1. Agreement to these Terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and Gustavo Paixao, who operates the Stiksy service ("Stiksy", "we", "our", or "us"). Stiksy includes the Stiksy mobile applications (iOS and Android), the stiksy.ca website, and related services (together, the "Service").
By creating an account, downloading or using our apps, or otherwise accessing the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
We may offer additional features, beta programs, or promotions from time to time; those may be subject to supplemental terms we present when you opt in.
2. Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information. Please read it carefully.
These Terms and our Privacy Policy are designed to work together. With respect to personal information, the Privacy Policy controls: if anything in these Terms were read to conflict with the Privacy Policy on how personal data is handled, the Privacy Policy prevails. Nothing in these Terms limits privacy rights that apply to you under applicable law, and we process personal information only as described in the Privacy Policy (including for moderation, safety, and legal compliance).
3. Eligibility and accounts
The Service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly permit such users to register. Depending on where you live, a higher age may apply for entering into contracts online or for using certain features; you must also meet any minimum age required by the Apple App Store, Google Play, or other platforms you use. If you are not old enough to agree on your own, your parent or legal guardian must review and accept these Terms on your behalf where the law requires.
By using the Service, you represent that you meet the applicable age and authority requirements above.
You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and for activity under your account. Provide accurate information and keep your profile up to date where the Service allows. You must comply with Apple App Store, Google Play, and other platform rules that apply to your use of the apps.
4. Description of the Service
Stiksy helps collectors organize sticker and trading card collections, track progress, discover duplicates, connect with friends, exchange messages, list or browse marketplace offers, and use optional features such as Stiksy Iris for recognition-assisted catalog matching. Features may vary by platform, plan, and region.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of the Service with reasonable notice where practicable. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation.
5. Our intellectual property and license to you
The Service, including its software, design, branding, logos, text, graphics, and other content we provide (excluding your user content), is owned by Gustavo Paixao or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. Except for the limited rights below, no rights are granted to you.
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to download and use the Service on devices you own or control, solely for your own non-commercial collecting purposes in line with the App Store and Google Play rules that apply to you. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or reverse engineer any part of the Service except where applicable law expressly permits, or attempt to extract source code from our apps.
6. Third-party names, trademarks, and references
The Service may display or reference names, logos, tournaments, leagues, clubs, publishers, brands, products, card or sticker designs, and other material that are trademarks or trade dress of third parties. Those references appear solely to help identify collectibles and related hobby information within the app (for example in catalogs, recognition suggestions, marketplace listings, or user-created metadata).
Stiksy is an independent product. Use of third-party names or imagery does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or partnership by those rights holders. The respective trademark owners are not responsible for Stiksy, for user-generated content, or for how information appears in the Service. If you are a rights holder and have a concern, contact us using the details at the end of these Terms.
7. User content and acceptable use
You are solely responsible for content you submit, upload, post, or transmit through the Service, including without limitation: in-app messages to friends; marketplace listing text, images, and pricing context; album and collection names and descriptions; catalog or metadata contributions; photos or scans submitted for Stiksy Iris; and any other materials you make available.
You represent that you have the rights necessary to share that content and that it does not violate applicable law or third-party rights. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to use the Service to:
- Harass, threaten, defraud, or harm others, or promote discrimination or illegal activity
- Infringe intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights
- Distribute malware, attempt unauthorized access, disrupt the Service, or bypass or test security or usage limits without permission
- Impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent your identity, manipulate ratings or listings, abuse messaging or social features, or spam other users
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or use automated means to collect data from the Service in a way that burdens our systems or violates these Terms, except as allowed by public search engines linking to public pages we expose for that purpose
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Service except where applicable law expressly permits despite this limitation
- Post marketplace or community content that is unrelated to sticker or trading card collecting, including unrelated promotions, spam, or off-topic commercial material
- Post content that is unlawful, obscene (where not permitted by law and context), or otherwise objectionable in a community focused on collecting
We may investigate reports of abuse and cooperate with law enforcement where required.
8. License you grant us
To operate the Service, you grant Gustavo Paixao a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, process, moderate, back up, and otherwise use your user content solely as needed to provide, secure, and improve the Service and the features you use (for example delivering messages, showing listings to other users, running recognition, enforcing these Terms, and maintaining reliable systems). This license is limited to operating and improving the Service and is not a license for us to use your content for unrelated purposes.
