This Disclaimer forms part of the Terms of Service for Storage Studio (the "Software") and the paid storage services sold with it under the Delta name (the "Delta services"; together with the Software, the "Services"). The Services are sold by Techtonic Systems Media and Research LLC, a limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States ("Techtonic", "we", "us", "our"). The Software is developed and licensed to Techtonic by DNS Stack Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated in India ("DNS Stack"). By using the Services you accept this Disclaimer.
It is written in plain language first and in legal terms after, because the Services move, copy and store your data, and we want you to understand the risks before you accept them.
What changed in this version
Version 2.0.1 (29 October 2026):
- Names both companies behind Storage Studio: Techtonic sells it, DNS Stack in India develops it. Both are protected by this Disclaimer.
- Covers the Delta services (Delta Trust, Delta Drive), My Drive, locked folders and Storage Studio Bridge, not only the Mac app.
- Adds the two warnings you also see in the app: a lost Delta Trust recovery kit, and a forgotten folder PIN, cannot be recovered by anyone.
- Sets out the rights that the law of your country gives you and that this Disclaimer cannot take away, region by region.
1. Plain-language summary
- Storage Studio moves, copies and stores your files. Any tool that does that can lose data through a mix of bugs, hardware failure, a lost connection and bad luck.
- Much of what the Software does depends on things outside our control: external drives (which can disconnect, fail, be dropped, stolen or formatted), cloud accounts you connect, other devices you pair, your network, and macOS itself.
- Keep your own backup. Storage Studio — including Delta Trust and Delta Drive — must never be the only copy of anything you value. Keep at least one independent copy made with something else (Time Machine, a second drive, another backup service).
- Some keys only you hold. If you lose your Delta Trust recovery kit, your backups can never be recovered — not even by Storage Studio. If you forget the PIN of a locked folder and have no recovery kit for it, that folder can never be opened again; Storage Studio can't recover it.
- The Services are provided "as is", without warranties beyond those the law requires.
- Our total liability to you is limited (§3 and §4).
- Rights that the law of your country gives you and that cannot be excluded by contract are not affected (§5).
If you do not accept these conditions, do not use the Services.
2. No warranty
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TECHTONIC AND DNS STACK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING:
(a) the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title and quiet enjoyment;
(b) any warranty that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, secure, or that defects will be corrected;
(c) any warranty that data will not be lost, corrupted, delayed or made inaccessible, or that any move, copy, transfer, sync, backup or restore will complete or succeed;
(d) any warranty of compatibility with any particular hardware, macOS version, external drive, file system, network, cloud provider, paired device or third-party software, except where we expressly publish compatibility on our website;
(e) any warranty about the availability, speed or reliability of a connection between devices through Storage Studio Bridge.
No oral or written information or advice from us, DNS Stack, or anyone working for either creates a warranty not set out in the Terms.
3. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither Techtonic nor DNS Stack, nor their directors, employees or contractors, is liable to you or to any third party for:
(a) indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind;
(b) loss of or damage to data or files, loss of work, profits, revenue, business, goodwill, reputation, opportunity or use, or any similar loss, whether or not it was foreseeable;
(c) damage to or loss of any hardware, including internal and external drives and removable media, however caused;
(d) the cost of substitute goods, services or data recovery;
(e) losses caused by third-party software, services or hardware, including macOS, file systems, cloud providers you connect, storage you own, external-drive firmware, networks and paired devices;
(f) losses caused by your not keeping an independent backup, or by your losing a recovery kit, passphrase, PIN or other key that only you hold.
These limits apply whatever the legal basis of the claim — contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, statute or otherwise — and even if we were told the loss was possible.
4. Cap on liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the total combined liability of Techtonic and DNS Stack to you, arising out of or relating to the Services, however arising, is limited to the greater of:
(a) the total amount you paid us for the Services in the twelve (12) months immediately before the event giving rise to the liability; or
(b) US $100 (one hundred United States dollars).
5. Rights the law gives you (carve-out)
Nothing in this Disclaimer or in the Terms excludes or limits any liability, or takes away any right, that cannot be excluded or limited by contract under the law that applies to you. In particular:
- Everywhere: liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for gross negligence or wilful misconduct where the law does not allow it to be excluded.
- European Union and United Kingdom consumers: your statutory rights when digital content or a digital service is not as described or not of satisfactory quality, and the remedies for it (including under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the EU rules on digital content and services, Directive (EU) 2019/770, as implemented in your country). Nothing here limits liability for loss that was a foreseeable result of our breach where your local law does not allow that limit.
- Indian consumers: your rights under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the rules made under it.
- United States consumers: any implied warranty or remedy that your state's law does not allow to be disclaimed or limited. Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so some of §2–§4 may not apply to you.
- United Arab Emirates consumers: your rights under the UAE consumer-protection law, Federal Law No. 15 of 2020, and its implementing regulations.
- Australian consumers: the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot be excluded.
Where such a law gives you a right that conflicts with this Disclaimer, that law applies, and the conflicting provision is limited only as far as necessary.
6. Keep your own backup — the service is never your only copy
The Software moves files between your Mac, drives, cloud accounts and devices. Moving is not copying: if the place a file was moved to is lost, damaged, formatted or fails, the file can be lost with it.
Delta Trust and Delta Drive keep copies on storage we run, and My Drive keeps files on storage you own. None of them is a guarantee that a file can always be restored. You agree to keep an independent backup of anything of value, made with a tool other than Storage Studio. We recommend the 3-2-1 rule: three copies, on two kinds of media, with one off-site.
7. Keys only you hold
Some protections work because nobody but you holds the key — including us.
- Delta Trust. Your backups are encrypted on your Mac before they leave it. The 24-word recovery kit you are given when you set up a vault is the only way to reach that vault if your Mac is lost, replaced or repaired. If you lose it, your backups can never be recovered — not even by Storage Studio.
- Locked folders. If you lock a folder with a PIN and forget the PIN, you can open it again only with the recovery kit the app offers you for it, where you chose to make one. If you forget the PIN and have no recovery kit, the folder can never be opened again; Storage Studio can't recover it. If your Delta account is deleted, folders you locked may no longer be possible to open.
We are not responsible for any loss that results from a key, kit, passphrase or PIN being lost, forgotten, disclosed or stolen.
8. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Techtonic, DNS Stack and their directors, employees and contractors from any third-party claim, demand, liability or expense (including reasonable lawyers' fees) arising out of: (a) your use of the Services in breach of the Terms; (b) your breach of any law or third-party right; or (c) content you store, share or transfer through the Services that you did not have the right to store, share or transfer. This section does not apply to consumers where local law does not allow it.
9. Severability
If any provision of this Disclaimer is held unenforceable, it is limited or removed only to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest stays in full force.
10. Contact
Questions about this Disclaimer: <legal@storagestudio.us>.