Terms of use
Draft. A lawyer reviews this text before the public launch. Parts marked in yellow are still to be filled in.
§ 1 Provider
StorySpark is offered by [name or company, legal form, address] (“we”). All details are in the imprint.
§ 2 What StorySpark does
StorySpark turns photos and details you enter (characters, their names and traits, the listener's age, a style) into an illustrated children's story. Text, photo descriptions and pictures are made by AI models of other companies (privacy notice, section 5). StorySpark is in a test phase (“beta”): features can change, and we cannot promise constant availability.
§ 3 Who may use StorySpark
- Only adults aged 18 or older may create an account. Children may read and listen to the stories but do not use the account themselves.
- During the test phase StorySpark is available by invitation only.
- An account belongs to one person. Several adults of a family share a family space through invitations.
- StorySpark is meant for private purposes.
§ 4 Your content and your responsibility
- Upload only photos you may use, and only of people who agree to the use described here. For children, their parents or guardians must agree. You confirm this in the app before photos go to AI services.
- Do not upload photos or texts that reveal health, religion, ethnic origin, sex life or other special categories of personal data, no nude photos, and nothing unlawful, violent or hateful.
- All rights in your photos and texts stay with you. You grant us only the rights we need to make your stories from them, store them and show them to you, and only for as long as the privacy notice provides.
§ 5 Stories and pictures
- Stories and pictures are made automatically. Despite our checks they may contain errors, odd details or content you dislike. Please read and look at them before you show them to a child.
- The pictures are newly painted and may resemble the people in your photos. We label them as made by AI; please do not remove that label when you pass the pictures on.
- You may use your stories and pictures privately: read them aloud, print them, share them with family and friends. [Commercial use; rights in AI output]
- We do not use your stories, photos or pictures to advertise StorySpark unless you allow us separately.
§ 6 What is not allowed
No automated access, no attempts to bypass limits, access controls or safety filters, no stories about real people without their consent, no reselling of the service. If these rules are broken we may block an account; we tell you and give the reason.
§ 7 Prices
During the test phase StorySpark is free, within the limits the app shows. Before anything costs money, we tell you and make a separate contract with you.
§ 8 Availability and changes to the service
We may change or end features, especially during the test phase, where there is a valid reason (for example technical or legal reasons). We tell you in good time about changes that affect you.
§ 9 Liability
We are fully liable for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, and under the Product Liability Act. For slight negligence we are liable only for breaching essential obligations, whose fulfilment makes use possible in the first place and on which you may rely, and only for foreseeable, typical damage. [Lawyer to review]
§ 10 Ending the use
You can end your account at any time; write to us at [contact address]. We then delete your family space, stories, pictures and photos as described in the privacy notice. We can end the contract with [four weeks'] notice; the right to terminate for good cause stays unaffected.
§ 11 Changes to these terms
When these terms change, the new text gets a new version. We show it to you in the app and ask for your agreement before you make new stories. If you do not agree, your finished stories stay and you can end your account.
§ 12 Law and disputes
German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence stay unaffected. We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.