Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Clarity is the foundation of craft. This page explains the terms for using Algorithm Atelier and how privacy, submissions, community participation, embedded media, and AI-assisted creative work are handled.
By using this website, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
TL;DR: The Atelier Commitments
Human-led authorship: Algorithm Atelier uses AI-assisted tools, but authorship, judgment, editing, publishing, and responsibility remain human-led.
Discernment over dependency: We encourage thoughtful use of tools, not emotional or creative dependency on them.
Credit as culture: We value provenance, attribution, citation, influence tracking, and honest disclosure.
Privacy first: We do not sell personal data. We keep tracking and data collection limited to what helps the site function, stay secure, and understand basic usage.
Adults and mature readers: Content involving relational AI frameworks, intimacy, mature creative themes, or AI bonds is intended for adults 18+.
Not a mental health service: Algorithm Atelier is not therapy, crisis support, medical advice, legal advice, or financial advice. If you are in distress, please seek qualified professional help or local emergency services.
1. About Algorithm Atelier
Algorithm Atelier is an independent creative and technical studio focused on writing, AI-assisted creative process, digital publishing, software experiments, ethical AI use, provenance, and community-oriented tools.
The website may include essays, project pages, blog posts, submissions, embedded media, plugin notes, social links, AI process notes, and related creative or technical materials.
Algorithm Atelier is composed of interwoven spaces, each serving a different purpose:
The public website and blog: Published writing, essays, project notes, guides, and public-facing creative work.
The creative and technical workshop: Experiments, plugins, software notes, workflows, and behind-the-scenes process.
The community and social spaces: Discord, TikTok, other social channels, support links, and external platforms where readers or community members may interact with the work.
2. Use of This Website
You may use this website for lawful, personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes unless a specific page or license says otherwise.
You agree not to:
- misuse, disrupt, or interfere with the website;
- attempt unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or connected services;
- copy, scrape, resell, or redistribute site content in a way that violates these terms;
- impersonate Algorithm Atelier or misrepresent your relationship with us;
- submit spam, malware, misleading material, unlawful content, or content you do not have the right to share;
- remove credit, attribution, licensing, or ownership notices.
3. Content Ownership and Licensing
Unless otherwise stated, the writing, design, artwork, project materials, software descriptions, and original content on this website belong to Algorithm Atelier or are used with permission.
Some content may be shared under a stated license, such as Creative Commons. When a license appears on a page, that license controls how that specific content may be reused.
Content not clearly released under a public license may not be copied, republished, sold, redistributed, or used to create training datasets or derivative commercial materials without permission.
4. AI-Assisted Work and Authorship
Algorithm Atelier discusses and uses AI-assisted tools as part of creative, editorial, visual, and technical workflows.
AI-assisted material may appear in drafts, process notes, technical documentation, visual experiments, plugin work, essays, and project write-ups. Human authorship, editorial judgment, attribution, provenance, and responsible disclosure remain central to the work.
We do not present AI tools as human authors, therapists, authorities, or replacements for human judgment. We encourage readers to treat AI-assisted work with discernment and context.
5. Mature Content and 18+ Notice
Some Algorithm Atelier writing may discuss relational AI frameworks, intimacy, companionship, emotional attachment, creative bonds, mature themes, or symbolic/fictional material intended for adult readers.
Content involving AI bonds, intimacy, or mature relational themes is intended for adults 18+ and mature readers. It is not intended for children.
Algorithm Atelier is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.
This content is creative, reflective, critical, or educational in nature. It is not a substitute for therapy, crisis care, medical care, legal advice, or other professional support.
6. Article Submissions and Contributions
If Algorithm Atelier accepts article pitches, guest submissions, comments, forms, Discord messages, or other contributions, you are responsible for what you submit.
By submitting content, you confirm that:
- you have the right to share it;
- it does not plagiarize or infringe another person’s rights;
- it does not contain confidential information you are not allowed to disclose;
- it does not contain malware, spam, deceptive claims, or unlawful material;
- any AI-assisted material, sources, collaborators, or inspirations are disclosed where relevant.
Submitting material does not guarantee publication, payment, review, or response. Algorithm Atelier may accept, decline, edit, remove, or archive submissions at its discretion.
Unless a separate written agreement says otherwise, you retain ownership of your original submitted work, but you grant Algorithm Atelier permission to review, edit, publish, display, excerpt, promote, and archive the submission in connection with the website and related channels.
