Terms of Use for Aligned AI's Dark Prompt Defender API
Effective Date: January 2025
Thank you for using Aligned AI's Dark Prompt Defender API. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of the API, along with any associated software, technology, and websites ("Services"). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you may not use the Services.
If you are using the Services on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.
1. Who We Are
Aligned AI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring safe and beneficial AI applications. For more information about Aligned AI, please visit our About Us page.
Our Services are provided by ALIGNED AI LIMITED, a company registered in the United Kingdom, with company number 13798390 and its registered office at 30 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, OX9 3EZ. (In these Terms, ALIGNED AI LIMITED is referred, together with its affiliates, as "Aligned AI", "we", "our" or "us").
2. Using Our Services
2.1 Eligibility
Minimum age. You must be at least 18 years old or the minimum age required in your country to consent to use the Services. If you are under 18, you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use the Services and ask them to read these Terms with you.
Registration. You must provide accurate and complete information if you register for an account to use our Services. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. If you create an account or use the Services on behalf of another person or entity, you must have the authority to accept these Terms on their behalf.
2.2 Permitted Use
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you may access and use our Services. In using our Services, you must comply with all applicable laws as well as the Service-specific terms and policies listed in these Terms. Examples of authorized activities include:
Integrating the API to enhance your AI system's security.
Using the API in accordance with its documentation and intended purpose.
2.3 Prohibited Use
You may not use our Services for any illegal, harmful, or abusive activity. For example, you are prohibited from:
Promoting or engaging in any illegal activity, including the exploitation or harm of children and the development or distribution of illegal substances, goods, or services.
Using our Services in a way that infringes, misappropriates or violates anyone's rights, including intellectual property and privacy rights.
Using our services to promote suicide or self-harm, develop or use weapons, injure others or destroy property, or engage in unauthorized activities that violate the security of any service or system.
Modifying, copying, leasing, selling or distributing any of our Services.
Automatically or programmatically extracting data or Output (defined below).
Interfering with or disrupting our Services, including circumventing any rate limits or restrictions or bypassing any protective measures or safety mitigations we put on our Services.
Using Output to develop models that compete with AlignedAI.
2.4 Compliance with Third-Party Terms
To the extent that our Services, such as our API,use and operate on third-party services, such as Google Cloud, you agree to comply with their terms, including Google Cloud's Terms of Service. Aligned AI is not responsible for violations of third-party terms caused by your use of the Services. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Aligned AI from any claims, damages, or liabilities arising out of or related to your breach of third-party terms through your use of the Services.
Our services may include third party software, products, or services, ("Third Party Services") and some parts of our Services, like our browse feature, may include output from those services ("Third Party Output"). Third Party Services and Third Party Output are subject to their own terms, and we are not responsible for them.
3. Content
Your content. You may provide input to the Services ("Input"), and receive output from the Services based on the Input ("Output"). Input and Output are collectively "Content". You are responsible for Content, including ensuring that it does not violate any applicable law or these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, licences, and permissions needed to provide Input to our Services.
Ownership of content. As between you and Aligned AI, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input and (b) own the Output. We hereby assign to you all our right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output.
Accuracy. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly evolving fields of study. We are constantly working to improve our Services to make them more accurate, reliable, safe, and beneficial. However, it will fail in certain circumstances to achieve the desired result and we are not liable for such a failure.
When you use our Services you understand and agree:
Output may not always be accurate. You should not rely on Output from our Services as a sole source of truth or factual information, or as a substitute for professional advice.
You must evaluate Output for accuracy and appropriateness for your use case, including using human review as appropriate, before using or sharing Output from the Services.
You must not use any Output relating to a person for any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, such as making credit, educational, employment, housing, insurance, legal, medical, or other important decisions about them.
Our Services may provide incomplete, incorrect, or offensive Output that does not represent AlignedAI's views.
Our IP rights
We and our affiliates own all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services.
3.1 Your Content
You may provide input to the Services ("Input") and receive output from the Services ("Output").
You retain ownership of your Input and Output, subject to your compliance with these Terms.
You are solely responsible for the legality, accuracy, and appropriateness of your Content.
