Terms of Service

01. Acceptance of Terms & Eligibility

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Wild Trails website, mobile application, and associated real-time gaming services (collectively, the "Service"), operated by The Wild Trails Project ("Wild Trails", "we", "us", or "our"), represented by its Project Operator, Espoo, Finland.

By creating an account, launching a game, or using our mobile application, you represent that you are at least 13 years of age (or the minimum legal age required in your country). If you are under 18, you must have the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian when participating in outdoor expeditions.

02. Nature of the Service & Map Accuracy

Wild Trails builds outdoor routes using public map data (Maanmittauslaitos topographic maps, LIPAS recreation sites, and OpenStreetMap), our routing engine ("The Forge"), and AI Game Master agents ("Hugin" & "Munin").

Checkpoints and clues are generated by software or created by players. Although our route generator filters out water bodies and private yards, maps and terrain conditions change. Wild Trails does not guarantee that any suggested route is passable, maintained, or free from natural or human-made hazards.

03. Outdoor Responsibility & Personal Safety

When participating in an expedition, you agree to exercise sound common sense and judgment:

• Evaluate Conditions: Never proceed toward a waypoint if doing so requires traversing unsafe ice, flooded bogs, unstable cliffs, private property, railways, active quarries, or hazardous terrain.
• Adequate Preparation: Always dress appropriately for the weather, wear supportive outdoor footwear, carry adequate water and nutrition, and ensure your mobile phone battery is charged. Carry backup navigation tools (such as a physical compass) in remote wilderness areas.
• Emergency Situations: If you or a teammate are injured, fatigued, or disoriented, immediately abort the game using the in-app "Give Up / Abort" control and call local emergency services (112 in Finland and the European Union).

04. Everyman's Right (*Jokamiehenoikeus*) & Land Stewardship

In Finland and the Nordic countries, outdoor recreation is protected by Everyman's Right (*Jokamiehenoikeus*), which balances freedom to roam with strict responsibilities. You must honor these rules everywhere you explore:

• Domestic Privacy (*Kotirauha*): You must never enter private domestic yards, residential gardens, or cultivated fields (*pihapiiri*). Maintain a respectful distance from houses and private cottages at all times.
• Leave No Trace (*Roskaton retkeily*): Never leave trash, litter, or gear behind. Pack out everything you bring in.
• Protect Nature: Do not damage trees, fragile moss, rock formations, or disturb nesting birds and wildlife.
• Campfires: Do not light open campfires outside designated official fire pits, and never light a fire during forest fire warnings (*metsäpalovaroitus*).

05. Accounts & User Conduct

When creating an account, you must provide valid registration details. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials.

You agree not to:

• Use automated scripts, bots, or GPS spoofing tools to falsify position or manipulate public leaderboard rankings.
• Vandalize, deface, or tamper with physical wilderness shelters, trail markers, or landmark reference points.
• Upload offensive, defamatory, harassing, or illegal content into clue descriptions, chat channels, or photo submissions.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, overload, or bypass security rate limiters and authentication barriers of our servers.

06. Open Source, Licensing & Data Attribution

Wild Trails is an open core project. The source code of the base platform is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). You may inspect, modify, and contribute to the source code subject to the license terms in our repository.

Geographic and spatial data are sourced from public data providers under open licenses:

• Maanmittauslaitos (National Land Survey of Finland) topographic datasets under CC BY 4.0.
• LIPAS sports and outdoor recreation database (University of Jyväskylä / OKM) under CC BY 4.0.
• OpenStreetMap cartography and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors under ODbL.

07. Disclaimer of Warranties & Emergency Reliance

Provided on an "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE" Basis

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE, APPLICATION, MAP TIERS, WAYPOINT COORDINATES, AND AI-GENERATED CLUES ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF GPS MAPPING, OR UNINTERRUPTED AVAILABILITY.

WILD TRAILS DOES NOT PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESCUE BEACONS, SOS TRACKING, OR DISTRESS DISPATCH SERVICES. THE SERVICE MUST NEVER BE RELIED UPON AS AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL TOOL, PRIMARY WILDERNESS NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT, OR SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL SEARCH-AND-RESCUE EQUIPMENT.

08. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE WILD TRAILS PROJECT, ITS PROJECT OPERATOR, MAINTAINERS, CONTRIBUTORS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, NOR FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, PROPERTY LOSS, OR PHYSICAL HARM ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES GENERATED OR ASSISTED BY WILD TRAILS.

09. Account Deletion & Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time by stopping your use of the Service and deleting your account. Wild Trails provides a self-service account deletion mechanism directly in your Ranger Profile, which permanently purges your account, credentials, and game history from our database.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that engage in harassment, leaderboard manipulation, or malicious attacks against the service.

10. Governing Law & Contact

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Finland, without regard to conflict of law principles.

If you have questions, feedback, or legal inquiries regarding these Terms, please contact The Wild Trails Project Operator (Espoo, Finland):