Terms of Service

1. Agreement

By accessing or using Home Signal, including reading articles, subscribing to the newsletter, or signing in with a provider, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. What Home Signal provides

Home Signal publishes curated information, analysis, and links related to smart home devices and platforms, home security, home robots, home energy, networking, and lighting. Content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not professional, electrical, security, financial, or legal advice. Use a qualified professional for electrical or security installations.

3. Accounts and access

You may be able to sign in using third-party providers like Google, GitHub, Apple, Microsoft Entra ID, or Facebook. You are responsible for:

  • Maintaining the security of your account and sign-in credentials.
  • Ensuring the information associated with your account (such as email) is accurate and up to date.
  • All activity that occurs under your account.

We may suspend or terminate access if we reasonably believe there is abuse, misuse, or security risk.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • Use Home Signal in any way that violates applicable law or regulation.
  • Attempt to disrupt, overload, reverse engineer, or otherwise interfere with the operation or security of the site or its infrastructure.
  • Use Home Signal to send spam, harass others, or distribute malware or other harmful content.

5. Content, accuracy, and external links

We work to keep content accurate and current, but errors can occur and products, prices, and compatibility change. Home Signal does not guarantee that information on the site is complete, current, or error-free. The site is not a substitute for manufacturer instructions or professional installation.

Articles often link to external sites such as manufacturers, governments, or industry publications. We do not control or endorse those third-party sites and are not responsible for their content, policies, or availability.

6. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise noted, the content, design, and branding of Home Signal are owned by us or used with permission. You may read and link to our content, and you may quote reasonable excerpts with attribution, but you may not systematically copy, scrape, or republish our content at scale without prior written permission.

7. Disclaimer of warranties

Home Signal is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Use of the site is at your own risk.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Home Signal and its owners, contributors, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the site or reliance on its content.

9. Changes to the service

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of Home Signal at any time, including changing how content is produced, which features are available, or how accounts work. Where changes are material, we will make a reasonable effort to communicate them.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last updated" date below. By continuing to use Home Signal after changes take effect, you accept the updated terms.

Last updated: 2026

11. Contact

If you have questions about these terms, please email [email protected].