Legal
The legal agreement between you and Partikl
Last updated: April 4, 2026
Effective April 4, 2026
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Governed by Georgia law
Plain English Summary
Before reading the full legal text, here is what matters most: your data belongs to you, we do not train AI on your content, you can export your data at any time, there are no refunds but unused credits roll forward, and we will always give you time to export before any account closure. The full legal text below governs.
Plain English Summary
Key points — full legal text below governs
Your content is yours — we claim no rights to it
§5.1
We never train AI models on your data
§5.4
Export your data anytime, including during suspension
§13.3
No refunds — unused overage credits roll to next period
§9.6
Material changes notified 30 days in advance
§17.1
You are responsible for your API keys and BYOS compliance
§7.2, §8.4
Free tier has no SLA — paid plans do
§12.1
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set out below.
"Partikl", "we", "us", or "our" means Partikl (operated by Aleksei Umanchenko Individual Entrepreneur, a company registered in Georgia), including its employees, directors, and authorized agents.
"Service" means the Partikl platform, including the API, dashboard, workflow editor, processing pipeline infrastructure, AI addon marketplace, content delivery layer, and all associated software and documentation made available at partikl.io.
"Account" means the registered account created by a User to access the Service.
"User", "you", or "your" means any individual or legal entity that accesses or uses the Service under this Agreement.
"Customer Content" means any files, media assets, data, metadata, pipelines, workflow configurations, or other materials uploaded to or processed by the Service by you.
"Namespace" means a logically isolated project environment within your Account, used to organize assets, pipelines, and configurations.
"Pipeline" means an automated processing graph composed of nodes and edges that defines how Customer Content is transformed, encoded, encrypted, or delivered.
"Variant" means a processed output file generated from Customer Content according to a Pipeline (for example: thumbnail, index version, or original).
"Addon" means a third-party or first-party extension available through the Partikl marketplace that adds processing, AI, or delivery capabilities to a Pipeline.
"BYOS" (Bring Your Own Storage) means a configuration where you connect your own external storage provider (such as Amazon S3 or compatible services) to the Service instead of using Partikl-managed storage.
"BYOD" (Bring Your Own Domain) means a configuration where you connect your own domain name to serve content delivered through the Service.
"Processing" means any computational operation performed on Customer Content, including but not limited to: transcoding, resizing, format conversion, encryption, AI inference, metadata extraction, and variant generation.
"Overage" means usage of Service resources beyond the limits included in your current Subscription Plan.
"Spending Cap" means a user-defined maximum monthly overage amount beyond which new Processing tasks are deferred rather than immediately executed.
"Beta Feature" means any feature of the Service explicitly labeled as "beta", "preview", "experimental", or "early access".
"Effective Date" means the date on which you first create an Account or accept this Agreement, whichever is earlier.
By creating an Account, accessing the Service, using the API, or clicking any acceptance button, you agree to be bound by this Agreement in full. If you do not agree, you must not access or use the Service.
If you are accepting this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity to this Agreement. In that case, "you" and "your" refer to that entity.
You must be at least 16 years old, or the minimum age of digital consent in your jurisdiction if higher, to use the Service. To upload, store, process, or deliver adult content, you must be 18 years or older and comply with all applicable laws in your jurisdiction and in all jurisdictions where that content is accessed or delivered.
You represent and warrant that your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
We may update this Agreement from time to time. See §17 for notice requirements. Continued use of the Service after the effective date of any update constitutes your acceptance of the updated Agreement.
To use the Service beyond publicly accessible features, you must register an Account by providing accurate, complete, and current information. You agree to keep this information up to date.
Each person or organization may register one Account under the Free Plan. Creating multiple accounts to circumvent Free Plan limitations or Trial restrictions is prohibited and may result in termination of all associated accounts.
You are responsible for:
We are not liable for any loss or damage resulting from your failure to maintain account security.
The Service uses session tokens stored in your browser's local storage. We do not use authentication cookies. Session tokens are strictly necessary for the Service to function and do not require consent under applicable privacy law.
A Free Plan is automatically activated upon Account registration. The Free Plan includes the resources and limitations described on our Pricing page, which we may update from time to time with reasonable notice.
A paid plan Trial, where offered, must be activated manually by you in the dashboard. The Trial does not begin automatically. This allows you to explore the Service before starting any time-limited evaluation period.
To activate a Trial, a valid payment method must be on file. You will not be charged during the Trial period unless you explicitly upgrade.
Trials are limited to one per person and one per organization. We reserve the right to verify Trial eligibility and to terminate duplicate or abusive Trial accounts.
