Account Creation

To use certain features of the Service, you must register for an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information
• Maintain and update your information to keep it accurate and complete
• Maintain the security of your account credentials
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach

Account Responsibility

You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to:

• Not share your account credentials with others
• Not allow others to access your account
• Take reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access
• Accept responsibility for all actions taken using your account

Authorization

By connecting your Google account to the Service, you:

• Grant us permission to access your Google Sheets as specified in the OAuth consent
• Authorize us to read, import, and process data from your Google Sheets
• Understand that we will store connection credentials securely
• Acknowledge that you can revoke access at any time

Your Responsibilities

You represent and warrant that:

• You own or have permission to access the Google Sheets you connect
• The data you import complies with all applicable laws and regulations
• You have the right to share and process the data through our Service
• Your use of Google Sheets complies with Google's Terms of Service

Data Accuracy

You are solely responsible for the accuracy, quality, and legality of the data you import from Google Sheets. We do not verify, validate, or guarantee the accuracy of your data.

Permitted Uses

You may use the Service to:

• Import and process energy data from files or Google Sheets
• Create data mappings and extraction configurations
• Generate Sankey diagrams and stacked area charts
• Create and share visualizations for academic and research purposes
• Collaborate with authorized users within your organization

Prohibited Activities

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws
• Upload or import data that infringes on intellectual property rights
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or other users' accounts
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers
• Use automated scripts to access the Service without permission
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service
• Remove or modify any proprietary notices or labels
• Use the Service to transmit viruses, malware, or harmful code
• Harass, abuse, or harm other users
• Impersonate any person or entity
• Collect or harvest personal information about other users
• Use the Service for commercial purposes without authorization

Your Content

You retain ownership of all data, files, and content you upload or import to the Service ("User Content"). By uploading or importing User Content, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to:

• Store, process, and display your User Content
• Generate visualizations from your data
• Perform technical operations necessary to provide the Service
• Create anonymized, aggregated data for research purposes

Public Sharing

When you enable public sharing for a preview:

• The visualization and associated data become publicly accessible via a unique URL
• Anyone with the URL can view the shared preview
• You can disable public sharing at any time
• You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to publicly share the data

Data Backup

While we perform regular backups, you are responsible for maintaining your own backup copies of your User Content. We are not liable for any loss or corruption of your data.

Our Rights

The Service, including its design, features, functionality, and underlying code, is owned by the University of Chicago and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Service is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Your Rights

You retain all rights to your User Content. The visualizations generated from your data are considered derivative works of your User Content, and you retain ownership subject to the limited license granted to us in these Terms.

Feedback

If you provide us with any feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service, you grant us an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, modify, and incorporate such feedback without compensation or attribution.

Service Availability

We strive to provide reliable service, but we do not guarantee that the Service will be:

• Available at all times without interruption
• Error-free or secure
• Free from viruses or harmful components

We may suspend or discontinue the Service at any time for maintenance, updates, or other reasons.

Service Modifications

We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue any features or functionality of the Service at any time without prior notice. We are not liable for any such modifications or discontinuations.

Termination by You

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us or using the account deletion feature. Upon termination:

• Your access to the Service will cease
• Your User Content will be deleted according to our retention policy
• Google Sheets connections will be automatically disconnected

Termination by Us

We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, including if:

• You violate these Terms
• You engage in fraudulent or illegal activities
• Your account has been inactive for an extended period
• We are required to do so by law
• We discontinue the Service

Effect of Termination

Upon termination, all provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive shall survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnification, and limitations of liability.

Governing Law

These Terms and your use of the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved through:

1. Informal negotiation between the parties
2. If unresolved, binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois
3. Arbitration shall be conducted under the rules of the American Arbitration Association

You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.

Venue

If arbitration is not available or applicable, you agree that any legal action shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.

Severability

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

Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations without restriction.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.

Force Majeure

We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.