TERMS OF SERVICE

Last Updated: May 5, 2025

1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our website. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through our website (the "Service"), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use the Service. By using the Service, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Service.

2. ELIGIBILITY

The Service is offered and available to users who are 13 years of age or older. By using this Service, you represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility requirements. If you do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Service.

3. ACCOUNT REGISTRATION

You may need to create an account to use certain features of the Service. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

4. USER CONTENT

4.1 User Contributions

The Service may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal profiles, forums, and other interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials on or through the Service ("User Content").

4.2 Content Standards

All User Content must comply with the content standards set out in these Terms. You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it.

4.3 License Grant

By posting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute your User Content on and through the Service.

5. PROHIBITED USES

You may use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

  • Use the Service in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation

  • Use the Service to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent

  • Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Service

  • Use the Service to impersonate or attempt to impersonate another person or entity

  • Interfere with the proper working of the Service

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

6.1 Service Content

The Service and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by us, our licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

6.2 Limited License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use.

7. DISCLAIMERS

7.1 "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE"

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

7.2 Disclaimer of Warranties

WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

9. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and our and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Service.

10. TERMINATION

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.

11. CHANGES TO TERMS

We may revise and update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Service thereafter. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

12. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Your State/Country], without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Service shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of [Your State/Country] or the courts of [Your County], although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

13.1 Informal Resolution

Before filing a claim against us, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us. We'll try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting you via email.

13.2 Arbitration

If we cannot resolve a dispute informally, you and we agree to resolve any dispute through binding arbitration in accordance with the [Relevant Arbitration Association] rules.

14. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

No waiver by us of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure by us to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Service.

16. CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions or comments about the Service or these Terms may be directed to us at [Your Contact Email].

By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Service, understood them, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, you are not authorized to use the Service.