Terms of Service

Last Updated: September 17, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern access to and use of the Give a Ring mobile application and the associated calling, messaging, and phone-number services (together, the "Service"). The Service is made available by Aleksei Tuzhilkin, an individual operating as a sole proprietor under the trade name "GIVARING" (FBN: GIVARING) ("Provider," "we," "us," or "our"). By downloading, installing, registering for, or otherwise using the Service, you ("User" or "you") agree to be bound by these Terms in full. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

The Provider may offer the Service in different countries under local variations of these Terms where required by law; unless stated otherwise, these Terms apply to all Users regardless of location.

1 Eligibility and Acceptance

1.1. The Service is available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding agreement. By using the Service, you represent that you meet this requirement and that any information you submit during registration is accurate and current.

1.2. If you use the Service on behalf of a business or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" will refer to that organization where the context requires.

1.3. The Provider may decline to offer the Service to any person, or may set additional eligibility conditions, at its discretion.

1.4. You register for and access the Service using your phone number, which you verify by entering a one-time passcode ("OTP") delivered to that number by SMS, WhatsApp, or Telegram; the Service does not use an email-and-password login. You are responsible for maintaining control of the phone number and of the SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram accounts used to receive OTPs, and for all activity that occurs under your account as a result of an OTP being delivered to you. You must notify the Provider promptly, using the details in Section 19, if you lose access to your registered phone number or to these messaging accounts.

2 Changes to These Terms and to the Service

2.1. The Provider may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Service, legal requirements, or business practices. Updated Terms will be posted within the application and/or at givaring.com, with the effective date noted where applicable. Material changes will be flagged through an in-app notice.

2.2. Continuing to use the Service after an update takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you disagree with a change, your only remedy is to stop using the Service and, where applicable, request closure of your account under Section 8.

2.3. The Provider may add, modify, limit, or discontinue any feature of the Service — including specific calling destinations, rate plans, or number availability — at any time, with or without advance notice, to the extent permitted by law.

3 Description of the Service

3.1. Give a Ring allows Users to place free calls and send messages to other Give a Ring users over an internet data connection, to purchase credit for discounted international calling to standard telephone numbers, and to obtain a dedicated inbound telephone number ("DID Number") for receiving calls and, where offered, messages.

3.2. The Service depends on the quality of your device, your internet or mobile data connection, and the networks of third-party carriers who complete calls outside the Give a Ring network. The Provider does not control these third-party networks and is not responsible for their performance.

3.3. The Provider may route calls and messages through whichever underlying carriers or infrastructure it considers appropriate, based on cost, quality, or availability, and may change routing at any time without notice. By using the calling features, you consent to this routing.

3.4. The Provider acts as an intermediary and reseller of connectivity supplied by underlying telecommunications carriers and infrastructure partners that the Provider does not own or control. The Provider participates in industry caller-ID authentication and robocall-mitigation frameworks (such as STIR/SHAKEN and carrier Robocall Mitigation Database requirements) to the extent applicable to the Service, but cannot guarantee that any particular call will be authenticated, labeled, delivered, or completed by a downstream or terminating carrier, and is not responsible for call blocking, call labeling, or number reputation actions taken by third-party carriers based on industry-wide robocall-mitigation measures.

4 Privacy

4.1. Information collected through the Service, including registration details, call and messaging metadata, and payment information, is handled in accordance with the Give a Ring Privacy Policy, available at givaring.com/privacy.html and within the application. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

4.2. The Service is not directed at children under 13, and the Provider does not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Service, please contact us using the details in Section 19 so that it can be removed.

5 License to Use the Application

5.1. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, the Provider grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Give a Ring application on devices you own or control, solely for your own personal, non-commercial communications.

5.2. You may not sublicense, sell, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise make the application available to third parties; reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the application, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law; or remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notices contained in the application.

5.3. All rights, title, and interest in and to the Service — including software, trademarks, logos, and content supplied by the Provider — remain with the Provider or its licensors. No rights are granted other than those expressly set out in these Terms.

6 Acceptable Use

6.1. You agree to use the Service only for lawful, personal communications and not to act in a way that harms the Provider, other Users, or third parties. Without limiting the foregoing, you must not:

• use the Service to transmit unsolicited bulk messages, robocalls, or telemarketing campaigns;
• use the Service for harassment, threats, fraud, impersonation, or the distribution of unlawful content;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to another User's account, to the Provider's systems, or to any connected network;
• generate artificial or abnormal calling patterns — such as very high call volumes, sustained short-duration calls, or sequential dialing of many destinations — that are inconsistent with ordinary individual use;
• resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit minutes, credit, or DID Numbers obtained through the Service without the Provider's prior written consent;
• interfere with, overload, or attempt to disable the Service or the infrastructure supporting it;
• transmit calls or messages that violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, applicable Do-Not-Call requirements, or any similar federal, state, or foreign law governing automated, unsolicited, or telemarketing communications;
• alter, falsify, or spoof caller identification information with intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value, in violation of the Truth in Caller ID Act or similar law; or
• share your account credentials with, or allow use of your account by, anyone else.

