Terms of Service

Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The words “including” and “for example” do not limit the generality of the words that precede them.

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in the place where you live if that is higher, to access or use the Platform. The Platform contains sexually explicit material intended for adults only.

You may use the Platform only where it is lawful for you to do so. You are solely responsible for determining whether your access to and use of the Platform complies with the laws that apply to you, and for complying with them.

By creating an Account you represent and warrant that you meet the requirements of this section, that no applicable law bars you from using the Platform, and that you have not previously had an Account terminated by us for breach of these Terms.

We may refuse to open an Account, or restrict access to the Platform, at our discretion and without giving reasons.

To use certain features of the Platform you must register an Account. You are responsible for the information you provide when registering and for keeping it up to date.

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and secure, and for all activity that occurs under your Account, whether or not you authorised it. You must notify us promptly of any unauthorised use of your Account. We are under no obligation to restore access to an Account whose login credentials have been lost.

Your Account is personal to you. You must not sell, transfer, lend or share your Account, or allow any other person to use it.

Your username must not impersonate any person, infringe the rights of any third party or otherwise breach the Acceptable Use Policy. Usernames are public.

You may delete your Account at any time through your account settings. Deletion is permanent. After deletion you will no longer be able to access your Account, and the Content you published will no longer be available on the Platform, except that messages you have sent may remain visible to their recipients and records may be retained as described in our Privacy Policy.

Any Balance remaining on an Account when it is deleted is forfeited, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Any Account may publish Content. To receive payouts of amounts earned on the Platform, a Creator must first complete verification and become a Verified Creator.

To apply for verification you must provide the information and documents we request, which may include proof of your identity and age and a signed model release. We may approve or refuse an application at our discretion. We process verification materials in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You set the price of each Paid Post, within any limits we specify. We may retain a platform fee on amounts paid to you, at a rate we make known to you before it applies.

Payouts are made to Verified Creators only, by the methods and subject to the conditions, minimum amounts and timing we make available. We may delay or withhold a payout, in whole or in part, where we reasonably suspect fraud, a breach of these Terms or a legal requirement to do so, for as long as the matter remains under review.

You are solely responsible for declaring and paying any taxes, duties and charges that apply to amounts you earn on the Platform.

Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, agency, partnership or joint-venture relationship between you and us. You publish Content on your own behalf and at your own risk.

When you unlock a Paid Post, the Creator grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to view that Content on the Platform for your own private, non-commercial use. You acquire no ownership of, or other right in, the Content.

You must not download, copy, record, capture, reproduce, distribute, publish, sell or otherwise make available any Content outside the Platform, by any means, including screenshots and screen recording, except where the Platform expressly provides a means of doing so.

Each purchase of a Paid Post and each Tip is an arrangement between you and the Creator; we provide the Platform through which it is made. All payments are final and non-refundable, except where we decide otherwise or applicable law requires.

If Content you have unlocked is removed by the Creator or by us, or if the Creator’s Account is deleted, you will no longer have access to it and are not entitled to a refund.

Paid Posts are unlocked and Tips are sent using your Balance. When you make such a payment, the corresponding amount is deducted from your Balance and credited to the Balance of the receiving Account, less any platform fee.

Your Balance is a record of amounts available for use on the Platform. It is not a bank account, a deposit, electronic money or a store of value; it bears no interest; and it may not be transferred, sold or exchanged except as these Terms expressly allow. It has no cash value, save that a Verified Creator may receive payouts of amounts earned in accordance with these Terms.

We keep records of the transactions made through the Platform. If an amount is credited or debited in error, we may correct it, including by debiting an amount credited to you in error.

We may freeze your Balance, reverse a transaction or refuse to process a payment where we reasonably suspect fraud, abuse, a breach of these Terms or unlawful activity.

This Acceptable Use Policy applies to every Account and to all Content on the Platform, wherever it appears: posts, Paid Posts, messages, comments, display names, biographies and profile images.

This Acceptable Use Policy is not exhaustive. We may treat as a breach any Content or conduct that, in our reasonable judgment, is contrary to its purpose.

If you believe that any Content breaches these Terms or the law, including Content in which you appear without having consented, please contact us using the contact form available on the Platform, identifying the username and the Content concerned and explaining the problem. We will review the report and take such action as we consider appropriate.

We are not obliged to review Content before or after it is published, and the fact that Content remains available does not mean that we approve of it or that it complies with these Terms.

We report apparent child sexual abuse material to the competent authorities. We may disclose information we hold where we are required to do so by law or by a valid order of a court or other competent authority, and only to the extent so required.

If you believe we have removed your Content or restricted your Account in error, you may contact us through the same form, and we will review the decision.

You retain all ownership rights you have in the Content you publish.

By publishing Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, copy, process, adapt (including by removing metadata and creating optimised copies), display and make that Content available on the Platform to the users you have chosen, for the purpose of operating and providing the Platform. This licence ends when the Content is deleted, except for Content you have sent in messages, which remains available to its recipients, and except to the extent we must retain Content to comply with the law or to resolve a report or dispute.

The Platform, including its software, design, text, graphics and trade marks, but excluding Content published by users, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right in it other than the limited right to use the Platform in accordance with these Terms.

If you believe that Content on the Platform infringes your copyright or another intellectual property right, contact us through the contact form described above, identifying the work concerned, the Content you consider infringing and the basis of your claim. We may remove the Content and, in appropriate cases, terminate the Accounts of repeat infringers.

Messages are stored on our systems in order to deliver them, and you should not regard them as private from us.

We may access and review messages where necessary to operate and protect the Platform, to investigate a report or a suspected breach of these Terms, or to comply with the law.

Messages you send may remain visible to their recipients after you delete your Account.

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted, secure or free of errors, that defects will be corrected, or that any Content will remain available.

Content is the responsibility of the user who published it. We do not endorse any Content or any user, and we do not verify the accuracy of anything a user says about themselves.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss or damage, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill or opportunity, arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Platform, however caused.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability to you arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Platform shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid through the Platform in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim and (b) one hundred US dollars (US$100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us and our officers, contractors and agents from and against any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with your Content, your use of the Platform, or your breach of these Terms or of any law.

You may stop using the Platform at any time, and you may delete your Account as described in these Terms.

We may suspend or terminate your Account, or withdraw the Platform or any part of it, at any time, with or without notice, including where you breach these Terms, where the law requires us to, or where we cease to provide the Platform.

On termination, your right to use the Platform ends immediately. The provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination, including those on Balance and payments, ownership and licences, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity and general provisions, continue to apply.

We may amend these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the Platform or to the law. Amended Terms take effect when they are published on this page, and the date at the top of the page shows when they were last updated.

Where a change is material, we will make reasonable efforts to bring it to your attention through the Platform. If you continue to use the Platform after a change takes effect, you accept the amended Terms. If you do not accept them, you must stop using the Platform and may delete your Account.

We may change, suspend or discontinue any feature of the Platform at any time.

These Terms, together with any policy or notice they refer to, constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning the Platform and supersede any prior agreement or understanding.

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Our failure or delay in enforcing any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms. We may assign or transfer ours, in whole or in part, to any person, including in connection with a reorganisation or a sale of the Platform.

We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Hidden Gem is established, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Nothing in these Terms deprives you of the protection of any mandatory provision of the law of the country in which you live.

These Terms are written in English. If they are translated, the English version prevails.

You can contact us using the contact form available on the Platform.