Terms of Service
Last updated: 2 June 2026
These terms govern your use of BrightBlur. By creating an account or using the app, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use BrightBlur.
BrightBlur is a photo sharing app built for groups that include children — nurseries, schools, clubs, families. Because of who it is for, the rules below are strict, and we enforce them.
Acceptable use
Section titled “Acceptable use”You must not use BrightBlur to upload, share, or request access to:
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), or any sexualised content involving a minor. There is zero tolerance. We report such material to the relevant authorities and preserve evidence as required by law.
- Intimate or sexual images of anyone shared without their consent.
- Photographs of children you do not have the right to share. Only upload images of a child if you are their parent or guardian, or you have the permission of someone who is.
- Harassment, bullying, threats, or hate speech.
- Content that is otherwise illegal where you or the people in the photo live.
- Impersonation of another person.
You also must not:
- Attempt to break, weaken, or circumvent the app’s encryption or its per-face access controls.
- Try to gain access to faces, photos, or accounts that have not been shared with you.
- Scrape, bulk-download, or programmatically harvest content or user data.
- Disrupt the service or access systems or data you are not authorised to.
Your content and your responsibility
Section titled “Your content and your responsibility”You keep ownership of the photos you upload. You are responsible for what you share and for having the right to share it. By uploading, you confirm you have that right and any consent required from the people pictured (or their parent or guardian).
BrightBlur encrypts faces on your device before they reach our servers, so we cannot proactively review the faces in your photos. That makes your responsibility for what you upload — and the reporting tools below — central to keeping the community safe.
Reporting and moderation
Section titled “Reporting and moderation”Anyone who can see a photo can report it. A report includes the reporter’s own decrypted copy of the relevant image so a moderator can review it.
Group administrators and the instance operator may remove reported content and may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these terms. Suspected CSAM is escalated to law enforcement. We do not need to warn you before removing content or suspending an account where these terms have been breached.
Suspending or closing your account
Section titled “Suspending or closing your account”You can delete your account at any time from Settings; this removes your data as described in the Privacy Policy.
We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these terms, if required by law, or to protect users — in particular to protect children.
No warranty
Section titled “No warranty”BrightBlur is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind. On-device face detection is not perfect and may miss a face or misidentify one; you are responsible for checking that a photo is safe to share before publishing it. We do not guarantee the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Limitation of liability
Section titled “Limitation of liability”To the fullest extent permitted by law, BrightBlur and its operator are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss arising from your failure to keep your recovery phrase safe, your decision to share a photo, or another user’s misuse of content you shared with them.
Changes to these terms
Section titled “Changes to these terms”We may update these terms. Material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date above, and where appropriate we will notify you in the app.
Governing law
Section titled “Governing law”These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Contact
Section titled “Contact”Email: support@brightblur.app