Terms

Terms of the epiq.org.pl service

The service is free and sells nothing. Below is what you can do here, on what terms, and — just as important — what the Foundation does not do.

In force from 28 July 2026

1. § 1Who runs the service

   • 1.1epiq.org.pl and its English version at epiq.foundation are run by EPIQ Fundacja Wzmocnienia Zdrowia, ul. A. Branickiego 15, 02-792 Warsaw, Poland, KRS 0001194954, NIP 9512630080.
   • 1.2For anything concerning the service: fundacja@epiq.org.pl.
   • 1.3These terms set out how the service may be used and are provided free of charge in a form that can be downloaded, reproduced and stored.

2. § 2What you can do here

   • 2.1Read: about the Foundation, the Era Człowieka programme, Origin House, and the research library with links to external sources.
   • 2.2Send a research submission: answer three closed questions and, if you wish, describe your experience in writing, as a voice recording, or as an attached file.
   • 2.3Send a support request: ask for materials and for help finding an educator, therapist or mentor.
   • 2.4Create an account and use the members area, if the Foundation has granted the relevant role.
   • 2.5All of this is free. The service sells nothing and takes no payments.

3. § 3What the Foundation does not do

   • 3.1The Foundation does not provide therapy, does not diagnose and does not deliver healthcare services. Content here is informational and educational.
   • 3.2Nothing on this site — including the AI hygiene recommendations and the research library — replaces consulting a doctor, psychologist or other specialist.
   • 3.3A reply to a request consists of sending materials and information and, where needed, pointing to a specialist. The Foundation does not guarantee the availability of any particular person or date.
   • 3.4This service is not a place for help where life or health is at risk. In that case use the numbers at the top of this page.

4. § 4Technical requirements

   • 4.1A device with internet access and a current browser with JavaScript enabled is enough.
   • 4.2Voice recording requires a browser that supports audio recording and permission to use the microphone. Where a browser does not support it, every form can be completed in writing.
   • 4.3An account requires a working e-mail address — signing in uses a link sent to that address.
   • 4.4The Foundation is not responsible for interruptions caused by the user's own connection or by infrastructure providers.

5. § 5Members area account

   • 5.1You create the account yourself with an e-mail address. Access to materials depends on the role granted by the Foundation.
   • 5.2Signing in uses a one-time link sent by e-mail. We do not store a password in any readable form.
   • 5.3Do not share your sign-in link — whoever opens it gets access to the account.
   • 5.4You may delete the account at any time by writing to fundacja@epiq.org.pl. We delete it promptly, and no later than within 14 days.
   • 5.5The Foundation may block an account used contrary to these terms or to the law, and will say so to the account's e-mail address.

6. § 6Rules of use

   • 6.1Do not send unlawful or abusive content, content inciting violence, or content infringing anyone's rights.
   • 6.2Do not send malicious software and do not disrupt the service — including by sending forms automatically or in bulk.
   • 6.3The number of submissions from one connection per hour is limited. This guards against abuse; if it blocks you during ordinary use, write to fundacja@epiq.org.pl.
   • 6.4The Foundation may remove a submission that breaks these rules without notice.

7. § 7Requests about another person

   • 7.1The support request form allows you to describe someone other than yourself — a child or someone close to you, for example.
   • 7.2By sending such a request you confirm you have grounds to: you are that person's parent or legal guardian, or you act with their knowledge and consent.
   • 7.3Share only what is needed to help. Do not give someone else's contact details without their consent.
   • 7.4If the person a request concerns asks the Foundation to delete their data, we delete it — including where someone else sent the request.

8. § 8Recordings and files you send

   • 8.1By sending a recording or a file you confirm you have the right to share it and that it infringes nobody's rights.
   • 8.2Recordings and files go to private storage under a random name. They are not publicly reachable and only the Foundation's team plays them.
   • 8.3We do not publish recordings, do not share them with outside parties and do not use them to train AI models.
   • 8.4You grant the Foundation the right to use your submission for research and educational purposes only, in aggregate and anonymised form. If we ever wanted to quote you directly, we would ask you separately first.
   • 8.5You may withdraw consent for a recording at any time — we then delete it.

9. § 9Rights to the site's content

   • 9.1Text, graphics and layout are protected by copyright and belong to the Foundation or are used under rights it holds.
   • 9.2You may use the content within permitted use — read it, quote it with attribution, and link to it.
   • 9.3Other use, in particular commercial use, requires the Foundation's consent.
   • 9.4The research library contains our own summaries and short attributed quotes. Rights to the source articles belong to their publishers — read them at the links given.
   • 9.5Articles the Foundation publishes under “Human Era” are made available under Creative Commons Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The full terms appear beneath each article.
   • 9.6Without asking, you may read an article, print it for your own use, pass on the link, quote passages with attribution, and share it whole and unchanged — including in class — as long as it is not being sold.
   • 9.7Our permission is needed for commercial use, for publishing abridgements, rewrites, translations or summaries under your own heading, and for using the illustrations separately. Shortening a text about method easily inverts what it says — hence the ask.
   • 9.8We reserve the right of text and data mining and the use of our content in training artificial intelligence models, under Article 4(3) of Directive 2019/790. The reservation covers the whole site.
   • 9.9For any use beyond the licence, write to fundacja@epiq.org.pl.

10. § 10Complaints

    • 10.1Send complaints about the service to fundacja@epiq.org.pl.
    • 10.2Describe what went wrong and when, and give an address for our reply.
    • 10.3We answer within 14 days of receiving a complaint.
    • 10.4Consumers may also use out-of-court routes, including the European Commission's ODR platform.

11. § 11Personal data

    • 11.1How data is processed — including voice recordings, health information and the counter that guards against abuse — is set out in the separate document “How we handle data”.
    • 11.2Sending a form requires ticking a consent. A voice recording requires a separate consent, because a voice can identify a person.
    • 11.3Any consent may be withdrawn at any time by writing to fundacja@epiq.org.pl.

12. § 12Changes to these terms

    • 12.1The Foundation may change these terms for good reason: a change in the law, a change in what the service offers, or security.
    • 12.2A new version is published on the site with the date it takes effect.
    • 12.3Account holders are told by e-mail at least 14 days before a change takes effect.
    • 12.4Submissions sent before a change are governed by the terms as they stood on the day they were sent.

13. § 13Final provisions

    • 13.1Matters not covered here are governed by Polish law, in particular the Civil Code and the Act on providing services by electronic means.
    • 13.2These terms do not limit consumer rights arising from mandatory provisions of law.
    • 13.3Disputes are settled by the court having jurisdiction under general rules.
    • 13.4These terms are in force from the date given at the top of this document.

How personal data — including voice recordings — is handled is described separately: How we handle data.