Terms of Use

Last updated 4 September 2026 · Effective 5 October 2026

These Terms govern your use of Glimps, the photo and video sharing service operated by Glimps Labs Ltd ("Glimps", "we", "us"), 12 Halyard Yard, London SE1 4RG, United Kingdom. By creating an account or using Glimps you agree to these Terms.

1. Who can use Glimps

You must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 18, you need permission from a parent or guardian. You must not have been previously suspended from Glimps.

2. Your account

You are responsible for keeping your login details safe and for everything that happens under your account. Tell us straight away at Contact if you think someone else has access.

3. What you can post

You own the content you post. You give us a licence to host, display and distribute it on Glimps so the service works. You must follow the Community Guidelines. In short: no illegal content, no harassment, no spam, no impersonation, no content that sexualises minors, no content that infringes someone else's rights.

4. Content moderation

We review content our systems flag. Actions we may take: remove the content, limit its reach, restrict features on your account, or suspend or close your account. We use a mix of automated tools and human reviewers. Automated tools are used for spam detection and for identifying content that matches known illegal material. Decisions that remove content or restrict an account are reviewed by a person before or shortly after they take effect.

If we act on your content or accountWe tell you what we did and for how long, the facts and circumstances we relied on, which rule or law applied and why your content or account falls under it, and whether automated tools were used to detect the content or to make the decision.

5. Recommendations and ads

Your Home feed, Discover and Loops are ordered by a recommender system that uses your activity (likes, follows, watch time, saves) and the popularity and recency of content. You can switch to a chronological feed of accounts you follow in Settings. Ads are labelled "Sponsored". We explain why you see a specific ad under "Why am I seeing this ad?".

6. What our risk assessment found

We regularly assess the risk of illegal content and harm on Glimps. Our most recent assessment, completed in August 2026, found:

Higher risk: intimate image abuse and sextortion, grooming through direct messages, and fraud through fake accounts. The potential harm is severe, particularly to under-18s.
Medium risk: harassment and threats, and the sale of drugs. The potential harm ranges from moderate to severe.
Lower risk: terrorism content, because content is checked at upload and new accounts reach few people. The potential harm is still severe if such content appears.

The measures we describe for illegal content respond to these findings.

7. Ending the agreement

You can delete your account any time from Settings. We can suspend or close accounts that repeatedly or seriously break these Terms.

8. Liability

Glimps is provided as is. To the extent allowed by law we are not liable for indirect losses. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

9. Changes and governing law

We will tell you at least 30 days before material changes take effect. These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Users in the EU keep the protections of their local consumer law.

SCHEDULE 1 – AUTOMATED SYSTEMS

1.1 Without prejudice to the provisions of these Terms concerning Content Moderation, the Provider deploys Proactive Technology in connection with its statutory duties in respect of illegal content, at the times stated in this clause. Such Proactive Technology comprises: (i) Perceptual Hash Matching of Uploaded Material against the Reference Hash Sets, on Ingestion and on each Reference Hash Set Update; (ii) Classifier Scoring of Uploaded Material on Ingestion, where a Score exceeding the Threshold results in Queueing and may result in Interim Restriction pending Determination; (iii) Lexical and URL Pattern Detection applied to User Text on Submission; and (iv) Behavioural Signal Analysis applied on a Continuing Basis to Account Activity.

1.2 For the purposes of clause 1.1, Perceptual Hash Matching operates by deriving a Digital Fingerprint from Uploaded Material and comparing it with the Digital Fingerprints comprised in the Reference Hash Sets, a Match resulting in Automated Removal. Classifier Scoring operates by the application of Machine-Learned Models to Uploaded Material so as to derive a Score. Lexical and URL Pattern Detection operates by comparing User Text with the Pattern Lists. Behavioural Signal Analysis operates by reference to the Signal Criteria.

1.3 In this Schedule: "Reference Hash Sets" means the Digital Fingerprints of known Terrorism Content and CSEA Content maintained by industry and child-protection bodies, together with those of Material previously removed by the Provider, including Intimate Image Content; "Ingestion" means the upload of Material; "Submission" means the posting of User Text; "Threshold" means the Score at or above which Material is referred to a human reviewer; "Pattern Lists" means lists of words, phrases and URLs associated with terrorism, the sale of illegal goods, fraud and threats; and "Signal Criteria" means patterns of Account Activity, including the mass messaging of accounts that do not follow the sender and the repeated upload of Material previously removed.