The website located at www.connectfirst.io (the "Site") is a copyrighted work belonging to Lyncz LLC ("Company," "us," "our," and "we"). Certain features of the Site may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules posted in connection with those features. Those additional terms, guidelines, and rules are incorporated by reference into these Terms.
These Website Terms of Use (the "Terms") set forth the legally binding terms and conditions that govern your use of the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you accept these Terms on behalf of yourself or the entity that you represent, and you represent that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms. You may not access or use the Site if you are not at least 18 years old. If you do not agree with these Terms, do not access or use the Site.
Important Arbitration Notice
Section 7.2 contains provisions governing how disputes between you and Company are resolved. With limited exceptions, it requires binding and final arbitration and includes class-action and jury-trial waivers.
Unless you opt out of the Arbitration Agreement within 30 days after first becoming subject to it, you will generally be permitted to pursue covered disputes only on an individual basis and will waive the right to pursue covered disputes in court before a judge or jury, subject to the exceptions described in Section 7.2.
1. Access to the Site
1.1 Site Purpose. The Site provides information about connectFIRST, a method to manage team operations for events like FTC, FRC and FLL and allows visitors to contact the Company. Any products, services, pilots, or commercial relationships may be governed by separate terms or agreements.
1.2 License. Subject to these Terms, Company grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use and access the Site solely for lawful informational purposes.
1.3 Certain Restrictions. You may not: (a) license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Site or its content; (b) modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile, or reverse engineer any part of the Site; (c) access the Site in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service; or (d) copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, display, post, or transmit any part of the Site except as expressly permitted. All copyright and other proprietary notices must be retained on authorized copies.
1.4 Modification. Company may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company will not be liable for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Site.
1.5 No Support or Maintenance. Company has no obligation to provide support or maintenance in connection with the public Site.
1.6 Ownership. All intellectual property rights in the Site and its content, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, are owned by Company or its suppliers. These Terms do not transfer any ownership right to you, and there are no implied licenses.
1.7 Feedback. If you provide feedback or suggestions regarding the Site, you assign to Company all rights in that feedback and agree that Company may use and exploit it without restriction. Do not submit information or ideas through the Site that you consider confidential or proprietary unless Company has separately agreed in writing to receive them on that basis.
2. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Company and its officers, employees, and agents harmless, including costs and attorneys' fees, from any third-party claim or demand arising out of: (a) your use of the Site; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations. Company may, at your expense, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with that defense. You may not settle such a matter without Company's prior written consent.
3. Third-Party Links and Other Users
3.1 Third-Party Links. The Site may contain links to third-party websites or services. Those third-party sites and services are not under Company's control, and Company is not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices, or other policies. Your use of third-party sites and services is at your own risk and is subject to the applicable third party's terms and policies.
3.2 Other Users. Any interactions with other Site users are solely between you and those users. Company has no obligation to become involved in disputes between Site users.
3.3 Release. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you release Company and its officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from claims arising directly or indirectly from the Site, including interactions with other users or third-party links. If you are a California resident, this release includes a waiver of California Civil Code Section 1542 to the extent permitted by law.
4. Disclaimers
The Site is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company and its suppliers disclaim all warranties and conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, quiet enjoyment, accuracy, and non-infringement. Company does not warrant that the Site will meet your requirements or be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, accurate, reliable, complete, legal, safe, or free of harmful code. If applicable law requires warranties with respect to the Site, those warranties are limited in duration to 90 days from the date of first use to the extent permitted by law.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions or limitations, so some of the foregoing may not apply to you.
5. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company and its suppliers will not be liable for lost profits, lost data, costs of procurement of substitute products, or any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, or punitive damages arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of, or inability to use, the Site, even if Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Access to and use of the Site is at your own discretion and risk.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company's aggregate liability to you for damages arising from or related to these Terms, for any cause and regardless of the form of action, will at all times be limited to fifty U.S. dollars (US $50). The existence of more than one claim will not enlarge this limit. Company's suppliers will have no liability arising from or relating to these Terms.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations or exclusions of liability, so some of the foregoing may not apply to you.
6. Term and Termination
These Terms remain in effect while you use the Site. Company may suspend or terminate your right to use the Site at any time, including for use in violation of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to access and use the Site terminates immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including restrictions, ownership provisions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, and dispute-resolution provisions.
7. General
7.1 Changes. These Terms may be revised from time to time. If we make substantial changes, we may notify you by email if you have provided a valid address and/or by prominently posting notice on the Site. Continued use of the Site after the effective date of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
7.2 Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Agreement
(a) Applicability. Any dispute between you and Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives relating in any way to the Site, any services offered on the Site, or these Terms will be resolved by binding arbitration rather than in court, except that: (1) either party may assert qualifying individualized claims in small claims court, provided the claims remain there and proceed only on an individual basis; and (2) either party may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or misuse of intellectual property rights. This Arbitration Agreement survives expiration or termination of these Terms and applies to covered claims arising before or after you agreed to these Terms. Nothing prevents you from bringing issues to federal, state, or local agencies where permitted by law.
