inkproof – Tattoo LAB

Terms of Service

Last updated: August 19, 2026
Version: 1.0

We provide inkproof – Tattoo LAB (displayed as “inkproof” on the Home Screen, the “App”). These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your rights and obligations when downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App.

1. Acceptance of Terms and Eligibility

  1. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
  2. You must use the App in accordance with the laws that apply where you are located. If local law does not permit you to accept these Terms or use the App, you must stop using it.

2. The Service

  1. Based on the English given name, optional surname, pronunciation correction, region, Traditional or Simplified Chinese preference, gender or gender-neutral setting, selected traits, and style preferences you enter, the App uses its built-in character database to generate and display suggested Chinese names, pinyin, meanings, example words, pronunciations, stroke order, and related explanations.
  2. Core name generation, character replacement, pronunciation analysis, meaning lookup, and stroke-order lookup are performed on your device.
  3. The App may allow you to save names, generate share cards, and send content through the iOS share sheet.
  4. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features when reasonably necessary for maintenance, security, legal compliance, changes to third-party services, or product improvement. If a material change affects your rights, we will provide reasonable notice.

3. User Input and Permissions

  1. You retain any rights you lawfully hold in the content you enter. The App processes your input on your device, and your use of the App does not transfer ownership of that content to us.
  2. You must have the right to use any names or other information you enter. Do not enter another person’s personal or confidential information without authorization, or sensitive information the App does not require, such as a national identification number, passport number, financial information, medical information, or precise address.
  3. If you create a name for another person or enter information concerning a minor, you must first obtain lawful authorization from that person or the person’s legal representative.

4. Language, Glyph, Pronunciation, and Stroke-Order Limitations

  1. The same Chinese character may have different glyph forms, stroke counts, pronunciations, meanings, or usage conventions under standards used in Taiwan, mainland China, Japan, or other regions.
  2. The App’s stroke-order data is derived from Arphic’s Kai (楷) typefaces, so the stroke shapes follow Kai conventions. How Kai divides certain components, and the resulting stroke counts, may differ from particular textbooks, calligraphy traditions, or official stroke-order tables (for example, the grass radical 艹 is counted as three or four strokes depending on the standard). The App provides this as a visual reference and does not guarantee compliance with the requirements of any school, examination, calligraphy tradition, or government standard.
  3. System speech, pinyin, example words, translations, and character meanings may vary according to the source data, speech engine, device language, or content updates. They may not be suitable for every accent, dialect, or professional context.
  4. A tattoo is difficult to reverse. Before using a name for a tattoo, printing, merchandise, identification document, or public display, you should separately consult a trusted native Chinese speaker and any relevant professional.

5. Acceptable Use

You must not:

  1. use the App for unlawful, fraudulent, harassing, hateful, infringing, impersonating, or harmful conduct;
  2. collect, enter, disclose, or process another person’s personal or confidential information without authorization;
  3. distribute malware, interfere with the App, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems or data; or
  4. reverse engineer, decrypt, rent, resell, or create an unauthorized derivative service from the App, except where applicable law expressly permits it.

We may take reasonable security measures in response to suspected misuse.

6. Storage, Sharing, and Third-Party Platforms

  1. Names you save are stored on your device by default. Removing the App, erasing the device, or changing system backup settings may result in data loss.
  2. When you use a sharing feature, the content is handled by the system feature or third-party app you select. That third party’s own terms and privacy policy apply.
  3. You are responsible for checking the content and recipient before sharing and for the consequences of your sharing activity.

7. Intellectual Property in the App

Except for the third-party content listed in Section 8 and input content in which you lawfully hold rights, the App’s name, icon, interface, design, code, arrangement, documentation, and other content are owned by us or our licensors. Without written permission, you may not reproduce, distribute, publicly transmit, modify, sell, or commercially exploit them beyond what is necessary for ordinary use of the App.

These Terms do not restrict rights granted to you under an applicable third-party open license. If these Terms conflict with the license governing specific third-party content, that third-party license controls with respect to that content.

8. Third-Party Content and Open-License Notices

The App uses the following data and fonts under public licenses that permit their use, modification, and distribution. The original authors and licensors do not sponsor, endorse, or warrant the App merely because their content is used in it.

8.1 CC-CEDICT

8.2 Make Me a Hanzi (stroke outlines and medians)

8.3 Complete HSK Vocabulary

8.4 CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (CMUdict)

Full license notice:

Copyright (C) 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
   The contents of this file are deemed to be source code.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
   the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
   distribution.
This work was supported in part by funding from the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency, the Office of Naval Research and the National
Science Foundation of the United States of America, and by member
companies of the Carnegie Mellon Sphinx Speech Consortium. We acknowledge
the contributions of many volunteers to the expansion and improvement of
this dictionary.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
NOR ITS EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

8.5 Unicode Unihan Database

8.6 Embedded Chinese Fonts

8.7 Chinese-Names-Corpus (naming-frequency statistics)

9. Service and Results Disclaimer

  1. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App and third-party data are provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not warrant uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure operation, or that any name, meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, or cultural assessment will be accurate, complete, appropriate, or suitable for your particular purpose.
  2. Changes or interruptions affecting your device, operating system, data sources, or system speech services may make some features temporarily unavailable.

10. Limitation of Liability

  1. You are responsible for your final choice of name and for any tattoo, registration, printing, commercial use, public sharing, or other use of the results.
  2. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to use the App or from reliance on third-party data.
  3. These Terms do not exclude or restrict consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted, nor do they exclude liability for our willful misconduct or gross negligence where such liability cannot lawfully be excluded. If the law where you live does not permit a particular exclusion or limitation, that exclusion or limitation applies only to the extent permitted by law.

11. Violations, Suspension, and Termination

  1. You may stop using and remove the App at any time.
  2. If you violate these Terms, compromise service security, or create legal risk, we may restrict or discontinue relevant features.
  3. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including provisions concerning intellectual property, third-party licenses, disclaimers, limitations of liability, governing law, and dispute resolution—will remain in effect.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms because of changes to features, data practices, third-party services, laws, or platform requirements. We will provide reasonable advance notice of material changes through an in-app notice, release notes, or another reasonable method. If the law requires renewed consent, the change will apply only after we obtain it. If you do not agree to a change, you should stop using the affected feature or the App.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Taipei District Court in Taiwan will have jurisdiction as the court of first instance over disputes arising from these Terms or the App, except where mandatory consumer-protection law requires otherwise.

14. General Terms

  1. If any part of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
  2. Our failure to exercise a right under these Terms immediately does not waive that right.
  3. These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the agreement between you and us concerning use of the App. Third-party content remains subject to its applicable license terms.

15. Contact

Email: aa.prime.studio@gmail.com