1. Introduction
Welcome to Lingua Verbum ("we," "our," or "us"). By accessing or using our website, mobile application, or any of our services (collectively, the "Services"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). Please read these Terms carefully.
2. Acceptance of Terms
By creating an account, accessing, or using our Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must not use our Services.
3. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of any material changes by posting the updated Terms on our website or through other communications. Your continued use of the Services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.
4. Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our Services. By using our Services, you consent to our collection and use of information as set forth in our Privacy Policy.
5. User Accounts
5.1 Account Creation
To access certain features, you may need to create an account. 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.
5.2 Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
5.3 Account Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at our sole discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties, or for any other reason.
6. Subscription and Payments
6.1 Subscription Options
We offer various subscription plans, including free and premium options. The specific features and limitations of each plan are described on our pricing page.
6.2 Payment Terms
You agree to pay all fees applicable to your subscription plan. All payments are non-refundable except as expressly provided in our Refund Policy.
6.3 Subscription Renewal
Subscriptions automatically renew until canceled. You can cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings. For more details, please refer to our Cancellation Policy.
6.4 Price Changes
We reserve the right to change our prices at any time. If we change the pricing of your current subscription, we will notify you before the price change goes into effect.
7. User Content
7.1 Content Ownership
You retain ownership rights to any content you submit, upload, or display through our Services ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based on, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content for the purposes of operating and providing our Services.
7.2 Content Responsibility
You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of sharing it. You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to your User Content and that it does not violate these Terms or any applicable laws.
8. Intellectual Property
8.1 Our Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights in the Services, including software, designs, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, downloads, and software, are owned by us or our licensors. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services without our express written permission.
8.2 Limited License
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our Services for your personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms.
9. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:
- Use our Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws
- Interfere with or disrupt our Services or servers
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of our Services
- Use our Services to transmit viruses, malware, or other malicious code
- Scrape, data mine, or otherwise extract data from our Services
- Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation
- Harass, abuse, or harm another person
- Use our Services to send unsolicited communications
10. Disclaimers
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
11. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Lingua Verbum and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from: (i) your use of the Services; (ii) your violation of these Terms; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party.
13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services shall be resolved exclusively through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of [Arbitration Association], except that you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
15. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by us on the Services, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning the Services.
16. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Lingua Verbum
Email: [email protected]