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Terms of Service

Effective: June 1, 2026

Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“TOU”) explain how ShareLocket LLC provides our services to you, and what obligations you have as a User of ShareLocket.

ShareLocket LLC’s Obligations to You

ShareLocket LLC will do the following:

  • Supply you with access to an online (and, where available, mobile) facility to enable you to design, customize, update, modify, and share electronic Album, and to receive member posts and comments related to your Album (the “Service”).
  • Answer reasonable questions you have regarding the TOU, the Service, and the operation of your ShareLocket account, using our support channels (including [email protected]).

What We Ask of Users

We ask our Users to agree to the following:

  • Read and understand the TOU and let us know if you have any questions.
  • Be aged 13 or over.
  • Use the Service responsibly.
  • Do not allow anyone other than yourself and ShareLocket LLC to access your account.
  • Use the Service solely for your own benefit and do not sell, lease, assign, lend, or hire any part of the Service to any other person without ShareLocket LLC’s prior written approval.
  • Use the Service only for lawful purposes and without infringing the rights of any other User, ShareLocket LLC, or any third party.
  • Comply with all terms of the TOU.

Security and User Privacy

Please maintain the confidentiality of your password and account. You are responsible for all account-holder-accessible activities that occur under your account. Please notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security at [email protected].

ShareLocket LLC has put in place security measures intended to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information we collect. Your data is stored using industry-standard cloud hosting and secure infrastructure. Network protections (such as firewalls and access controls) are used to help prevent unauthorized access to our systems.

You agree that ShareLocket LLC and its authorized employees may access your account, including its contents, to respond to support queries or technical issues or to fulfill obligations under this Agreement. To learn more about how the Service handles privacy, please see our Privacy Policy.

User Account Registration

To register as a ShareLocket User, you agree to:

  • Provide us with current, complete, and accurate information about yourself (the “registration data”).
  • Maintain and promptly update the registration data to keep it current, complete, and accurate.
  • Represent only yourself on the Service, and no other persons, living, dead, or imagined.
  • If ShareLocket LLC has reasonable grounds to believe your information is not current, or is incomplete or inaccurate, we may suspend or terminate your account. We have no obligation to check the accuracy or truthfulness of your registration data.

ShareLocket SMS/MMS/RCS Terms & Conditions

  • Program description: When opted in, you may receive text messages (SMS/MMS/RCS) to your mobile number. These messages may include links to ShareLocket Albums and various notifications about these Albums including, but not limited to: notices of updates, comments, and posts made by members, co-editors, and owners to your Album.
  • Frequency: Message frequency will vary depending on the member usage of the Album. Many members receive multiple messages per Album.
  • Opt-in: Album owners are solely responsible for obtaining permission to send invitations to members via SMS. Unsolicited SMS invitations to members are expressly prohibited and may result in account termination.
  • Opt-out: You can cancel the SMS service at any time. Reply to any SMS/MMS/RCS message sent by ShareLocket with the keyword ‘STOP’. After you send ‘STOP’ to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS/MMS/RCS messages from us. If you want to join again, reply to any SMS/MMS/RCS message sent by ShareLocket with the keyword ‘START’ or ‘UNSTOP’.
  • Help: If you are experiencing issues with the messaging system you can reply with the keyword ‘HELP’ for more assistance, or you can get help directly by emailing [email protected].
  • Interruption: Neither ShareLocket nor our partner carriers are liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Album owners are solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of member information, including mobile numbers and emails. ShareLocket is not liable for undelivered invitations, invitations sent to unintended recipients, or any issues arising from incorrect information provided by the Album owner.
  • Cost: Message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, contact your wireless provider.
  • Privacy: If you have any questions regarding privacy, please read our Privacy Policy.

User Conduct

As a condition of your use of the Service, you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the TOU. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to:

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, distribute, and/or disseminate any harmful, obscene, indecent, unlawful, libelous, profane, defamatory, infringing, inappropriate, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material or information.
  • Create a false or misleading identity of, including but not limited to, a ShareLocket LLC employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, for the purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message, or to harvest or otherwise collect information about others.
  • Transmit, email, or post any material that contains in any form software viruses or such programs as including but not limited to Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel-bots, computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means.
  • Disseminate content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary right (“Rights”) of any party or infringes any intellectual property law or any other applicable law.
  • Disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of such solicitation.
  • Interfere with another User’s use and enjoyment of the Service.

ShareLocket LLC has no obligation to monitor the Service or any User’s use thereof.

ShareLocket LLC’s Proprietary Rights

You acknowledge and agree that the ShareLocket content including but not limited to (1) text, (2) software, (3) photographs, (4) graphics, (5) page layout, (6) design presented through and as part of the Service by ShareLocket LLC (collectively the “Content”) is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws.

Such Content received through the Service may be displayed, reformatted, and printed by you for your personal, non-commercial use only in connection with the Service in accordance with the TOU.

