Terms of Service

To use Giving the Distance, you must:

• Be at least 13 years of age
• Have a valid Google account
• Have a Strava account to utilize sponsorship features
• Provide accurate and complete information during registration
• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations in your jurisdiction

As a user, you are responsible for:

• Maintaining the security and confidentiality of your account
• All activities that occur under your account, whether authorized or not
• Ensuring your Strava account data is accurate and up to date
• Notifying us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach
• Complying with Strava's terms of service and API usage guidelines

When you connect your Strava account, you:

• Grant us permission to access your Strava activity data, profile information, and to update your activities with sponsorship details
• Acknowledge that we will use Strava's API in accordance with their terms of service
• Understand that disconnecting your Strava account will disable sponsorship tracking features
• Agree that we may add descriptions or tags to your Strava activities to reflect donations made through our platform

You agree NOT to:

• Manipulate or falsify activity data to increase sponsorship payments
• Use the platform for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
• Violate any laws in your jurisdiction or ours (United States)
• Interfere with or disrupt the platform or servers connected to it
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other user accounts or systems
• Use automated tools or bots to access or interact with the platform
• Harass, abuse, or harm other users of the platform
• Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation

All content, features, and functionality of Giving the Distance, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, images, and software, are the exclusive property of Giving the Distance or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

You may not:

• Copy, modify, or distribute any content from our platform without permission
• Reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code
• Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices

While we strive to ensure accurate tracking of athletic activities and donations, we rely on data provided by Strava and other third-party services. We are not responsible for:

• Inaccuracies in activity data from Strava
• GPS or tracking errors in athletic activities
• Delays or failures in payment processing
• Disputes between sponsors and athletes regarding sponsorship terms

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Giving the Distance 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.

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account and access to the platform at our sole discretion, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including:

• Violation of these Terms of Service
• Fraudulent or suspicious activity
• Request by law enforcement or government agencies
• Extended periods of inactivity

Upon termination, your right to use the platform will immediately cease. We may delete your account data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of [Your State], without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of the platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, except where prohibited by law.