These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“you”, “user”, “school”, or “institution”) and Cosine Lab Inc (“Cosine”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) governing your access to and use of the Cosine platform, applications, websites, and related services (collectively, the “Services”). Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and all policies incorporated by reference.
By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. If you are using the Services on behalf of a school, institution, or organization, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind such entity.
Cosine is based in Nigeria and serves schools primarily across Africa. Our Services are also accessible to users in other countries where permitted by local laws. If you choose to access the Services from outside Nigeria, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. We do not guarantee that the Services are appropriate or available in every jurisdiction.
Users may create individual accounts on Cosine. Upon registration, you must provide accurate, current, and complete information. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
Any user may create a school within Cosine. The creator of the school becomes its designated administrator and assumes full responsibility for managing the institution’s records, users, and data access.
Cosine is not responsible for any data loss, unauthorized access, or policy violation arising from internal management of the school by its administrator(s).
Cosine supports multiple user roles, each with specific privileges and limitations:
Users must respect role-based access controls. Misuse of access rights is a violation of these Terms.
You may use the Services solely for purposes permitted by these Terms and applicable laws.
You agree NOT to (i) upload or distribute any illegal, defamatory, abusive, harmful, or obscene content; (ii) misuse student, parent, or school data for unauthorized marketing or exploitation; (iii) attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or tamper with any part of the Service; (iv) impersonate another individual or misrepresent your affiliation with an entity; (v) use the platform to harass, threaten, or intimidate users; (vi) circumvent role-based or school-level permissions; (vii) engage in fraudulent activities such as faking student records or school identities; and/or (viii) interfere with, disrupt, or overload the platform infrastructure.
Cosine reserves the right to investigate and take legal action against violations, including disabling accounts, reporting to authorities, or pursuing civil claims.
Your use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which outlines (i) hat data we collect and why; (ii) how we store and secure it; and (iii) your rights to control or delete your data. You agree that we may collect and use data submitted via the Services as described therein, including use of third-party infrastructure such as Supabase (hosted in Germany and the United States) and Firebase for authentication and push notifications.
Cosine may, at its sole discretion, invite select users or schools to access the Services under a beta program. Beta participants may be subject to separate agreements and may experience service instability or feature limitations. Beta participation is voluntary and provided “as-is” with no warranties.
Currently, Cosine is free to use. We may, in the future, introduce optional paid tiers for advanced features. Cosine reserves the right to determine pricing, billing terms, and eligibility for future commercial offerings. Nothing in this section obligates Cosine to implement paid services.
All content, source code, trademarks, user interfaces, workflows, and branding on or used in the Services are the exclusive property of Cosine Lab Inc or its licensors.
Users retain ownership of content they submit to the platform but grant Cosine a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use it solely for the operation and improvement of the Services.
You may not copy, redistribute, sell, or create derivative works from any part of the platform unless expressly authorized in writing.
We reserve the right to (i) archive inactive school accounts that contain existing student records; (ii) delete schools with no student data after a prolonged period of inactivity; (iii) delete unverified students (with insufficient biodata or performance data) after six (6) months of inactivity.
Cosine may require schools to verify their status (e.g., government registration) within a specified timeline. Failure to comply may result in temporary or permanent suspension of school access.
Cosine may suspend or terminate access to your account or institution if (i) we suspect fraud, abuse, or security breach; (ii) you violate any part of these Terms or applicable laws; and/or (iii) a legal request or investigation compels us to do so.
Suspension may be temporary or permanent. Cosine is not liable for any loss of access, data, or opportunity resulting from termination.
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
We do not guarantee (i) that the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; (ii) that your data will never be lost or corrupted; (iii) that unauthorized access will never occur despite security measures.
We rely on selected third-party infrastructure, and service disruptions outside our control are explicitly disclaimed.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cosine shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of (i) your access to or use of the Services; (ii) unauthorized access to your data; (iii) any interruption, suspension, or termination of the Services; and/or (iv) loss of data, revenue, business opportunities, or goodwill.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cosine Lab Inc, its officers, directors, employees, and affiliates from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from (i) your use of the Services; (ii) your violation of these Terms; (iii) your violation of any third-party rights or applicable laws.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, without regard to conflict of law principles. All disputes shall be resolved through good-faith negotiation. If unresolved, disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration under Nigerian law, unless we update this clause following incorporation.
We may revise these Terms at any time. Updates will effective when posted and we may notify you via email about these updates. It is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically. Continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of those changes.
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact:
Cosine Legal Team
Email: legal@trycosine.com