1. Who these terms apply to
These terms apply to everyone who uses AirchyWebOS — players, club owners, coaches, league organisers, and anyone browsing the public pages. By signing up or using the service you agree to them.
The service is operated by Airchy Limited (“Airchy”, “we”, “us”). The contact for anything in these terms is support@airchy.com.
2. Eligibility & account security
- You must be at least 13 years old to hold an AirchyWebOS account. Coaching for under-18s is handled via the Parent Portal and a verified billing contact.
- You are responsible for the credentials you use to sign in. Use a unique password and a current email address.
- You can delete your account at any time from Settings → Delete account. See the Privacy Policy for what happens to your data.
3. Clubs, sessions, and conduct
AirchyWebOS organises real-world badminton. The app helps you schedule sessions, manage queues, log scores, and split fees — it does not run your club for you. As a club owner, you are responsible for:
- The safety and conduct of your members at every session
- Court hire, equipment, and any venue liability
- Compliance with local safeguarding requirements (DBS, first-aid, venue insurance)
- How you spend member money — Airchy records the ledger entries; you decide the policies
As a player, you agree to follow your club’s code of conduct, show up on time for the sessions you join, and pay the fees your club sets. Leaving a session after you’ve been billed does not refund the fee unless the club chooses to issue one — Airchy does not adjudicate fee disputes.
4. Payments, wallets, and credits
Stripe processes card payments on our behalf. Airchy never sees your card number; we receive only the metadata Stripe sends us (amount, currency, brand, last-four, and the Stripe customer / payment-intent IDs).
Prepaid credit
Clubs can sell prepaid session credit (club_member_credit_ledger). It is a club-specific balance against that club’s future session fees. It is not cash, it is not transferable, it does not earn interest, and it is not redeemable for money. If a club closes, unused prepaid credit expires with the club — refunds are at the club owner’s discretion.
Player wallet
The player wallet (player_wallet_balances) is a platform-wide balance used for court bookings. The same rules apply: not cash, not transferable, no interest, no redemption.
5. Coaching and the Parent Portal
Coaches must hold a current DBS check (UK) or equivalent background screening in their jurisdiction before inviting a minor to the platform. The DBS-expiry cron (app/api/cron/dbs-expiry-check) suspends a coach’s ability to invite minors the moment their check lapses.
A coach who issues a Parent Portal token must have a verifiable parent/guardian relationship on file (the billing contact). Tokens expire automatically; we do not allow a portal link to remain valid once the relationship ends.
6. Acceptable use
- No posting content that is unlawful, harassing, or hateful. The social-feed moderation flow exists for a reason.
- No impersonating another member, club, or coach.
- No scraping, reverse-engineering, or interfering with the service’s normal operation.
- No using AirchyWebOS to run a service that competes with AirchyWebOS without our written permission.
- No uploading content you don’t have the rights to (copyrighted photos, someone else’s personal data, etc.).
7. Liability and sporting activity
AirchyWebOS is a software tool. Badminton is a real-world activity with real-world risks. We do not insure your sessions, we do not guarantee the accuracy of ELO ratings, and we are not liable for injuries, lost property, or disputes between members. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim arising from your use of AirchyWebOS is limited to the amount you have paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim (which, for most free accounts, is zero).
8. Suspension and termination
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, the law, or our acceptable-use rules. We will usually warn first, but we reserve the right to act immediately in serious cases (fraud, safeguarding risks, abuse). You can terminate at any time via Settings → Delete account.
On termination, your profile is anonymised; match history, ELO history, and ledger entries are kept in their anonymised form so that other members’ records remain consistent (see the Privacy Policy).
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. For material changes (anything that affects your rights or obligations), we will email active accounts at least 14 days before the change takes effect. Continuing to use AirchyWebOS after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
10. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute will be handled in the courts of England and Wales, unless your local consumer law gives you the right to bring the action closer to home.