1. Who operates the service

SmirkDuel is currently presented by SmirkDuel, an independent game project operated from Hungary. Legal notices may be sent to legal@smirkduel.com. Operator address: Hungary.

2. Acceptance and scope

By accessing the site, creating or using a SmirkDuel account, joining an Online Battle, appearing on the leaderboard, or submitting content, you agree to these Terms and any rules shown in the relevant feature. If you do not agree, do not use that feature.

Additional store, payment, tournament or promotional terms may apply if those features are introduced. Mandatory consumer rights always remain unaffected.

3. Age and parental responsibility

You may browse the public website without an account. To create or use an account, participate in account-linked features, or upload community content in Hungary, you must be at least 16 years old, or have valid authorisation from a parent or legal guardian where permitted by law. A parent or guardian who authorises use is responsible for supervising the minor's activity and understanding these Terms.

4. Accounts and security

• Provide accurate information and use only accounts you are authorised to use.
• Keep your device, Google account and authentication tokens secure.
• Do not sell, transfer, automate, scrape or impersonate another account.
• Notify us promptly if you believe an account has been compromised.

We may require re-authentication, revoke tokens, restrict access or suspend an account to protect users, investigate abuse, comply with law or preserve service integrity.

5. Gameplay, rankings and fair play

SmirkDuel is an entertainment game. Camera and facial-expression signals may be used to determine in-game events, but they are not intended for identity verification or medical assessment. Rankings may use server-verified match results, rating calculations, wins, losses and anti-duplicate controls.

• Do not manipulate clients, match results, network traffic, cameras or detection systems.
• Do not coordinate fake matches, exploit bugs or harass opponents.
• Leaderboard results may be corrected, reset or removed where fraud, error or abuse is reasonably suspected.

6. Community submissions

You retain ownership of images, videos, titles and descriptions you submit. By submitting content, you confirm that you created it or hold all permissions needed for us to use it.

You grant SmirkDuel a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, copy, transcode, moderate, adapt for technical formatting, display, distribute and make the content available inside the game, website and official SmirkDuel promotional channels. This licence exists only to operate, improve and promote SmirkDuel and may be sublicensed to technical service providers for those purposes.

You may request removal of unpublished or published content. Removal will be handled within a reasonable period, subject to backups, legal obligations, dispute evidence and content already incorporated into materials that cannot reasonably be recalled.

7. Prohibited content and conduct

Do not upload or distribute content that:

• is illegal, fraudulent, threatening, hateful, sexually exploitative, excessively violent or designed to facilitate harm;
• infringes copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other rights;
• depicts a person without the permissions reasonably required for publication;
• contains malware, hidden tracking, deceptive links or manipulated files intended to attack the service;
• targets minors, reveals sensitive personal information, or encourages harassment or dangerous challenges;
• misrepresents sponsorship, endorsement, identity or source.

Moderation approval is discretionary and does not certify legality, ownership, accuracy or safety. We may reject, age-restrict, unpublish or remove content at any time.

8. Intellectual property

The SmirkDuel name, logos, visual identity, software, interface, game rules implementation, artwork and original content are owned by or licensed to the operator. You may not copy, reverse engineer, resell or commercially exploit them except where applicable law expressly permits.

9. Third-party services

The service may rely on Google Sign-In, app stores, hosting, content delivery and network providers. Their own terms and privacy notices apply to their services. We are not responsible for third-party products or outages outside our reasonable control.

10. Availability and changes

The service is under active development. Features may change, be interrupted, reset or discontinued. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, permanent rankings, continued publication of any submission, or compatibility with every device.

11. Disclaimers and liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the service is provided on an “as available” basis. We do not exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded, including liability for intentional misconduct, gross negligence, personal injury caused by our fault, or mandatory consumer protections. Otherwise, we are not liable for indirect or unforeseeable loss, lost opportunities, lost data caused by user devices, third-party failures or misuse of the service.

12. Termination

You may stop using the service at any time and may request account deletion. We may restrict or terminate access for material or repeated violations, security risks, legal requirements or discontinuation of the service. Provisions concerning licences, intellectual property, disputes and liability survive where their nature requires.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by Hungarian law, without depriving consumers of mandatory protections available in their country of residence. Before starting formal proceedings, please contact legal@smirkduel.com so we can try to resolve the issue.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms when the service, law or our operational practices change. Material changes will be highlighted through the website or app. The effective date and version at the top identify the current document.