Certain names, logos, and other materials displayed on the Service constitute trademarks, copyright, and other intellectual property (collectively “IP Rights”) of ShareLocket LLC. You agree that ShareLocket LLC retains and owns all right, title, and interest in the Content and IP Rights, and that the TOU does not transfer or convey to you any ownership right, title, or interest in or to the Content and IP Rights, and that you will not contest or challenge the ownership of the Content and IP Rights. You are authorized to use such Content and IP Rights solely for the limited purpose of using the Service and your Albums as hosted by the Service.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and the warranties on the part of ShareLocket LLC contained in this TOU are given in place of and replace, exclude, and extinguish all and every other condition or warranty whatsoever on the part of ShareLocket LLC, written or oral, whether express or implied by statute, regulation, directive, or any other legislative or administrative enactment, common law, trade usage, custom, or otherwise, to the full extent permitted by law.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, SHARELOCKET LLC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, DURABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USE OF TRADE.

The information and content included in or available through the Service may include inaccuracies or typographical errors.

Changes are periodically added to the information contained within the Service and ShareLocket LLC and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the Service at any time.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from ShareLocket LLC or through the Service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the TOU.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the TOU, ShareLocket LLC does not represent or warrant:

  • That the Service will meet your requirements.
  • That the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, timely, or secure.
  • That defects or errors will be corrected, or that the Service or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.
  • That the use of or the results of the use of the Service or the content made available as part of the Service will be correct, accurate, timely, or otherwise reliable.
  • That the content of the Service input by third parties is correct or accurate.

Limitation of Liability

YOU AGREE THAT SHARELOCKET LLC SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR:

  • UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, ANY MATERIAL OR DATA SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE.
  • ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONTENT, SAVE THAT SHARELOCKET LLC SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REMOVE IT WITH ALL PRACTICABLE SPEED AFTER SHARELOCKET LLC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF ITS PRESENCE ON THE SITE.
  • CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER USER OR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER’S RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
  • ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE; DATA; GOODWILL; PROFITS; OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES;

ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH:

  • USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE OR RELATED WEBSITES;
  • DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR RELATED WEBSITES;
  • PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR SOFTWARE;
  • SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE;
  • ERROR; OMISSION; INACCURACY; INTERRUPTION; DELETION; DEFECT;
  • DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER VIRUS; COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE;
  • THEFT; DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS; OR ALTERATION;

WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE — EVEN IF SHARELOCKET LLC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE OR ANY PART OF THE SERVICE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE AND ITS RELATED WEBSITE.

AT ALL TIMES AND IN ANY EVENT, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF SHARELOCKET LLC TO YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO SHARELOCKET LLC IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless ShareLocket LLC, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable legal fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Service.

Modification and Termination of the Service

You agree that ShareLocket LLC, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account, or use of the Service, and remove and discard any content within the Service, for any reason, including without limitation, if ShareLocket LLC believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOU. ShareLocket LLC may also, in its sole discretion and at any time, discontinue temporarily or permanently providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice.

Modification to the TOU

ShareLocket LLC reserves the right to change the TOU or policies regarding the use of the Service at any time. ShareLocket LLC reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that ShareLocket LLC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or discontinuance of the Service.

TOU Violations

Please report any violations of the TOU to Customer Support at [email protected] or [email protected].

Entire Agreement

These TOU constitute the entire agreement between ShareLocket LLC and the User and supersede any previous agreement or understanding between ShareLocket LLC and the User.

Governing Law

These TOU shall be governed in all respects by District of Columbia law without reference to its conflict or choice of law rules or principles, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Washington, District of Columbia.

DMCA Policy

At ShareLocket, we respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”), we have adopted the following policy for handling copyright infringement claims. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied or used on our site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the steps outlined below to file a DMCA notice.

Filing a DMCA Notice (Takedown Request)

If you are a copyright owner (or authorized to act on behalf of one) and believe that material on sharelocket.com infringes your copyright, you can submit a notice of copyright infringement to us by providing the following information in writing:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed. If multiple copyrighted works are involved, please provide a representative list of such works.
  • Identification of the material that you claim is infringing or is the subject of infringing activity. You must provide sufficient information to help us locate the material, such as a specific URL or other identifying details.
  • Your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address, so we can reach you regarding your complaint.
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • A statement that the information you have provided in your notice is accurate, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner of the work that has allegedly been infringed.
  • Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name will suffice for electronic submissions).

You may send your DMCA notice to the following email address: [email protected].

You may also send mail to: Customer Support, ShareLocket LLC, 1255 22nd St. NW #57429, Washington, DC 20037.

Upon receipt of your DMCA notice, we will investigate your claim and, if warranted, remove or disable access to the infringing material. We may also notify the user who uploaded the material about the complaint and provide them with the opportunity to file a counter-notification, as described below.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that material you uploaded to sharelocket.com was mistakenly removed or disabled due to a DMCA notice, you may submit a counter-notification. The counter-notification must include the following information:

  • Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location where the material appeared before it was removed or disabled (e.g., a specific URL).
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  • Your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district (or in the district where your address is located, if outside the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notice or their agent.
  • Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full legal name will suffice for electronic submissions).

You may send your counter-notification to: [email protected].

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the material in question, unless the original complainant files a lawsuit against you within ten business days.

Repeat Infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws, ShareLocket may terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this DMCA Policy or the procedures described above, please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].