Terms of Service

Effective date: October 1, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Engineered Preparedness LLC ("Engineered Preparedness," "we," "us") governing your use of engineeredprep.com and the tools and services offered there (the "Service"). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract. The Service is intended for use in the United States.

2. The Service

Engineered Preparedness provides preparedness planning tools, location-based threat information, educational content, and related features. Some features are free; some require a paid subscription. We may add, change, or discontinue features over time.

Informational purpose. The Service is for educational and informational use only. It is not professional advice and not an emergency service. Your use is subject to our Disclaimer, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

3. Your account

• You're responsible for your account and for keeping your credentials (and, for sync, your encryption passphrase and recovery key) secure.
• You may use a pseudonym; you're still responsible for activity under your account.
• Tell us promptly at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized use.
• Zero-knowledge data: for encrypted/synced data, we cannot reset your passphrase or recover your data. Keep your recovery key safe — it is the only copy.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for anything unlawful, or to plan or facilitate harm to others;
• Scrape, crawl, harvest, or bulk-extract any data, content, maps, or datasets from the Service, by any automated or manual means, except via features we expressly provide for that purpose;
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive our source data, methodology datasets, or models, except as permitted by law;
• Copy, resell, sublicense, redistribute, or commercially exploit the Service or its content without our written permission;
• Circumvent access controls, rate limits, paywalls, or security measures;
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, or probe it for vulnerabilities without authorization;
• Misrepresent your affiliation with us or impersonate others.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section, and we may take legal action to protect our data and Service.

5. Subscriptions, billing, and refunds

• Plan and pricing. The paid membership is a monthly subscription billed at the price shown on our pricing page ($5/month at the time of writing). Pricing may change; we'll give notice of a change before it applies to your next renewal.
• Auto-renewal. The membership renews automatically each month at the then-current price until you cancel. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method on each monthly renewal.
• Cancel yourself, anytime. You can cancel right from your account page — no email or phone call needed. Cancelling stops all future charges; outside the first-month guarantee below, your access continues through the end of the month you've already paid for, and nothing is cut off early.
• 30-day money-back guarantee — first month only. If the membership isn't for you, cancel within 30 days of your initial signup and we'll refund your first payment automatically and end your access. This guarantee applies once, to your first charge only. It is not rolling: later monthly renewal charges are not refundable — you can cancel anytime to stop future charges, and you keep access through the month you've already paid for. If anything goes wrong, or you'd rather we handle it, email [email protected] and we'll take care of it.
• Taxes may apply depending on your location.

6. Free and paid features

Free features are provided as-is and may be limited. Paid features add the installable offline app and downloadable maps, encrypted sync between your devices, and additional depth and tracking in the planning tools, as described on the membership page. We may adjust what's included in each tier, with notice for material changes.

7. Intellectual property

• The Service — including our software, tools, methodology, derived datasets, text, graphics, brand and personas, logos, and "Engineered Preparedness" and related marks — is owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual-property laws.
• We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service for your own preparedness, subject to these Terms.
• Your data stays yours. By using sync or features that store your data, you grant us only the limited license needed to operate those features for you.
• Public data we incorporate (e.g., government datasets) remains subject to its own sources and licenses; see our sources page.

8. Third-party links and content

The Service may link to or reference third-party sites, products, or data. We don't control and aren't responsible for them, and a reference isn't an endorsement beyond what we plainly state.

9. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Service, its data, or its estimates are complete, accurate, current, or error-free, or that the Service will be uninterrupted or secure. See the Disclaimer for important specifics about threat data, readiness estimates, emergencies, firearms, medical, financial, and relocation content.

10. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ENGINEERED PREPAREDNESS AND ITS OWNERS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, PROPERTY, OR PERSONAL INJURY, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim OR USD $100. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations, so parts of this may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Engineered Preparedness and its owners and contributors from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the Service or violation of these Terms or applicable law.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account anytime. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive (e.g., IP, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, governing law) survive termination.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. We'll post the new effective date and, for material changes, provide reasonable notice. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Missouri, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email [email protected], or write to Engineered Preparedness LLC, 117 South Lexington Street Ste 100, Harrisonville, MO 64701.