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Terms of Service

Last updated: April 19, 2026

1. Scope and Acceptance

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern the use of blento ("the Service"), operated by Florian Killius, Berlin, Germany ("we", "us"). Contact details and the full operator address are set out in our Imprint.

By signing in to or otherwise using the Service, you confirm that you have read these Terms and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service. These Terms are made available in full on this page at all times and you can save or print them before you proceed.

2. Definitions

  • AT Protocol (atproto): the open decentralized protocol that the Service is built on. See atproto.com.
  • Atmosphere: the open network of applications and services built on the AT Protocol. Bluesky is one application in the atmosphere; blento is another.
  • Atmosphere account: your identity on the atmosphere, represented by a DID and a handle.
  • Personal Data Server (PDS): the server that hosts the data for your atmosphere account. Content you create on blento is stored in your PDS and is the canonical copy.

3. The Service

blento is a bento-grid website builder powered by the AT Protocol. Content you create is stored in your PDS under your atmosphere account; blento does not host the primary copy of that data. The Service is provided free of charge; we reserve the right to change, suspend, or discontinue features with reasonable notice.

4. Your Account

You authenticate via atproto OAuth using your atmosphere account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activity that occurs through it. You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service, or you must have the consent of a holder of parental responsibility.

5. User Content

You retain all ownership rights in the content you create. You are solely responsible for the content you publish and confirm you have the necessary rights to share it. By publishing content through the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, cache, reproduce, and display that content solely for the purpose of operating the Service, for as long as you keep it published.

Content that is illegal, infringes third-party rights, or violates our acceptable-use rules may be removed from public rendering on the Service at our discretion. Because your canonical copy lives in your PDS, our removal affects only how blento renders it; you retain access to the data itself.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

  • Violate any applicable law or regulation;
  • Publish content that infringes intellectual-property or privacy rights;
  • Distribute malware, phishing, or other harmful material;
  • Harass, threaten, or harm others, or incite hatred or violence;
  • Attempt to disrupt, overload, or compromise the Service or circumvent access controls.

7. Reporting Illegal Content (DSA)

In accordance with Article 16 of the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), anyone may notify us of content they consider illegal by emailing hello@blento.app with:

  • a substantiated explanation of why you believe the content is illegal;
  • the exact URL(s);
  • your name and email (unless reporting offences under Arts. 3–7 of Directive 2011/93/EU);
  • a good-faith statement that the information is accurate and complete.

We will acknowledge receipt, assess the report in good faith, and act expeditiously where appropriate. Where feasible, we will provide a statement of reasons for any action taken.

8. Copyright Complaints and Counter-Notices

If you believe that content rendered via blento infringes your copyright, you can notify us by emailing hello@blento.app. Please include:

  • a description of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed;
  • the exact URL(s) of the allegedly infringing content on blento;
  • your name, postal address, email, and where available a phone number;
  • a good-faith statement that the use of the material is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf;
  • your physical or electronic signature.

How removal works on blento. Because content you create on blento is stored on the user’s own PDS on the AT Protocol network and not hosted by us, our remedy is to stop rendering the identified content or site via blento. The underlying record remains under the user’s control on atproto and may continue to be available through other applications.

Counter-notice

If your content was removed or access to it was disabled and you believe this was in error or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to hello@blento.app containing:

  • your contact information (name, address, email);
  • identification of the material removed and the URL(s) at which it appeared;
  • a statement, made in good faith, that the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
  • your physical or electronic signature.

We will review counter-notices in good faith and respond by email within a reasonable timeframe. This process operates alongside the internal complaint-handling rights available to you under Article 20 of the EU Digital Services Act.

Repeat infringers

We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, refuse service to atmosphere accounts (DIDs or handles) that are repeatedly the subject of substantiated infringement notices, as well as to parties who repeatedly submit unfounded, inaccurate, or abusive notices.

9. Disclaimer

The Service is provided as is and as available. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that cached third-party content will be current or accurate. Statutory warranty rights under German law remain unaffected.

10. Liability

We are liable without limitation for damages caused by intent or gross negligence, for injury to life, body, or health, under the German Product Liability Act (ProdHaftG), to the extent of any warranty we have expressly given, and in any other case of mandatory statutory liability.

For damages caused by ordinary negligence, we are liable only where we breach an essential contractual obligation — that is, an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely ("Kardinalpflichten"). Our liability in such cases is limited to damages that are typical for this kind of contract and reasonably foreseeable.

Any further liability for ordinary negligence is excluded.

Because the Service is provided free of charge, the typical use case involves no paid services. Nothing in this section restricts liability that cannot be restricted or excluded under mandatory law.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. On request to hello@blento.app we will delete any data we hold about your account that cannot be deleted by you directly via your PDS. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, with notice where reasonably possible.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms where necessary, for example to reflect legal changes or new features. We will notify you of material changes at least 30 days before they take effect, by posting the updated Terms on this page with a new "last updated" date and, where you have an active account with a reachable contact, by a reasonable additional means. If you do not object within 30 days after notification, the updated Terms become effective; you have the right to terminate your use of the Service during this period if you do not agree.

13. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer with habitual residence in another EU Member State, mandatory consumer-protection rules of that state remain unaffected.

Exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms is Berlin, Germany, to the extent you are a merchant, a legal person under public law, or a special fund under public law, or you have no general place of jurisdiction in Germany. For consumers, the statutory places of jurisdiction apply.

14. Consumer Dispute Resolution

The European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform (OS): https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute-resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG).

15. Severability

Should any provision of these Terms be or become invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

16. Contact

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