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IRYS APP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last Modification: These Terms and Conditions were last modified on 4 June 2025.

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of the Irys website and associated sites or applications (“Irys”), which is owned and operated by Silvertone Media Limited ("we", "us", or "our"), a company registered in England and Wales with company number 15459686 and registered office at:

C/O Gravita Oxford LLP First Floor, Park Central, 40/41 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1JD, United Kingdom.

Your use of the Irys is expressly conditioned upon your agreement to these Terms. Your use of Irys signifies your agreement to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, which are hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you access our services on behalf of a company or other entity, you warrant that you are an authorised representative of such company or entity with the right to bind such company to these Terms.

We reserve the right to change, modify, revise or otherwise amend any provision of these Terms, and any other terms, policies or guidelines governing your use of our services, at any time at its sole discretion by providing notice that the Terms have been modified. Such notice may be provided by sending an email, notifying users in-app,  by posting a notice on our website, or by posting the revised Terms with a revised modification date, or by such other form of notice as determined by us. Your use of Irys following the posting of the revised Terms, or other notice, will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications.

Definitions

“IPR” means any rights in or to, but not limited to, copyrights, patents, trademarks, brand names, trade names, business names, know-how or confidential information and any other rights in respect of any other industrial or intellectual property, whether registrable or not and wherever existing in the world and including without limitation all rights to apply for registrations of any of the foregoing rights.

“User Content” means any images, photos, content, text, or other media uploaded by you or other users of Irys.

Eligibility and Account Registration

• You must be at least 18 years old to use Irys.
• Irys is not intended for use by children under the age of 18.
• You agree to provide accurate and complete information during registration.
• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials.
• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
   

User Rights and Responsibilities
 

You retain ownership of your uploaded User Content but grant us a limited license to use it for service functionality, as per these Terms. We will never claim ownership of your User Content, nor display it anywhere other than on Irys without your permission. You may remove your User Content at any time.
 

• You confirm that you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or that you otherwise have the right to post such User Content and to grant the rights granted in these Terms. 
• If you upload User Content not created by yourself (“Third Party Content”), you must have permission from the copyright holder of such Third Party Content to do so and rightfully credit the copyright holder.
• You shall comply with any requirements or restrictions imposed on the usage of any Third Party Content by the respective copyright holder.
• You are solely responsible for your User Content. You agree not to post unlawful, harmful, or inappropriate content and agree to abide by the Community Guidelines.
• You must provide accurate, complete and true information about yourself as may be required in order to create your user account.
• Users who violate the Community Guidelines, or provide inaccurate or false account information may, at Irys’s sole discretion, have their user accounts suspended or terminated, and may be permanently banned from using any current or future features or services of Irys.
• You must respect the IPR of other people’s User Content.
• In using Irys, you must not violate applicable laws or regulations.
• You must not harvest, collect or gather other Irys users’ data without their consent.
   

Intellectual Property Rights
 

• Irys and all IPR therein (including without limitation any Irys trademarks, logos and branding) is owned by us, our licensors and/or our User Content providers , and are protected by intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms or as otherwise permitted by us, you agree not to: (1) commercialise, capture, transfer, upload, distribute, sell, license, modify, manipulate, reproduce, perform, publicly display, create derivative works from or based upon, or otherwise exploit IRYS and the IPR therein, in whole or in part, on any other medium now known or hereafter developed; and (2) remove or modify any trade names, product names, logos, trademarks, copyrights or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels on IRYS (each of the foregoing, “Unauthorised Conduct”).
• Any Unauthorised Conduct constitutes a violation of these Terms and an infringement of our IPR, our licensors and/or our User Content providers, and may subject you to civil and criminal liability and penalties under intellectual property laws throughout the world, as well as removal from the Irys service.
• During your use of Irys, you will be able to upload User Content, feedback, comments, suggestions, or other materials or files, including, without limitation, names or likenesses (all whether concerning you or a third party) (collectively, the “Submissions”). 
• By uploading Submissions, you shall be deemed to have granted us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable (as described herein), licensable, licence to cache, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, the Submissions on Irys. 
• If the company wants to use your User Content for marketing and promotional material you will be contacted, and we will seek your permission before using such User Content in this manner.
• If you enter your User Content in any of our in-app competitions, or a competition hosted by a brand or partner, you agree that we and the named competition partner will have an automatic right to use the winner’s User Content in marketing and promotional material relating to the competition, subject to separate competition terms and conditions. 
• One of our feature sets is to display image EXIF data. You have the right to some, all or none of the data to be displayed. We have the right to store this data with your images and guarantee that it will only be used to increase the functionality of the app and not used outside of Irys.
   

