Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the LeechGuard application and associated services (“Service”), operated by Watchwise LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using LeechGuard, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Data Storage and Privacy

LeechGuard is a cloud-connected service. Your account data, including protected asset records, monitored channels, scan results, detected infringements, takedown requests, face profiles, and audit logs, is stored securely on our cloud infrastructure (currently Supabase) and is accessible only to your authenticated account.

We do not sell, share, or monetize your personal data with third parties for advertising or data-brokering purposes. Data is shared only with service providers necessary to operate the platform (see Section 6).

You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time through the app. Upon verified deletion, your personal data is permanently removed from our systems within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

2. Biometric and Face Data

LeechGuard’s face monitoring feature processes facial recognition data, which may constitute biometric information under applicable law (including Illinois BIPA, Texas CUBI, and EU GDPR).

By enabling face monitoring, you:

• Confirm that any reference photo you submit is a photo of yourself or a person for whom you are the authorized legal representative
• Consent to your reference image being processed by third-party facial recognition services (AWS Rekognition, FaceCheck.ID) for the sole purpose of identifying unauthorized uses of your likeness
• Acknowledge that your reference image is stored in your account and used only for matching purposes. It is never used for advertising, sold to third parties, or shared beyond the services listed in Section 6
• Understand that you may delete your face profile at any time, which permanently removes the reference image and ceases all face-based scanning

We do not retain biometric identifiers beyond the term of your account. We do not sell biometric data under any circumstances.

3. User-Authorized Scanning

By initiating a scan, you authorize LeechGuard to access publicly available web pages, public image search APIs, reverse image search services, and public records to identify potential unauthorized uses of your registered content and likeness.

You confirm that:

• You own or are the authorized representative of all content and identities you register for protection
• You will not use LeechGuard to scan content or identities you do not have rights over
• You understand LeechGuard scans only publicly accessible content and does not bypass authentication, CAPTCHA protections, paywalls, or any access controls
• You will not use LeechGuard for harassment, stalking, or any purpose other than protecting your own intellectual property and likeness rights

4. Takedown Notices and Legal Enforcement

LeechGuard provides tools to draft and send copyright takedown notices (DMCA 17 U.S.C. §512) and right-to-erasure requests (GDPR Art. 17 / DSA Art. 17) on your behalf.

Your responsibility: All notices sent through LeechGuard are submitted in your name and under your authority. You are responsible for ensuring that:

• The content you identify as infringing is genuinely unauthorized
• The information in each notice is accurate to the best of your knowledge
• You have the legal right to assert the copyright or privacy claim being made

Submitting a knowingly false takedown notice may expose you to liability under 17 U.S.C. §512(f) and applicable law. LeechGuard does not provide legal advice and is not responsible for the legal outcomes of notices sent through the platform.

5. Quiet Mode: Automated Enforcement Authorization

Quiet Mode is a premium feature that authorizes LeechGuard to act as your designated representative to initiate scans, send legal notices, and follow up on deadlines automatically, without requiring your approval for each action.

By enabling Quiet Mode, you:

• Grant LeechGuard limited written authorization to send copyright takedown notices and right-to-erasure requests on your behalf
• Confirm you are the rights holder or authorized agent for all protected assets in your account
• Acknowledge that all notices sent in Quiet Mode are submitted under penalty of perjury in your name
• Agree to review any legal action notifications promptly
• Understand this authorization is logged with your user ID and timestamp and is revocable at any time by disabling Quiet Mode

This authorization does not transfer ownership of any rights or intellectual property to LeechGuard. Revoking Quiet Mode stops future automated sends; it does not retract notices already sent.

