SportDex Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a legally binding agreement between you and CognizeaTech Limited (“Cognizea,” “SportDex,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) governing your access to and use of the SportDex website located at sportdexapp.com, any related subdomains, the SportDex mobile applications, and all related features, content, software, tools, and services (collectively, the “Service”).

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of a business or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity.

If a translated version of these Terms conflicts with the English version, the English version controls.

2. Description of the Service

SportDex is a digital service for sports card collectors and related hobby users. Depending on product availability and jurisdiction, the Service may allow users to:

• scan, upload, or submit card images for identification or matching;
• browse, save, organize, and manage collections, watchlists, and card records;
• view catalog entries, user-submitted database records, and historical or estimated pricing information;
• submit corrections, comments, metadata, photos, and other user contributions;
• communicate with other users through marketplace or support-related tools;
• buy, sell, list, offer, or track eligible items in an internal marketplace; and
• purchase premium features through subscriptions or one-time payments.

Unless we expressly state otherwise in writing, SportDex is not a grading company, authenticator, appraiser, broker, dealer, auctioneer, escrow agent, insurer, shipping carrier, payment processor, or fiduciary. The Service is an informational and platform service.

3. Eligibility and Accounts

The Service is not directed to children under 13. You must be at least 13 years old to use the non-marketplace portions of the Service. You must be at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract to create marketplace listings, place orders, receive payouts, or otherwise participate in transactions.

You must provide accurate and current information, keep your credentials confidential, and promptly notify us of any unauthorized use of your account. You are responsible for activity under your account to the extent permitted by law.

We may refuse registration, reclaim usernames, or suspend or terminate accounts if we reasonably believe an account violates these Terms, poses a security or legal risk, infringes third-party rights, or harms the integrity of the Service.

4. User Content and User-Generated Database

The Service may allow you to upload or submit images, scans, photographs, listings, descriptions, comments, messages, metadata, corrections, catalog suggestions, usernames, profile details, transaction-related content, and other materials (“User Content”).

You retain ownership of User Content you own, but you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, format, modify for technical purposes, index, analyze, display, distribute, perform, and otherwise use User Content as needed to operate, improve, secure, promote, and provide the Service. This license continues for any content already incorporated into the user-generated database, backups, fraud-prevention records, legal compliance archives, and transactional records, subject to applicable law.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit the User Content and that your User Content does not infringe or violate copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, privacy rights, contract rights, or other rights of any person or entity.

We may, but are not obligated to, review, screen, moderate, remove, refuse, reclassify, edit, or disable User Content at any time. We may preserve User Content and related information where reasonably necessary for dispute handling, safety, fraud prevention, law enforcement requests, IP enforcement, regulatory compliance, backups, or legitimate internal recordkeeping.

5. Catalog Data, Identification Results, and Pricing Data

SportDex may provide automated or semi-automated identification results, catalog data, trend data, past sale references, estimated values, rarity indicators, collection data, or price-related information. These outputs are for general informational purposes only.

We do not guarantee that any card identification, card details, grading assumption, authenticity indicator, price estimate, historical sale reference, market trend, or rarity classification is accurate, complete, current, merchantable, investment-grade, or fit for any particular purpose.

SportDex does not provide investment, appraisal, tax, legal, authentication, grading, or professional advice. You are solely responsible for evaluating a card or transaction before buying, selling, insuring, shipping, listing, valuing, or relying on any information shown by the Service.

6. Marketplace Terms

The Service may include an internal marketplace through which users can create listings, make offers, purchase eligible items, communicate about transactions, and track order activity. Unless we explicitly state otherwise for a particular transaction flow, SportDex is not the seller or buyer of listed items and is not a party to transactions between users.

6.1 User responsibility for listings and transactions

• Sellers are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, authenticity, condition, pricing, shipment, tax treatment, and fulfillment of listings.
• Buyers are solely responsible for reviewing listing details and evaluating authenticity, value, and suitability before purchase.
• You may not list or transact in counterfeit, stolen, infringing, unlawful, misrepresented, or prohibited goods.

6.2 Marketplace role and enforcement

We may set product, category, transaction, listing, messaging, or payout rules; place holds; remove listings; cancel or limit transactions; request additional information; or restrict marketplace access to manage fraud, safety, sanctions, export controls, intellectual property complaints, chargeback risk, legal compliance, or marketplace integrity.

6.3 No guarantee of completion

We do not guarantee that any listing will sell, any offer will be accepted, any purchase will be completed, any payment will clear, or any dispute will be resolved in any party’s favor. We may provide tools, policies, or support channels, but we are not obligated to adjudicate disputes between users.

