Acceptable Use
What belongs here.
Last updated · 2026-06-17
The short version
Encore is a delivery platform for working photographers. Upload and ship your own licensed work to your clients. Don't use it to host or distribute anything illegal or anything on the prohibited list below. We review reports and proactive signals, and we act.
Strictly prohibited — zero tolerance
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any content that sexualizes a minor, real or synthetic. This is reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and to law enforcement, and the account is terminated. No exceptions, no warnings.
- Non-consensual intimate imagery (“revenge porn”), voyeuristic content, or any intimate imagery shared without the documented consent of the people in it.
- Content that exploits, endangers, or trafficks people.
Also not allowed
- Work you don't hold the rights to — other photographers' images, scraped or stolen content, or anything infringing copyright or trademark. (Rights-holders: see the DMCA process.)
- Content that promotes violence, terrorism, or hate targeted at people based on who they are.
- Malware, phishing, or using gallery links to distribute anything other than the photography they claim to be.
- Impersonating another studio, person, or brand.
How to report something
If you've found content on an Encore gallery that violates this policy, report it from the gallery itself (the Report link in the footer) or email trust@encore.photo. Suspected CSAM can also be reported directly to NCMEC's CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org. We review every report.
How we enforce
When content violates this policy we may, at our discretion and without prior notice: remove the gallery or photo, suspend or terminate the studio, preserve the tamper-evident audit record, and report to NCMEC and/or law enforcement where the law requires it. Suspension takes a studio's public galleries offline while we review; termination is permanent.
We aim to be proportionate — an honest mistake gets a conversation, not a ban. The zero-tolerance categories above are the exception: those are removed and reported immediately.
This policy is part of, and read alongside, our Terms and Privacy Policy.