Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, or using the HoopJourney mobile application or web platform ("Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and OktoPeople OÜ ("Company", "we", "us"), the owner and operator of HoopJourney.

2. Description of Service

HoopJourney is an AI-powered basketball training platform operated by OktoPeople OÜ that connects athletes, coaches, and families. Services include training videos, drill libraries, AI-generated programs, performance tracking, community features, and coaching tools.

3. Eligibility & Parental Consent

• You must be at least 4 years old to use this Service
• Users under 13 require verifiable parental or guardian consent
• Users aged 13–17 require parental awareness and acceptance of these Terms
• By registering on behalf of a minor, parents/guardians accept these Terms on their behalf

4. User Accounts

• You must provide accurate and complete registration information
• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials
• You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account
• You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized account access at support@hoopjourney.app
• One person or entity may not maintain more than one account

5. Physical Activity Disclaimer

6. User Conduct

You agree not to:

• Post inappropriate, offensive, abusive, or illegal content
• Harass, bully, or harm other users
• Impersonate any person or entity
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the platform or its systems
• Use the Service for commercial purposes without our written permission
• Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from the platform using bots, scripts, or automated tools
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Service
• Copy, download, screenshot, screen-record, or redistribute premium AI analysis reports, highlight reels, or proprietary training content outside of the Service
• Resell, sublicense, or redistribute access to AI-generated reports or analyses to third parties

7. Intellectual Property Rights

Protected Assets include, but are not limited to:

• AI-Generated Content: Pro Coach AI analysis reports, game analysis reports, highlight reels, monthly progress reports, and coaching insights generated by our proprietary AI models
• Training Content: All training videos, drill libraries, training programs, and curriculum materials
• Software: The application source code, user interface design, database schema, and backend algorithms
• Branding: The "HoopJourney" name, logo, court designs, and all visual identity elements
• Data: Aggregated, anonymized training and performance data used to improve our AI models

License Granted to You:

OktoPeople OÜ grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service and its content solely for your own personal training and development. This license does NOT permit:

• Reproduction, distribution, or public display of any content
• Creation of derivative works based on AI reports or training materials
• Commercial use, resale, or sublicensing of any content
• Use of content to train competing AI models or services
• Removal of watermarks, attribution, or copyright notices from any content

User-generated content (posts, comments, uploads) remains your property, subject to the licenses granted herein and to the extent permitted by applicable data protection law, including the GDPR. By submitting content, you grant OktoPeople OÜ a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, display, distribute, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, and incorporate such content into AI models, machine-learning training pipelines, and aggregated datasets for the purpose of improving and operating the Service. This license endures for as long as is necessary to operate the Service and to the extent permitted by applicable data protection law. This license includes the right to use content-derived insights, patterns, and analytics to enhance proprietary AI models and algorithms owned exclusively by OktoPeople OÜ, provided that, where your content has been irrevocably incorporated into aggregated, anonymized models from which the original content can no longer be isolated or identified, such derived insights may continue to be used notwithstanding any withdrawal of consent or deletion request. You acknowledge that OktoPeople OÜ may derive commercial value from AI models trained on or informed by your content, and that you shall have no claim to such derived value, models, or improvements thereof. You may withdraw your consent to the use of your content for AI training at any time by contacting privacy@hoopjourney.app; withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.

8. No Ownership, Partnership, or Equity Claims Arising from Data or User Contributions

8.1 Acknowledgment of Sole Ownership. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the HoopJourney platform, including without limitation its software, source code, artificial intelligence models, machine-learning algorithms, training curricula, drill libraries, report templates, analysis methodologies, user interface design, database architecture, branding, and all derivative works thereof, are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of OktoPeople OÜ. No provision of these Terms, nor any act, omission, communication, or course of dealing between you and OktoPeople OÜ, shall be construed to transfer, assign, convey, or license any ownership or proprietary rights in the platform to you, irrespective of the volume of players, data, or content you may introduce to the Service.

