet other attendees
• Log experiences via event and artist cards, building a personalised archive of artists seen live
• Engage with music communities and interest groups

Our registered correspondence address is: legal@passthatgum.com

Gum is operated as a community-driven platform with the primary purpose of fostering connections among music, nightlife, and cultural communities. Gum does not currently generate revenue or profit from its services, and its operation is intended solely to facilitate discovery, social connection, and the preservation of shared cultural experiences. The Platform is not designed or operated for commercial gain.

2. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Gum mobile application and all related services (collectively, the “Platform”). By using Gum you agree to these Terms. If you are under 18 years of age, you must not use Gum.

We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. We will notify you of material changes through in-app notifications or email. Continued use of Gum after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

3. Eligibility and Registration

3.1 Age Requirement

Gum is intended for users who are 18 years of age or older. By registering, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. We reserve the right to terminate accounts of users who misrepresent their age.

3.2 Account Creation

To access the full features of Gum, you must create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration
• Maintain and promptly update your account information
• Keep your password confidential and secure
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your account
• Be responsible for all activity occurring under your account

One person may hold only one account. Accounts are non-transferable.

3.3 Account Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, applicable law, or if your use of Gum poses a risk to others or to the Platform.

4. Licence to Use Gum

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to:

• Download and install Gum on mobile devices that you own or control
• Access and use Gum solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes

This licence does not include any right to: (a) sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, or otherwise exploit Gum; (b) copy, modify, or create derivative works based on Gum; (c) reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of Gum; (d) use any automated data collection tools, robots, or scrapers on Gum.

5. Location Services

Gum uses your device location to enable core features, including:

• Discovering events and venues near you
• Syncing with other attendees at the same event
• Matching you with friends and other users in proximity
• Allowing selected users to see your last seen

Location data collection is governed by our Privacy Policy. You may disable location permissions through your device settings at any time, but this will limit the functionality of Gum. Where we collect precise location data in real-time, we will request your explicit consent as required under applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and applicable Indian data protection legislation.

6. User Content

6.1 Your Content

Gum allows you to post, upload, store, and share content including text, photos, reviews, event logs, artist cards, and other materials (“User Content”). You retain ownership of all User Content you submit.

6.2 Licence to Gum

By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable licence to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content in connection with operating and promoting Gum. This licence ends when you delete your content or close your account, except where content has been shared with others and not deleted.

6.3 Content Standards

You are solely responsible for your User Content. You must not post content that:

• Is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, threatening, obscene, or hateful.
• Discriminates against or harasses any person on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
• Infringes any third-party intellectual property, privacy, or other rights.
• Contains nudity, graphic violence, or sexually explicit material
• Involves unsolicited commercial messaging or spam
• Misrepresents your identity or affiliation
• Violates any applicable law or regulation

We reserve the right to remove any User Content that violates these standards, without notice.

7. Social Features and Community Guidelines

Gum is designed to help people connect around shared musical and cultural interests. When engaging with other users, you must:

• Treat all users with respect and dignity.
• Not stalk, harass, intimidate, or threaten other users.
• Not impersonate any person or entity.
• Not collect or harvest personal information of other users without their consent.
• Not use Gum to solicit money, products, or services from other users or conduct any illegal activities.

We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate action, including removing content, suspending accounts, and reporting to law enforcement, in response to violations of these guidelines. gum provides tools to block and report other users. You can block a user from their profile at any time, which prevents them from contacting you or seeing your activity. You can report content or behaviour that breaks these Terms from within the app, or by emailing contact@passthatgum.com.

8. Event and Artist Cards (Memory Logging)

A core feature of Gum is the ability to create and collect personalised Event Cards and Artist Cards that log your live music and cultural experiences. You acknowledge that:

• Artist and event data displayed on Gum may be sourced from third-party providers and may not always be complete or accurate
• We do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of any artist, event, or venue information
• Cards you create form part of your personal archive within Gum and are subject to our data retention policies as set out in the Privacy Policy
• If you delete your account, your cards and archived memories will be permanently deleted

9. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in Gum, including the software, interface designs, graphics, logos, and the Gum name and mark, are owned by or licensed to Disco Theory Private Limited. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right to use our intellectual property except as expressly set out here. “GUM” and associated logos used by us are trademarks of Disco Theory Private Limited and its affiliates. You must not use our trademarks without our prior written consent.

10. Third-Party Services and Links

Gum may contain links to or integrations with third-party services (including but not limited to music streaming platforms, ticketing services, and social networks). We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or terms of any third-party services. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and subject to those services' own terms and conditions.

11. Prohibited Uses

You must not use Gum to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation in any jurisdiction where you access Gum, including laws of the European Union, the Republic of India, and any other applicable jurisdiction
• Distribute malware, viruses, or any other malicious code
• Conduct denial-of-service attacks or attempt to gain unauthorised access to Gum's systems
• Use Gum for unlawful surveillance, tracking, or stalking of any individual
• Engage in any activity that disrupts, damages, or impairs Gum's infrastructure
• Facilitate or promote illegal activities

12. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

12.1 Disclaimer

Gum is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that Gum will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components.

12.2 Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Disco Theory Private Limited (as the Platform owner) shall not be liable for:

• Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
• Loss of data, profit, or goodwill
• Damages arising from your reliance on any content available on Gum
• Damages resulting from your interactions with other users of Gum

This limitation applies even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in such cases, our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Disco Theory Private Limited and any associated parties from and against any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from: (a) your use of Gum; (b) your User Content; (c) your violation of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property or privacy right.

14. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. For users based in the European Economic Area, applicable EU consumer protection laws will also apply and shall not be affected by this clause.

In the event of a dispute, we encourage you to contact us first to seek an informal resolution. If informal resolution is not possible:

• Users in India: disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Users in the EEA: you may also be entitled to refer the matter to alternative dispute resolution under applicable EU regulations

Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights under applicable consumer protection legislation.

15. Changes to Gum

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue Gum, or any feature thereof, at any time and without notice. We shall not be liable to you for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuance.

16. Severability and Waiver

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the remaining Terms will continue in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it at a later time.

17. Contact Us

If you have any questions, complaints, or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at: legal@passthatgum.com. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 30 days of receipt. For data protection queries, please refer to our Privacy Policy.