Terms of use

Briefly gives you a short, ranked briefing of the news you choose, with summaries written by AI from publicly available news sources. It is free and currently in testing, so features may change, break or be paused, and access is by invitation.

Summaries, “why it matters”, talking points and key terms are written automatically and can contain mistakes or leave things out. Quotes and figures are checked against the original article, but not everything can be. Briefly is not financial, legal, medical or professional advice. For anything important, read the original article (every story links to it).

Headlines and articles belong to the news organisations that published them. Briefly shows short summaries and always names and links to the source. Please don’t copy or republish content from Briefly in bulk, and respect the original publishers’ own terms.

• Keep your sign-in details to yourself; you’re responsible for what happens on your account.
• You need to be at least 13 to use Briefly.
• The Free plan allows 3 briefs in any 24 hours. Plus is free during testing, at our discretion, and can be changed or withdrawn.

Please don’t:

• try to get round the limits, for example with automated requests or many guest or invited accounts;
• scrape, copy or resell Briefly’s content or summaries;
• interfere with the service, or try to access other people’s data;
• use Briefly for anything unlawful.

We may suspend or remove access if these terms are broken, and we may end the testing programme at any time.

Briefly is provided free and “as is”. We work to keep it accurate and available but can’t promise it will always be either. As far as the law allows, we aren’t responsible for losses caused by relying on a summary or by the service being unavailable. Nothing in these terms limits anything the law doesn’t allow us to limit, or your legal rights as a consumer.

How we handle your data is explained in the privacy policy. You can delete your account at any time in the app (You, then Delete my account), or by emailing support@readbriefly.app.

Briefly is run by Eoin Conway. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you can also bring a claim in your local courts.

We may update these terms as Briefly develops. We’ll change the date at the top, and tell account holders about anything significant. Using Briefly after a change means you accept the updated terms.