Service operator and data controller: Osura Perera. Contact: contact@abiogenesisapps.com.
01. Using picture.us
picture.us lets you create event records, capture pictures, and submit photos for storage. The current build is a test service. Event-code joining and member-only galleries are available in the iOS and browser apps. Browser profiles can create events, join by code, capture or upload photos, and save shared photos. Personal photo-book design and PDF export are available. Physical-book ordering is enabled only after the print provider is connected and its delivery product has been verified. A random credential identifies your profile. Browser profiles and iOS profiles are separate; clearing browser cookies loses browser-profile access. Native recovery requires a connected Apple Account and configured Apple sign-in, which is not yet enabled for the browser app.
02. Your photos stay yours
You keep ownership of your content. You grant the operator permission to host, process, and transmit it only to provide and secure the service and carry out your instructions. This permission ends when the content is deleted, subject to legally required retention and copies already shared outside the service.
Only upload content you have the right to use and share. Respect guests' privacy and consent. Do not upload unlawful, abusive, exploitative, or infringing content or attempt to access another person's account.
03. Plans and payments
Legacy preview events retain their displayed allowance. Historical +10, +20 or +50 extra-photo packs retain their original additive meaning. Each pack is a consumable one-time purchase and adds to the existing balance only after provider verification. Prices are shown before confirmation. There is no subscription, automatic refill or automatic renewal. Payment setup is in progress; purchases remain disabled until providers and store products are ready. Refunds or disputed payments may withdraw purchased capacity without deleting existing photographs. Mandatory consumer rights apply.
Physical books are a separate, optional purchase per order. Where enabled, checkout is provided by Peecho. Review the complete production preview, product, quantity, delivery country, total price, tax, shipping, delivery estimate and printer purchase terms before paying. Printing can begin after payment and personalised products may have different cancellation rights; applicable mandatory consumer remedies remain. Contact the printer using your order confirmation for production, delivery, cancellation, defect or refund requests. Returning to picture.us from checkout is not proof of payment. Test checkouts do not charge or ship.
No existing user is automatically charged or enrolled in a future paid package. Mandatory consumer rights always apply.
04. Availability and responsibility
Test features may change or be unavailable. Keep your own copies of important photos, especially before deleting your account. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access or permanent archival storage. Nothing here excludes liability or remedies that cannot legally be excluded, including applicable consumer protections.
05. Leaving the service
You can export your data and initiate permanent account deletion in the app. Deletion removes your profile and hosted media; minimal keyed eligibility and financial records remain as described in the privacy policy. Copies already downloaded or shared outside the service remain outside our control. See the deletion guide.
06. Changes and contact
Material changes to these terms will be communicated before they apply when required by law. Updated terms will appear here with their effective date. Contact the operator above for questions or concerns.
Photo safety and host review
Do not upload unlawful, exploitative, abusive or infringing material. In Gallery, open another person's photo to report and hide it for yourself or block that person. Blocking hides their photos for you across events; it does not remove their account. Manage your blocks from Gallery. Reporting immediately hides the photo from the group pending operator review, including existing album and download access. The operator can dismiss a report or remove the photo; your personal report hide remains in place. The host can reject event photos or remove a contributor from that event. These actions do not restore photo credits.
New guest uploads share immediately after joining, subject to the event’s reveal settings. Routine host approval is not required. Older photos already awaiting host review keep that status until reviewed. Each submitted photo uses one credit, including pending or rejected submissions. Approved photos still follow the event's reveal settings. Look for the Waiting for host approval badge and refresh the gallery after review. Existing events are not silently switched to this policy. Reports trigger a shared-access hold and human operator review, not automated image classification; images are not automatically pre-screened before sharing.
The operator can hide a reported photo and restrict an abusive account's future uploads. Reports and blocks are private account records; report details are visible to the operator, not other guests. No separate copy of the image is retained as report evidence. Associated report records are removed when the image or related account is erased. Removal or blocking cannot erase photographs, PDFs, printer copies or storage links already saved outside the service. Physical checkout stays closed for events using host approval until print-file content can be verified.
Event download deadlines
When your event displays a download deadline, photo access ends 30 days after the event closes. Save your photographs and album PDFs before that deadline. Cleanup then removes event photo files and albums in batches. Events without this prospective policy are not automatically enrolled or deleted under it. Reminder emails 7 days and 1 day before expiry are sent only when reminders are configured and the host has a verified contact email; the app states when reminders are unavailable. Keep the displayed deadline yourself. Necessary paid-order records and active printer fulfillment may remain separately; downloaded copies outside the service remain outside our control.
Prepared trial and paid-session policy
New-session enrollment and public sales remain disabled pending production policy, operator and payment review. When enabled, a host can explicitly choose an eligible one-time 20-photo group trial, 120 / 500 / 1,500 paid photos, or existing paid balance. Unlimited friends share the pool. Choose +10 / +20 / +50 / +120 / +500 / +1,500 at any time before the session closes; every pack works with the trial. Draft pack prices are USD1.49 / 2.49 / 4.99 / 9.99 / 39.99 / 109.99; native localized storefront prices and the server web quote govern the reviewed purchase. Trial conversion adds paid capacity: 20 trial + 120 paid = 140 total, less accepted uploads. Legacy 36-photo preview events and historical purchased balances keep their existing rules.
Trial participation requires a verified identity and explicit acceptance, including guests. Once anyone shares the first photo, consenting participants use their one-time trial eligibility. An invitation, a name or typed email alone never accepts the trial. Browser trial guests use verified email; Sign in with Apple is available in the iPhone app and does not require sharing an email address. Paid QR guests can use paid capacity without accepting a trial.
The host starts the session; its first successful shared photo starts 48 hours for uploads. Invitations, cover images, planned dates and opening without a shared photo start no clock. Accepted uploads count even after deletion or host rejection. Photo and album downloads end 30 days after actual close, followed by cleanup in batches. Unspent paid value does not expire; it is separate from hosted-photo retention. Postponing an empty session keeps its invitation and allocation. Empty cancellation releases unused trial reservations and paid value. After use, close and carry unused paid photos into another session. A used session cannot restart and date edits cannot extend its window.
Postpone, cancel and request refund are different actions. A request is not a confirmed refund. Stripe requests remain pending merchant review; no automatic payout is made. Apple purchases use Apple's original purchase refund route in the iPhone app or Apple purchase support, and Apple decides. Confirmed original-provider refunds remove remaining value wherever allocated, while already accepted photos keep their normal download deadline. Do not repurchase while a payment is awaiting confirmation.