These Terms of Service constitute a legal agreement between LeStudio Limited and each person or organisation that accesses or uses a Service to which these Terms apply.
1. Application, Agreement and Contracting Party
1.1 Contracting Party
The contracting party under these Terms is LeStudio Limited, a company incorporated in New Zealand under company number 9452538 and NZBN 9429053895868 (“LeStudio”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
1.2 Application
These Terms apply to each LeStudio website, account, application, platform, product or online service that expressly refers or links to them (each a “Service” and together the “Services”).
1.3 Acceptance
You become bound by these Terms when you expressly accept them through a supported LeStudio acceptance mechanism, including an account-registration, clickwrap or other electronic acceptance process, or when another applicable agreement expressly incorporates them.
1.4 Authority
If you accept these Terms on behalf of a company, partnership, trust, public body or other organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation.
1.5 Effective Date
Version 1.0 takes effect on 26 August 2026. No acceptance is backdated, and an Account acceptance record applies only to the legal version actually presented and accepted through the applicable LeStudio process.
2. Definitions and Interpretation
2.1 Defined Terms
In these Terms:
Account means a LeStudio identity or credential set used to access a supported Service.
Applicable Law means any law, regulation, binding court order or other legal requirement that applies to the relevant party, Service or transaction.
Business User means a person acquiring or using a Service in trade.
Product Terms means supplemental terms, an order form, subscription agreement, statement of work, service schedule or other terms applying to a particular LeStudio product, feature or commercial arrangement.
Services has the meaning given in clause 1.2.
Your Content means content, files, information, data or material that you submit, upload, create or store through a Service, excluding LeStudio software and LeStudio-provided content.
2.2 Interpretation
Unless the context requires otherwise:
- headings are for convenience and do not limit interpretation;
- the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
- “including” and similar expressions are not words of limitation;
- a reference to legislation includes amendments, replacements and subordinate legislation;
- a reference to “writing” includes an electronic communication or electronic record capable of being retained.
2.3 Order of Precedence
If Product Terms apply to a Service, the Product Terms supplement these Terms. If there is a direct inconsistency, the Product Terms prevail only to the extent of that inconsistency and only for the affected Service.
2.4 Mandatory Rights
No Product Terms or other agreement may exclude, restrict or modify a right or remedy to the extent that Applicable Law prohibits that result.
3. Eligibility, Accounts and Credentials
3.1 Self-Service Accounts
Unless LeStudio expressly provides otherwise, a person creating a self-service Account must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into the applicable agreement.
3.2 Account Information
You must provide information that is reasonably required for the Account or Service and must not knowingly provide materially false or misleading information.
3.3 Credentials
You must take reasonable steps to protect passwords, passkeys, verification links, security codes, session tokens and other Account credentials.
3.4 Unauthorised Access
You must promptly notify LeStudio if you know or reasonably suspect that an Account or credential has been compromised or used without authority.
3.5 Organisational Accounts
Where an Account forms part of an organisation-controlled workspace, the organisation may have administrative rights over that workspace, including rights to assign roles, manage access or administer organisation-controlled content, subject to Applicable Law and the applicable Product Terms.
4. Licence and Permitted Use
4.1 Limited Right of Use
Subject to these Terms and any applicable Product Terms, LeStudio grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right to access and use the Services made available to you for their intended purpose.
4.2 Reservation of Rights
Except for rights expressly granted under these Terms or Product Terms, no right, title or interest in LeStudio software, source code, interfaces, designs, documentation, trade marks or other intellectual property is transferred to you.
4.3 Legal Restrictions
Nothing in these Terms prohibits conduct that Applicable Law expressly permits and which cannot lawfully be restricted by contract.
5. Acceptable Use
5.1 Compliance with AUP
You must comply with the LeStudio Acceptable Use Policy as applicable to the relevant Service.
5.2 Prohibited Conduct
Without limiting the Acceptable Use Policy, you must not knowingly:
- use a Service for unlawful purposes;
- access another person's Account, workspace, files or data without authority;
- bypass or defeat authentication, authorisation, security controls, quotas or rate limits;
- introduce malware or malicious code;
- materially disrupt or exhaust LeStudio infrastructure;
- use automated access in a manner LeStudio has prohibited or which materially interferes with the Service;
- upload or provide material where you do not hold the rights or authority reasonably required for that use.
5.3 Security Research
Good-faith security research is governed by any Vulnerability Disclosure Policy published by LeStudio. Activity outside that policy remains subject to these Terms and Applicable Law.
6. Your Content
6.1 Ownership
As between you and LeStudio, you retain ownership of Your Content.
6.2 Limited Licence to LeStudio
You grant LeStudio a non-exclusive licence to host, reproduce, transmit, process, display and otherwise handle Your Content only to the extent reasonably necessary to:
- provide and operate the Service;
- make technical copies required for storage, availability, resilience or delivery;
- maintain and secure the Service;
- provide support requested by you;
- comply with Applicable Law or valid legal process.
6.3 Duration of Licence
The licence in clause 6.2 ends when the relevant content is deleted from active systems, except to the extent that a lawful retention purpose, backup cycle, security requirement, dispute, legal hold or statutory obligation continues to apply.
