At a glance
- INKAN is a web application that lets brands and talent agencies create sealed, tamper-evident records of consent and likeness licences, with a public page to verify a record's integrity.
- The service is currently offered as a free pilot. It is provided "as available", and fees only apply if we agree them with you separately in writing.
- The seal on a record proves integrity — that the record was created on our platform and has not been altered since. It does not verify anyone's identity, and it does not prove that what a record says is true.
- You are responsible for the people's data you put into the service and for having the right to use it. INKAN processes that data on your instructions.
- INKAN is not a party to any licence or agreement between talent, agencies, and brands, and INKAN never holds or moves money.
- Governed by the law of England and Wales.
1. Who we are and what these terms cover
These terms are an agreement between you and INKAN Ltd ("INKAN", "we", "us"), a company in the process of incorporation in England & Wales; the company registration number and registered office will be added here on incorporation. Contact: privacy@inkanbio.com (this address handles both legal and privacy matters).
They cover your use of:
- the website at inkanbio.com;
- the INKAN web application (including at app.inkanbio.com);
- the capture page (the single-use link a person opens to review and attest to a consent); and
- the public verify page (where anyone can check a record's seal).
By creating an account, clicking to accept, or using the service, you agree to these terms. If you use the service on behalf of a company (for example, a brand or a talent agency), you confirm you have authority to bind that company, and "you" means that company.
If we later sign a Master Services Agreement or other written contract with your organisation, that contract takes priority over these terms where they conflict.
2. What the service is
INKAN provides a record-keeping platform that:
- lets customers create consent records (a record evidencing that a person has stated their consent to the use of their likeness) and likeness licence records (a record of a licence between a talent and a brand, including scope, territory, term, and fee);
- cryptographically seals each record with INKAN's Ed25519 platform signing key, so that any later alteration of the record can be detected;
- keeps an append-only audit log of actions taken in the service; and
- operates a public verify page where anyone can check that a sealed record is intact against INKAN's published public key.
Consent records are currently created by attestation: your organisation sends a person a single-use, time-limited link; that person opens it, reviews the stated scope, and clicks to attest their consent. INKAN does not currently perform any biometric or identity check on the person completing the link (see section 6).
No money movement. INKAN records and reports settlement *status* only (issued / invoiced / paid). INKAN does not hold, receive, control, transmit, or disburse any funds in connection with any licence. All invoicing, collection, and payment happens outside the service, between the relevant parties.
3. Accounts and sign-in
- Brands can sign up self-serve and receive a workspace immediately. Talent agencies sign up with our assistance and are activated once approved.
- Sign-in is passwordless: we email you a single-use magic link that expires after around 10 minutes, or your organisation may use enterprise single sign-on (SSO). We do not store passwords.
- Because sign-in runs through your email account, anyone with access to your email inbox can access your INKAN account. You must keep your email account secure (strong password, two-factor authentication) and tell us immediately at privacy@inkanbio.com if you believe your email or INKAN account has been compromised.
- You are responsible for the actions taken under your account and for making sure only authorised people in your organisation have access.
4. Free pilot basis
- The service is currently provided as a free pilot. No fees are due unless and until agreed with you separately in writing (for example, a signed order form or a written invoice arrangement).
- During the pilot the service is provided "as available". We do not promise any particular uptime, and we may change, suspend, or withdraw features as the product develops. We will use reasonable efforts to give notice of material changes.
- Pilot status does not change your legal obligations under these terms, or ours under data protection law.
5. Acceptable use
You must not:
- create a consent record or licence record for a person without their genuine, valid consent, or by impersonating anyone;
- submit data relating to anyone under 18 — the service is for adult (18+) talent only;
- send a capture link to someone who has not agreed to receive it, or use the service to harass or deceive anyone;
- misrepresent what a sealed record is — in particular, you must not describe any record as "INKAN-verified", "identity-verified", or "biometrically verified" (see section 6);
- attempt to probe, breach, or overload the service, access another customer's data, or interfere with the seal, audit log, or verify page;
- use the service in breach of any law, including data protection law; or
- resell or provide the service to third parties except as we agree in writing.
We may suspend or refuse any instruction, record, or account where we reasonably consider it unlawful or facially improper (for example, suspected impersonation, a suspected under-18 subject, or a suspected fabricated consent). We will tell you when we do this, without undue delay.
6. What the seal does — and does not — mean
This section is important and is a binding part of these terms.
