Article 1 General Provisions

This Agreement is a legal agreement between you and HobbyLink (hereinafter referred to as the “Platform”) governing your use of this application’s services.

By downloading the App from an app store, registering, logging in, or accessing and using this App in any manner, you confirm that you have carefully read, fully understood and voluntarily agree to all terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy and the Community Policy.

This Agreement, the Privacy Policy and the Community Policy are legally complementary and together constitute the complete and valid legal service documentation between the Platform and its users.

This App is rated 18+ on app stores and is intended for adult users who have reached the age of 18. Individuals under 18 years of age are not permitted to register, log in to or use this App. An 18+ age advisory is displayed on the App launch screen and the app store product listing page. By registering, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that the birth information you submit is true and accurate; you shall bear all legal consequences and account liabilities arising from any misrepresentation of your true age.

Article 2 Account Usage Rules

You shall ensure that all information submitted during registration is true, lawful and valid. Registering an account by impersonating or misappropriating a third party’s identity is strictly prohibited.

You are solely responsible for the safekeeping of your account credentials and login password. All losses and legal liabilities arising from account disclosure, theft or unauthorized access due to your failure to safeguard your credentials shall be borne entirely by you.

The use of plug-ins, scripts, bulk registration tools, automated crawlers or other illicit technical means to interfere with or disrupt the normal operation of the Platform’s services is prohibited.

The Platform reserves the right to impose feature restrictions, temporary suspensions or permanent bans on accounts based on community rules and risk control data. Prior to imposing a ban, except in urgent circumstances such as suspected illegal conduct or malicious violations, the Platform may notify you of the reasons for the violation via in-app messages.

2.1 Account Deactivation Rules

You may submit an account cancellation request at any time via the prominent path: Settings – Account & Security. The cancellation entry is clearly displayed without hidden access or unreasonable barriers. Account cancellation is irreversible. We will complete the deletion or anonymization of your personal information within thirty (30) calendar days from the effective date of cancellation.

If your account is subject to pending user complaints, civil disputes, administrative audits, judicial investigations or violation reviews, we may postpone data deletion in accordance with applicable U.S. federal law and California state regulations. Risk control and dispute evidence retained pursuant to statutory requirements shall be used solely for legally mandated evidentiary purposes and shall not be used for any commercial exploitation of information.

Prior to initiating cancellation, you should back up important personal chat data stored on your device. Once account cancellation is completed, locally unbacked data will be irrecoverable, and the Platform assumes no responsibility for data recovery.

Once account cancellation takes formal effect, you will be unable to log in to the App or use any Platform services. Your social connections and personal data will be disposed of in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Where an account is forcibly banned or cancelled by the Platform due to fraud, serious violations or infringing illegal activities, the Platform will retain necessary compliance evidence data in accordance with applicable rules for statutory verification and dispute resolution purposes.

Article 3 Service Content

The Platform provides eligible registered users with instant text chat social services. Basic text chat functionality is permanently free for all registered users.

The Platform adopts a combined approach of automated intelligent risk review and random manual spot checks for content compliance moderation. The Platform reserves the right to remove or block verified violating content but does not guarantee the authenticity or legality of chat content independently generated by third-party users.

Article 4 Community Policy

4.1 Fundamental Code of Conduct

When using the Platform’s services, you must comply with applicable laws and regulations of your jurisdiction, U.S. federal law, California state law and public order and good morals. The following activities are strictly prohibited:

• Verbal abuse, persistent harassment, personal attacks, racial or gender discrimination, and online threats or intimidation;
• Posting pornographic, vulgar, bloody or violent, horrifying, illegal or politically sensitive content;
• Stealing or unlawfully disclosing others’ phone numbers, residential addresses, portraits, identification documents or other private personal information;
• Mass distribution of spam advertisements, external redirect links or offline commercial solicitation content;
• Conducting or inducing telecom fraud, online gambling, illegal merchandise transactions or other unlawful activities.

4.2 Prohibited Content

You may not upload or distribute: infringing content that violates third-party portrait rights or copyrights; fake investment or credit scam information; gambling promotional or inducement content; borderline sexually suggestive content; or malicious program code and harmful data designed to compromise the Platform’s system security.

4.3 Violation Disciplinary Measures

The Platform retains independent authority to determine user violations and may, based on the severity of the infringement, impose sanctions including removal of violating content, in-app formal warnings, feature restrictions or permanent account bans. If a banned user unilaterally applies to an app store for a refund solely on the grounds of account sanctions, the Platform may submit an appeal under applicable store rules to reject unreasonable refund requests and reserves the right to pursue compensation and legal liability against the violating user.

Supplementary After-Sales Remedy: If you discover pornographic, infringing or other violating content posted by others, you may submit a report via the Platform’s customer support. Upon verification, the Platform will remove the violating content.

Article 5 Children’s Privacy Protection

This App is positioned as an 18+ adult-exclusive application. The App is not designed or operated for children under 18 years of age, and all terms herein strictly comply with U.S. COPPA regulatory requirements:

The Platform does not actively collect or retain any personal information of minors under 18 years of age. Registration is open exclusively to users aged 18 and above. By registering, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. The Platform relies on back-end risk control measures to identify and block underage registration attempts.

