Terms of Service

1. Introduction & Agreement to Terms

Welcome to Step on Court! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Step on Court website, applications, and services (collectively, the "Service").

These Terms are a binding legal agreement between you, the user ("you" or "User"), and Step on Court ("we," "us," or "our"), the owner and operator of Step on Court.

By creating an account, accessing, or using our Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account and use the Service. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement. The Service is intended for use in jurisdictions where its content and functions are lawful.

3. User Accounts

Account Creation:

To use most features of the Service, you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process.

Account Responsibility:

You are responsible for safeguarding your account password and for any activities or actions under your account. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

Account Security:

We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.

4. Acceptable Use Policy

You agree not to misuse the Service or help anyone else to do so. You agree not to:

• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network.
• Breach or otherwise circumvent any security or authentication measures.
• Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Service.
• Interfere with or disrupt any user, host, or network, for example by sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing any part of the Services.
• Use the Service to store or share content that is harassing, defamatory, illegal, or obscene.
• Scrape, data-mine, or harvest user information without express consent.
• Use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose or engage in, encourage, or promote any activity that violates these Terms.

5. User-Generated Content

You retain ownership of the content you submit to the Service, including your name, profile information, availability, and match results ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such User Content in any and all media or distribution methods, solely for the purpose of operating, developing, providing, and improving the Service.

You are solely responsible for your User Content and any consequences of posting or publishing it.

6. Our Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding User Content), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Step on Court and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United Kingdom and foreign countries. Our trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent.

7. Payments and Fees

The Service is currently provided free of charge. However, we reserve the right to introduce fees for certain features or services in the future. We will notify you in advance of any such changes.

The Service includes features for cost-splitting between users for expenses like court fees. Step on Court acts only as a platform for tracking these payments. We are not a party to any financial transactions between users and disclaim all liability related to such transactions.

8. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not-limited-to a breach of the Terms.

If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by contacting us. All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

9. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. We disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

In no event shall Step on Court, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage.

Our total liability to you for any and all claims arising from your use of the Service is limited to the greater of £100 or the amount you have paid us in the 12 months prior to the action giving rise to liability.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

11. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.