Terms of use

Last updated 7 October 2026

These terms apply when you use LayerCert. By checking an artwork or getting a certificate, you agree to them.

Who we are

LayerCert is run by a business based in the United Kingdom. You can reach us at [email protected].

What LayerCert does

LayerCert compares a finished image with its project file, screens the image for marks left by AI image generators, and scores the work. Every artwork is scored on the same scale. A score of 90% or more can be certified. The score never reads 100%.

A score of 90% or more earns LayerCert Approved, and a certificate can then be issued. The certificate records the result, the score, and the name of the artist who declared the work their own.

What a certificate means

LayerCert Approved means the finished image matches its project file and the work met the pass mark. It is support for an artist's claim, not an absolute guarantee. No examination of files can rule out every way a work could have been produced, and the artist's name is as they declared it; we do not check their identity.

Your declaration

To get a certificate you declare that you created the artwork and that the files are your own. Your declaration is recorded with the certificate, and the name you enter is printed on your copy. We keep a fingerprint of the name, not the name itself, so keep your certificate: we cannot tell you what name it was issued under. You must not make a declaration you know to be untrue.

The register

Every certificate is entered on our register. An artwork is registered to the first person who certifies it. We will not issue a second certificate for the same artwork, in that name or any other.

If someone else has certified your work, email [email protected] with what you can show about how you made it. We will look at what both sides provide and may withdraw a certificate, transfer the entry or leave it as it is. We will tell both sides what we decide and why.

Withdrawing a certificate

We may withdraw a certificate, so that it no longer verifies, if we reasonably believe that:

• the declaration made to obtain it was untrue
• the files were altered to mislead the check
• it is being used to mislead people about what it shows

We will email you first where we have a way to contact you, and you can ask us to reconsider by replying with your reasons.

Using LayerCert fairly

• Only upload files you have the right to use.
• Don't alter a certificate or present an altered certificate as genuine.
• Don't describe a certificate as proving more than it says.
• Don't use LayerCert to mislead anyone about someone else's work.
• Don't try to disrupt the service, get around its checks or work out how they are scored.

Your artwork and files

You keep every right to your artwork and project files. We claim no ownership of them and no licence to use them beyond checking them for you. How we handle them is set out on the privacy page.

Our name and certificates

The LayerCert name, logo, seal and certificate design belong to us. You may display your own certificate and say that your artwork is LayerCert Approved for as long as the certificate remains on the register. You may not use our name or seal in any other way that suggests we have approved something we have not.

Availability

We work to keep LayerCert running and accurate, but we do not promise it will always be available or free of errors. We may change or stop the service.

Our responsibility to you

We are responsible for loss you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our failing to use reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for losses that were not foreseeable, for business losses, or for decisions other people make in reliance on a certificate.

Nothing in these terms limits our liability where the law does not allow it to be limited, or affects your legal rights as a consumer.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Disputes can be brought in the courts of England and Wales, or, if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, in the courts there.

Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows when they last changed, and the version in force when you get a certificate applies to that certificate.