6. Third-Party Services

LeechGuard integrates the following third-party services to deliver its functionality. By using LeechGuard, you acknowledge that your data may be processed by these services as described:

• Supabase · Cloud database and authentication · Account data, scan records
• AWS Rekognition · Facial similarity comparison · Reference image (processing only, not stored by AWS beyond the API call)
• FaceCheck.ID · Face recognition search · Reference image
• Anthropic (Claude) · AI classification and document generation · Scan context, image analysis
• Bing Visual Search · Reverse image search · Reference image
• SerpAPI / Yandex · Reverse image search · Reference image
• RevenueCat · Subscription management · Purchase records, entitlements
• Stripe · Payment processing for purchases made on leechguard.com · Name, email, billing address, payment method (held by Stripe, never by us)
• Resend · Transactional email (legal notices) · Your email address, notice content
• Google (Gmail OAuth) · Sending notices from your email · OAuth access token for Gmail send scope only

We do not share data with these services beyond what is necessary to perform the stated function.

7. Subscriptions and Payments

LeechGuard offers free and paid subscription tiers. Paid subscriptions can be purchased in three places, and where you buy determines who bills you, how you cancel, and whose refund policy applies:

• Apple App Store · billed by Apple
• Google Play Store · billed by Google
• leechguard.com · billed by Watchwise LLC, with payments processed by Stripe

RevenueCat records your subscription and grants access across the app and the website in all three cases. Your subscription follows your account, so a plan bought on the website works in the mobile app and the reverse, provided you sign in with the same account.

Automatic renewal

• All paid subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price until cancelled
• Store purchases renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period
• Website purchases renew at the end of each billing period unless cancelled before it ends
• We will give you notice before any price increase takes effect on your subscription

Free trials and introductory offers

• Where an introductory free period is offered, it is available to new subscribers only
• A free period converts to a paid subscription automatically at the end of the free period unless you cancel before it ends
• The length of the free period is shown at the point of purchase and is the length that applies, whichever platform you buy on

Cancelling

• Bought on the App Store or Google Play: cancel in your App Store or Google Play account settings. We cannot cancel a store subscription on your behalf; that is the store’s rule, not ours
• Bought on leechguard.com: cancel from your account page, or by emailing contact@leechguard.com
• Cancelling stops future renewals. You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for

Refunds

• Store purchases: we do not receive your payment details and cannot issue a refund. Refunds are subject to Apple’s and Google’s policies and must be requested from them
• Website purchases: Watchwise LLC is the seller. We do not offer refunds for the unused remainder of a billing period as a matter of course, but we will consider any request made in good faith. Email contact@leechguard.com
• Nothing here limits any refund or cancellation right you have under the consumer law of your country, which applies regardless of what this section says

Consumers in the EU and the UK

If you are a consumer resident in the EU or the UK and you buy on leechguard.com, you ordinarily have 14 days to withdraw from the contract. Because LeechGuard is a digital service supplied immediately, you may be asked to agree that supply begins straight away and to acknowledge that doing so ends that right once the service has been fully supplied. Where that agreement has not been given, the 14 day right stands.

Taxes

Prices are shown in US dollars. Where sales tax, VAT or GST applies to a website purchase, it is calculated and added at checkout.

8. Adult Content

LeechGuard may scan adult content platforms (including leak sites and adult aggregators) when you have enabled adult content alerts. By enabling this setting, you confirm you are 18 years of age or older.

LeechGuard does not generate, host, or distribute adult content. Thumbnails from adult platforms are suppressed and never stored.

9. Prohibited Uses

You may not use LeechGuard to:

• Scan, monitor, or pursue takedowns for content or identities you do not own or represent
• Harass, stalk, or surveil any individual
• Submit knowingly false or misleading takedown notices
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or misuse the LeechGuard platform or its APIs
• Violate any applicable law or third-party terms of service

Violations may result in immediate account termination.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Watchwise LLC shall not be liable for:

• The outcome of any takedown notice, legal action, or counter-notice
• Failure to detect infringing content
• Data loss resulting from device failure or account deletion
• Any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from use of the Service

Our total liability to you for any claim arising from these Terms shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Michigan.

12. Amendments

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the Service or applicable law. We will notify you of material changes through the app or by email. Your continued use of LeechGuard following notice of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

13. Contact

Watchwise LLC
contact@leechguard.com