Terms of service

1. The service

ColorCollect is a photo scavenger hunt game: each day it picks a target color, and you photograph real-world objects matching that color to fill a montage grid, either solo or together with friends in a shared "room". The site publishes the daily color, guides, and a link-in-bio hub for the app.

2. Eligibility

The app is rated for ages 12 and up. If you are under the age required by the laws of your country to agree to these terms without parental consent (16 in Germany and several other EU countries), you may only use group rooms and share links with a parent or guardian's permission.

3. Accounts and rooms

Group mode uses an anonymous, randomly generated account id and a display name you choose — we do not require an email address, phone number, or real name. Anyone with a room's 6-character code can join that room and see its contents; you are responsible for who you share a room code with. See Privacy policy for what data this involves.

4. Your content

You retain ownership of the photos you take and upload. By submitting a photo to a Group room, you grant the other participants of that room a license to view it as part of the montage, and you grant us the license needed to store and transmit it solely to operate the service (see Privacy policy for retention and deletion).

When you tap Share on a finished montage, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store that montage image and show it to anyone who opens the share link, on colorcollectapp.com and in the app, until the link expires (90 days) or you delete your data. Only share montages you have the right to share; if a photo shows other people, make sure they are fine with it.

5. Community rules: zero tolerance

Group rooms and share links let other people see your photos, display name, notes and comments. There is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. You must not post, or use a name or comment that contains:

• nudity or sexual content;
• hate speech, or content that attacks people for who they are;
• harassment, bullying, threats, or encouragement of self-harm;
• graphic violence;
• other people's private information, or photos of people who didn't agree to them;
• illegal content, spam or scams;
• content you don't have the right to share.

Display names, room names, notes and comments are checked against a list of offensive words and refused if they match.

6. Reporting and blocking

• In the app: report a photo, comment, player or shared montage from the ⋮ or flag menu next to it; what you report is hidden for you at once. Block a player from the ⋮ menu next to their name: you no longer see their photos, comments or montages in any room, and you can't comment on each other's photos. Manage blocks in Settings → Blocked players.
• Content reported by two people in a room (or by one person in a two-player room) is hidden for everyone automatically, and a shared montage reported by three people is taken down.
• Every report reaches us. We review reports within 24 hours, remove content that breaks these terms, and may remove all photos, comments and share links of a player who posts it.
• By email: if you believe a shared montage (a colorcollectapp.com/m/ link) or any other content is illegal or breaks these terms, email colorcollectapp@gmail.com with the subject "Content report" and include the exact link (or the room code), why you believe it is illegal or breaks these terms, your name and email address (you may omit them for reports concerning child sexual abuse material), and a statement that you believe in good faith that your report is accurate and complete. We confirm receipt, review every report promptly, diligently and objectively, and tell you what we decided. If we remove or restrict content, we inform the person who shared it (where we can reach them) and explain why. This address is also our single point of contact for authorities and users under Art. 11 and 12 of the EU Digital Services Act; we accept messages in English and German.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to: use the app or site to violate any applicable law; attempt to gain unauthorized access to another user's room, account, or our backend; interfere with or disrupt the service (including automated abuse of room creation, uploads, votes or reports); or use the service to distribute malware or spam.

8. In-app purchases

The app offers an optional one-time premium unlock and optional donations ("tip jar"). There are no subscriptions, and all core features remain free without purchasing anything. Purchases are processed entirely by Google Play Billing or the App Store; refunds are handled under their respective policies, not by us directly.

9. Intellectual property

The ColorCollect name, logo, and app/site design are owned by us. These terms do not grant you any right to use our branding except as needed to use the app or site as intended (e.g. sharing your own montages).

10. Disclaimer of warranties

The app and site are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at all times.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the app or site, or for content other users post. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

12. Termination

You may stop using the app or site at any time; Settings → Delete account & all data removes your local and server-side data as described in Privacy policy. We may remove the content of, or suspend access for, anyone who violates these terms.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by German law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Where applicable, mandatory consumer-protection law of your country of residence is unaffected.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date above, announced in the app's release notes where appropriate, and the app asks you to agree again before group play.

15. Contact

Questions about these terms: lancimator@gmail.com. Content reports: colorcollectapp@gmail.com (section 6).

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