Introduction
These Terms of Service explain the rules for using Familiar. Familiar is a social platform for artists, clients, and creative communities.
By creating an account or using Familiar, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the platform.
Accounts
You may need an account to use some features of Familiar. You are responsible for keeping your login details safe and for all activity that happens through your account.
You must provide accurate information when creating an account.
You may not impersonate another person, brand, artist, or organization.
You may not sell, transfer, or share access to your account without permission.
You must contact us if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.
User content
You keep ownership of the content you create and upload to Familiar. However, by posting content on the platform, you allow us to display, store, process, and share that content as needed to operate Familiar.
You are responsible for making sure that you have the rights to upload and share your content.
You may not upload content that infringes someone else's rights.
You may not upload illegal, abusive, hateful, harmful, or misleading content.
You may not upload content that violates our community rules or platform policies.
Artist services and commissions
Familiar may allow artists and clients to communicate about commissions, requests, portfolios, and related services.
Unless clearly stated otherwise, Familiar is not a party to individual agreements between artists and clients. Artists and clients are responsible for setting clear expectations, prices, deadlines, licenses, and delivery terms.
Artists are responsible for describing their services accurately.
Clients are responsible for reading service details before submitting a request.
Both sides are responsible for respecting agreed terms, licenses, and payment arrangements.
Acceptable use
You agree to use Familiar in a safe, lawful, and respectful way.
You may not use Familiar for spam, scams, fraud, harassment, or abuse.
You may not attempt to disrupt, overload, scrape, reverse engineer, or attack the platform.
You may not bypass security systems, access controls, bans, or account restrictions.
You may not use Familiar to distribute malware or harmful links.
Content moderation
We may review, hide, restrict, remove, or report content if we believe it violates these terms, our policies, the law, or the safety of the platform.
We may also suspend or terminate accounts that break the rules or create risk for Familiar, its users, or its community.
Intellectual property
Familiar, including its design, branding, interface, software, and platform features, is protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or misuse Familiar's own materials without permission.
Content uploaded by users belongs to the relevant users or rights holders, unless stated otherwise.
Third-party services
Familiar may use third-party services for hosting, authentication, payments, analytics, storage, or other platform features. These services may have their own terms and privacy policies.
Availability and changes
We work to keep Familiar available and reliable, but we cannot guarantee that the platform will always be uninterrupted, error-free, or available.
We may update, change, suspend, or remove features at any time, especially when needed for security, maintenance, legal compliance, or product improvement.
Disclaimers
Familiar is provided on an as-is and as-available basis. To the fullest extent allowed by law, we do not make warranties about uninterrupted access, perfect security, suitability for a specific purpose, or the accuracy of user content.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Familiar and its team will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages related to your use of the platform.
Termination
You may stop using Familiar at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these terms, create legal risk, harm other users, or misuse the platform.
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. When we make important changes, we will update the effective date and may notify users through the platform.
Contact
If you have questions about these Terms of Service, you can contact the Familiar team through the official support or contact channels provided on the platform.