Last Updated: January2024
Welcome to Leap!
Leap is a sports talent discovery platform, connecting sports clubs, sport agents, players, professionals and fans (“Leap Platform”).
The Leap Platform is owned, developed and provided by Sports Matching Services Limited (“LEAP”, "we", “us” or “our”).
These Terms of Use (”Terms”), and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference, constitute the terms and conditions under which LEAP offers the Leap Platform to any user accessing or using the Leap Platform and any of the Leap Services (as defined below) , and whether you are a talent (anyone playing any sports at any level, “Talent”) or fans, sport, agents, recruiter, sports brands, clubs, teams and professional (collectively "Explorer") or a legal guardian of the aforesaid, (hereinafter defined as a "Parent", and together with the Talent and the Explorer shall be collectively referred to herein as a “User” or “you”).
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE:
Pleaseread these Terms and our Privacy Policy carefully, and make sure you understand and agree with them. By registering and using the Leap Platform and using the Leap Services, you hereby represent and warrant you have read, understood and you agree to be bound by these Terms, as may be amended from time to time.
If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms,or any part thereof, you should cease all use of the Leap Platform and Leap Services,and delete your Leap Account If you are under 16 years old, or otherwise under the minimum legal age defined is a "child" in your country ("Child") - your Parent must open your Leap Account and provide the required approvals, as detailed under these Terms. If you are under 18 years old, please read these Terms and our Privacy Policy with your parents or other guardian.
THE LEAP PLATFORM & LEAP SERVICE:
The Leap Platform brings together Talents and Explorers, in a unique community dedicated to sports, and enables Users to create accounts, groups and interact with each other through various features (collectively with the Leap Platform “Leap Services”).
As part of the Leap Services, you may also upload, send, create, share or otherwise disclose certain content on Leap Platform, including, without limitation, pictures and images, text, messages, videos, and other materials, both publicly and privately (through messaging features) (“User Generated Content”). We may also offer additional features such as a video editor (filters, adding text, etc.), contests, and battles, which may include awarding of ratings or other scores to the winners or other participants (“Contests”), Leap Profiles' filtering, etc.
Please note that any activity related to rating, scoring, and Contests will be conducted by LEAP at its sole discretion, and you hereby release LEAP from and waive any claim or demand you have now or in the future in respect thereof. LEAP's decision with respect to all matters related to the Contests, rating, and scoring will be final. LEAP may change the criteria for scoring, rating, and choosing the winners of any Contests at any time, at its sole discretion. All rating and scoring, in the event assigned, might be based upon other Leap user's reviews and, in any event, are provided "as-is" and shall not be considered as an endorsement or other assurance on behalf of LEAP.
Currently, the Leap Platform and Leap Services are offered to Users free of charge. However, LEAP may, in its sole discretion, change such offering and subject the use of the Leap Platform, or any part of the Leap Services, in payment of subscription fees or other consideration.
REGISTRATION TO THE LEAP PLATFORM, USER'S ACCOUNT & PROFILE:
In order to participate in the Leap Platform and use the Leap Services, you must first register and create an account and a profile (“Leap Account” and “Leap Profile”, respectively). During the registration process, you will be requested to provide certain personal data about yourself, such as name, age, email address, etc. For information on how personal data is processed by LEAP, see our Privacy Policy.
Please note that - opening a Leap Account for a person under 16 years old requires the Parent's consent and only the Parent is allowed to register the Child and create the Leap Account. You can find more information regarding our parental's consent procedure and your controls, as a Parent, over the Child's Leap Account, under our Children and Parents Privacy Notice.
If you are a Child – note that your Parent will have access to your Leap Account, including your interactions, messaging, User Generated Content, as well as the ability to block some actions.
Once you have created your Leap Account, you will be able to create your Leap Profile, including, where applicable, a professional portfolio of your work, videos of your games and exercises, etc. If you are creating a Leap Profile on behalf of your Child, you should exercise special discretion in connection with what you choose to upload or share on the Leap Platform.
Your hereby represent and warrant you will provide accurate and complete information. In addition, you may provide solely your own information, or, if you open the Leap Account on behalf of a third party (including if you are a Parent or a representative of a Talent or an Explorer), you have all needed authority and authorization to create the Leap Account, provide the third-party's information (including use of its name, profile picture, etc.). It is strictly prohibited to use false identity, impersonate any other person or use a name that is not yours to use. In the event of untrue or inaccurate information, LEAP may suspend or terminate the Leap Account. During the process of registering, you will designate personal and exclusive username and password to access the Leap Account. You are solely and fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and username of your Leap Account and for all activities that occur under the Leap Account, including if made on whom on your behalf. Unauthorized access or use of the Leap Account or Leap Services must be immediately reported to the LEAP at: [support@playleap.io].