6.4 Responsibility for Content
You are responsible for ensuring that you have the rights, permissions and authority reasonably necessary to provide and use Your Content through the Service.
6.5 General-Purpose AI Training
LeStudio does not use private user files or private Service content to train a general-purpose artificial-intelligence model by default. Any materially different use must be disclosed and governed before the relevant content is used for that purpose.
7. LeStudio Intellectual Property
7.1 Ownership
LeStudio and its licensors retain all rights, title and interest in the Services and associated software, designs, interfaces, documentation, brands, trade marks and other protected material.
7.2 Restrictions
Unless an applicable open-source licence, Product Terms or Applicable Law permits otherwise, you must not copy, sell, sublicense, distribute or commercially exploit LeStudio software or protected material outside the rights expressly granted to you.
7.3 Feedback
If you voluntarily provide feedback or suggestions about a Service, LeStudio may use that feedback to improve its Services, provided that doing so does not transfer ownership of Your Content or personal information contrary to the Privacy Statement.
8. Privacy and Personal Information
8.1 Privacy Statement
LeStudio's Privacy Statement describes how LeStudio collects, uses, discloses, protects, retains and otherwise handles personal information.
8.2 Marketing Separate from Contract Acceptance
Creation of an Account, acceptance of these Terms or submission of an enquiry does not, by itself, constitute consent to optional promotional marketing.
8.3 Privacy Rights
Privacy access, correction and complaint processes are described in the Privacy Statement and Privacy Rights & Requests document.
9. Third-Party Services and Integrations
9.1 Third-Party Dependencies
A Service may depend on, integrate with or link to third-party infrastructure, software or services.
9.2 Third-Party Terms
A third party may impose its own terms or privacy practices where you establish a direct relationship with that third party.
9.3 LeStudio Responsibility
LeStudio remains responsible for obligations that Applicable Law or LeStudio's agreements place on LeStudio. LeStudio does not, however, control the independent availability or conduct of a third party acting outside LeStudio's direction.
10. Beta, Preview and Experimental Features
10.1 Identification
LeStudio may identify a feature as beta, preview, experimental, early access or similar.
10.2 Characteristics
Such a feature may change frequently, be incomplete, contain defects, have additional restrictions or be withdrawn before general release.
10.3 Mandatory Rights Preserved
A beta or preview label does not exclude any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.
11. Fees, Billing and Paid Services
11.1 Pre-Contract Disclosure
Before you commit to a paid Service, LeStudio will present the material commercial terms applicable to that purchase.
11.2 Material Commercial Terms
Depending on the Service, those terms may include:
- price and currency;
- applicable GST, taxes or known fees;
- billing frequency;
- subscription or renewal terms;
- cancellation conditions;
- refund or remedy information required by Applicable Law.
11.3 Location of Commercial Terms
Commercial terms may appear in Product Terms, an order form, checkout flow, quotation, statement of work or other commercial agreement.
11.4 No Hidden Material Qualification
LeStudio will not intentionally defer a material fee, renewal term, cancellation condition or material qualification until after you have committed to the relevant paid Service.
12. Service Changes, Maintenance and Availability
12.1 Changes
LeStudio may maintain, update, improve, modify or replace features of a Service.
12.2 Availability
Unless expressly stated in applicable Product Terms, LeStudio does not warrant that every Service will be uninterrupted, error-free or continuously available.
12.3 Material Reduction of Paid Service
Where a change materially reduces a paid Service, any notice, cancellation, refund or other remedy required by Applicable Law or applicable Product Terms continues to apply.
13. Suspension and Protective Action
13.1 Grounds for Suspension
LeStudio may temporarily restrict or suspend access where reasonably necessary to:
- protect an Account, user or Service from a security threat;
- contain suspected compromise, fraud or abuse;
- comply with Applicable Law or valid legal process;
- prevent material harm to LeStudio, users or third parties;
- address a serious breach of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy.
13.2 Notice
Where reasonably practicable, lawful and safe, LeStudio will provide notice of a suspension and a reasonable method for contacting LeStudio about the action.
13.3 Immediate Action
LeStudio may act before giving notice where immediate action is reasonably required for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance or prevention of material harm.
14. Account Closure and Termination
14.1 User-Initiated Closure
You may stop using a Service and may request Account closure through a supported LeStudio process.
14.2 Effect of Eligible Closure
For an eligible verified closure, LeStudio may disable Account access, revoke active sessions, remove Account preferences and eligible user-file storage, and pseudonymise or clear core identity and credential information in accordance with the Privacy Statement.
14.3 Records Not Immediately Deleted
Account closure does not require immediate deletion of every backup, log or separately governed record. LeStudio may retain information where a lawful purpose continues, including for legal acceptance evidence, security incidents, disputes, financial or statutory records, backups in ordinary rotation or a documented legal hold.
14.4 Termination by LeStudio
LeStudio may terminate an Account or Service for a serious or repeated breach of these Terms, subject to Applicable Law and any applicable Product Terms.
