These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Taper Empire platform, including the website at taperempire.com, its subdomains, and the recommendation engine offered through it (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the Service only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf.
2. The Service
Taper Empire provides an AI-assisted grooming-recommendation tool that analyzes user-submitted photographs and questionnaire inputs to suggest taper haircut styles, associated barber-communication guidance, and maintenance plans. The Service is offered for informational and personal use only.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature of the Service at any time without liability, including features made available during a beta or preview period.
3. Your account and access
Certain features may require authentication. You are responsible for safeguarding any credentials associated with your access and for all activity that occurs through your session. You agree to notify us promptly of any unauthorized use.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Submit content depicting another person without their consent.
- Submit content that infringes any third party's intellectual-property, privacy, or publicity rights.
- Use the Service to harass, defame, or harm any individual or group, or to generate content that violates the rights of others.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, scrape, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, prompts, weights, or training data of the Service except as expressly permitted by law.
- Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, including circumventing rate limits or security controls.
- Use automated means to access the Service except via documented public APIs and within published limits.
- Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Service or its outputs without our written permission.
5. Your content
You retain all rights to the content you submit to the Service, including photographs and quiz responses (“User Content”). By submitting User Content you grant Taper Empire a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to process the User Content for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
You represent and warrant that you own or have all necessary rights to the User Content you submit and that your submission and our processing of it will not violate the rights of any third party or any law.
6. Recommendations are not advice
The Service produces stylistic recommendations based on visual analysis and stated preferences. The recommendations are not medical, dermatological, psychological, or professional advice and should not be treated as such. Final decisions about your appearance, your hair, and your interactions with any barber or stylist remain yours. You acknowledge that results vary based on individual characteristics outside the scope of the analysis.
7. Intellectual property
Excluding User Content, all elements of the Service — including software, design, text, graphics, logos, taglines, recommendation methodology, and underlying models — are owned by Taper Empire or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. The Taper Empire name, “TaperMatch”, “Face Structure Read”, “Taper Geometry Scored”, “Profile Generated”, and associated wordmarks and logos are our trademarks.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes.
8. Third-party services
The Service relies on third-party providers (including model providers, hosting providers, and email infrastructure). Use of those providers is subject to their respective terms. We are not responsible for third-party services and disclaim liability for their acts or omissions.
9. Beta features
We may make experimental features available before general release (“Beta Features”). Beta Features are provided “as is,” may change or be removed at any time, and may not function as documented. You assume all risk of using Beta Features.
10. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT ANY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SUITABLE FOR YOU, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
11. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL TAPER EMPIRE, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. In such jurisdictions, the limitations above apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Taper Empire and its affiliates from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of (a) your User Content, (b) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms, or (c) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
13. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice. Upon termination, the provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive (including intellectual-property terms, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification) will continue to apply.
14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. You and Taper Empire agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. You and Taper Empire waive any right to participate in a class action. Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction for intellectual property infringement or violations of acceptable use.
15. Changes to these Terms
We may revise these Terms from time to time. The revised Terms will be effective on the date posted unless a later effective date is specified. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree with the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service.
16. Miscellaneous
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Taper Empire concerning the Service and supersede any prior agreements on the subject. If any provision is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force. Our failure to enforce a right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them freely.
17. Contact
For questions about these Terms please contact legal@taperempire.com.