SafetyGates

Terms of Service

Effective Date: January 11, 2026 | Version 2.0

Summary: Use our API responsibly. Your data stays yours. We don't train on your inputs. Wyoming law governs.

Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using the SafetyGates API ("Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.

Use of the demo API key ("demo") constitutes acceptance of these Terms.

1. Definitions

  • "Company" means CycleCore Technologies LLC.
  • "Service" means the SafetyGates content classification API and related services.
  • "Input Data" means text you submit to the Service for classification.
  • "Output" means the classification results returned by the Service.
  • "Customer" or "you" means the individual or entity using the Service.

2. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Company grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business purposes.

Outputs are licensed for your internal use only. You may use Outputs to moderate content on your own platforms but may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense Outputs to third parties without prior written consent.

3. Intellectual Property

3.1 Ownership

The Service, including all classification models, machine learning algorithms, training methodologies, and underlying technology, is and remains the exclusive property of Company. Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership rights in the Service or its components.

3.2 Restrictions

You agree not to, and will not permit any third party to:

  1. Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, models, or training data underlying the Service;
  2. Extract, harvest, or collect Outputs for the purpose of training, developing, or improving any machine learning model or artificial intelligence system;
  3. Systematically query the Service to approximate, reconstruct, or distill Company's proprietary models;
  4. Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or breach any security or authentication measures;
  5. Circumvent, disable, or interfere with rate limiting, access controls, or other protective features;
  6. Remove, alter, or obscure any technical protection measures, watermarks, or proprietary notices in the Service or Outputs;
  7. Resell, sublicense, or provide access to the Service to third parties without a written reseller agreement.

3.3 Competitive Use

You may not use the Service to develop, train, or validate a substantially similar content moderation or text classification service that you offer commercially to third parties. This does not restrict you from building applications that incorporate the Service for your own platform's moderation needs.

3.4 Benchmarking

You may publish performance benchmarks of the Service provided that: (a) your methodology is disclosed in full, (b) tests are conducted in good faith under normal usage conditions, and (c) you provide Company reasonable opportunity to review and comment prior to publication.

3.5 Technical Protection Measures

The Service may include technical measures (such as watermarking or usage fingerprinting) to detect and prevent unauthorized use. Circumvention of such measures is prohibited and may violate applicable law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

4. Your Data

4.1 Ownership

You retain all rights to your Input Data. Company does not claim ownership of Input Data.

4.2 No Training on Customer Data

Company will not use your Input Data to train or improve classification models without your explicit written consent.

4.3 Usage Analytics

Company may collect anonymized, aggregated usage metadata (such as request counts, latency, and error rates) to improve the Service. This metadata will not include the content of your Input Data in identifiable form.

4.4 Data Retention

Input Data is processed in real-time and is not stored beyond the duration of the API request, except as required for billing, abuse prevention, or legal compliance.

5. Acceptable Use

You may not use the Service to:

  1. Violate any applicable law or regulation;
  2. Process content involving the sexual exploitation of minors;
  3. Facilitate harassment, stalking, or threats of violence;
  4. Circumvent content moderation on other platforms;
  5. Generate false positives/negatives intentionally to evade detection systems;
  6. Exceed reasonable request volumes or engage in abusive usage patterns.

Company reserves the right to suspend access for violations of this section.

6. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Company and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from:

  1. Your use of the Service;
  2. Your violation of these Terms;
  3. Your violation of any third-party rights;
  4. Content you process through the Service.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

The Service provides automated classification based on machine learning. Company does not guarantee accuracy and recommends human review for critical moderation decisions. False positives and false negatives may occur.

8. Limitation of Liability

8.1 Liability Cap

IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY'S TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

8.2 Exclusion of Damages

COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER COMPANY WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

8.3 Basis of the Bargain

The limitations in this section reflect the allocation of risk between the parties and are an essential basis of the bargain.

9. Dispute Resolution

9.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to conflict of law principles.

9.2 Binding Arbitration

Any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Cheyenne, Wyoming, or remotely at the arbitrator's discretion.

9.3 Class Action Waiver

YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION WILL BE CONDUCTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.

9.4 Exceptions

Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights or prevent irreparable harm.

9.5 Small Claims

Either party may bring an individual action in small claims court for disputes within the court's jurisdictional limits.

10. Termination

10.1 Termination by You

You may stop using the Service at any time.

10.2 Termination by Company

Company may suspend or terminate your access immediately if you breach these Terms. Company may also discontinue the Service with 30 days' notice.

10.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends. Sections 3 (Intellectual Property), 6 (Indemnification), 7 (Disclaimers), 8 (Limitation of Liability), and 9 (Dispute Resolution) survive termination.

11. Modifications

Company may modify these Terms at any time. The current version is always available at this URL. Your continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of any modifications.

It is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically for changes.

12. Export Controls

The Service is subject to U.S. export control laws. You may not use the Service if you are: (a) located in a country subject to U.S. embargo (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions); (b) on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list; or (c) on the U.S. Commerce Department's Denied Persons List.

13. General Provisions

13.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Company regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements.

13.2 Severability

If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

13.3 Waiver

Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of future enforcement.

13.4 Assignment

You may not assign these Terms without Company's consent. Company may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

13.5 Force Majeure

Company is not liable for delays or failures due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, or internet outages.

13.6 Age Requirement

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may only use the Service with parental or guardian consent.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms:

CycleCore Technologies LLC
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://cyclecore.ai

Enterprise on-premises deployments are governed by a separate Enterprise License Agreement.

Last updated: January 11, 2026