Welcome to Dutov ("Dutov", "we", "our", or "us"), available at https://dutov.org/. These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of our image and media hosting service.
By creating an account, uploading files, sharing links, or using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.
1. About the Service
Dutov is a free image and media hosting platform where registered users can upload and share supported media files. Uploading is available only to registered users.
The maximum upload size is 15 MB per file. Supported file formats include: PNG, WebP, WebM, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and GIF.
We may generate thumbnails, previews, resized versions, metadata, or other technical copies of uploaded files in order to provide the service.
2. Account Registration
You must provide accurate information when creating an account and keep your login details secure. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
You must not create accounts using false information, impersonate another person or organization, or use the service in a way that misleads others.
You must be old enough to legally use this service in your country. If you are under the required age, you may use the service only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.
3. User Content
You retain ownership of the images, videos, animations, and other files you upload. By uploading content to Dutov, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, process, reproduce, display, transmit, and distribute that content as necessary to operate and promote the service.
This license allows us to make your uploaded content available through direct links, embed links, thumbnails, galleries, public pages, search pages, and other normal website functions.
You are solely responsible for the content you upload and share. You must have the necessary rights, permissions, and legal authority to upload and distribute your content.
4. Public and Shared Content
Depending on your upload settings and how you share links, your content may be visible to other users, visitors, search engines, or anyone with the direct URL.
Do not upload private, confidential, sensitive, or personal content unless you understand and accept the risk that it may become publicly accessible.
5. Prohibited Content
You may not upload, store, publish, link to, or share content that:
- Is illegal under applicable law.
- Contains child sexual abuse material, child exploitation, or sexualized content involving minors.
- Promotes terrorism, violent extremism, or serious criminal activity.
- Contains non-consensual intimate images, revenge pornography, sexual exploitation, or content shared without consent.
- Contains threats, harassment, hate speech, or targeted abuse.
- Violates copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights of another person or organization.
- Contains malware, phishing material, scams, fake login pages, credential theft, or malicious code.
- Publishes someone else's personal information without permission, including addresses, identity documents, phone numbers, financial data, or private messages.
- Is used for spam, automated abuse, deceptive redirects, traffic manipulation, or mass unsolicited sharing.
- Attempts to bypass upload limits, security restrictions, account restrictions, or moderation actions.
6. Prohibited Use of the Service
You agree not to:
- Use the service for illegal activity.
- Upload files that are intentionally misleading, harmful, or abusive.
- Use automated tools, bots, scripts, scrapers, or mass upload systems without our written permission.
- Attempt to access accounts, files, servers, or systems without authorization.
- Interfere with the security, performance, or availability of the website.
- Use Dutov as a file distribution system for malware, pirated software, stolen data, or unlawful material.
- Abuse hotlinking, bandwidth, storage, or direct linking in a way that harms the service or other users.
7. Content Moderation and Removal
We may review, hide, restrict, remove, or disable access to content if we believe it violates these Terms, violates applicable law, creates risk for users or the service, or is reported by another person or authority.
We may also suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly violate these Terms, upload illegal or harmful content, abuse the service, or attempt to evade moderation.
We are not required to monitor every upload before publication, but we reserve the right to take action whenever we become aware of content or activity that may violate these Terms.
8. Reporting Abuse or Illegal Content
If you believe content hosted on Dutov is illegal, abusive, infringing, or violates these Terms, please report it to us at: https://dutov.org/page/contact .
Please include as much information as possible, such as:
- The exact Dutov URL of the content.
- A description of the issue.
- Your contact information.
- Evidence supporting your report, where applicable.
- If reporting copyright infringement, proof that you own the rights or are authorized to act for the rights holder.
We may remove or restrict content based on valid reports. False, abusive, or misleading reports may result in action against the reporting account.
9. Copyright Complaints
If you believe that content hosted on Dutov infringes your copyright, contact us at https://dutov.org/page/contact with the affected URL and proof of ownership or authorization.
We may remove or disable access to allegedly infringing content and may terminate accounts of repeat infringers.
10. Account Suspension and Termination
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, create legal risk, harm the service, abuse other users, or upload prohibited content.
You may stop using the service at any time. If account deletion is available, you may delete your account from your account settings or contact us for assistance.
Some content, logs, backups, or records may remain for a limited time where necessary for security, legal compliance, abuse prevention, or technical reasons.
11. Storage, Availability, and Backups
Dutov is provided as a free service. We do not guarantee that uploaded files will be stored forever, remain available without interruption, or be recoverable after deletion, account suspension, technical failure, or service changes.
You are responsible for keeping your own backup copies of any important files. Do not use Dutov as your only storage location.
12. Privacy and Personal Data
We may process account information, uploaded content, IP addresses, logs, cookies, and technical data to operate, secure, improve, and protect the service.
Our handling of personal data should be explained in a separate Privacy Policy. If you are located in the European Union or provide services to EU users, you may have obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
For privacy-related requests, contact us at: https://dutov.org/page/contact.
13. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
Dutov may contain links to third-party websites or user-uploaded content that points to external websites. We are not responsible for third-party websites, their content, their security, or their privacy practices.
14. Service Changes
We may modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue any part of the service at any time, including upload limits, supported formats, storage policies, account features, or public sharing options.
15. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that uploaded content will always remain available.
We do not endorse or verify user-uploaded content. Users are responsible for their own uploads and sharing activity.
16. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Dutov and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of data, loss of files, lost profits, service interruption, or unauthorized access to user content.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
17. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Dutov and its operator from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from your uploaded content, your use of the service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights or laws.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date on this page. Continued use of the service after changes means you accept the updated Terms.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of EU, unless mandatory consumer protection or local laws require otherwise.
20. Contact
Service operator: Dutov Image Hosting
Website: https://dutov.org/
Contact: https://dutov.org/page/contact