Terms of Service
Last updated: August 2026.
Plain English version: By using NoRotZone, you agree to play nice. The site and games are free, with no account and no download. We own the site and its original content; you're responsible for how you use it. Don't automatically collect, harvest, or resell our content, and don't game the scores. The games are for entertainment and cognitive challenge — not medical devices. We're a small side project, so we offer the site "as is" without warranties, and our liability is limited. You can opt out of ads and analytics anytime. If something breaks, tell us.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the NoRotZone website at norot.zone (the "Site"), operated by NoRotZone ("we", "us", "our"). We can be reached at hello@norot.zone or via our contact form.
By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please don't use the Site. If you're using the Site on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms.
Children's privacy
NoRotZone is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at hello@norot.zone and we will delete it promptly.
Your account
You don't need one. NoRotZone has no accounts, no logins, and no sign-up walls. If you subscribe to the Brain Health Digest, we collect your email address solely to send the newsletter — see our Privacy Policy for how that's handled. You are responsible for keeping any email account you use with us secure.
Acceptable use
NoRotZone is free to use for personal, non-commercial brain exercise. When using the Site, you agree that you will not:
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or automatically collect, harvest, or extract data, game logic, or content from the Site
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems or another user's information
- Use bots, scripts, or automated tools to play games, inflate scores, or overload the Site
- Resell, redistribute, or republish our content, games, or assets without written permission
- Use the Site in any way that breaches applicable law or third-party rights
We may suspend or block access at any time if we believe these Terms are being broken — no warning required, though we'll try to be reasonable.
Intellectual property
The Site, its games, text, graphics, design, and code are owned by NoRotZone and protected by copyright and other applicable laws. "NoRotZone", "Anti Brain Rot", the logo, and related marks are our branding — don't use them without permission.
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and use the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use. This isn't a transfer of ownership. We reserve all rights not expressly granted here.
The games
Every NoRotZone game is built around a real cognitive task — the same building blocks used in attention, memory, and reaction-time research. But the games are for entertainment and cognitive training only. They are not medical devices, they do not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, and playing is not a substitute for medical advice or professional cognitive assessment.
For the full detail, read our Health Disclaimer. We don't promise that playing will make you smarter, improve your grades, or produce any specific outcome. Play because the challenges are engaging and grounded in real science — not because we guaranteed a result.
Game scores, streaks, and any "Brain Health Score" are approximate indicators of performance on a specific task at a specific time. They are not clinical measurements. See our How We Measure page for what scores do and don't tell you.
Third-party links and affiliate content
NoRotZone may link to third-party websites, products, and services we think are useful. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content, privacy practices, or availability.
The Site contains affiliate links to third-party products and services. These links are marked with rel="sponsored". We may earn a commission if you make a purchase through these links, at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we believe are genuinely useful. Any purchase you make through a third party is governed by that third party's terms — not these Terms.
Advertising and cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements and Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how the site is used. Google and its partners use cookies — including the DoubleClick cookie — to serve and measure ads based on your visits to this and other websites. This is known as interest-based advertising.
You can opt out of personalised advertising anytime via Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our site at policies.google.com/privacy/partners. Full details are in our Privacy Policy, where you can also manage your cookie preferences at any time.
Availability of the site
We're always tweaking things. Games, features, scores, and content may be added, changed, or removed at any time, and the Site may occasionally be unavailable for maintenance or reasons beyond our control. We don't guarantee uninterrupted access — but we'll do our best to keep the lights on.
Your feedback
We genuinely want your bug reports, ideas, and game suggestions — you can send them through our contact form. If you share feedback with us, you grant NoRotZone a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, build on, and incorporate that feedback into the Site and new games, without obligation or compensation to you. You keep ownership of anything you submit; you just let us use it. Please don't send us anything confidential or proprietary.
Disclaimers
The Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, NoRotZone disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
We don't warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that scores or results are accurate. Your brain is yours; you use the Site at your own risk.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, NoRotZone shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including loss of data, scores, goodwill, or profits — arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Site.
Because NoRotZone is a free, one-person side project, our total liability for any claim relating to the Site is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law — effectively, to the amount you paid to use the Site. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that can't be limited under applicable law, such as liability for fraud or where local consumer law gives you non-overridable rights.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold NoRotZone harmless from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from your misuse of the Site, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any third-party rights.
Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If we make material changes, we'll do our best to note them here or via the Brain Health Digest.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, reflecting where the operator is based. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of New Zealand. If you're outside New Zealand, your local consumer-protection laws may give you rights that can't be overridden — in which case those rights apply and this clause doesn't limit them.
Contact
Questions about these Terms? Reach us at hello@norot.zone or via our contact form.
This page pairs with our Privacy Policy and Health Disclaimer. Together they cover how the site works, what we do with data, and what the games are — and aren't.