Terms of Service

1. Who Can Use Smartikle

Accounts are created and managed by adults — parents, guardians, tutors, teachers, or schools. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to create an account.

Children may use the Service only under the supervision and direction of a responsible adult who is accountable for their use. If you add learners to your account, you confirm you have the authority and any necessary consent to do so. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle children's and student data.

2. The Service

Smartikle provides short learning articles with quizzes, courses and assignments, progress tracking, and learning games, for families, tutors, homeschools, and schools. We may add, change, or remove features over time to improve the Service.

3. Accounts & Security

You are responsible for the information you provide, for activity under your account, and for keeping your login credentials secure. Notify us promptly at support@smartikle.com if you believe your account has been compromised.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms;
• Upload or share content that is harmful, abusive, infringing, or inappropriate for a learning environment;
• Attempt to disrupt, reverse-engineer, scrape, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or other users' data;
• Share your account or resell access without our permission;
• Misrepresent your identity or your authority to manage a learner's account.

We may suspend or remove content or accounts that violate these rules.

5. Plans, Billing & Cancellation

• Free and paid plans. Some features are free; others require a paid subscription. Current plans and prices are shown on our Pricing page.
• Payments. Paid subscriptions are processed by our payment provider, Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges to your payment method.
• Auto-renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically (monthly or yearly, as selected) until cancelled. You can cancel anytime; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
• Refunds. Except where required by law, payments are generally non-refundable, though we try to resolve billing issues fairly — contact us.
• Price changes. We may change prices; changes apply to future billing periods and we will give reasonable notice.

6. Your Content & Learner Data

You retain ownership of content you create or upload. You grant Smartikle a limited license to host, store, and display that content solely to operate and provide the Service to you.

We handle personal and learner data as described in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms.

7. Intellectual Property

The Service, including Smartikle articles, quizzes, software, and branding, is owned by Smartikle or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service for its intended educational purpose. You may not copy, redistribute, or create derivative works from our content except as expressly allowed.

8. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on third-party providers (for example, hosting, payment processing via Stripe, and sign-in providers). Your use of those features may also be subject to the third party's terms. We are not responsible for third-party services we do not control.

9. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." Smartikle is an educational aid and does not guarantee specific learning outcomes, academic results, or that content is error-free. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Smartikle and its team will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or data, arising from your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service and cancel your subscription at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these Terms or to protect the Service or other users. On termination, your right to use the Service ends; sections that by their nature should survive (such as intellectual property, disclaimers, and limitation of liability) will remain in effect.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated date, and where appropriate we will provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Smartikle operates, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any disputes will be handled in the courts of that jurisdiction, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at support@smartikle.com.