GraveStory

Disclaimers & Safety Notices — Updated June 14, 2026

GraveStory generates AI-assisted biographical stories about people buried at the gravestones you photograph. Because these stories are written by AI from public records, we are deliberately transparent about what they are — and are not. This page summarizes every disclaimer and safety notice across the app. Our guiding principle: a story is a respectful, source-cited starting point, never an official or authoritative record.

In the app

1. Notice on every story live

A persistent notice appears beneath every generated biography, including stories shared on the community map:

✦ AI-generated story — researched from public records. It may contain errors and is not an official record. Report a problem

2. First-time explainer live

The first time anyone opens a biography, a one-time notice explains what these stories are:

About these stories — GraveStory assembles each biography with AI from public records and historical sources. It’s a thoughtful starting point for remembrance and research — but it can contain errors and is not an official or authoritative record. If you spot something wrong, you can report it.

3. “Report a problem” on every story live

Anyone — including people without an account — can flag a biography for: a factual error, the wrong person, offensive or inappropriate content, a privacy concern (for example, about a living person), or anything else, with an optional note. We review flagged stories.

4. Limited-sources notice live

When our research finds little supporting evidence, the story carries an extra notice that it is based largely on the words on the stone and general historical context, and may not reflect verified facts about the individual.

5. Approximate-location indicator live

When a stone has no precise GPS data, its map pin is marked as an approximate location (a faded pin and an “approximate location” note) on both the personal cemetery map and the community map.

6. One-time public-sharing notice live

The first time you share any story to the public community map, you must read and accept a one-time notice:

Sharing publicly — Public stories appear on the community map for anyone to see, including the biography, photo, name, dates, and approximate location, and they may name other people. Only share stories you’re comfortable making public, and please don’t share private details about living people. You can make a story private again at any time.

Public sharing is optional and off by default, and you can make any shared story private again at any time.

In our policies

7. Terms of Service live

Our Terms of Service set out the accuracy disclaimer, the reporting and removal process, the rules for public sharing and content about living people, and the limitations of warranty and liability.

8. Privacy Policy live

Our Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and how public sharing works, and includes a detailed section on the safeguards we use to keep biographies grounded in evidence rather than AI invention.

Coming with our store launch

9. Store-listing notice to come

Our app-store listing will state plainly that biographies are AI-generated from public records, may contain errors, and are not official records.

10. Additional privacy protections for shared stories in progress

We are continuing to strengthen how the community map handles information about living people, so that shared stories minimize the public exposure of living relatives’ details. This work is ongoing.

How to report a problem

Every story has a Report a problem option in the app. You can also contact us directly at edmondsj46@gmail.com — including to request the correction or removal of a story about you or a deceased relative. We act on these requests in good faith and promptly.