Acceptable Use Policy

This policy helps keep our services lawful, safe, and trustworthy.

This Acceptable Use Policy applies to use of the Hicks Photo LLC website, booking process, galleries, communications, digital files, print releases, products, and services. It helps protect clients, participants, vendors, visitors, and Hicks Photo LLC.

Do not use the services for illegal or deceptive activity.

You may not use the website or services to request, create, distribute, promote, fund, conceal, or support illegal activity, fraud, deception, identity misuse, sanctions evasion, tax evasion, unauthorized surveillance, or activity that violates applicable law or another person's rights.

Sessions must be safe and respectful for everyone involved.

You may not use the services to harass, threaten, exploit, abuse, stalk, dox, intimidate, or endanger any person. Hicks Photo LLC may refuse or stop a session if conditions appear unsafe, coercive, discriminatory, exploitative, or abusive.

Do not use the services or images for harmful, infringing, or non-consensual content.

You may not use images, galleries, downloads, or services for non-consensual explicit material, sexual exploitation, hateful or violent content, defamatory use, impersonation, unauthorized commercial endorsement, intellectual property infringement, privacy violations, or misleading edits that materially misrepresent a person or event.

Payment information and disputes must be handled honestly.

You may not use stolen payment methods, provide false billing information, misuse invoices, make false dispute claims, launder money, evade taxes, or use Hicks Photo LLC services to disguise the source, destination, purpose, or ownership of funds.

Do not attack, scrape, or bypass the site or gallery systems.

You may not attempt unauthorized access, credential theft, automated scraping, vulnerability exploitation, malware distribution, denial-of-service attacks, spam, data mining, or circumvention of gallery privacy, download restrictions, watermarking, or access controls.

We may refuse, suspend, cancel, or limit services when this policy is violated.

Hicks Photo LLC may refuse inquiries, cancel sessions, suspend gallery access, decline delivery, remove content, report unlawful conduct, or take other reasonable action if we believe this policy has been violated or a request creates unacceptable legal, safety, financial, reputational, or operational risk.