Terms of Service

Effective Date: July 4, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Margin for Outlook (the "Add-in," "Service," or "we"/"us"/"our"), a task-pane add-in for Microsoft Outlook that lets members of an organization add internal, collaborative comments and private notes alongside their email conversations.

By installing, accessing, or using the Add-in, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Add-in.

Margin for Outlook is operated by Younes Azamiyan, a software developer based in New South Wales, Australia (referred to in these Terms as "we," "us," or "our").

1. Introduction

Margin for Outlook is a lightweight Outlook task-pane add-in. When you select an email, it opens as a side panel and lets your team discuss that message privately — through shared comments and personal notes — without modifying the underlying email or leaving Outlook.

The Add-in:

• Reads basic properties of the currently selected email (read-only access) to associate your comments and notes with the correct conversation.
• Stores the comments and notes you create on our backend service so they can be shared with authorized members of your mailbox or kept private to you.
• Requires sign-in with your Microsoft 365 (work or school) identity on every session.

Your use of the Add-in constitutes acceptance of these Terms and of our Privacy Policy.

2. Eligibility

To use the Add-in, you must:

• Have a valid Microsoft 365 work or school account (Microsoft Entra ID). Personal Microsoft accounts (for example, outlook.com, live.com, or hotmail.com) are not supported and are blocked by the Add-in.
• Be authorized by your organization to install and use add-ins within its Microsoft 365 tenant.
• Be at least 16 years of age, or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher.

The Add-in is intended for use within an organization. If you use the Add-in on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms on that organization's behalf.

3. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to install and use the Add-in for your internal business purposes within your Microsoft 365 tenant.

This license is granted per tenant and per authorized user. It does not transfer any ownership rights in the Add-in or its underlying software.

4. Permitted and Prohibited Use

You may use the Add-in to create, read, edit, and delete comments and notes on email conversations to which you have legitimate access, and to manage membership of mailboxes you administer.

You agree not to:

• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Add-in, except where such restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Attempt to access data belonging to another Microsoft 365 tenant, or otherwise circumvent the Add-in's tenant-isolation controls.
• Circumvent, disable, or interfere with rate limiting, authentication, or other security or access controls.
• Use the Add-in to store, transmit, or distribute content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, infringing, or that violates the rights of others.
• Use the Add-in in any manner that violates your organization's policies, applicable law, or Microsoft's terms.
• Resell, sublicense, or otherwise make the Add-in available to third parties outside your organization.

You are responsible for the content of the comments, notes, feedback, and support requests you submit through the Add-in.

5. Microsoft Platform Compliance

The Add-in operates within the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Outlook ecosystem and is distributed in accordance with Microsoft's policies. Your use of the Add-in must comply with:

• The Microsoft AppSource and Office Add-in policies and guidelines.
• The terms governing your Microsoft 365 subscription and your organization's administration of it.

The Add-in requests read-only access to mailbox items (the ReadItem permission). It does not request the ability to modify, move, or send email on your behalf. Your organization's Microsoft 365 administrators may enable, disable, or restrict the Add-in at any time.

6. Intellectual Property

The Add-in, including its software, design, and underlying technology, is proprietary and protected by intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved by us.

You retain ownership of the content you create through the Add-in (your comments and notes). By submitting such content, you grant us the limited rights necessary to store, process, encrypt, and display that content to authorized members in order to provide the Service.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE ADD-IN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE ADD-IN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT IT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. THE ADD-IN IS NOT A SYSTEM OF RECORD FOR YOUR EMAIL; YOUR EMAIL CONTINUES TO BE GOVERNED BY MICROSOFT AND YOUR ORGANIZATION.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE ADD-IN.

THE ADD-IN IS PROVIDED TO YOU FREE OF CHARGE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE ADD-IN WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNTS (IF ANY) YOU PAID US FOR THE ADD-IN IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, WHICH, WHILE THE ADD-IN IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, IS ZERO.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Australian Consumer Law. Nothing in these Terms (including Sections 7 and 8) excludes, restricts, or modifies any guarantee, condition, warranty, right, or remedy conferred by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), including the Australian Consumer Law (the "ACL"), or any other law, where doing so would be unlawful. To the extent our liability for a failure to comply with a consumer guarantee that cannot be excluded under the ACL can be limited, our liability is limited, at our option, to re-supplying the Service (or paying the cost of having it re-supplied). The limitations and cap in Section 8 apply only to the extent permitted by the ACL and other applicable law.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Margin for Outlook and its operators, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use or misuse of the Add-in; (b) the content you submit through the Add-in; or (c) your violation of these Terms or of applicable law.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Add-in at any time if you violate these Terms, if required for security or legal reasons, or if your organization's Microsoft 365 administrators disable the Add-in.

Access to the Add-in is granted by invitation and by your membership of the mailboxes you are invited to. Your access may change as those invitations or memberships change, or through your organization's administrative controls. A change in, or loss of, your access does not, by itself, delete previously stored comments or notes; data is retained as described in our Privacy Policy.

Upon termination, your license to use the Add-in ends. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnification) will survive.

11. Fees and Future Pricing

The Add-in is currently provided free of charge. We reserve the right to introduce fees or paid plans for the Add-in, or for particular features of it, in the future, at our sole discretion.

If we introduce fees, we will give you reasonable advance notice through the Add-in or by other reasonable means, and any fees will apply only on a going-forward basis. We will not charge you without your agreement: if a paid plan is introduced, you may choose to accept the applicable pricing and terms, or to decline — in which case your access to some or all features may be limited or discontinued. Declining does not, by itself, delete comments or notes you have already stored; data is retained as described in our Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Effective Date" above. Material changes will be communicated through the Add-in or by other reasonable means. Your continued use of the Add-in after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia, and the courts competent to hear appeals from them.

14. Contact Information

For questions about these Terms, contact us at:

• Support: [email protected]
• Website: https://marginforoutlook.com