Terms of use

Who operates Slapz

Slapz is operated by Alex Pavel. In these terms, we, us and our refer to Alex Pavel as the operator. These terms and the community guidelines govern your use of Slapz. The privacy policy explains personal-information handling.

Your account and eligibility

You must be at least 13 and meet any higher minimum age and other eligibility requirements where you live. Do not create an account if applicable law does not permit you to use the service. Store ratings and parental permission do not override legal restrictions. Provide accurate information, keep access secure and tell us about suspected unauthorised access. You are responsible for your own conduct, not automatically for every act of someone who accesses your account without your authority.

Documenting art, not authorising graffiti

Slapz helps people document existing street art and compare designs. It does not commission, request, authorise or encourage unlawful graffiti, vandalism, trespass, property damage or dangerous activity. A post or trail is not confirmation that artwork was lawfully created or permission to visit, photograph, reproduce, alter or remove it.

Images of existing graffiti may be shared for documentation only where taking and sharing the image is lawful and complies with these terms. An upload does not, by itself, establish who created the artwork. Do not falsely identify an uploader, artist or property owner as having committed an offence.

Access and prohibited conduct

Photograph from public places where photography is permitted. Independently obtain any necessary permission. Never enter restricted land, railway infrastructure, construction sites or unsafe areas to obtain a post. Do not climb structures, interfere with traffic or disregard barriers. A trail is not a route-safety assessment. Slapz is not an emergency service.

Do not use Slapz to organise, solicit, fund, instruct or encourage unlawful acts; identify property for damage; advertise unlawful services; or explain how to evade security or enforcement. Do not use challenges, comments, trails or rewards to encourage anyone else to do these things.

No harassment, stalking, threats, hate, impersonation, defamatory material, non-consensual intimate imagery, child sexual abuse or exploitation, illegal sales, scams or malicious content. Do not expose private information, vulnerable people or sensitive places.

Your contributions and other people's rights

You are responsible for submissions and must have the permissions, rights or other lawful basis needed to share both your photograph and material reproduced in it. Taking a photo does not give you ownership of the artwork shown. Public visibility, ownership of a wall or unauthorised placement of graffiti does not automatically remove copyright or other rights. Respect attribution and moral rights. Do not claim work you did not create.

Check the whole photograph, background, caption and location before uploading, not just the crop. A report or moderation decision is not a legal determination of ownership or wrongdoing.

Limited content licence

You retain rights you own in submissions. To the extent you are entitled to grant them, you give Alex Pavel a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, reproduce, display and communicate submissions, and make crops, thumbnails and technical transformations reasonably needed to operate Slapz, compare designs, moderate content and maintain shared trails. Service providers may exercise these rights only as needed to provide those services.

This does not transfer ownership of underlying artwork or give other users unrestricted reuse rights. Unrelated advertising, merchandise sales or other uses outside this licence require separate permission or another lawful basis. We do not require a blanket waiver of moral rights.

For content removed from the service, the licence ends when the relevant copies are removed, except for limited backup, safety or legal retention described in the privacy policy and content lawfully retained in shared contributions. Surviving rights are limited to those purposes, not new unrelated exploitation. Anonymisation does not eliminate an artist's rights. Rights and removal concerns can be raised through the process below.

Maps, matching and rewards

Locations, access conditions, attribution and matches may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. Community verification, automated safety checks and administrator approval do not certify lawful creation, access permission, copyright clearance or personal safety. Check circumstances independently.

Points and badges recognise permitted app contributions, not creation of unlawful artwork. Do not manipulate votes, rewards or accounts. We may correct associations and withdraw rewards connected with rule breaches. A changed match is not an accusation against an artist or uploader.

Rights complaints, reports and removal

Use Report in the app or email streetslapz@gmail.com. You do not need an account to email a copyright, property, privacy or safety concern. Include the affected post, trail or comment link or identifier, the reason, and a safe contact address. Where relevant, explain your rights or authority to act for someone else. Do not send passwords, unnecessary identity documents or copies of illegal imagery.

We may investigate and take proportionate action on credible concerns: restrict visibility, remove material, correct associations, withdraw rewards linked to breaches, or suspend accounts. Serious or repeated breaches may lead to termination. Urgent safety or legal requirements may require action without advance notice. Where lawful and appropriate, we provide reasons and a route to review. We do not promise continuous monitoring or that automated checks detect every problem.

Appeal eligible decisions in Profile, Settings, Moderation & appeals, or by email. Review does not guarantee reinstatement or postpone mandatory action. For immediate danger, contact local emergency services. A complaint does not itself entitle anyone to another person's account details; disclosures follow the privacy policy and applicable law.

Responsibility and consumer rights

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies rights, guarantees, remedies or liabilities that cannot lawfully be excluded, including applicable Australian Consumer Law protections. We do not guarantee that user content, maps or matching results will always be accurate, lawful or available.

You are responsible for losses caused by your conduct to the extent provided by applicable law. Responsibility for loss, including the contribution of the operator, developers or others, is determined under that law. These terms do not require reimbursement for our own negligence, unlawful conduct or breach, or impose an unlimited indemnity for claims against the operator or developers. They do not remove a third party's rights.

Changes, leaving and disputes

We may make reasonable service changes for safety, legal compliance, maintenance or development. Material policy changes will have a new dated version and appropriate notice in the app or otherwise. Where renewed agreement is needed, we will ask; an earlier acceptance is not acceptance of materially changed terms.

You can stop using Slapz and request account deletion. Necessary obligations and accrued rights are not extinguished by leaving. Contact streetslapz@gmail.com about disputes. This does not prevent urgent relief or exercising rights with a court, tribunal or regulator with jurisdiction. Mandatory protections where you live remain applicable.

Contact

Slapz is operated by Alex Pavel. Contact streetslapz@gmail.com for support, privacy or safety concerns.