Upon expiration of a Trial, your Account automatically reverts to the Free Plan unless you have selected and activated a paid Subscription Plan. No data is deleted upon Trial expiration.
The Free Plan is provided on a best-effort basis with no uptime guarantees. See §12 for SLA terms applicable to paid plans.
You retain full ownership of all Customer Content. Partikl claims no intellectual property rights over your Customer Content. Nothing in this Agreement transfers any ownership of your Customer Content to us.
By uploading Customer Content, you grant Partikl a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, process, transform, cache, and deliver your Customer Content solely as necessary to provide the Service to you. This license terminates when you delete the content or close your Account, subject to the retention periods in §13.
Partikl personnel do not access or review your Customer Content except:
We use automated systems only for content moderation. See §6 for details.
We do not use your Customer Content to train, fine-tune, or improve any machine learning model, whether operated by Partikl or any third party. This prohibition applies to all content in all plans, including the Free Plan.
During Processing, the Service may create temporary intermediate files necessary for completing a Pipeline. These temporary files are deleted upon Pipeline completion or failure and are not retained as part of your Account.
The Service stores Variants generated by your Pipelines as part of the Service. Cached copies may be retained at CDN edge locations for delivery performance. Edge cache is cleared upon content deletion or when you explicitly purge it.
For Namespaces where encryption is enabled, Customer Content is encrypted using the algorithm and key management configuration selected for that Namespace. If encryption keys are lost or deleted by you, we cannot recover your content. We strongly recommend maintaining secure backups of any encryption keys you manage outside the Service.
Your use of the Service is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), available at partikl.io/legal/acceptable-use, incorporated by reference herein.
The Service uses automated systems to scan uploaded content for:
Automated scanning does not constitute human review of your content.
Any content identified as CSAM is immediately and permanently blocked. The associated Account is immediately suspended pending investigation. We will report confirmed CSAM to relevant authorities including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and applicable EU authorities, as required by law. There is no appeal process for CSAM-related account termination.
Content flagged by automated systems (other than CSAM) is:
If no action is taken within 14 days, flagged content is permanently deleted.
Adult content (NSFW) is permitted on the Service subject to the following:
If you use BYOS configuration, Partikl acts as a processing intermediary only. You are solely responsible for the content stored in your external storage, its compliance with applicable laws, and the security configuration of your external storage provider.
API keys and access tokens are issued to your Account upon creation and can be managed (created, rotated, scoped, or revoked) in the dashboard. You may configure granular permissions per token.
You are solely responsible for:
If you suspect an API key has been compromised:
Charges incurred before key rotation are your responsibility. Upon a verified report of unauthorized use, we will investigate and may, at our sole discretion, issue service credits for charges demonstrably resulting from unauthorized access.
We monitor API usage for unusual patterns (such as sudden large-scale data access or abnormal processing volume) and may notify you of anomalies. We reserve the right to temporarily rate-limit activity pending your confirmation in cases of suspected unauthorized access.
You may connect an external S3-compatible storage provider to your Account. In BYOS configuration, your Customer Content is stored in your storage, not Partikl's infrastructure.
When you use BYOS, Partikl operates as a processing and delivery layer only. We do not own, control, or take responsibility for:
You are solely responsible for:
Availability and performance of BYOS storage is excluded from Partikl's SLA commitments. See §12 for SLA scope.
The Service is offered on a subscription basis. Available plans, their included resources, and pricing are described on the Pricing page at partikl.io/pricing, which may be updated with notice as described in §17.
Your billing cycle begins on the date you activate your first paid Subscription Plan ("Billing Anchor Date"). You are billed on the same calendar date each subsequent month. If a month does not contain your Billing Anchor Date (for example, the 31st in a 30-day month), billing occurs on the last day of that month.
Usage beyond your plan's included limits is charged as Overage at the rates published on the Pricing page. Overage charges are calculated and billed at the end of each billing period, together with your subscription fee for the next period.
You may set a Spending Cap on Overage charges in your dashboard. When your Overage charges reach the Spending Cap:
Setting a Spending Cap does not affect delivery of already-processed content. Uploaded files are never rejected or deleted due to a Spending Cap being reached.
We will notify you by email and dashboard alert when you have consumed:
Refunds are governed by our Payment Policy, which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
In summary: a full refund is available within 14 days of your first charge on a new subscription plan, subject to the conditions and procedures described in the Payment Policy.
Overage charges, consumed AI addon credits, and charges on accounts terminated for AUP violations are non-refundable.
Billing errors (duplicate charges, charges after confirmed cancellation) are refunded automatically without requiring a support request.
