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Terms of use
Corpus compliant
The rules between SHAREFT and the photographers who use it. If you appear in someone's photographs without being a customer, the page written for you is «If you appear in a photo».
What the service does
SHAREFT lets a photographer publish an event's photographs and lets guests retrieve their own, either by browsing an open gallery or by taking a selfie that is compared against the event's pictures. Guests never pay and never need an account.
Who is responsible for what
For photographs and facial search, the photographer and SHAREFT are joint controllers. The photographer decides the purpose: which event, which photographs, which guests, and whether to publish at all. SHAREFT decides the means: which recognition provider, what matching threshold, what retention periods, and the fact that facial search is enabled by default on a new event. This is stated identically in our privacy policy and on our biometric data page — where earlier versions of these documents described SHAREFT as a technical processor, that description was wrong and has been withdrawn.
What the photographer undertakes
Before uploading, the photographer undertakes to inform the people photographed that facial recognition will be used, to obtain any consent their local law requires, and to display that information at the event itself in a place people can actually see. A QR code pointing to our «If you appear in a photo» page is the simplest way to do it. The photographer also undertakes to upload only photographs they took or are entitled to use.
Guarantee and indemnity
The photographer guarantees that they have met the obligations above, and indemnifies SHAREFT against any claim, action or penalty brought by a photographed person or an authority that arises from a failure to meet them. This does not cover anything caused by SHAREFT's own decisions about the means of processing.
Where facial search may not be used
The photographer must not use facial search for an event taking place in Illinois, Texas or Washington State. Those states impose specific written-consent and retention duties on biometric identifiers, with private rights of action, and our current consent flow is not built to satisfy them. Open galleries, without facial search, remain available everywhere.
Photographer accounts
The photographer provides accurate details, keeps their credentials to themselves, and is responsible for what happens under their account, including what collaborators they invite do with it.
Plans and payment
Plans, prices and quotas are those shown on the pricing page at the time of purchase. A failed payment moves the account back to the free plan; we tell the photographer before and when it happens.
Acceptable use
No photographs of people who did not know they were being photographed in a place where they could expect privacy. No content that is unlawful where the event took place. No attempt to identify a person for a purpose unrelated to handing them their own pictures.
Intellectual property
Photographs remain the photographer's. We host and process them to run the service and claim no right over them. The site itself, its interface and its trademarks remain ours.
Availability and liability
We take reasonable steps to keep the service running and the data safe, without promising uninterrupted availability. We are not liable for a photographer's failure to inform or obtain consent from the people they photographed.
Ending the relationship
The photographer may close their account from the settings page at any time. We may suspend an account that breaches these terms, and will say why. Closing an account deletes photographs, selfies and facial templates; invoices are kept under a neutral identity because accounting law requires it.
Governing law and courts
These terms are governed by the law of {registrationState}, and the courts of {registrationState} have jurisdiction. This does not deprive a consumer of the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where they live, nor of the right to complain to their own data protection authority.
Language
These terms are drafted in English. Translations are provided for convenience; if a translation and the English version differ, the English version governs.
Changes
We may change these terms to reflect a change in the service or in the law. Each version carries a number and a date, and earlier versions remain available at a permanent address.