LEAP may, in its sole discretion, refuse to offer access to or use of the Leap Platform and Leap Services to any User, and change its eligibility criteria at any time, without liability to the Users or any third party. LEAP may terminate your Leap Account immediately and without prior notice if you do not comply with these Terms or if we believe your participation or use of the Leap Platform or Leap Services does not comply with any applicable laws.
USER-GENERATED CONTENT:
As part of the Leap Play Platform, Users may upload, share and view User Generated Content.
You are responsible for the User Generated Content you upload and share:
You are solely responsible for any and all User Generated Content communicated, submitted or transmitted through your Leap Account on the Leap Platform. We are not responsible for any personal content and information which you choose to submit or share through the Leap Platform and you are solely responsible to protect your privacy by what you decide to publicly share through the Leap Platform.
You should share User Generated Content with discretion and in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.
You undertake and agree that you will not upload, post, email, distribute, share, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available through the Leap Platform any User Generated Content that does not comply with these Terms, and specifically, please see the "Community Guidelines and Restrictions of Use" section below
We provide you with certain controls of your User Generated Content, including the ability to decide if you share it publicly or not. In addition, you are entitled to delete your User Generated Content from your Leap Account at any time. For more information, please see "Your Controls" section below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, LEAP may, but is not obligated to, review all User Generated Content and block, modify, edit, delete, terminate access to, or remove any such User Generated Content that LEAP, in its sole discretion, considers as non-compliant with any of the requirements of these Terms or applicable law.
LEAP reserves the right to purge User Generated Content from its databases at any time and from time to time without notice. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for backing up any User Generated Content uploaded to or received from the Leap Platform or through the Leap Services. LEAP shall not be liable for any purging, deletion or failure to retain any User Generated Content.
Your User Generated Content will be used by LEAP (subject to these Terms, and the license granted herein, as detailed below):.
Users retain ownership of their User Generated Content, and you may use your User Generated Content at your discretion. However, as part of these Terms, you hereby grant LEAP with a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use your User Generated Content as we believe is reasonably needed to operate and provide the Leap Platform and Leap Services. This includes, for example, to store, use, distribute, edit, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, publish, translate and create derivative works of your User Generated Content, in order to provide Leap Services. Please note that even though the User Generated Content will be available solely to Leap’s Users, once you upload it to Leap Platform, such content and your interaction with it will be publicly shared on the Leap Platform and might be shared by other users outside the Leap Platform, you may lose control of it, and it can be accessed, used, copied and shared by any User.
Your User Generated Content will be used by other Users or the general public:
You should be aware that any User Generated Content you publish or share through the Leap Platform may be viewed and used by other Users, as well as the general public. LEAP does not, and is not able to control or monitor the manner in which any third parties (including other Users) use your User Generated Content, and specifically if and how they use it on other media channels, and we shall not be responsible for any such third parties' use. Note however, we do enable you to report any behavior of other Users that might be considered as infringement of these Terms and our policies while using the Leap Platform – for information, please see the Reporting, Notice & Takedown Procedure below.
If you share User Generated Content on the Leap Platform and later wish to delete such content, we cannot guarantee that the User Generated Content has not been copied or downloaded in the meantime by other Users and is retained by them.
Other Users Generated Content:
You acknowledge that any and all User Generated Content, does not originate from us. Other than in specific circumstance, where we are made aware of User Generated Content which is considered as violating our Terms and policies, LEAP does not monitor nor control User Generated Content made available, uploaded or shared by Users, publicly or through private messaging. In any event, LEAP shall not be responsible for any User Generated Content, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality, completeness, accessibility, compatibility, suitability, reliability, availability, or non-infringement of such User Generated Content.
THIRD PARTIES CONTENT, ADS AND SITES:
The Leap Platform may include links to third party advertisements, websites, services and products ("Third Party Digital Assets") which are subject to different terms policies. We have no control over Third Party Digital Assets and thus, if you voluntarily choose to interact or access to such Third- Party Digital Assets, you should review such terms and policies. LEAP does not endorse or recommend the engagement with any Third-Party Digital Assets, nor any service or product offered by third parties on the Leap Platform.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
When you upload User Generated Content, or communicate with other Users, please consider the fact the Users audience is of diverse, and may include children. Any use of the Leap Platform and Leap Services, and whether your communication with other Users is made publicly or privately, must adhere with these Terms and you undertake to treat other Users respectfully on the Leap Platform and take extra precautions when you interact with young individuals. We do not allow any Users Generated Content, including private messaging, to include any non-respectful language. Specifically, you may not upload, post, email, distribute, share, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available through the Leap Platform any User Generated Content or messaging, nor take any actions that involves the following:
⦁ Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, offensive, indecent, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, includes nudity (other than reasonable circumstances) or is otherwise sexually explicit. This includes support or praise of terrorism, organized crime, or hate groups.