(b) Informal Dispute Resolution. Before either party commences arbitration or initiates a small-claims action, the parties agree to make good-faith efforts to resolve the dispute through an individualized telephone or videoconference. The initiating party must provide written notice. Unless mutually extended, the conference will occur within 45 days after the other party receives the notice. Notices to Company should be sent to legal@gideonlabs.io or by regular mail to P.O. Box 33, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009. The notice must include your name, telephone number, mailing address, email address associated with any account if applicable, your counsel's contact information if any, and a description of the dispute. Completion of this informal process is a condition precedent to arbitration, and applicable limitation periods and filing-fee deadlines will be tolled while the parties engage in the required process.
(c) Arbitration Rules and Forum. These Terms evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce, and the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement. If the informal process does not resolve the dispute within 60 days after receipt of notice, either party may initiate binding arbitration administered by JAMS. Disputes with an amount in controversy under US $250,000, excluding attorneys' fees and interest, will be subject to JAMS' then-current Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures; all other claims will be subject to JAMS' then-current Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. Unless the parties otherwise agree or the Batch Arbitration process below applies, arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside. If JAMS is unavailable, the parties will select an alternative arbitral forum. Fees and costs will be allocated under the applicable JAMS rules.
(d) Authority of Arbitrator. Except for the matters expressly reserved for a court below, the arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve disputes subject to arbitration, including disputes regarding interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Arbitration Agreement. A court of competent jurisdiction, not the arbitrator, will decide disputes regarding the enforceability or breach of the class/collective-action waiver, disputes about payment of arbitration fees, whether conditions precedent to arbitration were satisfied, and which version of the Arbitration Agreement applies. The arbitrator may award relief available to an individual party under applicable law and will issue a written award explaining the essential findings and conclusions.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Except as specified above, you and the Company Parties waive constitutional and statutory rights to sue in court and have a trial before a judge or jury for covered disputes. Covered disputes will instead be resolved by arbitration.
(f) Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief. Except as provided in the Batch Arbitration provision below, each party may bring claims against the other only on an individual basis and not on a class, representative, collective, or mass-action basis. Only individual relief is available, and disputes of more than one user may not be arbitrated or consolidated together except as expressly provided below. If a final court decision determines that this waiver is invalid or unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request for relief will be severed and may be litigated in the state or federal courts located in Georgia; all other covered disputes remain subject to arbitration or small-claims proceedings as applicable.
(g) Attorneys' Fees and Costs. Each party will bear its own attorneys' fees and costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator finds that the substance of the dispute or requested relief was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose. A party that obtains an order compelling arbitration may recover reasonable costs, necessary disbursements, and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred to secure that order to the extent permitted by law.
(h) Batch Arbitration. If 100 or more individual arbitration requests of a substantially similar nature are filed against Company by or with the assistance of the same law firm, group of law firms, or organizations within a 30-day period, JAMS will administer the requests in batches of 100, with a final smaller batch for any remainder, and will appoint one arbitrator for each batch. Each batch will proceed as a single consolidated arbitration for administrative purposes with one set of filing and administrative fees per side, one procedural calendar, one hearing if any, and one final award. Disputes about whether the batch process applies will be decided by a sole administrative arbitrator appointed by JAMS. This provision does not authorize class, collective, or mass arbitration except for the batch procedure expressly described here.
(i) 30-Day Right to Opt Out. You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement by sending a timely written notice to P.O. Box 33, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009, or by email to legal@gideonlabs.io, within 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement. The notice must include your name and address and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. All other provisions of these Terms will continue to apply.
(j) Invalidity and Modification. Except as provided for the class/collective-action waiver, if part of this Arbitration Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable, that specific part will be severed and the remainder will continue in effect. Any covered dispute must be initiated within the applicable statute of limitations. If Company makes a future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, you may reject that change within 30 days after it becomes effective by writing to the postal or email address above. A valid rejection preserves the Arbitration Agreement previously accepted by you.
7.3 Export. The Site may be subject to U.S. export-control laws and other countries' import or export regulations. You agree not to export, re-export, or transfer U.S. technical data acquired from Company, or products utilizing such data, in violation of applicable U.S. export laws or regulations.
7.4 California Disclosures. California residents may direct consumer complaints to the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Information Center, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, telephone (800) 952-5210.
7.5 Electronic Communications. Communications between you and Company may occur electronically. You consent to receive communications electronically and agree that electronic terms, notices, disclosures, and other communications satisfy legal requirements that such communications be in writing, without affecting non-waivable rights.
7.6 Entire Terms. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Company regarding use of the Site. Failure to exercise or enforce a right is not a waiver of that right. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect and the affected provision will be modified to the maximum extent permitted by law. Your relationship with Company is that of an independent contractor. You may not assign these Terms without Company's prior written consent; Company may assign them.
7.7 Copyright and Trademark Information. Copyright © 2026 Lyncz LLC d/b/a Gideon Labs. All rights reserved. Trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Site are owned by Company or their respective third-party owners and may not be used without prior written consent.
7.8 Contact Information
Legal Department Lyncz LLC P.O. Box 33 Alpharetta, Georgia 30009 Telephone: 404-692-4560 Email: admin@connectfirst.io