These Terms are an agreement between you and SEAX Enterprises, a sole proprietorship (“we,” “us”), covering your use of the ArtGauge app. By using ArtGauge, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use it.
1. What ArtGauge is
ArtGauge uses AI to identify a painting or artwork from your photos — suggesting the likely artist or style, the era, and the medium — to judge whether it is an original or a reproduction, and to estimate a market-value range. It is an informational tool to help you learn about and research a piece.
2. What ArtGauge is NOT — read this
- It is not a professional or certified appraisal, and not an authentication or attribution service.
- It is not a guarantee of a work’s authenticity, authorship, or value.
- Identifications, print-or-original judgements, and value estimates may be inaccurate or incomplete — AI can misread a photo, and a confident-sounding attribution can still be wrong.
3. Estimates, reliance, and your assumption of risk
Do not buy, sell, insure, consign, or part with a work based solely on ArtGauge. Before acting on anything potentially valuable, get a formal opinion from a qualified professional — a certified appraiser, an auction-house specialist, or the artist’s foundation or catalogue raisonné. Treat every estimate as a starting point for research, not a valuation you can rely on.
You use ArtGauge and its estimates at your own risk. Any decision you make — to buy, sell, insure, consign, hold, or pass on any item — is your own decision and your sole responsibility. To the fullest extent permitted by law, SEAX Enterprises, a sole proprietorship is not liable for any loss or damage, including financial loss, overpayment, selling below true value, a missed opportunity, or any consequence of relying on an inaccurate identification or value estimate. If a piece may be valuable, the responsible step is an independent professional appraisal before you act.
4. Your use of the app
ArtGauge signs you in anonymously — there is no account to create or password to manage. You’re responsible for how you use the app and for what you submit. Don’t misuse the service: don’t upload content you don’t have the right to, don’t attempt to break, overload, or reverse-engineer it, and don’t use it for anything unlawful.
5. Your content
You keep ownership of the photos and text you submit. You grant us a limited licence to process that content to provide the service — including sending it to our AI provider to generate an identification — as described in our Privacy Policy. We do not store your photos. You confirm you have the right to submit what you upload.
6. Purchases, subscriptions, and free use
ArtGauge is free to start, with a limited number of free scans. An optional ArtGauge Pro subscription unlocks unlimited scans. Purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store and are subject to Apple’s terms. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your device’s App Store settings. Any free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled before it ends. Refunds are handled by Apple under their policies.
7. Availability and changes
We may update, suspend, or discontinue features at any time. We aim for reliable service but don’t guarantee it will always be available or error-free.
8. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
ArtGauge is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law — including any warranty that an identification or value estimate is accurate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim relating to the service is limited to the amount you paid us for it in the 12 months before the claim. Some jurisdictions don’t allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.
9. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada, and applicable federal laws, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules.
10. Dispute resolution, arbitration, and class-action waiver
This section applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law. Some jurisdictions — including some Canadian provinces — restrict or prohibit mandatory arbitration and class-action waivers in consumer agreements, in which case parts of this section may not apply to you.
Most concerns can be resolved quickly by emailing support@seaxenterprises.com first. If we can’t resolve a dispute informally, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, you and we agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or ArtGauge will be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court — except that either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief to protect intellectual property.
Class-action and jury-trial waiver. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and we agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding, and each waives any right to a jury trial.
30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by emailing support@seaxenterprises.com with the words “arbitration opt-out.” Opting out won’t affect the rest of these Terms. If any portion of this section is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
11. Copyright and DMCA notices
You must own or have the rights to any photo or content you submit (see Section 5). We respect intellectual-property rights, respond to valid infringement notices, may remove infringing content, and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. If you believe content on ArtGauge infringes your copyright, email a written notice to support@seaxenterprises.com that includes: (1) your contact information; (2) identification of the copyrighted work; (3) identification of the allegedly infringing material and where it appears; (4) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized; (5) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you are authorized to act for the owner; and (6) your physical or electronic signature.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms; we’ll change the “Effective date” and, for significant changes, give notice in the app. Continued use means you accept the updated Terms.
13. Contact
SEAX Enterprises, a sole proprietorship — support@seaxenterprises.com