Terms of Use — Royal Studios

1. Who this is between

These terms are between you and Royal Studios, a digital studio operated from St. George, Utah ("Royal Studios," "we"). By using royalstudios.app, the client portal, an approval link, or the blog, you agree to them. If you're using the portal on behalf of a business, you confirm you're allowed to bind that business.

2. Client work is governed by your project agreement

Websites, apps, systems, creative, and marketing we build for you are governed by the written quote, proposal, or agreement for that project — scope, price, timeline, ownership, and payment terms live there. If anything in these terms conflicts with your project agreement, the project agreement wins.

3. The client portal

Accounts. We create portal logins for clients and their team. Keep your password private and tell us right away if you think an account has been compromised. You're responsible for what's done under your login.
Your content. You own what you upload — photos, video, captions, figures, ideas. You give us permission to store it, display it back to you, and use it to do your marketing work. You confirm you have the right to upload it (for example, photos you took or licensed).
Our tools. The portal software, its design, and the systems behind it belong to Royal Studios. You get a license to use it for your business while you're a client. Don't copy it, resell access to it, scrape it, or try to get around its access controls.
Approval links. An approval link lets anyone who has it see that item's content and caption without logging in. Share links only with people who should see the content. A decision made through a link is treated as your business's decision.
Availability. We aim to keep the portal up but don't guarantee uninterrupted access. We may change, suspend, or retire features. Client data is backed up by our database provider, but you should keep your own copies of original files.
Ending access. Either side can end the engagement per the project agreement. After that, we'll delete or return portal data within 90 days on request.

4. Acceptable use

Don't use the site or portal to break the law, infringe anyone's rights, upload malware, harass anyone, or send spam. Don't probe, scan, or test the security of our systems without written permission. Don't use automated tools to scrape the site or the blog beyond what search engines do.

5. The blog and site content

Articles, images, code samples, and designs on this site belong to Royal Studios unless noted. You can link to any page and quote short excerpts with attribution. Don't republish whole posts or use our designs, logos, or the halftone mark without permission. Product and company names on the site belong to their owners.

Blog posts are general information based on our experience. They aren't legal, financial, or professional advice for your specific situation, and prices or figures mentioned are examples that change over time.

6. Third-party services and links

The site relies on services like Vercel, Supabase, Resend, Stripe, and Google Fonts, and may link to or embed content from other sites (for example a reference video on Instagram). Those services have their own terms and privacy practices; we aren't responsible for them.

7. No warranties

The site, the blog, and the portal are provided "as is" and "as available." We don't promise they'll be error-free, secure, or always available, or that the information on them is complete or current. Warranties for work we've been paid to do are set out in your project agreement.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Royal Studios is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the site or portal. Our total liability for any claim relating to the site or portal (as opposed to a paid project, which is governed by its agreement) is limited to the greater of one hundred US dollars or the amount you paid us for portal access in the twelve months before the claim. Some places don't allow these limits; where that's the case, they apply only as far as permitted.

9. Indemnity

If someone brings a claim against us because of content you uploaded to the portal, or because you used the site or portal in a way that breaks these terms or the law, you agree to cover our reasonable costs of dealing with it.

10. Privacy

How we handle information is described in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms.

11. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. If we have a dispute, we'll both try in good faith to sort it out by email first. If that fails within 30 days, either side may bring it in the state or federal courts located in Washington County, Utah, and both sides agree to that venue. Nothing here limits consumer rights you have under the law where you live that can't be waived.

12. Changes and the rest

We may update these terms; the date at the top will change, and material changes will be announced to portal users by email. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. These terms, your Privacy Policy, your project agreement, and (for Halftone) the terms of sale are the whole agreement between us about the site and portal. Questions go through the contact form.