Effective Date: 29 April 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using the Cordecho website, application, or related services (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to all of the Terms, do not use the Service. These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Shirriff BioAdvisors Inc., operating as "Cordecho" ("Cordecho," "we," "us," or "our").
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction) to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may use Cordecho only with the involvement of a parent or guardian who accepts these Terms on your behalf.
3. Account Registration
To access certain features, you must create an account through our authentication provider, Clerk, and provide a valid email address. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
4. User Content
"User Content" means any text, images, or other materials you submit to the Service, including manuscripts, prompts, and feedback. You retain all ownership rights to your User Content.
By submitting User Content, you grant Cordecho a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, process, transmit, display, and otherwise use your User Content solely for the purpose of operating and improving the Service. You represent that you have all rights necessary to grant this license.
5. Intellectual Property
The Service, including the website design, software, and all Cordecho-generated content (collectively, "Cordecho Content") are owned by Cordecho or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for your User Content, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Service or Cordecho Content without our prior written consent.
6. Acceptable Use
When using Cordecho, you agree that you will not:
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- Upload content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
- Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Service or circumvent any security or access-control mechanism.
- Use the Service to develop similar or competing products.
- Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service.
7. Payments & Credits
If you purchase credits or a subscription, you authorize Cordecho and its payment processor, Stripe, to charge your designated payment method. All fees are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated and are non-refundable except as required by law. Credits never expire but have no cash value and are non-transferable.
8. Third-Party Services
Cordecho integrates with third-party providers, including OpenRouter (LLM routing), Neon (database hosting), and Clerk (authentication). We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services; your use of them is subject to their terms and privacy policies.
9. Termination
You may terminate your account at any time by following the in-app deletion process. Cordecho may suspend or terminate the Service or your account, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms or if we believe your use of the Service poses a risk to us or other users.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Cordecho does not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
11. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cordecho and its officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses resulting from (a) your use or inability to use the Service; (b) any unauthorized access to or use of our servers; (c) any interruption or cessation of transmission; or (d) any bugs, viruses, or the like transmitted to or through the Service.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cordecho and its affiliates from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the Service or violation of these Terms.
13. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved exclusively in the courts located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
14. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by email or in-app notice at least 14 days before they take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
15. Contact
For questions about these Terms, please contact us at contactcordecho@gmail.com or write to:
Shirriff BioAdvisors Inc. (Cordecho)
604 — 1965 W 4th Ave, Suite 211
Vancouver, BC V6J 1M8
Canada