Terms of
service.

Blink is a shared camera roll for one event. A host sets up a night, guests scan a QR code and shoot, nobody sees the photos until the reveal, and then everyone who joined gets the whole roll. You keep the rights to your own photos. Don't upload anything you didn't take or don't have the right to share. If something is on Blink that shouldn't be, tell us at joinblink.me/reportand we'll take it down.

This summary is here to be read. The sections below are what actually governs.

Blink is in an open testing phase. It is free, it is unfinished, and it is not a reliable place to keep anything. We are running it to find out what works and what doesn't, with a small number of early users. Things will break, features will change, and some of them will disappear.

Download the photos you care about. When your roll is revealed, save it. Treat anything on Blink as temporary — the copy on your own phone is the copy that lasts.

We have no obligation to store, keep, preserve, back up, or return any photo, video, or other content. During the testing phase we may delete any content, any event, or any account at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice — including before the retention window described below, and including as part of ending the test. We do not promise that content will be recoverable, and we do not offer a restore service. Nothing in these terms creates a duty of custody, bailment, or archiving.

Expect deletion at a year. Photos are kept for about a year after an event ends and are then permanently deleted. See the privacy notice.

No service levels. There is no uptime commitment, no support commitment, and no response-time commitment during the test — with one exception, which we do mean: reports of non-consensual intimate images, at joinblink.me/report.

If any of that is not acceptable for your event, please don't use Blink for it yet. That is a genuine request, not a formality — a wedding is not a good place to test unfinished software.

Blink is operated by Chariot Archive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Blink,” “we,” “us,” “our”). Chariot Archive, Inc. is the entity behind Blink and the party to this agreement; Blink is a product it operates, not a separate company.

Questions about these terms, and every other request in these documents: support@joinblink.me.

Hostscreate an account with an email address and a one-tap sign-in link. You're responsible for what happens under your account and for the nights you create.

Guestsnever create an account. You join a single event by scanning a QR code, following a link, or typing a six-character code. A signed cookie in your browser ties you to that one event — it isn't a login, it doesn't follow you to other events, and clearing it ends your session. Giving an email address is optional and is used to send you the night when it's revealed.

You must be old enough to agree to a contract where you live. Blink is not designed for children, and we don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.

By creating an event you represent that:

• you have the authority to invite the people you're inviting, and to run a shared photo roll at the place the event happens;
• you'll tell your guests, honestly, what the roll is — a QR code on a table is an invitation, not a substitute for telling people they're being photographed;
• you won't use Blink to photograph people who have said no, or in a place where people reasonably expect not to be photographed;
• you're responsible for the content your guests upload to your event, to the extent you control who is in the room.

Hosts can delete their event. Deletion has a 30-day undo window, after which the photos are permanently removed — see the privacy notice for what that means in practice.

Every time you add a photo or video to a roll, you represent that:

• you took it, or you have the right to share it;
• sharing it with everyone else at that event doesn't violate anyone's rights — including the rights of the people in the frame;
• it isn't an intimate image of someone who hasn't agreed to it being shared, and isn't sexual content involving a minor;
• it isn't unlawful, harassing, or something you're only uploading to hurt the person in it.

You keep your copyright.We don't claim ownership of your photos. You give Blink permission to store them, process them (resizing, thumbnails, the film look applied on download), and show them to the other people who joined that same event — and to nobody else. That permission exists so the product can work, and it ends when the photo is deleted.

We may remove any photo, end any event, or terminate any host account, at our discretion, without notice — including when we think content breaks these terms, breaks the law, or puts someone at risk. We don't owe anyone a hearing before doing it. In practice we'd rather tell you why, and usually will.

How to report a photo: joinblink.me/report. You do not need an account, and you do not need to have been at the event. Reports of non-consensual intimate images are handled first — see that page for the commitment we make on timing.

Repeat infringers. Hosts whose events repeatedly carry infringing or violating content will have their accounts terminated. Guests who repeatedly upload such content will have their email address and join tokens blocked from joining events.

Copyright complaints have their own process: joinblink.me/dmca.

Photos taken during an event are hidden — from guests and from the host — until the reveal time the host set. At the reveal, everyone who joined can see the whole roll, and everyone who left an email address gets a message telling them it's ready.

During the testing phase, photos are kept for about a year after the event ends and are then permanently deleted. We try to warn everyone by email before a gallery comes down, but — as the testing section above says — that warning is a courtesy, not a promise, and we may delete content sooner.

Blink is not a backup service and not a storage service. Keep your own copy of anything that matters to you. Download the roll when it is revealed.

Blink has prices, and you see them before you pay. A host sizes their night — how many friends, how many shots each — and the amount for that roll is shown in full before any payment starts. Your first night is on us, up to 25 friends.

Guests never pay. Scanning a code, shooting, and getting the roll in the morning cost a guest nothing, ever. The host buys the roll; everyone else is just at the party.

Payment is handled by a processor we name at checkout, and we never see your card number.

Blink is provided “as is” and “as available,” and — while it is in testing — with the express understanding that it is experimental and unproven. We don't warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or fit to be relied on, or that photos will not be lost, corrupted, delayed, revealed at the wrong time, or never delivered at all.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, and any warranty arising from course of dealing or trade usage. No advice or information you get from us, in any form, creates a warranty.

You use Blink at your own risk, and you are responsible for keeping your own copies of anything you would be upset to lose.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to Blink is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you actually paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) one hundred US dollars (US$100).

We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost goodwill, lost data, or lost, deleted, or unrecoverable photos and videos — even if we were told such damages were possible. This applies however the claim is framed: contract, negligence, strict liability, or anything else.

You accept this specifically because Blink is a free test. These limits are a basic part of the deal — we are able to offer an unfinished product for nothing only because losing a photo cannot expose us to unlimited liability. If you need a guarantee that photos survive, Blink is not the right tool yet.

Some jurisdictions don't allow these limits. Where that's true, they apply to the maximum extent that jurisdiction allows.

Please read this section. It affects how disputes between you and Blink get resolved, and it limits how you can bring a claim.

Agreement to arbitrate. Except as stated below, you and Blink agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or to Blink will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration, not in court and not before a jury.

Rules. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator. It can be held in Ohio, by phone or video, or decided on documents alone — your choice.

Class-action waiver. You and Blink each agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. An arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of class proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim — and only that claim — proceeds in court.

What is not covered. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small-claims court instead. Either of us may also seek injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property or to stop unauthorized access. Nothing here prevents you from reporting anything to a government agency.

You can opt out, and it costs you nothing. Email support@joinblink.me within 30 days of first accepting these terms, with your name and the email you used, and say you opt out of arbitration. Opting out costs you nothing and changes nothing else about your use of Blink.

If many claims are filed together.If 25 or more similar claims are brought by the same or coordinated counsel, they may be resolved in staged batches of no more than 50, with the arbitrator deciding each batch and both sides applying what is decided to the remaining ones. This exists to keep arbitration workable, not to delay anyone's claim.

This section survives the end of your relationship with Blink.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration section above, any dispute not resolved in arbitration goes to the state or federal courts located in Ohio, and you agree to their jurisdiction.

When we change these terms materially, we change the version date at the top and bottom of this page, and we'll ask you to agree again the next time you join or host a night. Continuing to use Blink after a change means you accept it.