afterhours Terms of Use

Last updated: 30 October 2026 · Version: 2026-10-draft

The short version

• You must be 18 or over, use your own LinkedIn account and be honest about where you work.
• Be kind. Never Spark your manager or anyone who reports to you. Harassment gets you banned.
• What happens on afterhours stays on afterhours. Don't screenshot, share or use anything you learn here off the app.
• Purchases are one-off (no subscriptions) and go through Google Play.
• These terms follow Indian law. You keep every right you have under consumer law.

1. Agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and afterhours, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ("afterhours", "we"). They apply when you create an account, which needs your explicit acceptance. Our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines are part of these terms.

2. Who can join

You must: 1. be at least 18 years old; 2. sign in with your own LinkedIn account. One person = one account; 3. work at the company you name, and have the right to say so; 4. not be banned from afterhours, and not be legally barred from using it; 5. not have been convicted of a sexual or violent offence.

3. Verification

• A human moderator checks your LinkedIn workplace badge, your live selfie and your profile photo, usually within 24 hours.
• You have up to 3 attempts. A rejection for the profile photo alone doesn't count as an attempt.
• Verification only confirms that you're a real person at the workplace you claim. We do not run criminal background checks or check identity documents. Always meet in public and use your own judgement.

4. How afterhours works

• Sparks. You enter the name, company and gender of someone you're drawn to. You get 3 free Spark slots.
• If you both Spark each other, it's a match. Each of you sees the other's photo and work details, and a chat opens.
• A matched Spark keeps its slot permanently.
• A withdrawn Spark frees its slot after 7 days.
• An unanswered Spark expires after 6 months and frees its slot at once.
• Anonymity. We never tell anyone who Sparked them unless it's mutual. But we can't stop people from guessing. See the Privacy Policy.
• Held Sparks. Sparks you send before you're verified wait safely ("held") and only go live once you're approved.
• Sent Sparks can't be edited, only withdrawn.
• Chat. It opens for 24 hours, then locks.
• Locked messages are hidden, not deleted, and an extension brings them back.
• You can extend within 30 days of the lock. After that, the messages are permanently deleted.
• Unmatching deletes the chat immediately. You may match again later, but not after a report or a block.

5. Your conduct

You agree to follow the Community Guidelines. In particular, you won't: - Spark or message anyone in your reporting line, whether direct or indirect; - harass, threaten, pressure, stalk, or keep contacting someone who has said no; - send sexual content without consent, or any content involving minors; - screenshot, record, share or publish anything from afterhours, or use what you learn here off the app (including at work); - try to find out who is on afterhours. For example: sending Sparks to test it, scraping, making fake accounts or coordinating with others; - impersonate anyone, lie about your workplace, or use someone else's LinkedIn or photos; - sell anything, advertise, recruit, or ask for money; - reverse-engineer, scrape, overload or attack the app.

6. Reports, blocks and enforcement

• Reporting someone blocks them immediately and hides their content from you. Their matching is paused while a moderator reviews the report.
• We may warn you, remove content, suspend your matching, or ban you, depending on how serious the issue is. We tell you the reason when it's safe to do so.
• A ban means your LinkedIn account can't be used to sign up again.
• Appeals: email grievance@tryafterhours.app within 30 days. A different moderator will look at it again.
• Workplace harassment: afterhours is not a substitute for your employer's Internal Committee (ICC) under the POSH Act, 2013. We'll show you how to reach yours.
• We never contact your employer, except where the law requires us to.

7. Purchases

• Optional one-off purchases (Priority Spark, Partial Reveal, Chat Extension, extra Spark slots) are made through your app store (for example Google Play), whose terms also apply.
• There are no subscriptions and nothing auto-renews.
• Prices are shown in rupees, including taxes, before you pay.
• Purchases are digital and are used immediately or when you use the feature. They can't be transferred and have no cash value.
• Refunds:
• Your app store's refund policy applies.
• If a purchase doesn't work because of a fault on our side, we'll restore it or refund it.
• If you're banned for breaking these terms, unused purchases are not refunded, unless the law requires it.
• Purchases are only available once you're verified.

8. Your content

You own what you post: your photo, messages and notes. You give us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to store, process and show it only to run afterhours (for example, showing your photo to a match). This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where we must keep content by law or as report evidence (see the Privacy Policy). We don't use your content for advertising, and we don't train AI on it.

9. Our content

The afterhours name, logo, design and software belong to us. You may use the app for personal, non-commercial purposes only.

10. Ending your account

• You can delete your account at any time (Settings → Delete account). It's deactivated at once and erased within 72 hours.
• We may close or suspend your account if you break these terms, if there's a risk to others, or if the law requires it.

11. Disclaimers

• afterhours is provided "as is".
• We work hard to keep it safe and available, but we can't promise it will be error-free.
• We're not responsible for how members behave, online or offline, though we act on reports.
• Nothing in these terms limits your rights under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

12. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you is limited to the greater of ₹1,000 or the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. We aren't liable for indirect losses. - This doesn't apply where the law doesn't allow a limit, for example for fraud, gross negligence, or death or injury caused by our negligence. - [LAWYER: confirm enforceability.]

13. Indemnity

You'll compensate us for claims made by others because you broke these terms or the law.

14. Grievances and disputes

• Grievance Officer: Grievance Officer, afterhours, grievance@tryafterhours.app, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• We acknowledge within 24 hours and aim to resolve within 15 days.
• Disputes: please contact the Grievance Officer first. If it isn't resolved within 30 days, either side may go to court.
• These terms are governed by Indian law. The courts of Bengaluru, Karnataka have jurisdiction.
• You can always approach a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

15. Changes

If we make important changes, we'll tell you in the app at least 15 days before they take effect. Where needed, we'll ask you to accept them again. The version you accepted is recorded with your account.

16. General

• If one part of these terms is invalid, the rest still applies.
• If we don't enforce a term, we haven't given up the right to enforce it later.
• You can't transfer your account.
• If the business is sold, we may transfer these terms, and we'll tell you first.

Contact: support@tryafterhours.app