These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and SaaSarc, doing business as arquiv, concerning your access to and use of arquiv.org and all related media forms, channels, or applications (collectively, the "Site").

1AGREEMENT TO TERMS

By using this Site, you confirm your binding agreement to these guidelines. We reserve the right to alter these terms as legal frameworks change. Continued use after revisions constitutes full acceptance of the updated framework.

2ELIGIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

There is no minimum age restriction to access or use our Site, as the core Services consist strictly of architectural semantic search, text processing, and document visualization, containing no sensitive, age-restricted, or explicit content. By registering an account, you represent and warrant that all registration information you submit is truthful, accurate, and that your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.

3USER ACCOUNTS AND CREDENTIALS

To utilize certain features of the platform, including conducting semantic searches, you are required to create an account by logging in via Google. You are entirely responsible for all activities that occur under your session authentication.

• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and account activity.
• We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
• If you wish to terminate your account, contact us at support@arquiv.org and your account data will be permanently deleted from our system.

4TOP-UPS, CREDIT, AND FINANCIAL POLICY

The Site operates on a prepaid credit system via dynamic balances ("top-ups").

• Credit Expiration: Credits acquired through top-ups do not have an expiration date. They remain active and available on your account indefinitely until actively consumed by utilizing our AI-powered search services.
• No Refunds: All financial transactions, top-ups, and credit purchases made through our third-party payment gateways (PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and e-Mola) are strictly final and non-refundable. No cash returns, rollbacks, or refunds will be issued for unused credits.

5INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PERMITTED USE

Our Services provide semantic search and document visualization capabilities. All interface design, software components, algorithms, and technical compilation belong to SaaSarc.

• No Downloads: The Site does not permit or grant the right to download any architectural documents, technical standards, or source files stored within our database. All technical content is restricted to on-screen visualization and reading privileges only.
• Prohibited Scraping and Automated Access: The use of automated systems, bots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, or scripts to extract data, queries, or technical documents from the website is strictly prohibited. Any automated querying of our Gemma 4 semantic system will result in an immediate and permanent account ban without credit restoration.

6GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Mozambique, without regard to its conflict of law principles. You irrevocably consent that any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be settled within the competent local courts of Mozambique.

7PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

As a user of the Site, you agree not to:

• Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
• Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information.
• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content.
• Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts, data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
• Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site.
• Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site.

8SITE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the Site for violations, take legal action against breaches, and restrict access to accounts violating these rules. We cannot guarantee the Site will be available at all times. Maintenance windows may cause interruptions, delays, or errors. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss or inconvenience caused by downtime.

9DISCLAIMER OF AI SEARCH ACCURACY

The Site utilizes advanced AI capabilities (Gemma 4) to deliver contextual and semantic search results.

• AI-generated interpretations, document indexing, and search summaries are provided for informational and educational purposes only.
• We do not warrant, guarantee, or assume liability for the architectural accuracy, absolute technical precision, or regulatory compliance of data interpreted by the AI infrastructure.
• It remains your sole responsibility to visually inspect, read, and verify the physical technical documents displayed before applying them to any real-world construction or engineering context.

10LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11MODIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of these Terms of Use at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site without notice at any time.

12TERM AND TERMINATION

These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. We reserve the right to, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, deny access to and use of the Site to any person for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation for breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in these Terms of Use, or of any applicable law or regulation.

13USER DATA AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Visiting the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications, and you consent to receive electronic communications from us.

14CONTACT INFORMATION

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at: