Introduction
These Terms govern your access to and use of BibleBuddy.io as well as all content and Higher Power Technology Ltd products and services available at or through these websites and supporting mobile and native applications (collectively, the “Services”).
These Terms also govern visitors' access to and use of any modalities that use our Services, such as the BibleBuddy text messaging service or social media chatbots.
Our Services are offered subject to your acceptance, without modification, of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Higher Power Technology Ltd's Privacy Policy), and procedures that may be published from time to time by Higher Power Technology Ltd (collectively, the “Agreement”). You agree that we may automatically upgrade our Services, and the Agreement will apply to any upgrades.
Please read the Agreement carefully before accessing or using our Services. By accessing or using any part of our Services, you agree to become bound by the Agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms of the Agreement, then you may not access or use our Services.
Who's Who
Throughout these Terms, “you” applies to both individuals and entities that access or use our Services. If you are an individual using our Services on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to the Agreement and that by using our Service(s), you are accepting the Agreement on behalf of that entity.
We refer to Higher Power Technology Ltd collectively as “Higher Power Technology Ltd” or “we” throughout these Terms.
Your Account
Where use of our Services requires an account, you agree to provide us with complete and accurate information when you register for an account. You will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your account. You are responsible for keeping your account information up-to-date and for keeping your password secure.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and any Service-related content, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account and any other actions taken in connection with our Services. You shall not share or misuse your access credentials. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized uses of your account, store, or website, or of any other breach of security. We will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
When you create a Bible Buddy account, download a Bible Buddy native application, or message a BibleBuddy chatbot, we consider that to be an inquiry about our products and services, which means that we may contact you to share more details about what we have to offer. Don't worry — if you aren't interested in learning more, you can opt out of the marketing communication, whether it's an email, phone call, or text message.
Responsibility of Visitors and Users
We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the content (such as, but not limited to, text, photo, video, audio, code, goods offered for sale, or other materials) posted to our Services by users or anyone else, including content generated by Large Language Models (“Content”), and are not responsible for any use or effects of such Content. So, for example: We do not endorse any Content or represent that Content is accurate, useful, or non-harmful.
Content could be offensive, indecent, or objectionable; include technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, or other errors; or violate or infringe the privacy, publicity rights, intellectual property rights (see our Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy section to submit copyright complaints), or other proprietary rights of third parties.
If you post Content or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) Content available on our Services, you are entirely responsible for the Content, and any harm resulting from that Content or your conduct.
We disclaim any responsibility for any harm resulting from anyone's use, purchase, or downloading of Content. If you access or use any Content, you are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.
Any Content or goods offered for sale through any of our Services are the seller's sole responsibility, and you agree that you will look solely to the seller for any damages that result from your purchase or use of Content.
We are not a party to, and will have no responsibility or liability for, any communications, transactions, interactions, or disputes between you and the provider of any Content.
Please note that additional third party terms and conditions may apply to the downloading, copying, purchase, or use of Content.
Payment
Some of our Services are offered for a fee (collectively, “Paid Services”). By using a Paid Service, you agree to pay the specified fees. Depending on the Paid Service, there may be a one-time fee, recurring fees, or usage-based fees. For recurring fees, we'll bill or charge you for in regular automatically-renewing intervals (such as monthly, annually, or biennially), on a pre-pay basis until you cancel, which you can do at any time by contacting our support team.
If your payment fails or if Paid Services are otherwise not paid for or paid for on time, we may immediately cancel or revoke your access to the Paid Services. If you contact your bank or credit card company to decline or reverse the charge of fees for Paid Services, we may revoke your access to our Services in general.
We may change our fees at any time, or start charging fees for Services that were previously free. When applicable, we may give you advance notice of the fee changes. If you don't agree with the fee changes, you must cancel your Paid Service.
We want you to be happy with our services. In the event of a disagreement or dispute related to payment, please email our support team and we will do our best to make things right.
While you may cancel a Paid Service at any time, refunds are issued in our sole discretion, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
As we ask others to respect our intellectual property rights, we respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or associated with a Higher Power Technology Ltd product or service violates your copyright, please notify us in accordance with Higher Power Technology Ltd's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. We will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. We will terminate a visitor's access to and use of the website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Higher Power Technology Ltd or others. In the case of such termination, we will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to us.
