Terms of Service

1. Service description

TraceScope provides AI-assisted PCB design review, inspection, Gerber viewing, component lookup, engineering chat, PDF export, and community circuit block sharing. Features may change as the project develops.

2. AI limitations and engineering responsibility

AI outputs can be incorrect, incomplete, or misleading. You must independently verify all inspection results, recommendations, component specifications, pinouts, voltages, design rules, and manufacturing decisions. TraceScope does not provide professional engineering sign-off, certified design-for-manufacturing guarantees, or IPC-A-610 certification. You are responsible for the designs you fabricate and use.

3. No warranty

To the extent permitted by applicable law, TraceScope is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of accuracy, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

4. Eligibility, user responsibilities, and account security

You must be at least 13 and old enough to form a binding agreement where you live, or have permission from a parent or guardian.

You must have permission to upload and share your files. Do not upload confidential, proprietary, export-controlled, or restricted technical designs unless you are authorized and understand the applicable risks. Keep your sign-in credentials secure and provide accurate account information. You are responsible for activity performed through your account.

5. Intellectual property and community license

Private PCB designs and Gerber files remain the property of their respective owners. Using a private inspection does not grant other users a license to that design.

When you submit a community circuit block, you retain ownership but grant TraceScope and other registered users a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to view, download, modify, and integrate that block into their own projects. This community license does not apply to private inspections or private PCB uploads. Only upload material you have the rights to license on these terms.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Access another person’s account or private files without authorization.
• Exploit vulnerabilities, interfere with security controls, or disrupt the service.
• Upload malicious files or use automated activity that abuses the service.
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.
• Infringe copyrights, patents, trade secrets, or other rights.
• Post illegal, harmful, hateful, sexually explicit, or otherwise inappropriate community content.
• Upload restricted technical information without authorization.

7. Third-party services

TraceScope relies on Lovable Cloud, the Lovable AI Gateway, OpenAI, Google, and LCSC for various features. Their services, policies, models, and availability may change or become unavailable. TraceScope is not responsible for the independent availability or policies of those providers. Information submitted through AI-powered or component lookup features may be processed by external providers as described in the Privacy Policy.

8. Account deletion and content

You may delete your account in Settings → Account. TraceScope then deletes the application records and files described in the Privacy Policy, including inspections, chats, community submissions, avatars, and your profile. Copies already downloaded by other users, previously issued links, backups, technical logs, and third-party systems may not be immediately or completely affected. You may also delete individual community blocks through the community interface.

9. Suspension and termination

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts or content for violations of this agreement, misuse, security risks, legal requirements, or harm to other users. You may stop using the service at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive, including ownership, community licenses for content already shared, disclaimers, and liability limits, survive termination.

10. Changes to the service and agreement

Features, limits, providers, and policies may change. We may revise these Terms and update the last-updated date. Continued use after revised Terms become effective means you accept them, to the extent permitted by law.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, TraceScope and its project owner will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, loss of data or profits, manufacturing costs, or damages arising from reliance on AI output or third-party services. Where aggregate liability can lawfully be limited, it will be limited to the amount you paid to use TraceScope during the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or one hundred US dollars if you paid nothing. These limits do not exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited, including liability that applicable law preserves for consumers.

12. Governing law and contact

Governing jurisdiction: [Applicable governing jurisdiction to be confirmed by the TraceScope project owner]. Until that placeholder is completed, no specific governing law or venue is established by these Terms. Mandatory local consumer protections still apply where required.

Legal and privacy contact: [Contact to be provided by the TraceScope project owner].