Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: 15 November 2026

Gratitude Tree is for honest, kind thanks. This policy is part of our Terms of Service and applies to everything you add or share through the Service, including names, notes, links and pictures. It includes the rules that India's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, ask every user to follow.

Please do

• Write about real people with respect, as you'd want them to write about you.
• Keep notes short and personal, and leave out private details such as phone numbers, addresses, health, religion or money.
• Remove someone from your tree, or withdraw a link, if they ask you to.

You must not add, share or send anything that

1. belongs to someone else and that you have no right to share;
2. is obscene, pornographic or paedophilic, or invades someone's privacy, including their bodily privacy;
3. insults or harasses anyone on the basis of gender, or is racially or ethnically objectionable;
4. encourages money laundering or gambling, or promotes hostility between groups on the basis of religion or caste with the intent to incite violence;
5. is harmful to children;
6. infringes a patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary right;
7. deceives or misleads anyone about where a message came from, or knowingly spreads information that is false, untrue or misleading;
8. impersonates another person;
9. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with other countries, or public order, causes any cognisable offence to be committed, prevents the investigation of any offence, or insults another nation;
10. contains a software virus or any code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the working of any computer resource;
11. breaks any law currently in force.

You must also not

• use the Service to bully, threaten, stalk or shame anyone, including through a tree or a "thank-you" that isn't sincere;
• send links in bulk, or to people who haven't agreed to hear from you (spam);
• create accounts with automated tools, or with an email address you don't own;
• try to get around rate limits, access data that isn't yours, probe or attack our systems, or overload them;
• copy, scrape or resell the Service or its content.

Reporting a problem

To report content that breaks this policy, or that is about you and you want removed, email privacy@gratitudetrees.com with the link and a short description. We acknowledge reports within 24 hours and aim to resolve them within 15 days. Content that exposes someone's private areas, shows them in a sexual act or impersonates them will be removed within 24 hours of a valid complaint.

What happens if this policy is broken

We may remove the content, disable links, and suspend or close accounts. Where the law requires, we may also preserve information and report it to the authorities. Repeated or serious breaches can lead to a permanent ban.