8.2 Licensee Status; No Partnership or Joint Venture. Your relationship with OktoPeople OÜ is strictly that of a licensee and customer. Nothing contained herein, and no conduct between the parties, shall be deemed to create any partnership, joint venture, agency, fiduciary, employment, franchise, or co-ownership relationship between you and OktoPeople OÜ. Coaches, academies, and institutions are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service in accordance with these Terms, and no subscription payment, data contribution, user referral, or platform usage shall be construed as capital contribution, investment, or consideration for any ownership or equity interest.

8.3 Data and User Contributions Do Not Constitute Consideration for Ownership.Any player data, training data, performance metrics, video uploads, drill content, or other material you submit to the Service is provided voluntarily and solely for the purpose of enabling your use of the Service. You expressly acknowledge and agree that such data contributions shall not constitute investment, capital, consideration, or in-kind contribution of any nature, and shall not give rise to any ownership, equity, profit-sharing, royalty, revenue-sharing, or co-ownership claim against OktoPeople OÜ, the platform, or any of its assets, whether during the term of these Terms or thereafter. The voluntary submission of data for the purpose of utilizing a software service shall not, under any legal or equitable theory, be deemed to confer proprietary rights in the recipient platform.

8.4 No Claim to Aggregated Data, Derivative Works, or AI Models.All aggregated, anonymized, statistical, or derivative data generated from platform usage, together with all artificial intelligence models, machine-learning weights, algorithms, training curricula, report templates, and analysis methodologies, shall remain the sole and exclusive property of OktoPeople OÜ. The contribution of raw data, training content, or player information to the Service shall not, by operation of law, contract, equity, or any other doctrine, vest in any coach, academy, institution, or user any right, title, or interest in such aggregated data, derivative works, or AI models. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims, present or future, to ownership of, or compensation arising from, aggregated data or AI model improvements derived from your data contributions.

8.5 No Exclusivity Over Introduced Users. Players, athletes, or other users whom you introduce to or register on the platform are independent users of HoopJourney, each holding their own account and direct contractual relationship with OktoPeople OÜ. You shall not acquire, by virtue of referral, introduction, or onboarding, any ownership, custodial, controlling, or proprietary interest in such users' accounts, data, or relationship with OktoPeople OÜ. OktoPeople OÜ retains the unrestricted right to engage with, provide services to, and modify the accounts of all platform users irrespective of which coach, academy, or institution introduced them.

8.6 No Right to Dictate Platform Direction. OktoPeople OÜ retains sole and absolute discretion over all matters pertaining to the platform's features, functionality, pricing, product roadmap, and strategic direction. No coach, academy, or institution shall acquire, by virtue of data contribution, user volume, subscription tier, or otherwise, any right to demand, dictate, or veto platform decisions, features, pricing, or access policies.

8.7 Non-Competition; No Use of Platform Data for Competing Services.In consideration of the license granted herein, and to protect the legitimate business interests and intellectual property of OktoPeople OÜ, you shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for your own account or on behalf of any third party, use any data, insights, analytics, user relationships, training content, or know-how derived from or through the Service to design, develop, launch, operate, finance, or otherwise support any competing basketball training, video analysis, performance tracking, or coaching platform. Any breach of this provision shall constitute a material breach of these Terms, entitling OktoPeople OÜ to immediate termination of your account, forfeiture of all purchased credits and subscriptions without refund, and to seek all available legal and equitable remedies, including injunctive relief and monetary damages.

8.8 Waiver of Ownership Claims; Survival. You hereby expressly waive, release, and forever discharge any and all claims, demands, actions, or causes of action, whether at law or in equity, asserting ownership, equity, partnership, joint venture, co-ownership, profit-sharing, or any proprietary interest in HoopJourney or its assets arising from your data contributions, user introductions, or use of the Service. This Section 8 shall survive any termination, expiration, or suspension of your account or subscription, and shall be binding upon your heirs, successors, assigns, and affiliated entities. Any claim asserting ownership or partnership rights based on data or user contributions is expressly rejected by the parties and shall be deemed without legal merit under these Terms.

