Terms of Service

What MudBuddy Does

MudBuddy is your studio companion that helps you track pieces through each stage of creation, manage your workflow, and get expert AI-powered guidance on pottery techniques, glaze chemistry, troubleshooting, and more.

Guidance, Not Guarantees

MudBuddy is designed for learning, workflow management, and guidance. AI suggestions and recommendations are for educational purposes, not guaranteed solutions.

We are not responsible for any outcomes in your ceramics practice, including lost pieces, kiln damage, glaze results, or other results from following recommendations or using the service.

Your Responsibility

• You are responsible for how you use the information, tracking data, and recommendations provided by MudBuddy.
• Always test new techniques, glaze recipes, or firing schedules on test pieces before applying to important work.
• Use your own judgement and consult other resources, experienced potters, or professional technicians where needed.
• Verify that reminders and notifications about your pieces are accurate before taking action.

Your Account and Content

• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password.
• By uploading photos or entering information, you confirm you have the rights to share them.
• Your uploaded content may be used to train and improve our AI service.
• Please do not upload harmful, offensive, or unrelated content.
• You retain ownership of your photos and data, but grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, process, and display them as described in our Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

MudBuddy's service, including its code, design, branding, AI models, and features, is owned by MudBuddy and protected by intellectual property laws.

• You may not copy, modify, distribute, or reverse-engineer any part of MudBuddy
• You retain ownership of content you create (photos, notes, data)
• MudBuddy retains ownership of all AI-generated suggestions and insights

Termination

Termination by you

You may close your account at any time by contacting us at dom@thethinkershed.com

Termination by us

We may suspend or terminate your account if you:

• Violate these Terms of Service
• Upload harmful, offensive, or illegal content
• Use the service in a way that harms MudBuddy or other users
• Engage in fraudulent or abusive behaviour

What happens to your data

Upon account termination, you may request deletion of your personal data as described in our Privacy Policy. We may retain anonymised data for service improvement and AI training purposes.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• MudBuddy is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied
• We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages
• We are not liable for loss of pieces, materials, business opportunities, or profits
• Our total liability to you for any claim shall not exceed the amount you paid to MudBuddy in the 12 months prior to the claim

Some jurisdictions do not allow limitation of liability, so these limitations may not apply to you.

Service Availability

We work hard to keep MudBuddy running smoothly and reliably. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. Features may occasionally change or become temporarily unavailable as we improve and maintain the service.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. If we make significant changes, we'll notify you by email (if you have an account) or by posting a notice on our website at least 30 days before the changes take effect.

Continued use of MudBuddy after changes take effect means you accept the new terms.

Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of MudBuddy shall be resolved in the courts of New South Wales, Australia.