Last Updated: 17/2/2025
Agreement to Terms
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User,” “you,” or “your”) and the Global Pickleball Equipment Certification (“GPEC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) concerning your access to and use of the [GPEC Website URL] website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through [GPEC Website URL] (collectively, the “Site”).
By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy [insert link to Privacy Policy], incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site.
Changes to the Terms
GPEC reserves the right to modify or update these Terms at any time in its sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.
Accessing the Site
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms.
Intellectual Property Rights
The Site and its entire contents, features, and functionality, including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof, are owned by GPEC, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
Prohibited Uses
You agree not to use the Site:
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate GPEC, a GPEC employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site, or which, as determined by us, may harm GPEC or users of the Site or expose them to liability.
User Contributions
The Site may contain interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Site.
All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms.
By providing any User Contribution on the Site, you grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.
Content Standards
User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:
- Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
- Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
Reliance on Information Posted
The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
Disclaimer of Warranties
Your use of the Site, its content, and any services or items obtained through the Site is at your own risk. The Site, its content, and any services or items obtained through the Site are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will GPEC, its affiliates, or their licensors,