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Terms of Use

Effective date: July 14, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and certaByte LLC ("certaByte", "we", "us", or "our") governing your access to and use of certabyte.com, certaPixel, and related websites, products, and services (collectively, the "Services"). By creating an account or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

1. Eligibility and Accounts

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction) to use the Services. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide and for all activity that occurs under your account. We use passwordless magic-link sign-in; you are responsible for maintaining the security of your email account, since anyone with access to your email can sign in as you. Notify us immediately at support@certabyte.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

2. Description of the Services

certaByte is a third-party registration, certification, and notification platform for creators of digital assets. Creators upload finished works and supporting evidence; certaByte analysts review the submission and issue a certificate with a confidence rating called a certaScore™. certaByte also offers tools for sharing certificates via badges and QR codes, and for preparing and sending DMCA takedown notices and proof notices.

3. certaScore™ and Certification Disclaimer

A certaScore™ is a probability-based professional opinion, expressed in the language of confidence (Strong Confidence, Moderate Confidence, Limited Confidence, or Unable to Determine). You acknowledge and agree that:

  • A certificate and certaScore™ are not a guarantee of authorship, originality, or ownership, and no certification can be 100% certain.
  • A certificate is not legal advice and certaByte is not a law firm.
  • Certification is not a substitute for copyright registration with a government copyright office; it is designed to augment, not replace, governmental registration systems.
  • Issuance of a certificate and assignment of a certaScore™ are at certaByte's sole professional discretion based on the evidence submitted.

4. Your Content and License to Us

You retain all ownership rights in the content you upload, including finals, supporting documents, project files, and profile content ("Your Content"). By uploading Your Content, you grant certaByte a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, analyze, and display Your Content solely as needed to operate the Services — including reviewing submissions, issuing certificates, displaying public certificate and badge pages you choose to publish, serving files through our content delivery network, and preparing notices you request. This license ends when Your Content is deleted, except for content retained as described in Section 7 and in our Privacy Policy.

5. Your Representations

When you submit a work for certification or use our notice services, you represent and warrant that:

  • You are the author of the work or have full authority to act on the author's behalf.
  • All provenance information you provide — including publication links, dates, copyright registration numbers, and supporting documents — is truthful, accurate, and not misleading.
  • Your Content does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third party and does not violate any law.
  • Attestations you make during the submission and notice processes are made honestly and, where indicated, under penalty of perjury.

Submitting false or misleading information is grounds for rejection of a submission, revocation of certificates, and termination of your account.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Upload unlawful, infringing, or inappropriate content (uploads are automatically screened, and violations may be removed).
  • Misrepresent the authorship or provenance of any work, or attempt to certify a work created by another person or generated in a way you misdescribe.
  • Use bots, scripts, or automation to access the Services, or circumvent rate limits and upload caps.
  • Misuse badges or QR codes, including applying a badge to a work other than the certified work it belongs to.
  • File DMCA takedown notices or proof notices that you know to be false or that target lawful fair use.
  • Interfere with, probe, or disrupt the Services, or attempt to access another user's account or data.
  • Resell or commercially exploit the Services without our written permission.

7. Credits, Payments, and Refunds

  • Certain features, such as submitting a final for review, require prepaid credits purchased on the pricing page.
  • Credit purchases are processed by our third-party payment processor, Stripe. By making a purchase, you also agree to Stripe's own terms and privacy policy.
  • All credit purchases are final and non-refundable.
  • Credits never expire, but they have no cash value, are not transferable, and are forfeited if your account is terminated for violating these Terms.
  • Resubmitting a rejected final does not cost an additional credit.
  • Credits spent on a submission are not refunded if you later delete the final.
  • Prices and credit pack sizes may change at any time; changes do not affect credits already purchased.

8. Certificates, Badges, and Revocation

Issued certificates are published on public pages so that third parties can verify them; certificates and their review records are retained even if the underlying work is later deleted, so the attestation remains verifiable. certaByte may revoke, suspend, or annotate a certificate if we determine it was obtained through false or misleading information, if the work becomes subject to a credible authorship dispute, or as required by law. Badges and QR codes may only be used in connection with the valid, issued certificate they are tied to.

9. DMCA and Notice Services

Our takedown and proof-notice tools help you prepare and deliver notices, and certaByte may review notices before sending. However, you are solely responsible for the accuracy and legal sufficiency of every notice sent at your request. DMCA notices include statements made under penalty of perjury, and knowingly material misrepresentations can expose you to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). Takedown notices are generally not valid against fair use, such as criticism, commentary, reviews, and parody. certaByte may decline to send any notice at its discretion. Nothing in the Services constitutes legal advice; consult an attorney for legal questions.

10. certaByte Intellectual Property

The Services — including the certaByte and certaPixel names, logos, the certaScore™ mark, software, design, and content other than Your Content — are owned by certaByte LLC and protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services as intended. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the Services.

11. Third-Party Services

The Services rely on third-party providers (such as hosting, storage, content delivery, email, moderation, and payment processing through Stripe) and may link to third-party websites and platforms. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of third parties, including how a platform responds to a takedown notice.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Services and request account deletion at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms, create risk or legal exposure for us, or if we discontinue the Services. Upon termination, your license to use the Services ends; provisions that by their nature should survive (including Sections 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15) will survive.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CERTABYTE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY CERTIFICATE OR CERTASCORE™ WILL BE ACCEPTED BY ANY PLATFORM, COURT, OR OTHER PARTY, THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY TAKEDOWN NOTICE WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL OF INFRINGING CONTENT.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CERTABYTE LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO CERTABYTE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless certaByte LLC and its officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to Your Content, your use of the Services, your violation of these Terms, or any notice sent at your request — including claims of misrepresentation in a DMCA notice.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Missouri, and you consent to their jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by law, you waive any right to a jury trial and agree that claims must be brought individually and not as part of a class action.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date at the top of this page and, for material changes, provide additional notice such as an email or an in-product announcement. Your continued use of the Services after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

18. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and certaByte regarding the Services. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

19. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at support@certabyte.com or through our contact page.