Terms of Service

Effective date: July 12, 2026

These Terms govern your use of battlepolicy.com (the "Service"), operated by Schuler Media LLC. By using the Service you agree to these Terms.

1. What BattlePolicy is

BattlePolicy is an independent defense-technology news publication. We synthesize and aggregate reporting on defense tech, startups, and military developments, with attribution to the outlets and primary sources we draw on. The Service is publisher-operated: there is no user-generated content or community forum. The site combines open news and newsletter access with paid research and reference products. Current plans are described on the pricing page.

You must be at least 18 to create an account or subscribe. You are responsible for any credentials and for activity under your account, and you agree to receive the service and newsletter emails you sign up for. Tell us at editor@battlepolicy.com if you suspect unauthorized access.

3. Payments

BattlePolicy offers paid memberships alongside open access. Individual Pro, Professional, Institutional, and Intelligence memberships are all available self-service on monthly and yearly plans. Current plan availability and prices are shown on the pricing page; prices are stated in US dollars.

Paid subscriptions automatically renew at the chosen monthly or yearly cadence until canceled. A Stripe receipt is provided after each successful charge. A subscriber's locked rate continues for as long as that subscription remains active. If a subscription ends and the customer later subscribes again, the then-current price applies.

You may cancel through the Ghost Portal or Stripe-hosted account controls. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period, and paid access continues until then. We provide no partial credits for unused time.

Our standard policy is no refunds. We always refund a duplicate or accidental charge. We may grant other exceptions at the operator's discretion or where applicable law requires one.

Prices are exclusive of taxes. Applicable sales tax, VAT, or similar charges are collected only where required.

Stripe uses smart retries after a failed payment. Paid access is suspended after the final failed payment and reactivated after payment succeeds.

Plan and cadence changes are self-service through the Ghost Portal and Stripe. Upgrades take effect immediately with proration. Before you confirm any other change, the account controls show its effective timing and billing effect.

4. Content and intellectual property

Our editorial materials, including the synthesis, analysis, and original writing on the Service, are owned by Schuler Media LLC, all rights reserved. Rights in third-party material we quote, summarize, or link to remain with their owners. You may read and share the Service for personal, non-commercial use. You may not reproduce or republish our content, scrape it with automated tools, or use it to train machine-learning systems without our written permission. Search engines and news aggregators may crawl the Service per our robots.txt for indexing only, not for full-text republication or model training.

We make reasonable efforts to deliver the newsletter but do not guarantee uninterrupted delivery. You can unsubscribe at any time.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to break the law using the Service, scrape or access it with unauthorized automated systems, interfere with its security or operation, reproduce its content without permission, impersonate anyone, harass others, or share account credentials.

7. Disclaimer

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. Our content is for general information only and is not professional, legal, financial, or operational advice.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Schuler Media LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.

9. Privacy

Our handling of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy.

10. Third-party links

The Service links to third-party sites and reporting. We do not endorse and are not responsible for their content or practices.

11. Termination

We may suspend or terminate access for violations of these Terms, fraudulent or unlawful use, or where required by law. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (for example intellectual property, disclaimers, and limitation of liability) will survive.

12. Changes

We may modify these Terms. For a material change, we will email members, update the date displayed on this page, and provide at least 14 days' notice before the change takes effect.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California.

14. Contact

Schuler Media LLC, 28 Geary St., Suite 650 PMB 5198, San Francisco, CA 94108. Email: editor@battlepolicy.com.