Terms of Use

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. Public visitors may browse event listings without an account. Organizer and administrator accounts are invitation-only and are intended for individuals who manage event listings.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your sign-in credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access.

Detroit Meets is provided free of charge. There are no subscription fees, paywalls, or in-app purchases. We do not process payments from users, and there are no refunds because no fees are collected.

You agree not to:

• disrupt, probe, or attempt to interfere with the Service, its infrastructure, or other users;
• bypass access controls, scrape restricted data, or use automated tools at a volume that creates undue load;
• use the cover image upload flow in a way that violates third-party host policies (including catbox.moe), including agentic/bulk automation, proxy or datacenter abuse patterns, or attempts to evade host-side restrictions;
• upload, submit, or link to content that is unlawful, infringing, deceptive, harassing, sexually explicit, or promotes illegal activity (including street racing, reckless driving, or unauthorized use of public roadways);
• impersonate another person, organizer, or event, or misrepresent your authority to list an event;
• use the Service to send unsolicited messages or harvest contact details;
• submit meet requests that are false, fabricated, duplicated, or intended to flood the moderation queue — including use of automated tools, VPNs, or proxies to circumvent rate limiting;
• paste links into the "Fill from link" field, or share links to the app from other apps, for URLs you do not have the right to forward, that target private or authenticated pages, or that resolve to internal, loopback, or metadata addresses — and you agree not to use this feature to bulk-scan, mirror, or abuse our server-side URL proxy.

We may suspend or disable accounts, remove content, or restrict access at our discretion when we believe these Terms have been violated or users are at risk.

We may also disable file uploads entirely, per user/account, or from specific networks if needed to comply with third-party host terms or to protect service availability.

Similarly, the public meet submission form may be disabled globally at our discretion to prevent abuse or spam. We reserve the right to reject, mark as spam, or permanently delete any submitted meet request at any time and without notice, for any reason, including without limitation that the submission is false, off-topic, duplicated, or violates these Terms.

Upload abuse enforcement typically follows a progressive model: temporary throttling or suspension, review by administrators, and permanent upload/account restrictions for repeat or severe violations. We may skip intermediate steps where immediate action is needed to prevent harm or policy violations.

Detroit Meets is a directory of third-party automotive events submitted by independent organizers. We do not organize, sponsor, endorse, supervise, or verify events listed on the Service, and we are not a party to any agreement between you and an organizer or venue.

We make no representation that listings are accurate, current, safe, legal at a given location, or that events will take place as described. Vehicles, drivers, venues, routes, permits, insurance, and any advertised activities are not inspected or vetted by us.

You attend, participate in, or interact with events at your own risk. Always confirm date, location, and any safety requirements with the organizer before traveling, obey all applicable laws and posted rules, and drive responsibly.

Organizers are responsible for the event information, links, and images they submit ("Organizer Content"). Organizer Content remains the property of the organizer or its respective rightsholders.

By submitting Organizer Content to the Service, you represent that you have the rights necessary to do so and you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, cache, display, reformat, excerpt, and distribute that content through the Service and in related calendar exports and share previews. This license is limited to operating and promoting the Service and ends when the content is removed from the Service, except to the extent necessary for backups, audit logs, or legal obligations.

We may edit, unpublish, or remove Organizer Content at our discretion — for example to fix obvious errors, to comply with law, or to keep the directory useful and safe.

Community submissions. Any member of the public may submit a meet listing for review via the public submission form ("Community Submission"). By sending a Community Submission you represent that you have the right to share the information provided and you grant us the same worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license described above to publish, reformat, and distribute the content if it is approved. Community Submissions are reviewed by administrators and we have sole discretion to approve, edit, reject, or mark them as spam. We have no obligation to notify you when a submission is reviewed, although you may check status yourself at /submit/status using the contact detail and/or sync ID described in our Privacy Policy. If a Community Submission is approved and published, any personal contact details you provided are stored per our Privacy Policy and are not shown publicly.

The Service links to third-party websites and apps (for example maps, ticketing pages, social profiles, or calendar providers), and relies on third-party infrastructure (hosting, geocoding, and image hosting) as described in our Privacy Policy. We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, pricing, or policies.

Where we use third-party image hosting, you agree that your uploads must comply with that host's terms and acceptable use policies. If a third-party host limits, blocks, or removes access for any reason, we may limit or discontinue related upload functionality without liability.

Aside from Organizer Content and other content owned by third parties, the Service, including its software, design, copywriting, and branding, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You may use the Service only as permitted by these Terms.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright or other rights, please contact us at alex@detmeets.com with (a) a description of the work and the allegedly infringing material, (b) the URL(s) where it appears on the Service, (c) your contact information, and (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized and that the information you provide is accurate. We review notices promptly and may remove or disable access to reported content.

Detroit Meets is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We may modify features, data sources, or access at any time, including during beta periods. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or that all listings remain current at all times.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy of listings, and safety of any event or venue.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Detroit Meets and its operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, personal injury, property damage, or any damages arising out of or related to attendance at listed events, the conduct of organizers or other attendees, or your use of third-party services linked from the Service.

If liability is imposed despite the above, our aggregate liability is limited to the greater of (a) the total amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim (which is normally zero for this free service) and (b) US $50.

If you list or promote events on the Service, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Detroit Meets and its operators from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable legal fees arising out of (a) Organizer Content you submit, (b) events you organize or promote, or (c) your breach of these Terms. We will reasonably cooperate with your defense at your expense.

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, or remove content, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, created risk for users or the Service, or are required to by law. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (for example Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14) will survive.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, USA, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Michigan, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there. Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief where appropriate.

These Terms apply to your use of the Detroit Meets iOS app. You acknowledge that:

The iOS app may request permission for location features (for example, nearby event discovery and the on-device drive-time refresh used while a saved-meet Live Activity is active), local reminder notifications you configure for saved meets (including the optional "morning of" reminder with a weather snapshot baked into the notification body), and remote push notifications delivered via Apple Push Notification service — including featured-content alerts, saved-meet change alerts, meet submission status notifications (when a meet you submitted is approved or rejected), and Live Activity start, update, and end events. The app exposes your saved meets to iOS system surfaces that read from a shared on-device App Group container — Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Spotlight search results, and Siri / App Intents (for example, "What's my next Detroit meet?") — none of which send new data to our servers. Your use of these features and the data involved is described in our Privacy Policy.

• These Terms are between you and us, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
• The license granted to you for the app is limited to a non-transferable license to use the app on any Apple-branded product that you own or control and as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
• The app is free of charge. In the event of any failure of the app to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price for the app if any; because the app is free, no refund would ordinarily apply. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation.
• We (not Apple) are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app, including product liability, legal/regulatory compliance, and intellectual property claims.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and are not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms with respect to your use of the app and may enforce them against you.

We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and post the revised Terms here. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

Most recent update (May 21, 2026): noted the optional public submission status page at /submit/status in the Community Submissions paragraph (Section 5).

Questions or legal notices relating to these Terms can be sent to alex@detmeets.com. For general questions, you can also reach us via Instagram at @alex.30mm.