Terms of Service

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a legal agreement between you and [TODO: Company legal name] ("we", "us", or "our") and govern your access to and use of the Plagiarism Checker Plus website at https://plagiarismcheckerplus.com and all related tools, products, and services (the "Service").

By creating an account, signing in, or using the Service in any way, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least [TODO: 13 / 16 / 18 — pick] years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements and that you are not barred from using the Service under the laws of your country of residence.

3. Accounts

Some features require an account. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide, for keeping your password confidential, and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at [TODO: support email] if you suspect unauthorized access.

You may not share, sell, or transfer your account. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

4. Acceptable use

When using the Service, you agree not to:

• Submit content you do not have the right to submit, or that infringes any third-party rights.

• Use the Service to harass, defame, or harm others.

• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, decompile, or interfere with the Service or its underlying infrastructure.

• Use bots, automated scripts, or any technique to circumvent rate limits, credit limits, or other restrictions.

• Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Service without our prior written permission.

• Use the Service to develop or train a competing product, including any machine-learning model.

• Violate any applicable law or regulation.

5. Your content

You retain all ownership rights in the text and other content you submit to the Service ("Your Content"). You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, process, and display Your Content solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you.

You are responsible for Your Content. You represent that you have the rights to submit it and that doing so does not violate any law or third-party right.

We do not use Your Content to train generative AI models, and we do not sell it. See our Privacy Policy for details on how submissions are stored.

6. Our intellectual property

The Service, including its software, design, branding, copy, and underlying models, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended purpose, subject to these Terms.

You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works of the Service except as expressly permitted.

7. Plans, credits, and billing

The Service is offered on free and paid plans, and on a credit basis described on our pricing page. Paid plans renew automatically until cancelled. By subscribing, you authorize us (or our payment processor) to charge the payment method you provided.

Credits expire as stated at the time of purchase. We may change prices, plans, and credit ratios on prospective notice; current pricing always applies to active billing cycles.

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8. Refunds

Pay-as-you-go credit purchases are refundable within 7 days only if no credits have been used. Monthly subscriptions are refundable within 7 days of the most recent renewal; annual subscriptions within 14 days. Refund requests should be sent to [TODO: support email].

Refunds are not available for partial subscription periods, for credits already consumed, or where we suspect abuse.

9. Third-party services

The Service may link to or interoperate with third-party services (for example, identity providers, payment processors, or citation databases). We are not responsible for third-party services and your use of them is governed by their own terms and policies.

10. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

Plagiarism and AI detection are probabilistic. We do not guarantee that the Service will identify every instance of plagiarism or AI-generated content, or that its findings are conclusive. You are solely responsible for decisions you make based on the Service's output.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we and our officers, directors, employees, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Service.

Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) USD 100.

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12. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, Your Content, or your violation of these Terms.

13. Termination

You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service or other users.

On termination, your right to use the Service ends. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, and dispute resolution) will survive.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or an in-product notice at least [TODO: 14 / 30] days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of [TODO: jurisdiction, e.g. State of Delaware, USA], without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The exclusive forum for disputes is the state and federal courts located in [TODO: jurisdiction], and you and we consent to personal jurisdiction there.

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16. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any policies referenced herein, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. If any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms?

Email: [TODO: legal or support email]

Mail: [TODO: Registered business address]