PlayLocal Service Terms and End User License Agreement

0. LEXICON

0.1. “We”, “us”, and “our” mean the PlayLocal student project operators.

0.2. “PlayLocal”, “Service” means the hosted PlayLocal website, application, APIs, and related platform features provided by us.

0.3. “You” and “your” mean the individual user of the Service.

0.4. “Mandatory Law” means the laws and legal rules of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein that cannot be waived or excluded by contract.

1. EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF SERVICE AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

1.1. Academic Project Status: You acknowledge and agree that PlayLocal is an experimental academic student project and not a commercial or production-ready service.

1.2. “As-Is” Provision: We provide the Service, including all current or future features, reporting mechanisms, or safety tools, strictly on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

1.3. Assumption of Risk: You acknowledge that the Service may contain significant software bugs, security vulnerabilities, or operational defects. You assume total responsibility and all risks associated with your use of the Service, including the risk of data breach, data loss, or system failure.

1.4. No Support Obligation: We have no obligation to provide you with maintenance, technical support, debugging, moderation, or customer service.

2. ELIGIBILITY AND USER RESPONSIBILITIES

2.1. Capacity to Contract: You must have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence (e.g., 18 years of age in Ontario) to enter into this agreement.

2.2. Minor Usage and Guardian Consent: If you are under the age of majority, you may only use the Service with the explicit consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these terms. Access to the Service by any individual under the age of 13 is strictly prohibited.

2.3. Account Security: You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

2.4. Content Ownership and Legality: You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, and consents to transmit any User Content through the Service.

3. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

You agree not to use the Service to:

• 3.1. Violate any Mandatory Law local or international.
• 3.2. Reverse engineer, decompile, scrape, or otherwise attempt to extract the source code or underlying data of the Service.
• 3.3. Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, including via automated scripts, bots, or denial-of-service attacks.
• 3.4. Harass, threaten, abuse, defame, or unlawfully discriminate against any individual or group.
• 3.5. Transmit or upload material that infringes upon the intellectual property or privacy rights of any third party.

4. DISCRETIONARY ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION

4.1. No Obligation to Monitor or Act: While we may provide features to report content or users, our decision to utilize any moderation tool or address any user report is strictly at our sole and absolute discretion.

4.2. Right to Terminate: We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Service, or your specific access to it, at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.

4.3. Finality of Decisions: All our administrative and moderation decisions are final and not subject to appeal or review.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1. Maximum Exculpation: To the maximum extent permitted by Mandatory Law, in no event shall we, our academic institutions, or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.

5.2. Scope of Waiver: This limitation of liability applies to any claims arising out of or related to your use of the Service, including those arising from our ordinary negligence, errors, omissions, technical failures, or failure to enforce the Acceptable Use Policy.

5.3. Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of any term of this agreement, or your violation of any third-party right.

6. GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Any legal action or proceeding arising under this agreement shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in Ontario.

6.2. Severability: If any provision of this agreement is deemed invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction under Mandatory Law, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

6.3. Survivability: The provisions of Sections 0, 1, 4, 5, and 6 shall survive any termination or expiration of this agreement or your use of the Service.

6.4. Modification of Agreement: We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these terms at any time, with or without prior notification to you. It is your responsibility to review these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes constitutes your unconditional acceptance of those changes.