Terms of Service

Agreement Scope and Platform Compliance

By accessing or using SocialPro Academy's website, courses, or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and all applicable laws and regulations. These terms establish a legal agreement between you and SocialPro Academy regarding your use of our educational platform and marketing services.

Our services integrate with major advertising platforms including Google Ads, Facebook/Meta Business, and Microsoft Advertising. Your use of our website and services is subject to compliance with these platforms' terms of service, advertising policies, and community standards.

These terms include specific provisions related to data collection for advertising purposes, behavioral tracking across platforms, and your rights regarding marketing communications. We maintain strict compliance with advertising platform policies to ensure continued service delivery.

If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must discontinue use of our services immediately. Continued use constitutes acceptance of any updates or modifications to these terms.

Advertising and Marketing Terms

Data Collection for Advertising

By using our website, you acknowledge and consent to our collection and use of personal data for advertising and marketing purposes, subject to your privacy preferences and applicable law.

Data Types Collected

• Website behavior and interaction patterns
• Device information and browser fingerprints
• Geographic location and IP addresses
• Referral sources and campaign attribution
• Engagement metrics and conversion events

Advertising Targeting Practices

Interest-Based Advertising

We use behavioral data to create interest profiles for delivering relevant course advertisements across Google, Facebook, and Microsoft advertising networks. This includes retargeting based on website visits and lookalike audience creation.

Remarketing and Retargeting

We implement remarketing campaigns to re-engage website visitors who haven't enrolled in courses. These campaigns may appear across various websites, social media platforms, and search results based on your previous interactions.

Marketing Communications

Email Marketing: By providing your email address, you consent to receive course information, promotional offers, and educational content via email. You can unsubscribe at any time using the opt-out links provided in our emails.

Social Media Advertising: We may display targeted advertisements on social media platforms based on your website activity and profile information. These ads comply with each platform's advertising policies and community standards.

Push Notifications: If you enable browser notifications, we may send updates about new courses, enrollment deadlines, and relevant educational opportunities. You can disable notifications through your browser settings.

Affiliate Marketing Disclosure: Some of our marketing activities may involve affiliate partnerships. We will clearly disclose these relationships when presenting third-party educational tools or services.

User Obligations and Prohibited Uses

General User Obligations

Information Accuracy

• Provide accurate and truthful information
• Update your account details when necessary
• Verify email addresses for communications
• Report any data inaccuracies promptly

Age and Legal Requirements

• Minimum age of 16 for advertising consent
• Legal capacity to enter into agreements
• Compliance with local privacy laws
• Parental consent where required

Account Security

• Maintain secure passwords and login credentials
• Report unauthorized account access immediately
• Use two-factor authentication when available
• Keep personal information confidential

Legal Compliance

• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations
• Respect intellectual property rights
• Honor platform terms of service
• Report illegal activities or violations

Prohibited Activities

Advertising Fraud

Engaging in click fraud, bot traffic generation, automated interactions, or any attempts to manipulate advertising metrics or circumvent tracking systems is strictly prohibited and may result in immediate account termination.

Data Harvesting

Scraping website content, harvesting user data, using automated tools to extract information, or interfering with advertising tracking mechanisms violates our terms and applicable platform policies.

Deceptive Practices

Providing misleading information, creating false identities, impersonating others, or engaging in any deceptive practices that could mislead other users or advertising platforms is forbidden.

Content Restrictions

Prohibited Content: Users may not post, transmit, or share illegal content, harmful material, malware, spam, unsolicited communications, or content that violates advertising platform community standards.

Intellectual Property: Respect copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Do not share course materials, copy content, or infringe on proprietary educational resources.

Community Standards: Maintain respectful communication, avoid discriminatory language, and follow platform-specific community guidelines when interacting with our content or advertisements.

Advertising Standards: If you interact with our advertisements or share our content, ensure compliance with advertising platform policies and avoid any actions that could violate their terms of service.

