Grassroots to Glory Terms & Conditions

Terms of Use

Welcome to Grassroots to Glory! These Terms of Use outline the rules and guidelines for using the Grassroots to Glory platform. By creating an account or using our services, you agree to these Terms, forming a legal agreement between you and Grassroots to Glory.

Our Commitment to You

Grassroots to Glory is dedicated to providing a platform that supports athletes from all levels in achieving their dreams. Our Service includes all products, features, applications, services, technologies, and software offered under the Grassroots to Glory brand.

Your Commitments to Us

To ensure a safe and inclusive community, we ask you to make the following commitments:

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Age Requirement: You must be at least 16 years old to create an account. If you are under 16, your account must be set up and managed by a legal guardian.
  • Legal Compliance: You must not be prohibited by law from receiving our services, especially if you appear on any denied party listings.
  • Account Status: Your account must not have been previously disabled by us for violations of laws or our policies.
  • Safety Assurance: You must not be a convicted sex offender.

    Android/IOS Permissions

    Our application requires specific permissions to function optimally on Android and iOS devices. By using our app, you consent to the following permissions being accessed:

    • Camera (Android.Permission.CAMERA): Allows the app to capture photos and videos directly from your device's camera.
    • Write External Storage (Android.Permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE): Enables the app to save files and media content to your device’s storage.
    • Read External Storage (Android.Permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE): Allows the app to access and read files from your device’s storage.
    • Access Fine Location (Android.Permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION): Grants the app precise location access for features that require GPS or network-based location services.
    • Access Coarse Location (Android.Permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION): Provides the app with approximate location information for location-based features.

    These permissions are essential for delivering the full functionality of our services. We ensure that your data is handled securely and in compliance with our privacy policy.

Prohibited Actions:

  • Accurate Information: You must provide true and up-to-date information. You cannot impersonate others or create accounts for someone else unless you are their legal guardian.
  • Lawful Use: You must not use the Service for any unlawful, misleading, or fraudulent activities.
  • Policy Compliance: You must not encourage or participate in activities that violate these Terms or our policies.
  • Operational Integrity: You must not interfere with or disrupt the intended operation of the Service, including misusing any reporting, dispute, or appeals channels.
  • Unauthorised Access: You must not create accounts or collect information through unauthorised means, such as automated systems.
  • Account and Data Transactions: You are not allowed to sell, license, or purchase any account or data obtained from us or through our Service.
  • Privacy and Intellectual Property: You must not post someone else's private or confidential information without permission or engage in activities that violate others' rights, including intellectual property rights.
  • Modification Restrictions: You must not modify, translate, create derivative works of, or reverse-engineer our products or their components.
  • Username Usage: You cannot use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent.

Permissions You Grant to Us

To operate the Service effectively, you grant us certain permissions:

  • Content License: While you retain ownership of your content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content. This license ends when you delete your content or account.
  • Username and Profile Usage: You give us permission to use your username, profile picture, and information about your actions or relationships with accounts, ads, and sponsored content in connection with the Service without compensation to you.
  • Updates: You agree that we can download and install updates to the Service on your device.

Additional Rights We Retain

  • Username Changes: We may change your username or similar identifier if we believe it is necessary, such as for intellectual property reasons or to prevent impersonation.
  • Intellectual Property: If you use our intellectual property (e.g., images, designs, videos), we retain all rights to that content.
  • Trademark Use: You may only use our trademarks or similar marks with our prior written permission.
  • Source Code: You must obtain our written permission or an open-source license to modify, create derivative works of, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract our source code.

These Terms are designed to create a safe, respectful, and supportive environment for all users of Grassroots to Glory. By following these guidelines, we can all work together to help athletes achieve their dreams.

