Terms of Use — My Beanie

In one line. My Beanie is a personal health-record tool, not a medical device. All copy, design, illustrations, code and data structures on this site and in the app are the work of Root to Life and may not be copied, distributed or adapted without permission. Materials for partnership or investment review are shared only after a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

1. Purpose and scope

These terms govern the use of the website kidneybloom.com including its sub-paths (the "Site") and the web app My Beanie at app.kidneybloom.com, including the Google Play and App Store builds shipped from the same code (the "App"), both provided by Root to Life (the "Operator"). By using the Site or the App you agree to these terms. The handling of personal data is covered by the separate Privacy Policy.

2. Nature of the service — not a medical device

The App is a personal health-record and communication aid that organizes the lab values, blood pressure, weight, body signals, meals and dialysis records a user enters. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or mitigate disease and is not a medical device under the Korean Medical Devices Act or equivalent laws elsewhere.

Values the App calculates, such as eGFR, are reference values obtained by placing user-entered numbers into a published formula (CKD-EPI 2021). They do not replace a laboratory's official result.
The App makes no judgment about a user's condition, sounds no alarm, and does not set amounts or timing for diet, fluids or medication. Daily count goals, dry weight and fluid allowance are values the user or their care team set and the user writes down.
Medical decisions must be made with the user's care team. When something feels wrong, contact a medical facility first, not the App.

3. Copyright and intellectual property

All copy, screen layouts, design, illustrations (including the mascot "Beanie"), brand names and logos (Root to Life, Kidney Bloom, My Beanie), source code, data structures, report formats (The One-Pager), the mirror-card format, documents and presentation materials on the Site and in the App are works of the Operator protected by copyright from the moment of creation, and the related rights belong to the Operator. The Operator may register these works with the Korea Copyright Commission.

Users may view the Site and use the App for personal, non-commercial purposes. Any other use, and in particular the following, requires the Operator's prior written consent:

Reproducing, transmitting, distributing, publishing, displaying, translating or adapting the Site or the App, in whole or in part, or creating derivative works from them
Imitating the source code, screen layouts, data structures, report or mirror-card formats to build a similar service or material
Using the brand names, logos or mascot on products, services or materials unrelated to the Operator
Collecting Site or App content by automated means (crawling, scraping) or using it to train artificial-intelligence models

Quotation is permitted within the limits of copyright law with attribution to kidneybloom.com. For press or research use of copy or screens, please write to hello@kidneybloom.com in advance and we will help.

4. Rights in the user's own records

Records a user enters in the App belong to the user. They are stored only on the user's device and the Operator does not collect or view them. Users may export or delete their records at any time. Sending a mirror-card link to family is the user's own choice and responsibility; a recipient must not disclose its contents to third parties without the user's consent.

5. Business materials and confidentiality

The Operator may share business plans, product designs, roadmaps, metrics, revenue models and similar materials ("Confidential Materials") with hospitals, pharmaceutical and care-food companies, investors and others for partnership, advisory or investment review. The following principles apply:

Confidential Materials are shared, as a rule, only after a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is signed. Content explained verbally or on screen in a meeting is also Confidential Material.
A recipient may not use Confidential Materials for any purpose other than the review, disclose them to third parties, or develop similar products or services or apply them to its own business on the basis of them.
Unauthorized use of ideas and technical or business information learned in the course of a partnership or investment proposal may constitute an act of unfair competition (including idea misappropriation) under the Korean Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, and the Operator may take legal action including injunctive relief and damages.
Content published on the Site is not Confidential Material; the copyright protection in section 3 still applies to it.

6. Prohibited conduct

Interfering with the App's operation, or attempting to extract source code by reverse engineering or decompilation (viewing code delivered to a browser by standard web technology is not itself objected to, so long as section 3 is respected)
Using the Site or the App to infringe the rights of the Operator or third parties, or for purposes contrary to law
Impersonating the Operator or its brands, or presenting an affiliation with or endorsement by the Operator that does not exist

7. Changes to and discontinuation of the service

The App is in real-user validation (MVP); features and screens may change without notice. The Operator may change or discontinue all or part of the service. Because App records live on the user's device, records a user has exported remain with the user after any discontinuation.

8. Limitation of liability

The Site and the App are provided "as is". The Operator does not warrant the accuracy of the App's calculated values or summaries or their fitness for a particular purpose, and is not liable for health decisions a user makes on the basis of the App and their consequences, for loss of records due to device loss, failure or browser data deletion, or for the exposure of a mirror-card link the user chose to send. This does not exclude liability for the Operator's willful misconduct or gross negligence, or any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

9. Changes to these terms

The Operator may revise these terms to reflect changes in law or the service. Revised terms are announced on the Site at least 7 days before they take effect (30 days for changes unfavorable to users). Continued use of the Site or the App after the announcement constitutes acceptance.

10. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, and disputes concerning the Site or the App are handled by the court with jurisdiction under the Korean Civil Procedure Act. Where the Korean and English versions of these terms differ, the Korean version prevails.

Supplementary provision

These terms take effect on 24 September 2026. The Operator is currently pre-incorporation; the operating entity and contact details will be updated on incorporation.

Contact hello@kidneybloom.com · for personal data, see the Privacy Policy