Company Rights and Responsibilities
 

Privacy and Data Protection

• Your personal data is collected and processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
• We may collect data for improving user experience but will not sell your personal information to third parties.
• We take reasonable security measures to protect your User Content and data. However, we cannot guarantee absolute security and we recommend you do not upload confidential or sensitive information.
   

Subscription Plans

• Certain features may require a paid subscription plan (a “Subscription").
• By signing up to Subscription, you agree to the subscription terms, including billing cycles, fees, and automatic renewal.
• Where advertised, your Subscription may start with a free trial. Free trials are available to new subscribers only (one per subscriber). The length of any free trial will be specified at the point of subscription and we will notify you and automatically bill your payment method for your monthly subscription fee at the end of the free trial period, unless you cancel your subscription prior to the end of the free trial period. You can cancel your subscription at any time before the end of your free trial.
• Your Subscription includes enrollment onto a recurring payment plan which automatically renews at the end of every monthly or annual subscription period (as applicable) unless cancelled. Following confirmation of your Subscription and any applicable free trial, payment will be charged to your chosen payment method and will recur at the start of every new Subscription period unless cancelled.
• If you sign up to a Subscription via a third party (for example Apple’s App Store, Google’s Play Store, etc) then your Subscription relationship will be with that third party and subject to its terms. All the provisions in these Terms relating to Subscription purchase, auto-renewal, billing, withdrawal cancellation, refunds and promotional offers will not apply and you should refer to the applicable third party’s terms.
• Each subscription plan is personal to the individual Irys user. It is non-transferable and may not be assigned to or shared with another individual or entity.
• We reserve the right to modify or discontinue subscription offerings, features, or pricing at any time. Material changes will be communicated to users in advance.
   

Cancellation

• You have a legal right to withdraw from your Subscription within 14 days of sign-up in most circumstances. Please contact the third party app store provider that you signed up through to enquire about your withdrawal rights.
• You may cancel your subscription at any other time via your account settings. 
• If you signed up through the Google Play or iTunes store, you may cancel your Subscription by downgrading through the corresponding app store. 
• The cancellation of a Subscription will go into effect at the end of your current billing cycle. 
• When your Subscription ends, your account will remain and become a free subscription. You can renew your Subscription at any time without opening a new account, although the Subscription fees may have increased. You can delete your account at any time.

Prohibited Activities

The following acts are prohibited by us and may lead to your removal from Irys:

• Posting offensive, illegal, or copyright-infringing content, as referred to in our Community Guidelines.
• Posting User Content that would constitute or encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence, violate any rights or endanger national security.
• Using Irys for commercial purposes including, without limitation, sending unsolicited messages containing promotions, political campaigning or advertising.
• Transmitting and viruses, corrupted data, or other harmful, disruptive files
• Engaging in spamming, hacking, or malicious activities.
   

Termination and Suspension

• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
• Users may delete their accounts at any time.
• Upon termination of your account, we may delete your User Content and revoke access to any stored content. We retain the right to retain certain information where legally required or for legitimate business purposes.
   

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

• All our services are provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. We cannot promise that Irys will be free from errors or omissions nor that it will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. Whilst we do take reasonable precautions to prevent the occurrence of computer viruses and/or other malicious programmes, we do not guarantee that Irys will be free from viruses.
• Irys may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our reasonable control. We will not be responsible to you or to any other person in the event that all or part of Irys is unavailable or altered.
• We are not responsible for User Content.
• We will not be responsible for any damage or loss caused to you where such damage or loss is not reasonably foreseeable to you and us when you use Irys, including where the damage or loss results from our breach of these Terms.
• We are not liable for any loss of data, content, revenue, opportunities, or earnings resulting from the use of, or inability to use Irys. This includes, without limitation, content deletion (intentional or accidental), account termination, or system failures.
• Nothing in these terms limits any liability: (a) for death or personal injury caused by negligence; (b) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) anything else which cannot be limited or excluded under applicable laws.
• We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation natural disasters, internet outages, or legal restrictions.
   

Indemnification

• You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless for any and all disputes, claims, damages, losses, and causes of action (including without limitation legal fees) arising from these Terms, your use of Irys, or your violation or claimed violation of any law or rights of a third party, or any other breach or claimed breach of the Terms.
   