7. Prohibited Conduct

You may not, directly or indirectly:

• use the Service in violation of law, regulation, sanctions rules, or third-party rights;
• submit false, deceptive, infringing, defamatory, unlawful, harassing, abusive, or fraudulent content;
• upload counterfeit cards, fake listings, manipulated pricing data, or misrepresented card images;
• scrape, harvest, mine, or systematically extract data from the Service except as expressly authorized;
• reverse engineer, interfere with, or bypass security, rate limits, anti-fraud tools, or access restrictions;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent affiliation, ownership, authenticity, condition, or transaction history;
• use the Service to launder money, evade taxes, evade marketplace restrictions, or engage in shill bidding or price manipulation; or
• use images, names, likenesses, logos, trademarks, or copyrighted content without permission.

8. Intellectual Property; DMCA and Trademark Complaints

The Service, excluding User Content, includes software, designs, text, compilations, interfaces, logos, trade dress, databases, and other materials owned by Cognizea or its licensors and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for the limited license granted by these Terms, no rights are transferred to you.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, you may send a notice that complies with 17 U.S.C. § 512. If you believe a listing, image, username, or other content infringes your trademark or other rights, you may send a detailed complaint to the contact address below. We may remove or disable allegedly infringing material, request more information, and terminate repeat infringers where appropriate.

Counter-notices may be submitted where allowed by law. Misrepresentations in takedown notices or counter-notices may expose the sender to liability.

9. Third-Party Services and App Stores

The Service may depend on or integrate with app stores, payment processors, hosting providers, analytics providers, attribution partners, communications providers, mapping or location services, shipping or tax partners, and other third parties. Your use of those third-party services may also be governed by their terms and policies.

If you download the App from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or another app store, you acknowledge that the applicable store and its affiliates are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms to the extent required by their standard terms. App stores are not responsible for the Service or for claims relating to the Service.

10. Fees, Subscriptions, Payments, and Taxes

10.1 Paid features

Certain features may require payment of subscription fees, listing fees, transaction fees, shipping-related charges, service fees, or one-time purchase fees. We may change pricing prospectively to the extent permitted by law.

10.2 Auto-renewing subscriptions

If you purchase an auto-renewing subscription, it will renew automatically unless canceled before the applicable renewal deadline. Where purchases are made through an app store, billing and cancellation are handled by that app store. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.

You authorize the applicable payment provider or app store to charge the payment method associated with your purchase. Free trials, promotional offers, introductory pricing, and billing cycles are subject to the specific terms presented at checkout.

10.3 Marketplace payments and payouts

Marketplace payments and payouts may be processed by third-party payment providers. We may delay, place reserves on, reverse, or decline payouts or transaction processing where reasonably necessary for fraud prevention, chargeback risk, legal compliance, tax reporting, account verification, or enforcement of these Terms.

10.4 Taxes

You are responsible for taxes, duties, levies, and reporting obligations arising from your use of the Service or marketplace activity, except to the extent we expressly collect and remit taxes where required by law.

11. Termination and Suspension

We may suspend, limit, or terminate your access to the Service, delete or disable content, cancel listings, or restrict marketplace activity at any time if we reasonably determine that you violated these Terms, created risk, exposed us or others to liability, engaged in fraud or abuse, or where required for legal or safety reasons.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including provisions about ownership, licenses, payments already due, disclaimers, limitations of liability, dispute resolution, and indemnification.

12. Disclaimers of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE, ANY IDENTIFICATION RESULT, ANY PRICE DATA, ANY LISTING, ANY USER CONTENT, ANY MARKETPLACE TOOL, OR ANY TRANSACTION FLOW WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AVAILABLE, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, AUTHENTIC, OR UNINTERRUPTED.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COGNIZEA, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, BUSINESS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, THESE TERMS, USER CONTENT, IDENTIFICATION RESULTS, PRICE DATA, MARKETPLACE LISTINGS, TRANSACTIONS, OR THIRD-PARTY SERVICES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

14. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cognizea and its affiliates, licensors, service providers, and their respective personnel from and against claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your User Content, listings, transactions, misuse of the Service, violation of these Terms, infringement of third-party rights, or violation of law.

15. Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, YOU AND COGNIZEA AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE PRIVACY POLICY, OR THE SERVICE WILL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, EXCEPT THAT EITHER PARTY MAY BRING AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT IF IT QUALIFIES.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its applicable consumer rules. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section. Arbitration may be conducted remotely, on written submissions, or at another location determined under the applicable rules.

You and Cognizea each waive the right to a jury trial and the right to participate in a class action, collective action, mass action, private attorney general action, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may award the same individualized relief as a court but may not conduct class or representative proceedings.

You may opt out of this arbitration section by sending written notice to us within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. Your notice must include your full name, account email, and a clear statement that you want to opt out of arbitration.

16. Governing Law

Except to the extent preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act or otherwise required by applicable law, these Terms and any dispute not subject to arbitration will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

17. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version and update the “Last updated” date. To the extent permitted by law, changes become effective when posted unless a later effective date is stated. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.

18. Contact Information

If you have questions, legal notices, or intellectual property complaints regarding these Terms or the Service, contact:

CognizeaTech Limited
3500 South Dupont Highway
19901, Dover, Delaware, USA
Email: support@sportdexapp.com