Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using TapBy ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Service. We may update these terms from time to time, and continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account and use TapBy. By registering, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into these terms.

3. Your Account

• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• You must provide accurate and complete information when creating your account.
• You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• You must notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorised access to your account.
• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree to use TapBy only for lawful purposes. You must not:

• Upload or share content that is illegal, defamatory, obscene, or infringes on the rights of others.
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, other users' accounts, or our systems.
• Use the Service to distribute spam, malware, or any other harmful content.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or the servers and networks that support it.
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service without our written permission.
• Use the Service in any way that could damage, disable, or impair it.

5. Your Content

• You retain ownership of all content you upload to your TapBy profile.
• By uploading content, you grant TapBy a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to display it as part of your public profile.
• You are solely responsible for ensuring that your content does not violate any laws or third-party rights.
• We reserve the right to remove content that violates these terms or is otherwise objectionable, at our sole discretion.

6. TapBy Devices

• TapBy devices remain the property of TapBy until fully activated and assigned to your account.
• Each TapBy is linked to a single profile. You may deactivate your TapBy at any time from your dashboard.
• Lost or damaged TapBy devices are your responsibility. Replacements may be available at our discretion.
• Tampering with, cloning, or reverse-engineering TapBy devices is prohibited.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction you may have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data via your dashboard.
• Erasure — delete your account and all associated data.
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we process your data.
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@tapby.app or use the "Delete Account" option in your dashboard settings.

8. Intellectual Property

The TapBy name, logo, branding, and all software, design, and content created by TapBy are our intellectual property and are protected by applicable laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on our intellectual property without our written permission.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, TapBy and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service. The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied.

10. Termination

• You may delete your account at any time from your dashboard settings.
• We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms, with or without prior notice.
• Upon termination, your profile data, uploaded photos, and NFC-tag associations will be permanently deleted within 30 days.
• Provisions that by their nature should survive termination (such as limitation of liability and intellectual property) will continue to apply.

11. Governing Law

These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which TapBy operates. Any disputes arising from these terms or the Service shall be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please reach out:

• Email — hello@tapby.app
• Privacy enquiries — privacy@tapby.app