Effective date: August 31, 2026
This statement explains how technical stewardship, resident governance, institutional authority, venue operations, content rights, and software ownership remain distinct across International House New York (IHNYC) Service Docs, House Desk, and Pub.
It describes the public operating boundary. It does not amend a contract, create an agency or partnership, or replace an applicable institutional policy or formal agreement. If those sources conflict with this page, the controlling agreement or policy prevails.
Summary
- Affective Technologies LLC owns, builds, operates, and stewards the technology and public technical documentation described here. That technology is Affective Technologies’ intellectual property.
- IHNYC Resident Council governance, voting, council decisions, and council-operated workflows remain separate from this service documentation.
- International House New York retains its own institutional authority, policies, name, and trademarks.
- Authorized Pub operators remain responsible for venue and staffing decisions; software supports those decisions but does not become the venue authority.
- Resident, patron, staff, institutional, and third-party content remains subject to the rights and policies of its source.
Relationship notice
Affective Technologies is an independent technical steward. It is not the IHNYC Resident Council, International House New York, AVI Foodsystems, a separate food-service organization, or their agent or representative.
Roles and responsibilities
| Party or role | Public responsibility boundary |
|---|---|
| Affective Technologies | Product engineering, technical operations, assigned domain and service stewardship, security implementation, and product documentation |
| IHNYC Resident Council | Resident governance priorities, council decisions, and RC-authored governance or community content |
| International House New York | Institutional policy, approval, safety, and use of its institutional name and marks |
| Authorized House Desk operators | Review and publication decisions within their assigned House Desk managed roles |
| Authorized Pub operators | Venue content, staffing, scheduling, moderation, and operating decisions within their exact Pub permission assignments |
| Residents, patrons, staff, and source organizations | Rights and responsibility for content or information they choose or are authorized to provide |
Technical stewardship does not let Affective Technologies decide Resident Council governance, institutional policy, employment matters, or venue operations. Conversely, using a service, supplying content, suggesting a feature, or operating a workflow does not transfer any ownership of the underlying technology.
Ownership and rights
Intellectual property of Affective Technologies LLC
IHNYC Service Docs, House Desk, Pub, and the shared platform beneath them were created by Affective Technologies LLC and are its intellectual property. This includes their source code, software, architecture, algorithms, data models, interfaces, visual and interaction designs, integrations, and documentation. Affective Technologies reserves all rights not expressly granted in writing.
“Stewardship” describes the role Affective Technologies performs for these services. It does not mean that Affective Technologies holds the technology on behalf of the IHNYC Resident Council, International House New York, a venue operator, or anyone else.
| Category | Stewardship or ownership boundary |
|---|---|
| Product software and technical designs | Affective Technologies LLC, unless a written agreement signed by Affective Technologies LLC expressly states otherwise |
| Public documentation | Affective Technologies LLC, except identified third-party material |
| Open-source and third-party components | Their respective authors and licenses |
| Resident, patron, and staff content | The author or applicable rights holder; the service receives only the rights needed for the selected feature |
| Institutional, council, and venue content | The relevant source or rights holder |
| Names, logos, and trademarks | Their respective owners; factual reference does not imply endorsement |
| Service data | Processed by Affective Technologies LLC for documented purposes; processing does not transfer intellectual-property or governance rights |
Public documentation grants no access to proprietary source code, private operational material, protected interfaces, or another party’s content beyond what an express license or applicable law permits.
Data stewardship
Affective Technologies applies the following principles to these services:
- Purpose limitation: use information for the resident, patron, staff, venue, security, or operational purpose for which it was provided.
- Data minimization: exchange only the information an integration or role needs.
- Product separation: House Desk subscriptions, Pub operations, and shared staff identity remain distinct records and permission systems.
- Least privilege: a verified identity receives no product action until that product grants it.
- Human responsibility: publication, moderation, and staffing decisions remain attributable to an authorized person.
- Public/private separation: publish presentation-ready information, not source records, private notes, credentials, or protected audit history.
- Accountability: preserve appropriate change and security history without turning it into public content.
The Privacy Policy describes the information handled by each service in more detail.
Other authorities
- For Resident Council governance, use the Council’s official channel.
- For institutional policy or use of an International House name or mark, contact the institution through its official channel.
- For an immediate venue or safety issue, contact on-site staff or the appropriate emergency service rather than relying on a software form.
See also Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.