Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using Neuro Coding Studio ("the Service"), operated by CodingLab ("we", "us", or "our"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must not access or use the Service. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service.

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the new Terms on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after such changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

3. Description of Service

Neuro Coding Studio provides AI-powered text analysis tools including AI content detection, paraphrasing, and related services through a web interface and API. Features may be added, modified, or removed at our discretion.

4. User Accounts

To access certain features, you must create an account using a supported authentication provider (Google, GitHub, or LinkedIn). You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the security and confidentiality of your account credentials.
• All activities that occur under your account.
• Notifying us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach.

We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to safeguard your account. We reserve the right to disable any account at any time if, in our opinion, you have violated these Terms.

5. Credits, Payments & Refund Policy

The Service operates on a credit-based system. Credits are consumed when you use AI analysis features. Regarding purchases:

• All credit purchases are processed securely through Stripe and are final.
• Refunds may be issued at our sole discretion for technical errors where credits were deducted without delivering results. Contact support within 7 days of the issue.
• Purchased credits do not expire and remain on your account until used.
• Credits are non-transferable and may not be resold.
• We reserve the right to change pricing at any time. Existing purchased credits will not be affected by price changes.

6. API Usage

Access to our API is subject to rate limits and usage quotas. API keys are personal and must not be shared. You agree not to:

• Exceed documented rate limits or attempt to circumvent them.
• Use the API for any purpose not intended by the Service.
• Redistribute or resell API access without prior written consent.

We may revoke API access immediately if these terms are violated.

7. Prohibited Conduct

When using the Service, you agree not to:

• Attempt to bypass, disable, or interfere with security features, rate limits, or access restrictions.
• Use the Service to facilitate plagiarism, academic dishonesty, fraud, or any illegal activity.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code or underlying algorithms of our detection models.
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service beyond the provided API.
• Transmit malware, viruses, or any code of a destructive nature.
• Harass, abuse, or harm another person through the Service, including via the support chat.
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

8. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its original content (excluding user-submitted text), features, functionality, design, and underlying technology, is and remains the exclusive property of CodingLab. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on our Service without explicit written permission.

You retain full ownership of any text you submit for analysis. We claim no intellectual property rights over your content.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, CodingLab and its affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service.

Our total liability for any claim arising from or related to these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the amount you paid to us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at our sole discretion, without prior notice, for conduct that violates these Terms, is harmful to other users or our business interests, or for any other reason. Upon termination:

• Your right to use the Service ceases immediately.
• Unused credits may be forfeited at our discretion.
• Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will remain in effect.

You may delete your account at any time through your account settings.

11. Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Italy, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Italy.

For EU residents: You may also be entitled to submit a dispute to the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.