Terms of Service

01Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Simplicité ("the Service", "we", "us", or "our"), a study-planning, focus, and productivity application and its associated web interface. Simplicité is an online service operated exclusively through the internet, with no physical premises.

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service — including by signing in with a third-party provider such as Google or GitHub — you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

If you do not agree to any part of these Terms, you must not use the Service.

02Eligibility and Accounts

You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service. If you are under 18 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction), you must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian, and your parent or guardian must agree to these Terms on your behalf.

You must provide accurate, current, and complete information when creating an account, and you must keep that information up to date.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials. You must not share your password, and you must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

You may not create an account using a false identity, impersonate another person or entity, or register accounts through automated means. We reserve the right to require verification and to refuse or remove accounts that do not meet these requirements.

If you sign in through a third-party provider (including Google or GitHub), you authorize that provider to share certain profile information with us, and your use of that provider remains governed by its own terms. You are responsible for the security of your third-party account.

03Your Content and Your License to Us

The Service lets you store and process content you provide, including tasks, schedules, course and grade data, notes, focus-session logs, energy and habit tracking data, AI chat conversations, uploaded documents (such as syllabi), and profile images ("Your Content"). You retain all rights in Your Content.

By using the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, process, reproduce, transmit, and display Your Content solely to the extent necessary to operate, provide, improve, and secure the Service, including sharing it with third-party service providers (such as AI and cloud providers) as described in our Privacy Policy.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or otherwise control Your Content and have all rights needed to provide it; (b) your use of the Service and Your Content does not violate these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of any third party; and (c) you will not upload content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, discriminatory, or otherwise harmful.

We do not claim ownership of Your Content, and nothing in these Terms limits your ability to export and remove your data as provided under Section 9.

04Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse the Service. Prohibited conduct includes, without limitation:

• •Using the Service for any unlawful purpose or to store, transmit, or generate unlawful content.
• •Harassing, threatening, bullying, abusing, or intimidating other users, including in accountability pods, focus sessions, or any shared feature.
• •Impersonating any person or entity, or misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity.
• •Attempting to access, probe, or connect to any account, system, or network other than your own, without authorization.
• •Interfering with, disrupting, or overloading the Service, including through automated scripts, bots, scrapers, or denial-of-service techniques.
• •Reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or attempting to derive source code from the Service, except as expressly permitted by law.
• •Reselling, sublicensing, or commercially exploiting the Service or its proprietary parts without our prior written consent. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not limit your rights in third-party openly-licensed materials under their own licenses (see Section 7).
• •Uploading malicious code, malware, or content designed to damage or disrupt the Service or other users.
• •Using the Service — including its AI features — to generate, distribute, or promote spam, scams, phishing, fraud, or deceptive content.
• •Misrepresenting the Service, its outputs, or its affiliation with any institution, accreditation body, or authority.

05AI-Powered Features

The Service offers AI-assisted features (such as AI chat and syllabus parsing) powered by third-party AI providers. By using these features, you acknowledge and agree that:

• •AI outputs are generated programmatically and may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or inappropriate ("hallucinations"). They do not constitute professional, academic, legal, financial, medical, or any other expert advice, and we make no warranty as to their accuracy, reliability, or suitability for any purpose.
• •You are solely responsible for verifying AI-generated information before relying on it, including for assignments, submissions, or any academic decision. The Service does not guarantee that AI assistance will improve or ensure any particular academic outcome.
• •You must not submit to AI features any confidential or personal information of third parties without their consent, or any information protected by law (including health data or student-records data) unless expressly permitted by our Privacy Policy.
• •Conversations and inputs may be transmitted to and processed by third-party AI providers in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for the conduct, availability, data handling, or outputs of those providers.
• •Students must comply with their own institution's rules regarding AI use. We do not assume responsibility for consequences arising from your use of AI features in a manner that violates such rules.

06Accountability Pods and Shared Features

Pod features allow users to interact with one another. We are not responsible for the conduct of any user, and we do not pre-screen user content, sessions, or shared activities.

You must not use shared features to capture, record, or distribute any participant's likeness, voice, or personal information without explicit consent.