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

• These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom
• Any disputes will be resolved through arbitration or local courts.
   

International Users

• Irys is located in the United Kingdom. 
• If you access the services from anywhere other than the United Kingdom you agree that any transactions within Irys occur in the United Kingdom. 
• You are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations applicable to your use of Irys.
   

Content Moderation and Storage

• Irys reserves the right to review, moderate, and remove any User Content that, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms , infringes upon intellectual property rights, is offensive, or does not align with our content guidelines.
• Uploading User Content to Irys does not guarantee its publication or visibility to other users.
• By uploading User Content, you grant us the right to store the content and associated metadata (including EXIF data), even if the User Content is not publicly displayed. All data is stored securely in accordance with our internal policies. 
• Stored User Content may be used internally to enhance the functionality of Irys, such as improving search, display, or personalisation features.
   

Username and Brand Usage

• You may not use a name, trademark, or brand you do not own or have explicit permission to use as your username, group name, or display name on Irys.
• We reserve the right to remove, modify, or reclaim any username or group name that infringes upon intellectual property rights, causes confusion, or violates our content or Community Guidelines. This includes names that impersonate companies, brands, or public figures, or that are misleading or inappropriate in nature.
   

Data Deletion Upon Account Termination

• If you choose to delete your account or uninstall Irys, all User Content and associated data may be permanently deleted from our servers.
• We do not guarantee data recovery after account deletion or app removal.
• It is your sole responsibility to back up any content you wish to retain before terminating your account or deleting Irys.
   

Misuse of Platform Features

• Users must not engage in any activity that manipulates the normal functioning of Irys or its community features. This includes, but is not limited to: 
  • Generating fake engagement (e.g. votes, comments) through bots or coordinated behaviour.
  • Vote rigging or manipulation in competitions, challenges, or featured content.
  • Using automated tools, scripts, or services to artificially influence rankings, group visibility, or outcomes of any kind.
  • Creating multiple accounts to influence competitions, content exposure, or rewards.
• Any form of manipulation or abuse of platform mechanics will result in immediate suspension or termination of your account and removal of related content or awards, at our sole discretion.
   

Right to Contact Users

• By registering on Irys, you agree that we may contact you using the contact information you provide (including email, in-app notifications, or push notifications) for: 
  • Administrative updates related to your account or the platform.
  • Information regarding competitions, feature updates, or changes to our Terms or Policies.
  • Promotional and marketing messages related to Irys or our partners (you can opt out of promotional messages at any time).
• You can manage your notification and communication preferences in your account settings.
   

Third-Party Links and Integrations

• The Irys App may contain links to or integrate with third-party services or platforms (e.g. social media sharing, payment providers).
• These third-party services are not owned or controlled by Irys, and we are not responsible for their content, privacy policies, or terms of use.
• Your interaction with third-party services is entirely at your own risk and governed by their respective terms and policies.
• Use of third-party login or integrations (e.g. Instagram sign-in, Google Pay) is subject to their terms.
• We are not liable for outages or data handling issues related to these third-party services.
   

Account Inactivity

• If your account remains inactive for a continuous period of 1 year, we reserve the right to deactivate or delete your account and associated content.
• Inactivity is defined as no logins or significant interactions with the App during this period.
• We will make reasonable attempts to notify you via email before permanent deletion.
   

Irys Availability and Maintenance

We may temporarily suspend access to Irys for maintenance, updates, or security reasons. We are not liable for any inconvenience, loss, or damages resulting from such downtimes.
 

App Store Terms

Your use of Irys may also be subject to the terms of use or service of the app store provider (e.g. Apple App Store or Google Play). We are not responsible for any breach of those terms.
 

Security and Breach Notification

• We take reasonable measures to protect your data, but we cannot guarantee complete security.
• If we become aware of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by law.
• Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and must notify us immediately of any unauthorised use.
   

Taxes and Withholding (for paid contests, sponsored groups)

• If you earn money or receive prizes through the App, you are responsible for reporting and paying any applicable taxes.
• We may be required to withhold taxes or request documentation for regulatory compliance.

Complaints

• If you have a complaint, please reach out to our Customer Support team first. You can contact us via email at support@irysphotos.com. Please provide as much detail as possible about your complaint, including any steps you've already taken, so we can investigate thoroughly.