If the Platform verifies that a minor has registered for and used the App by misappropriating another person’s identity information, the Platform reserves the right to ban the corresponding account.

A minor’s legal guardian may submit a request via the official customer support email, accompanied by statutory guardianship documentation, to request closure of the minor’s account and deletion of the corresponding personal data. Upon verification of the materials, the Platform will complete the account closure and data cleanup within thirty (30) calendar days.

Article 6 Data & Privacy Protection

6.1 System Permission Authorization Rules

All system permissions of the App will only trigger a pop-up authorization request when you activate the corresponding feature. You will not be able to use the relevant feature without granting authorization. Permissions are released immediately after use and there is no persistent background permission retention:

• Camera: used solely for capturing and uploading your profile avatar; only temporarily activated when you take the initiative to do so and immediately released once the action is completed;
• Photo Album: used solely for selecting a profile avatar image; only temporarily activated when you take the initiative to do so and immediately released once the action is completed;
• Local Storage: used solely for caching chat input drafts and avatar thumbnails; the App does not proactively access extraneous local data or cache sensitive private information;
• Network: required for instant message transmission and content loading and is an essential basic permission for the App;
• iOS IDFA Ad Tracking: fully compliant with the Apple ATT framework; a separate pop-up will clearly explain the purpose of the authorization. You may disable tracking at any time in your device’s system settings. Refusing IDFA tracking authorization will not restrict your use of core features such as basic text chat. Relevant details are also separately disclosed in the Privacy Policy.

6.2 Data Usage & Security

The Platform collects your personal information solely for the following purposes: providing normal App services; account login security and risk control; Platform content compliance moderation; product troubleshooting and optimization; and fulfilling statutory evidentiary obligations under applicable laws.

The Platform shares user data with compliant third-party technical service providers and official customer support systems only on a minimum necessary basis. In accordance with CCPA requirements, the Platform never sells any user personal information.

6.3 Your Privacy Rights

You may at any time apply via the in-app customer support channel to view or correct your registered personal information. Data deletion upon account cancellation shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, excluding data that is required by law to be retained.

You may withdraw previously granted device permission authorizations at any time in your device’s system settings. Pursuant to the California CCPA, you may submit a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” request via our customer support email. Upon receipt, the Platform will permanently cease all forms of compensated external transfer of your personal information.

Article 7 General Privacy Commitment

The Platform protects your personal information in accordance with this Agreement and the separately published Privacy Policy. Except where expressly required by mandatory legal provisions or where data is requested by judicial authorities pursuant to a formally issued legal instrument, the Platform shall not disclose your private personal information to any third party without your express written consent.

Article 8 Disclaimer

The Platform solely provides software-based social technical services and has established risk control and content review systems that meet prevailing reasonable industry standards. This disclaimer does not cover losses caused by the Platform’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.

The Platform shall not be legally liable for personal injury or property damage arising from private chat content between users, online social interactions, or communications voluntarily conducted between users.

Temporary service interruptions caused by carrier network failures, third-party SDK service provider failures, changes in national laws, regulations or policies, or force majeure events such as earthquakes and floods shall be remedied by the Platform within a reasonable timeframe as a priority, without indemnification obligation to users. The Platform does not guarantee that the App will operate permanently without fault or interruption.

All risks arising from your voluntary online social interactions shall be borne solely by you.

Article 9 Agreement Revision & Termination

Routine minor clause adjustments and updates will be announced via in-app notices. Material changes to terms affecting your core rights, interests or compliance rules will be announced via in-app pop-up thirty (30) days in advance, with simultaneous updated publication on the in-app bulletin board. Your continued use of the App after the new terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated agreement. Users who do not accept the revised terms may cease using the App without hindrance and cancel their account in accordance with the cancellation procedure.

In the event of a material breach of this Agreement or the Community Policy, the Platform may unilaterally restrict service access or ban the corresponding account.

Article 10 Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

This Agreement is governed by the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of California (excluding conflict-of-law rules). Relevant civil disputes shall be submitted first to courts of competent jurisdiction located in California. If mandatory laws of your jurisdiction require exclusive jurisdiction of local courts, such mandatory local statutory provisions shall prevail.

Article 11 Intellectual Property Rights

All intellectual property rights in the App software, including source code, trademarks, UI design and program copyrights, are exclusively owned by the HobbyLink Platform.

You warrant that your chat content does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights, portrait rights or other lawful rights and interests. All legal compensation and litigation liabilities arising from content infringement shall be borne independently by you as the publishing user.

Article 12 Additional Compliance Clauses

Third-Party SDK Disclosure: The Platform lists the names of third-party SDKs integrated into the App, the scope of information collected and the purposes of use in the Privacy Policy, in compliance with Apple and Google privacy disclosure rules.

User Dispute Appeals: If you have objections regarding an account ban or content moderation outcome, you may submit a review application to the Platform via the official customer support email.

Article 13 App Store Rule Priority

If any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the App Store or Google Play developer agreements, platform review policies or mandatory laws and regulations of your jurisdiction, the official app store rules and prevailing local statutory provisions shall prevail.

Contact Information

Email for privacy consultation and account inquiries: privacy@hobbylink.app