The seal is INKAN's cryptographic signature over the canonical content of a record. It evidences provenance and integrity only: that the record was created on the INKAN platform and has not been altered since it was sealed. Our records are tamper-evident — alteration is detectable — not "tamper-proof".
You acknowledge and agree that the seal does not evidence:
- (a) Identity. INKAN does not verify the identity of any person who completes a capture link. The single-use, time-limited link is an availability and integrity control, not identity verification. INKAN does not currently perform biometric, liveness, or ID checks.
- (b) Truth. INKAN does not witness or verify the truth of any attested consent or the accuracy of any record's contents. A seal on a record whose contents are false is a seal on a false record.
- (c) Authority. INKAN does not verify that any party had authority to enter or record any licence.
- (d) Exact time. Timestamps in records are generated from our server clock. We do not currently use a qualified or independently trusted timestamp source (such as RFC 3161), so timestamps should not be relied on as proof of the exact time of an event to an evidentiary standard.
- (e) The signature of the talent. The seal is INKAN's platform signature. It is not an electronic signature of the talent, agency, or brand, and it is not an "advanced" or "qualified" electronic signature under UK eIDAS.
No reliance. You agree that you do not rely on INKAN to verify identity, consent validity, truth, or authority, and you will not represent to anyone else that INKAN does. You must describe attested records accurately (for example, "agency-attested") and must not remove or contradict any provenance labelling the service applies.
Not legal advice; not certification. The service produces your records. INKAN does not provide legal, regulatory, or compliance advice, and does not certify or warrant that any record, licence, or any of your processing complies with any law. The service can provide evidence that supports your own compliance work; it does not make you compliant.
7. Your responsibilities for other people's data
When you put personal data into the service — talent names, contact details, licence terms, consent attestations — you are the data controller of that record content, and INKAN processes it as your processor, on your instructions. You warrant that:
- you have a lawful basis and all necessary rights and permissions for the personal data you load into the service;
- every consent record you create reflects consent genuinely and validly obtained from the actual individual identified in it, and you hold the underlying evidence for it;
- every person whose data you submit is aged 18 or over; and
- the information you record (including licence terms and any named brand) is accurate, and you have authority to record it.
Our Privacy Policy explains how personal data is handled, and a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) meeting Article 28 UK GDPR is available on request at privacy@inkanbio.com — agencies and brands processing talent data through the service should put one in place with us.
8. INKAN is not a party to any licence
Any likeness licence or other agreement recorded through the service is solely between the parties named in it (for example, a talent and a brand). INKAN is not a party to, and accepts no liability under or in connection with, any such licence — including its formation, validity, scope, performance, breach, enforcement, or termination. INKAN's sole role is to record and report the licence and its settlement status. Records created in the service are records of licences, not assignments; the service does not transfer or assign any right.
9. Intellectual property
- Your content is yours. You (or your licensors) own the records and content you create in the service. You grant us a licence to host, process, seal, back up, and display that content solely to provide the service to you.
- The platform is ours. INKAN owns the platform, software, design, branding (including the INKAN name and seal mark), and all associated intellectual property. These terms grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service during your account's life, and nothing more.
- You must not copy, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works from the platform, except as law permits.
10. Liability
- Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
- Subject to that, and reflecting that the pilot is free: the service is provided "as available" and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied warranties, and we are not liable for loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, data, or anticipated savings, or for indirect or consequential loss.
- Subject to the first bullet, INKAN's total aggregate liability to you arising out of or in connection with the service, however arising, is limited to the greater of the fees you have actually paid to INKAN in the 12 months before the claim and £100.
- Nothing in these terms limits any rights an individual has directly under data protection law.
11. Suspension, termination, and your data
- You can stop using the service and close your account at any time by emailing privacy@inkanbio.com.
- We may suspend or terminate your account for material breach of these terms (including acceptable-use breaches), for unlawful use, or on reasonable notice if we wind down the pilot.
- 30-day export window. On closure or termination, we will make your records available for export for 30 days, after which we will delete or irreversibly anonymise your data, except where we must retain it by law or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims. Deletion mechanics for sealed records are described in the Privacy Policy.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the pilot evolves. We will post the updated version with a new "Last updated" date and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify account holders by email. Continued use after a change takes effect is acceptance of the updated terms.
13. General
- These terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any DPA or written agreement we sign with you, are the entire agreement between us for the pilot service.
- If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in force. A failure to enforce a right is not a waiver of it.
- No third party has rights under these terms (the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 is excluded) — in particular, no talent or brand gains rights against INKAN under these terms.
- These terms and any dispute arising out of them are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.