§ Terms of Service

Last updated: December 20, 2025

Welcome to Playadex! These terms govern your use of our service. By using Playadex, you agree to these terms. They're written to be clear and fair—no legal tricks here.

1 What Playadex Is

Playadex is a free tool for tracking your personal video game collection. We help you catalog games, store photos, track values, and optionally share your collection publicly.

2 Your Account

  • You must provide accurate information when creating an account.
  • You're responsible for keeping your login credentials secure.
  • You must be at least 13 years old to use Playadex.
  • One person, one account. No bots or automated access without permission.

3 Your Content

  • You own the content you upload (photos, notes, collection data).
  • By uploading, you grant us permission to store and display it as part of the service.
  • Don't upload content you don't have rights to, or anything illegal.
  • We may remove content that violates these terms or is reported as inappropriate.

📸 Game Photo License

By uploading photos of games (cartridges, boxes, manuals, etc.), you grant Playadex a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use those images as official game artwork in our database. This helps us build a community-sourced library of authentic game images that benefits all collectors. Your photo may be used as the default cover image for that game, visible to all users.

4 Game Submissions

  • You can submit games that aren't in our database. These go through moderation.
  • Submitted game info becomes part of our shared database for all users.
  • We reserve the right to edit, merge, or reject submissions for quality and accuracy.

5 Acceptable Use

Don't use Playadex to:

  • Harass, abuse, or harm others.
  • Upload malicious content or attempt to compromise our systems.
  • Scrape data or abuse our APIs.
  • Impersonate others or misrepresent your identity.
  • Use the service for any illegal purpose.

6 Service Availability

  • Playadex is provided "as is." We do our best, but can't guarantee 100% uptime.
  • We may modify or discontinue features with reasonable notice when possible.
  • We're not responsible for data loss—please keep your own backups of important information.

7 Termination

  • You can delete your account anytime from your profile settings.
  • We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms.
  • Upon termination, your personal collection data will be deleted.

8 Changes to Terms

We may update these terms occasionally. Significant changes will be communicated via email or site notice. Continued use after changes means you accept the new terms.

9 Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach out and we'll be happy to clarify.

TL;DR: Be cool, don't abuse the service, and we'll all have fun tracking games together. 🎮