the rules

Terms of Service

Last updated 24 October 2026

1. About these terms

These terms cover your use of d4rks0ul.com, including profiles, the profile editor, friends and messages, and anything else on the site. By creating an account or using the site you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

The site is run by one person (me) from Liverpool, England. You can reach me at d4rks0ul.1389@gmail.com. How I handle your information is explained in the Privacy Policy below, which is part of these terms.

2. Who can use the site

• You must be a real person. Bots, scripts and mass-made accounts are not allowed. This is why I ask for an email address and check it with a 6-digit code.
• One account per person, using an email address that belongs to you.
• Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens on your account. If you think someone else got into it, email me.

3. Your profile and what you post

Whatever you put in your profile is yours. You still own it. By adding it, you give me permission to store it and show it on the site so your profile can work. That permission ends when you delete it or your account.

Your profile is public. Anyone with the link can see it. You promise that you have the right to post what you add (so no art, photos or music that belong to someone else and that you aren't allowed to use), and that it follows the rules below.

4. What you can't do

Impersonation

• Don't pretend to be another person, a company, a public figure, or me or anyone who helps run the site.
• Don't use someone else's name, photo or identity to mislead people, and don't make accounts that copy a real person.

NSFW content

• No nudity, sexual content, or sexualised images of anyone, anywhere on your profile (profile picture, bio, links, music or messages).
• No graphic violence or gore.
• Anything sexual involving someone under 18 is reported to the police straight away, with no warning.

Hate and discrimination

• Don't promote or take part in racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, or any other attack on people because of who they are.
• That covers the protected characteristics under UK law: age, disability, gender reassignment, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage or civil partnership.
• Putting people down for being different is not allowed here. Everyone gets treated as a person.

Other things that aren't allowed

• Harassing, threatening or bullying anyone, or sharing someone's private details without their permission.
• Anything illegal, and links to scams or malware.
• Spam, and using bots or scripts to inflate profile views or music plays.
• Trying to break into other accounts, attack the site, scrape it, or get around a ban (for example by making a new account).

5. If someone breaks the rules

I can remove content, give a warning, suspend an account, or ban it for good. I can also block an IP address. For serious things I don't have to warn you first. Accounts made to get round a ban will be removed.

If you see something that breaks these rules, email me. If you think I got a decision wrong, email me and I'll look at it again. Because it's one person running the site, the final call is mine.

6. Friends and messages

Messages are only for talking to your friends on the site, so be kind. They are not end-to-end encrypted, and I can technically access them because I run the server. I won't read them unless someone reports a problem, I need to deal with abuse, or the law requires it. More detail is in the Privacy Policy.

7. Other people's services

Profile music plays through SoundCloud's player, and linking Discord uses Discord's login. Those services have their own terms and privacy policies, which apply when you use them. Links on profiles go to other websites that I don't control and can't promise are safe.

8. Leaving

You can stop using the site whenever you want. To delete your account and data, email me (see the Privacy Policy for how that works). I can also close accounts that break these terms.

9. The site itself

D4RKS0UL is free and is a one-person project. It's provided as it is. It might go down, change or lose features, and I can't promise it will always be available. Keep your own copy of anything you'd hate to lose.

10. Responsibility

I'm not responsible for what other users post. Nothing in these terms limits anything that the law doesn't allow me to limit, such as responsibility for fraud or for death or injury caused by negligence. Apart from that, and as far as the law allows, I'm not responsible for losses that come from using the site, like downtime or lost data.

11. Law

These terms follow the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales can deal with any dispute about them.

12. Changes

I may update these terms from time to time. When I do, the date at the top changes. If the change is a big one I'll put a notice on the site. If you keep using the site after a change, that means you accept the new version.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms: d4rks0ul.1389@gmail.com

Privacy Policy

Last updated 24 October 2026

1. Who I am

D4RKS0UL (d4rks0ul.com) is a small website run by one person in Liverpool, England. In this policy, "I" and "me" mean the person running the site. I decide how your information is used, so under UK data protection law (UK GDPR) I am the "controller". Contact: d4rks0ul.1389@gmail.com

I require real people to sign up and use the site. That is the reason for most of what's collected below.

2. What I collect, and why

When you sign up

• Username, email address and password. I need these to make your account and log you in. Your password is stored scrambled (hashed), so I can't read it. I also save the date you registered.
• Email verification code. I email you a 6-digit code to check that you're a real person with a real inbox. It stops working after 15 minutes and I remove it once you confirm it.
• Password reset link. If you ask to reset your password, I make a one-use link that lasts 1 hour and send it to your email.

