Last updated: July 11, 2026
Backlex is operated by Furkan Kinyas, an individual established in Türkiye ("Backlex", "we", "us"). You can reach us at hi@backlex.com; our postal address is available on request.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of Backlex ("the Service"). By signing up for or using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you must not use the Service. Our Refund Policy forms part of these Terms; our Privacy Policy explains, as a separate notice, how we handle personal data.
Backlex is a backend platform that provides a database, authentication, storage, and an API layer for your applications. You can use the managed cloud version or run the open-source version on your own infrastructure. We may update or change the scope of the Service, subject to the notice commitments in Section 7.
When using the Service, you agree not to:
Paid plans of the managed cloud are billed according to the plan you select. You agree to pay the applicable fees on time. We will give you reasonable advance notice of any changes to fees.
Payments are processed by our Merchant of Record, Polar (Polar Software Inc.), which acts as the seller of record and handles billing, applicable taxes, and refunds on our behalf. Your purchase is therefore also subject to Polar's terms.
You may cancel a paid plan at any time. Cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep access until the end of the billing period you have already paid for; fees for the current period are generally non-refundable. Full details are in our Refund Policy.
If you are a consumer, you have a statutory right to withdraw from a distance purchase within 14 days. The managed cloud is a digital service that begins as soon as you subscribe, so at checkout you expressly ask us to start providing it during the 14-day period and acknowledge the effect of that request:
To withdraw, email hi@backlex.com; a model withdrawal form is provided in our Refund Policy. Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory consumer right you may have.
The hosted version of the Service, its brand, and its content belong to Backlex. Open-source components are provided under the terms of their respective open-source license (Apache-2.0). The data and content you create through the Service remain yours.
When you store personal data of your own users in the Service, you are the data controller for that data and Backlex acts as your data processor: we process it only to provide the Service and on your instructions. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data for which we are the controller (your account and billing data).
If you need a data processing agreement — for example to meet your own obligations under the GDPR or the KVKK — contact us at hi@backlex.com and we will put one in place.
We make reasonable efforts to provide the Service without interruption or error; however, the Service may experience temporary outages due to maintenance, updates, or technical reasons. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service or any part of it. Except where an urgent security or legal reason requires immediate action, we will give consumers reasonable prior notice of any discontinuation or materially adverse change, and you may cancel and receive a refund of any prepaid, unused fees.
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no express or implied warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or fit for a particular purpose. If you are a consumer, this disclaimer applies only so far as the law allows and does not affect your statutory rights in respect of a defective or non-conforming service, which prevail over anything in this section.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Backlex shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for data loss, arising from your use of or inability to use the Service.
For users acting for business or professional purposes, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, under any theory of liability, shall not exceed the greater of (a) the fees you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US$100.
If you are a consumer, the exclusions and cap in this section apply only so far as the law allows: your mandatory statutory rights are unaffected and prevail over anything in this section.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or under mandatory consumer protection law.
We may suspend or terminate your access to your account if you breach these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time by closing your account.
We do not delete your data when a paid plan ends. Your organization reverts to the Free plan and your projects keep running under its limits. If a project exceeds the limits of its plan, we restrict it rather than delete anything: requests may be rejected once the request quota is exhausted, and writes may be blocked once the storage quota is exhausted, while reads continue to be served. A project is only fully paused if you pause it yourself.
After a paid plan ends, you close your account, or we terminate it, your project database remains available for export for at least 30 days; after that we may permanently delete it. The only exception is data we are legally required to remove or that was used to break the law. Exports cover the project database — files you uploaded to storage are not included and should be retrieved separately. You can delete your account and your data yourself at any time from the dashboard — see our Privacy Policy.
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Türkiye. For users acting for business or professional purposes, the courts and enforcement offices of İstanbul, Türkiye have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from these Terms.
If you are a consumer, none of the above deprives you of the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence. Consumers in Türkiye may bring a claim before the consumer arbitration committee (tüketici hakem heyeti) or the consumer court with jurisdiction over their place of residence, up to the statutory thresholds.
If you are a consumer resident in the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you may bring proceedings against us, and may only be sued by us, in the courts of the country where you are domiciled.
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will publish the updated Terms on this page, and for material changes we will give you reasonable advance notice (for example by email or in the dashboard) before they take effect. If you do not accept a material change, you may cancel before it takes effect and receive a refund of any prepaid, unused fees; continuing to use the Service after it takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.
For questions about these Terms, contact us at hi@backlex.com.