Deeptect

Terms of Service

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Table of Contents

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing or using the Deeptect platform ("Services"), you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). A notice banner is displayed on your first visit asking you to accept these Terms. Your acceptance is recorded via a cookie that stores the version of the Terms you accepted. If these Terms are updated, you will be required to accept the new version before continuing to use the Services.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Services. You may withdraw your acceptance at any time by discontinuing use of the Services.

These Terms are entered into between Niclas Pillath, Am Scherfenbrand 47, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany, operating under the trading name Deeptect ("Provider," "we," "us," or "our"), and the person using the Services ("you"). They constitute a legally binding agreement governing your access to and use of the Services.

Please read our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect and use personal information.

2. About Deeptect

Deeptect is a platform focused on deepfakes (AI-generated or AI-modified media content). The Services currently include the following features:

The platform is continuously developed. Features may be added, modified, or removed over time. The Services are accessible exclusively via the web frontend and is hosted within the European Union. No programmatic interfaces or APIs are made available to users.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years of age to use the Services. This minimum age reflects the age of digital consent under Article 8 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as implemented in Germany (§ 8 BDSG).

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 16 years old. If you are under 16 years of age, you must not use the Services.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from or direct the Services to individuals under the age of 16. If we become aware that a user is under 16, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable data protection law.

4. Use of the Services

4.1 Access

The Services are provided free of charge. No registration or user account is required to access or use the Services. Users access the Services anonymously.

4.2 License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services for personal, non-commercial purposes.

4.3 Restrictions and Acceptable Use

Prohibited conduct. You may not:

Prohibited Input. You may submit material or information to the Services in various forms, including files, URLs, and text ("Input"). You must not submit or otherwise provide to the Services any Input that:

We reserve the right to take appropriate action in response to violations of this section, up to and including restricting or terminating access to the Services. If we determine that you have been using our Services for illegal or potentially illegal purposes, we reserve the right to notify and cooperate with applicable law enforcement entities.

5. Media Submissions

The Services return output to you based on your Input ("Output"). Input and Output are collectively "Content".

5.1 Submission Methods

To use the deepfake detection feature, you may submit an audio, image, or video file ("Submitted Media") in one of two ways:

When submitting media, you may optionally indicate that you consent to Deeptect featuring your submission (or a derivative thereof, such as a thumbnail) in the Deepfake Showcase, in blog posts, or in similar promotional or educational contexts (a "Featuring Consent"). Featuring Consent is given at the time of submission by selecting the corresponding option. If you do not give Featuring Consent for a particular submission, that submission will not be featured in any such context. Because the Services do not require an account, Featuring Consent cannot be withdrawn selectively after submission; to have a featured submission removed, use the takedown procedure set out in the Privacy Policy. Section 4 of the Privacy Policy describes the consent basis (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and your right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

5.2 Retention, Sharing, and Removal

Payload bytes. The bytes of the Submitted Media itself, whether uploaded directly by you or downloaded by us from a URL you provide, are evicted from our systems within 24 hours after the analysis is complete, by an automated cleanup routine.

Associated metadata and analysis outcome. Metadata derived from your submission (for example, file properties for direct uploads, and for URL-based submissions the URL together with information derived from it) and the outcome of the analysis (the Detection Result if the analysis completed successfully, or an error record otherwise) are retained on an ongoing basis.

Shareable reference and public accessibility. When you submit media for analysis, the Services return a unique link through which the outcome of the analysis and the associated Input metadata can be retrieved. This link has no access control: anyone in possession of it can access the associated Content. If you share the link, or if it is otherwise disclosed, the associated Content becomes effectively public. You should not submit media containing sensitive or confidential information unless you accept this risk. Personal data is prohibited as Input in any case; see Section 4.3.

Limits of removal. Removal of specific Content does not extend to (a) aggregated statistics previously derived from the submission (see Section 5.3) or (b) any model artefacts trained on Feedback-flagged data pursuant to Section 6.

For retention periods, lawful bases, and the procedure for exercising data-subject rights (including requests to remove specific Content), see the Privacy Policy.

5.3 Your Responsibility for Submitted Content

You are solely responsible for any Input you submit to the Services. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licences, and permissions needed to provide Input to our Services.

You further represent and warrant that the Input does not violate any applicable law or regulation and does not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other rights of any third party.

Where you give Featuring Consent under Section 5.1, you additionally represent and warrant that you have the right to grant the featuring license set out below.

We do not claim ownership of Input you submit. By submitting Input, you grant us, to the extent you have the right to do so, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to:

The license in respect of the payload bytes of the Submitted Media terminates when those bytes are evicted in accordance with Section 5.2, except that, where you have given Featuring Consent, we may retain a derivative of the Submitted Media (such as a thumbnail) for the featuring purposes set out above. The remainder of the license persists for as long as we retain the corresponding Input metadata, outcome, derivative, or aggregated derivations, subject to your rights under applicable data protection law.

5.4 Detection Results and Output Ownership

As between you and us, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input and (b) own the Output. We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output.

Your use of Detection Results is subject to Section 7 (Detection Results Disclaimer).

5.5 No Training on Submissions

We do not use Submitted Media, associated Input metadata, or Detection Results to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop our detection models, except as expressly provided in Section 6 (Feedback) with respect to Feedback and any material stored as part of Feedback. See Section 5 of the Privacy Policy for the consent basis applicable to Feedback-triggered training.

6. Feedback

We appreciate feedback, including ideas and suggestions for improvement and ratings you provide in response to a Detection Result ("Feedback"). If you provide Feedback in response to a Detection Result — for example, by rating the result — we will store the associated Submitted Media (or a derivative thereof, such as a thumbnail) and the associated Input metadata as part of your Feedback. You have no obligation to give us Feedback, but if you do, you agree that we may use the Feedback however we choose, including to train, fine-tune, and otherwise develop our detection models and to develop other products and services, without any obligation or other payment to you.