We may, but are not obligated to, monitor, moderate, or remove content or suspend access to shared features where we believe in good faith that these Terms or applicable law are being violated.

07Intellectual Property

The Service — including its software, design, branding, trademarks, text, and interfaces — is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. Except for the limited, revocable, non-exclusive right to use the Service in accordance with these Terms, no rights are granted to you in the Service.

Nothing you submit to the Service grants you any right, title, or interest in, or any ownership over, the Service or its underlying technology.

For the avoidance of doubt, openly-licensed third-party learning materials shown in Learn (for example under the MIT License, Apache License 2.0, or CC BY-SA 4.0) remain governed solely by their own licenses as stated on each lesson, and nothing in these Terms limits the rights granted to you by those licenses.

08Billing, Subscriptions & Refunds

Paid plans: Plus at EGP 249/month or EGP 999/term (5 months); Pro at EGP 499/month or EGP 1,999/term; custom per-seat plans for institutions. Prices include VAT where applicable. Price changes are announced at least thirty (30) days in advance, and your current rate stays locked until the end of your cycle.

09Termination, Suspension, and Your Data

You may stop using the Service at any time and may request deletion of your account by contacting us.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, immediately and without prior notice if we reasonably believe that you have violated these Terms or applicable law, or that your conduct poses a security or legal risk to us, other users, or the Service.

In the event of termination, you may request a reasonable period to export Your Content, unless retention or deletion is required by law or your termination results from abuse involving others' data or unlawful content.

Following termination, we may retain Your Content only to the extent required by law or for legitimate security and anti-abuse purposes, after which it will be deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

10Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION.

We do not warrant that the Service, or any AI output, data, or advice produced through it, will meet your requirements or academic goals. Study outcomes depend primarily on your own effort, and we disclaim any promise of specific results, grades, or performance.

To the extent permitted by law, we disclaim liability for any loss caused by third-party services, including outages, provider data incidents, or changes in third-party terms.

11Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, OR OUR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR USE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

12Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Service; (b) Your Content; (c) your violation of these Terms or applicable law; (d) your interaction with other users; or (e) your infringement of any third-party right, including intellectual property or privacy rights.

13Third-Party Services and Links

The Service integrates with third-party services (including Google, GitHub, and AI providers). Your use of those services is subject to their own terms and privacy policies, and we encourage you to read them.

We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for third-party services, websites, or resources, including the availability, security, and privacy practices of providers with whom your data is shared as described in our Privacy Policy.

14Privacy and Data Protection

Our collection, use, and processing of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law, including, where relevant, the Egyptian Law on Personal Data Protection (Law No. 151 of 2020 and its implementing regulations), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the EEA, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for users in California.

You acknowledge that the Service may process personal data internationally, including with cloud and AI providers, in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

We implement administrative, technical, and organizational measures appropriate to the risks, including encryption in transit, and we will notify you and the relevant authority of a personal-data breach to the extent required by law.

If you believe we hold personal data of a third party without authorization, contact us, and we will investigate and act in a timely manner.

15Changes to These Terms

We may amend these Terms from time to time. For material changes, we will provide notice at least thirty (30) days in advance by updating this page and, where practicable, notifying you through the Service or by email.

Changes required for legal, security, or operational compliance may take effect immediately, with notice provided as soon as reasonably possible.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Service.

16Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Arab Republic of Egypt, without regard to any conflict-of-law provisions that would displace them. After a good-faith amicable attempt has been exhausted, the courts of Cairo shall be competent to hear any dispute.

Before initiating any formal proceedings, the parties agree to attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute amicably.

Nothing in these Terms deprives you of the mandatory consumer protections afforded by the law of your country of residence, including those of the European Economic Area where applicable.

17General Provisions

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision or of any other provision.

We may transfer or assign these Terms or the Service, in whole or in part, provided your rights under these Terms are not materially adversely affected.

You may not assign or transfer your account or these Terms without our prior written consent.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

We reserve the right to set limits on the use of the Service, including rate and storage limits, and to suspend features, temporarily or permanently, for maintenance, security, or operational reasons.

18Contact Information

Questions, concerns, or notices regarding these Terms may be directed to: