Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and SkillAnvil S.R.L. ("SkillAnvil," "we," "us," or "our") governing your use of our website, learning platform, applications, content, and related services (the "Service"). Nothing in these Terms limits rights that cannot lawfully be limited.

1. Acceptance and Eligibility

You accept these Terms when you create an account, click to accept them, purchase a paid feature, or use the Service. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

You must be at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, you may use the Service only with a parent or legal guardian's permission and supervision. If you use the Service for an organization, you confirm that you may bind it to these Terms.

2. The Service and Your Account

2.1 The Service

SkillAnvil provides courses, articles, quizzes, coding problems, progress tracking, and related learning tools. Some features require an account or payment. The Service supports learning and practice, but we do not guarantee examination results, qualifications, employment, or a particular level of proficiency. Unless stated otherwise, SkillAnvil is not an accredited institution and does not award recognized qualifications.

We may update the Service for operational, security, legal, or technical reasons. If a change materially harms a paid feature, we will provide reasonable notice and any remedy required by law.

2.2 Account Security

You must provide accurate information, protect your credentials, keep your details current, and use only your own account unless we authorize otherwise. Accounts may not be sold, transferred, or shared. You are responsible for activity you authorize, but not for unauthorized activity caused by our failure to use reasonable security measures.

Contact [email protected] promptly if you suspect unauthorized access or a security incident.

3. Acceptable Use

You must use the Service lawfully and respect other people's rights. You must not:

• submit unlawful, fraudulent, harmful, abusive, discriminatory, or infringing content;
• copy, sell, publicly distribute, or commercially exploit the Service or its content without permission or another lawful basis;
• introduce malware, disrupt the Service, bypass access controls or usage limits, or gain unauthorized access;
• probe or test vulnerabilities without written authorization;
• impersonate others or use the Service to deceive or defraud; or
• scrape or extract Service data through automated means without permission, unless applicable law expressly allows it.

Report vulnerabilities responsibly to [email protected] with [Security] in the subject line, and keep the issue private while we investigate.

4. Intellectual Property and Content

4.1 SkillAnvil Content

SkillAnvil and its licensors own the Service and its courses, exercises, text, graphics, software, branding, and other content. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service for non-commercial learning under these Terms. No ownership rights transfer to you.

4.2 Your Content

You retain ownership of source code, solutions, notes, profile information, and other material you submit ("User Content"). You confirm that you may submit it and that it does not violate these Terms or another person's rights.

You grant SkillAnvil a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, process, and display User Content only as needed to provide, secure, maintain, and improve the Service. We may sublicense those rights to service providers working for us. The licence ends when the content is deleted from active systems, subject to limited backup, legal, fraud-prevention, and claims-related retention. See our Privacy Policy for personal-data processing.

4.3 Feedback and Rights Complaints

We may use voluntary product feedback without restriction or compensation, while still handling personal data as required by law. To report content that infringes your rights, contact [email protected] with enough information to identify it.

5. Fees, Subscriptions, Cancellation, and Refunds

5.1 Free and Paid Access

Some premium features may be free during development. Free access does not authorize future charges. Before a paid purchase, checkout will show the price, billing period, included features, duration, and renewal terms, and we will request your express agreement.

5.2 Renewals and Cancellation

A subscription renews only if automatic renewal was clearly disclosed and authorized. You may cancel through a method shown in your account or purchase confirmation, or by contacting [email protected]. Unless the purchase terms state otherwise, cancellation takes effect after the current paid period. Price changes apply only to future periods after reasonable notice, and you may cancel before they take effect.

5.3 Withdrawal and Refunds

These Terms do not limit any statutory cooling-off, withdrawal, refund, price-reduction, or other consumer right. EU and EEA consumers generally have 14 days to withdraw from an online service contract, subject to legal exceptions. If you request that a paid service begin during that period, you may owe a proportionate amount for service already supplied. A withdrawal right for immediately supplied digital content is lost only when the law permits it and you have given the required consent and acknowledgement.

Other refunds follow the terms shown at checkout and applicable law.

6. Privacy and Third-Party Services

6.1 Privacy and Cookies

Our Privacy Policy explains how we process personal data, and our Cookies Policy explains our use of cookies and browser storage. Accepting these Terms is not consent to optional data processing or non-essential cookies.

6.2 Third-Party Services

The Service may use or link to third-party services such as authentication, payment, code-execution, or external learning providers. Their own terms and privacy notices may apply. We are not responsible for services we do not control, without limiting responsibilities that applicable law places on us.

7. Suspension, Termination, and Account Closure

You may stop using the Service or request account closure at any time. Contact [email protected] to close an account or cancel an active subscription. Paid access and refunds remain subject to Section 5 and applicable law.

We may restrict or end access for a material or repeated breach, unlawful or harmful activity, a security risk, non-payment, a legal requirement, or discontinuation of the Service. We will give notice and an opportunity to correct the issue where reasonably possible, but may act immediately to prevent harm or comply with law. If we end paid access for reasons unrelated to your breach, we will provide any remedy required by law.

Terms that must logically continue after closure—including ownership, accrued payments, liability, and dispute provisions—remain effective.

8. Disclaimers, Liability, and Business Use

8.1 Disclaimers

We provide the Service with reasonable care and skill and do not exclude mandatory legal guarantees. To the extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as available," and may be affected by maintenance, third-party systems, internet failures, or events outside our control.

Educational content is general information, not legal, medical, financial, or other regulated professional advice. You are responsible for reviewing how you apply it, including code used in production or safety-critical settings.

8.2 Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability where exclusion would be unlawful, including for fraud or death or personal injury caused by negligence.

For consumers, we are responsible for foreseeable loss caused by our breach or lack of reasonable care and skill, but not for unforeseeable loss, loss caused by your breach, or business loss arising from consumer use. For business users, to the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss or for lost profit, revenue, opportunity, goodwill, savings, or data.

8.3 Indemnification for Business Use

An organization using the Service will defend and indemnify SkillAnvil against third-party claims arising from its unlawful use, material breach, or infringing User Content, except to the extent caused by SkillAnvil's breach, negligence, or wilful misconduct. This does not expand a consumer's responsibility beyond applicable law.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms when the Service, law, security requirements, or our operations change. We will update the "Last updated" date and give reasonable notice of material changes. Material changes do not apply retroactively. Where required, we will request fresh consent; otherwise, continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.

10. Governing Law and Disputes

Romanian law governs these Terms, but consumers keep mandatory protections available where they live. Before starting formal proceedings, contact [email protected] so we can try to resolve the issue. You may bring a claim in any court with jurisdiction under applicable law and may use an available consumer dispute-resolution body.

11. General Terms

These Terms, purchase-specific terms, and terms incorporated by reference form the agreement about the Service. Purchase-specific terms control only for the relevant purchase if they conflict. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains effective. A delay in enforcement is not a waiver. You may not transfer these Terms without our consent; we may transfer them as part of a business reorganization or sale without reducing your mandatory rights.

12. Contact Us

• Operator: SkillAnvil S.R.L.
• Legal and formal notices: [email protected]
• Account and technical support: [email protected]
• General inquiries: [email protected]