9. AI Training Rights & Derivative Works

9.1 License to Train AI Models. By uploading any video, drill, training content, performance data, or other material to the Service, and to the extent permitted by applicable data protection law (including the GDPR), you grant OktoPeople OÜ a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, process, analyze, and incorporate such content into proprietary AI models, machine-learning training datasets, and algorithmic improvements. This license endures for as long as is necessary to operate and improve the Service and, where derived insights, patterns, or model weights have already been irrevocably incorporated into aggregated, anonymized models from which your original content can no longer be isolated or identified, may continue to be used notwithstanding the termination of your account or deletion of your content. You may withdraw your consent to such processing at any time by contacting privacy@hoopjourney.app; withdrawal shall not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal. For content uploaded by or on behalf of minors, OktoPeople OÜ shall apply appropriate safeguards, including automatic anonymization or de-identification of biometric identifiers (such as facial features) used in AI training, to the extent technically feasible.

9.2 No Ownership of Derivative AI Outputs. All AI-generated reports, analyses, highlight reels, coaching insights, and predictions produced by the Service are derivative works of OktoPeople OÜ's proprietary AI models and remain the exclusive intellectual property of OktoPeople OÜ. You are granted a limited, personal, non-transferable license to view and use such outputs solely within the Service. You acquire no ownership, co-authorship, or derivative rights in any AI output, irrespective of whether the input data was provided by you.

9.3 Prohibition on Competitive AI Training. You shall not, directly or indirectly, use any AI-generated output, training content, drill methodology, or analysis framework accessible through the Service to train, fine-tune, or develop any competing AI model, machine-learning system, or automated coaching tool. Any such use constitutes a material breach of these Terms and an infringement of OktoPeople OÜ's intellectual property rights.

9.4 Aggregated & Anonymized Data. OktoPeople OÜ retains the unrestricted right to aggregate, anonymize, and utilize performance data, training patterns, and usage metrics derived from the Service for product improvement, AI model training, benchmarking, and commercial analytics. No user, coach, academy, or institution shall acquire any ownership or revenue-sharing interest in such aggregated data or the AI models trained thereon.

10. Subscriptions & Payment

• Subscription fees are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis
• Payments are processed via Stripe. We do not store your payment card details
• All fees are in USD unless otherwise stated
• We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days' written notice
• Refunds are provided only where required by applicable law
• You may cancel your subscription at any time; access continues until the end of the paid period

11. In-App Purchases

Some features and content may be available as one-time in-app purchases. All purchases are final unless required by law. If the Service is accessed through Apple iOS, Apple's standard in-app purchase terms apply in addition to these Terms.

12. Account Deletion

You may delete your account at any time via Profile → Account → Delete Account, or by emailing privacy@hoopjourney.app. All your data will be permanently deleted within 30 days of the request. Deleting your account does not automatically cancel active subscriptions.

13. Termination by HoopJourney

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at our discretion for violations of these Terms, fraudulent activity, or extended inactivity (over 24 months). We will provide reasonable notice unless immediate action is required to protect user safety.

14. Digital Watermarking & Content Tracking

AI-generated reports, highlight reels, and premium content distributed through the Service may contain digital watermarks, fingerprints, or embedded identifiers that link the content to your account. This is to protect the intellectual property of OktoPeople OÜ and to identify the source of any unauthorized redistribution. By using the Service, you acknowledge that:

• All AI-generated content is fingerprinted and traceable to your account
• Sharing, redistributing, or publishing content outside the Service without written permission is prohibited
• OktoPeople OÜ may use technical and legal means to identify and pursue individuals who redistribute content
• Attempts to remove or alter watermarks are a material breach of these Terms

15. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, OktoPeople OÜ and its affiliates, officers, and employees are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of the Service, including any physical injuries from training activities. Our total liability to you shall not exceed the amount you paid in the 12 months prior to the claim.

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

17. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws applicable to OktoPeople OÜ. Any disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration, except for injunctive relief regarding intellectual property violations, which may be sought immediately in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect the rights of OktoPeople OÜ.

18. Changes to Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you via email or in-app notification at least 14 days before material changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

19. Privacy

Your use of the Service is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

20. Reporting IP Violations

If you become aware of any unauthorized use, copying, or redistribution of OktoPeople OÜ's intellectual property, please report it immediately to legal@hoopjourney.app. We investigate all reports and take appropriate action against violators.

21. Contact Information