Welcome to StorytellerSketches! These Terms of Use govern your use of the StorytellerSketches online service (“the Service”). When you create a user account or use the Service, you agree to these terms.

The StorytellerSketches Service

StorytellerSketches (“We”) agree to provide you with the Service. The Service is made up of the following aspects:

• Hand-drawn images for sale
  We all need our communications to be clear, compelling and memorable. Visuals in general, and images in particular, are a great way to do that. The Service includes a large variety of images for sale – either individually or in Sets – suited to many different topic areas and communication purposes, created by a global network of Storytellers, or artists who excel in telling narratives with simple pictures. These hand-drawn images will help to increase the effectiveness of your business presentations, classroom lessons, social media posts, blog posts, internal notices, and anything else where you might need images to complement your text.
• Sets
  The images can be collected into custom groupings for your convenience, according to whatever topic or theme you have in mind, for reference and/or purchase. There are also ‘System Sets’, or Sets that have been created by StorytellerSketches, for convenience and inspiration.
• Favorites
  You can set any image to be a favorite. In this way, you can create a group of images for reference, convenience and inspiration.
• Following and connecting to Storytellers
  If you find an image that you particularly like, you can be notified whenever the artist – or Storyteller – who created that image posts any new images. You can also engage directly with the Storyteller for paid work, according to the skills that the Storyteller has indicated that they are available for, through their Storyteller Page.
• Ensuring stable access to our Service
  Parts of this Service are free for everyone. To provide this Service, We must store and transfer data across our systems, including outside of your country of residence, using a reputable secure web hosting service. It is the responsibility of this web service provider to ensure 99.9% uptime of the web hosting service, while it is Our responsibility to ensure the integrity and functionality of the code and other assets of the Service.
• Research and innovation
  We reserve the right to use the information We have from activity on our Service to study our Service and collaborate with others on research to make our Service better, and contribute to the wellbeing of our community.

The Data Policy

Providing the comprehensive customized version of our Service requires collecting and using your information. The Data Policy explains how We collect, use, and share information. It also explains the ways you can control your information. Agreeing to these Terms of Use also mean that you agree to the Data Policy.

Your Commitments

In return for our commitment to provide the Service, We require you to make the following commitments to us.

Who Can Use the Service. We want our Service to be as open and inclusive as possible, but We also want it to be safe, secure, and in accordance with the law. So, We need you to commit to a few restrictions in order to be part of the community.

• You must be at least 12 years old, or the minimum legal age in your country, or be accompanied by an older parent, relative or guardian, to use this Service.
• You must not be prohibited from receiving any aspect of our Service under applicable laws or engaging in payments related Services if you are on an applicable denied party listing.
• We must not have previously disabled your account for violation of law or any of our policies.
• You must not be a convicted sex offender.

How You Can’t Use this Service. Providing a safe and open Service for a broad community requires that we all do our part.

• You can’t impersonate others or provide inaccurate information.
  You don’t have to disclose your identity, but you must provide us with accurate and up to date information (including registration information). Also, you may not impersonate someone you aren’t, and you can’t create an account for someone else unless you have their express permission.
• You can’t do anything unlawful, misleading, or fraudulent or for an illegal or unauthorized purpose.
• You can’t violate (or help or encourage others to violate) these Terms or our policies.
• You can’t do anything to interfere with or impair the intended operation of the Service.
• You can’t attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unauthorized ways. This includes creating accounts or collecting information in an automated way without our express permission.
• You can’t attempt to sell, or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username or favorited groups of images or Sets) or solicit, collect, or use login credentials or content of other users.
• You can’t use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent.

Permissions You Give to Us. As part of our agreement, you also give us permissions that We need to provide the Service.

• You agree that We can contact you if these Terms of Use are ever updated. You give us permission to contact you via one-off emails (using the email address you supply as part of your user account) if ever there are any updates to these Terms of Use. We guarantee that these emails will be for this purpose only, and will not include any other content that promotes the Service, or solicits further engagement from you to use the Service or its affiliates.

Additional Rights We Retain

• If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, We may change it if We believe it is appropriate or necessary (for example, if it infringes someone’s intellectual property or impersonates another user).
• You can only use the Service as outlined in these Terms of Use, except with our prior written permission.
• You must obtain written permission from us or under an open source license to modify, create derivative works of, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source code from us.

Disabling or Terminating Your Account

• We can remove any information you share on the Service if We believe that it violates these Terms of Use, We are permitted or required to do so by law. We can refuse to provide, or stop providing, all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your account) immediately, to protect our community or the Service, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us. If We take action to disable or terminate your account, We may notify you where appropriate, but We are under no obligation to do so. If you believe your account has been terminated in error, or you want to disable or permanently delete your account, you can contact us at StorytellerSketches HQ.

Who Has Rights Under this Agreement

• This agreement does not give rights to any third parties.
• You cannot transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without our consent.
• Our rights and obligations can be assigned to others. For example, this could occur if our ownership changes (as in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets) or by law.

Who Is Responsible if Something Happens

• Our Service is provided "as is," and We can’t guarantee it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly all the time. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ALSO DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
• We also don’t control what people and others do or say, and We aren’t responsible for their (or your) actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or content (including unlawful or objectionable content). We also aren’t responsible for services and features offered by other people or companies, even if you access them through our Service.
• Our responsibility for anything that happens on the Service (also called "liability") is limited as much as the law will allow. If there is an issue with our Service, We can’t know what all the possible impacts might be. We also do not guarantee the efficacy of the images themselves. You choose to use the images at your own risk, and assume full responsibility for any detriment that occurs. You agree that We won’t be responsible ("liable") for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out of or related to these Terms or the use of the images, even if We know they are possible. This includes when We delete your content, information, or account.

How We Will Handle Disputes

If you are a consumer, the laws of the country in which you reside will apply to any claim, cause of action, or dispute you have against us that arises out of or relates to these Terms ("claim"), and you may resolve your claim in any competent court in that country that has jurisdiction over the claim.

Unsolicited Material

We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions, but may use them without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and are under no obligation to keep them confidential.

Updating These Terms

We may change our Service and policies, and We may need to make changes to these Terms so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, We will notify you (for example, through our Service) before We make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the Service, you will be bound by the updated Terms. If you do not want to agree to these or any updated Terms, you can delete your account.

Revised: 6 October 2023