Feedback and any material stored as part of Feedback are not subject to removal to the extent already incorporated into aggregated statistics or trained model artefacts; such incorporation cannot be reversed by removal of the underlying Content. The consent basis for Feedback-triggered training and your right to withdraw that consent are set out in Section 5 of the Privacy Policy; your statutory rights under applicable data protection law are otherwise preserved.

7. Detection Results Disclaimer

The deepfake detection feature uses artificial intelligence to analyze submitted media. Detection results are probabilistic predictions, not definitive conclusions.

You expressly acknowledge and agree that:

8. Intellectual Property

8.1 Our Property

The Services, including their software, design, graphics, text, logos, trademarks, and all content other than user-submitted media, are owned by or licensed to the Provider and are protected under applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

8.2 Trademarks

"Deeptect" and associated logos are used as trademarks by the Provider. You may not use them without prior written consent.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING:

We make no commitment regarding uptime or availability. As a free service, Deeptect may be temporarily or permanently unavailable at any time without notice.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:

INSOFAR AS THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, THE PROVIDER'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO CASES OF INTENT AND GROSS NEGLIGENCE, AS PERMITTED UNDER GERMAN LAW (§§ 521, 599 BGB ANALOGOUSLY).

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT OR FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE.

You acknowledge that the limitations of liability set out in this Section reflect a fair and reasonable allocation of risk between you and us, and that we would not provide the Services on these terms without them.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Provider from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

(a) your use of the Services in breach of these Terms; (b) Input you submit through the Services, including any claim that your submission infringes the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other rights of any third party; (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (d) any misrepresentation you make in connection with your use of the Services.

This indemnification obligation applies to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. Where mandatory consumer protection provisions of German law limit the enforceability of indemnification clauses against consumers, those provisions shall take precedence.

12. Termination

12.1 Termination by You

Because the Services require no account or registration, you may discontinue use at any time without notice.

12.2 Restriction or Termination by Us

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without notice, if:

Where feasible, we will provide reasonable advance notice before permanently discontinuing the Services.

12.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination or restriction of your access, your license to use the Services (Section 4.2) terminates immediately and you must cease all use of the Services. Any analysis requests in progress at the time of termination are cancelled and any Submitted Media associated with those requests is immediately deleted.

13. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When changes are made, the updated Terms will be posted on the Services with a revised "Last Updated" date.

Because user accounts and email addresses are not collected, notification of changes is made exclusively via a notice on the Services. The version identifier stored in your acceptance cookie will be compared against the current version of the Terms on each visit. If you have not yet accepted the current version, you will be presented with a banner requiring re-acceptance before you can continue using the Services.

Your continued use of the Services after accepting the updated Terms constitutes your agreement to those Terms. If you do not accept the updated Terms, you must discontinue use of the Services.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be exclusively governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany excluding CISG and conflict of law provisions. In the event that you are a consumer in terms of Section 13 German Civil Code ("BGB"), mandatory statutory consumer regulations according to the law of the country where you have your habitual residence shall remain unaffected.

The exclusive legal venue for all disputes resulting from or in connection with these Terms is [venue city], provided that the contracting parties are business people ("Kaufleute"), or that you have no general legal venue in Germany or in another EU Member State, or your permanent residence has moved to a foreign country after these Terms have entered into effect, or your residence or habitual domicile is not known at the time that the complaint was filed. Otherwise, the place of jurisdiction shall be determined in accordance with the statutory regulations.

Consumer Dispute Resolution (VSBG)

In accordance with § 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz, VSBG), we inform you that we are neither willing nor obliged to participate in a dispute settlement proceeding before a consumer arbitration board. If you have a concern, please contact us directly using the details in the Contact section.

If you believe that content accessible through the Services infringes your copyright or violates the privacy rights of any person, please contact us at:

legal@deeptect.ai

Please provide a clear description of the content in question, the nature of the alleged infringement, and your contact details. We will review reports and take appropriate action where necessary.

16. General Provisions

16.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable under applicable law, that provision shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if not possible, severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

16.2 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Provider with respect to the Services and supersede all prior agreements or understandings relating to the same subject matter.

16.3 No Waiver

Failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

16.4 Force Majeure

We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations under these Terms where such failure or delay results from causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, acts of government, power failures, or interruptions to internet or telecommunications infrastructure.

16.5 Language

These Terms are written in English. A German translation may be made available for convenience. In the event of any inconsistency between the English version and any translation, the English version shall prevail.

16.6 Assignment

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to a legal entity later formed by the Provider to operate the Services, or to a third party in connection with a sale or transfer of the business or its assets, without your consent. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.

16.7 Survival

The following sections shall survive any termination or expiry of these Terms or your discontinuation of use of the Services: Section 5.3 (Your Responsibility for Submitted Content), Section 5.4 (Detection Results and Output Ownership), Section 5.5 (No Training on Submissions), Section 6 (Feedback), Section 7 (Detection Results Disclaimer), Section 8 (Intellectual Property), Section 9 (Disclaimer of Warranties), Section 10 (Limitation of Liability), Section 11 (Indemnification), and Section 16 (General Provisions).

16.8 Relationship of the Parties

Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or fiduciary relationship between you and us. You have no authority to act on our behalf or to bind us in any way.

16.9 No Third-Party Beneficiaries

These Terms are for the benefit of you and the Provider only. No third party has any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these Terms.

17. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:

Niclas Pillath, operating under the trading name Deeptect
Am Scherfenbrand 47, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany

Email: legal@deeptect.ai

18. Third-Party Software

The Services incorporate open source and third-party software components. All such components are used in accordance with their respective license terms.