3.2 Our Use of Content
Aligned AI may use your Content to:
Comply with legal obligations and enforce these Terms.
4. Fees and Payment
In order to use our Services, you may have to purchase, and use credit redeemable for our Services ("Service Credit").
We may offer the option to prepay for certain Services through the purchase of credits ("Prepaid Service Credits"). Prepaid Service Credits represent the amount you have paid in advance for use of the respective Services. Additional terms may apply to specific Services.
We may also offer Service Credits free of charge as part of a promotional program rather than for purchase ("Promo Service Credits"). Promo Service Credits will not be applied against any sales, use, gross receipts, or similar transaction based taxes that may be applicable to you.
Service Credits are not legal tender or currency; are not redeemable, refundable, or exchangeable for any sum of money or monetary value; have no equivalent value in fiat currency; do not act as a substitute for fiat currency; and do not constitute or confer upon you any personal property right. Service Credits are non-transferable and may be used only in connection with the applicable Service.
All sales of Services, including sales of prepaid Services, are final. Service Credits are not refundable and expire one year after the date of purchase or issuance if not used, unless otherwise specified at the time of purchase.
Your available Service Credit balance may be reviewed in your AlignedAI account. You are solely responsible for verifying that the proper amount of Service Credits has been added to or deducted from your balance. Your Service Credit balance is not a bank account, digital wallet, stored value account, or other payment device.
We prohibit and do not recognize any purported transfers, sales, gifts, or trades of Service Credits. Evidence of any attempt to use, sell, or transfer Service Credits in any manner violates these Terms and may result in revocation, termination, or cancellation of the Service Credits and/or your use of the Services without refund and/or immediate suspension or termination of your account.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your use of the Services in accordance with the Agreement, including suspending or terminating your Service Credit balance, in compliance with applicable law.
Fees: All charges will be made clear to you before purchase.
Billing. If you purchase any Services, you will provide complete and accurate billing information, including a valid payment method. If your payment cannot be completed, you may not gain access to our Services until payment is received.
We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on our website or by emailing the email associated with your account. The modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if we notify you by email, as stated in the email message. By receiving or using any Service Credit after the effective date of any modification to these Terms, you agree to be bound by the modified Terms.
5. Termination and Suspension
Your rights. You can stop using our Services and end your relationship with AlignedAI at any time by simply closing your account and stopping your use of the Services.
EEA consumer withdrawal right. If you are an EEA-based consumer, you can close your account and withdraw from these Terms within 14 days of accepting them by contacting support@buildaligned.ai. Note: Even if you withdraw from these terms, you are still liable for these terms during the time you used the service.
Aligned AI rights. We may take action to suspend or terminate your access to our Services or close your account if we determine, acting reasonably and objectively:
You breached these Terms.
We must do so to comply with the law.
Your use of our Services could cause risk or harm to AlignedAI, our users, or anyone else.
Your account has been inactive for over a year and you do not have a paid account.
Notice. If we terminate your account, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you in advance, unless it is not appropriate for us to do so, we reasonably believe that continued access to your account will cause damage to AlignedAI or anyone else, or we are legally prohibited from doing so.
Appeals. If you believe we have suspended or terminated your account in error, you can file an appeal with us by contacting us at support@buildaligned.ai.
6. Security and Privacy
Aligned AI implements industry-standard measures to protect your data. Your use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy which explains how we collect and use your information.
Aligned AI does not collect any personal information, including IP addresses, when you use the Service. If we receive any communication from you about the Service through our forms or email, we will use it only to answer and answer your queries.
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you provide to the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third-party websites.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will publish an updated version and effective date on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law.
Please contact support@buildaligned.ai if you have any questions or concerns not already addressed in this Privacy Policy.
7. Our Commitments to You
How we provide the Services. We commit to provide the Services to you with reasonable skill and care and to act with professional diligence. We do not promise to offer the Services forever or in their current form for any particular period of time.
Limitation of Liability. Provided that we have acted with professional diligence, we do not take responsibility for loss or damage caused by us, unless it is:
caused by our breach of these Terms or
reasonably foreseeable at the time of entering into these Terms.
