legal: TOS + Privacy v1.2 — TAKE IT DOWN Act + iron-clad hardening #4
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Summary
Two-round revision of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on 2026-05-22:
Both docs: Effective
2026-05-08 → 2026-05-22, Versionv1.0 → v1.2. Existing section anchor IDs preserved so external links keep working.Changes — Terms of Service (
redesign/terms-v1.jsx)Grew 17 → 19 top-level sections.
Changes — Privacy Policy (
redesign/privacy-v1.jsx)17 sections retained; additions are mostly h3 sub-sections + paragraph additions.
Other changes
terms.html+privacy.htmlbumped?v=20260508a → ?v=20260522adocs/FINALIZED.md— comprehensive verbatim audit-trail entry per LAW #0Test plan
/terms→ Effective 2026-05-22, Version v1.2/privacy→ Effective 2026-05-22, Version v1.2Out of scope (flagged for attorney review post-incorporation)
Reference
Comprehensive legal & startup-formation reference doc set was written out-of-repo to
/run/media/sponge/HDD2/Documents/UnityAILab/(12 documents, ~15,500 words) — kept intentionally separate from this public site repo. Covers: WY-vs-DE incorporation playbook, multi-state founder rules, tax-structure decision, founder equity + OA scaffolding, company expenses + asset purchases (Section 179), operational complements (takedown, insurance, DMCA, incident response), TAKE IT DOWN Act applicability analysis, draft Law Enforcement Notice page, pre-attorney + pre-CPA checklists.Two-round revision of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on 2026-05-22 to (a) add the user-specified TAKE IT DOWN Act (Pub. L. 119-12) compliance representations, indemnification language, and Pollinations publication safeguards, and (b) perform a full iron-clad hardening pass across both documents to position Unity AI Lab for the hobby-to-startup transition with minimal lawyer rewrite on handoff. TOS changes (redesign/terms-v1.jsx): - Grew 17 → 19 top-level sections; existing #tos-* anchors preserved - New §II Prohibited Conduct & User Representations (TAKE IT DOWN Act, deepfakes/NCII, Pollinations safeguards, user reps) - New §III User Content and Indemnification (transient-relay framing, broad indemnitee list, full statutory reach) - §I Acceptance: electronic acceptance binding (E-SIGN + UETA), waiver of unawareness defense, no-reliance + entire-agreement - §VII Parents & Guardians: joint-and-several binding sub-section for any minor access (authorized or not); guardian indemnifies on §III + §XII terms; explicit waiver on guardian + minor's behalf - §IX Acceptable Use: bullets expanded 10→13 with explicit statutory citations (state deepfake laws, DMCA + Lanham, CFAA, CAN-SPAM + TCPA, COPPA + UK AADC + EU DSA, HIPAA/FERPA/GLBA/PCI-DSS/GDPR/CCPA) - §X Warranty: added no-regulatory-compliance + no-manner-of-access warranty disclaimers - §XI Liability: added "No Liability for Third-Party Services or User Misuse" sub-section; cross-references updated IX→XI - §XII Indemnification: expanded (a)-(f) → (a)-(i); survival clause - §XVI Changes: full rewrite — unilateral no-notice change right, user-side periodic-review obligation, posting = exclusive notice, continued use = binding acceptance, applies to minors/guardians/agents - §XVIII Misc: added no-reliance, 1-year time-bar, electronic communications consent, no-third-party-beneficiaries, independent counsel (no contra-proferentem) Privacy changes (redesign/privacy-v1.jsx): - §IV: added third-party-scoping disclaimer (Pollinations + upstreams + Cloudflare + GitHub Pages); user assumes all risk of third-party handling - §VII: added two new <h3> sub-sections — "Data Generated by the Service" (accurate Worker→Pollinations transient-relay framing — no more contradictory "client-side" claim) + "No Collection of Personal Data for AI Training" (Unity AI Lab doesn't train; no warranty about Pollinations or upstream training/retention) - §XIII Security: added "No warranty of security" paragraph (explicit disclaimer of duty to meet any particular standard — ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA Security Rule, NIST 800-53) - §XVI Changes: full rewrite matching TOS §XVI Both docs: Effective 2026-05-08 → 2026-05-22, Version v1.0 → v1.2 Cache-bust: terms.html + privacy.html ?v=20260508a → ?v=20260522a FINALIZED: docs/FINALIZED.md (verbatim user direction across multiple revision rounds, full section-by-section change record, defensive structure summary, architectural facts confirmed, follow-up flags). Reference doc set written out-of-repo to /run/media/sponge/HDD2/Documents/UnityAILab/ (12 documents, ~15,500 words) covering legal posture, incorporation playbook (WY vs DE), multi-state founder rules, tax structure decision matrix, founder equity + OA scaffolding, company expenses + asset purchases, operational complements, TAKE IT DOWN Act analysis, LEO notice draft, pre-lawyer/pre-CPA checklists.