Unused subscription days upon downgrade or cancellation are converted to Account Credit at a pro-rata rate, applied to future invoices, and expire after 12 months if unused.
If you are a consumer located in the European Union, you have a statutory right to withdraw from a purchase within 14 days. By activating a paid plan or Trial and acknowledging at checkout that the Service begins immediately, you expressly consent to immediate service commencement and acknowledge that you waive your right of withdrawal upon service commencement, in accordance with Article 16(m) of Directive 2011/83/EU.
You may still request a refund under our Payment Policy §6.1 (14-day satisfaction guarantee), which provides broader protection than the statutory right of withdrawal in practical terms.
This waiver does not affect your rights under §9.6 (billing error exceptions) or your rights under applicable consumer protection law that cannot be waived.
Prices shown exclude applicable taxes (VAT, GST, or similar) unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for all applicable taxes on your purchase. If we are required to collect taxes, they will be added to your invoice.
If a payment fails, we will retry using the payment method on file. If payment remains outstanding for 14 days after the first failure:
If payment remains outstanding for 60 days, we may suspend the Account and initiate the Account closure process described in §13.
We may change Subscription Plan pricing with 30 days written notice. Existing subscribers will be charged the new price starting from the first billing period after the notice period expires. If you do not agree with a price change, you may cancel before the new price takes effect.
Addons developed by Partikl are governed by this Agreement. First-party Addons that invoke third-party AI APIs (such as inference APIs) are listed in our Sub-processor List at partikl.io/legal/subprocessors.
Third-party Addons are developed by independent developers and are not operated by Partikl. By installing a third-party Addon, you:
When an Addon is invoked during Pipeline execution, it receives only the data necessary for its function as configured in the Pipeline. You are responsible for reviewing what data each Addon accesses before installing it.
Processing times and availability of Addon functionality are excluded from Partikl's SLA commitments.
Publishing an Addon to the Partikl marketplace is subject to Addon Developer Terms at partikl.io/legal/addon-developer-terms (published separately). Key requirements include: no data exfiltration beyond declared scope, no use of Customer Content for training, and compliance with this AUP.
When you submit Customer Content for Processing, the Service executes your configured Pipeline against that content. Processing is performed on a best-effort, queued basis according to your plan's priority level.
If a Processing task fails (due to pipeline configuration error, incompatible input, or infrastructure fault), the task is not billed. Partial results may be generated and are flagged as incomplete in the dashboard.
You are responsible for the correctness and compatibility of your Pipeline configurations. Errors resulting from incorrect node configuration, incompatible file types, or invalid parameters are your responsibility. We provide documentation and validation tools to assist in pipeline configuration.
You may initiate a reprocessing task to apply updated Pipeline configurations to existing Customer Content. Reprocessing tasks are billed at standard Processing rates based on the operations performed. Reprocessing tasks run at lower priority than new upload processing.
The Service delivers events to configured webhook endpoints and GraphQL subscriptions on a best-effort basis. We will retry failed webhook deliveries up to 5 times over 2 hours. We do not guarantee event delivery. You are responsible for implementing appropriate idempotency and retry handling in your applications.
SLA commitments apply to paid Subscription Plans only. The Free Plan is provided without uptime guarantees.
| Plan | Monthly Uptime Target |
|---|---|
| Free | No SLA (best effort) |
| Pro | 99.9% |
| Team | 99.95% |
| Enterprise | Custom (negotiated) |
Uptime is calculated as:
((total minutes in period - downtime minutes) / total minutes in period) × 100
Downtime means a period during which the Partikl API returns errors on more than 50% of requests for a continuous period of 5 minutes or more, as measured by our monitoring infrastructure.
The following are excluded from SLA calculations and do not constitute Downtime:
If monthly uptime falls below the target, you are eligible for a Service Credit:
| Actual Uptime | Credit (% of monthly fee) |
|---|---|
| 99.0% – < 99.9% | 10% |
| 95.0% – < 99.0% | 25% |
| < 95.0% | 50% |
To claim an SLA credit:
Credits cannot exceed 50% of your monthly subscription fee in any single period. Service Credits are your sole and exclusive remedy for any failure by Partikl to meet its SLA commitments. Credits are not redeemable for cash.
You may cancel your Account at any time from the dashboard. Upon cancellation:
We may suspend or terminate your Account if you:
Enforcement tiers (except for CSAM — see §6.3):
| Step | Action | Your Response Window |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Warning + content flagged private | 14 days |
| 2nd | Account restricted, support notified | 7 days |
| 3rd | Account suspended, data export available | 30 days |
| 4th | Account terminated, data deleted | — |
We reserve the right to skip steps in cases of severe or repeat violations.