What you put in your profile

Everything you enter in the profile editor: your display name, bio, social links, profile picture, chosen music track, and your style choices. I keep it so your profile can show up. This is public. Anyone who has your profile link can see it, so don't put anything in there that you want to keep private.

Discord (only if you choose to link it)

• If you press the link Discord button, Discord sends me your Discord user ID, username, display name, avatar and avatar decoration. I only ask for Discord's "identify" permission, which does not include your email, servers or messages. I don't keep the access token.
• If you're in my Discord server, my bot also reads your online status and what you're doing right now, such as your custom status, a game you're playing, or a song you're listening to, and shows it on your profile.
• This information shows on your public profile. You can unlink Discord in the editor whenever you want, and that removes it from your profile.

Friends and messages

I store your friends list, friend requests, and the messages you send (the text, who sent it, and when). Only you and the friend you're talking to can see a conversation on the site. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted and they sit on my server, so I could technically read them. I don't, unless a report or abuse needs looking into, or the law makes me.

If you delete your account

When you delete your account in Settings, I ask why. I keep a small record for 7 days: your username, the dates you joined and left, your profile picture and the reason you gave. Only I can read it, and it is then deleted automatically. Your profile, friends, messages and other account data are deleted straight away, and your username and email address become free for anyone to register again.

IP addresses

• When anyone (with or without an account) views a profile or plays the music on one, my server records their IP address and the time. This stops one person from refreshing to push up view and play counts.
• I also use IP addresses to spot abuse and to block people who have been banned for breaking the Terms of Service.
• IP addresses are never shown to other users.
• Like almost every website, my web server keeps normal technical logs (IP address, time, the page asked for and the browser used) for security and fixing problems. They're rotated and deleted after a short while.

Device information

I don't collect device IDs or device fingerprints. If that ever changes, I'll update this page before it does.

Cookies and browser storage

• One login cookie keeps you signed in (up to 30 days, or until you log out). The site needs it to work, so there's no cookie banner.
• If you use the custom cursor feature, your cursor designs are saved in your own browser's local storage. They stay on your device and are not sent to me.
• I don't use advertising or analytics cookies. Third-party services listed below may set their own.

3. Why I'm allowed to use your information

• To run the account you asked for: your sign-up details, profile, friends and messages.
• My legitimate interests: keeping the site safe, stopping spam and abuse, and counting views fairly. I've kept this to what's needed.
• Your consent: linking Discord. You can take that back by unlinking.

4. Who else sees it

I don't sell, rent or trade your information. These services handle some of it so the site can work:

• Oracle Cloud, where the server is hosted.
• My email delivery service, which sees your email address when it delivers your codes and reset links.
• Discord, if you link your account.
• SoundCloud, on profiles that have music. Their player loads on the page, so they can see a visitor's IP address and may set their own cookies.
• jsDelivr, a content delivery network that some fonts are loaded from as a backup.

Some of these companies are based outside the UK, so your information can end up being processed in other countries. Each has its own privacy policy. I'd only share information beyond this if the law forces me to (for example a court order) or to protect someone from serious harm.

5. How long I keep it

• Account, profile, friends and messages: for as long as your account exists, until you ask me to delete it.
• View and play logs with IP addresses: until I clear them out, or sooner if you ask me to remove yours.
• Accounts that never confirm their email may be deleted.
• The short record left after you delete your account: 7 days, then it is deleted automatically.
• Web server logs: a short time, then they're deleted automatically.

6. Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask me to:

• tell you what I hold about you and give you a copy,
• correct anything that's wrong,
• delete your information,
• limit how I use it, or stop using it for something you object to,
• give you your information in a format you can take elsewhere,
• take back your consent (for example, unlink Discord).

Email d4rks0ul.1389@gmail.com from the address on your account. It's free, and I'll reply within one month. I may ask you to confirm that you're the account owner so nobody can delete or get someone else's information. You can also delete your account yourself in Settings, where it asks for your email and password. Either way, I remove your account, profile, picture, friends and messages.

7. Keeping it safe

Passwords are hashed, the site runs over HTTPS, and the login cookie can't be read by scripts on the page. It's still a small one-person project and no website is perfectly secure. If something happens that puts your information at risk, I'll tell you, and I'll tell the Information Commissioner's Office where the law says I must.

8. Complaints

If something's wrong, talk to me first and I'll try to fix it. You also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

9. Changes

If I change how I use your information, I'll update this page and the date at the top. For big changes I'll also put a notice on the site.