These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the SacredSex website (the “Site”), services, features, content, and applications (collectively, the "Services") offered by the publisher, Mettā Publications ("Mettā", "Company," "we," "us," "our").
By accessing or using the Services, you agree that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms.
If you disagree with any part of the Terms, then you are expressly prohibited from using the services and you must discontinue use immediately.
The Services are intended solely for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. By accessing or using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.
The Services are not designed for access or utilisation by any individual or organisation in any territory or nation where such access or utilisation would violate applicable laws or regulations or would require us to register or obtain authorisation within that territory or nation. Therefore, individuals who elect to use the Services from such locations do so at their own discretion and bear sole responsibility for adherence to local legal requirements, where and to the degree such requirements apply.
SacredSex Storybook is an online web application that allows users to generate fantasy stories which may include a user-configurable level of explicit language. We offer two service plans:
Account registration: To access the Services, you must create an account. You represent and warrant that all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete, and that you will maintain the accuracy of such information by promptly updating it as necessary. You further represent that you have the legal capacity to agree to comply with these Terms and that you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside. You agree that you will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise, nor will you use the Services for any illegal or unauthorised purpose. Your use of the Services must not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services or any portion thereof.
Account security: You are responsible for safeguarding your password and monitoring all activities or actions that occur under your account, regardless of whether you have authorized them. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account. We cannot and will not be held liable for any loss or damage that results from your failure to meet these requirements. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or modify any username you select if we determine, at our sole discretion, that it is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
Payment Obligations: By subscribing to the Paid Plan, you agree to pay all applicable charges and any related taxes. We may adjust our pricing upon providing you with notice.
Payment Processing: We process payments through third-party payment service providers. By subscribing, you authorise us to charge your selected payment method for the full amount of your subscription, including all applicable taxes and processing fees.
Automatic Renewal: Your premium subscription will automatically renew at the conclusion of each billing period unless you cancel prior to the renewal date.
Termination of Subscription: You may cancel your paid plan subscription at any time through your account settings. Cancellations become effective at the end of your current billing cycle, and we do not provide refunds for partial billing periods.
Refunds: We want you to have a great experience with using the SacredSex app. If you have subscribed to our paid plan (monthly) and have not created more than 5 stories and/or 3 audio narrations, you're eligible for a full refund—no questions asked. Contact us within 30 days of your purchase at support@sacredsex.app, and we'll process it immediately.
Ownership: You retain all ownership rights to the content you create using the Services, including stories, characters, and other materials (collectively, "User Content"). You remain solely responsible for your User Content and any consequences that arise from creating or publishing it.
License Grant for Free Service Users: If you are using our Free Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise employ your User Content in connection with operating, promoting, and improving the Services and our business, including for training and refining our AI models. This license includes the right to use any associated names, usernames, trademarks, or logos in connection with your User Content.
License Grant for Paid Plan Users: If you are a premium subscriber, we will use your User Content solely for the purpose of providing the Services to you. We will not use your User Content to train or improve our AI models, nor will we reproduce, distribute, publicly display, or create derivative works from your User Content for any other purpose without obtaining your explicit prior consent.
Publication Rights: When you choose to publish or share your User Content through any public features of the Services, you grant us an additional unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to distribute, display, promote, and make your published User Content accessible to other users and the general public through any media formats and channels. This publication license includes the right to use your username, profile information, and any associated branding in connection with displaying your published content.
Prohibited Content: You agree not to generate or share User Content that:
Our Monitoring Rights and Limitations: We reserve the right to monitor and moderate content on the Services, but we are under no obligation to oversee user-generated content, third-party materials, or user interactions with the Services. By using our platform, you acknowledge and agree that we may, at our discretion, review, monitor, and record communications and information exchanged through the Services for purposes of platform operation, quality assurance, and content moderation. Any such monitoring activities do not create liability on our part for user content or any harm arising from content usage. All monitoring will be conducted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Enforcement of Standards: We prohibit violations of these Terms on our Services. Our moderation team is authorised to flag content or user accounts based on reasonable assessment. When evaluating flagged content, moderators will consider both the context and intent behind the material in applying our Terms and community standards.
Response to Violations: Upon receiving reports of potential Terms violations from users, content owners, or through our own detection methods, we may investigate and take appropriate action. We reserve the right, exercisable at our sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, restrict access to, block, filter, or disable any User Content transmitted through the Services. We incur no liability to content creators or other users for such actions.
Your privacy is important to us. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information about you. By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms.
Data Storage and International Transfers: Our Services are primarily hosted and operated in the United States. If you access the Services from a region outside the United States with different data protection laws or privacy requirements, your continued use of the Services constitutes acknowledgment that your personal information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. By using the Services, you expressly consent to this cross-border transfer and processing of your data in accordance with United States laws and regulations, which may provide different levels of protection than those in your jurisdiction.
Our Intellectual Property Rights: We own or hold valid licenses to all intellectual property rights in the Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, graphics, and other original content (excluding User Content), as well as all features and functionality of the platform (collectively, the "Platform Content"). We also own or hold rights to all trademarks, service marks, logos, and trade dress associated with the Services (collectively, the "Marks").
Legal Protection: Our Platform Content and Marks are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws, as well as unfair competition laws and treaties, in New Zealand, the United States, and other countries worldwide. These rights are and will remain the exclusive property of our company and our licensors.
Restrictions on Use: You may not use our Marks, trade dress, or any confusingly similar marks in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent. Unauthorised use of our Platform Content or Marks may violate copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws and could result in legal action.
AI System Updates: We utilise custom AI models that have been fine-tuned for our specific use cases and are hosted on third-party cloud computing services. We reserve the right to update, modify, replace, or discontinue the AI models, underlying infrastructure, features, and functionalities at any time without prior notice to improve personalization, safety, reliability, or performance. Updates may result in changes to the nature, quality, or substance of AI-generated outputs, and we make no guarantee that future versions will produce identical results for the same inputs. The AI system and all features are provided "AS IS" without warranty, and we shall not be liable for any damages resulting from updates, modifications, or discontinuation of AI features.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, TO DENY ACCESS TO THE SERVICES, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT, AND DELETE ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU HAVE POSTED FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, INCLUDING FOR BREACH OF THESE TERMS OR APPLICABLE LAW. WE MAY ALSO BLOCK IP ADDRESSES OR TAKE OTHER TECHNICAL MEASURES TO PREVENT ACCESS.
IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS TERMINATED OR SUSPENDED, YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM CREATING A NEW ACCOUNT UNDER YOUR NAME, AN ASSUMED NAME, OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S NAME. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION, INCLUDING CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR INJUNCTIVE REMEDIES, IN ADDITION TO ACCOUNT TERMINATION.
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, SECURELY, OR BE AVAILABLE AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR LOCATION; (B) ANY ERRORS, BUGS, OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) THE SERVICES ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES, MALWARE, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (D) THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USING THE SERVICES WILL SATISFY YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, NOR OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, OR AFFILIATES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING FROM (A) YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (B) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF THIRD PARTIES ON THE SERVICES; (C) ANY CONTENT ACCESSED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES; OR (D) UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless our company and our licensors, licensees, and their respective employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debts, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) arising from or related to: (a) your use of or access to the Services, whether by you or any person using your account credentials; (b) your breach of these Terms; or (c) any content you post, upload, or transmit through the Services.
We reserve the right to modify, amend, or replace these Terms at any time in our sole discretion. If a revision is material, we will provide at least thirty (30) days' advance notice before the revised terms become effective. Our determination of what constitutes a material change shall be made in our sole discretion.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at support@sacredsex.app.