Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of ForthrightMatch, including this website, our future platform, and any related services (together, the "Service"), operated from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. By using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use ForthrightMatch. By creating an account or submitting your email on this site, you confirm that you are 18 or older. We rely on your own confirmation of your age; knowingly providing false information about your age is a violation of these Terms and grounds for immediate account termination.

2. What ForthrightMatch is

ForthrightMatch is a dating platform built around verified, real user profiles. We review new profiles by hand before they go live. Messaging works on a credit system: replying to a message you receive is always free; sending the first message to someone new uses a credit from a package you've purchased.

3. Account and profile conduct

• You agree to provide accurate information and real, current photos of yourself. Impersonating another person, using someone else's photos, or creating more than one account is not allowed.
• You are responsible for anything posted or sent from your account.
• Harassment, threats, hate speech, solicitation of money from other members, or using the Service to promote another business are not allowed and are grounds for removal.
• We may remove any profile or message that violates these Terms, at our discretion, and may do so without prior notice when we believe it protects other members.

4. Message credits and payment

• Message credits are purchased in packages and are used to initiate contact with another member. Replying to messages you receive does not use a credit.
• Purchased credits are non-refundable except where required by Ontario consumer protection law, or where a technical error on our part prevented you from using them.
• Credits do not expire unless stated otherwise at the time of purchase.
• Prices are listed in Canadian dollars unless stated otherwise.

5. No guarantee of outcome

ForthrightMatch verifies that profiles represent real people. We do not guarantee that you will meet someone, form a relationship, or have any particular experience using the Service. You are responsible for your own safety and judgment when communicating with or meeting other members, including meeting in a public place for a first meeting and telling someone you trust your plans.

6. Termination

You may stop using the Service and request deletion of your account at any time by contacting us. We may suspend or terminate an account that violates these Terms, or that we reasonably believe is not a real person, without refunding unused credits obtained through violation of these Terms.

7. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by Ontario law, ForthrightMatch is not liable for the conduct of any user, for the accuracy of information a user provides about themselves beyond our verification process, or for any interaction, meeting, or relationship that results from use of the Service.

8. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as the Service develops. We'll post the updated date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the Service after changes means you accept the updated Terms.

9. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in Ontario.

10. Contact

Questions about these Terms: info@forthrightmatch.com