Legal
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Destined for Marriage (the "Service"), operated by [Legal Company Name] ("we," "us," or "our"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
To use Destined for Marriage, you must:
Destined for Marriage is scoped to matching within heterosexual pairings, consistent with the platform's positioning and target community, and does not currently support matching preferences outside this scope. By registering, you acknowledge and accept this scope.
Destined for Marriage is a curated matchmaking platform for marriage-minded individuals of African origin living in the diaspora. The Service:
You must complete identity verification through our third-party verification provider before your profile becomes visible in the match pool. This process may require you to submit a government-issued identification document and a live selfie or similar biometric check. We do not store your verification documents ourselves; they are processed by our verification provider under their own security and retention practices, as described further in our Privacy Policy.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at [support email] if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.
When using the Service, you agree not to:
We reserve the right to investigate suspected violations and to suspend or terminate accounts as described in Section 10.
Matches are generated using the information you provide and a weighted compatibility scoring system. Deal-breakers you specify are applied as a soft penalty to a match's compatibility score rather than an automatic exclusion, meaning you may still be shown matches that conflict with one or more of your stated preferences, ranked accordingly.
No contact information, messaging, or further profile detail is shared between two members until both have mutually approved a connection request. You may decline a connection request at any time without needing to provide a reason.
Destined for Marriage offers a free tier and a paid tier. Free-tier accounts receive a limited number of connection requests per month (currently [insert current limit, e.g. 4]); paid-tier accounts receive an expanded or unlimited allowance and additional features as described on the Service at the time of purchase.
Paid subscriptions, where offered, will be billed on a recurring basis until cancelled. Pricing, billing cycle, and cancellation terms will be presented to you at the point of purchase. [Insert your specific refund policy here once finalized.]
You retain ownership of the profile content you submit, but grant us a limited license to use, display, and process that content as necessary to operate the Service (for example, to generate your compatibility score and display your profile to prospective matches). All trademarks, branding, and platform technology remain the property of [Legal Company Name].
Destined for Marriage is a matchmaking tool, not a guarantee of marriage or relationship success. We do not conduct criminal background checks beyond identity verification unless explicitly stated otherwise, and you are responsible for exercising your own judgment and caution when communicating with or meeting another member, including meeting in a public place for initial in-person meetings and independently verifying information a match has shared with you.
We may suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, provided false information, engaged in unsafe or fraudulent conduct, or misused the Service. You may close your account at any time by [insert account-closure method, e.g. contacting support or an in-app setting].
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any match will result in a successful relationship or marriage.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, [Legal Company Name] shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of or inability to use the Service, or from the conduct of any other member, whether met through the Service or otherwise.
These Terms are governed by the laws of [insert governing jurisdiction, e.g. Federal Republic of Nigeria / Province of Ontario, Canada], without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. [Insert your preferred dispute-resolution mechanism here — e.g. arbitration, courts of a specific jurisdiction — once confirmed with your lawyer.]
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through the Service prior to the changes taking effect. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Questions about these Terms can be sent to [support/legal email address] or [registered business address].