Terms of Use
These terms are an agreement between you and the founders of SemPal, Mohammad Elmahi and Johnson Mununkum ("we", "us"), about using SemPal. By creating an account, you agree to them. Please read them, along with our Privacy Policy.
Who can use SemPal
- You must be 16 or older.
- You need to give a real email address and keep your password private. You're responsible for what happens on your account.
- One person per account. Don't use someone else's account or pretend to be someone else.
What SemPal does
SemPal reads your syllabi and timetables, shows your deadlines and classes, sends reminders, and lets classmates share changes to classes.
Timetables from your college: when you add a calendar link, we show what your college publishes and check it for changes each day. We can't guarantee your college's timetable is right, or that a change reaches you straight away.
Reminders and notifications depend on your phone's settings and the app being able to sync. They might not arrive, for example if notifications are off, your phone is offline or battery saving stops them.
We may change, add or remove features as we improve the app. We'll try to give notice of big changes.
Class alerts and campus reports
Class alerts and campus reports are written by students for other students. They're only useful if they're honest.
When you post, you agree to:
- Only report changes you believe are true, such as an email from your lecturer or a notice on the door.
- Keep notes friendly and relevant to the class.
- Not post anything abusive, threatening, hateful, sexual or discriminatory, or anything that names or targets another person.
- Not post spam, pranks, adverts or false reports, including "class cancelled" jokes.
- Not share anyone's personal information.
Alerts aren't official. They come from classmates, not your college. Check with your college before acting on one, especially before missing a class or an exam.
How we keep it safe:
- Notes are automatically checked, and ones with swearing or insults are blocked.
- Anyone with the class can mark an alert Not true, or tap Report if it's abusive or fake. Alerts with enough "Not true" votes or reports are hidden straight away.
- We review reported alerts and campus reports, usually within 48 hours. We may remove any content that breaks these rules.
- If your alerts are often taken down, or you break these rules, we may stop you posting alerts or reports, temporarily or permanently. In serious cases we may close your account.
- Campus-wide notices are only sent after we've checked them.
Your content: you keep ownership of what you post. You give us permission to show it to the students it's meant for, and to store it as described in our Privacy Policy.
To report a problem, tap Report on the alert, or email support@sempal.ie.
Using the app fairly
Don't misuse SemPal. That includes trying to break or overload it, getting into other people's accounts or data, copying or reselling it, uploading anything you don't have the right to share, or using it to break the law.
Paid plans
SemPal is free for now. If we add paid features, we'll show the price and what's included before you pay. Payments and subscriptions would be handled through Google Play or the App Store, under their terms, and you can cancel through your phone's settings.
Our app and your files
The app, its design and its code belong to us. Your syllabi, timetables and notes stay yours. You give us permission to store and process them only so we can provide the app to you.
Liability
We work hard to keep SemPal accurate and running, but it's provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, we're not responsible for:
- missed deadlines, classes or exams, or marks lost, because of a wrong date, a missed reminder or a classmate's alert
- changes your college makes that reach the app late or not at all
- the app being unavailable for a time
Nothing in these terms limits your rights as a consumer under Irish or EU law, or our responsibility for anything the law doesn't let us exclude.
Closing your account
You can delete your account at any time in Profile → Delete account. We may suspend or close an account that seriously or repeatedly breaks these terms. Where we can, we'll tell you why first.
Changes to these terms
If we change these terms in an important way, we'll tell you in the app or by email before the changes take effect. If you keep using the app after that, you accept the new terms.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of Ireland. If there's a dispute, the courts of Ireland can deal with it, though you may also have the right to go to the courts where you live.
Contact
Email: support@sempal.ie