Content Removal and Account Termination

  • Content Removal: We reserve the right to remove or restrict any content or information you share on Grassroots to Glory if we believe it violates these Terms of Use, our policies, or if required by law. We may also refuse or stop providing the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your access to the Grassroots to Glory platform) to protect our community or services, especially if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate these Terms of Use or our policies, repeatedly infringe on others' intellectual property rights, or if required by law. Additionally, we may change the Service, remove or block content, or stop providing all or part of the Service if necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts on us.
  • Notification: In most cases, if we remove content, we will notify you and explain your options for requesting a review. However, we may not provide notice if you have seriously or repeatedly violated these Terms, or if providing notice may expose us or others to legal liability, harm our user community, compromise the integrity of our services, systems, or products, or where we are restricted due to technical limitations or legal constraints.
  • Account Deletion: If you believe your account has been terminated in error, or you wish to disable or permanently delete your account, please consult our support team. Once you request to delete your content or account, the deletion process will start within 30 days and may take up to 90 days to complete. During this process, your content will no longer be visible to other users but will still be subject to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. After deletion, it may take up to an additional 90 days to remove your content from backups and disaster recovery systems.
  • Exceptions to Content Deletion: In certain situations, content will not be deleted within the standard 90-day period:
    • If your content has been used by others: If your content has been shared by others under this license and they have not deleted it, this license will continue to apply until that content is deleted.
    • Technical Limitations: If deletion within 90 days is not technically feasible, we will complete the deletion as soon as possible.
    • Legal or Safety Reasons: If deletion would hinder our ability to:
      • Investigate or identify illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies.
      • Protect the safety and security of our products, systems, and users.
      • Comply with a legal obligation, such as preserving evidence.
      • Comply with a judicial or administrative request, law enforcement, or government agency request.
    • Retention Duration: In these cases, content will be retained only as long as necessary for these purposes, with the exact duration varying on a case-by-case basis.
  • Termination of Agreement: If you delete or we disable your account, these Terms will no longer apply as an agreement between you and Grassroots to Glory. However, the sections on content removal and account termination and "Our Agreement and Dispute Resolution" will still apply after your account has been terminated, disabled, or deleted.

Our Agreement and Dispute Resolution

Our Agreement

  • API Use: Your use of our API is subject to the Grassroots to Glory Platform Terms and Developer Policies. If you use certain other features or services, you may be required to agree to additional terms that will also become part of our agreement.
  • Enforceability: If any part of this agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining terms will still be in effect.
  • Amendments and Waivers: Any amendments or waivers to this agreement must be in writing and signed by Grassroots to Glory. Failure to enforce any aspect of this agreement does not constitute a waiver of those terms.
  • Reservation of Rights: We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you under these Terms.

Rights and Obligations

  • No Third-Party Rights: This agreement does not grant rights to any third parties.
  • Non-Transferability: You cannot transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without our consent.
  • Our Rights: We may assign our rights and obligations under this agreement to others, such as in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or as required by law.

Responsibility and Liability

  • Service Provision: We will use reasonable skill and care in providing the Service and maintaining a safe, secure, and functional environment. However, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service. Provided we have acted with reasonable skill and care, we are not responsible for:
    • Losses not caused by our breach of these Terms.
    • Losses that are not reasonably foreseeable at the time of entering into these Terms.
    • Offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable content posted by others.
    • Events beyond our reasonable control.
  • Limitations: These limitations do not exclude or limit our liability for death, personal injury, or fraudulent misrepresentation caused by our negligence, nor do they exclude or limit our liability where the law does not permit us to do so.

Dispute Resolution

  • Legal Disputes: If a claim or dispute arises from your use of the Service, both you and Grassroots to Glory agree to resolve it in a competent court in the country of your main residence, applying the laws of that country without regard to conflict of law provisions.

Unsolicited Material

We value your feedback and suggestions on improving our platform. However, please note that any ideas, feedback, or other suggestions you provide may be used by us without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you. We are not obligated to keep such submissions confidential.

Updating These Terms

As our sports platform evolves, we may need to update these Terms to reflect changes in our Service or policies. When we make such changes, we will notify you at least 30 days in advance (for example, through a notice on our platform) and give you an opportunity to review the revised Terms before they take effect. By continuing to use the Service after the updated Terms become effective, you agree to be bound by them.

Effective From: 2024