Terms and Conditions & Disclaimers

## 1. Acceptance of Terms & Universal Applicability
By accessing, browsing, registering an account with, or utilizing any calculation tools or simulation services provided on the **StreamCFD Fire Safety Tools** platform (the "Service"), you ("User", "You") explicitly acknowledge and agree to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions ("Terms").

**Using any tool, calculation module, or service on this platform constitutes full, unreserved agreement with these Terms.** If you do not agree with any provision herein, you must immediately cease all access to and use of this platform.

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## 2. Data Usage, Analytics & Anonymization
1. **Right to Use Anonymized Data**: StreamCFD collects and processes computational parameters, geometry dimensions, simulation setup metadata, performance logs, and error diagnostics. You grant StreamCFD a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, aggregate, analyze, process, and publish **anonymized data** derived from your inputs and calculation jobs for purposes including, but not limited to:
   - Enhancing optimization algorithms and computational efficiency.
   - Developing machine learning and predictive CFD models.
   - Academic benchmarking and performance validation.
   - System reliability diagnostics and platform scaling.
2. **Privacy Measures**: StreamCFD maintains industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal user identification and prevent unauthorized access.
3. **No Responsibility or Liability for Data**: While StreamCFD takes all reasonable precautions to maintain user privacy, **StreamCFD assumes NO responsibility, warranty, or liability** for data loss, service interruptions, server downtime, communication failures, or unauthorized third-party interceptions. Users are solely responsible for keeping independent local backups of all simulation files and input data.

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## 3. "AS IS" Service & Comprehensive Warranty Disclaimer
1. **Strictly "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE"**: All tools, calculators, algorithms, Python routines, FDS scripts, load-balancing partitions, empirical fire growth formulas, sprinkler activation estimations, DEVC plots, and jet fan thrust metrics are provided strictly on an **"AS IS"** and **"AS AVAILABLE"** basis.
2. **Exclusion of All Warranties**: StreamCFD and its operators expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express, statutory, or implied, including without limitation:
   - Any implied warranty of merchantability.
   - Any implied warranty of fitness for a particular engineering, architectural, or regulatory purpose.
   - Any warranty of numerical precision, accuracy, non-infringement, or error-free continuous operation.
   - Any warranty that simulation inputs or outputs will satisfy building codes, fire department mandates, or statutory authority requirements.

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## 4. Limitation of Liability & Absolute Waiver of Claims
1. **No Liability**: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances shall StreamCFD, its founders, developers, engineers, consultants, affiliates, or contributors be held liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary.
2. **Scope of Excluded Losses**: Excluded damages include, without limitation:
   - Structural design errors, life safety hazards, or fire protection system failures.
   - Project delays, construction downtime, computational re-runs, or hardware damage.
   - Loss of profits, commercial opportunities, contracts, or reputation.
   - Rejection of CFD reports or designs by municipal, local, or statutory inspection authorities.
3. **Absolute Waiver of Claims**: By using this platform, you irrevocably agree that **NO claim, legal action, arbitration, lawsuit, or demand for monetary compensation, damages, or indemnity** shall be brought against StreamCFD, its creators, or operators arising out of or in connection with the use of these tools, reliance on calculation results, or platform availability.

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## 5. Professional Engineering Responsibility
1. **Qualified Practitioner Prerequisite**: StreamCFD tools are specialized calculation aids developed for use by qualified, practicing fire protection engineers, CFD specialists, and building safety professionals.
2. **Independent Verification Obligation**: The entire burden and responsibility for independently cross-checking, verifying, and validating calculation outputs, mesh boundaries, Poisson cell constraints, boundary conditions, and engineering assumptions rests solely with the user prior to practical application, real-world construction, or submission to regulatory authorities.

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## 6. Fair Use, Security & Account Restrictions
1. **Acceptable Use**: Users agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, maliciously overload, or disrupt platform infrastructure or computing clusters.
2. **Email & Domain Policy**: The use of temporary, disposable, or anonymized trash email domains is prohibited and subject to automated blocking.
3. **Termination**: StreamCFD reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts, revoke access privileges, or deactivate users who violate security policies or abuse computational resources.

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## 7. Governing Terms & Modifications
StreamCFD reserves the right to revise, amend, or replace these Terms and Conditions at any time. Continued access to or use of the platform after updates have been published signifies full acceptance of the modified Terms.