Last updated: 2026-07-14

Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of HumanGated ("the Service"), operated by Brightwing Systems, LLC ("we", "us", or "our") and available at humangated.ai. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are between 13 and 18, you confirm you have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use the Service.

2. Service Description

HumanGated hosts self-contained HTML prototypes behind private, time-boxed links, lets invited reviewers pin annotated feedback directly on the page, and returns that feedback to the prototype's owner — including through an API designed to be used by AI coding tools. Access tokens can be minted without creating an account. Users may employ third-party tools, including artificial intelligence services, in the course of creating prototypes shared through the Service. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time with reasonable notice. We do not guarantee any specific uptime percentage or level of availability.

3. Accounts and Access Tokens

The Service is token-first: minting an access token creates ownership of the prototypes uploaded with it, without an account. You are responsible for keeping your token confidential and for all activity that occurs under it. You may revoke or rotate tokens at any time, and may optionally claim a token with an email address to make it recoverable — an unclaimed token that is lost cannot be recovered, and access to its prototypes is lost with it.

Reviewers do not create accounts. A reviewer self-asserts an email address, which is checked against the prototype's allowlist and remembered in a signed cookie. Reviewer attribution is self-asserted and suitable for design review; it is not a strong identity guarantee.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws or regulations
• Upload prototypes that contain malware, phishing pages, or other harmful or deceptive content
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service, other owners' prototypes, or its related systems
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service
• Upload or transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code designed to damage the Service or its infrastructure
• Use the Service to infringe on the intellectual property rights of others
• Use prototype links as general-purpose web hosting — the Service is a review tool for unreleased mockups, not a platform for hosting production applications or public websites

5. Sensitive Data

Prototypes are unreleased mockups. You agree not to upload prototypes that contain, collect, store, or process:

• Production or customer datasets
• Social Security numbers or government-issued identification numbers
• Full payment card numbers (PAN), CVV codes, or banking credentials
• Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined under HIPAA, unless you have executed a Business Associate Agreement with Brightwing Systems, LLC
• Biometric data without explicit, informed consent and compliance with applicable law

6. API and AI Agent Usage

The Service provides programmatic access through a public HTTP API, designed to be driven by AI coding agents (such as Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI) on your behalf. By using the API — directly or through an agent — you agree to:

• Use only the official HumanGated API endpoints for automated or programmatic access
• Not exceed reasonable usage limits; we reserve the right to throttle or block requests that constitute abuse or place excessive load on the Service
• Not scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service outside of the official API
• Accept that API availability is provided on the same "as is" basis as the rest of the Service

7. Your Content and AI-Generated Content

You retain ownership of all prototypes and content you upload to the Service. By uploading a prototype, you grant us a limited license to host, serve, and display it to you and the reviewers you invite, as necessary to operate the Service. You are solely responsible for the content you upload, including ensuring it does not violate any laws or third-party rights — regardless of what tools produced it, including AI assistants and code generators.

Reviewers retain ownership of the feedback they submit. By submitting feedback, a reviewer grants us a license to store it and display it to the prototype's owner and to other invited reviewers of that prototype.

We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these Terms or that we determine, in our sole discretion, to be harmful or inappropriate. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.

8. Third-Party Tools and Services

If you use any third-party tool or service in connection with creating or uploading a prototype — including AI providers, code generation tools, APIs, or libraries — you agree to comply with that provider's terms of service and usage policies. Violation of a third-party provider's policies while using the Service constitutes a violation of these Terms.

HumanGated and Brightwing Systems, LLC are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party tool or service provider, including Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. References to third-party tools describe compatibility only. We make no representations or warranties regarding the availability, accuracy, reliability, or legality of any third-party tool or service; your use of them is governed entirely by your separate agreements with those providers.

9. Responsibility for Shared Prototypes

You are solely responsible for any prototype you upload and share through the Service. Brightwing Systems, LLC acts solely as a hosting and infrastructure provider and does not review, endorse, or take responsibility for the content, functionality, or legality of user-uploaded prototypes. This means:

• You are the publisher of your prototype and responsible for its compliance with all applicable laws
• You are responsible for whom you invite to review it, via allowlist domains and email addresses — or, if you choose to make a prototype public, for the fact that anyone with its link can then view it
• If a prototype contains personal data, you are the data controller for that data under applicable privacy laws, and HumanGated acts as the data processor on your behalf
• You are responsible for any harm caused by your prototype to third parties

Brightwing Systems, LLC is not a party to any relationship between you and your reviewers.

10. Copyright and DMCA

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that content hosted on the Service infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice to our designated agent at legal@brightwingsystems.com with the following information:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
• Identification of the material on the Service that you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it (e.g., the share link)
• Your contact information (name, address, email, phone number)
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf
• Your physical or electronic signature

We will respond to valid takedown notices and may remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing content. Repeat infringers may have their access to the Service terminated.

11. Prototype Lifecycle and Pricing

The Service is currently free of charge. Every prototype is retained for a flat 30 days from upload, after which its link stops resolving; 14 days after expiry the prototype and its feedback are permanently deleted. Owners may deactivate a link — or permanently delete a prototype — earlier at any time. Features and pricing are subject to change with reasonable notice.

12. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, code, and branding, is owned by Brightwing Systems, LLC and protected by applicable intellectual property laws, except to the extent components are made available under an open-source license.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR COMPLETELY SECURE. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT UPLOADED BY USERS, INCLUDING AI-GENERATED CONTENT.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from Brightwing Systems, LLC or through the Service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BRIGHTWING SYSTEMS, LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES DAMAGES RESULTING FROM: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA; CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS AND REVIEWERS; AND ANY PROTOTYPE CONTENT, WHETHER GENERATED BY AI OR OTHER MEANS.

TO THE EXTENT BRIGHTWING SYSTEMS, LLC HAS ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $10.00.

You acknowledge that the limitations and exclusions in this section are an essential element of the basis of the bargain between you and Brightwing Systems, LLC, and that Brightwing Systems, LLC would not provide the Service without them.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Brightwing Systems, LLC and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:

• Your use of the Service or violation of these Terms
• Any prototype you upload or share through the Service
• Your violation of any third party's rights, including privacy, intellectual property, or contractual rights
• Your violation of any applicable privacy law, data protection regulation, or consumer protection law
• Your violation of any third-party tool or service provider's terms of service or usage policies

16. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, or remove any uploaded prototype, at any time for violation of these Terms or for any other reason with reasonable notice. You may stop using the Service at any time; contact us to have your tokens and data removed. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately, and we may delete your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Brightwing Systems, LLC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension, termination, or removal action taken in good faith pursuant to these Terms.

17. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms shall first be subject to good-faith negotiation. If unresolved within 30 days, disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. Arbitration shall take place in North Carolina. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS.

18. Children

The Service is intended for users aged 13 and older. You may not use HumanGated to share prototypes directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

19. Data Processing

HumanGated processes personal data to provide the Service. Our legal basis for processing is contract performance (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)) — the data is necessary to host prototypes, gate access, and deliver reviewer feedback. Owners can deactivate or permanently delete prototypes at any time via the dashboard or API; deletion of other stored data can be requested at privacy@brightwingsystems.com. See the Privacy Policy for details.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated Terms on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

21. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Brightwing Systems, LLC regarding the Service.

22. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at legal@brightwingsystems.com.