Terms of Service

Who we are

• The Pool Hub is a small independent platform for running pool competitions.
• We track fixtures, frames, and player stats so leagues and cups can run cleanly.
• Operated from England and Wales.

What the app does

• Helps competition admins run their leagues and cups.
• Helps players see their fixtures, ratings, and history.
• Sign in with a one-time email code.
• Set up a player profile and join competitions you are invited to.

Eligibility

• You must be 18 or over to create an account.
• If you are under 18 and want to take part, ask an adult to manage the account for you.

Your account

• You are responsible for keeping your sign-in email secure.
• Don't share your login link with anyone else.
• Tell us right away if you think someone else has accessed your account.

Entering competitions

• Competitions are created and run by admins, not by us.
• By joining a competition you agree to its specific rules as set by the admin.
• Entry fees, prize money, and any physical meetups are arranged between you and the competition admin, off the app.

Acceptable conduct

• Be decent to other players.
• Don't submit false results.
• Don't harass anyone.
• Don't try to break the platform.
• Abuse may get your account suspended.

Payments and refunds

• We do not process competition entry fees.
• Payments are handled directly between you and the competition admin.
• Refunds are the admin's responsibility, not ours.

Our intellectual property

• The Pool Hub software, design, branding, rating method, ranking system, and database structure are all owned by us.
• You get a personal, revocable, non-transferable right to use the service for its intended purpose.
• You don't get any ownership of the code, the algorithms, the data models, or the brand.

You agree not to:

• Copy, scrape, download in bulk, or republish any part of the service or its data beyond what you would naturally see using the app for its intended purpose.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code, the rating formulae, or the ranking calculations.
• Build a competing service using our data, rules, structure, or visible behaviour as a blueprint.
• Use automated tools (bots, scrapers, headless browsers) against the service without our written permission.

• The frame-level results you generate while playing are yours. We show them to you on your profile and use them to run your competitions.
• The aggregated rankings, the rating algorithm, and all derived statistics across the platform are ours.

Termination

• You can delete your account at any time by asking us.
• We can suspend or close accounts that breach these terms or that present a risk to the service or its players.

Liability

• The Pool Hub is provided as-is.
• We do our best to keep data accurate and the service running, but we can't promise it will always be available or error-free.
• To the extent allowed by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from your use of the service.

Governing law

• These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
• Any disputes will be handled by the courts of England and Wales.

Changes

• If we change these terms, we'll update the date at the top.
• Signed-in users will be notified on their next visit.
• Continuing to use the app after a change counts as accepting the new version.