Terms of Service

Last updated: January 2025

Agreement to Terms

Welcome to Formula Explainer. These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of our website, tools, and services. By accessing or using Formula Explainer, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you disagree with any part of these terms, you may not use our services.

Formula Explainer reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. Continued use of our services after changes constitutes acceptance of the modified terms. We encourage you to review these terms periodically.

Description of Services

Formula Explainer provides educational tools and content to help users understand, analyze, and work with Excel and Google Sheets formulas. Our services include:

  • Formula explanation tool that breaks down and explains spreadsheet formulas in plain language
  • AI-powered formula builder that generates custom formulas based on user descriptions
  • VBA code generator for creating Excel macro code
  • Educational blog content with tutorials, guides, and best practices
  • Multi-language support for formula explanations

All services are provided "as is" for educational purposes. Formula Explainer is a free tool designed to support learning and productivity.

Acceptable Use

You agree to use Formula Explainer only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these terms. You agree not to:

  • Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights when using our services
  • Submit malicious content, including viruses, malware, or code designed to harm our systems or other users
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, servers, or databases through hacking, scraping, or other means
  • Use automated systems or bots to access our services in a manner that creates excessive load or interferes with normal operations
  • Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
  • Collect or harvest personal information about other users without their explicit consent
  • Use our services to create, distribute, or promote spam, unsolicited messages, or deceptive content

Formula Explainer reserves the right to terminate or suspend access for users who violate these acceptable use policies.

Intellectual Property

The content, design, layout, graphics, and code of Formula Explainer are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. All rights are reserved by Formula Explainer unless otherwise stated.

You may access and use our services for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works, publicly display, or commercially exploit any content from Formula Explainer without express written permission.

Formulas you input and explanations generated for you remain yours. We do not claim ownership of your formulas or the specific outputs generated through our AI tools.

Disclaimers and Limitations

Formula Explainer is provided for educational purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we make no guarantees about the completeness, reliability, or accuracy of our explanations, formulas, or content.

No Warranty: Our services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that our services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.

Professional Advice: Formula Explainer does not provide professional financial, accounting, business, or legal advice. Our explanations and tools are educational resources. Always verify formulas and consult qualified professionals for critical business decisions.

Limitation of Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Formula Explainer shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of our services, including but not limited to data loss, business interruption, or errors in calculations.

User-Generated Content

When you submit feedback, suggestions, or other communications to Formula Explainer, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, and incorporate such feedback into our services without attribution or compensation.

You represent that any content you submit does not violate any third-party rights and that you have all necessary permissions to share such content with us.

Third-Party Links and Services

Formula Explainer may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Your use of third-party services, including OpenAI for AI-powered features and Google AdSense for advertisements, is subject to their respective terms and policies. We encourage you to review their terms before use.

Termination

Formula Explainer reserves the right to terminate or suspend your access to our services at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including but not limited to violation of these terms or disruptive behavior.

Upon termination, your right to use our services will immediately cease. Sections of these terms that by their nature should survive termination will remain in effect, including intellectual property provisions, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of Formula Explainer will be resolved through good-faith negotiation or, if necessary, binding arbitration.

Contact Information

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