Terms of Service

Effective Date: February 2025

Welcome to SponsorConnect. By accessing or using SponsorConnect (the "Service"), you agree to the following Terms of Service ("Terms"). Please read them carefully before using the platform.

1. Purpose of SponsorConnect

SponsorConnect is a platform designed to help individuals in recovery connect with potential sponsors. The Service provides listing, profiles, and contact facilitation only. SponsorConnect does not evaluate, verify, or endorse any users, sponsors, or sponsees.

SponsorConnect is not therapy, not treatment, not medical advice, and not a crisis resource.

If you are in crisis, please contact local emergency services or a crisis hotline immediately.

2. Non-Affiliation With Recovery Fellowships

SponsorConnect is not affiliated, endorsed, or approved by:

  • • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
  • • Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
  • • Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
  • • Al-Anon
  • • Any 12-Step fellowship or recovery organization

All fellowship names, trademarks, and references are used strictly for descriptive purposes. SponsorConnect operates independently as a technology platform only.

For more information, see our Independent Recovery Fellowship Legal Notice here:

Independent Recovery Fellowship Legal Notice

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use SponsorConnect. By using the Service, you represent that all account information is accurate and truthful.

4. User Responsibilities

By using SponsorConnect, you agree:

  • • You are solely responsible for interactions with other users
  • • You will act respectfully and professionally
  • • You will not misuse the Service for harassment, solicitation, or inappropriate behavior
  • • You will follow the traditions and guidelines of your fellowship
  • • You will not post harmful, offensive, or misleading information

SponsorConnect reserves the right to remove any user violating these rules.

5. Sponsor and Sponsee Profiles

Users may create a sponsor or sponsee profile. By doing so, you:

  • • Consent to the display of your information to other users
  • • Acknowledge that SponsorConnect does not verify your identity
  • • Agree not to misrepresent your sobriety or qualifications

You are responsible for reviewing any sponsor or sponsee before beginning a recovery relationship.

SponsorConnect is not liable for issues that arise between users.

6. No Professional Relationship

Using SponsorConnect does not establish:

  • • A counseling relationship
  • • A therapeutic relationship
  • • A medical or clinical relationship

Nothing on the platform should be interpreted as medical, clinical, or therapeutic advice.

7. Payments & Subscriptions

If you choose to subscribe to any paid features or app versions:

  • • You authorize SponsorConnect to charge your payment method
  • • Payments are non-refundable unless required by law
  • • Terms of pricing may change with notice

Any subscription (e.g., app version at $2.99/mo) will be handled through the applicable app marketplace.

8. Privacy & Data Security

You agree to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, store, and use your data.

Link: /privacy

SponsorConnect takes reasonable security precautions but cannot guarantee complete protection. You use the Service at your own risk.

9. Content Ownership

All design elements, branding, text, software, and logos belong to SponsorConnect. Users may not copy, distribute, or reproduce the Service without written permission.

10. Termination

SponsorConnect may suspend or terminate accounts for violations of these Terms, harmful behavior, or at our discretion to protect users.

You may delete your account at any time by contacting:

support@sponsorconnect.org

11. Limitation of Liability

SponsorConnect is not responsible for:

  • • Actions of users
  • • Advice or guidance received
  • • Personal harm, emotional harm, or disputes
  • • Accuracy of profile data

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available."

Your use of the Service is at your own risk.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms at any time. Continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of changes.

13. Contact Information

If you experience issues, safety concerns, or want to report a user, please contact:

support@sponsorconnect.org

14. Legal Notice

For full legal disclaimers, including non-affiliation statements, see:

Independent Recovery Fellowship Legal Notice

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