These terms took effect on November 11, 2026. They cover the Here My Story website at heremystory.com and the Here My Story map at app.heremystory.com, which together we call "the service." "We" and "us" mean Here My Story. By making an account or using the service, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it.
Who can use Here My Story
- You must be at least 16 years old.
- Give your real email address, and keep it up to date. It is how we confirm requests about your account.
- Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
- An account is for one person.
Your stories are yours
You own everything you put on your map: your stories, your photos and your pins. We claim no ownership of it.
To run the service we need your permission to store your content, and to display it to you and to the people you choose to share it with. You give us that permission, worldwide and free of charge, for as long as the content is on your map. It is limited to operating Here My Story. We don't use your stories or photos for advertising, we don't sell them, and we don't use them to train artificial intelligence models.
You are responsible for what you post. Only post things you have the right to post. That includes photographs: post your own, or ones you have permission to use.
Other people in your stories
A memory map is full of other people. Please be considerate of them. Don't use your map to reveal private information about a living person that they would reasonably expect to stay private, especially on a public map. If someone asks you to take something about them down, think seriously about doing so. If someone writes to us about content concerning them, we may ask you to change it or remove it.
Sharing your map
Your map is private unless you choose to share it. You decide who is invited and whether the map is public, and you can change your mind at any time. How sharing works.
- A public map can be opened by anyone who has the link, and the link can be passed on.
- People who can read your map can copy what they read. We can't control what they do with it.
- Only invite people by email if you have reason to think they would welcome the invitation.
Stories that are "Only readable at this place"
You can mark a story so that people viewing your map must be near its pin to read it.
- It is not a security feature. The check relies on the location reported by the reader's own device, which can be wrong and can be faked. Don't rely on it to protect anything that must stay secret.
- Place pins where people can safely and lawfully stand. Don't place a locked story where reaching it would mean trespassing or putting someone in danger.
- Going to a pin is at your own risk. If you travel to unlock a story, you are responsible for your own safety. Obey the law, respect private property and the rules of places such as cemeteries, and pay attention to your surroundings, not your phone.
What you may not do
You may not use Here My Story to:
- post anything illegal, or anything that sexualizes or endangers children;
- harass, threaten, stalk or defame anyone, or encourage others to;
- publish someone else's private information, such as their home address, in order to expose or intimidate them;
- post content that infringes someone else's copyright or other rights;
- pretend to be someone you are not;
- send invitations as spam;
- try to read, change or collect anyone else's map without permission, get around the service's access rules, or interfere with how it runs;
- copy the service's content in bulk by automated means. Search engines and AI assistants may read the public pages of heremystory.com.
If you break these rules, we may remove content, switch off sharing, or suspend or close your account. Where we reasonably can, we will tell you why and give you a chance to put it right.
Reporting a problem
If you see something on a public map that breaks these terms, or you believe something on Here My Story infringes your copyright, write to hello@heremystory.com. Tell us where it is, what the problem is and how to reach you. We will look into it and remove content that shouldn't be there.
The service
- It is free. If we ever introduce paid features, we will say so clearly beforehand, and nothing will be charged without your agreement.
- It will change. We may add, change or remove features.
- It may not always be available. We work to keep it running, but we don't promise it will never be interrupted.
- If we ever close it, we will give you at least 30 days' notice by email so that you can save your stories.
- Keep your own copies of photographs and anything else you couldn't bear to lose. Here My Story is a place to keep and share stories. It is not a backup service.
The map is drawn using Mapbox and its data suppliers. Maps can be out of date or wrong, and a pin shows where you placed it, which may not be where something stood.
Our content
The Here My Story name, logo, design and software belong to us. The guides on heremystory.com may be printed and shared where they say so. Otherwise, please ask before reusing our material.
Closing your account
You can stop using Here My Story whenever you like. To have your account and everything in it deleted, write to hello@heremystory.com from the email address on your account, and we will do it within 30 days. You can ask for a copy of your stories and photos first. Our privacy policy explains this in full.
What we are responsible for
We provide Here My Story with reasonable care. Beyond that, and as far as the law allows, the service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, for lost data, or for what other people do with a map you have shared with them or made public. Our total liability to you for anything connected with the service is limited to 100 US dollars.
Nothing in these terms takes away rights you have under the consumer protection laws of the place where you live, and nothing limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
The law that applies
Here My Story is run from Utah, in the United States. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, and any dispute about them or about the service will be heard in the state or federal courts located in Utah. If you are a consumer living elsewhere, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the place where you live, including any right to bring a claim in your local courts.
Changes to these terms
If we change these terms we will change the date at the top of this page. If a change is important, we will email you or show a notice in the map before it takes effect. If you keep using Here My Story after a change, you accept the new terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms go to hello@heremystory.com.