Terms & Conditions

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Overview

The terms "we," "us," and "our" refer to Novel Bits LLC. The term "the Site" refers to novelbits.io and academy.novelbits.io. The terms "user," "you," and "your" refer to site visitors, customers, members, and any other users of the site.

Service

Bluetooth Developer Academy is a membership site for online training, courses, resources, and other content relating to developing Bluetooth Low Energy products and applications (the "Service").

Use of academy.novelbits.io, including all materials presented herein and all online services provided by Novel Bits LLC, is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all site visitors, customers, and all other users of the site. By using the Site or Service, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, without modification, and acknowledge reading them.

Parties agree that the Service is in the nature of education. The scope of services provided by Novel Bits LLC according to this Agreement is limited to those listed on the academy.novelbits.io website. Novel Bits LLC reserves the right to substitute services equal to or comparable to the services listed if the need arises, without prior notice.

Use of the Site and Service

To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years of age or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms and Conditions. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site. Information provided on the Site and in the Service related to membership sites and other information is subject to change. Novel Bits LLC makes no representation or warranty that the information provided, regardless of its source (the "Content"), is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. Novel Bits LLC disclaims all liability for any inaccuracy, error, or incompleteness in the Content.

Account Creation

In order to use the Service, you will be required to provide information about yourself including your name, email address, username and password, and other personal information. You agree that any registration information you give to Novel Bits LLC will always be accurate, correct, and up to date. You must not impersonate someone else or provide account information or an email address other than your own. Your account must not be used for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

Lawful Purposes

You may use the Site and Service for lawful purposes only. You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf through the Site. You agree to use the Site and to purchase services or products through the Site for legitimate, non-commercial purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the Site any material which violates or infringes the rights of others, or which is threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable, contains injurious formulas, recipes, or instructions, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

Refusal of Service

The Services are offered subject to our acceptance of your order or requests. We reserve the right to refuse service to any order, person or entity, without the obligation to assign a reason for doing so. No order is deemed accepted by us until payment has been processed. We may at any time change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Site or Service, subject to us fulfilling our previous responsibilities to you based on acceptance of your payment.

Order Confirmation

We will email you to confirm the placement of your order and with details concerning product delivery and ongoing payments. In the event that there is an error in this email confirmation, it is your responsibility to inform us as soon as possible.

Duration of Agreement

Once confirmed, we will provide you access to the purchased Service. You agree and understand that access to the Service may at times be influenced and affected by third parties that we use to provide the Service (web hosting, membership site plugins, etc.). You agree and understand that no breach of contract action may be initiated against Novel Bits LLC when there are reasonable delays in the access of the Service.

Novel Bits LLC reserves the right to terminate the Service, and/or access to certain features of the Service, with or without prior notice to you. We will make reasonable efforts to provide notice but are not required to do so under the terms of this agreement.

Lifetime Access is for the lifetime of the Service. If for any reason, Novel Bits LLC should dissolve or cease to exist, then your access to the Service terminates.

For annual subscriptions, you will receive 365 days of access. You may cancel the automatic renewal of your annual subscription at any time and your access to the Site will end at the end of the current contracted term.

Cancellations & Refunds

Due to the nature of digital educational content, we are not able to offer refunds – partial or full – once you have accessed the course materials.

It is entirely your responsibility to ensure that you cancel your account in good time should you no longer require the Service and do not wish to be billed further.

Product Description

We endeavor to describe and display the Service as accurately as possible. While we try to be as clear as possible in explaining the Service, please do not accept that the Site is entirely accurate, current, or error-free. From time to time we may correct errors in pricing and descriptions. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel any order with an incorrect price listing.

Material You Submit to the Site

You shall not upload, post, or otherwise make available on the Site any artwork, photos, or other materials (collectively "Materials") protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights, and the burden of determining that any Materials are not so protected rests entirely with you.

As a feature of the Service, Novel Bits LLC may provide access to a community or social media platforms in conjunction with the Service. Novel Bits LLC is not required to provide a community platform and has complete discretion with regards to the platform, and the nature of the interaction, dependent on the Service.

You agree that your use of these community and social media platforms is a privilege and Novel Bits LLC may limit or deny access to these platforms for misconduct that includes but is not limited to being inappropriate, rude, violent, or threatening.

Intellectual Property Rights

We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you supply to Novel Bits LLC. You retain copyright and any other rights you may rightfully hold in any content that you submit through the Site or Service.

The Site and Service contain intellectual property owned by Novel Bits LLC, including trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, and other intellectual property. Novel Bits LLC's copyrighted and original materials are provided to you as part of the Service for your individual use only and a single-user license. All intellectual property, including Novel Bits LLC's copyrighted materials, shall remain the sole property of Novel Bits LLC. No license to sell or distribute our materials is granted or implied.

Changed Terms

We may at any time amend these Terms and Conditions. Such amendments are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms and Conditions on this Site. Any use of the Site or Service by you after being notified means you accept these amendments. We reserve the right to update any portion of our Site and Service, including these Terms and Conditions, at any time.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that under no circumstances shall we be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, or any other damages arising out of your use of the Site or Service. Additionally, Novel Bits LLC is not liable for damages in connection with (i) any failure of performance, error, omission, denial of service, attack, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, or line or system failure; (ii) loss of revenue, anticipated profits, business, savings, goodwill or data; and (iii) third party theft of, destruction of, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of your information or property, regardless of our negligence, gross negligence, failure of an essential purpose and whether such liability arises in negligence, contract, tort, or any other theory of legal liability.

In no event shall Novel Bits LLC's cumulative liability to you exceed the total purchase price of the Service you have purchased from Novel Bits LLC, and if no purchase has been made, Novel Bits LLC's cumulative liability to you shall not exceed \$100.

Third-Party Resources

The Site and the Service may contain links to third-party websites and resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for the availability, accuracy, content, or policies of third-party websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with Novel Bits LLC.

Indemnification

You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, settlements, liabilities, costs, charges, assessments, and expenses, as well as third party claims and causes of action, including, without limitation, attorney's fees, arising out of any breach by you of any of these Terms and Conditions, or any use by you of the Site or Service.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Novel Bits LLC pertaining to the Site and Service and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings between us. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by Novel Bits LLC shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by Novel Bits LLC.

Severability

If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement is held by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the rest of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.

Contact Us

All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and properly addressed as follows:

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