Platform-Specific Compliance

Facebook/Meta Advertising Policies

Community Standards: Our content and advertising campaigns comply with Meta's community standards, promoting authentic identity, respectful communication, safety, and dignity in all interactions.

Prohibited Content: We do not engage in discriminatory practices, misleading claims, promotion of prohibited products, or any content that violates Meta's advertising policies or community guidelines.

Educational Content: Our educational advertising meets Meta's standards for online learning, including accurate course descriptions, clear pricing information, and proper qualification disclaimers.

Data Use Compliance: We follow Meta's custom audience terms, pixel usage guidelines, and data collection policies to ensure proper consent and privacy protection for all users.

Business Verification: We maintain proper business verification with Meta for advertising certain educational services and comply with all platform requirements for business advertising accounts.

Microsoft/Bing Ads Policies

Content Policies: Our advertising content complies with Microsoft's prohibited and restricted content categories, ensuring appropriate messaging for educational services and professional development.

Editorial Guidelines: All advertising text meets Microsoft's editorial standards for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and professional presentation while avoiding sensational or misleading claims.

Landing Page Requirements: Our destination pages meet Microsoft's requirements for relevance, functionality, transparency, and clear information about our educational services and policies.

Data Collection Compliance: We follow Microsoft Advertising's data usage terms, ensuring proper implementation of UET tags and compliance with data protection requirements.

Geographic Restrictions: We respect Microsoft's country-specific advertising limitations and ensure our campaigns comply with local regulations in each target market.

Liability and Disclaimers

Advertising-Related Disclaimers

Third-Party Platform Availability

Our services depend on third-party advertising platforms. We are not responsible for platform outages, policy changes, account suspensions, or changes in platform functionality that may affect service delivery.

Educational Outcomes

While we strive to provide high-quality education, individual learning outcomes, skill development, and career progress depend on numerous factors beyond our control, including personal effort and market conditions.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, SocialPro Academy shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses resulting from your use of our services.

Our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to these terms or our services shall not exceed the amount you paid to us for the services in question during the twelve months preceding the claim.

We are not responsible for data breaches, security incidents, or privacy violations caused by third-party advertising platforms, even if such incidents affect your personal information shared through our website.

This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory on which the claim is based, whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SocialPro Academy from any claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees) arising from your violation of these terms, advertising platform policies, applicable laws, or any third-party rights.

This includes but is not limited to claims related to intellectual property infringement, privacy violations, fraudulent advertising activity, or misuse of our educational content or advertising systems.

Your indemnification obligation survives termination of your account or use of our services and applies to all claims arising during or after your use of our platform.

Legal Information and Dispute Resolution

Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these terms will be brought exclusively in the competent courts of Japan.

For users located outside Japan, local consumer protection laws may provide additional rights that cannot be waived by these terms. In such cases, these terms will be interpreted to comply with applicable local laws.

The language of these terms and any legal proceedings shall be English, with Japanese translations provided where required by local law.

Dispute Resolution

Mediation Process

If informal resolution fails, disputes shall be submitted to mediation before a mutually agreed upon mediator in Japan, with costs shared equally between parties.

Legal Proceedings

Any remaining disputes will be resolved through individual legal action in Japanese courts, with each party bearing their own legal costs unless awarded by the court.

Legal Contact Procedures

Legal Notices: All legal notices, including DMCA takedown requests, subpoenas, and formal legal communications, must be submitted through our official contact form with proper legal documentation.

DMCA Compliance: We respond to valid copyright infringement notices submitted in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and applicable international copyright laws.

Law Enforcement: We cooperate with law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities in accordance with applicable laws and proper legal procedures.

Response Timeframes: Legal notices will be acknowledged within 7 business days, with substantive responses provided within 30 days or as required by applicable law.

Terms Updates and Modifications

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, or advertising platform policies. Material changes will be communicated through website notifications and email announcements.

Continued use of our services after terms updates constitutes acceptance of the modified terms. Users who do not agree with changes may terminate their accounts and discontinue service use.

We maintain version history of these terms and will provide access to previous versions upon request for users who need to reference historical agreements.