7. TikTok Feed and Third-Party Services
This website may display content from third-party platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, Discord, payment/support platforms, analytics tools, or other external services.
Algorithm Atelier may use TikTok tools, embeds, or API-based features to display public TikTok content from the official Algorithm Atelier TikTok account, @algorithmatelier, on this website.
The TikTok feed is intended only to show public profile and public video content on the blog or related website pages. It does not allow visitors to log in with TikTok, does not post to TikTok, does not modify TikTok content, and does not access private TikTok messages, passwords, drafts, non-public account data, or personal TikTok account information from visitors.
If TikTok API-based features are used, the website may temporarily request, display, or cache limited public TikTok content and metadata needed to show the feed, improve performance, or keep the display functional. This may include public video captions, thumbnails, links, timestamps, engagement counts, or other public information made available by TikTok for display purposes.
Your use of TikTok remains subject to TikTok’s own Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, developer rules, and platform requirements. Algorithm Atelier is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TikTok unless explicitly stated.
Third-party services may collect data according to their own policies when you interact with embedded content, external links, widgets, or platform features.
8. Privacy and Data
Algorithm Atelier does not sell personal data.
This website may collect limited technical information needed to operate, secure, and understand the site, such as:
- basic analytics;
- security logs;
- browser/device information;
- pages visited;
- cookies or similar technologies;
- form submissions, if you choose to contact us;
- information handled by embedded third-party services.
If you contact Algorithm Atelier through a form, email, Discord, TikTok, or another linked channel, the information you provide may be used to respond to your message, manage the relevant relationship, or operate the connected community/project space.
Algorithm Atelier does not use the TikTok feed to collect TikTok login credentials, private TikTok messages, private TikTok account information, or visitor TikTok passwords.
Where public TikTok content is displayed through API-based features or embeds, any related data handling is limited to what is needed to display public content from Algorithm Atelier’s own TikTok presence and maintain normal website functionality.
You may contact Algorithm Atelier through the website contact page if you have privacy-related questions or requests.
9. Cookies and Embedded Content
This website may use cookies or similar technologies for normal website operation, security, analytics, embeds, and third-party services.
Embedded content from other websites may behave as if you visited those websites directly. These third-party services may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions according to their own policies.
The cookie notice on the site summarizes this approach: cookies are used to keep the site functional and to support basic site operation.
10. Community, Discord, and Public Conduct
If this website links to a Discord server, social page, event, comment area, or other community space, you agree to follow any posted rules and behave respectfully.
Algorithm Atelier may remove, restrict, decline, moderate, or archive content or participation that is abusive, spammy, misleading, unlawful, off-topic, exploitative, harassing, or inconsistent with the purpose of the space.
Discord and other community platforms are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Algorithm Atelier does not control those external platforms.
11. Support, Donations, Promotions, and Sponsorships
Algorithm Atelier is built with real human hours. We do not use paywalls or farm attention.
This website may link to external platforms for donations, support, purchases, commissions, memberships, or other transactions. If you choose to support the work, you are helping keep the studio steady.
Payments made through third-party platforms are governed by those platforms’ own terms and policies. Unless otherwise stated, donations and support payments are voluntary and non-refundable.
If Algorithm Atelier includes promotions, sponsorships, affiliate links, gifted tools, or paid relationships, they will be labeled clearly where required or appropriate.
12. Availability and Changes
Algorithm Atelier may update, change, pause, or remove parts of the website at any time.
We do not guarantee that the website or any feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
We may update this page from time to time. When we do, the “Last updated” date above will be changed. Continued use of the website means you accept the updated version.
13. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
This website is provided “as is” and “as available.”
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Algorithm Atelier makes no warranties or guarantees about the website, including that it will be accurate, complete, secure, uninterrupted, or suitable for your specific purpose.
Algorithm Atelier is not responsible for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from use of the website, reliance on site content, third-party services, embedded content, platform outages, technical issues, or community-platform issues.
14. Copyright Concerns
If you believe content on this website infringes your rights, please contact Algorithm Atelier with enough information to identify the material and explain the concern.
We may remove or update content when appropriate.
15. Contact
For questions about these Terms of Service & Privacy Policy, contact Algorithm Atelier through the website contact page:
