1. What Linaw is
Linaw rewrites one notice, email, or lesson into the detail, wording, and delivery you chose, then runs Meaning Check against the source. It is not a lawyer, a doctor, a school, or a government office. A pass on Meaning Check is not a guarantee that every meaning survived.
2. Who runs it
The Linaw team runs this app at linawai.tech. We are the hackathon team that built it and submitted it to AppCon 2026. That contest ended on 25 September 2026. We kept the app. OTis Philippines Inc. organized AppCon. OTis does not run Linaw, does not host it, and does not receive the text you paste or select.
3. Using the app
An account is optional. If you add a name or email, it stays in this browser. On this device there is no password. When cloud sign-in is configured, the password stays with that account service. You can stop using Linaw at any time. Clearing this site’s data in the browser removes the local profile, preferences, and saved pieces.
4. Your messages
You keep the messages you paste, drop, or upload. Linaw may process that text only to build the clarified note and its Meaning Check. A share link puts the source in the URL on purpose. Anyone who receives that link can read the message, the same as if you had forwarded it. What is collected, stored, and shared is in the privacy policy.
5. Contest code
The AppCon rules we accepted as participants say the organizer may show the source code we submitted, for the contest and its sponsors. That is code only. It is not a right to run Linaw, and it is not a right to your notices, name, or email.
6. Model calls
With no model key, clarification stays on the offline sample adapter and is not sent to a model. If a key is set, the order is Gemini, then an OpenAI-compatible gateway, then the offline adapter. The reading screen says so before a model is used. The seeded failure example never uses a model. It exists so Meaning Check can show a warning.
7. Do not misuse the app
Do not try to pull API keys, flood POST /api/adapt, or paste someone else’s private message unless you have a right to use it. Do not treat Linaw as advice you can rely on for a legal, medical, school, or employment decision.
8. Philippine law
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) applies when a message contains personal information, such as a name, a schedule, or a school detail. Your rights to be informed, to access, to correct, and to delete that information are described in the privacy policy. Linaw does not publish a National Privacy Commission registration number. These terms do not override a right that Philippine law gives you.
9. No warranty
The app is free. It is provided as it is. Meaning Check can miss a change, and a model can be wrong. To the extent Philippine law allows, the team is not liable for loss that comes from relying on a clarified note. Nothing here limits liability that the law does not let us limit.