We do not take responsibility for loss or damage caused by events beyond our reasonable control. We do not exclude or limit our liability to you in any way where it would be unlawful for us to do so. You still have the full protections of the laws applicable to you.
Statutory rights. You have certain statutory rights that cannot be limited or excluded by a contract like these Terms or that you are legally entitled to, for example, by virtue of being a consumer. These Terms are in no way intended to affect or restrict those rights.
EEA consumer guarantee. If you are an EEA-based consumer, then EEA consumer laws provide you with a legal guarantee covering the Services.
8. Dispute Resolution
Concerns. If we have a dispute, we would first like to understand and try to address your concerns before any formal legal action. To share your concerns you can contact us at support@buildaligned.ai.
Court. If we cannot resolve our dispute, you or we can go to courts. The courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.
EEA consumer alternative dispute resolution. If you reside in the EEA, you can also raise the dispute with an alternative dispute resolution body via the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform, which you can access at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
9. General Terms
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms. We may assign or transfer our rights or obligations under these Terms to any affiliate or subsidiary or any successor in interest of any business associated with our Services. If we do, any rights you have as a consumer will not be affected. If you are not satisfied, you have the right to terminate your relationship with Aligned AI and stop using our Services at any time.
Changes to these Terms or our Services. We are continuously working to develop and improve our Services. We may update these Terms or our Services accordingly from time to time. For example, we may make changes to these Terms or the Services due to:
Changes to the law or regulatory requirements.
Security or safety reasons.
Circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
Changes we make in the usual course of developing our Services.
To adapt to new technologies.
We will give you at least 30 days advance notice of changes that materially adversely impact you and the date that they will come into force either via email or an in-product notification. Any changes will only apply to our relationship going forward. If you do not agree to the changes, you must stop using our Services.
Delay in enforcing these Terms. If we or you delay enforcing a provision of these Terms, either of us can still enforce it later, and it will not prevent us or you from taking steps against the other at a later date. If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not affect the enforceability of any other part of these Terms.
Trade controls. You must comply with all applicable trade laws, including sanctions and export control laws. Our Services may not be used in or for the benefit of, or exported or re-exported to (a) any United Kingdom embargoed country or territory or (b) any individual or entity with whom dealings are prohibited or restricted under applicable trade laws. Our Services may not be used for any end use prohibited by applicable trade laws, and your Input may not include material or information that requires a government license for release or export.
Governing law. The law of the jurisdiction where you are a resident will govern these Terms.
10. Changes to These Terms
Aligned AI reserves the right to update these Terms periodically. We will notify you of significant changes through the Services or via email. Continued use of the Services after updates constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.
11. Business use of the Services Addendum
Commercial and business use. If you use our Services for commercial or business use, the following terms apply. In the event of a conflict between this Business Use of the Services Addendum and the rest of these Terms, this Addendum shall take precedence.
Limitation of liability. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA OR OTHER LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE LIABILITY AROSE OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Some countries and states do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages, so some or all of the terms above may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights. In that case, these Terms only limit our responsibilities to the maximum extent permissible in your country of residence.
ALIGNED AI's AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AND DISTRIBUTORS ARE ALSO INTENDED THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS ADDENDUM.
Indemnity. If you are a business or organisation, to the extent permitted by law, you will indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and our personnel, from and against any costs, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) from third party claims arising out of or relating to your use of the Services and Content or any violation of these Terms.
Governing law (business use). This Agreement, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England. Each Party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation.
12. Contact Us
For questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact:
Email: support@buildaligned.ai
Address: Aligned AI, 30 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, OX9 3EZ.
Aligned AI is committed to protecting your privacy. We at Aligned AI (together with our affiliates, "Aligned AI", "we", "our" or "us") respect your privacy and are strongly committed to keeping secure any information we obtain from you or about you. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you interact with our website, applications, APIs, products and services (collectively, "Services" or "Service"). By using the Service, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We do not collect any personal information, including IP addresses, when you use the Service. If we receive any communication from you about the Service through our forms or email, we will use it only to answer and answer your queries.
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you provide to the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third-party websites.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will publish an updated version and effective date on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law.
Please contact support@buildaligned.ai if you have any questions or concerns not already addressed in this Privacy Policy.