Terms of Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Unite the Culture ("UTC," "we," "us," or "our") platform, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our services.

2. Description of Service

• Event discovery and registration
• Ticket purchasing and management
• Battle/competition participation tracking
• Dancer rankings and statistics
• Team formation and management
• Video uploads and sharing
• Community features and social interactions

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use our services. If you are under 18, you must have parental or guardian consent to use UTC. By using our platform, you represent and warrant that you meet these eligibility requirements.

4. Account Registration

4.1 Account Creation

To access certain features, you must create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep this information updated.

4.2 Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

4.3 Account Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms or engage in fraudulent or illegal activities.

5. User Conduct

5.1 Prohibited Activities

• Violate any laws or regulations
• Infringe on intellectual property rights
• Harass, bully, or threaten other users
• Post offensive, obscene, or inappropriate content
• Impersonate others or misrepresent your affiliation
• Spam or engage in commercial solicitation
• Hack, reverse engineer, or compromise our systems
• Use bots or automated tools without permission
• Manipulate rankings or competition results

5.2 Content Guidelines

All content you post (videos, comments, profiles) must comply with community standards. We reserve the right to remove content that violates these guidelines.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 Our Rights

All content, trademarks, logos, and intellectual property on UTC are owned by Unite the Culture, LLC or our licensors. You may not use, copy, or distribute our content without permission.

6.2 Your Content

You retain ownership of content you upload. However, by posting content, you grant UTC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute your content on our platform.

6.3 Copyright Complaints

If you believe your copyright has been infringed, please contact us at copyright@utc.dance with details of the alleged infringement.

7. Events and Competitions

7.1 Event Registration

When you register for an event or purchase a ticket, you enter into an agreement with the event organizer. The organizer is the seller and merchant of record for the event, and UTC provides the platform and payment facilitation services.

7.2 Tickets and Refunds

Each event organizer sets the refund policy for their own event, publishes it with the event listing, and is responsible for applying it. The organizer is the seller and merchant of record; UTC provides the checkout, the refund tools the organizer uses, and the buyer protections described in this section. Requests that fall outside those protections are decided by the organizer, and UTC does not guarantee a refund except as set out below or where required by law.

Until an event's scheduled start time you may cancel a card-paid ticket order yourself from the order screen in the UTC mobile app, whatever the organizer's own policy says. Cancelling returns the ticket price to your original payment method, voids the tickets on that order, and releases them back to the event's inventory. The UTC service fee shown at checkout is not refunded. Once the event has started, self-serve cancellation closes and any request has to go to the organizer.

If an event is cancelled, postponed, or materially changed, the organizer is responsible for refunding the affected orders through UTC's organizer tools; UTC does not cancel events or issue those refunds automatically on an organizer's behalf. If an event does not take place and the organizer has not refunded you, contact support@utc.dance. We will review the order and, where the payment is still recoverable from the payment processor, we can issue the refund directly and recover the amount from the organizer's payout.

An approved refund is submitted to our payment processor immediately and is returned to the original payment method used at checkout — we cannot send a refund to a different card or account, or pay it out as cash or platform credit. How long the money takes to appear on your statement is set by your bank or card issuer, and is typically 5–10 business days. A partial refund returns only the amount stated; the rest of the order and its tickets stay valid.

Some refunds cannot be completed automatically — for example once the payment processor's own refund window for the original charge has closed, or where an order was paid with a local payment method whose refunds we still process by hand. In those cases contact support@utc.dance and we will arrange the return with the provider. Nothing in this section limits any refund rights you have under the consumer law that applies to you.

7.3 Rankings and Results

Rankings are calculated based on competition results submitted by organizers. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the correctness of all rankings.

8. Payment Terms

8.1 Payment Processing

Payments are processed securely through Stripe on behalf of the event organizer. You agree to Stripe's terms of service when making payments.

8.2 Fees and Pricing

Prices are displayed at checkout and include applicable fees. We reserve the right to change fees with notice.

8.3 Organizer Payouts

Event organizers receive payouts according to Stripe and UTC payment schedules, minus UTC platform fees, payment processing costs, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, and other applicable adjustments.

9. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

9.1 Service "As Is"

UTC is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service.

9.2 Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, UTC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits or data.

9.3 Third-Party Services

Our platform integrates with third-party services (Stripe, PostHog, Google AdSense). We are not responsible for their performance or policies.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless UTC, its affiliates, and employees from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from your use of our services or violation of these terms.

11. Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your information.

12. Modifications to Terms

We may modify these terms at any time. We will notify users of significant changes via email or platform notification. Continued use of UTC after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

13. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time through account settings. We may terminate or suspend access to our services immediately, without notice, for conduct that violates these terms or is harmful to other users or UTC.

14. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

14.1 Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of [Your State/Country], without regard to conflict of law principles.

14.2 Dispute Resolution

Any disputes arising from these terms shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules, except where prohibited by law.

14.3 Class Action Waiver

You agree to resolve disputes individually and waive the right to participate in class action lawsuits or class-wide arbitration.

15. Miscellaneous

15.1 Entire Agreement

These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and UTC regarding use of our services.

15.2 Severability

If any provision of these terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

15.3 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

16. Contact Information

• Email: legal@utc.dance
• Support: support@utc.dance
• Company: Unite the Culture, LLC
• Registered address: 2195 Collier Ct, Tustin, CA 92782, USA

Acknowledgment:

By using UTC Dance, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.