Terms of Service

Scholar is an online profile platform for students and young people in the United Kingdom, operated by Daniel Castillo-Bernaus ("Scholar", "we", "us", or "our"). Scholar allows users to create profiles displaying their educational history, qualifications, achievements, and early career experience. The platform is accessible at https://scholarweb.uk/ and any future domain associated with the service.

Scholar is intended for users aged 14 and over. If you are under the age of 16, you must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian before creating an account. By registering, you confirm that you meet the age requirement or that a parent or guardian has consented on your behalf.

Scholar is currently available to users based in the United Kingdom.

You must provide accurate information when creating your account, including your real name and a valid email address. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for all activity that takes place under your account. You must notify us immediately at scholarwebsite1@gmail.com if you believe your account has been compromised.

You may only hold one account on Scholar. Creating multiple accounts is not permitted.

Scholar gives you the ability to create a personal academic profile, share educational achievements and qualifications, connect with other students, post content including achievement updates, shared work, and challenge questions, send direct messages to connected students, and browse the profiles and activity of other users.

You are solely responsible for the content you add to your profile and the posts you publish on Scholar. By submitting content, you confirm that it is truthful to the best of your knowledge and does not infringe the rights of any third party.

You grant Scholar a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display your content on the platform for the purposes of operating the service. We do not claim ownership of your content.

You must not post content that is false, defamatory, abusive, offensive, sexually explicit, threatening, or otherwise harmful. You must not impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or qualifications.

You agree not to use Scholar in any way that violates applicable law or regulation, infringes the rights of others, attempts to gain unauthorised access to any part of the platform or another user's account, scrapes, harvests, or otherwise extracts data from the platform by automated means, introduces malicious code or interferes with the operation of the service, or harasses, bullies, or intimidates other users.

Violations of these rules may result in immediate suspension or termination of your account.

Direct messaging on Scholar is restricted to users who have accepted each other's connection requests. You must not use the messaging system to send unsolicited commercial messages, harass another user, or contact someone who has declined your connection request.

Scholar does not independently verify the qualifications, grades, exam results, or other information that users add to their profiles. All academic data is self-reported. Scholar accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information submitted by users. Users who view profiles on Scholar should be aware that the information has not been formally verified.

The Scholar name, logo, design, and all original content produced by Scholar are protected by intellectual property law and remain the property of Daniel Castillo-Bernaus. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from Scholar's intellectual property without written permission.

Scholar uses Firebase, a service provided by Google LLC, to power its backend infrastructure including authentication, database, and file storage. Your use of Scholar is subject to Google's terms of service in addition to these terms. Scholar is not responsible for the availability or performance of third-party services.

We aim to keep Scholar available at all times but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access. The platform may be taken offline for maintenance, updates, or reasons outside our control. We will not be liable for any loss caused by downtime.

You may delete your account at any time from the Settings page. On deletion, your Firestore profile document and Firebase Authentication account will be removed. Residual data such as posts, comments, messages, and connection records may remain in the database for a short period before being removed.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate any account that breaches these Terms of Service, without notice.

Scholar is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Daniel Castillo-Bernaus shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of Scholar, including but not limited to loss of data, reputational damage, or damage resulting from content posted by other users.

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this page. Continued use of Scholar after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from your use of Scholar shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, you can contact us at scholarwebsite1@gmail.com.