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Terms of Use

Last updated: March 2026

ImageWhisperer processes your images on dedicated EU hardware. Free users' images may be stored for up to 12 months to improve our detection models. Paying members' images are never stored. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

1. What We Do

ImageWhisperer is a media verification tool that analyses images for signs of AI generation or manipulation. When you upload an image, it is processed through multiple detection models to produce a verification result.

2. Image Handling

3. Infrastructure & Data Residency

Primary processing runs on a dedicated server in Falkenstein, Germany . For most analyses, your data never leaves the EU. Exceptions are described in Section 4.

Processor
Intel Core i5-13500
20 threads, 14 detection models in parallel
GPU
NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada
20 GB VRAM, sub-second deep learning inference
Memory
64 GB DDR5 RAM
All models loaded, zero cold-start latency
Storage
2× 1.7 TB Samsung NVMe
Enterprise SSDs in RAID, sub-ms lookups

4. Third-Party Processing

What stays on our server. All fourteen deep-learning detection models (B-Free, SPAI, TruFor, IML-ViT, PerspectiveFields, SDDNet, and others) run entirely on our dedicated hardware in Germany. The majority of the analysis never leaves our infrastructure.

What is sent to Google and other APIs. For scene understanding and contextual analysis, images are sent to Google Gemini, Google Vision API, and additional detection APIs. These services may process data outside the EU, governed by their own privacy policies.

5. Acceptable Use & Prohibited Content

ImageWhisperer is a media verification tool for journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers. It is not a playground, an image rating service, or a content moderation bypass. Every analysis costs real compute resources. We monitor usage patterns and reserve the right to restrict or permanently ban access for misuse.

The following will result in an immediate and permanent ban:

Violations are logged automatically. Bans are applied by browser fingerprint, IP address, and account. There is no appeal process for prohibited content violations.

Prohibited content:

Misuse that leads to restriction or ban:

Please don't waste shared resources:

The following won't get you banned for a one-off, but doing it at scale clogs the system for journalists and fact-checkers who depend on it:

What this tool IS for:

6. Limitations

ImageWhisperer is a detection aid, not a forensic authority. Both false positives (real photos flagged as AI) and false negatives (manipulations passing as real) occur. Always use results alongside traditional verification methods.

7. Analytics

We collect usage data to improve the service: IP addresses (stored for 90 days), browser type, approximate geographic region, and analysis counts. IP addresses are used for abuse prevention and content moderation. The contact form collects your name and email solely to respond to your inquiry. See our Privacy Policy for full data retention details.

8. Feedback & Contact

If you tell us we got it wrong — for example, flagging a real photo as AI-generated, or missing a manipulation — we keep that image so we can investigate the error and improve our detection models. This only happens when you actively submit feedback; we never retain images silently. Feedback images are stored on our German server, reviewed manually, and deleted within 90 days.

9. Privacy

For full details on data processing, retention periods, your GDPR rights, and third-party services, see our Privacy Policy.

10. What to Expect

ImageWhisperer is a detection aid, not an oracle. We provide the service “as is” and “as available” — we work hard to make it accurate, but we cannot guarantee it will always be right.

Every verdict is a probabilistic assessment — a best estimate from multiple AI models, not a statement of fact. Results can be wrong: a real photo may be flagged as AI-generated, or an AI image may pass as authentic. Always verify important findings independently before acting on them.

Like any online service, ImageWhisperer may occasionally experience downtime, bugs, or incomplete results. We do our best to fix issues quickly, but we cannot promise uninterrupted or error-free operation.

11. If Something Goes Wrong

If an incorrect verdict causes you harm, our liability is limited to what you paid us. Specifically: the most we would owe for any claim is the greater of (a) what you paid for ImageWhisperer in the past 12 months, or (b) €100.

We are not responsible for indirect consequences — for example, if you publish a story based on our verdict and it turns out to be wrong, or if an incorrect result affects your reputation. The verdict is one input to your decision, not the decision itself.

What we are always responsible for: We never limit our liability for fraud, personal injury caused by our negligence, or anything that the law says we cannot exclude. Your consumer rights are always protected.

12. Your Responsibility

You are responsible for how you use our results. If you publish, share, or act on a verdict, that is your decision. If a third party brings a claim against us because of how you used our service — for example, publishing content based on our analysis, or uploading material that infringes someone else’s rights — you agree to cover our reasonable costs in dealing with that claim.

13. How Verdicts Are Made

Everything is automated. No human reviews the result before you see it. Multiple AI models analyse your image, a rule-based system weighs their outputs, and you get a verdict — all without human intervention.

Think of the verdict as a second opinion, not a final answer. It is not a legal finding, not an editorial recommendation, and not proof of anything. If you think we got it wrong:

We respond to human review requests within 30 days. Please do not use ImageWhisperer as your sole basis for legal proceedings, court evidence, or forensic determinations.

14. Changed Your Mind? (EU Consumers)

EU consumers have a 14-day cooling-off period on online purchases. Because our verification packages deliver results instantly, we’ll ask you to confirm before your first use:

“I request immediate access to the verification package and understand that I lose my 14-day right of withdrawal once I use my first verification.”

Haven’t used any verifications yet? You can still get a full refund within 14 days — just contact us. We refund via the same payment method within 14 days.

More about your consumer rights: EU Online Dispute Resolution platform.

15. Use It or Lose It

Verification packages don’t last forever:

After that, any unused verifications expire. We don’t offer refunds for expired credits — so use them while they’re active.

16. Legal Stuff

These Terms are governed by Dutch law. If we ever end up in a dispute, the courts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands have jurisdiction. If you’re an EU consumer, you can also go to the courts in your own country — your local consumer protection rights always apply.

EU consumers can also use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform. Our contact details for ODR are on our contact page.

Questions about these terms? Reach us at imagewhisperer.org/contact.