Terms of Service
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of AssignZone, a scheduling service for hockey organizations and the referees and timekeepers who work their games (the “Service”). The Service is operated by [Legal business name] (“AssignZone,” “we,” “us”), based in Massachusetts. By requesting an account, signing in, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. Who the Service is for
The Service is used by organizations (clubs, leagues and their administrators) to publish home-game schedules, staff games, communicate with officials and track what officials are owed, and by officials (referees and timekeepers) to find, take and manage games. An organization decides who may join its roster and has final say over its own schedule, assignments and pay.
2. Eligibility and accounts
- You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms on your behalf.
- Give accurate information and keep it current. Organizations rely on it to schedule and pay you.
- Keep your password confidential and don’t share your account. You are responsible for activity under your account. Tell your organization’s administrator or contact us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.
- Administrators may approve, decline, suspend or remove accounts from their organization, and may issue temporary passwords.
3. Organizations’ responsibilities
If you administer an organization on the Service, you represent that you are authorized to act for it, and you are responsible for:
- the schedules, rosters, messages and other information your organization enters (“Organization Data”), including its accuracy;
- having any permission required to add people to your roster and to contact them;
- who you assign to games, the qualifications, certifications and background checks you require, and your compliance with the rules of any governing body;
- paying officials what your organization owes them.
4. What we are not
- Not an employer or agency. AssignZone does not hire, employ, supervise or pay officials, and is not a party to any arrangement between an official and an organization. Whether an official is an employee, volunteer or independent contractor of an organization is between them.
- Not a payment service. Pay amounts shown in the Service are records kept by the organization. Money is sent outside the Service (for example through Venmo), under that provider’s own terms. We do not hold, send or guarantee funds and are not responsible for amounts owed, sent in error, delayed or disputed.
- Not responsible for games. We are not responsible for the conduct of games, rink conditions, travel, or any injury, loss or dispute arising from participating in, officiating or attending a game.
5. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use information about other people (names, contact details, availability, pay) for any purpose other than organizing and working games;
- impersonate anyone, use someone else’s account, or misrepresent your qualifications;
- send harassing, abusive, discriminatory or unlawful messages, or spam;
- attempt to access accounts, organizations or data you are not authorized to access, or probe, scan or disrupt the Service;
- copy, scrape, resell or build a competing product from the Service.
6. Your content
You and your organization keep ownership of the information you enter. You grant us a limited license to host, store, display and process it only as needed to operate, secure and improve the Service and as described in the Privacy Policy. The Service itself, including its software, design and branding, belongs to us.
7. Availability and changes
We work to keep the Service available and accurate, but it may occasionally be unavailable, change, or contain errors. Automated features such as reminders, lock times and alerts are conveniences; organizations and officials remain responsible for confirming schedules and assignments. We may modify or discontinue features, and will give reasonable notice of changes that materially reduce what organizations can do.
8. Disclaimer of warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
9. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, AssignZone and [Legal business name], and their owners, employees and contractors, will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost pay, profits, data or goodwill, arising from or related to the Service. Our total liability for any claim related to the Service is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim arose or one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).
10. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend and indemnify [Legal business name] against claims, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your misuse of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or, for administrators, your organization’s data, assignments and payment obligations.
11. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the Service at any time. We or your organization may suspend or end your access if you violate these Terms or put others or the Service at risk. Sections 4, 6 and 8 through 13 survive termination.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. When we make material changes we will update the effective date and ask you to accept the new version. Continuing to use the Service after that means you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. You and we agree that any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Massachusetts, and consent to their jurisdiction. Nothing in these Terms limits any right you have under Massachusetts law, including M.G.L. c. 93A, that cannot lawfully be waived.
14. General
If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms; we may transfer ours as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of the Service.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms: [contact email] · [Mailing address], Massachusetts