Offering sexual services, self-injury, involves the offering or promotion of firearms, alcohol, tobacco, drugs and gambling;
⦁ Infringes any third-party's intellectual property rights, including trademark, trade secret and copyrights;
⦁ Infringes the rights of any other person or third party, including rights to reputation and good name, privacy rights, or others;
⦁ Incudes the use of any content or information you do not have the right to make available by reason of any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship;
⦁ Incudes the use of any content or information that contains any confidential or sensitive information about you or any other User or third party, such as medical information, information about sexual life or orientation, political affiliation, etc., unless you have obtained all necessary consents to do so.
⦁ “Spam” other Users, or disrupt discussions with repetitive messages;
⦁ Artificially generate likes, followers, or other interactions with Leap Profile or User Generated Content, including obtaining the aforesaid by offering any monetary exchange.
Without derogating from the generality of the above, you undertake that you shall not, and shall not permit or assist others to:
⦁ Modify the Leap Platform or Leap Services, or decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt, directly or indirectly, to disrupt the Leap Platform or Leap Services, servers or networks connected to the Leap Platform;
⦁ Deny service to, hack, crack, reverse engineer, or otherwise interfere with the Leap Platform and Leap Services and their underlying software, or other technology, code, algorithm or other proprietary information of LEAP in any manner, or interfere with the automatic process of downloading and/or installing the mandatory updates or upgrades to the Leap Platform, with or without notification;
⦁ Attempt to circumvent or overcome any technological protection measures intended to restrict access to any portion of the Leap Platform, Leap Services, technology or any software thereto
⦁ Create a database by systematically downloading and storing all or any content from the Leap Platform or the Leap Services;
⦁ Use the Leap Platform for any illegal, immoral or unauthorized purpose, to encourage criminal behavior or conduct that would constitute a criminal offense under any law, or in a manner that could give rise to civil liability or other lawsuit, including but not limited to, using the Leap Platform;
⦁ Distribute content through the Leap Platform in violation of copyright, for distribution or development of any malware, take any action relating to piracy on the web, etc.;
⦁ Use the Leap Platform in a way that infringes or violates these Terms, or infringes or violates the rights of any third party or any applicable law;
⦁ Sell, distribute, copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce all or any part of the Leap Platform, ot any third party's User Generated Content (without its approval or as otherwise required under applicable laws);
⦁ Create Leap Accounts through unauthorized means nor collect information in such means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper; You may not impersonate others or create an account for someone else unless you have their express permission.
⦁ Sell, license, or purchase any Leap Account or data obtained from us the Leap Platform and Leap Service. This includes attempts to buy, sell, or transfer any aspect of Leap Account (including your username and Leap Profile); solicit, collect, or use login credentials or badges of other users.
REPORTING, NOTICE & TAKE DOWN PROCEDURE:
LEAP respects the rights of Users and third parties. If you believe certain User Generated Content uploaded or sent through the Leap Platform or Leap Services infringes your rights or the rights of others, including without limitation, intellectual property rights, privacy rights, etc., or otherwise violates these Terms, you should notify us of such content, by sending us an email to support@playleap.io
We will respond to any such notice we receive alleging an infringement of rights or these by investigating the allegation and removing the alleged infringing content should we determine that an infringement has occurred
When providing us with notification of infringing content, please specify the following details:
⦁ Identify the material that you claim is infringing, along with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material and verify its existence, including at a minimum, its location (e.g., the applicable Leap Profile) and screenshots;
⦁ If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and you believe in good faith that any User Generated Content on the Leap Platform has been used or exploited in a manner that infringes or violates any work or other intellectual property you own or control or of third party you are authorized to act on its behalf, please also identify the copyrighted work or material that you claim has been infringed, along with information reasonably sufficient to permit us verify its existence;
⦁ Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you (email address is preferred).
⦁ Provide information, if possible, sufficient to permit us to notify the owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing content (email address is preferred);
⦁ Provide a statement that it is your good faith belief that the content identified is infringing and that the information you provided is accurate and complete.
LEAP may block contested User Generated Content, and may reinstate it, and shall not be liable for any such action taken in connection with contested User Generated Content.
may find User Generated Content you don’t like, but doesn’t violate these Terms. If that happens, you can unfollow or block the person who posted it. If there's something you don't like in a comment on one of your posts, you can delete that comment.
If you report an alleged copyrights infringement, be sure to consider whether fair use, fair dealing, or a similar exception to copyright applies before you submit the notice.
Please remember by submitting a notice you will be initiating a legal process, hence, please do not make any false claims. Many disputes and misunderstandings can be resolved directly between members of the Leap Platform. If one of your photos or videos was posted by someone else, you could try commenting on the post and asking the person to take it down. Don't target the person who posted it by posting screenshots and drawing attention to the situation because that may be classified as harassment.
We may work with law enforcement, including when we believe that there’s risk of physical harm or threat to public safety
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Certain content and information provided on and through the Leap Platform, including, without limitation, any of LEAP', including its affiliates', trademarks, logos, graphics, designs, information, texts, images, data, underlying software, code, algorithm, technology and other material displayed, available or present through the Leap Platform (“LEAP Content”) are the copyrighted and/or trademarked work of LEAP or proprietary information and knowledge protected under trade secret, owned exclusively by LEAP and its affiliates or licensors. LEAP retains all rights, including any and all intellectual property rights, in the Leap Platform, the Leap Services, and the LEAP Content.
You have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, publish, make available to the public, sell, rent, distribute, broadcast, transmit, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, convey to a third party, enhance or in any way exploit any part of the Leap Platform or the LEAP Content.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER:YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE LEAP PLATFORM AND THE LEAP SERVICES AND ANY OF THEIR CONTENT AND FEATURES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE”, AND “WITH ALL FAULTS”, ARE USED ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW.
We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, of any kind, regarding the Leap Platform and Leap Services (including any content, information, software, links, advertisement, deep linking), including any implied warranties as to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, title, non-infringement, results, accuracy, completeness, accessibility, compatibility, suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, quality, or lack of viruses. If applicable law does not allow the exclusion of some or all of the above implied warranties to apply to you, the above exclusions will apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The Leap Platform may not support all types of devices. The Leap Services are contingent upon availability and continuity of internet connection. Lack of connectivity or disruptions to connectivity may prevent use of the Leap Services.
LEAP shall not be responsible for any damage which may be caused due to a malfunction or defect of the software underlining the Leap Platform or access to the Leap Platform or due to cancellation or termination of the Leap Services. LEAP shall not be responsible or liable for any errors or inaccuracies in the information or content displayed on the Leap Platform. Specifically, LEAP shall not be responsible or liable to any Users Generate Content which LEAP does not review or endorse, nor any other types of communications made between Users, publicly or privately, through the Leap Platform. LEAP does not monitor or verify the identity of Users and you should take needed precautions when corresponding with any other Users or providing them with your personal information, specifically Parents should control their child's use pf the Leap Services.
LEAP'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE WITH LEAP IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE LEAP PLATFORM. LEAP AND ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES COULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY FORESEEN OR AVOIDED) ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE LEAP PLATFORM AND LEAP SERVICES OR IN CONNECTION TO ANY USER GENERATED CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
CHANGES OF THE LEAP PLATFORM AND LEAP SERVICES:
LEAP reserves the right at any time and from time to time, without being obligated to provide prior notice, to modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Leap Platform and Leap Services or any part thereof, or User's access thereto, all at its sole discretion. You will have no claim, complaint or demand against LEAP or against any related parties or affiliates of LEAP, for applying such changes or for failures incidental to such changes.
INDEMNIFICATION:
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless LEAP, its members, officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from any violation of these Terms or applicable law, or a violation of any third party right.
AMENDMENTS OF THESE TERMS:
We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise these Terms of Use from time to time, at our sole discretion, so please re-visit this page frequently. Any changes will become effective immediately upon the display of the revised version. The most recent version of these Terms of Use will always be posted. If we do make any changes, the updated date at the top of these Terms of Use will be reflected in the "Last Updated" heading. Your continued use of the website, following the display of such modified terms, constitutes your acknowledgement and consent of such amendments and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments. In the event of a material changes, we will make best efforts to provide a written notification.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Waiver; Severability. The failure to require performance of any provision shall not affect our rights to require performance at any time thereafter, nor shall a waiver of any breach or default of these Terms constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or default or a waiver of the provision itself. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, then such provision will be modified to reflect the closest valid intention. All remaining provisions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect.
Assignment. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our consent. LEAP may assign its rights and obligations to third parties, including in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Choice of Law. Unless expressly stated to the contrary elsewhere within the Leap Platform or Leap Services, the Leap Platform, Leap Services and these Terms and any dispute arising in connection therewith shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom. You agree that all such disputes shall be brought exclusively in the appropriate courts of London, United Kingdom.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy issues, please contact us at:
Sports Matching Leap Services Limited
support@playleap.io
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