Even if your Account is suspended, you retain access to data export functionality for the duration of your export window. Suspended Accounts cannot upload new content or execute new Processing, but can download existing Customer Content.
Export options:
Upon Account termination (whether voluntary or for cause):
Billing records, transaction history, and associated account information necessary for legal, tax, or accounting purposes are retained for the period required by applicable law (typically 7 years in EU jurisdictions), after which they are automatically and permanently deleted. This retention applies regardless of Account status.
We may, at our discretion, offer migration credits or import assistance for accounts transferring data from third-party services. Such offers are promotional in nature and may be adjusted or withdrawn at any time. Migration credits are governed by the terms of the specific offer.
The Service, including all software, interfaces, documentation, trademarks, and brand elements, is owned by Partikl and protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You shall not, and shall not permit any third party to:
These restrictions apply to the cloud Service. If Partikl releases self-hosted software in the future, that software will be governed by a separate license agreement with its own terms.
If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service, you grant Partikl a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose, without obligation or compensation to you.
We treat your Customer Content, Account configuration, usage patterns, and business information as confidential and will not disclose them to third parties except as required to operate the Service, as permitted by our Privacy Policy, or as required by law.
You agree not to disclose any non-public information about the Service that we designate as confidential, including unreleased features, internal APIs, or security assessments.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARTIKL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
For clarity: this disclaimer does not affect statutory rights that cannot be waived under EU consumer protection law.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARTIKL'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:
For users located in Georgia, liability is additionally governed by the Civil Code of Georgia. For EU consumers, mandatory consumer protection laws apply and take precedence where they provide greater protection.
IN NO EVENT SHALL PARTIKL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EVEN IF PARTIKL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
The limitations in this §16 reflect a reasonable allocation of risk and are an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the parties. Partikl would not provide the Service on these terms without these limitations.
Partikl is not liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of war or terrorism, natural disasters, pandemic, government action, internet infrastructure failures, DDoS attacks, failures of third-party infrastructure providers, power outages, or labor disputes.
We will notify you of a Force Majeure event within 48 hours of its occurrence and will use reasonable efforts to restore service as soon as practicable.
We categorize changes to this Agreement as follows:
| Category | Examples | Notice Period |
|---|---|---|
| Material | Price changes, data rights, payment terms | 30 days |
| Standard | AUP updates, new feature terms, support terms | 14 days |
| Minor | Typos, formatting, clarifications | No notice (see Changelog) |
| Security / Legal | Required by law or security incident | Immediate, with explanation |
For Material and Standard changes, we will:
If you do not agree with a Material change, you may cancel your Account before the change takes effect and receive Account Credit for any unused pre-paid subscription period.
All changes to this Agreement are recorded in our Legal Changelog at partikl.io/legal/changelog, regardless of notice category.
Before initiating any formal dispute process, both parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution. To initiate informal resolution:
If informal resolution fails, both parties agree to attempt non-binding mediation before initiating arbitration or litigation. Either party may propose a mediator. Mediation costs are shared equally unless otherwise agreed.
For disputes between businesses, any claim not resolved through §18.1-18.2 shall be submitted to binding arbitration.
For disputes under USD 10,000: simplified procedure through email arbitration with a mutually agreed arbitrator.
For disputes USD 10,000 and above: administered arbitration under the rules of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC) or ICC, at the claimant's election.
Seat of arbitration: Tbilisi, Georgia.
Language: English.
Number of arbitrators: 1 (sole arbitrator) unless
either party requests a panel of 3 for disputes above
USD 100,000.
If you are a consumer (using the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes), you retain the right to bring claims before the courts of your place of residence. Mandatory consumer protection rights applicable in your jurisdiction are not limited by this Agreement.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims must be brought on an individual basis and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative action.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of Georgia (Sakartvelo), without regard to its conflict of laws principles. For users located in the European Union, mandatory consumer protection laws of your jurisdiction apply and take precedence over this Agreement where applicable.
This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, DPA (where applicable), and SLA (where applicable), constitutes the entire agreement between you and Partikl regarding the Service and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if modification is not possible. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
Failure by either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that party's right to enforce that or any other provision in the future.
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our prior written consent. We may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, with notice to you.
Legal notices to Partikl must be sent to legal@partikl.io. We will send notices to the email address registered on your Account.
This Agreement is made in English. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and a translation, the English version prevails.
For questions about this Agreement: legal@partikl.io
For privacy questions: privacy@partikl.io
For security concerns: security@partikl.io
For DMCA notices: dmca@partikl.io
Version 1.0.0 — Effective April 4, 2026 See the Legal Changelog for revision history