14.5 Opportunity to Remedy
Where a breach can reasonably be remedied, LeStudio will generally provide a reasonable opportunity to remedy it unless immediate termination or restriction is justified by security, fraud, illegality or material harm.
14.6 Survival
Provisions which by their nature are intended to continue after termination survive termination, including provisions concerning intellectual-property ownership, accrued payment obligations, dispute resolution and lawful retention.
15. New Zealand Consumer and Fair-Trading Rights
15.1 Non-Excludable Rights
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies a guarantee, right or remedy to the extent that Applicable Law prohibits that result.
15.2 Consumer Guarantees Act 1993
If you acquire Services as a consumer in New Zealand, the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 may confer rights and remedies which these Terms cannot lawfully remove.
15.3 Fair Trading Act 1986
Nothing in these Terms is intended to permit misleading or deceptive conduct or otherwise exclude obligations that cannot lawfully be excluded under the Fair Trading Act 1986.
15.4 Business Contracting-Out
Where Applicable Law permits parties in trade to contract out of specified statutory provisions, any such contracting-out will apply only where an applicable written business agreement satisfies the legal requirements for that contracting-out, including any fair-and-reasonable requirement.
16. Warranties and Representations
16.1 Express Commitments
LeStudio is bound by express commitments contained in these Terms, applicable Product Terms and Applicable Law.
16.2 No Implied Expansion
Subject to clause 15, no statement on a marketing page or other general communication expands a contractual warranty unless the statement is reasonably capable of having that legal effect under Applicable Law.
16.3 No Absolute Security Guarantee
LeStudio uses security measures designed to protect its Services but does not represent that any information system can be absolutely secure or entirely free from interruption, defects or malicious activity.
17. Liability
17.1 Mandatory Liability Preserved
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or limits liability to the extent that doing so would be unlawful.
17.2 Core Terms Do Not Impose a Universal Cap
These core Terms do not impose a single monetary liability cap across every LeStudio product, customer type or transaction.
17.3 Product-Specific Risk Allocation
Where a paid or business Service requires product-specific allocation of risk, including a liability cap or exclusion, that allocation must be stated in the applicable Product Terms, order form or negotiated agreement before it applies.
17.4 Applicable Law
Except where a valid agreement expressly provides otherwise, responsibility for loss is determined in accordance with Applicable Law.
18. Changes to these Terms
18.1 Right to Amend
LeStudio may amend these Terms where reasonably required to reflect changes to the Services, LeStudio's business or Applicable Law.
18.2 Prospective Effect
A material amendment will apply prospectively from its stated effective date.
18.3 Notice
LeStudio will provide reasonable advance notice of a material amendment where practicable and will obtain renewed acceptance where required by the nature of the amendment, an applicable agreement or Applicable Law.
18.4 Preservation of Accepted Versions
LeStudio will preserve previously published versions through its legal-version records and will not silently rewrite the content of a version previously accepted by a user.
19. Notices and Electronic Communications
19.1 Electronic Form
You agree that LeStudio may provide contractual notices and Service communications electronically where Applicable Law permits.
19.2 Contact Information
You are responsible for maintaining a valid contact method for notices relating to your Account or Service.
19.3 Separate Marketing Rules
Clause 19 does not convert optional promotional marketing into a mandatory contractual communication and does not override applicable electronic-marketing law.
20. General Provisions
20.1 No Waiver
A failure or delay by a party to exercise a right does not waive that right.
20.2 Severability
If a provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it is to be read down to the minimum extent necessary, where legally possible, and the remaining provisions continue to apply.
20.3 Assignment
You must not assign or transfer your contractual rights or obligations without LeStudio's prior written consent, except where Applicable Law provides otherwise. LeStudio may assign an agreement as part of a genuine corporate reorganisation, financing or transfer of the relevant business, subject to Applicable Law and any applicable notice obligation.
20.4 Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with applicable Product Terms and any document expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the agreement concerning their subject matter, subject always to representations, rights or remedies that Applicable Law does not permit a party to exclude.
21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
21.1 Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand.
21.2 Jurisdiction
The courts of New Zealand have jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory jurisdiction or dispute-resolution right which Applicable Law provides and which cannot lawfully be excluded.
22. International Availability
22.1 New Zealand Baseline
Public Legal V1 is prepared for LeStudio's New Zealand operating baseline.
22.2 Technical Accessibility Not Market Entry
The technical accessibility of a website or Service from another country does not, by itself, constitute a representation that LeStudio has intentionally launched, marketed or legally configured that Service for every foreign jurisdiction.
22.3 Future Market Entry
Before LeStudio intentionally targets or contracts into another market, LeStudio may implement jurisdiction-specific notices, terms, transfer arrangements, consent mechanisms or other legal controls where required.
23. Contact Details
23.1 Legal
Legal enquiries: legal@lestudio.co.nz
23.2 Privacy
Privacy enquiries: privacy@lestudio.co.nz
23.3 Security
Security reports: security@lestudio.co.nz
23.4 Public Contact Address
LeStudio Limited 27 Broadfell Avenue Avonhead, Christchurch 8042 New Zealand