This license ends when you delete applicable content or close your account, except where we retain copies as described in our Privacy Policy or as required by law.
You retain ownership of your content subject to the rights above.
9. Moderation and enforcement
We may, but are not obligated to, review user content or conduct on the Service. We may remove, restrict, disable access to, or refuse to display content; suspend or terminate accounts; and take other appropriate action where we reasonably believe there is a violation of these Terms, abuse, fraud, safety risk, legal risk, or misuse that is off-topic for a sticker and trading card collecting community. We may act with reasonable discretion and may rely on reports, automated signals, or manual review.
Examples of content or use we may address include off-topic marketplace listings, unrelated commercial spam, harassment, attempts to bypass protections, or other behavior harmful to users or the Service. Moderation concerns the suitability and legality of content on the platform; it does not replace or override your statutory rights regarding personal data. Requests to access, correct, or delete personal information are handled as described in our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
10. Marketplace and peer-to-peer trades
Marketplace and related features help collectors connect. Stiksy does not process payments between users for peer-to-peer deals: you arrange payment, delivery, meetups, and any other terms directly with the other party outside the Service unless we clearly introduce an integrated payment feature in the future.
Stiksy is not a party to transactions between users. We do not guarantee the authenticity, legality, quality, safety, or description of items; availability of listings; identity of users; or that a transaction will complete. You are responsible for evaluating listings and other users, for complying with tax, customs, import/export, and other local laws, and for any risks of in-person meetings or shipping. Transactions are at your own risk.
Stiksy is not responsible for disputes between users, chargebacks, fraud, failed deliveries, or payment issues arising from arrangements you make with others, except to the extent we explicitly provide a payment flow in a future version of the Service.
Use good judgment and report suspicious or abusive listings through in-app tools where available.
11. Subscriptions and in-app purchases
Premium or other paid features may be offered through the Apple App Store or Google Play. Payments, billing, renewals, cancellations, and refunds for those purchases are generally handled by Apple or Google under their terms and your account settings with them. Applicable taxes may be charged by the store or authorities depending on your region.
Plan names, limits, and promotional pricing may change over time; where required, we will give reasonable notice of material changes to subscription features. Feature limits for Free and Premium plans are described in the app and on our website where applicable.
12. Stiksy Iris and automated suggestions
Stiksy Iris and other automated matching or suggestion features may produce results that are inaccurate, incomplete, or unavailable. Outputs depend on image quality, catalog data, and third-party systems described in our Privacy Policy.
Suggestions are not professional authentication, grading, or investment advice. You must verify stickers, cards, and catalog entries yourself before relying on them for trades, sales, or other decisions. We do not guarantee that any automated suggestion is correct.
13. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, and we do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions or liability limitations for consumers. In those cases, our liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by law, and you may have rights that cannot be waived.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Gustavo Paixao (operating Stiksy) and anyone providing the Service on its behalf will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Service.
Our aggregate liability for claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the claim or (b) CAD 50, except where liability cannot be limited by law (such as gross negligence, willful misconduct, or other categories that cannot be excluded under applicable consumer or other statutes).
14. Indemnity
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gustavo Paixao (operator of Stiksy) and anyone providing the Service on its behalf from claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your user content, your misuse of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.
15. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time. You may delete your account through in-app settings where available; deletion of personal data is handled as described in our Privacy Policy.
We may suspend or terminate access if you breach these Terms, if we detect abuse, fraud, or safety or legal risk, if we must comply with law, or if we discontinue the Service. Provisions that by their nature should survive (including intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law, and dispute resolution where applicable) will survive termination.
16. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the revised Terms on stiksy.ca and may notify you through the app or by email for material changes. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when these Terms were last revised. Changes become effective when posted unless we state a later date. Continued use after the effective date may constitute acceptance of the updated Terms where permitted by law; where the law requires a different process (for example explicit consent), we will follow that process.
17. Governing law and disputes
These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to the Service are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-law rules that would require another jurisdiction’s law, except where mandatory consumer protection rules or other non-waivable laws of your place of residence require otherwise.
Subject to those mandatory rules, you and Gustavo Paixao agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada for disputes that the courts may hear.
18. Your local laws
You are responsible for complying with all laws and regulations that apply to your use of the Service in your country or region, including those related to collecting, trading, taxes, customs, messaging, and content you post.
19. Contact
For questions about these Terms, contact us at the email below. Postal notice:
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Stiksy
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