Terms of Use

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or registering an account on Vu Verify, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use. If you are registering an institution account on behalf of a university or department, you warrant that you possess the necessary administrative authority to bind that entity to these terms.

2. Services and Credit Lifecycle

Vu Verify operates on a credit-based utility model. Accounts purchase scan credits using our verified Paystack integration:

• One (1) credit validates a file length up to 5,000 words. Overages deduct credits proportionally at standard intervals.
• Credits loaded into student, scholar, or institution wallets are non-refundable and hold no monetary exchange value outside the ecosystem.
• We reserve the right to suspend accounts attempting payment manipulation, chargeback exploitation, or programmatic credit bypasses.

3. Acceptable Use Policy

Vu Verify is designed to assist researchers, students, and departments in identifying similarities to preserve integrity. Users agree not to:

• Upload documents containing malicious payloads, virus vectors, or corrupted scripts.
• Submit works that they do not possess the intellectual property rights to scan.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer our highlight reconstruction algorithms or scrap data bypassing standard UI rates.

4. Academic & Metric Disclaimers

Our platform computes metrics using third-party comparisons and probabilistic algorithms.

• Vu Verify provides statistical indices; we do not deliver subjective, legal, or authoritative rulings on whether plagiarism or academic misconduct has legally occurred.
• The final decision regarding academic integrity, grading, or submission acceptance remains at the absolute discretion of the university, department board, or research committee.

5. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted under applicable Nigerian law, Vu Verify shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, accidental, or punitive damages resulting from academic actions, university expulsions, grading penalties, or processing delays associated with similarity scans.