General Representation and Warranty
You represent and warrant that your use of our Services:
Will be in strict accordance with these Terms; Will comply with all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, all applicable laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content, privacy, data protection, and the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom, United States or the country in which you reside);
Will not use the Services for any unlawful purposes, to publish illegal content, or in furtherance of illegal activities;
Will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party;
Will not overburden Higher Power Technology Ltd's systems, as determined by us in our sole discretion;
Will not disclose sensitive personal information of others;
Will not be used to send spam or bulk unsolicited messages;
Will not interfere with, disrupt, or attack any service or network; and
Will not be used to create, distribute, or enable material that is - or that facilitates or operates in conjunction with - malware, spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code.
Content Rights
Higher Power Technology Ltd does not claim ownership of any content you submit ("User Content"), such as written descriptions, photos, and other media. By submitting Content to Higher Power Technology Ltd through the Services, you grant Higher Power Technology Ltd a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and publicly display your User Content, in whole or in part, in any manner or media and for any purpose whatsoever at our sole discretion, including, without limitation, for publicity, promotional, advertising, trade, business, illustration, artistic and other commercial and noncommercial purposes.
You acknowledge and agree that Higher Power Technology Ltd may disclose or use any User Content that you Transmit for purposes that include, but are not limited to:
(a) enforcing these Terms and Conditions;
(b) complying with any laws, regulations or rules of any federal, state or local government or agency;
(c) responding to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties; or
(d) protecting the rights or property of Company, its customers or the public.
Unsolicited Ideas and Feedback
Separate and apart from User Content, you can submit questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about Higher Power Technology Ltd or Services (collectively, “Feedback”). By submitting such Feedback, you agree it is non-confidential and shall become the sole property of Higher Power Technology Ltd. Higher Power Technology Ltd shall own exclusive rights, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights, in and to such Feedback and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of this Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgement or compensation to you.
Third Party Services
In using the Services, you may enable or use services, products, software (like themes or plugins), embeds, or applications developed by a third party or yourself (“Third Party Services”) with your account.
If you use any Third Party Services, you understand that: Third Party Services are not vetted, endorsed, or controlled by Higher Power Technology Ltd
Any use of a Third Party Service is at your own risk, and we shall not be responsible or liable to anyone for Third Party Services.
Your use is solely between you and the respective third party (“Third Party”) and will be governed by the Third Party's terms and policies. It is your responsibility to review the Third Party's terms and policies before using a Third Party Service.
Some Third Party Services may request or require access to your data, for example, via an API integration. If you use the Third Party Service or grant access, your data will be handled in accordance with the Third Party's privacy policy and practices. We do not have control over how a Third Party Service may use your data. You should carefully review Third Party Services' data collection, retention, and use policies and practices before enabling Third Party Services.
Third Party Services may not work appropriately with your account, and we may not be able to provide support for issues caused by any Third Party Services.
If you have questions or concerns about how a Third Party Service operates, or need support, please contact the Third Party directly.
In rare cases, we may at our discretion, suspend, disable, or remove Third Party Services from your account or website.
Changes
We are constantly updating our Services and that means sometimes we have to change the legal terms under which our Services are offered. These Terms may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Higher Power Technology Ltd, or by the posting by Higher Power Technology Ltd of a revised version. If we make changes that are material, we will let you know by posting on one of our blogs, or by sending you an email or other communication before the changes take effect. The notice will designate a reasonable period of time after which the new terms will take effect.
If you disagree with our changes, then you should stop using our Services within the designated notice period, or once the changes become effective. Your continued use of our Services will be subject to the new terms. However, any dispute that arose before the changes shall be governed by the Terms (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that were in place when the dispute arose.
Termination
We may terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. We have the right (though not the obligation) to, in our sole discretion,
(i) reclaim your username or website's URL due to prolonged inactivity,
(ii) refuse or remove any content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates any Higher Power Technology Ltd policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable,
(iii) ask you to make some adjustments, restrict the resources your team uses, or terminate your Services, if we believe your team's storage or bandwidth usage is out of hand and burdens our systems, or
(iv) terminate or deny access to and use of any of our Services to any individual or entity for any reason. We will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Bible Buddy account, you may simply discontinue using our Services. Alternatively, if you are using a paid service, you may cancel at any time, subject to the Fees, Payment, and Renewal section in these Terms. Additionally, if you desire to explicitly delete your account, please email us at delete_account@biblebuddy.io with your request. This email option provides a direct way to ensure the deletion of your account, complementing the existing methods of termination.
All provisions of the Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
Disclaimer of Warranties
Our Services are provided “as is.” Higher Power Technology Ltd and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Higher Power Technology Ltd, nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that our Services will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you obtain content or services through our Services at your own discretion and risk.
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
Except to the extent any applicable law provides otherwise, the Agreement and any access to or use of any Higher Power Technology Ltd products or services will be subject to the law and jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom.