1. Acceptance and eligibility. By using SeatWatch or signing in, you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use SeatWatch. You must be at least 18 years old, or at least 13 with the permission of a parent or guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf. SeatWatch is intended for college students.

2. What SeatWatch is. SeatWatch checks publicly-available course-registration pages and notifies you when a seat appears to open in a class you ask us to watch. That is all it does.

3. Not affiliated with any school. SeatWatch is an independent tool. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any university, college, or registration system. School and course names are used only to identify what you want to watch.

4. You register yourself. SeatWatch only sends alerts. It does not enroll you in anything. Actually registering for a class is your responsibility, and we are not responsible for whether you get a seat, a professor, a time, or a class.

5. Your account and acceptable use. Keep your sign-in secure; you are responsible for activity under your account. Use SeatWatch only for your own personal course-watching. Do not abuse, overload, scrape, copy, resell, or attempt to disrupt or reverse-engineer the service; do not create multiple accounts to get around free-plan limits; and do not use SeatWatch for any unlawful purpose. We may remove watches, or suspend or terminate accounts, that do.

6. Payments. Your first class is free. Paid plans are one-time payments for a single academic term. They are not subscriptions and do not auto-renew, and are charged at the prices shown when you buy. Payments are processed by our payment provider (Stripe); we never see or store your full card details. Except where the law requires otherwise, all payments are final and non-refundable. You are responsible for any applicable taxes. Prices and plans may change for future terms.

7. No guarantee. We try hard, but we cannot promise SeatWatch will catch every opening, alert you in time, or be accurate or error-free. Seat information can be delayed, wrong, or missed; seats fill in seconds; notifications can be delayed or fail; and school websites change without notice. You use SeatWatch entirely at your own risk, and you should always confirm seat availability yourself before relying on it.

8. Disclaimer of warranties. The service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement, and any warranty that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.

9. Limitation of liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, SeatWatch LLC and its owners, creators, and operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any missed or lost class, lost opportunity, lost data, or other loss, arising from or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the service, even if advised such damages were possible. Our total liability for any claim will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) US $100.

10. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SeatWatch LLC and its owners, creators, and operators from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or relating to your use of the service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.

11. Suspension and termination. We may suspend or end your access, or discontinue the service, at any time, with or without notice, including for any violation of these Terms or suspected abuse. You may stop using SeatWatch at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive (including Payments, Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Dispute Resolution) will survive.

12. Dispute resolution; binding arbitration; class-action waiver. Please read this carefully. It affects your legal rights. (a) Informal first: if you have a dispute, email [email protected] and we will try to resolve it within 30 days before either of us starts a formal proceeding. (b) Binding arbitration: if we cannot resolve it, you and SeatWatch agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to SeatWatch or these Terms will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court, except that either of us may bring an individual claim in small-claims court. (c) Class-action and jury waiver: you and SeatWatch agree to bring claims only individually, and not as a plaintiff or member of any class, collective, or representative action, and each waives any right to a jury trial. (d) 30-day opt-out: you may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing [email protected] within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and that you opt out of arbitration; if you opt out, the rest of these Terms still apply. (e) If the class-action waiver is found unenforceable, the remainder of this section still applies; if the entire arbitration agreement is found unenforceable, disputes will proceed in the courts named below.

13. Changes. We may change, pause, or discontinue the service, or update these Terms, at any time. If we make material changes, we will update the “last updated” date; continued use means you accept the current Terms.

14. Governing law and venue. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration section above, any dispute that proceeds in court will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Maryland, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

15. General. These Terms, with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and SeatWatch about the service and replace any prior understandings. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them to a successor (for example, in a sale of the business). You agree we may give notices and communicate with you electronically. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.

16. Contact. Questions? Reach the SeatWatch LLC team at [email protected]. You can also reach us by mail at SeatWatch LLC, 2219 York Rd, Ste 400 #1032, Timonium, MD 21093, USA.