Legal Changelog

Published: February 19, 2026
This page tracks material updates to Joined legal documents.

2026-02-19

Added

• New Privacy Policy baseline for Thought Substrate Inc. with explicit definitions for User Content, User Vault/Memory, Derived Data, Telemetry, De-identified Data, Model Training, and Personalization.
• New Terms of Use baseline for Joined Agent with:
  • 18+ consumer-only eligibility
  • AI reliability disclaimers and user responsibility boundaries
  • Export and deletion framework aligned with privacy commitments
  • AAA arbitration, class-action waiver, and 30-day opt-out
  • Texas governing law and Travis County venue for non-arbitrable disputes
• New dedicated Subprocessors page at /subprocessors.

Updated

• Added explicit model-improvement boundaries:
  • Raw User Content not used by default for generalized global model training.
  • Derived-data red lines (no quote reconstruction, no identifiable memory fragments, no cross-user vault blending for personalization).
• Added support-access control language (user-enabled, time-bound default 24-hour access window).
• Added retention and deletion defaults:
  • 30-day default operational telemetry retention
  • 7-day active-system deletion purge target
  • backup-cycle and legal-hold exceptions

Hardening Clauses Added to Terms of Use

• Export controls and sanctions compliance.
• Force majeure.
• Assignment.
• Severability.
• Waiver and remedies.

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