Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the HatchLog mobile application and the website at reptileclub.com (together, the “Service”), operated by The Reptile Club LLC (“we”, “our”, or “us”), a limited liability company organized in Utah, United States. By using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction) to create an account. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity that occurs under your account.

2. The service

HatchLog is a record-keeping tool for reptile breeders. The Reptile Club is a public record of reptile pedigrees issued by breeders through the app. Use of the Service is at your own discretion and risk. The Service is provided “as is.”

3. Free plan and HatchLog Pro

The HatchLog app may offer a free plan and one or more paid plans (“HatchLog Pro”). Pricing, plan limits, and feature availability are described inside the app and may change with notice. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled before the end of the current billing period. You can cancel at any time through your platform’s subscription settings.

Payments for in-app subscriptions are processed by the platform you signed up through (Apple, Google, or Stripe, as applicable). Refund requests are handled according to that platform’s policies.

4. The Reptile Club and pedigree certificates

When you register an animal through HatchLog, a Certificate of Pedigree is issued with a unique RC code. Once issued, the pedigree is recorded in The Reptile Club and is intended to be a permanent public record.

Independence. Pedigree records are maintained by the Registry, not by individual breeders. Once a pedigree is issued, its lineage cannot be edited by the breeder.

Permanence. Pedigrees are recorded in perpetuity. Deleting your account does not remove pedigrees you have issued from the public Registry; it only severs them from your personal account.

Verifiability. Anyone may verify a pedigree at reptileclub.com using its RC code. No account is required to look up a pedigree.

Transferability. The keeper of record on a pedigree may change. The breeder of record and the lineage do not.

Genuine errors of fact (for example, a wrong parent recorded) may be corrected by request through registry@reptileclub.com. We may decline correction requests where there is reasonable doubt or where a correction would harm the integrity of the public record.

5. Your content

You retain ownership of the records, photos, and other content you submit to HatchLog. By submitting content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, and display that content as necessary to operate the Service. Pedigree facts that you publish to the public Registry (parents, hatch date, morph, breeder name) are intended to be public and may continue to appear on the public Registry after you delete your account.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• Submit false or fraudulent pedigree information;
• Impersonate another breeder or claim animals you did not produce;
• Harass, threaten, or defame any person;
• Violate any applicable wildlife, import/export, or animal welfare law;
• Interfere with the operation of the Service, attempt to bypass rate limits, scrape the Registry beyond reasonable use, or attempt unauthorized access.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules.

7. Intellectual property

The HatchLog software, The Reptile Club website, brand marks (including the HatchLog name, The Reptile Club name, and registry seal), typography, and design are owned by The Reptile Club LLC and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, or create derivative works of these assets without permission, except as expressly permitted by these Terms.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free from data loss.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Reptile Club LLC and its officers, members, and employees shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, profits, or revenue, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service. Our aggregate liability for any claim shall not exceed the greater of fifty US dollars or the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Reptile Club LLC from any claim, loss, or expense arising out of your content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

11. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access to the Service for violation of these Terms or for any reason on reasonable notice. Pedigrees already published to the public Registry remain on the Registry after termination.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced through the Service or by email. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. You agree that any dispute arising under these Terms will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Utah.

14. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. No waiver of any term shall be deemed a continuing waiver.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@reptileclub.com.