6.2. The Provider may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or terminate access, with or without notice, where it reasonably believes a violation of this Section has occurred, and may report suspected unlawful calling activity to carriers or regulators as required or permitted by law.

7 Third-Party Sites and Services

7.1. The application or Provider websites may link to, or interoperate with, services operated by third parties (for example, app stores or payment processors). Use of those third-party services is governed by their own terms, and the Provider is not responsible for their content, security, or availability.

8 Fees, Prepaid Balance, Billing, and Refunds

8.1. Calling to other Give a Ring users and in-app chat are provided free of charge, subject to your own data or internet costs. Calls to standard telephone numbers, and issuance or renewal of a DID Number, are charged against a prepaid balance that you top up in advance through the payment methods offered in the application.

8.2. Current per-minute rates and DID Number fees are displayed in the application before you place a call or activate a number. Proceeding after seeing the applicable rate is treated as your acceptance of that rate for that transaction. Usage is billed in full-minute increments unless the application states otherwise for a specific destination.

8.3. Purchased credit that has not been used for calling, messaging, or number fees for a continuous period of 180 days from your last chargeable use will expire and be forfeited, except where a longer period is required by applicable law. Credit is non-transferable between accounts.

8.4. The Provider may change rates or introduce new charges with at least seven (7) days' advance notice, delivered through the application or by posting on givaring.com. Continued use of paid features after a rate change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the new rate.

8.5. Except as required by applicable consumer-protection law or as set out in Section 8.6, payments and purchased credit are non-refundable, including where an account is suspended for violation of these Terms.

8.6. Where any plan, number reservation, or feature is offered on an automatically recurring basis, the Provider will disclose the recurring charge and its amount before you enroll, will provide a reasonably simple mechanism to cancel before the next renewal, and will give any notice required by the California Automatic Renewal Law or comparable law of your state before an automatically renewing offer converts to a paid term.

9 Telephone Numbers (DID Numbers)

9.1. A DID Number assigned to you through the Service remains the property of the underlying carrier and is provided to you for use in connection with the Service only; it is not "your" number in the sense of unconditional, permanent ownership, and the Provider may need to change or withdraw it — for example, following carrier requirements — upon reasonable notice where practicable.

9.2. If a DID Number is not used to place or receive any chargeable call for 30 consecutive days, the Provider may treat the number as inactive and reclaim it. Where your account carries a prepaid balance tied to number retention, the Provider will apply the fee schedule shown in the application before reclaiming the number.

9.3. DID Numbers are supplied to the Provider by third-party wholesale telecommunications carriers, and the Provider does not itself own or control the underlying numbers. Number porting (transferring a number to or from another provider) is not guaranteed, may not be technically or contractually available for a given number, and, where available, is subject entirely to the requirements, process, and timing of the underlying carrier and any receiving or releasing carrier. The Provider is not obligated to support porting a number into or out of the Service and makes no representation or warranty that any port request will be accepted, supported, or completed. If you wish to attempt a port, you must contact the Provider using the details in Section 19, and the Provider will inform you whether porting is available for your number and, if so, what is required.

9.4. Consistent with FCC rules and carrier requirements intended to prevent fraud and unlawful robocalling, the Provider may require identity verification before issuing, renewing, or continuing to provide a DID Number. In some cases, this verification is completed within the application by submitting a photo of a government-issued identification document and a selfie. You represent that any identification document and selfie you submit are genuine, unaltered, and your own; submitting false or altered verification materials is a material breach of these Terms and grounds for immediate suspension or termination under Section 11. If you decline to complete a requested identity verification, the Provider may refuse to issue you a DID Number, or may reclaim a DID Number already assigned to you, without liability to you beyond any refund owed under Section 8.

10 No Access to Emergency Services

11 Suspension and Termination

11.1. You may stop using the Service at any time by deleting the application and, if you wish to close your account entirely, submitting a request through the in-app support channel.

11.2. The Provider may suspend or terminate your access, in whole or in part, immediately and without notice, if you breach these Terms, if required to do so by law or by a carrier or platform partner, or if your account balance has been at zero or negative for an extended period after notice.

11.3. Sections of these Terms that by their nature are meant to continue after your account is closed — including ownership, disclaimers, indemnification, and limitation of liability — will survive termination.

12 International Use and Export Compliance

12.1. The Service may be used from various countries, but its availability, call quality, and applicable rates can vary by location, and the Provider makes no representation that the Service is appropriate for use in every jurisdiction. You are responsible for complying with local laws that apply to your use of the Service, including laws on recording calls or communications.

12.2. You may not use or export the application in violation of United States export control laws or the laws of the jurisdiction in which you obtained it, and you represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and are not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

13 Additional Terms for App Store Distribution

13.1. Where you obtained the application from the Apple App Store, the following additional terms apply and, in the event of conflict with the rest of these Terms as they relate to your use of the application, will control:

13.2. Where you obtained the application from Google Play, the following additional terms apply: this Agreement is between you and the Provider only, and Google LLC is not a party to it and bears no responsibility for the application or its content; your use of the application must also comply with Google Play's then-current terms of service; and the license granted in Section 5 is limited to devices that operate the Android platform (or a compatible platform) as permitted by Google Play's usage rules.

14 Disclaimer of Warranties

14.1. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

14.2. The Provider does not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that call quality will meet any particular standard, given the Provider's reliance on your device, your network, and third-party carriers outside the Provider's control.

14.3. Without limiting the foregoing, the Provider makes no warranty regarding number portability or port-out timing, call completion or connection rates, delivery or authentication of caller-ID information, or the acts, omissions, or continued availability of any third-party carrier, app store, or payment processor involved in delivering the Service.

15 Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

15.1. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by the Provider's negligence, or for fraud.

15.2. Subject to Section 15.1, the Provider will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost business, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising from or related to your use of the Service, even if the Provider has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

15.3. Subject to Section 15.1, the Provider's total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid to the Provider for the Service during the one (1) month immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) fifty U.S. dollars ($50).

15.4. Subject to Section 15.1, the Provider is not liable for any act, omission, delay, error, service interruption, quality issue, security incident, or regulatory noncompliance of an underlying carrier, app store, payment processor, or other third party involved in providing the Service, and your sole remedy for such matters is against that third party where applicable law permits.

15.5. You agree to indemnify and hold the Provider harmless from claims, liabilities, damages, and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your misuse of the Service; (b) your breach of these Terms; (c) your infringement of a third party's rights in connection with your use of the Service; or (d) any call, text, or message you place or send through the Service, including claims brought by a recipient of such call, text, or message, or by a regulator, under the TCPA, the Truth in Caller ID Act, CAN-SPAM, or similar law. This indemnification obligation survives regardless of whether you paid for the Service.

16 Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

16.1. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles, except where mandatory local consumer-protection law provides otherwise for Users located outside the United States.

16.2. Before filing a claim, you agree to first contact the Provider using the details in Section 19 and allow 30 days to resolve the matter informally, describing the dispute and the relief you seek. Any claim not resolved informally must be brought within one (1) year after it arose, or it is permanently barred, to the extent permitted by law.

16.3. Agreement to Arbitrate. Subject to any non-waivable right you may have to litigate a dispute in your local courts, you and the Provider agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual action in small-claims court, or either party may seek public injunctive relief in court to the extent such relief cannot be waived under California law (in which case any remaining claims will still proceed to arbitration). YOU AND THE PROVIDER EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. Arbitration will be conducted on an individual basis only; neither you nor the Provider may bring a claim as a plaintiff or class member in a class, collective, or representative action, and class arbitrations are not permitted. Where consistent with the AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules and applicable due-process protocols, the Provider will pay AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for individual consumer claims beyond what you would pay if you filed in court, and arbitration will take place, at your election, in the county where you reside, by telephone or videoconference, or on written submissions.

16.4. Right to Opt Out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to the Provider at the address in Section 19, identifying your name and account, within 30 days of the date you first agreed to these Terms. If you opt out, this arbitration agreement will not apply to you, but the remainder of these Terms will still apply.

16.5. If a court or arbitrator finds the class-arbitration waiver in Section 16.3 unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must be brought in court, and all other claims remain subject to arbitration on an individual basis. If 25 or more similar arbitration demands are filed by or on behalf of individuals represented by the same or coordinated counsel within a short period, the parties agree that the AAA's rules for coordinated or "mass" filings, or a court-supervised staged process using a limited number of bellwether cases, will apply, and no arbitration fees beyond an initial filing fee will be due from the Provider until that process has run for the bellwether claims.

17 Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Notices

17.1. "Give a Ring" and related names, logos, and marks are the property of the Provider. Other product and company names mentioned in connection with the Service may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

17.2. If you believe content accessible through the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice identifying the copyrighted work, the material you believe is infringing, your contact information, a statement made in good faith that the use is not authorized, and a statement made under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act and that the information is accurate, to the contact address in Section 19 below. The Provider will review and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the identified material and will notify the affected User, who may submit a counter-notice as provided under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) if they believe the material was removed in error. The Provider may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

18 General Provisions

18.1. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and the Provider regarding the Service and supersede any prior understandings on the same subject.

18.2. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

18.3. You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without the Provider's prior written consent. The Provider may assign or transfer its rights and obligations, including in connection with a sale or reorganization of its business.

18.4. A party's failure to enforce a provision of these Terms is not a waiver of its right to do so later. No agency, partnership, or joint venture is created between you and the Provider by virtue of these Terms.

18.5. The Provider is not responsible for any failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including network outages, power failures, or other force-majeure events.

18.6. "Give a Ring" and "GIVARING" are trade names used by an individual sole proprietor and are not, and do not imply, a separate legal entity. References in these Terms to the "Provider" mean that individual, doing business under those trade names.

18.7. If these Terms and the Privacy Policy conflict regarding a disclaimer, a limitation of liability, indemnification, or dispute resolution, these Terms control; if they conflict regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of Personal Information, the Privacy Policy controls.

19 Contact Information

The Service is operated by Aleksei Tuzhilkin, doing business as Give a Ring (FBN: GIVARING). Questions about these Terms, billing, or your account can be directed to the support channel inside the application, or via: